Middlemarch — Page 5
多萝西娅怎么可能嫁不出去呢？——一个如此美貌、又有如此好前途的姑娘？
And how should Dorothea not marry?—a girl so handsome and with such prospects?
阻碍她的无非是她凡事走极端的性情，以及她坚持按照某些观念来规范生活——这些观念可能会让一个谨慎的男人在向她求婚之前三思，甚至最终导致她拒绝所有的求婚。
Nothing could hinder it but her love of extremes, and her insistence on regulating life according to notions which might cause a wary man to hesitate before he made her an offer, or even might lead her at last to refuse all offers.
一位出身名门、家境殷实的年轻小姐，却会突然跪在病重农夫身旁的砖地上，热切地祈祷，仿佛自己活在使徒时代——
A young lady of some birth and fortune, who knelt suddenly down on a brick floor by the side of a sick laborer and prayed fervidly as if she thought herself living in the time of the Apostles—
她有着天主教徒般奇异的斋戒癖好，还喜欢深夜坐读古老的神学典籍！
who had strange whims of fasting like a Papist, and of sitting up at night to read old theological books!
这样的妻子也许会在某个清晨将你唤醒，提出一套支配她收入的新方案，这套方案将会干扰政治经济，还会影响马厩的维持：任何男人在冒险与这样的人结为伴侣之前，自然都会再三考虑。
Such a wife might awaken you some fine morning with a new scheme for the application of her income which would interfere with political economy and the keeping of saddle-horses: a man would naturally think twice before he risked himself in such fellowship.
女人本该持有软弱的见解；而社会与家庭生活的重要保障在于，这些见解不会付诸实践。
Women were expected to have weak opinions; but the great safeguard of society and of domestic life was, that opinions were not acted on.
理智的人都随大流行事，所以若是有什么疯子在外游荡，人们也能认出来并加以回避。
Sane people did what their neighbors did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them.
乡间对这两位新来的年轻小姐的看法，即便在村舍居民之中，总体上也更倾向于席莉娅，认为她温柔可亲、神情纯真，
The rural opinion about the new young ladies, even among the cottagers, was generally in favor of Celia, as being so amiable and innocent-looking,
而布鲁克小姐那双大眼睛，就像她的宗教信仰一样，显得太过与众不同、太过引人注目。可怜的多萝西娅！
while Miss Brooke's large eyes seemed, like her religion, too unusual and striking. Poor Dorothea!
Vocabulary
- marry
- 与某人结婚，成为夫妻
- handsome
- 外貌俊美的，通常指外表出众
- prospects
- 未来的前景或发展机会
- hinder
- 阻碍、妨碍某事的发展
- extremes
- 极端，走向极端的行为或观点
- insistence
- 坚持、坚决要求某事的态度
- regulating
- 规范、控制或管理某事
- notions
- 观念、想法或信念
- cause
- 导致、引起某种结果
- wary
- 谨慎的，对风险保持警惕的
- hesitate
- 犹豫，因不确定而迟疑不决
- offer
- 求婚或提出某种建议
- refuse
- 拒绝，不接受某事或某人
- offers
- 求婚或提议，复数形式
- birth
- 出身，指家庭背景或社会地位
- fortune
- 财富，大量的金钱或财产
- knelt
- 跪下，kneel的过去式
- suddenly
- 突然地，出乎意料地
- brick
- 砖块，建筑用的硬质材料
- laborer
- 劳动者，从事体力劳动的工人
- prayed
- 祈祷，向神灵祈求，pray的过去式
- fervidly
- 热情洋溢地，极其热切地
- Apostles
- 使徒，指基督教圣经中的十二门徒
- whims
- 奇想、怪念头，突发的奇特念头
- fasting
- 禁食，出于宗教或健康原因不进食
- Papist
- 天主教徒，带有贬义的称呼
- theological
- 神学的，与宗教理论相关的
- awaken
- 唤醒，使某人意识到某事
- scheme
- 计划、方案，有时含贬义
- application
- 应用，将某事用于实践
- income
- 收入，定期获得的金钱
- interfere
- 干涉，妨碍他人事务
- political
- 政治的，与政治相关的
- economy
- 经济，社会的财富管理体系
- saddle-horses
- 供骑乘的马，骑用马
- naturally
- 自然地，理所当然地
- twice
- 两次，三思而行
- risked
- 冒险，冒着危险做某事
- fellowship
- 友谊，团体，或联系结合
- expected
- 被期望，被要求做某事
- weak
- 软弱的，不坚定的
- opinions
- 观点，对某事的个人看法
- safeguard
- 保障，保护某事不受伤害
- society
- 社会，人们共同生活的群体
- domestic
- 家庭的，与家庭生活相关的
- Sane
- 神志正常的，理智健全的
- neighbors
- 邻居，住在附近的人
- lunatics
- 疯子，精神失常的人
- avoid
- 避免，刻意远离某人或某事
- rural
- 乡村的，与农村生活相关的
- opinion
- 意见，对某事的看法
- among
- 在……之中，表示位于群体内
- cottagers
- 农舍居民，住在小屋的人
- generally
- 通常，大体上，一般而言
- favor
- 偏爱，支持某人或某事
- amiable
- 和蔼可亲的，性情友善的
- innocent-looking
- 看起来天真无邪的，外表纯洁
- religion
- 宗教，信仰体系
- unusual
- 不寻常的，与众不同的
- striking
- 引人注目的，给人深刻印象的
- Poor
- 可怜的，表示同情的形容词
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