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WITHIN a few days after this meeting, the newspapers announced to the world, that the lady of Thomas Palmer, Esq. was safely delivered of a son and heir; a very interesting and satisfactory paragraph, at least to all those intimate connections who knew it before.
This event, highly important to Mrs. Jennings's happiness, produced a temporary alteration1 in the disposal of her time, and influenced, in a like degree, the engagements of her young friends; for as she wished to be as much as possible with Charlotte, she went thither2 every morning as soon as she was dressed, and did not return till late in the evening; and the Misses Dashwood, at the particular request of the Middletons, spent the whole of every day, in every day, in Conduit Street. For their own comfort, they would much rather have remained, at least all the morning, in Mrs. Jennings's house; but it was not a thing to be urged against the wishes of everybody. Their hours were therefore made over to Lady Middleton and the two Misses Steele, by whom their company, in fact, was as little valued as it was professedly sought.
They had too much sense to be desirable companions to the former; and by the latter they were considered with a jealous eye, as intruding3 on their ground, and sharing the kindness which they wanted to monopolise. Though nothing could be more polite than Lady Middleton's behaviour to Elinor and Marianne, she did not really like them at all. Because they neither flattered herself nor her children, she could not believe them good-natured; and because they were fond of reading, she fancied them satirical: perhaps without exactly knowing what it was to be satirical; but that did not signify. It was censure4 in common use, and easily given. Their presence was a restraint both on her and on Lucy. It checked the idleness of one, and the business of the other. Lady Middleton was ashamed of doing nothing before them, and the flattery which Lucy was proud to think of, and administer at other times she feared they would despise her for offering. Miss Steele was the least discomposed of the three by their presence; and it was in their power to reconcile her to it entirely5. Would either of them only have given her a full and minute account of the whole affair between Marianne and Mr. Willoughby she would have thought herself amply rewarded for the sacrifice of the best place by the fire after dinner, which their arrival occasioned. But this
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alteration
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n.变更,改变;蚀变 | |
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adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的 | |
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v.侵入,侵扰,打扰( intrude的现在分词);把…强加于 | |
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censure
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v./n.责备;非难;责难 | |
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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conciliation
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n.调解,调停 | |
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indifference
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n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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lighter
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n.打火机,点火器;驳船;v.用驳船运送;light的比较级 | |
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bestow
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v.把…赠与,把…授予;花费 | |
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jealousies
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n.妒忌( jealousy的名词复数 );妒羡 | |
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delightful
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adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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apparently
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adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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judgment
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n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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judgments
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判断( judgment的名词复数 ); 鉴定; 评价; 审判 | |
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immediate
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adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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determined
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adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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perfectly
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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scrutinies
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细看,细查,监视( scrutiny的名词复数 ) | |
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remarkable
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adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的 | |
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scruple
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n./v.顾忌,迟疑 | |
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harp
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n.竖琴;天琴座 | |
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coxcomb
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n.花花公子 | |
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conceit
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n.自负,自高自大 | |
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modesty
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n.谦逊,虚心,端庄,稳重,羞怯,朴素 | |
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lamenting
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adj.悲伤的,悲哀的v.(为…)哀悼,痛哭,悲伤( lament的现在分词 ) | |
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adv.坦率地,直率而诚恳地 | |
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abode
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n.住处,住所 | |
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bestowed
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赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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hearty
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adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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approbation
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n.称赞;认可 | |
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elegance
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n.优雅;优美,雅致;精致,巧妙 | |
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n.点心,便餐;(会议后的)简单茶点招 待 | |
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precisely
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adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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spacious
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adj.广阔的,宽敞的 | |
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dwelling
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n.住宅,住所,寓所 | |
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eldest
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propriety
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n.正当行为;正当;适当 | |
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delicacy
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n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴 | |
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pointed
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adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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requisite
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adj.需要的,必不可少的;n.必需品 | |
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affronting
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v.勇敢地面对( affront的现在分词 );相遇 | |
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humility
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n.谦逊,谦恭 | |
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displeased
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vigor
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n.活力,精力,元气 | |
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harry
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vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼 | |
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inviting
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使(某人)安静( pacify的过去式和过去分词 ); 息怒; 抚慰; 在(有战争的地区、国家等)实现和平 | |
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v.(努力)取得, (设法)获得( procure的过去式和过去分词 );拉皮条 | |
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uncommon
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adj.罕见的,非凡的,不平常的 | |
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v.给予,赐予( vouchsafe的过去式和过去分词 );允诺 | |
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malice
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n.恶意,怨恨,蓄意;[律]预谋 | |
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subdued
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adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词 | |
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emigrant
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adj.移居的,移民的;n.移居外国的人,移民 | |
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Christian
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adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒 | |
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