It was also found that although she could perceive things with her fingers this ability ceased the moment her hands were wet.

同时还发现，尽管她能用手指识别东西，但她的手一旦弄湿，这种功能便会立即消失。

the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.

如果怕死；就有点儿可怜又可鄙。

In some moods, Nature shares it.

在某种状态下，大自然也有这种魅力。

He mentally visualizes a complex form from all round itself;

他的大脑能从物体周围的各个角度勾画出其复杂的形象，

later, we shall undergo a progressive loss of our vigour and resistance which, though imperceptible at first,

再迟一些，我们就要经历生命力和抵抗力逐步衰退的过程。虽然这个过程起初难以觉察，

only of metal, which wears away by friction.

而是由金属组成，而金属可以随着磨擦而磨损殆尽。