conspicuous adj. 1.显著的,显眼的。 2.(服装等)过分花哨的;令人注目的,触目的;明显的;著名的,特出的,出众的。 be conspicuous by its absence 因为(某人)缺席反而引人注意。 conspicuous error 显著的错误。 cut a conspicuous figure 放异彩,令人注目。 make oneself conspicuous (标新立异)惹人注目。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.
I would wish to know if the misfortunes which have happened to you - misfortunes entirely beyond your control , and which in no degree diminish my regard for you - i would wish to know if they have not , in some measure , contributed to render you a stranger to the world in which your fortune and your name entitle you to make a conspicuous figure ? 按照您的财产和名份,您就要成为一位显赫人物,我很想知道,您所遭遇的不幸这种不幸绝不是您自己所能应付,因此一点儿都不减少我对您的敬意我很想知道,他们有没有做过什么而让您对快要踏入的那个社会茫然无知? ”