房东夫妇在屋外栏杆上点缀的彩灯为我们的夜晚增添了更多节日的气氛。

The decoration lights around the outside patio from the landlord couple added more excitement to our night.

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我们知道自己身处一个相当漫长而乏味的夜晚。

We knew we were in for a pretty long, jejune evening.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

我们的热情随着夜晚的降临而渐渐低落下来。

As night fell, our enthusiasm began to ebb away.

《牛津词典》

We were on the roof of America and all we could do was yell I guess across the night, eastward over the plains where somewhere an old man with white hair was probably walking towards us with the word and would arrive any minute and make us silent.

我们在美国的最高处大声叫喊,我想整个夜晚，在东部平原,随时可能有一个白发老人,向我们走来,让我们安静。

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