2. If man is an iron-balance that weigh pains and pleasures, the scales are sadly
askew.

假如人是一架称量痛苦和快乐的铁质天平,不幸的是:天平斜了。
3. The venetian blinds hung
askew and admitted a triangle of white light, the shadow of the foreman's hand moving into it.

活动百叶窗歪歪斜斜地挂着,一角白光从中漏进来,工头乔·安奎尔的手移到了白光中。