海底兩萬(wàn)里 第54期 第5章 冒險(xiǎn)活動(dòng)(9)

The mountains of arguments amassed over a year collapsed all at once, and each man now wanted only to catch up on his eating and sleeping,

一年來(lái)累積起的像磐石一般的理由，一下子完全垮下來(lái)了，這時(shí)每個(gè)人都想好好吃一吃，睡一睡，

to make up for the time he had so stupidly sacrificed.

來(lái)彌補(bǔ)因?yàn)樽约河薮蓝鵂奚说臅r(shí)間。

With typical human fickleness, they jumped from one extreme to the other.

由于天生就的動(dòng)搖性，容易從一個(gè)極端跑到另一個(gè)極端。

Inevitably, the most enthusiastic supporters of the undertaking became its most energetic opponents.

當(dāng)初最熱誠(chéng)擁護(hù)這次遠(yuǎn)征的人，現(xiàn)在卻變成最激烈的反對(duì)者了。

This reaction mounted upward from the bowels of the ship,

這次反響從艙底發(fā)生，

from the quarters of the bunker hands to the messroom of the general staff;

從倉(cāng)庫(kù)看守人的崗位傳到船參謀部的軍官餐廳。

and for certain, if it hadn't been for Commander Farragut's characteristic stubbornness, thefrigate would ultimately have put back to that cape in the south.

毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，如果不是法拉古艦長(zhǎng)特別堅(jiān)持，這艘船早就掉頭往南開(kāi)了。

But this futile search couldn't drag on much longer.

可是，這種無(wú)益的搜索再也不能拖得過(guò)久。

The Abraham Lincoln had done everything it could to succeed and had no reason to blame itself.

林肯號(hào)已經(jīng)盡了最大的努力，實(shí)在絲毫沒(méi)有可以責(zé)備的地方了。

Never had the crew of an American naval craft shown more patience and zeal; they weren't responsible for this failure; there was nothing to do but go home.

美國(guó)海軍部派到這只船上的人員，從沒(méi)有表現(xiàn)過(guò)這么大的耐心和熱情;失敗并不能怪他們;現(xiàn)在除了回航?jīng)]有什么可做了。