Maybe the scroungers were relatives, he says. Or maybe they were just socially dominant bullies.

他表示，也许“行乞者”是亲属关系。或者它只是社交上占主导地位的恃强凌弱者。

" What we observed is that mostly scroungers are females."

“我观察到，大数‘行乞者’是雌性。”

Little did I expect the rich man to be reduced to begging.

我一点都没料到那个富翁会沦落至行乞。

Chris never panhandled, and he tried his best to hide the fact that he was homeless.

克里斯从不行乞，他尽力隐瞒自己无家归的事实。

He gave some money to a blind man who sat there, asking for money, and then he got on the train.

他扔了一枚两毛五分的银币给一个坐在门口，捧着帽子行乞的盲，然后上了火车。

I dared to put off the mendicant—to resume my natural manner and character.

我敢拒绝行乞——恢复我的自然态度和性格。