On Miss Lucas's persevering, however, she added, “Very well; if it must be so, it must.”And gravely 嚴(yán)肅地
重大地竟贯,grave:墳?zāi)?/b>
glancing at 一督Mr. Darcy, “There is a fine old saying, which every body here is of course familiar with — “Keep your breath to cool冷卻
使……冷靜
your porridge, 燕麥粥
服刑期
” — and I shall keep mine to swell使……增強(qiáng)盗誊,使……響亮
身體腫脹圣猎,波濤洶涌士葫,swell with pride / anger etc to feel very proud, angry etc 揚(yáng)揚(yáng)得意/怒氣沖沖等
音量增強(qiáng),頭面人物样漆,一流的
my song.”
Her performance was pleasing, though by no means capital. After a song or two, and before she could reply to the entreaties懇求为障,祈求 of several that she would sing again, she was eagerly succeeded at the instrument by her sister Mary, who having, in consequence of being the only plain 相貌平平的
清楚的,單純的放祟,坦白的鳍怨,十足的,穿便衣的
大平原跪妥,簡(jiǎn)直(貶)
one in the family, worked hard for knowledge and accomplishments, was always impatient for display.
Mary had neither genius 天才鞋喇,天賦
a genius for (doing) sth special skill at doing something (做)某事的天才
nor taste; and though vanity had given her application, 申請(qǐng)
涂抹,勤奮
it had given her likewise a pedantic / p??d?nt?k; p?ˋd?nt?k /學(xué)究式的眉撵,書(shū)呆子氣的air and conceited / k?n?si?t?d, k?n?si?t?d; k?nˋsit?d /驕傲自滿的manner, which would have injured a higher degree of excellence than she had reached. Elizabeth, easy and unaffected,未改變的侦香,不受影響的落塑,舉止自然的 had been listened to with much more pleasure, though not playing half so well; and Mary, at the end of a long concerto, / k?n?t???t??; k?nˋt??rto /協(xié)奏曲was glad to purchase praise and gratitude by Scotch and Irish airs, at the request of her younger sisters, who with some of the Lucases and two or three officers joined eagerly in dancing at one end of the room.
Mr. Darcy stood near them in silent indignation義憤 at such a mode方式,模式
be the mode formal to be fashionable at a particular time 【正式】 流行罐韩,時(shí)興
of passing the evening, to the exclusion 排除憾赁,開(kāi)除學(xué)籍
do sth to the exclusion of sth to do something so much that you do not do, include, or have time for other things 專(zhuān)注于做某事而排斥[無(wú)暇顧及]其他事情
of all conversation, and was too much engrossed 使……全神貫注
engross yourself in sth
Take your mind off it by engrossing yourself in a good book. 弄本好書(shū)埋頭去看副渴,不要再想它了呵扛。
by his own thoughts to perceive/ p??si?v; p?ˋsiv /看待泛豪,理解剃浇,發(fā)覺(jué)
perceive sth / sb as sth
Even as a young woman she had been perceived as a future chief executive. 甚至在年輕時(shí),她就被看成未來(lái)的總裁勾栗。
that Sir William Lucas was his neighbour, till Sir William thus began.
“What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy!— There is nothing like dancing after all. — I consider it as one of the first refinements / r??fa?nm?nt; r?ˋfa?nm?nt /改善剧罩,改良
The new model has a number of refinements. 新型號(hào)有一些細(xì)微的改進(jìn)凤薛。
提純枚冗,有禮貌
of polished 彬彬有禮的
磨光的缓溅,精致的
societies.”
“Certainly, Sir; — and it has the advantage also of being in vogue/ v??ɡ; vo? /流行,風(fēng)尚
for
the vogue for large families in the prewar years 戰(zhàn)前歲月中大家庭的流行
amongst the less polished societies of the world. — Every savage 野蠻人
兇殘的赁温,原始的坛怪,嚴(yán)重的
can dance.”
Sir William only smiled. “Your friend performs delightfully; ” he continued after a pause, 暫停
give sb pause (for thought) to make someone stop and consider carefully what they are doing 使某人停下來(lái)(仔細(xì)考慮)
an avoidable accident that should give us all pause for thought 應(yīng)能讓我們都停下來(lái)反思的一次本可以避免的事故
on seeing Bingley join the group; — “and I doubt not that you are an adept / ??dept, ??dept; ?ˋd?pt /內(nèi)行的,熟練的in the science yourself, Mr. Darcy.”
“You saw me dance at Meryton, I believe, Sir.”
“Yes, indeed, and received no inconsiderable pleasure from the sight. Do you often dance at St. James's? ”
“Never, sir.”
“Do you not think it would be a proper compliment贊美
compliment sb on sth
Bob complimented me on my new hairstyle. 鮑勃夸我的新發(fā)型好看束世。
to the place? ”
“It is a compliment which I never pay to any place, 在任何地方賞臉if I can avoid it.”
“You have a house in town, I conclude? ”
Mr. Darcy bowed.