1. Although Norfolk may have been a Catholic at heart, he was, like so many of this time, outwardly at least, a conforming Protestant.

at heart：內心里，實質上，本質上

e.g. Her modesty is all put on; at heart she is very vain.

她的謙遜全是假裝的，內心里她是很虛榮的。

e.g. With all the outward severity he is kind at heart.

他雖然外表嚴厲，但心地和善。

e.g. His manners are rough, but he is a kind man at heart.

他雖然舉止粗魯，但心地善良。

e.g. She may appear severe toward her children but she is a fond mother at heart.

她表面上對孩子的態度很嚴厲，實際上是一位慈祥的媽媽。

at least：至少，最起碼

e.g. These, at least, were their professed reasons for pulling out of the deal.

至少這些是他們自稱退出這宗交易的理由。

e.g. At least Jeremy had the good form to go back and apologize.

杰里米回去道歉至少是有禮貌的舉動。

2. So it was perfectly reasonable to see the marriage plot as a way of binding up the unhealed wounds of the reformation, but the Queen wasn't fooled not for a moment.

bind up

e.g. Peter hoped that consolation could bind up Mary's broken heart.

彼得希望通過安慰能使瑪麗不再傷心。

e.g. He whipped out a handkerchief to bind up his injured finger.

他抽出一條手帕把受傷的指頭包扎起來。