1.An invitation to dinner was soon afterwards dispatched; and already had Mrs. Bennet planned the courses that were to do credit to her housekeeping, when an answer arrived which deferred it all.

【難句解析】do credit to的意思是“為...帶來光榮，提高...的身價”；when指代的時間與planned一致；

【句子翻譯】班府上不久就發請貼請他吃飯；班納特太太已經計劃了好幾道菜，每道菜都足以增加她的體面，說明她是個會當家的賢主婦，這時對方回信說要遲一遲。

2. Lady Lucas quieted her fears a little by starting the idea of his being gone to London only to get a large party for the ball;

【難句解析】這句話相當于Lady Lucas quieted her fears a little by saying that his...

【句子翻譯】虧得盧卡斯太太對她說，可能他是到倫敦去邀請那一大群客人來參加舞會，這才使她稍許減除了一些顧慮。

3.for he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.

【難句解析】above one's company 意思是“看不起人、不合群”；above being pleased意思是“不屑于被巴結”；save one from...挽救某人于...境地；

【句子翻譯】因為人們發現他為人驕傲，看不起人，巴結不上他，因此對他起了厭惡的感覺，他那眾望所歸的極盛一時的場面才黯然失色。他既然擺起那么一副討人嫌惹人厭的面貌，那么，不管他在德比郡有多大的財產，也挽救不了他，況且和他的朋友比起來，他更沒有什么大不了。