🔊 In consequence of an agreement between the sisters, Elizabeth wrote the next morning to her mother, to beg that the carriage might be sent for them in the course of the day.

根据姐妹俩的约定,伊丽莎白第二天早晨写信给母亲,请求当天派马车来接她们。

🔊 But Mrs. Bennet, who had calculated on her daughters remaining at Netherfield till the following Tuesday, which would exactly finish Jane’s week, could not bring herself to receive them with pleasure before. Her answer, therefore, was not propitious, at least not to Elizabeth’s wishes, for she was impatient to get home. Mrs. Bennet sent them word that they could not possibly have the carriage before Tuesday; and in her postscript, it was added, that if Mr. Bingley and his sister pressed them to stay longer, she could spare them very well.

但班纳特太太原本指望女儿们留在尼日斐花园直到下周二,正好让简住满一周,因此不能愉快地提前接她们回家。她的答复并不如意,至少不符合伊丽莎白的愿望,因为她急于回家。班纳特太太传话说,周二之前马车不可能有空；并在附言中补充道,如果彬格莱先生和他的妹妹热情挽留,她倒很乐意让她们多住几天。

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calculated /ˈkælkjuleɪtɪd/

v. 计算；推测,盘算（尤指为达成目的而计划）➕

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propitious /prəˈpɪʃəs/

adj. 吉利的；有利的；顺利的➕

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impatient /ɪmˈpeɪʃnt/

adj. 不耐烦的；迫不及待的➕

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postscript /ˈpəʊstskrɪpt/

n. （信末的）附言,又及➕

🔊 Against staying longer, however, Elizabeth was positively resolved—nor did she much expect it would be asked; and fearful, on the contrary, as being considered as intruding themselves needlessly long, she urged Jane to borrow Mr. Bingley’s carriage immediately, and at length it was settled that their original design of leaving Netherfield that morning should be mentioned, and the request made.

然而,伊丽莎白坚决反对再多留一天--她也不大指望对方会开口挽留；相反,她担心被人视为不识趣地久留不去,便催促简立即向彬格莱先生借马车。最后商定,她们应当提及原定今早离开尼日斐花园的计划,并提出请求。

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positively /ˈpɒzətɪvli/

adv. 肯定地；坚决地,绝对地➕

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intruding /ɪnˈtruːdɪŋ/

v. 闯入；侵扰；打扰➕

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urged /ɜːdʒd/

v. 敦促；力劝；竭力主张➕

🔊 The communication excited many professions of concern; and enough was said of wishing them to stay at least till the following day to work on Jane; and till the morrow, their going was deferred. Miss Bingley was then sorry that she had proposed the delay, for her jealousy and dislike of one sister much exceeded her affection for the other.

这个消息引来了许多关切的表示；大家纷纷表示希望她们至少留到明天,这番话打动了简；于是,她们的行程推迟到了次日。彬格莱小姐随后便后悔提议延迟,因为她对一位姐姐的嫉妒和厌恶远超过对另一位姐姐的喜爱。

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communication /kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃn/

n. 交流；通信；传达的信息➕

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professions /prəˈfeʃnz/

n. 宣称；声明；（尤指需要专业知识的）职业➕

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deferred /dɪˈfɜːd/

v. 推迟；延期➕

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jealousy /ˈdʒeləsi/

n. 嫉妒；妒羡➕

🔊 The master of the house heard with real sorrow that they were to go so soon, and repeatedly tried to persuade Miss Bennet that it would not be safe for her—that she was not enough recovered; but Jane was firm where she felt herself to be right.

屋主听说她们这么快就要走,着实感到难过,并一再劝说班纳特小姐这样不安全--她身体尚未完全复原；但简认为自己做得对,便坚持己见。

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persuade /pəˈsweɪd/

v. 说服,劝服➕

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recovered /rɪˈkʌvəd/

v. 恢复（健康、能力等）；复原➕

🔊 To Mr. Darcy it was welcome intelligence—Elizabeth had been at Netherfield long enough. She attracted him more than he liked—and Miss Bingley was uncivil to her, and more teasing than usual to himself. He wisely resolved to be particularly careful that no sign of admiration should now escape him, nothing that could elevate her with the hope of influencing his felicity; sensible that if such an idea had been suggested, his behaviour during the last day must have material weight in confirming or crushing it. Steady to his purpose, he scarcely spoke ten words to her through the whole of Saturday, and though they were at one time left by themselves for half an hour, he adhered most conscientiously to his book, and would not even look at her.

