🔊 Elizabeth's spirits soon rising to playfulness again, she wanted Mr. Darcy to account for his having ever fallen in love with her. "How could you begin?" said she. "I can comprehend your going on charmingly, when you had once made a beginning; but what could set you off in the first place?"

伊丽莎白的兴致很快又高涨起来,恢复了顽皮的本性,她要达西先生交代当初怎么会爱上她。“你当初是怎么开始的？”她说。“我明白,你一旦开了头,就会一帆风顺地走下去；可是,你最初是怎么动起这个念头的？”

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playfulness /ˈpleɪfəlnəs/

n. 活泼,爱玩；嬉闹➕

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account for /əˈkaʊnt fɔːr/

v. phrase. 解释,说明（原因）；占（比例）➕

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comprehend /ˌkɒmprɪˈhend/

v. 理解,领会➕

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charmingly /ˈtʃɑːmɪŋli/

adv. 迷人地,有魅力地➕

🔊 "I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun."

“我说不上是在哪一刻、哪个地点、看到了你的什么神情、或是听到了你的哪句话,就打下了根基。那是太久以前的事了。等我发觉自己已经爱上你的时候,我已经深陷其中了。”

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foundation /faʊnˈdeɪʃn/

n. 基础,根基；基金会➕

🔊 "My beauty you had early withstood, and as for my manners-my behaviour to you was at least always bordering on the uncivil, and I never spoke to you without rather wishing to give you pain than not. Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?"

“我的美貌,你早就抵挡住了；至于我的举止--我对你的态度至少总是不太礼貌,而且我每次跟你说话,总是存心要让你难受,而不是让你高兴。现在老实说吧,你是不是因为我无礼才欣赏我的？”

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withstood /wɪðˈstʊd/

v. (past tense of withstand). 经受住,承受➕

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bordering on /ˈbɔːdərɪŋ ɒn/

v. phrase. 近乎于,接近于➕

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uncivil /ʌnˈsɪvl/

adj. 不礼貌的,粗鲁的➕

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impertinence /ɪmˈpɜːtɪnəns/

n. 无礼,鲁莽；不相关➕

🔊 "For the liveliness of your mind, I did."

“是因为你头脑活泼,我才欣赏你的。”

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liveliness /ˈlaɪvlinəs/

n. 活泼,活跃；生动➕

🔊 "You may as well call it impertinence at once. It was very little less. The fact is, that you were sick of civility, of deference, of officious attention. You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking and looking and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike _them_. Had you not been really amiable you would have hated me for it; but in spite of the pains you took to disguise yourself, your feelings were always noble and just; and in your heart, you thoroughly despised the persons who so assiduously courted you. There-I have saved you the trouble of accounting for it; and really, all things considered, I begin to think it perfectly reasonable. To be sure, you knew no actual good of me-but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love."

“你不如干脆就说我是无礼得了。也差不多就是那样。事实是,你对那些客气、恭敬、殷勤已经厌倦了。你讨厌那些只为了博得你欢心而说话、看人和思考的女人。我引起了你的兴趣,让你觉得有趣,因为我和她们大不相同。要不是你心地善良,你早就会因此恨我了；尽管你竭力掩饰自己,你的感情总是高尚而正直的；在你内心深处,你彻底瞧不起那些对你大献殷勤的人。好啦--我替你省了交代的麻烦；说真的,通盘考虑一下,我开始觉得这完全是合情合理的了。当然,你并不了解我实际有什么好处--可是人一堕入情网,谁还管这个呢？”

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deference /ˈdefərəns/

n. 尊重,遵从,敬重➕

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officious /əˈfɪʃəs/

adj. 爱管闲事的,过分殷勤的➕

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approbation /ˌæprəˈbeɪʃn/

n. 认可,批准,嘉许➕

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amiable /ˈeɪmiəbl/

adj. 和蔼可亲的,亲切友好的➕

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disguise /dɪsˈɡaɪz/

v. 伪装,掩饰➕

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assiduously /əˈsɪdʒuəsli/

adv. 勤勉地,坚持不懈地➕

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courted /ˈkɔːtɪd/

v. (past tense of court). 讨好,奉承；追求；招致➕

🔊 "Was there no good in your affectionate behaviour to Jane while she was ill at Netherfield?"

“难道你在我姐姐病在尼日斐花园时对她关怀备至,就没有一点好处吗？”

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affectionate /əˈfekʃənət/

adj. 深情的,充满爱意的➕

🔊 "Dearest Jane! who could have done less for her? But make a virtue of it by all means. My good qualities are under your protection, and you are to exaggerate them as much as possible; and, in return, it belongs to me to find occasions for teasing and quarrelling with you as often as may be; and I shall begin directly by asking you what made you so unwilling to come to the point at last. What made you so shy of me, when you first called, and afterwards dined here? Why, especially, when you called, did you look as if you did not care about me?"

