he said to the tippler, whom he found settled down in silence before a collection of empty bottles and also a collection of full bottles.
小王子问酒鬼，这个酒鬼默默地坐在那里，面前有一堆酒瓶子，有的装着酒，有的是空的。He said that he felt like an alcoholic, and that moderate use of the Internet was just not possible for him.
他说他感觉自己像个酒鬼，有节制地使用因特网对他来说简直就不可能。Man: My father used to drink heavily, you know. Every night he'd have a bottle of Scotch. Maybe that's why I've always been a teetotaler.
我父亲过去是个酒鬼每晚他都会喝一瓶苏格兰威士忌。这也许是我为什么滴酒不沾的原因。After a while people sort of got used to his project and then a lot of the drinkers started siding with him.
这样过了一阵子，大家多少熟悉了他的思路，竟有不少酒鬼同他唱起一个调调来了。He used to be a nice man. But now he is addicted to alcohol and beats his wife.
他以前是个不错的人。但是现在，他成了个酒鬼，还打老婆。Her husband was an alcoholic; she saw that he wasn't going to do anything for her.
她老公是一个酒鬼，因此她知道他不会为她做任何事情。And if I add in the fact that the neighbour is known to be a drunkard who sometimes does crazy things help you to change your mind again?
如果我在补充说其实迈克的邻居是酒鬼，会时不时做些疯狂的事，你又会怎么想？The drunkards were disappointed. They would not be able to drink again as soon as they wanted. But they decided to be patient and wait.
酒鬼们很失望。因为他们想到自己不能再喝酒。但他们决定要耐心地等待。He's an asshole and a drunkard and I had begun to think of him as someone he obviously is not.
他是混蛋白痴酒鬼。我已经开始把他当作他显然不是的那种人。