选择字号:【大】【中】【小】 | 关灯
护眼
|
关注小说网官方公众号(noveltingroom),原版名著免费领。
miserable7. I go to Lady Stornaway after Easter; she seems in high spirits, and very happy. I fancy Lord S. is very good-humoured and pleasant in his own family, and I do not think him so very ill-looking as I did--at least, one sees many worse. He will not do by the side of your cousin Edmund. Of the last-mentioned hero, what shall I say? If I avoided his name entirely8, it would look suspicious. I will say, then, that we have seen him two or three times, and that my friends here are very much struck with his gentlemanlike appearance. Mrs. Fraser (no bad judge) declares she knows but three men in town who have so good a person, height, and air; and I must confess, when he dined here the other day, there were none to compare with him, and we were a party of sixteen. Luckily there is no distinction of dress nowadays to tell tales, but--but-- but Yours affectionately."
"I had almost forgot (it was Edmund's fault: he gets into my head more than does me good) one very material thing I had to say from Henry and myself--I mean about our taking you back into Northamptonshire. My dear little creature, do not stay at Portsmouth to lose your pretty looks. Those vile9 sea-breezes are the ruin of beauty and health. My poor aunt always felt affected10 if within ten miles of the sea, which the Admiral of course never believed, but I know it was so. I am at your service and Henry's, at an hour's notice. I should like the scheme, and we would make a little circuit, and shew you Everingham in our way, and perhaps you would not mind passing through London, and seeing the inside of St. George's, Hanover Square. Only keep your cousin Edmund from me at such a time: I should not like to be tempted11. What a long letter! one word more. Henry, I find, has some idea of going into Norfolk again upon some business that _you_ approve; but this cannot possibly be permitted before the middle of next week; that is, he cannot anyhow be spared till after the 14th, for _we_ have a party that evening. The value of a man like Henry, on such an occasion, is what you can have no conception of; so you must take it upon my word to be inestimable. He will see the Rushworths, which own I am not sorry for--having a little curiosity, and so I think has he--though he will not acknowledge it."
1 ascertained | |
v.弄清,确定,查明( ascertain的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
2 delightful | |
adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
3 ecstasy | |
n.狂喜,心醉神怡,入迷 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
4 retrospect | |
n.回顾,追溯;v.回顾,回想,追溯 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
5 mere | |
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
6 abstain | |
v.自制,戒绝,弃权,避免 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
7 miserable | |
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
8 entirely | |
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
9 vile | |
adj.卑鄙的,可耻的,邪恶的;坏透的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
10 affected | |
adj.不自然的,假装的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
11 tempted | |
v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
12 deliberately | |
adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
13 suspense | |
n.(对可能发生的事)紧张感,担心,挂虑 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
14 drawn | |
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
15 lessen | |
vt.减少,减轻;缩小 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
16 lessened | |
减少的,减弱的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
17 conjecture | |
n./v.推测,猜测 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
18 prospect | |
n.前景,前途;景色,视野 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
19 attachment | |
n.附属物,附件;依恋;依附 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
20 deriving | |
v.得到( derive的现在分词 );(从…中)得到获得;源于;(从…中)提取 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
21 exertions | |
n.努力( exertion的名词复数 );费力;(能力、权力等的)运用;行使 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
22 awakened | |
v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
23 disposition | |
n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
24 attentive | |
adj.注意的,专心的;关心(别人)的,殷勤的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
25 oracle | |
n.神谕,神谕处,预言 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
26 lesser | |
adj.次要的,较小的;adv.较小地,较少地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
27 innate | |
adj.天生的,固有的,天赋的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
28 dwelling | |
n.住宅,住所,寓所 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
29 admiration | |
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
30 longing | |
n.(for)渴望 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
31 thoroughly | |
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
32 distressed | |
痛苦的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
33 blessing | |
n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿 | |
参考例句: |
|
|