🔊 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?"

伊丽莎白的情绪很快又活泼起来,她要达西先生讲一讲他当初怎么会爱上她。她说:“你当初是怎么开始的？一旦开了头,接下来便能顺理成章、迷人地发展下去,这一点我能理解；但最初是什么东西触动了你呢？”

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playfulness /ˈpleɪflnəs/

n. 爱玩,嬉戏,活泼➕

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account for /əˈkaʊnt fɔː(r)/

phr. v. 解释,说明（原因）➕

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comprehend /ˌkɒmprɪˈhend/

v. 理解,领会➕

🔊 "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."

“我说不上是在什么时候,什么地点,看见了你的什么神情,或是听见了你说的什么话,便爱上了你。那是太久以前的事了。等我发觉自己开始爱上你的时候,早已深陷其中了。”

🔊 "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?"

“我的美貌你早已顶住了,至于我的举止--我对你至少总是近乎无礼,我每次跟你说话,没有一次不是想着要让你难受一下才罢休。现在,你说实话吧:你是不是因为我的唐突无礼才爱上我的？”

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uncivil /ˌʌnˈsɪvl/

adj. 粗鲁的,无礼的➕

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impertinence /ɪmˈpɜːtɪnəns/

n. 无礼,鲁莽；不切题➕

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

“我爱上你,是因为你思想的活泼。”

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liveliness /ˈlaɪvlinəs/

n. 活泼,生动,活跃➕

🔊 "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."

“你还不如立刻把它叫做‘唐突无礼’呢。反正也相差无几。事实是,你对客套礼数、恭敬殷勤、巴结奉承那一套早就腻烦了。你厌恶那些女人,她们说起话来、看起人来、心里想的,全都是为了博得你的欢心。我引起了你的注意,让你对我感兴趣,因为我跟她们截然不同。要是你不真的和蔼可亲,你早就为此恨上我了；可是尽管你费尽心思掩饰自己,你的感情却总是高尚而公正的。你从心底里彻底鄙视那些拼命向你献殷勤的人。好了--这番缘由我已经替你省掉,替你解释过了；真的,通盘考虑起来,我现在开始觉得完全合情合理了。当然,你并不了解我有什么实在的优点--不过人在恋爱的时候,谁也不会想到这些。”

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deference /ˈdefərəns/

n. 尊重,遵从,顺从➕

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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,赞许➕

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amiable /ˈeɪmiəbl/

adj. 和蔼可亲的,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 /kɔːtɪd/

v. (past tense). 向…献殷勤,追求；招致➕

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

“当初简在尼日斐花园生病的时候,你对她的那份深情厚谊,难道也算不上优点吗？”

🔊 "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?"

“最最亲爱的简！谁能不为她多做点事呢？可无论怎样,你硬说成是一桩美德也行。我的优点全仗你包涵,随你怎么夸大都行；作为回报,我可要经常找机会逗你、跟你拌嘴。我这就开始问你:你为什么最后那么不愿意开门见山？你第一次来访,后来在这儿吃饭,为什么总是躲着我？特别是你来拜访的时候,为什么显出那副好像完全不在乎我的样子？”

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exaggerate /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪt/

v. 夸大,夸张➕

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teasing /ˈtiːzɪŋ/

n. 戏弄,取笑➕

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

“因为你那样严肃,沉默不语,一点儿也不鼓励我。”

🔊 "But I was embarrassed."

“可是我当时很窘呀。”

🔊 "And so was I."

“我也一样窘呀。”

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

“你那次来吃饭的时候,本来可以多跟我说说话的。”

🔊 "A man who had felt less, might."

“要是感情没那么深的话,也许就会那样。”

🔊 "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."

“多么不凑巧,你居然给出了这么个合情合理的回答,而我又偏偏这么通情达理,觉得你这回答有理！我真不知道,要是任由你自己下去,你会拖到什么时候！我真不知道,要是我没问你,你什么时候才会说出口！我决定感谢你对莉迪亚的好处,这肯定起了大作用。恐怕是太大了；如果说我们的幸福是源于违背诺言,那在道义上怎么说得通呢？因为我不该提起那件事的。这绝对不行。”

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resolution /ˌrezəˈluːʃn/

n. 决心,决定；决议➕

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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."

“你不必为此不安。道义上完全说得过去。咖苔琳夫人硬要拆散我们,这才打消了我所有的疑虑。我现在的幸福,倒不是出于你自己的那份急于要感谢我的感恩心。我当时已没心思再等你来开这个口了。我姨母带来的消息给了我希望,于是我立刻决定要把事情弄个一清二楚。”

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unjustifiable /ˌʌnˈdʒʌstɪfaɪəbl/

adj. 不合理的,无法辩解的➕

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endeavours /ɪnˈdevəz/

n. (pl.). 努力,尽力➕

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indebted /ɪnˈdetɪd/

adj. 感激的,受惠的；负债的➕

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intelligence /ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns/

n. 情报,消息；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?"

“咖苔琳夫人帮了天大的忙,这应该让她高兴,因为她本来就爱帮忙。不过告诉我,你这次来尼日斐花园是为了什么？难道仅仅是为了骑着马到浪搏恩来难为情一番吗？还是打算做出点更重大的举动呢？”

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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 I had played in the matter."