“最亲爱的简！谁还能不为她多做点事呢？不过,你尽管把这当作我的美德好了。我的优点全仗你来维护,你要尽量夸大它们；反过来呢,我就要找机会尽量跟你闹别扭、吵架；我现在就直接问你,你当初为什么那么不愿意开门见山？你第一次来拜访,后来又在这里吃饭的时候,为什么对我那么腼腆？尤其是,你来拜访的时候,为什么摆出一副好像不在乎我的样子？”

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exaggerate /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪt/

v. 夸大,夸张➕

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shy of /ʃaɪ əv/

adj. phrase. 对…感到害羞/迟疑；缺少（尤指钱）➕

🔊 "Because you were grave and silent, and gave me no encouragement."

“因为你当时板着脸,一声不响,一点也不鼓励我。”

🔊 "But I was embarrassed."

“可是我那时很窘。”

🔊 "And so was I."

“我也是。”

🔊 "You might have talked to me more when you came to dinner."

“你来吃饭的时候,原可以多跟我谈谈的。”

🔊 "A man who had felt less, might."

“一个感情不那么深的人,也许会的。”

🔊 "How unlucky that you should have a reasonable answer to give, and that I should be so reasonable as to admit it! But I wonder how long you would have gone on, if you had been left to yourself. I wonder when you would have spoken, if I had not asked you! My resolution of thanking you for your kindness to Lydia had certainly great effect. Too much, I am afraid; for what becomes of the moral, if our comfort springs from a breach of promise, for I ought not to have mentioned the subject? This will never do."

“真不巧,你竟能说出这么合情合理的回答,而我也竟这么通情达理,承认你说得对！不过,我倒想知道,要是由着你自己的性子,你会拖到什么时候。要不是我问你,你打算什么时候才说呢！我决心要感谢你待莉迪亚那么好,这肯定起了很大作用。恐怕是太大了；因为如果我们现在的幸福是靠我违背诺言得来的,那道德上怎么说得过去呢？因为我本不该提起这事的。这可不行。”

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resolution /ˌrezəˈluːʃn/

n. 决心,决定；决议；分辨率➕

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breach /briːtʃ/

n. 违反,破坏；缺口➕

🔊 "You need not distress yourself. The moral will be perfectly fair. Lady Catherine's unjustifiable endeavours to separate us were the means of removing all my doubts. I am not indebted for my present happiness to your eager desire of expressing your gratitude. I was not in a humour to wait for any opening of yours. My aunt's intelligence had given me hope, and I was determined at once to know everything."

“你不必烦恼。道德上完全说得过去。咖苔琳夫人无理取闹,硬要拆散我们,这倒消除了我的一切疑虑。我现在的幸福,并不归功于你急于要表达感激之情。我当时没心情等待你找什么机会。我姨母带来的消息给了我希望,我决定立刻问个明白。”

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unjustifiable /ʌnˈdʒʌstɪfaɪəbl/

adj. 不合理的,无法辩解的➕

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endeavours /ɪnˈdevəz/

n. (pl. of endeavour). 努力,尝试,事业➕

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indebted /ɪnˈdetɪd/

adj. 感激的,受惠的；负债的➕

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humour /ˈhjuːmə(r)/

n. 心情,心境；幽默➕

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intelligence /ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns/

n. 消息,情报；智力➕

🔊 "Lady Catherine has been of infinite use, which ought to make her happy, for she loves to be of use. But tell me, what did you come down to Netherfield for? Was it merely to ride to Longbourn and be embarrassed? or had you intended any more serious consequence?"

“咖苔琳夫人可真是帮了大忙,这应该让她高兴,因为她最喜欢帮人忙了。可是告诉我,你到尼日斐花园来干什么？难道仅仅是骑马到浪搏恩来,让自己难堪吗？还是你本来打算有更严肃的后果？”

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infinite /ˈɪnfɪnət/

adj. 无限的,无穷的➕

🔊 "My real purpose was to see _you_, and to judge, if I could, whether I might ever hope to make you love me. My avowed one, or what I avowed to myself, was to see whether your sister were still partial to Bingley, and if she were, to confess the part which I had acted, and beg her forgiveness for the deceit which I had practised."

“我真正的目的是来看你,并且,如果可能的话,判断一下我是否有望让你爱上我。我公开承认的目的,或者说我对自己承认的目的,是来看看你姐姐是否还对宾利有意,如果是的话,我就坦白我扮演的角色,请求她原谅我欺骗了她。”

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avowed /əˈvaʊd/

adj. 公开宣称的,坦率承认的➕

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partial /ˈpɑːʃl/

adj. 部分的；偏袒的；喜欢（to）➕

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deceit /dɪˈsiːt/

n. 欺骗,欺诈➕

🔊 "Have you any other accusation to make against Lady Catherine?"

“你还有什么要指责咖苔琳夫人的吗？”

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accusation /ˌækjuˈzeɪʃn/

n. 指控,谴责➕

🔊 "None at all. We are all fools in love."

“一点也没有。恋爱中的人都是傻瓜。”

Chapter fifty-nine (第五十九章)