Cablegram "is a hybrid; half the word is Latin and half is Greek."
海底电报“一词是混合语，半为拉丁语，半为希腊语。”
Brevity is essential when you send a telegram or cablegram; you are charged for every word.
打电报最主要的是简短，因为每一个词都是要收费的。
Why, it is only an hour since I read a cablegram in the newspapers beginning "Russia Proposes to Retrench."
因为还只是一个钟点以前，我在报上读到一段新闻，一开头便说：“俄国准备实行节约。”
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