Sense and Sensibility — Page 5

English → Chinese CHAPTER I. Level 7/10

When he gave his promise to his father, he meditated within himself to increase the fortunes of his sisters by the present of a thousand pounds a-piece.

当他向父亲许下承诺时，他在心中盘算着要以每人一千英镑的馈赠来增进姐妹们的财富。

He then really thought himself equal to it.

他那时真的认为自己有能力做到这一点。

The prospect of four thousand a-year, in addition to his present income, besides the remaining half of his own mother's fortune, warmed his heart, and made him feel capable of generosity.

每年四千英镑的前景，加上他现有的收入，再加上他母亲遗产的另一半，使他心中温暖，令他感到自己有能力慷慨施予。

"Yes, he would give them three thousand pounds: it would be liberal and handsome! It would be enough to make them completely easy.

「是的，他要给她们三千英镑：这将是慷慨而体面的！这足以让她们完全无忧无虑。

Three thousand pounds! he could spare so considerable a sum with little inconvenience."

三千英镑！他可以毫不费力地拿出这样一笔可观的金额。」

He thought of it all day long, and for many days successively, and he did not repent.

他整日思索着这件事，连续想了许多天，他并不后悔。

No sooner was his father's funeral over, than Mrs. John Dashwood, without sending any notice of her intention to her mother-in-law, arrived with her child and their attendants.

父亲的葬礼刚刚结束，约翰·达什伍德太太便未向婆婆发出任何通知，就带着她的孩子和仆从们到来了。

No one could dispute her right to come; the house was her husband's from the moment of his father's decease; but the indelicacy of her conduct was so much the greater, and to a woman in Mrs. Dashwood's situation, with only common feelings, must have been highly unpleasing;

没有人能质疑她前来的权利；自其公公去世之时起，这房子便属于她的丈夫；然而她行为的失礼之处却因此更为突出，对于一个处于达什伍德太太境况中、仅有普通情感的女人而言，必然是极为令人不快的；

but in her mind there was a sense of honor so keen, a generosity so romantic, that any offence of the kind, by whomsoever given or received, was to her a source of immovable disgust.

