这场戏：揭开真相后的安慰
第 21 章 · 共 27 章 · 3'47"
布兰登上校终于把真相告诉埃莉诺：威洛比早年引诱了伊丽莎，让她 with child（怀了孩子）又撇下不管，是个 blackguard（无赖）；可他承认 he would have married her（他本会娶她），只是 For the money（为了钱）。埃莉诺转告玛丽安：at least（至少）可以确定他爱过你，玛丽安却说「可那还不够」。想学旧式用词与克制，这段最沉。
❝ 独白 · 12 句 「浪荡子」说 libertine
libertine 浪荡子mean to 打算做某事cannot deny 不得不承认
「一下子喜欢上」用 take a fancy to
Poor thing 假惺惺的心疼a vast deal more than 何止是……
布兰登上校把威洛比的真相一并告诉埃莉诺：他年轻时引诱了伊丽莎，让她 with child（怀了孩子），又撇下她、连去向都不留，是个 blackguard（无赖）；如今他承认威洛比当天确实打算求婚，心意也算 honorable，若不是为了钱，本会娶她。埃莉诺随后把这些转告玛丽安：不管他过去如何，at least（至少）可以确定他爱过你；玛丽安只回一句「可那还不够」。这边露西又来炫耀，说爱德华一家对她 take a fancy to（一下子喜欢上），话音未落，爱德华竟登门求见。想学旧式用词、安慰与讽刺，这段最典型。
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“Dearest, was I right to tell you?”
亲爱的，我该不该告诉你？
一句短问，把说出真相的重量和犹豫全交回给对方。
Was I right to ...?
向亲近的人求证自己做得对不对时用；对上级或生人显得没底气。
Was it right of me to say it? ／ Should I have told you?
中性
Dearest 轻起，was I right 连读，句尾上扬收问。
Was I right to tell her the news tonight? 我今晚把消息告诉她，做得对吗？
“at least you may be certain that he loved you.”
至少你可以确定，他爱过你。
不给她虚假的指望，只留一个谁也无法夺走的事实。
at least you may be certain that ...
安慰受伤的人时给一个确定的小结论；别用在正式文书里。
at least you know he cared. ／ one thing is certain: he loved you.
中性
at least 连读成一口气，certain 重读压稳。
At least you may be certain that you did your best. 至少你可以确定，你已经尽力了。
“I do not know what I should do if a man treated me with so little respect.”
要是有男人这么不尊重我，我真不知道该怎么办。
把旁人的义愤说成像自己身在其中，一句话就定了对方的人品。
I do not know what I should do if ...
替朋友抱不平或声明自己绝不忍受某事时用；当面说会显得挑衅。
I cannot imagine putting up with that. ／ I would never stand for such disrespect.
中性
do not know 连读，so little respect 逐词放慢加重。
I do not know what I should do if someone spoke to my sister that way. 要是有人这样跟我妹妹说话，我真不知道该怎么办。
“I was never so happy in my entire life, Miss Dashwood.”
我这辈子从没这么开心过，达什伍德小姐。
把幸福喊到顶还带上旧式的客气称呼，听着格外做作。
I was never so happy in my entire life.
夸张地表达狂喜时用；正式场合说 I have never been happier 更稳。
I have never been happier. ／ This is the happiest I have ever been.
口语
never so 连读，entire life 重音落在 life。
I was never so happy in my entire life as when they called. 接到他们电话那一刻，我这辈子都没这么开心过。
“I have not yet seen Edward, but I feel sure to very soon.”
我还没见到爱德华，不过我确信很快就见着了。
满口笃定的空期待，一句话就把人物的轻信写活了。
I have not yet ... but I feel sure to soon.
说自己还没做成某事、但很快有结果时用；对别人承诺时别随口用。
I haven't seen him yet, but I will soon. ／ Not yet, though I expect to very soon.
中性
not yet 弱读带过，feel sure to 连成一串。
I have not yet heard back, but I feel sure to very soon. 我还没收到回音，不过我相信很快就有了。
I would not have burdened you, Miss Dashwood... had I not, from my heart believed it might in time... lessen your sister's regrets. I have described Mr. Willoughby... as the worst of libertines. But I have learned from Lady Allen... that he did mean to propose that day, and therefore... I cannot deny that his intentions towards Marianne... were honorable, and... I feel certain that he would have married her... had it not been... For the money.
我本不想拿这些事烦你，达什伍德小姐…… 要不是我打心底相信，这些事或许迟早…… 能减轻你妹妹的遗憾。 我先前把威洛比先生…… 说成最坏的浪荡子。 但我从艾伦夫人那里得知…… 那天他确实打算求婚，所以…… 我不能否认他对玛丽安的心意…… 是光明正大的，而且…… 我确信他本会娶她…… 要不是…… 为了钱。
下一章 · 22take my leave告辞这场戏：登门拜访却匆匆告辞指「无赖、混账」，是旧时的骂人词。戏里骂撇下伊丽莎的人是 blackguard，就是「那个无赖」。
说 take a fancy to。戏里露西得意地说嫂嫂 take a fancy to 她，就是「嫂子一下子看上我了」。
指「浪荡子」。戏里上校说自己先前把威洛比说成 the worst of libertines，就是「最坏的浪荡子」。
指「非常、大大地」，是旧式夸张说法。戏里说费拉斯太太 a vast deal more than civil，就是「何止是客气」。
指「面临……的危险」。戏里说威洛比 in danger of losing Combe Magna，就是「面临失去库姆马格纳庄园的危险」。
