1. Everyone in the party was attracted by the imposing elderly lady.
    晚会上的所有人都被那个仪态雍容的老妇人所吸引。

2. For the same reason, writers talk interminably about their own books, winkling out hidden meanings, super-imposing new ones, begging response from those around them.
    由于这个原因，作家喋喋不休地谈论自己的书，挖掘其隐晦的含义，询问周围人的反应。