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"There is some sense in what he says about the girls however; and if he is disposed to make them any amends, I shall not be the person to discourage him."
“他講到我們女兒們的那幾句話，倒還說(shuō)得不錯(cuò)；要是他果真打算設(shè)法補(bǔ)償，我倒不反對(duì)。”
"Though it is difficult," said Jane, "to guess in what way he can mean to make us the atonement he thinks our due, the wish is certainly to his credit."
吉英說(shuō)：“他說(shuō)要給我們補(bǔ)償，我們雖然猜不出他究竟是什么意思，可是他這一片好意也的確難得。”
Elizabeth was chiefly struck with his extraordinary deference for Lady Catherine, and his kind intention of christening, marrying, and burying his parishioners whenever it were required.
伊麗莎白聽到他對(duì)咖苔琳夫人尊敬得那么出奇，而且他竟那么好心好意，隨時(shí)替他自己教區(qū)里的居民行洗禮，主持婚禮和喪禮，不覺(jué)大為吃驚。
"He must be an oddity, I think," said she. "I cannot make him out. -- There is something very pompous in his stile. -- And what can he mean by apologizing for being next in the entail? -- We cannot suppose he would help it, if he could. -- Can he be a sensible man, sir?"
“我看他一定是個(gè)古怪人，”她說(shuō)。“我真弄不懂他。他的文筆似乎有些浮夸。他所謂因?yàn)槔^承了我們的產(chǎn)權(quán)而感到萬(wàn)分抱歉，這話是什么意思呢？即使這件事可以取消，我們也不要以為他就肯取消，他是個(gè)頭腦清楚的人嗎，爸爸？”
"No, my dear; I think not. I have great hopes of finding him quite the reverse. There is a mixture of servility and self-importance in his letter, which promises well. I am impatient to see him."
“不，寶貝，我想他不會(huì)是的。我完全認(rèn)為他是恰恰相反。從他信里那種既謙卑又自大的口氣上就可以看得出來(lái)。我倒真想見見他。”
"In point of composition," said Mary, "his letter does not seem defective. The idea of the olive branch perhaps is not wholly new, yet I think it is well expressed."
曼麗說(shuō)：“就文章而論，他的信倒好象寫得沒(méi)有什么毛病。橄欖枝這種說(shuō)法雖然并不新穎，可是我覺(jué)得用得倒很恰當(dāng)。”
To Catherine and Lydia, neither the letter nor its writer were in any degree interesting. It was next to impossible that their cousin should come in a scarlet coat, and it was now some weeks since they had received pleasure from the society of a man in any other colour. As for their mother, Mr. Collins's letter had done away much of her ill-will, and she was preparing to see him with a degree of composure which astonished her husband and daughters.
在咖苔琳和麗迪雅看來(lái)，無(wú)論是那封信也好，寫信的人也好，都沒(méi)有一點(diǎn)兒意思。反正她們覺(jué)得她們的表兄絕不會(huì)穿著“紅制服”來(lái)，而這幾個(gè)星期以來(lái)，穿其他任何顏色的衣服的人，她們都不樂(lè)意結(jié)交。至于她們的母親，原來(lái)的一般怨氣已經(jīng)被柯林斯先生一封信打消了不少，她倒準(zhǔn)備相當(dāng)平心靜氣地會(huì)見他，這使得她的丈夫和女兒們都覺(jué)得非常奇怪。
