1·He thought he shouted these words to his hands, for the undoing of the noose had been succeeded by the direst pang that he had yet experienced.
他想，自己一定对那双手大声喊出了这两句话，因为绞索刚一解下来，立刻传来一阵以前从没有体验过的可怕的疼痛。
2·The direst consequences of all this lie in the future, however. America’s health-care system consumes a sixth of GDP but produces only mediocre results.
由此导致的最可怕的后果在未来才会显现出来，然而，美国的医保体制消耗着1/6的GDP，但收效甚微，在教育方面，也是一样的徒劳无功。