The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People — Page 7
For Heaven's sake give me back my cigarette case. [Follows Algernon round the room.]
看在老天的份上，把我的香烟盒还给我。【绕着阿尔杰农在房间里转。】
ALGERNON.
阿尔杰农。
Yes. But why does your aunt call you her uncle? 'From little Cecily, with her fondest love to her dear Uncle Jack.' There is no objection, I admit, to an aunt being a small aunt, but why an aunt, no matter what her size may be, should call her own nephew her uncle, I can't quite make out.
是的。但为什么你的姑母叫你她的舅舅？'小塞西莉献上，满怀深情地致意亲爱的杰克舅舅。'我承认，一个姑母身材娇小并无不妥，但一个姑母，不管她的个子有多大，竟然叫自己的外甥为舅舅，这我实在无法理解。
Besides, your name isn't Jack at all; it is Ernest.
况且，你的名字根本不是杰克，而是欧内斯特。
JACK.
杰克。
It isn't Ernest; it's Jack.
不是欧内斯特，是杰克。
ALGERNON.
阿尔杰农。
You have always told me it was Ernest.
你一直告诉我你叫欧内斯特。
I have introduced you to every one as Ernest.
我一直把你介绍给所有人，说你叫欧内斯特。
You answer to the name of Ernest.
你对欧内斯特这个名字有所回应。
You look as if your name was Ernest.
你看起来就像一个叫欧内斯特的人。
You are the most earnest-looking person I ever saw in my life.
你是我这辈子见过的看起来最正经的人。
It is perfectly absurd your saying that your name isn't Ernest.
你说你的名字不是欧内斯特，这简直荒唐透顶。
It's on your cards. Here is one of them. [Taking it from case.]
你的名片上就是这么写的。这里有一张。【从盒中取出。】
'Mr. Ernest Worthing, B. 4, The Albany.'
'欧内斯特·沃辛先生，奥尔巴尼公寓B座4号。'
I'll keep this as a proof that your name is Ernest if ever you attempt to deny it to me, or to Gwendolen, or to any one else. [Puts the card in his pocket.]
如果你试图向我、或向格温多林、或向任何人否认，我就用这张名片来证明你的名字是欧内斯特。【将名片放入口袋。】
JACK.
杰克。
Well, my name is Ernest in town and Jack in the country, and the cigarette case was given to me in the country.
嗯，我在城里叫欧内斯特，在乡下叫杰克，而那个香烟盒是在乡下送给我的。
ALGERNON.
阿尔杰农。
Vocabulary
- 看
- kàn — To look, see, or watch something
- 在
- zài — At, in, on; to be located at
- 老天
- lǎo tiān — Good heavens; exclamation of surprise or exasperation
- 的
- de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification
- 份上
- fèn shang — For the sake of; out of consideration for
- 把
- bǎ — Particle introducing object of action; to take
- 我
- wǒ — I, me, my; first-person singular pronoun
- 香烟盒
- xiāngyān hé — Cigarette case or box for holding cigarettes
- 还给
- huán gěi — To return something to someone; give back
- 绕着
- rào zhe — Going around; circling something continuously
- 房间里
- fángjiān lǐ — Inside the room; within a room
- 转
- zhuǎn / zhuàn — To turn, rotate, or circle around
- 是的
- shì de — Yes, that is correct; affirmative response
- 但
- dàn — But, however; conjunction indicating contrast
- 为什么
- wèi shénme — Why; for what reason or purpose
- 你
- nǐ — You; second-person singular pronoun
- 姑母
- gūmǔ — Paternal aunt; father's sister
- 叫
- jiào — To call, name, or be called
- 她
- tā — She, her; third-person feminine pronoun
- 舅舅
- jiùjiu — Maternal uncle; mother's brother
- 小
- xiǎo — Small, little, young; diminutive prefix
- 献上
- xiàn shàng — To offer, present, or dedicate something respectfully
- 满怀深情
- mǎn huái shēn qíng — Full of deep affection and heartfelt emotion
- 地
- de — Adverbial particle modifying verbs or adjectives
- 致意
- zhì yì — To extend greetings or pay one's respects
- 亲爱
- qīn'ài — Dear, beloved; term of endearment or affection
- 承认
- chéngrèn — To admit, acknowledge, or recognize something
- 一个
- yī gè — One; a single unit, a general measure word
- 身材
- shēncái — Figure, physique, body shape or build
- 娇小
- jiāoxiǎo — Petite, dainty, small and delicate in build
- 并无
- bìng wú — There is absolutely no; not at all
- 不妥
- bù tuǒ — Inappropriate, improper, not quite right
- 不管
- bùguǎn — No matter, regardless of; despite any condition
- 个子
- gèzi — Height, stature; a person's physical build
- 有多大
- yǒu duō dà — However big; no matter the size or extent
- 竟然
- jìngrán — Unexpectedly, surprisingly, to one's astonishment
- 自己
- zìjǐ — Oneself, self; reflexive pronoun
- 外甥
- wàisheng — Nephew; sister's son