对达西先生来说,这倒是个好消息--伊丽莎白在尼日斐花园待得够久了。她对他的吸引力已经超出了他的意愿--而彬格莱小姐对她无礼,对他自己则比往常更烦扰他。他明智地决定要格外小心,不流露出任何爱慕的迹象,不做任何可能让她萌生希望、以为能影响他幸福的事；他心里明白,倘若让她生出这种念头,那么他昨日的举止便至关重要:要么坐实,要么打消她的这份念想。他坚守这一决心,整个周六几乎没跟她说过十句话；尽管有一次他们单独相处了半小时,他还是非常专心地埋头看书,甚至看都不看她一眼。

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intelligence /ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns/

n. 智力；情报；消息➕

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uncivil /ʌnˈsɪvl/

adj. 不文明的；失礼的,粗鲁的➕

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teasing /ˈtiːzɪŋ/

adj. 戏弄的；取笑的；逗弄的➕

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admiration /ˌædməˈreɪʃn/

n. 钦佩；赞赏；羡慕➕

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elevate /ˈelɪveɪt/

v. 提升；举起；提高（地位、重要性）➕

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felicity /fəˈlɪsəti/

n. 幸福；快乐；恰当的措辞➕

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material /məˈtɪəriəl/

adj. 物质的；重要的,实质性的➕

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crushing /ˈkrʌʃɪŋ/

adj. 压倒性的；毁灭性的；使人受不了的➕

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Steady /ˈstedi/

adj. 稳定的；稳步的；坚定的➕

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conscientiously /ˌkɒnʃiˈenʃəsli/

adv. 认真地；尽职尽责地➕

🔊 On Sunday, after morning service, the separation, so agreeable to almost all, took place. Miss Bingley’s civility to Elizabeth increased at last very rapidly, as well as her affection for Jane; and when they parted, after assuring the latter of the pleasure it would always give her to see her either at Longbourn or Netherfield, and embracing her most tenderly, she even shook hands with the former. Elizabeth took leave of the whole party in the liveliest spirits.

到了星期天晨祷过后,令几乎所有人都感到愉快的分别时刻终于来临。彬格莱小姐对伊丽莎白的礼貌最后迅速增加,她对简的喜爱也是如此；分别时,她向后者保证,无论在她家浪搏恩还是在尼日斐花园见到她,都会让她高兴,并极为亲切地拥抱了她,甚至同伊丽莎白也握了手。伊丽莎白兴致勃勃地向所有人告别。

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separation /ˌsepəˈreɪʃn/

n. 分离；分开；间隔➕

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agreeable /əˈɡriːəbl/

adj. 令人愉快的；惬意的；同意的➕

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civility /səˈvɪləti/

n. 礼貌；客气；彬彬有礼➕

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assuring /əˈʃʊərɪŋ/

v. 向…保证；使确信➕

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embracing /ɪmˈbreɪsɪŋ/

v. 拥抱；欣然接受➕

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tenderly /ˈtendəli/

adv. 温柔地；体贴地➕

🔊 They were not welcomed home very cordially by their mother. Mrs. Bennet wondered at their coming, and thought them very wrong to give so much trouble, and was sure Jane would have caught cold again. But their father, though very laconic in his expressions of pleasure, was really glad to see them; he had felt their importance in the family circle. The evening conversation, when they were all assembled, had lost much of its animation, and almost all its sense, by the absence of Jane and Elizabeth.

她们回家时,母亲并不十分热情。班纳特太太对她们回来感到惊讶,认为她们这么麻烦别人很不对,并且断定简又会感冒。但她们的父亲,虽然表达喜悦时言辞简洁,其实很高兴见到她们；他感觉到她们在家庭圈子里的重要性。晚间阖家聊天时,由于简和伊丽莎白的缺席,谈话便失却了不少生气,几乎变得索然无味。

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cordially /ˈkɔːdiəli/

adv. 热诚地；亲切地➕

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laconic /ləˈkɒnɪk/

adj. 简洁的,简短的；惜字如金的➕

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animation /ˌænɪˈmeɪʃn/

n. 兴奋,活跃；动画片➕

🔊 They found Mary, as usual, deep in the study of thorough bass and human nature; and had some new extracts to admire, and some new observations of threadbare morality to listen to.

她们发现玛丽一如往常,正埋头研究通奏低音和人性；有一些新的摘录值得赞赏,还有一些关于老生常谈的道德说教的新见解要听。

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thorough /ˈθʌrə/

adj. 彻底的,全面的；细致的➕

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threadbare /ˈθredbeə(r)/

adj. 磨破的,破旧的；陈腐的,老一套的➕

🔊 Catherine and Lydia had information for them of a different sort. Much had been done, and much had been said in the regiment since the preceding Wednesday; several of the officers had dined lately with their uncle, a private had been flogged, and it had actually been hinted that Colonel Forster was going to be married.

凯瑟琳和莉迪亚则告诉了她们一些不同的消息。自从上周三以来,民兵团里热闹非凡,流言不断；几位军官最近和她们的舅舅吃过饭,一个士兵挨了鞭打,而且确实有传闻说弗斯脱上校要结婚了。

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regiment /ˈredʒɪmənt/

n. （军队的）团；大量➕

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preceding /prɪˈsiːdɪŋ/

adj. 在前的,在先的➕

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flogged /flɒɡd/

v. 鞭打,抽打；严厉批评➕

Chapter twelve (第十二章)