加图曾经说： “我不知道占卜者看见同行， 怎可以不哑然失笑。

" I wonder how one augur can see another without laughing, " he once said.

这个问题在今天令一些人哑然失笑，但是在南美洲却曾经具有重要的后果。

This issue which, nowadays, makes somebody smile; nonetheless, it had important consequences in South America.

至于带了什么样的礼物，他回想起来不禁哑然失笑——从旧货卖场淘来的二手服装，“那时候中国什么也没有。”

As for the gifts, the memory makes him laugh. He had brought secondhand clothes scavenged from yard sales. "China had nothing back then."

死亡时时刻刻跟随，他的手变得冰凉，渐渐握不稳树枝……当太阳升起来的时候他向下看去，接着哑然失笑。

Every moment there was death, his hands were becoming cold, he was losing his grip... and as the sun came out he looked down and he laughed.

他以往的那些见解都还只是昨天的事，可是在他看来，仿佛已过去很久了，当他想起时，他便感到愤慨，并且会哑然失笑。

When he reflected on his former opinions, which were but those of yesterday, and which, nevertheless, seemed to him already so very ancient, he grew indignant, yet he smiled.