He is abject. He is a shining example of moral leprosy, a mixture of ferocity and jocularity that betrays supreme misery, perhaps, but is not conducive to attractiveness.

他很卑鄙，他是道德败坏的典型，他是凶残和,滑稽的结合体，背叛了至高的痛苦，但也并不吸引人。

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