1.NOT all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daughters, could ask on the subject was sufficient to draw from her husband any satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley.
【難句解析】這句的主干是Mrs.Bennet could not ask...;with引導(dǎo)的結(jié)構(gòu)做狀語;draw from意思是“得到,提取”;
【句子翻譯】盡管班納特太太有了五個(gè)女兒幫腔,向她丈夫問起彬格萊先生這樣那樣,可是丈夫的回答總不能叫她滿意。
2.In a few days Mr. Bingley returned Mr. Bennet's visit, and sat about ten minutes with him in his library. He had entertained hopes of being admitted to a sight of the young ladies, of whose beauty he had heard much; but he saw only the father.
【難句解析】return one's visit意思是“回訪”;entertain的意思是“懷著,抱著,持有(信心等)”,如I have never entertained any illusions about him. 我從來沒有對他抱過幻想;
【句子翻譯】不到幾天功夫,彬格萊先生上門回拜班納特先生,在他的書房里跟他盤桓了十分鐘左右。他久仰班納特先生幾位小姐的年輕美貌,很希望能夠見見她們;但是他只見到了她們的父親。