1.they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance

【難句解析】這句的主干是so...that..., a good opinion意思是“贊譽”。

【句子翻譯】一家人一直過著體面日子，贏得了四近鄉鄰的交口稱譽。

2.But her death, which happened ten years before his own, produced a great alteration in his home; for to supply her loss, he invited and received into his house the family of his nephew Mr. Henry Dashwood, the legal inheritor of the Norland estate, and the person to whom he intended to bequeath it.

【難句解析】第一句中的主干是her death producted...alteration，which引導的從句指代death；第二句中，received意思是“接納、接待”，這句話的主干是for to supply...，he invited and received the family，后面的the legal inheritor...and the person...均指代his nephew。

3.In the society of his nephew and niece...

【難句解析】句中society的意思是“相伴、交往”，該詞在書中多次出現，多為此意。

【句子翻譯】有侄兒、侄媳及其子女作伴...

4.By a former marriage, Mr. Henry Dashwood had one son: by his present lady, three daughters.

【難句解析】句中by表示“在...期間”

【句子翻譯】亨利．達什伍德先生同前妻生下一個兒子，同現在的太太生了三個女兒。