As time went on, his ambition to be part of the U.S. Supreme Court faded in a miasma of alcohol and despair.

随着时间的推移，他要跻身美国最高法院的雄心壮志在酒精和绝望中消逝。

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A miasma of stale alcohol hung around him.

他身上老有股难闻的酒精味。

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Bishop, by contrast, often felt as if she were slightly lost, floating through a miasma of self-doubt.

毕肖普却相反，常常有点儿迷惘彷徨，游走在自我怀疑的迷雾中。

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In recent memory John Major's premiership was tied in knots by euro-rebels and his party suffered a landslide defeat which owed much to the miasma of disunity which pervaded its final years.

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