间谍: spy...
天分: natural gift, talent...
干燥: to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc), desiccation, dull, uninteresting, arid...
然而: however, yet, but...
此时: now, this moment...
正规: regular, according to standards...
编写: to compile...
倾斜: to incline, to lean, to slant, to slope, to tilt...
长途: long distance...
摧残: to ravage, to ruin...