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His attachment excited gratitude, his general character respect; but she could not approve him; nor could she for a moment repent her refusal, or feel the slightest inclination ever to see him again. In her own past behaviour, there was a constant source of vexation and regret;
他的愛戀引起了她的感激，他的性格引起了她的尊敬；可是她無法對他發(fā)生好感，她拒絕他以后，從來不曾有過片刻的后悔，她根本不想再看到他。她經(jīng)常為自己以往的行為感到苦惱和悔恨，
and in the unhappy defects of her family a subject of yet heavier chagrin. They were hopeless of remedy. Her father, contented with laughing at them, would never exert himself to restrain the wild giddiness of his youngest daughters; and her mother, with manners so far from right herself, was entirely insensible of the evil.
家庭里面種種不幸的缺陷更叫她苦悶萬分。這些缺陷是無法補救的。她父親對這些缺陷只是一笑置之，懶得去約束他那幾個小女兒的狂妄輕率的作風；至于她母親，她本身既是作風失檢，當然完全不會感覺到這方面的危害。
Elizabeth had frequently united with Jane in an endeavour to check the imprudence of Catherine and Lydia; but while they were supported by their mother's indulgence, what chance could there be of improvement? Catherine, weak-spirited, irritable, and completely under Lydia's guidance, had been always affronted by their advice; and Lydia, self-willed and careless, would scarcely give them a hearing. They were ignorant, idle, and vain. While there was an officer in Meryton, they would flirt with him; and while Meryton was within a walk of Longbourn, they would be going there for ever.
伊麗莎白常常和吉英合力同心，約束咖苔琳和麗迪雅的冒失，可是，母親既然那么縱容她們，她們還會有什么長進的機會？咖苔琳意志薄弱，容易氣惱，她完全聽憑麗迪雅指揮，一聽到吉英和伊麗莎白的規(guī)勸就要生氣；麗迪雅卻固執(zhí)任性，粗心大意，她聽也不要聽她們的話。這兩個妹妹既無知，又懶惰，又愛虛榮，只要麥里屯來了一個軍官，她們就去跟他勾搭。麥里屯跟浪搏恩本來相隔不遠，她們一天到晚往那兒跑。
