John managed to carve out a career for himself as an actor, though at first he hardly earned enough to keep body and soul together. 雖然約翰最初掙的錢(qián)難以維持生活，但他還是設法使自己成為一名演員而發(fā)了跡。
Claude was probably a humbug, whose vanity, ambition, and intelligence led him to carve out a niche as the wickedest man in the world; there is always room for a sadist at the top. 克勞德或許不過(guò)是個(gè)騙子，他的虛榮、野心和才智使他在世上惡人中爭得魁首之名：有殘忍癖，總能爬上頂端。
