The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People — Page 11
In the second place, whenever I do dine there I am always treated as a member of the family, and sent down with either no woman at all, or two.
其次，每当我在那里用餐，总是被当作家庭成员对待，要么没有女士陪同，要么就是两位。
In the third place, I know perfectly well whom she will place me next to, to-night.
再者，我非常清楚她今晚会让我坐在谁的旁边。
She will place me next Mary Farquhar, who always flirts with her own husband across the dinner-table.
她会让我坐在玛丽·法夸尔旁边，那个女人总是隔着餐桌与自己的丈夫调情。
That is not very pleasant.
这实在令人不快。
Indeed, it is not even decent.
说实话，这甚至有失体统。
and that sort of thing is enormously on the increase.
而且这种风气正在大肆蔓延。
The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous.
伦敦有那么多女人与自己的丈夫调情，真是丑闻一桩。
It looks so bad.
这看起来太难看了。
It is simply washing one's clean linen in public.
这简直就是当众晾晒干净的内衣。
Besides, now that I know you to be a confirmed Bunburyist I naturally want to talk to you about Bunburying.
再说了，既然我已知道你是个坚定的邦伯里主义者，我自然想和你谈谈邦伯里之道。
I want to tell you the rules.
我想把其中的规则告诉你。
JACK.
杰克。
I'm not a Bunburyist at all.
我根本不是什么邦伯里主义者。
If Gwendolen accepts me, I am going to kill my brother, indeed I think I'll kill him in any case.
如果格温多林接受我，我就打算除掉我的兄弟，事实上我想无论如何我都会除掉他。
Cecily is a little too much interested in him.
塞西莉对他的兴趣未免太过浓厚了。
It is rather a bore.
这真是令人烦恼。
So I am going to get rid of Ernest.
所以我打算除掉欧内斯特。
And I strongly advise you to do the same with Mr. . with your invalid friend who has the absurd name.
我也强烈建议你对那位有着荒唐名字的病弱朋友先生采取同样的做法。
ALGERNON.
阿尔杰农。
Nothing will induce me to part with Bunbury, and if you ever get married, which seems to me extremely problematic, you will be very glad to know Bunbury.
什么都无法让我与邦伯里分开，而且如果你将来结了婚——在我看来这极不可能——你会非常庆幸认识邦伯里的。
Vocabulary
- 其次
- qí cì — secondly; next in order or importance
- 每当
- měi dāng — whenever; every time a situation occurs
- 我
- wǒ — I; me; first-person singular pronoun
- 在
- zài — at; in; located at a place or time
- 那里
- nà lǐ — there; at that place
- 用餐
- yòng cān — to have a meal; to dine
- 总是
- zǒng shì — always; invariably without exception
- 被
- bèi — passive marker indicating action done to subject
- 当作
- dàng zuò — to treat as; to regard as something
- 家庭
- jiā tíng — family; household unit
- 成员
- chéng yuán — member of a group or organization
- 对待
- duì dài — to treat; to handle someone in a manner
- 要么
- yào me — either...or; used to present alternatives
- 没有
- méi yǒu — do not have; there is no; lacking
- 女士
- nǚ shì — lady; polite title for a woman
- 陪同
- péi tóng — to accompany; to escort someone
- 就是
- jiù shì — exactly; it is precisely; that is
- 两位
- liǎng wèi — two people; a polite way to say two persons
- 再者
- zài zhě — furthermore; moreover; in addition
- 非常
- fēi cháng — very; extremely; unusually
- 清楚
- qīng chǔ — clear; to understand clearly; distinct
- 她
- tā — she; her; third-person singular feminine pronoun
- 今晚
- jīn wǎn — tonight; this evening
- 会
- huì — will; can; to be likely to happen
- 让
- ràng — to let; to allow; to cause someone to do
- 坐在
- zuò zài — to be seated at; to sit at a place
- 谁
- shuí — who; which person
- 的
- de — possessive and attributive particle
- 旁边
- páng biān — beside; next to; nearby
- 那个
- nà ge — that; that one; referring to something specific
- 女人
- nǚ rén — woman; female adult
- 隔着
- gé zhe — across; separated by a distance or object
- 餐桌
- cān zhuō — dining table; the table used for meals
- 与
- yǔ — and; with; together with
- 自己
- zì jǐ — oneself; self; one's own
- 丈夫
- zhàng fū — husband; one's male spouse
- 调情
- tiáo qíng — to flirt; to engage in flirtatious behavior
- 这
- zhè — this; referring to something nearby
- 实在
- shí zài — really; truly; honestly speaking
- 令人
- lìng rén — to make people feel; causing one to feel
- 不快
- bù kuài — unpleasant; unhappy; displeasing
- 说实话
- shuō shí huà — to be honest; frankly speaking; telling the truth
- 甚至
- shèn zhì — even; going so far as to
- 有失
- yǒu shī — to lack; to fall short of proper standards
- 体统
- tǐ tǒng — propriety; decorum; proper social standards
- 而且
- ér qiě — moreover; furthermore; in addition
- 这种
- zhè zhǒng — this kind of; this type of
- 风气
- fēng qì — social atmosphere; prevailing custom or trend
- 正在
- zhèng zài — currently happening; in the process of doing
- 大肆
- dà sì — openly and rampantly; without restraint
