1. several Kafka protagonists

好几位卡夫卡笔下的主人公

注意：①Kafka作名词定语。②由protagonist想到antagonist。

2. distil an ideal type of the modern professional man

终于呈现出现代职场人士的一种典范

注意：①distil的比喻义。美语作distill。②an ideal type与the ideal type的差别。

3. the one whose facial rictus freezes his features in an involuntary grin

那个人，其狞笑在不由自主一咧嘴时，令表情瞬间凝固

注意：rictus的本义。

4. the supreme example of a professional man committed to order

循规蹈矩派职场人士的表率

注意：order不可数，不带冠词，类似的还有law and order与public order。

5. adjure the believer to work hard in his calling

命信徒黾勉劳作

注意：①adjure的读音与文体。②calling的文体。

来源

Robertson, Ritchie. Kafka: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2004.