【原文】From this deficiency of nourishment resulted an abuse which pressed hardly on the younger pupils: whenever the famished great girls had an opportunities they would coax or menace the little ones out of their portion.
【译文】食物严重缺乏造成了一种恶劣风气，使年龄小一些的学生大受其害。那些饿坏了的大姑娘一有机会，就会连哄带吓分占她们的那一份。
【赏析】coax or menace译为“连哄带吓”简练而传神，如译为“或哄骗或威胁”，则淡而无味矣。