所以我们缩减了开支，这就意味着我们要过另一种完全不同的生活方式。

So we cut back on spending, which meant learning a whole new way of living.

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尽管这种严酷的生活也令人满意，我仍不时会渴望过另一种方式的生活，会臆想如果身边有个年轻活泼的女人将会发生什么变化。

Now and then, despite my grim satisfaction, I get to thinking about another way of life, get to wondering if it would make a difference having a young, restless creature by my side.

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皮埃尔只是在另一种环境中过着从前那样的生活，而不是他希望过的新生活。

Instead of the new life Pierre had hoped to lead, he was living just the same old life only in different surroundings.

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