One of the specters that haunt our time is the sprawling expansion of the population, and it is more and more difficult not to picture the future as though it were going to be life in a sardine can.
我们这个时代常常受到的鬼缠身似的困扰之一,就是人口无节制地膨胀,看来,不把人类将来的状况形容为挤在一个沙丁鱼罐头里过日子是不行了。
The Northern Line has the worst reputation, but many others can be hellish at rush hour, with packed platforms and even more sardine-can-like trains, often so full that no-one else can get on.
最为人所诟病,但其他路线在尖峰时间也是令人十分不悦,月台上挤满了人,车厢里更是挤得像沙丁鱼一样,常挤到让乘客上不了车。
Sardine tins can be the very devil to open.
沙丁鱼罐头有时候还真难打开。
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