然而在她心中，有一种极为敏锐的荣誉感，一种近乎浪漫的慷慨情怀，以至于任何此类冒犯，无论是出于何人之手或施于何人，对她而言都是无法消除的厌恶之源。

Vocabulary

当: dāng — when; at the time of
他: tā — he; him
向: xiàng — toward; to make (a promise) to someone
父亲: fùqin — father
许下: xǔ xià — to make (a promise or vow)
承诺: chéngnuò — promise; commitment
时: shí — at the time when; moment
在: zài — at; in; to be located at
心中: xīn zhōng — in one's heart; in one's mind
盘算: pánsuan — to calculate; to scheme; to plan
着: zhe — aspect particle indicating ongoing action
要: yào — to want; to intend to; will
以: yǐ — with; by means of; using
每人: měi rén — each person; every person
一千: yī qiān — one thousand
英镑: yīngbàng — British pound sterling (currency)
的: de — structural particle indicating possession or modification
馈赠: kuìzèng — to give a gift; a generous gift or donation
来: lái — to come; used to indicate purpose
增进: zēngjìn — to promote; to enhance; to improve
姐妹: jiěmèi — sisters
们: men — plural suffix for pronouns and people
财富: cáifù — wealth; riches; fortune
那时: nà shí — at that time; back then
真的: zhēn de — really; truly; genuinely
认为: rènwéi — to think; to believe; to consider
自己: zìjǐ — oneself; one's own
有: yǒu — to have; there is
能力: nénglì — ability; capability; competence
做到: zuò dào — to accomplish; to achieve; to manage to do
这: zhè — this
一点: yī diǎn — a little; this point; this matter
每年: měi nián — every year; annually
四千: sì qiān — four thousand
前景: qiánjǐng — prospects; outlook; future perspective
加上: jiā shàng — plus; in addition to; added to
现有: xiàn yǒu — existing; currently available
收入: shōurù — income; revenue; earnings
再: zài — again; also; in addition
母亲: mǔqin — mother
遗产: yíchǎn — inheritance; legacy; estate
另: lìng — another; other; separately
一半: yī bàn — half; one half
使: shǐ — to make; to cause; to enable
温暖: wēnnuǎn — warm; warmth (physically or emotionally)
令: lìng — to cause; to make (someone feel something)
感到: gǎn dào — to feel; to sense; to experience
慷慨: kāngkǎi — generous; magnanimous; liberal with giving
施予: shīyǔ — to bestow; to give; to grant to others
是的: shì de — yes; that's right; indeed
给: gěi — to give; for; to
她们: tāmen — they; them (female group)
三千: sān qiān — three thousand
将: jiāng — will; shall; about to (future marker)
是: shì — to be; is; am; are
而: ér — and; yet; but (conjunctive particle)
体面: tǐmiàn — respectable; decent; honorable appearance
足以: zúyǐ — sufficient to; enough to
让: ràng — to let; to allow; to make someone do
完全: wánquán — completely; entirely; totally
无忧无虑: wú yōu wú lǜ — carefree; free from worries and anxieties
可以: kěyǐ — can; may; be able to
毫不费力: háo bù fèilì — effortlessly; without any effort at all
地: de — adverbial particle linking adverb to verb
拿出: ná chū — to take out; to produce; to come up with
这样: zhèyàng — like this; such; in this way
一笔: yī bǐ — a sum of (money); a stroke
可观: kěguān — considerable; substantial; impressive in amount
金额: jīn'é — amount of money; sum; monetary figure
整日: zhěng rì — all day long; the whole day
思索: sīsuǒ — to ponder; to think deeply about something
件事: jiàn shì — matter; affair; thing (measure word + noun)
连续: liánxù — continuous; consecutive; in succession
想了: xiǎng le — thought about (completed action particle)
许多: xǔduō — many; a lot of; much
天: tiān — day; sky; heaven
并不: bìng bù — not at all; by no means; emphatically not
后悔: hòuhuǐ — to regret; to feel remorse about something
葬礼: zànglǐ — funeral; burial ceremony
刚刚: gānggāng — just now; just a moment ago
结束: jiéshù — to end; to finish; to conclude
太太: tàitai — Mrs.; wife; married woman
便: biàn — then; thereupon; as soon as
未: wèi — not yet; without (literary negative)
婆婆: pópo — mother-in-law; husband's mother
发出: fā chū — to send out; to issue; to give notice
任何: rènhé — any; whatever; whichever
通知: tōngzhī — to notify; notice; notification
就: jiù — then; right away; just; already
带着: dài zhe — bringing along; accompanied by; carrying
她: tā — she; her
孩子: háizi — child; children
和: hé — and; together with
仆从: púcóng — servants; attendants; retinue
到来: dào lái — to arrive; to come; arrival
了: le — particle indicating completed action or change
没有: méiyǒu — do not have; there is no; without
人: rén — person; people; human being
能: néng — can; to be able to
质疑: zhìyí — to question; to challenge; to cast doubt on
前来: qián lái — to come forward; to come here; to arrive
权利: quánlì — right; entitlement; legal right
自: zì — from; since; self (literary)
其: qí — his; her; its; their (literary pronoun)
公公: gōnggong — father-in-law; husband's father
去世: qùshì — to pass away; to die
之时: zhī shí — at the time of; when (literary)
起: qǐ — from (a point in time); to rise; since
房子: fángzi — house; building; residence
属于: shǔyú — to belong to; to be the property of
丈夫: zhàngfu — husband
然而: rán'ér — however; nevertheless; yet
行为: xíngwéi — behavior; conduct; action
失礼: shīlǐ — rude; impolite; breach of etiquette
之处: zhī chù — the place where; the aspect of (literary)
却: què — but; yet; however (contrastive)
因此: yīncǐ — therefore; as a result; consequently
更为: gèng wéi — even more; all the more so
突出: tūchū — prominent; outstanding; to stand out
对于: duìyú — regarding; with respect to; for
一个: yī gè — one (person or thing); a single
处于: chǔyú — to be in (a situation or state)
境况: jìngkuàng — circumstances; situation; conditions
中: zhōng — in; among; within; middle
仅有: jǐn yǒu — only having; possessing merely
普通: pǔtōng — ordinary; common; average
情感: qínggǎn — emotion; feeling; sentiment
女人: nǚrén — woman; female person
而言: ér yán — speaking of; as far as … is concerned
必然: bìrán — inevitable; certainly; necessarily
极为: jí wéi — extremely; exceedingly; to the utmost degree
令人: lìng rén — to make people feel; causing one to feel
不快: bùkuài — unpleasant; displeased; uncomfortable
一种: yī zhǒng — a kind of; a type of
敏锐: mǐnruì — sharp; keen; acute; perceptive
荣誉感: róngyùgǎn — sense of honor; feeling of personal dignity
近乎: jìnhū — close to; bordering on; almost
浪漫: làngmàn — romantic; idealistic; fanciful
情怀: qínghuái — feelings; sentiments; emotional disposition
以至于: yǐzhìyú — to the extent that; so much so that
此类: cǐ lèi — this kind of; such; this type of
冒犯: màofàn — to offend; to affront; an offense
无论: wúlùn — no matter; regardless of; whether or not
出于: chūyú — to stem from; arising from; out of
何人: hé rén — who; what person; whoever (literary)
之手: zhī shǒu — from the hands of; done by (literary)
或: huò — or; either; perhaps
施于: shī yú — to inflict upon; to apply to; to do to
对: duì — toward; against; to; correct
都: dōu — all; both; entirely; even
无法: wúfǎ — unable to; impossible to; no way to
消除: xiāochú — to eliminate; to remove; to dispel
厌恶: yànwù — to detest; to loathe; disgust; aversion
之源: zhī yuán — the source of; the origin of (literary)

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