“我真正的目的,就是想看看你,并且尽可能判断一下,我是否有望使你爱上我。至于嘴上说的,或者说我对自己宣称的目的,则是来看看你姐姐是否依然钟情于宾利；如果她依然钟情,我就向她坦白我在这件事上所扮演的角色。”

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avowed /əˈvaʊd/

adj. 公开宣称的；公开承认的➕

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partial /ˈpɑːrʃl/

adj. 偏爱的,偏心的；部分的,不完全的➕

🔊 "Have you any courage to declare to Lady Catherine what you are now?"

“你有没有勇气向咖苔琳夫人宣布我们现在的情况？”

🔊 "I am more likely to want time than courage, Elizabeth. But it ought to be done, and if you will give me a sheet of paper, it shall be done directly."

“我需要的不是勇气,而是时间,伊丽莎白。不过这件事是应当做的。如果你给我一张纸,我立刻就写。”

🔊 "And if I had not a letter to write myself, I might sit by you and admire the evenness of your writing, as another young lady once did. But I have an aunt, too, who must not be longer neglected."

“要不是我自己也得写封信,我就会坐在你旁边,欣赏你那工整的书法,就像另一位年轻小姐曾经做过的那样。不过我也有位舅母,再不能不给她回信了。”

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evenness /ˈiːvənnəs/

n. 均匀性,平稳；公平➕

🔊 From an unwillingness to confess how much her intimacy with Mr. Darcy had been overrated, Elizabeth had never yet answered Mrs. Gardiner's long letter, but now, having that to communicate which she knew would be most welcome, she was almost ashamed to find that her uncle and aunt had already lost three days of happiness, and immediately wrote as follows:

伊丽莎白一直不愿意承认自己与达西先生的关系被舅母夸大了许多,所以还没有回复嘉丁纳太太写来的那封长信；但现在有了这样一个消息,她知道舅母听了一定会非常高兴,可她立刻又觉得,让舅父母迟了三天才知道这个喜讯,真是有些过意不去,于是立刻提笔写了下面这封信:

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unwillingness /ʌnˈwɪlɪŋnəs/

n. 不情愿,不愿意➕

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intimacy /ˈɪntɪməsi/

n. 亲密,密切；亲昵行为➕

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overrated /ˌoʊvərˈreɪtɪd/

adj. 评价过高的,被高估的➕

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communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/

v. 传达,传递（信息、感情等）；沟通,交流➕

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ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/

adj. 感到羞耻的,惭愧的➕

🔊 "I would have thanked you before, my dear aunt, as I ought to have done, for your long, kind, satisfactory, detail of particulars; but to say the truth, I was too cross to write. You supposed more than really existed. But now suppose as much as you choose; give a loose to your fancy, indulge your imagination in every possible flight which the subject will afford, and unless you believe me actually married, you cannot greatly err. You must write again very soon, and praise him a great deal more than you did in your last. I thank you, again and again, for not going to the Lakes. How could I be so silly as to wish it! Your idea of the ponies is delightful. We will go round the Park every day. I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh. Mr. Darcy sends you all the love in the world that he can spare from me. You are all to come to Pemberley at Christmas. Yours, etc."

“亲爱的舅母,你的那封长信、亲切而令人满意的信,给了我那么多细节,我本当早日回信道谢才是；但说实话,我当时心里太别扭,所以没有动笔。你当时想得太多了,超出了实情。但现在,你爱怎么想就怎么想吧。尽情地发挥你的想象力吧,只要和这件事沾边的,你都不妨尽情遐想一番,除非你断定我已经结了婚,否则你决不会猜得太过分。你得马上再写封信来,比上一封更多地赞美他一番。我千谢万谢你没有到湖区去。我当初怎么会那么傻,竟希望去那里！你提到的小马驹,这主意真叫人高兴。我们以后可以每天绕着庄园骑马转一圈。我真是天底下最幸福的人。也许以前也有人这样说过,可是没有一个人说得像我这样恰如其分。我甚至比简还要幸福；她只是莞尔微笑,我却开怀大笑。达西先生除了分给我的一点爱之外,把他所有的爱都用来问候你们。请你们圣诞节一定要到彭伯里来。你的外甥女,等等。”

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satisfactory /ˌsætɪsˈfæktəri/

adj. 令人满意的,足够的➕

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detail /ˈdiːteɪl/

n. 细节；详情➕

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cross /krɒs/

adj. 生气的,恼怒的➕

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loose /luːs/

n. 放任,无拘束（give a loose to 短语的一部分）➕

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indulge /ɪnˈdʌldʒ/

v. 纵容,迁就；沉溺于➕

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flight /flaɪt/

n. 奔放,迸发；飞行,航班➕

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err /ɜːr/

v. 犯错误；出错➕

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delightful /dɪˈlaɪtfl/

adj. 令人愉快的,宜人的➕

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creature /ˈkriːtʃər/

n. 生物,动物；人（尤用于强调某种情感或状态时）➕

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justice /ˈdʒʌstɪs/

n. 正义,公平；正当理由,合理➕

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spare /sper/

v. 分出,勾出；饶恕,赦免➕

Chapter sixty (第六十章)