War and Peace — Page 8
他们说老姑娘都有做媒的癖好,虽然我自己还没感觉到这种弱点,但我认识一个小人物,她和父亲生活得很不开心。
They say old maids have a mania for matchmaking, and though I don't feel that weakness in myself as yet, I know a little person who is very unhappy with her father.
她是您的亲戚,玛丽·博尔孔斯卡娅公爵小姐。
She is a relation of yours, Princess Mary Bolkónskaya.
瓦西里王爷没有回答,不过,凭借着世故之人特有的敏锐记忆力和洞察力,他微微点了点头,表示正在考虑这一消息。
Prince Vasíli did not reply, though, with the quickness of memory and perception befitting a man of the world, he indicated by a movement of the head that he was considering this information.
"您知道吗,"他终于开口说道,显然无法遏制心中那股悲伤的思绪,"阿纳托利每年要花掉我四万卢布。
"Do you know," he said at last, evidently unable to check the sad current of his thoughts, "that Anatole is costing me forty thousand rubles a year?
而且,"他停顿了一下,继续说道,"如果他这样下去,再过五年会怎样?"
And," he went on after a pause, "what will it be in five years, if he goes on like this?"
随即他又补充道:"这就是我们这些做父亲的不得不忍受的……您说的这位公爵小姐富有吗?"
Presently he added: "That's what we fathers have to put up with.... Is this princess of yours rich?"
"她父亲非常富有,但很吝啬。他住在乡下,就是那位著名的博尔孔斯基王爷,曾在先皇在位时被迫退出军队,人称'普鲁士国王'。
"Her father is very rich and stingy. He lives in the country. He is the well-known Prince Bolkónski who had to retire from the army under the late Emperor, and was nicknamed 'the King of Prussia.'
他非常聪明,但性情古怪,令人厌烦。那可怜的姑娘过得很不幸福。
He is very clever but eccentric, and a bore. The poor girl is very unhappy.
她有一个兄弟,我想您认识他,他最近娶了丽斯·梅宁。他是库图佐夫的副官,今晚会来这里。"
She has a brother; I think you know him, he married Lise Meinen lately. He is an aide-de-camp of Kutúzov's and will be here tonight."
"听着,亲爱的安内特,"王爷突然握住安娜·帕夫洛夫娜的手,不知为何将它向下拉去。
"Listen, dear Annette," said the prince, suddenly taking Anna Pávlovna's hand and for some reason drawing it downwards.
Vocabulary
- say
- 说,表达某种观点或信息
- old
- 年老的,年龄大的
- maids
- 未婚女性;老处女;女仆
- mania
- 强烈的痴迷或狂热的嗜好
- matchmaking
- 为他人撮合婚姻的行为
- though
- 尽管,虽然,表示让步
- feel
- 感觉,感受到某种情绪
- weakness
- 弱点,缺点,软弱之处
- yet
- 还,仍然,尚未
- unhappy
- 不快乐的,悲伤的
- relation
- 亲戚;关系,联系
- Princess
- 公主,女性贵族头衔
- Prince
- 王子,男性贵族头衔
- reply
- 回答,回复,答复
- quickness
- 敏捷,迅速,反应快
- memory
- 记忆,记忆力,记忆能力
- perception
- 感知力,洞察力,理解能力
- befitting
- 适合,适当,与……相称
- indicated
- 表明,指示,显示出
- movement
- 动作,运动,移动
- considering
- 考虑,思考,斟酌
- information
- 信息,资料,消息
- last
- 最后,终于;上一个的
- evidently
- 显然,明显地,明白地
- unable
- 不能够,无法,没有能力
- check
- 抑制,阻止,控制住
- sad
- 悲伤的,令人忧郁的
- current
- 现在的;思路,潮流,趋势
- thoughts
- 想法,思想,念头
- costing
- 花费,使付出代价
- forty
- 四十,数字40
- thousand
- 千,一千,数字1000
- rubles
- 卢布,俄罗斯货币单位
- pause
- 停顿,暂停,短暂沉默
- Presently
- 不久,随即,过了一会儿
- added
- 补充说,增加,add的过去式
- put
- 放;put up忍受,忍耐
- princess
- 公主,女性贵族成员
- rich
- 富有的,有钱的
- stingy
- 吝啬的,小气的,不舍得花钱
- country
- 乡下,农村;国家
- well-known
- 众所周知的,著名的
- retire
- 退休,退役,离开职位
- army
- 军队,陆军
- late
- 已故的,迟的,晚的
- Emperor
- 皇帝,君主
- nicknamed
- 绰号为,被叫做,取外号
- King
- 国王,君主,最高统治者
- Prussia
- 普鲁士,欧洲历史上的国家
- clever
- 聪明的,机智的,有才智
- eccentric
- 古怪的,行为异常的人
- bore
- 令人厌烦的人;忍受
- poor
- 可怜的,贫穷的
- married
- 已婚的,结了婚的
- lately
- 最近,近来,不久前
- aide-de-camp
- 副官,军官的随从助手
- tonight
- 今晚,今天晚上
- dear
- 亲爱的,用于称呼
- prince
- 王子,男性贵族
- suddenly
- 突然,忽然,出乎意料地
- reason
- 原因,理由,缘故
- drawing
- 拉,拉向,draw的现在分词
- downwards
- 向下,朝下方的方向
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