接下来在她身上发生了咄咄怪事。

Then something very strange had happened to her.

我们大多选择吸取而不是奔流，这岂算咄咄怪事？

Is it not strange that most of us choose sucking rather than running?

但是，遥想到当年他和手下圈子里的那些咄咄怪事，此刻的我们仍不免愕然。

But it is still astonishing to be reminded of quite how odd Nixon and his circle were. He wore a necktie when he was in his dressing gown.

这岂不是咄咄怪事，黛，一生跟一个男人拴在一起，而他只把我当作一样有用的工具？

Would it not be strange, Die, to be chained for life to a man who regarded one but as a useful tool?

一个十七岁的大姑娘，第一次出远门归来，做父母的居然一次也没有想到她的心，真是咄咄怪事！

They never once thought of her heart, which, for the parents of a young lady of seventeen, just returned from her first excursion from home, was odd enough!