这场戏：登门拜访却匆匆告辞
第 22 章 · 共 27 章 · 2'13"
爱德华终于登门，玛丽安惊喜，他却一脸疏离，只说 My visit is shamefully overdue（我早该来了，拖到现在实在惭愧），一句 I have been much engaged elsewhere（我一直在别处忙）就急着脱身。他随即 Forgive me. I must take my leave（请原谅，我得告辞），还被露西顺势要求送她回去。想学旧式社交里那份躲闪的客气，这段很妙。
「早该来了」：overdue（早该做而没做）
fetch 去把某人叫来overdue 早该做而没做much engaged 忙得脱不开身
体面脱身：take my leave（正式告辞）
honor their engagements 信守承诺或婚约take my leave 正式告辞in that case 既然那样
爱德华登门拜访，玛丽安一听见声音就跑出来。可他神色闪躲，只说自己 My visit is shamefully overdue（早该来了），却不提为何迟迟不来。玛丽安追问 Why have you not come before?（你为什么早不来？），他只答 I have been much engaged elsewhere（我一直在别处忙）——engaged 一词听着像「忙」，也可以指「已订婚」。他客套几句，就 Forgive me. I must take my leave（请原谅，我得告辞）。露西抓住机会说 In that case, perhaps you might escort me back to your sister's house（既然这样，也许你可以送我回去），爱德华只得答 It would be an honour（那是我的荣幸）。想学旧式社交里的客套、敷衍和刻意疏远，这段很典型。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“My visit is shamefully overdue. You're pale!”
我早该来了，拖到现在实在惭愧。你脸色好苍白！
先认错再惊呼，两句之间把愧疚和藏不住的在意一起端出来。
My ... is shamefully overdue.
为拖了很久的事道歉时用；对客户或长辈说会显得轻慢。
My apology is long overdue. ／ This visit has been overdue for months.
中性
shamefully 重读，You're pale 语速加快带出惊呼。
My reply is shamefully overdue, and I am sorry. 我这封回信拖得太久了，实在抱歉。
“That must be enough for both of us.”
这对我们俩来说该知足了。
替两个人一起认命，把自己的委屈也顺手按了下去。
That must be enough for both of us.
咽下一个不如意的结果、劝彼此接受时用；正式场合更适合说 We will have to accept it.
That will have to be enough for us. ／ We must make do with that.
中性
must be 弱读，both of us 连读收尾放平。
We did not win, but that must be enough for both of us. 我们没赢，但这对我们俩来说该知足了。
“Not at all. The sight of you is all the pleasure it has afforded.”
一点也不喜欢。它给我的全部乐趣，就是见到你。
先泼冷水再补一句甜话，玛丽安的嘴硬和真心一起露了出来。
The sight of you is all the pleasure it has afforded.
半真半假地夸人时用；对不熟的人说会显得过于亲昵。
Seeing you is the best part of it. ／ You are the only good thing about this place.
literary
Not at all 干脆利落，the sight of you 放慢带情。
The trip was dull, but the sight of you made it worth it. 这趟旅行很无聊，可见到你就不虚此行了。
“Perhaps you think young men never honor their engagements, little or great.”
你也许以为年轻人从不把自己的承诺当回事，不管是大是小。
用一句礼貌的反问同时戳中毁约和婚约两层，锋利又不失体面。
Perhaps you think ... , little or great.
绵里藏针地指责对方食言时用；对上级用会太冲。
Maybe you assume promises mean nothing to young men. ／ You seem to think an engagement is easily broken.
正式
Perhaps 轻读，honor their engagements 逐词加重。
Perhaps you think plans never have to be kept, little or great. 你也许觉得约定从来不必当真，不管是大是小。
“Forgive me. I must take my leave.”
请原谅，我得告辞了。
道歉和告别并成一句，越礼貌越显得想逃。
I must take my leave.
在正式场合得体地告辞时用；朋友聚会里说会显得生分。
I must be going now. ／ If you will excuse me, I should go.
正式
Forgive me 轻快，must take my leave 放慢显郑重。
Forgive me, I must take my leave before the traffic starts. 请原谅，我得赶在堵车前告辞了。
下一章 · 23break one's word食言这场戏：姐妹为秘密婚约吵翻指「正式告辞」，是比较客气的说法。戏里爱德华想快点脱身，就说 Forgive me. I must take my leave。
说 in that case。戏里露西一看爱德华要走，就用 In that case 顺势提出让他送自己回去。
字面是「在别处忙」，但在当时的语境里 engaged 也指「已订婚」。戏里爱德华含糊的回答正好把两层意思都藏住了。
指「早该做而没做、延误了」。戏里爱德华说自己 My visit is shamefully overdue，就是「我早该来，拖到现在很惭愧」。
指「去把某人叫来、取来」。戏里埃莉诺说 Let me fetch Marianne，就是「我去把玛丽安叫来」。
