Cranford — Page 4
「亲爱的，你必须时刻记着时间，不要让自己在谈话中忘了它。」
"You must keep thinking about the time, my dear, and not allow yourself to forget it in conversation."
由于每个人心中都牢记着这条规矩，无论是拜访别人还是接受拜访，当然就从来没有人谈起任何引人入胜的话题。
As everybody had this rule in their minds, whether they received or paid a call, of course no absorbing subject was ever spoken about.
我们只说些简短的闲话，并且严守时间准时告退。
We kept ourselves to short sentences of small talk, and were punctual to our time.
我想克兰福德的一些上流人士是贫穷的，在收支平衡上颇有困难；但他们就像斯巴达人一样，将苦楚隐藏在笑脸之下。
I imagine that a few of the gentlefolks of Cranford were poor, and had some difficulty in making both ends meet; but they were like the Spartans, and concealed their smart under a smiling face.
我们没有一个人谈论钱财，因为那个话题带有商业贸易的味道，尽管有些人可能贫穷，我们却都是贵族。
We none of us spoke of money, because that subject savoured of commerce and trade, and though some might be poor, we were all aristocratic.
克兰福德人拥有那种善意的团体精神，这使得他们在某些人试图掩盖自己的贫困时，对其种种不如意之处都睁一只眼闭一只眼。
The Cranfordians had that kindly esprit de corps which made them overlook all deficiencies in success when some among them tried to conceal their poverty.
Vocabulary
- must
- 表示必须或义务
- keep
- 持续做某事，保持某状态
- thinking
- 思考，动脑筋
- dear
- 亲爱的，用于亲切称呼
- allow
- 允许，准许某人做某事
- yourself
- 你自己，反身代词
- forget
- 忘记，记不住某事
- conversation
- 对话，与他人的交谈
- As
- 由于，正如，连词
- everybody
- 每个人，所有人
- rule
- 规则，规定
- minds
- 心思，头脑，复数
- whether
- 是否，引导条件从句
- received
- 接受，收到（此处指接受拜访）
- paid
- 支付；此处指进行（拜访）
- call
- 拜访，社交性的上门造访
- course
- 当然，表示理所当然
- absorbing
- 引人入胜的，非常吸引注意力的
- subject
- 话题，讨论的主题
- ever
- 曾经，在任何时候
- spoken
- speak的过去分词，被谈及
- kept
- keep的过去式，保持
- ourselves
- 我们自己，反身代词
- short
- 短的，简短的
- sentences
- 句子，语句，复数
- talk
- 交谈，闲聊
- punctual
- 守时的，准时到达的
- imagine
- 想象，猜测某事可能如此
- few
- 很少的，几乎没有
- gentlefolks
- 出身良好的上流社会人士
- poor
- 贫穷的，经济拮据的
- difficulty
- 困难，不容易做到
- both
- 两者都，双方
- ends
- 末端；此处指收支两端
- meet
- 相遇；此处指收支相抵
- like
- 像，类似于
- Spartans
- 斯巴达人，以坚忍刻苦著称
- concealed
- 隐藏，掩盖，不让人知道
- smart
- 此处指疼痛或困窘之感
- smiling
- 微笑的，面带笑容的
- none
- 没有一个，表示全部否定
- spoke
- speak的过去式，谈到，说起
- savoured
- 此处指带有……的味道或色彩
- commerce
- 商业，贸易往来
- trade
- 贸易，做买卖的行为
- though
- 尽管，虽然，表示让步
- might
- 可能，表示推测的情态动词
- aristocratic
- 贵族的，有贵族气质的
- kindly
- 友善地，带有善意的
- esprit
- （法语）精神，esprit de corps指团队精神
- corps
- （法语）团体，esprit de corps即团队精神
- overlook
- 忽视，对某事睁一只眼闭一只眼
- deficiencies
- 不足，缺陷，欠缺之处
- success
- 成功，取得好的结果
- among
- 在……之中，介词
- tried
- try的过去式，努力尝试
- conceal
- 隐藏，掩盖，不让人察觉
- poverty
- 贫穷，经济上的匮乏状态
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