跟着《傲慢与偏见》电影学表达(1)

(2.24~2.28)

tend to

Thank you for tending to my sister diligently.

tend to是指「照顾，照料」，look after sb；diligently，do it thoroughly and well，勤奋地=industriously

imposition

I feel such a terrible imposition, they're being so kind to me.

imposition是指「不公平的负担」，特别是指「给对方造成不便」

If something is an imposition, you don't want to do it, but you likely will have to.

If your friends invite themselves over for dinner the night before your big test, that's an imposition because you'll have to cook instead of studying.

造句:

During the summer holiday, my sister-in- law allowed me to share the apartment with her, which saved me a fortune.

I knew it was an imposition, grateful to their assistance.

perish

Though she may well perish with the shame of having such a mother.

perish=die， it suggests a slow, gradual, nonviolent death，是一种逐渐消亡的过程

take credit for

You can reasonably take credit for making it rain.

take credit for sth=receive recognition/praise because of sth，就相当于「邀功」

unaccountable

This is unaccountable of him. Dining out, indeed.

When sb behave as though they don't need to explain themselves, answer to anyone else, or take responsibility for their actions. 「这个人很莫名其妙，行为难以理解」

apt to

Now, you're a great deal too apt to like people in general, you know.

be a great deal too这里的a great deal其实是用来表现程度。

be apt to do=tend to do=incline to do易于，有...的倾向

in the making

There's a spinster in the making and no mistake.

in the making=in the process of developing or being made．在形成中...

leave

But I give you leave to like him.

这里leave作名词，意思是permission，「许可，允许」。

Only the deepest love will persuade me into matrimony,which is why I will end up an old maid.

persuade sb into sth劝说某人接受…，说服某人做某事

matrimony这个词就是marriage的意思，matri一是一个前缀：母;所以 matriarch，母系社会，patriarch夫系社会

plain

But Lizzie will never admit that she's plain.

说一些人长得很一般

handsome

It is a pity she's not more handsome.

count your blesssings

Count your blessings, Lizzie.If he liked you, you'd have to talk to him.

be grateful for what one has，知足吧，要对你所拥有的心存感激。

agreeable

But her sister, Elizabeth, is very agreeable.

「令人愉快的，让人开心的」

agreeable weather

They're to be stationed the whole winter.

be to有「计划打算做某事」，station「驻扎」

She is the most beautiful creature I have ever beheld.

to behold is to see「看」

He is a joy to behold.

tempt

Perfectly tolerable, I dare say,but not handsome enough to tempt me.

tolerable「可忍受的」，tolerate是动词形式； tempt sb=attract sb，就是「吸引某人，诱惑某人」词组tempt sb to do sth

a vague inclination

But if it is only a vague inclination,I'm convinced one poor sonnet will kill it stone dead.

朦朦胧胧的好感

kill sth stone dead means that you destroy sth completely「彻底的毁掉了这件事」

positively

Your skills in the art of matchmaking are positively occult.

positively，「真地，truly」，用于强调程度 ；occult「玄妙的，神秘的」

in pursuit of

Well，if Jane does die，it will be a comfort to know it was in pursuit of Mr Bingley.

be in pursuit of sth=pursue sth，「追求某事的过程中」

2.26

have occasion to

How many letters you must have occasion to write, Mr Darcy.

occasion作名词有「适当的机会， 时机」的意思

have occasion to do sth指「有机会做某事」

in raptures at sth

I was quite in raptures at her beautiful little design for a table.

in raptures at sth表示对...非常迷恋，喜爱

do sth/sb justice

At present, I have not room enough to do them justice.

accomplished

Well, I think it's amazing you young ladies have the patience to be so accomplished.

accomplished可以用来形容人很有才能，在某些方面特别擅长。

extensive

And, of course, she must improve her mind by extensive reading.

Are you imposing your values on other cultures?

你是在把你的价值观强加给其他文化吗?

