They were such resplendent uniforms, brave with shining buttons and dazzling with twined gold braid on cuffs and collars, the red and yellow and blue stripes on the trousers, for the different branches of the service, setting off the gray to perfection.

• 他们如此华丽的制服，胸前缀着亮晶晶的扣子，袖口和衣领上盘着闪闪发光的金色穗带，裤子上钉着红黄蓝三色条纹，这些因所属部类不同而互有区别的徽饰将那单调的灰色衬托得完美极了。