At the same time he was more of a carouser and spendthrift than ever.

与此同时，他比以往任何时候都更加狂欢和挥霍。

Those humble replicas of the revelry of former times served to show Aureliano Segundo himself how much his spirits had declined and to what a degree his skill as a masterful carouser had dried up.

这些昔日狂欢的简陋复制品让奥雷里亚诺第二亲眼看到他的精神衰退到何种程度，以及他作为一个高明的狂欢者的技能已经枯竭到什么程度。