两年前，我在那里获得杆位最终却由于发生的种种事情让杆位变得毫无意义。

Two years ago, I took the pole position but so many things happened during the race that the pole didn't really help.

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每一次你让杆完全加速，收杆时把杆完全地收好，这比起小幅度挥杆来说，获得的成绩将更好。

A full acceleration of the club, and a full finish are sure to provide you better results than a shorter swing, every time.

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推锁上的小控制杆，让门自动锁上。

Push the tiny lever on the lock and let the door lock itself.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

So, Sal is convinced--he wants to be convinced; he desperately wants to be convinced--that Mississippi Gene knows Big Slim Hazard. Let's look at another example on page 59.

所以萨尔信服了，他想要被说服;,他极其渴望被说服，很愿意相信吉恩,认识细杆哈查德，让我们来看59页上的例子。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And he's talking with Mississippi Gene. This is at the bottom of 26: There is something so indubitably reminiscent of Big Slim Hazard in Mississippi Gene's demeanor that I said, "Do you happen to have met a fellow called Big Slim Hazard somewhere?"

他在和密西西比的吉恩讲话，在26页下面：,现在，密西西比的吉恩的行为举止有些地方真切地,让我想起关于细杆的哈查德的往事，我问：“你是否在那里碰巧遇到过一个叫细杆哈查德的人“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选