I despaired of ever expressing myself with such aptness or with such fluency.

们的评论恰到好处，话语滔滔不绝，我实在望尘莫及。

Instead of music he whispered numbers, and she, as may be supposed, showed no slight aptness in following his instructions.

有听音乐， 而是低念着数字， 而她，象，在听从的指示时丝毫有表现出适切性。

For a short story—a neglected form, despite its aptness for the TikTok age—" Cat Person" has had a long tail.

对于短篇小说来说——尽管它适合 TikTok 时代，但它是一种被忽视的形式——《猫人》有一条很长的尾巴。