評論
打印
"Has she been presented? I do not remember her name among the ladies at court."
“她覲見過皇上嗎？在進過宮的仕女們中，我好象沒有聽見過她的名字。”
"Her indifferent state of health unhappily prevents her being in town; and by that means, as I told Lady Catherine myself one day, has deprived the British court of its brightest ornament. Her ladyship seemed pleased with the idea, and you may imagine that I am happy on every occasion to offer those little delicate compliments which are always acceptable to ladies. I have more than once observed to Lady Catherine that her charming daughter seemed born to be a duchess, and that the most elevated rank, instead of giving her consequence, would be adorned by her. -- These are the kind of little things which please her ladyship, and it is a sort of attention which I conceive myself peculiarly bound to pay."
“不幸她身體柔弱，不能過京城去，正如我有一天跟咖苔琳夫人所說的，這實在使得英國的宮庭里損失了一件最明媚的裝璜；她老人家對我這種說法很是滿意。你們可以想象得到，在任何場合下，我都樂于說幾句巧妙的恭維話，叫一般太太小姐們聽得高興。我跟咖苔琳夫人說過好多次，她的美麗的小姐是一位天生的公爵夫人，將來不管嫁給哪一位公爵姑爺，不論那位姑爺地位有多高，非但不會增加小姐的體面，反而要讓小姐來為他爭光。這些話都叫她老人家聽得高興極了，我總覺得我應該在這方面特別留意。”
"You judge very properly," said Mr. Bennet, "and it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study?"
班納特先生說：“你說得很恰當，你既然有這種才能，能夠非常巧妙地捧人家的場，這對于你自己也會有好處。我是否可以請教你一下，你這種討人喜歡的奉承話，是臨時想起來的呢，還是老早想好了的？”
"They arise chiefly from what is passing at the time, and though I sometimes amuse myself with suggesting and arranging such little elegant compliments as may be adapted to ordinary occasions, I always wish to give them as unstudied an air as possible."
“大半是看臨時的情形想起來的；不過有時候我也自己跟自己打趣，預先想好一些很好的小恭維話，平常有機會就拿來應用，而且臨說的時候，總是要裝出是自然流露出來的。”
