This is one of the few gratifications of an otherwise boring job.

这是枯燥的工作中少有的一项乐趣。

Rather than forego the veriest gratifications of vanity, he will wring them from the anguish of wretched and ill-fated creatures;

他不会摒弃虚荣带来的真正满足感，而是从不幸的生物的痛苦中攫取这种满足；