1.At another point he asks, in a tone that also verges on plaintiveness, 'I'm trying to conserve my voice. Please understand. '
还有一次，他也是以一种近乎哀伤的语气要求说，我想保护嗓子，请理解。
2.And yet, majestic as the voice sometimes became, there was for ever in it an essential character of plaintiveness;
然而，尽管那声音有时变得很威严，但其中始终有一种娓娓动听的本色。