Thou art always prating to me, Starbuck, about those miserly owners, as if the owners were my conscience.

你老是拿那些吝啬如命的船东和我唠叨，好像船东就是我的良心似的。

Prates talked about the area, known as the Equatorial Margin, as " perhaps the last frontier of oil for Brazil."

普拉这一地区，也就是众所周知的赤道边缘，说它可能是“巴西石油的最后前沿”。

8 The wise in heart will receive commands, But a prating fool will fall.

8 心中有智慧的人必受命令；愚妄人必跌倒。

I know the age better than you do, though you will prate about it so tediously.

我比你更了解这个年龄，尽管你会喋喋不休地论它。

An old, fat, irresponsible, one-sided object like you prating about springtime and flowers in the middle of winter!

一个又老又胖、不负责任、片面的东西， 像你一样里喋喋不休地论春天和鲜花！

If I had time, and was not in mortal dread of some prating prig of a servant passing, I would know what all this means.

如果我有时间，而不是生怕一个自命不凡的仆人路过，我就会知道这一切意味着什么。

Whenever he appeared in the yard, she would run to meet him, prating and clucking all the time, and impeding his progress by walking between his legs, to his no small annoyance.

不论泽克什么时候出现鸡场，她都会跑去迎接他，咯咯地叫个不停，还会走泽克的两腿之间，给他造成了不小的烦恼。

I would have you to know I've an honour of my own, as good as yours, though I don't prate about it all day long, as if it was a God's miracle to have any.

我想让你知道我有自己的荣誉， 和你的一样好， 虽然我不会整天喋喋不休， 好像拥有任何荣誉都是上帝的奇迹。