文/liangchaoxford 广东凉茶煲牛津
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这是第50天阅读英文版《傲慢与偏见》。
“I would not be so fastidious as you are,” cried Bingley, “for a kingdom! Upon my honour, I never met with so many pleasant girls in my life, as I have this evening; and there are several of them you see uncommonly pretty.”
这段文字是什么意思呢,我瞄了一眼陌生词的简洁注释,因此,我把这段文字的中文写这里:
“我没有你那样挑剔”,宾利大叫着,“就是给我一个王国!我以荣誉保证,我从来没见过这么多漂亮的姑娘们,除了今晚;你看到的那几个姑娘多么漂亮啊。”
我把几个略微陌生的词汇给出简洁注释,这是我查阅的:
1. fastidious
词性:形容词
含义:挑剔的;讲究的;难以取悦的
用法:挑剔
2. kingdom
词性:名词
含义:王国;领域;管辖范围
用法:“for a kingdom”,“无论如何也不”。
3. honour
词性:名词
含义:名誉;荣誉;信用
用法:“Upon my honour”,“我以名誉担保”。
4. pleasant
词性:形容词
含义:令人愉快的;可爱的;友好的
用法:“pleasant girls”,姑娘们很可爱、令人愉快。
5. several
词性:形容词
含义:几个的;数个的
用法:“several of them”,好几个。
6. uncommonly
词性:副词
含义:极其;非常;罕见地
用法:“uncommonly pretty”,非常漂亮。
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为了更好的理解这段文字,我逐句拆解阅读:
1. "I would not be so fastidious as you are," cried Bingley, "for a kingdom!"
fastidious:挑剔的,讲究的。
for a kingdom:这个表达夸张,是“无论如何也不”。
2. "Upon my honour, I never met with so many pleasant girls in my life, as I have this evening;"
Upon my honour:固定短语,“我以名誉担保”。
pleasant:令人愉快的,可爱的。
3. "and there are several of them you see uncommonly pretty."
several:几个的,数个的。
uncommonly:极其,非常。
这段文字是宾利认为今晚舞会上的姑娘很漂亮,达西太挑剔了。那么,接下来会怎么呢?看后续的文本。
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