But what becomes of these itinerant intestinal interlopers?
但是这些肠道入侵者为何会安然无事呢?
Facing new threats from regional rivals and technologically superior colonial interlopers, he began a process of accelerated modernization. The Siamese had some success in pursuing independence from the colonial powers by setting them against each other.
面对来自地区竞争对手和技术优越的殖民闯入者的新威胁,他开始了加速现代化的进程。暹人通过让殖民列强相互对立,在追求独立方面取得了一些成功。
Bred up from boyhood in the Custom-House, it was his proper field of activity; and the many intricacies of business, so harassing to the interloper, presented themselves before him with the regularity of a perfectly comprehended system.
从小在海关长大, 这是他的活动领域。许多错综复杂的事务,让闯入者如此烦恼, 却以一种完全理解的系统的规律性呈现在他面前。