The would-be American mystic, like the American President, is interrupted in his study to go and shake hands with a deputation.
想要当美国神秘主义者的人,和美国总统一样,在修行时经常被人打搅,不得不出去和一个个代表团握手。
An added turn-off for would-be American bureaucrats is that top positions are often filled by political fiat, not merit.
让未来的美国官员更加扫兴的是高位并不是政治精英所在,而是政治权术玩弄者。
It encourages the would-be American poet to rely too exclusively on a rapt and bardic intuition .
它鼓励未来的美国诗人完全依靠发狂似的诗人的直觉。