- 蔓延
- màn yán — to spread; to proliferate; to grow uncontrolled
- 伦敦
- Lún dūn — London; capital city of the United Kingdom
- 有
- yǒu — to have; there is or there are
- 那么多
- nà me duō — so many; that much; such a large amount
- 真是
- zhēn shì — truly; really; what a; expressing strong feeling
- 丑闻
- chǒu wén — scandal; disgraceful public incident or revelation
- 一桩
- yī zhuāng — one instance; one affair or matter
- 看起来
- kàn qǐ lái — to look like; to appear; to seem
- 太
- tài — too; excessively; overly
- 难看
- nán kàn — ugly; unsightly; embarrassing to witness
- 了
- le — particle indicating completion or change of state
- 简直
- jiǎn zhí — simply; just; it is practically the case that
- 当众
- dāng zhòng — publicly; in front of everyone; openly
- 晾晒
- liàng shài — to air out and dry; to hang out to dry
- 干净
- gān jìng — clean; neat; tidy
- 内衣
- nèi yī — underwear; undergarments worn beneath clothing
- 再说了
- zài shuō le — besides; furthermore; what is more
- 既然
- jì rán — since; given that; seeing that it is so
- 已
- yǐ — already; previously; having done something
- 知道
- zhī dào — to know; to be aware of a fact
- 你
- nǐ — you; second-person singular pronoun
- 是
- shì — to be; am, is, are
- 个
- gè — general measure word for people and objects
- 坚定
- jiān dìng — firm; steadfast; resolute in belief or action
- 主义者
- zhǔ yì zhě — an adherent or practitioner of a certain doctrine
- 自然
- zì rán — naturally; of course; nature
- 想
- xiǎng — to want; to think; to miss someone
- 和
- hé — and; with; together with
- 谈谈
- tán tan — to have a talk; to discuss briefly
- 之道
- zhī dào — the way of; the method or principle of something
- 把
- bǎ — disposal marker; to take and do something to
- 其中
- qí zhōng — among them; within that; thereof
- 规则
- guī zé — rule; regulation; established principle
- 告诉
- gào sù — to tell; to inform someone of something
- 根本
- gēn běn — at all; fundamentally; basically; not at all
- 不是
- bù shì — is not; are not; negation of to be
- 什么
- shén me — what; anything; used in questions or negation
- 如果
- rú guǒ — if; in the event that; supposing
- 接受
- jiē shòu — to accept; to receive; to agree to something
- 就
- jiù — then; right away; precisely; already
- 打算
- dǎ suàn — to plan; to intend; to have in mind
- 除掉
- chú diào — to get rid of; to remove; to eliminate
- 兄弟
- xiōng dì — brothers; male siblings
- 事实上
- shì shí shàng — in fact; as a matter of fact; actually
- 无论如何
- wú lùn rú hé — no matter what; in any case; regardless
- 都会
- dū huì — will definitely; metropolis; major city
- 他
- tā — he; him; third-person singular masculine pronoun
- 对
- duì — toward; regarding; correct; facing
- 兴趣
- xìng qù — interest; curiosity in something
- 未免
- wèi miǎn — rather; a bit too; cannot help feeling
- 太过
- tài guò — excessively; overly; too much
- 浓厚
- nóng hòu — strong; intense; deep; thick in degree
- 烦恼
- fán nǎo — trouble; worry; vexation; feeling annoyed
- 所以
- suǒ yǐ — therefore; so; as a result
- 也
- yě — also; too; as well
- 强烈
- qiáng liè — strong; intense; vehement
- 建议
- jiàn yì — to suggest; to recommend; a proposal
- 那位
- nà wèi — that person; polite reference to someone
- 有着
- yǒu zhe — having; possessing a certain quality or feature
- 荒唐
- huāng táng — absurd; ridiculous; preposterous
- 名字
- míng zi — name; given name of a person or thing
- 病弱
- bìng ruò — sickly; weak due to illness
- 朋友
- péng yǒu — friend; a person one is friendly with
- 先生
- xiān sheng — Mr.; sir; gentleman; a polite male title
- 采取
- cǎi qǔ — to adopt; to take a measure or approach
- 同样
- tóng yàng — same; likewise; equally; in the same way
- 做法
- zuò fǎ — method; approach; way of doing something
- 都
- dōu — all; both; every; without exception
- 无法
- wú fǎ — unable to; impossible; cannot
- 分开
- fēn kāi — to separate; to part; to keep apart
- 将来
- jiāng lái — in the future; future time
- 结了婚
- jié le hūn — got married; have entered into marriage
- 看来
- kàn lái — it seems; it appears; looking at the situation
- 极不
- jí bù — extremely unlikely; utterly not; highly improbable
- 可能
- kě néng — possible; maybe; perhaps; likelihood
- 庆幸
- qìng xìng — to feel fortunate; to rejoice at good luck
- 认识
- rèn shi — to know; to recognize; to be acquainted with
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