But the Afghan War would be the powder keg which blew the rotten Soviet state sky high.

而阿富汗战争像炸药桶一样，将已经腐朽的苏联炸了个半死。

He was kind and gentle, very different from the place he lived in where the wind blew the sea high and threw ships against the rocks.

他和蔼可亲，与他居住的地方大不相同，那里的风把海浪吹得高高的，把船扔向岩石。

You wouldn't want him caught, because that would revive the scandal and there would have to be a trial and his defense would blow your privacy as high as the Empire State Building.

你不会希望他被抓到， 因为那会重振丑闻， 而且必须进行审判， 而他的辩护会像帝国大厦一样高地破坏你的隐私。