“Well... ...happy enough in that English way, when you never talk about anything, but you trust each other.”
嗯……那種英國式的夠幸福:什麼都不談,可彼此信任。
用 happy enough 這種剋制的說法,再補上 never talk about anything, but you trust each other,把一代英國人的婚姻觀寫得又準又狠。幸福不必熱烈,能被遵守就夠了。
Happy enough in that X way: you never Y, but you trust each other.
形容某種含蓄、剋制的相處方式時用,書面、帶洞察;熱烈表白的場合別用。
Content in the quiet way that never asks too much. / No confessions, just a steady, unspoken trust.
literary
happy enough 輕帶,in that English way 停頓,you trust each other 放慢收。
Content enough in that quiet way, when you rarely say much, but you trust each other. 那種安靜的夠滿足:話不多,可彼此信任。
Steady enough in that old firm way, when you never talk about feelings, but you trust each other. 那種老搭檔式的夠穩定:從不談感情,可彼此信任。
