1·The idea of ring-fencing life-saving medical knowledge so a few people can profit from it is one of the great grotesqueries of our age.
把拯救生命的医药知识禁锢起来以让少数人从中获利的概念是我们这个时代最大的荒诞之一。
2·The countryside had no grotesqueries or mummer shows... though it did have Wells aplenty, to swallow up unwanted kittens, three-headed calves, and babes like him.
乡下可没有滑稽戏和哑剧表演……不过倒是不少水井供颜色那些不想要的小猫咪、三个脑袋的牛犊和像他这样的怪胎。