在上次選舉中，霍布斯先生擺脫黨派的約束，投他自主的票。
At the last election Mr Hobbs cast off party trammels, and voted the independent ticket.
在最近幾年中，霍布斯先生得了幾次重病，每次都可能容易地奪去他的生命。但是，他卻像有九條命的貓，很有可能活到90歲。
Mr Hobbs has had several severe illnesses in the last few years, each of which could easily have finished him off. But he's like a cat with nine lives and will probably live to see ninety.
霍布斯晉升之后便很快失去了同事們對他的歡心。
Hobbs soon fell out of favour with his colleagues when he was promoted above them.
