sleeping-beauty magic睡美人般的魔力

把二十岁的姑娘说成沉睡的公主，怜惜和无奈都在里头。

There's kind of a ... magic about someone

形容某人身上说不清的魅力时用；对当事人当面说会显得轻浮。

There's a fairy-tale spell about that girl. ／ She has a kind of sleeping-beauty charm.

literary

kind of a 轻读带过，magic 重读，about the kid 收轻。

There's kind of a sleeping-beauty magic about the old library. 那座老图书馆有种睡美人般的魔力。

三个短句步步逼近，把护着那姑娘的立场钉死。

Stop pushing someone into ... She's ... She said so herself.

替被小看的人说话时用；对长辈或上司这样说会显得冲。

Stop treating her like a child. She is twenty, she told us. ／ Quit putting her in the nursery; she's a grown woman.

口语

Stop pushing 重读，She's 20 停顿，said so herself 放慢。

Stop calling him a kid. He's 25. He said so himself. 别老叫他小孩。他都二十五了。他自己也这么说。

过去完成加 toward，把一份落空的期待说得格外克制。

I'd thought I'd done something toward ...

自嘲努力白费时用；对刚认识的人说会显得太丧。

I thought I had made a start at breaking the spell. ／ I believed I was doing something to break it.

中性

I'd thought 轻读，toward 弱读，breaking the spell 收平。

I'd thought I'd done something toward fixing the team. 我以为自己为整顿团队做了点什么。

一句拆穿把对方的硬壳掀开，也顺势承认了自己的心软。

You were just as ... as I was.

拆穿对方嘴硬心软时用；对不熟的人这样说会显得越界。

You felt just as sorry for that child as I did. ／ You were every bit as sorry for her as I was.

口语

just as 连读，sorry for that child 重读，as I was 收尾。

You were just as nervous about the exam as I was. 你对考试的那份紧张，跟我一模一样。