1. the rim of ···的边缘

例句：I have sought it, next,because it relieves loneliness-that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss.
我寻求爱情，其次是因为爱情可以排解孤独一那是一颗震颤的心，就好比在世界的边缘，俯瞰那冰冷死寂、毫无生气的深渊。

2. in the union of 在···的结合中

例句：I have sought it, finally,because in the union of love I have seen,in a mystic miniature,the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined.
我寻求爱情，最后是因为在爱情的结合中，我看到圣徒和诗人们所梦想的天堂景象的缩影。

3. the whole world of ···的全世界，全球性的

例句：Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors,helpless old people a burden to their sons,and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be.
饥饿中的孩子，受暴君压迫的人们，变成子女负担的孤苦无依的老人，以及全球性的孤独，贫穷和痛苦，变成了对人类生活理想的莫大讽刺。

4. long to 渴望

例句：I long to alleviate this evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.
我常常希望能减轻这些痛苦，但却无法做到，因此我自己也十分痛苦。