Middlemarch — Page 7
她确信自己若是早生几年，定会接受那明智的胡克尔——若能救他免于那桩糟糕的婚姻错误的话；或者是双目失明后的约翰·弥尔顿；或者是其他那些伟大人物中的任何一位——忍受他们的种种怪癖本是一种崇高的虔诚；但是，一位和蔼可亲的英俊准男爵，每当她表达疑虑时也只会说"正是如此"——他怎么能让她动情，视他为爱人呢？
She felt sure that she would have accepted the judicious Hooker, if she had been born in time to save him from that wretched mistake he made in matrimony; or John Milton when his blindness had come on; or any of the other great men whose odd habits it would have been glorious piety to endure; but an amiable handsome baronet, who said "Exactly" to her remarks even when she expressed uncertainty,—how could he affect her as a lover?
真正令人向往的婚姻，必定是那种丈夫如父亲一般的婚姻，他甚至可以教你希伯来语，只要你有此心愿。
The really delightful marriage must be that where your husband was a sort of father, and could teach you even Hebrew, if you wished it.
多萝西娅性格上的这些特点，使得布鲁克先生在邻近的几户人家中备受责怪，人们认为他本应为侄女们物色一位中年妇女来担任引导和陪伴之职。
These peculiarities of Dorothea's character caused Mr. Brooke to be all the more blamed in neighboring families for not securing some middle-aged lady as guide and companion to his nieces.
然而他本人对于可能出任此职的那种强势女性极为忌惮，以至于他任由自己被多萝西娅的反对意见所说服，在这件事上竟鼓起勇气对抗世俗——也就是说，对抗卡德瓦拉德太太（那位牧师的妻子）以及他在洛姆郡东北角往来拜访的那一小圈绅士人家。
But he himself dreaded so much the sort of superior woman likely to be available for such a position, that he allowed himself to be dissuaded by Dorothea's objections, and was in this case brave enough to defy the world—that is to say, Mrs. Cadwallader the Rector's wife, and the small group of gentry with whom he visited in the northeast corner of Loamshire.
于是，布鲁克小姐主持着舅舅家中的事务，对于这份新获得的权威以及随之而来的敬重，她非但不反感，心中还颇为受用。
So Miss Brooke presided in her uncle's household, and did not at all dislike her new authority, with the homage that belonged to it.
詹姆斯·切塔姆爵士今天要到庄园来用晚餐，同行的还有一位姑娘们从未见过的男士，多萝西娅对此人怀有几分崇敬的期待。
Sir James Chettam was going to dine at the Grange to-day with another gentleman whom the girls had never seen, and about whom Dorothea felt some venerating expectation.
Vocabulary
- felt
- feel的过去式，感觉、感到
- sure
- 确信的，肯定的
- accepted
- accept的过去式，接受、同意
- judicious
- 明智的，判断力强、做事审慎的
- born
- 出生的，bear的过去分词
- save
- 拯救、挽救某人或某事
- wretched
- 可悲的，糟糕透顶的，令人痛苦的
- mistake
- 错误，失误，判断不当之事
- matrimony
- 婚姻，结婚状态，正式用语
- blindness
- 失明，眼睛丧失视力的状态
- odd
- 奇怪的，古怪的，不寻常的
- habits
- 习惯，habit的复数，个人惯常行为
- glorious
- 光荣的，荣耀的，令人钦佩的
- piety
- 虔诚，对宗教或道德的虔敬之心
- endure
- 忍受，容忍，承受艰难或痛苦
- amiable
- 和蔼可亲的，友善讨人喜欢的
- handsome
- 英俊的，外表好看、仪表堂堂的
- baronet
- 准男爵，英国低级世袭贵族头衔
- Exactly
- 完全正确，用于表示赞同或确认
- remarks
- 评论，言论，所说的话或意见
- expressed
- express的过去式，表达、表示
- uncertainty
- 不确定性，犹豫，不肯定的状态
- affect
- 影响，对某人或某事产生作用
- lover
- 恋人，爱人，有浪漫情感的人
- delightful
- 令人愉快的，非常美好令人高兴的
- marriage
- 婚姻，结婚，夫妻关系
- husband
- 丈夫，妻子的配偶
- sort
- 种类，类型；a sort of意为某种
- teach
- 教，传授知识或技能
- Hebrew
- 希伯来语，古老的犹太民族语言
- wished
- wish的过去式，希望，渴望
- peculiarities
- 怪癖，peculiarity的复数，奇特之处
- character
- 性格，品格，人物个性特征
- caused
- cause的过去式，导致，引起
- blamed
- blame的过去式，责怪，指责
- neighboring
- 邻近的，附近的，周边的
- securing
- secure的现在分词，获得，确保得到
- middle-aged
- 中年的，指四五十岁左右年龄段的
- guide
- 向导，引导者，提供指导的人
- companion
- 同伴，陪伴者，一起相处的人
- nieces
- 侄女，外甥女，niece的复数
- dreaded
- dread的过去式，非常害怕，恐惧
- superior
- 优越的，才能出众的，高人一等的
- likely
- 可能的，有可能发生的
- available
- 可得到的，可供使用或选择的
- position
- 职位，位置，所处的情况或地位
- allowed
- allow的过去式，允许，准许
- dissuaded
- 劝阻，dissuade的过去式，说服不要做
- objections
- 反对意见，objection的复数，异议
- case
- 情况，案例，具体事例
- brave
- 勇敢的，有胆量面对危险的
- defy
- 挑战，违抗，公然不服从
- Rector
- 教区牧师，负责管理教区的神职人员
- gentry
- 乡绅阶层，英国中等贵族或上流社会
- northeast
- 东北方向，东北部
- corner
- 角落，地区，某一区域的一角
- presided
- preside的过去式，主持，掌管
- household
- 家庭，家务，一个家庭的全体成员
- dislike
- 不喜欢，厌恶，对某事感到反感
- authority
- 权威，权力，有权管理他人的地位
- homage
- 敬意，尊崇，表示尊重的行为
- belonged
- belong的过去式，属于，归属于
- dine
- 用餐，吃正餐，尤指吃晚饭
- gentleman
- 绅士，有教养的男士，礼貌称谓
- venerating
- venerate的现在分词，崇敬，尊崇
- expectation
- 期待，期望，对未来的预期或盼望
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