The figure-head had not yet disappeared, but remained in its old place.

那个鹢首还没有移开，仍然留在老地方。

And a brave lad you were, and smart, too, 'answered Silver, shaking hands so heartily that all the barrel shook,' and a finer figure-head for a gentleman of fortune I never clapped my eyes on.

“你真是个有胆量的小伙儿，而且还聪明伶俐，”西尔弗答道，一边热烈地握手，以至于这木桶整个身子都摇晃起来。“而且我还没见过像你这么标致的幸运的大爷哩。”

There's a second figure here standing ab extra, and that's the moon hovering overhead: "while over-head the moon / sits arbitress."

这里有第二个置身事外的角色，就是高高挂在头顶的月亮：“月亮高挂天心，像个公正的决断人。”

The widely reviled head of the electoral commission, Maurice Iwu, was recently replaced by that rarest of Nigerians, a public figure held in high esteem in all regions.

广受批评的选举委员会的头，Maurice Iwu最近被尼日利亚最宝贵的，在所有地区都备受尊敬的一名公众人物所取代。

Rather than trying to figure it all out on paper or in your head, get out into the real world and test out your rough ideas.

还在尝试在脑中或者纸上找出你的想法？请回到现实的世界来，考验你并不成熟的想法。