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hackwork n.(為了掙錢的)賣文工作;(為了賣錢的)劣等作品。

In a way, he was the “poor-devil author“ of whom washington irving wrote a sympathetic sketch, the man who from vast dreams of literary fame descends to ignominious hackwork . 他有幾分象歐文筆下令人惋惜的那個“可憐巴巴的作家,”從天才夢墮落為雇傭文人。

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In a way, he was the “poor-devil author“ of whom washington irving wrote a sympathetic sketch, the man who from vast dreams of literary fame descends to ignominious hackwork . 他有幾分象歐文筆下令人惋惜的那個“可憐巴巴的作家,”從天才夢墮落為雇傭文人。

He, too, had his hackwork . 他也寫過純粹為了糊口的東西。