- 为
- wéi / wèi — For, as, because of; to be or act as
- 这
- zhè — This; near demonstrative pronoun
- 实在
- shízài — Really, truly, honestly; genuinely so
- 无法
- wúfǎ — Unable to, cannot; no way to do something
- 理解
- lǐjiě — To understand, comprehend; understanding, comprehension
- 况且
- kuàngqiě — Moreover, furthermore, besides; adding emphasis
- 名字
- míngzi — Name; a person's given name
- 根本
- gēnběn — Fundamentally, at all; basic or essential
- 不是
- bú shì — Is not; negation of identity or state
- 而是
- ér shì — But rather, instead it is; corrective contrast
- 是
- shì — To be; is, am, are; affirmative verb
- 一直
- yīzhí — Always, continuously, all along; straight ahead
- 告诉
- gàosu — To tell, inform, or let someone know
- 介绍
- jièshào — To introduce; to present someone or something
- 给
- gěi — To give; for, to; preposition indicating recipient
- 所有人
- suǒyǒu rén — Everyone, all people; every single person
- 说
- shuō — To say, speak, or tell
- 对
- duì — Correct, right; toward, facing; to respond
- 这个
- zhège — This one; this particular thing or person
- 有所
- yǒu suǒ — To have some; somewhat, to a certain degree
- 回应
- huíyìng — To respond, reply, react to something
- 看起来
- kàn qǐlái — It looks like; to appear or seem a certain way
- 就像
- jiù xiàng — Just like, exactly as; resembling something closely
- 人
- rén — Person, people, human being
- 这辈子
- zhè bèizi — In this lifetime; one's entire life
- 见过
- jiàn guò — Have seen before; experienced seeing something
- 最
- zuì — Most, -est; superlative degree marker
- 正经
- zhèngjing — Serious, proper, respectable; earnest in manner
- 简直
- jiǎnzhí — Simply, just, it's practically; used for emphasis
- 荒唐
- huāngtáng — Absurd, preposterous, ridiculous; lacking reason
- 透顶
- tòu dǐng — To the extreme, utterly, through and through
- 名片
- míngpiàn — Business card; card with one's name and details
- 上
- shàng — On, above, top; to go up onto
- 就是
- jiù shì — Exactly is; precisely, that's just how it is
- 这么
- zhème — This way, like this, so, such
- 写的
- xiě de — Written as; what is written there
- 这里
- zhèlǐ — Here, this place, this location
- 有
- yǒu — To have, there is/are; to possess
- 一张
- yī zhāng — One sheet, one card; measure word for flat objects
- 从
- cóng — From; starting from a place or time
- 盒中
- hé zhōng — Inside the box; within a container or case
- 取出
- qǔ chū — To take out, remove, extract from inside
- 先生
- xiānsheng — Mister, sir; a respectful title for men
- 公寓
- gōngyù — Apartment, flat; a residential dwelling unit
- 座
- zuò — Block, building; measure word for large structures
- 号
- hào — Number, unit; used in addresses and dates
- 如果
- rúguǒ — If, suppose; introduces a conditional clause
- 试图
- shìtú — To attempt, try, endeavor to do something
- 向
- xiàng — Toward, to; facing a direction or person
- 或
- huò — Or, either; indicating alternatives
- 任何人
- rènhé rén — Anyone, anybody; any person whatsoever
- 否认
- fǒurèn — To deny, disavow, refuse to acknowledge
- 就
- jiù — Then, just, right away; emphasizing consequence
- 用
- yòng — To use, employ; with, by means of
- 这张
- zhè zhāng — This one; this card or flat object
- 来
- lái — To come; used as directional complement
- 证明
- zhèngmíng — To prove, demonstrate; proof or evidence
- 将
- jiāng — Will, shall; about to; formal future marker
- 放入
- fàng rù — To put into, place inside something
- 口袋
- kǒudài — Pocket, bag; a small pouch for storing items
- 嗯
- ń / ňg — Hmm, um; interjection of acknowledgment or thought
- 城里
- chéng lǐ — In the city, downtown; inside an urban area
- 乡下
- xiāngxia — The countryside, rural area; outside the city
- 而
- ér — And, but, while; connecting clauses with contrast
- 那个
- nàge — That one; that particular thing or person
- 送给
- sòng gěi — To give as a gift, present something to someone
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