Alcohol is a medium for communicating emotion in China.

在中国，喝酒是感情交流工具。

This isn't the medium for the communication of feeling.

这是交流感情媒介。

The absolute solitude in which they lived intensified their reciprocal thoughts; yet some might have said that it had the disadvantage of consuming their mutual affections at a fearfully prodigal rate.

他们这种全然与世隔绝更加深了他们之间感情交流；有人也许说，这样也有利之处，他们相互之间感情以一种可怕速度耗费掉。

To put it another way: Does the physical appearance of the man or woman play a part in the relationship if, through the exchange of thoughts and feelings, they already fell in love?

换句话说：如果男人或女人通思想和感情交流已经坠入爱河，那么他们外貌对这段关系有影响吗？

Drummle and I then sat snorting at one another for an hour, while the Grove engaged in indiscriminate contradiction, and finally the promotion of good feeling was declared to have gone ahead at an amazing rate.

德鲁姆尔和我接着就互相吹鼻子瞪眼地坐了一个钟头，而古尔贝先则一味瞎抬杠，最后宣布说，促进感情交流已经取得了惊人进展。