Cranford — Page 10
我第一次回访克兰福德时，他至少已年过六十。
He must have been upwards of sixty at the time of the first visit I paid to Cranford after I had left it as a residence.
但他身形矫健，筋骨强劲，富有弹性，头部保持着军人特有的挺拔后仰，步伐轻快有力，使他看起来比实际年龄年轻许多。
But he had a wiry, well-trained, elastic figure, a stiff military throw-back of his head, and a springing step, which made him appear much younger than he was.
他的大女儿看起来几乎与他同龄，这无意间透露出他的真实年龄远比外表所显示的要大。
His eldest daughter looked almost as old as himself, and betrayed the fact that his real was more than his apparent age.
布朗小姐想必已有四十岁；她面容憔悴，神情痛苦，满脸愁容，仿佛青春的欢愉早已从她身上消逝殆尽。
Miss Brown must have been forty; she had a sickly, pained, careworn expression on her face, and looked as if the gaiety of youth had long faded out of sight.
即便在年轻时，她也必定相貌平平，面容生硬。
Even when young she must have been plain and hard-featured.
杰茜·布朗小姐比她姐姐小十岁，却美貌胜出二十分。
Miss Jessie Brown was ten years younger than her sister, and twenty shades prettier.
她的脸庞圆润，带着可爱的酒窝。
Her face was round and dimpled.
詹金斯小姐曾在与布朗上尉的一次争执中（起因我稍后再告诉你）激动地说，"她认为杰茜小姐早该收起那对酒窝，不要老是一副装出来的孩子模样。"
Miss Jenkyns once said, in a passion against Captain Brown (the cause of which I will tell you presently), "that she thought it was time for Miss Jessie to leave off her dimples, and not always to be trying to look like a child."
她的脸上确实带着几分孩子气；我想，这种神情将伴随她终生，纵使她活到百岁也不会消散。
It was true there was something childlike in her face; and there will be, I think, till she dies, though she should live to a hundred.
她有一双大大的蓝色眼睛，充满好奇，直率地望着你；她的鼻子轮廓未定，略显朝天；她的嘴唇红润水嫩；她还留着一排排小卷发，更衬托出这副稚气的模样。
Her eyes were large blue wondering eyes, looking straight at you; her nose was unformed and snub, and her lips were red and dewy; she wore her hair, too, in little rows of curls, which heightened this appearance.
Vocabulary
- must
- 表示推测或必要性的情态动词
- upwards
- 向上；超过某个数量或年龄
- visit
- 拜访；到某地或某人处探望
- residence
- 居住地；长期居住的地方
- wiry
- 形容人身材精瘦结实、充满力量
- well-trained
- 经过良好训练的；训练有素的
- elastic
- 有弹性的；灵活有活力的
- figure
- 身材；人的体型轮廓
- stiff
- 僵硬的；不灵活的
- military
- 军事的；与军队相关的
- throw-back
- 向后仰的姿势；此处指昂首挺胸
- springing
- 弹跳的；充满活力的步伐
- appear
- 看起来；显得
- eldest
- 最年长的；old的最高级形式
- almost
- 几乎；差不多
- betrayed
- 暴露；透露出某个秘密或事实
- apparent
- 表面上的；看起来如此但不一定真实
- sickly
- 病弱的；看起来不健康的
- pained
- 痛苦的；表情显示出痛苦或悲伤
- careworn
- 因忧虑而憔悴的；饱受操劳的
- expression
- 表情；脸上流露出的情感
- gaiety
- 欢乐；快乐活泼的状态
- youth
- 青春；年轻的时期
- faded
- 褪去；逐渐消失或减弱
- sight
- 视野；目光所及之处
- plain
- 相貌平平的；不漂亮的
- hard-featured
- 五官线条硬朗的；相貌不柔和的
- shades
- 程度；几分；细微差别
- dimpled
- 有酒窝的；脸颊上有小凹坑的
- passion
- 激动；强烈的情绪或愤怒
- against
- 反对；对抗某人或某事
- Captain
- 上尉；船长；军官头衔
- cause
- 原因；导致某事发生的理由
- presently
- 不久；稍后；过一会儿
- dimples
- 酒窝；笑时脸颊上出现的小凹陷
- childlike
- 像孩子一样的；天真无邪的
- till
- 直到……为止
- though
- 即使；尽管
- wondering
- 充满好奇的；透露出疑惑的神情
- unformed
- 尚未成形的；不够明显的
- snub
- 朝天鼻的；鼻尖翘起的
- dewy
- 带有水润光泽的；如露珠般水嫩的
- rows
- 排；一列整齐排列的事物
- curls
- 卷发；弯曲的发卷
- heightened
- 加强；使更加突出或明显
- appearance
- 外貌；人的外表或整体形象
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