This whole deal stinks to high heaven. I’m sure somebody was bribed.

这整桩事丑恶不堪，肯定有人受贿了。

27. Whatever gloss the various spectators put upon the interest, according to their several arts and powers of self-deceit, the interest was, at the root of it, Ogreish.

不同的观众尽管可以用不同的辞藻和自欺本领为这种兴趣解，可它归根到底是丑恶凶残的。