He had given Archer to understand that his wife was an invalid, which might be true of the poor lady, or, might merely mean that she was lacking in social gifts or in evening clothes, or in both.

• 他对阿切尔解释说他老婆是个残废人，那也许是真的，不过说不定只是指她缺乏社交能力、或者缺少晚礼服，或者两者都缺。