1.MR. COLLINS was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society; the greatest part of his life having been spent under the guidance of an illiterate and miserly father; and though he belonged to one of the universities, he had merely kept the necessary terms, without forming at it any useful acquaintance.

【難句解析】第一句中的but不是“然而”的意思是，而是用作副詞，意思是“僅僅、不過”，He's still but a child. 他還是個小孩子；under the guidance of“在...的教導、指導下”，Under the guidance of the experienced hunter, we easily climbed down the side of the cliff." 在一位有經(jīng)驗的獵人的帶領下，我們很容易地從懸崖邊上爬下了山；

【句子翻譯】柯林斯先生并不是個通情達理的人，他雖然也受過教育，也踏進了社會，但是先天的缺陷卻簡直沒有得到什么彌補。他大部分日子是在他那守財奴的文盲父親的教導下度過的。他也算進過大學，實際上不過照例住了幾個學期，并沒有結交一個有用的朋友。

2.and the respect which he felt for her high rank and his veneration for her as his patroness, mingling with a very good opinion of himself, of his authority as a clergyman, and his rights as a rector, made him altogether a mixture of pride and obsequiousness, self-importance and humility.

【難句解析】這句的主干是the respect and his rights made him...；Mingling with...這個動名詞結構式修飾the respect的，從邏輯上講，a good opinion of后承接的是himself和his authority as a cleryman and his rights as a rector；

【句子翻譯】他看到他的女施主地位頗高，便悉心崇拜，備加尊敬；另方面又自命不凡，自以為當上了教士，該有怎樣怎樣的權利，于是他一身兼有了驕傲自大和謙卑順從的兩重性格。