To Robert, a misanthrope who'd barely mastered E-mail in his earlier life, this networked world is a multitasking hell.

而对于Robert这一早年仅仅勉强精通电子邮件的孤独者而言，这一网络世界简直就是一个多元处理的地狱。

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I used to worry that my discomfort at weddings meant that I was a misanthrope or lacking the distinctly feminine gene that makes centerpieces and pew markers appealing.

我曾经担心我对婚礼感到不舒服会不会是因为我是个愤世嫉俗者，或是我少了对重大时刻和教堂长凳花饰标志迷恋的女子特有基因。

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Consider both an avid cocktail party hostess with hundreds of acquaintances and a grumpy misanthrope, who may have one or two friends?

想想一个有数百个熟人的热心鸡尾酒会女主人和一个性情乖戾的厌世者，谁可能会有一两个朋友？

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One myth is that he was a misanthrope, a grumbling recluse, whose work was as morose as his life.

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In the meantime, I was a misanthrope and avoided public events.

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Michel Houellebecq, a 40-year-old ex-Marxist, was hailed in some quarters as a scourge of the 1968ers and damned in others as an anti-liberal misanthrope.

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