If, seized by an intolerable boredom, he had determined to be a painter merely to break with irksome ties, it would have been comprehensible and commonplace.

• 如果他只是无法忍受无聊的生活而决心当一个画家，以图挣脱烦闷的枷锁，这是可以理解的，也是极其平常的事。