"IT's a lot easier to be Santa than Scrooge," harrumphs Jim Cooper.

“做圣诞老人比做守财奴要容易的多”，吉姆•库伯(Jim Cooper)嘟囔着埋怨道。

The old man replied with one of his customary harrumphs that said he couldn’t be bothered to answer.

那老头习惯性地哼哼鼻子，表示懒得回答。

“An erosion of specialist knowledge,” harrumphs the Royal Historical Society; its geographical counterpart is worried about “losing rigour and the teaching of basics”.

“这是对专家学识的亵渎，”皇家历史学会愤愤道；皇家地理学会则担心该计划将会影响教学的严谨和基础教育。

“IT’S NOISE. I’m not going to comment, ” harrumphs Howard Schultz, the boss of Starbucks, when asked to respond to criticism of him by Carly Fiorina, a former boss of Hewlett-Packard.

当霍华德•舒尔茨被问及菲奥莉娜（惠普前任总裁）的批评有何回应时，他低声哼道：“这是谣言，我没打算发表任何评论。”