1.Filled with new enthusiasm by their success, they lingered on, talking about the barbecue and the ball and Ashley Wilkes and Melanie Hamilton, interrupting each other, making jokes and laughing at them, hinting broadly for invitations to supper.
【難句解析】這句的主干是they lingered on,前面的filled...和后面的talking...interrupting...making...hinting...均做狀語,修飾lingered;
【句子翻譯】成功給他們帶來了滿腔熱情。使他們愈加留連忘返,談論著明天的野宴,舞會和艾希禮·威克斯與漢·媚蘭,搶著說話,開著玩笑,然后大笑不已,看來是在多方暗示要人家挽留他們吃晚飯。
2.At the sight of him, the Tarleton hounds rose up out of the red dust and stood waiting expectantly for their masters.
【難句解析】at the sight of 意思是“一看到...”;
【句子翻譯】塔爾頓家的獵犬一見他便從紅灰土中跳起來,站在那里恭敬主子們駕到。