The company then factors in the cost of a degree, after financial aid (discounts for the clever or impecunious that greatly reduce the sticker price at many universities).

公司然后在排除财政补（对于天资聪颖或生补助很大程度上削减了很多大费吊牌价）后，把获得位成本计入考量在财政补。

However glorious might be his future as Jay Gatsby, he was at present a penniless young man without a past, and at any moment the invisible cloak of his uniform might slip from his shoulders.

管他作为杰伊·盖茨比会有何等锦绣前程，目前他只是个默默无闻、青年人，而且他军服——这件看见外衣随时都可能从他肩上滑落下来。

It was the usual story of penniless young men, who think themselves obliged by their birth to choose a liberal profession and bury themselves in a sort of vain mediocrity, happy even when they escape starvation, notwithstanding their numerous degrees.

这是年轻人常见故事，他们认为自己生来就得选择自由职业，将自己埋葬在种虚荣平庸中，即使他们逃脱了饥饿，也很快乐，尽管他们位很多。