畅饮

I patiently filled him in on the British tradition of sherry tippling.

我耐心细致地给他讲述了英国人雪利酒的传统。

It was the sailors' first night ashore; they painted the town red.

那是水手们上岸的第一个晚上, 他们开起来。

And Mardi Gras, today, is a boisterous, bacchanalian splurge of music and mayhem.

但今天的谢肉节却成为欢腾喧闹、狂欢而又音乐暴行杂陈的节日。

They were making merry with feasting and wine.

他们在欢宴作乐, 开。

The scenes in London's clubland, where arrogant spymasters down cocktails with braying City bankers, are especially well drawn.

伦敦夜总会里，大的间谍头目们同伦敦商业区的银行家们开，声谈笑，作者对这一场景的描写尤为出彩。