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一

昨天流量收入2.21元。

這是第60天讀英文版《傲慢與偏見》，這也是chapter3的最后一段。

上篇筆記講到貝內(nèi)特太太著手對達(dá)西開炮，因為舞會上達(dá)西拒絕和她女兒跳舞，貝太太覺得老臉沒面子，有點下不來臺，尷尬，因此回到家對著先生憤怒的對達(dá)西開炮，她是這樣講的：

“But I can assure you,” she added, “that Lizzy does not lose much by not suiting his fancy; for he is a most disagreeable, horrid man, not at all worth pleasing. So high and so conceited that there was no enduring him! He walked here, and he walked there, fancying himself so very great! Not handsome enough to dance with! I wish you had been there, my dear, to have given him one of your set downs. I quite detest the man.”

這段文字，我瞅瞅詞匯注釋，算是把這段文字轉(zhuǎn)化為中文了：

“我可以向你保證”，她接著說，“利茲沒損失什么不迎合他的喜好；他是一個非常難相處，讓人煩的人，不值得討好他。如此的自高自傲沒人忍受他！他在這走走，在那走走，自以為了不起！不漂亮不配與他跳舞！我真希望你在那親愛的，你就可以斥責(zé)他。我很煩這個人。”

二

這段文字生詞較少，出于多學(xué)一點我還是查閱工具列舉一些注釋和句子：

1. assure
詞性：動詞
含義：向……保證；使確信
用法：“can assure you”，向?qū)Ψ奖ＷC。

2. suiting
詞性：動詞（現(xiàn)在分詞）
含義：適合；迎合
用法：“not suiting his fancy”，不符合他的喜好。

我從詞典上找的雙語例句，給出的正好是我們讀的這段文字里的句子：

"But I can assure you," she added, "that Lizzy does not lose much by not suiting his fancy; for he is a most disagreeable, horrid man, not at all worth pleasing."

“不過我可以告訴你，”她補充道，“麗萃不中他的意，這對麗萃并沒有什么可惜，因為他是個最討厭、最可惡的人不值得去奉承他。”

3. disagreeable
詞性：形容詞
含義：令人不快的；難相處的
用法：“most disagreeable”，非常令人不快。

我補充三個例句，體會“disagreeable”的用法：

He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and every body hoped that he would never come there again.

他是世界上最驕傲，最討人厭的人，大家希望他不要再來。

Germany is a helpful, though somewhat exacting friend, that she is a tight and tenacious bargainer, and a most disagreeable antagonist.

德國是個樂于助人但又有些苛刻的朋友，是個精明且固執(zhí)的討價還價者，還是個極其令人不快的對手。

"I quite agree with you, Madam," said Uncle Andrew. "a most disagreeable place. Completely uncivilized. If only I were a younger man and had a gun –".

“我完全同意，夫人?！卑驳卖斁司苏f，“這是一個最讓人厭惡的地方，野蠻透頂。我要是年輕一些，還有支槍，就好了——”。

4. horrid
詞性：形容詞
含義：可怕的；極討厭的
用法：“horrid man”，極討厭的人。

我補充三個權(quán)威例句，體會“horrid”的用法：

Does it bother you that you have this image as a horrid man?

你對自己被貼上“可怕的人”的標(biāo)簽感到困擾嗎？

But the horrid man image would come from the mistaken idea that the barrister is there bullying people all the time, leaning on them unfairly, taking advantage of them in the witness box.

但“可怕的人”這種印象源于一種錯誤的觀念，即認(rèn)為律師一直在欺負(fù)人，不公平地逼迫他們，在證人席上占他們的便宜。

Judging alongside Rosen were Horrid Henry author Francesca Simon and illustrator Tony Ross, Yes Man author and journalist Danny Wallace and author Grace Dent.

與羅森一同擔(dān)任評委的有《淘氣包亨利》的作者弗朗西斯卡·西蒙和插畫師托尼·羅斯、《好好先生》的作者兼記者丹尼·華萊士以及作家格蕾絲·登特。

5. conceited
詞性：形容詞
含義：自負(fù)的；自高自大的
用法：“so conceited”，非常自負(fù)。

6. enduring
詞性：動詞（現(xiàn)在分詞）
含義：忍受；忍耐
用法：“no enduring him”，無法忍受他。

7. fancying
詞性：動詞（現(xiàn)在分詞）
含義：自以為；想象
用法：“fancying himself so very great”，自以為非常了不起。

8. detest
詞性：動詞
含義：憎惡；痛恨
用法：“quite detest the man”，極其痛恨那個人。

三

我逐句拆解閱讀一遍：

1. “But I can assure you,” she added, “that Lizzy does not lose much by not suiting his fancy;”

assure：向……保證。

suiting his fancy：迎合他的喜好。

“fancy”，喜好、興致。

2. “for he is a most disagreeable, horrid man, not at all worth pleasing.”

disagreeable：令人不快的。

horrid：極討厭的。

not at all worth pleasing：完全不值得討好。

3. “So high and so conceited that there was no enduring him!”

conceited：自負(fù)的。

enduring：忍受。

4. “He walked here, and he walked there, fancying himself so very great!”

fancying himself so very great：自以為非常了不起。

“fancying”，自我陶醉。

“walked here, and he walked there”，自負(fù)的外在表現(xiàn)。

5. “Not handsome enough to dance with! I wish you had been there, my dear, to have given him one of your set downs.”

Not handsome enough to dance with：不夠漂亮到能與之共舞。

set downs：斥責(zé)、反駁。

6. “I quite detest the man.”

detest：憎惡、痛恨。

這段文字是貝內(nèi)特太太控訴達(dá)西，從性格、外貌到行為舉止，全面情緒化的否定。