《盖茨夫妇访谈录》

refreshing

It's refreshing, is it not，after sitting so long in one attitude?

refreshing，让人耳目一新的；attitude通常是指态度，这里可以理解为「姿势」，An attitude is somewhere between a belief, a stance, a mood, and a pose

It's a contagious optimism and it's refreshing.

这是一种具有感染力的乐观主义，令人耳目一新。

《盖茨夫妇访谈录》

She was then a refreshing counter to the mainstream.

之后，她的出现对于政坛格局如同一股清泉。

get in your way

If the first, I should get in your way.

get in one's way=阻挡某人，挡了...道

folly

Maybe it's that I find it hard to forgive the follies and vices of others, or their offences against me.

folly，愚蠢的行为，vice作为名词，可以理解为邪恶，或不道德的行为

diverting

Absolutely. I find the country very diverting.

diverting=entertaining，interesting；Something that's diverting is a pleasant distraction.

imposing

What a fine, imposing place it is, to be sure, is it not, my dears?

imposing:magnificent

adequate

I find it perfectly adequate,even if society's a little less varied than in town.

adequate「差强人意，还可以」，但没有达到特别好的地步。

all shapes and sizes

We dine with four and twenty families of all shapes and sizes.

all shapes and sizes=形形色色，各种各样

stimulating

Thank you for your stimulating company.

stimulating=exciting and entertaining，另人振奋的；

2.28

Elizabeth remained with no very cordial feelings towards him.

for she had a lively, playful disposition, which delighted in any thing ridiculous.

be made of

Just the one, mind, we're not made of money.

be made of是指由...构成

not made of money「并不富裕」

afford

I'm very pleased the estate can afford such a living.

impulse

Do these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment or are they the result of previous study?

the impulse of the moment是指「一时兴起」，on a whim

rehearse

Believe me, no one would suspect your manners to be rehearsed.

rehearse是指「排练，预演」

alternative

Indeed. Indeed. Very agreeable alternative.

despair at

Mr Collins is the sort of man who makes you despair at the entire sex.

despair at指感到非常绝望。

blooming

She is. Look at her. She's blooming.

blooming「容光焕发的」

a credit to

Be sure to invite Mr Wickham,he is a credit to his profession.

a credit to是指为...增加荣誉，使...感到光荣

next to

I'm of next to no importance,SO it's easily done.

next to几乎，差不多，这里意思是我几乎没有存在感

have poor taste in

I can't be trusted. I have very poor taste in ribbons.

have very poor taste in「品味非常糟糕」have great taste in就可以指在某方面「品味很好」

capture one's attention

Well, it is my avowed hope that soon I may find a mistress for it and I have to inform you that the eldest Miss Bennet has captured my special attention.

avowed，公开宣布的；

mean

Mrs Bennet, you do know that I've been bestowed by the good grace of Lady Catherine de Bourg a parsonage of no mean size.

bestow，授予，赠与；parsonage，一般是指牧师的住宅；mean在这里作为形容词，表示低微的，of no mean size说明房子还挺大的；也可以指人「很吝啬的，卑鄙的」

delicate

These are the kind of little delicate compliments which are always acceptable to the ladies and which I conceive myself

particularly bound to pay.

possess the talent

How happy for you, Mr Collins,to possess the talent for flattering with such delicacy.

possess the talent for sth，拥有...的才华，天赋；flattering with such delicacy，如此精妙的奉承（这里有反讽的意思）

superbly

What a superbly featured room and what excellent boiled potatoes.

superbly指极好地，相当于extremely well

abut

My small rectory abuts her estate,Rosings Park, and she often condescends to drive by my humble dwelling in her little phaeton and ponies.

abut指紧挨着，毗邻；

condescend有屈尊,(对某人)表现出优越感的意思

humbling dwelling「寒舍」

bequeath

With his last breath,his father bequeathed me the rectory in his estate.

bequeath sb sth/sth to sb把．…遗赠给某人