War and Peace — Page 6
她补充说，陛下屈尊对冯克男爵表示了极大的敬意，她的脸再次蒙上了一层忧愁。
She added that Her Majesty had deigned to show Baron Funke beaucoup d'estime, and again her face clouded over with sadness.
王爷沉默不语，神情漠然。
The prince was silent and looked indifferent.
但是，凭着她那女性特有的、宫廷式的敏捷与机智，安娜·帕芙洛芙娜既想责备他（因为他竟敢那样评论一位受皇后推荐的人），同时又想安慰他，于是她说：
But, with the womanly and courtierlike quickness and tact habitual to her, Anna Pávlovna wished both to rebuke him (for daring to speak as he had done of a man recommended to the Empress) and at the same time to console him, so she said:
「说说您的家人吧。您知道吗，自从您的女儿出道以来，人人都对她倾倒？据说她美得令人惊叹。」
Now about your family. Do you know that since your daughter came out everyone has been enraptured by her? They say she is amazingly beautiful.
王爷躬身致意，以示尊重与感谢。
The prince bowed to signify his respect and gratitude.
「我常常想，」她稍作停顿后继续说道，向王爷靠近，亲切地对他微笑，仿佛是在表明政治与社交话题已经结束，是时候进行亲密交谈了，「我常常想，生活中的快乐有时分配得多么不公平。命运为何赐给您两个如此出色的孩子？」
I often think, she continued after a short pause, drawing nearer to the prince and smiling amiably at him as if to show that political and social topics were ended and the time had come for intimate conversation—I often think how unfairly sometimes the joys of life are distributed. Why has fate given you two such splendid children?
「我说的不是阿纳托尔，您最小的那个。我不喜欢他，」她用不容置疑的语气补充道，同时扬起眉毛。
I don't speak of Anatole, your youngest. I don't like him, she added in a tone admitting of no rejoinder and raising her eyebrows.
「两个如此迷人的孩子。而您对他们的珍视却比任何人都少，因此您根本不配拥有他们。」
Two such charming children. And really you appreciate them less than anyone, and so you don't deserve to have them.
她露出了那陶醉般的微笑。
And she smiled her ecstatic smile.
「我也没办法，」王爷说。「拉瓦特尔会说我缺乏父性的天赋。」
I can't help it, said the prince. Lavater would have said I lack the bump of paternity.
「别开玩笑了，我要和您认真谈谈。」
Don't joke; I mean to have a serious talk with you.
Vocabulary
- added
- 补充说，继续说某事
- Majesty
- 陛下，对君主的尊称
- deigned
- 屈尊俯就，不失身份地答应做某事
- Baron
- 男爵，欧洲贵族爵位之一
- clouded
- （表情）变得阴沉，蒙上阴影
- sadness
- 悲伤，忧愁的情绪
- prince
- 王子，王公，贵族男性
- silent
- 沉默的，不说话的
- indifferent
- 冷漠的，漠不关心的
- womanly
- 有女性特质的，温柔体贴的
- courtierlike
- 像宫廷侍臣一样圆滑世故的
- quickness
- 敏捷，反应迅速的特质
- tact
- 圆通，处理人际关系的机智
- habitual
- 习惯性的，惯常的
- rebuke
- 责备，批评某人的行为
- daring
- 胆敢，大胆地做某事
- recommended
- 被推荐的，被介绍的
- Empress
- 女皇，皇后，女性帝王
- console
- 安慰，抚慰某人的悲伤
- enraptured
- 着迷的，陶醉的，非常喜爱的
- amazingly
- 令人惊叹地，出奇地
- bowed
- 鞠躬，点头致意
- signify
- 表示，表明，意味着
- gratitude
- 感激，感谢之情
- pause
- 停顿，暂时停止说话
- amiably
- 和蔼可亲地，友好地
- political
- 政治的，与政治相关的
- social
- 社交的，社会的
- topics
- 话题，主题，议题
- intimate
- 亲密的，私人的，亲近的
- conversation
- 谈话，对话，交谈
- unfairly
- 不公平地，不公正地
- joys
- 欢乐，喜悦，joy的复数
- distributed
- 分配，分布，被分给各人
- fate
- 命运，天意
- splendid
- 出色的，极好的，了不起的
- tone
- 语气，口吻，态度
- admitting
- 承认，允许，接受
- rejoinder
- 反驳，回答，特指针锋相对的答复
- eyebrows
- 眉毛，eyebrow的复数
- charming
- 迷人的，可爱的，有魅力的
- appreciate
- 欣赏，感激，认识到价值
- deserve
- 值得，应该得到
- ecstatic
- 狂喜的，极度兴奋的
- lack
- 缺乏，没有某种特质
- bump
- 隆起，颅相学中指头骨突起
- paternity
- 父性，父亲身份，为父之情
- joke
- 开玩笑，说笑话
- serious
- 严肃的，认真的，正经的
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