We had run up the trades to get the wind of the island we were after--I am not allowed to be more plain--and now we were running down for it with a bright lookout day and night.
我们赶到了贸易风①下,以便乘风抵达我们要去的岛——我不能说得更明白了——而我们现在正驶向它,由一个目力好的人日夜担任观望。
We had run up the trades to get the wind of the island we were after - I am not allowed to be more plain - and now we were running down for it with a bright look-out day and night.
我们赶上了信风,以便乘风抵达我们要去的那个岛屿——我不能说得再清楚了。我们现在正向那座岛屿驶去,日夜有人瞭望。
I don't want the public, and especially not the press, to get wind of it at this stage.
我不想让公众,尤其是新闻界,在这个阶段听到什么消息。
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