妙語佳句
be engaged to
與……訂婚,忙于……
They announced to the assembled guests that they were engaged to be married.
他們向聚會的客人們宣布他們已訂婚。
He was too much engaged with what his own appearance would be, to think of the others.
他只想著自己會是個什么樣,沒有去想其他人。
名著解析
艾妮斯也是作者著力美化的理想的女性。她既有外在的美貌,又有內心的美德,既堅韌不拔地保護著受希普欺凌的老父,又支持著飽受挫折之苦的大衛。她最后與大衛的結合,是“思想和宗旨的一致”,這種完美的婚姻使小說的結尾洋溢一派幸福和希望的氣氛。