I ve got your letters , and if you give me any pertness i ll send them to your father 我收着你的信,如果你对我有任何无礼的行为,我就把这些信寄给你父亲。
" but i offered more than once , and asked , " he said , kindling up at her pertness , " i asked mr heathcliff to let me wake for you “但是我不止一次提过,也请求过,他说,被她的无礼激怒了,我求过希刺克厉夫先生让我代你守夜
He many a time spoke sternly to me about my pertness ; and averred that the stab of a knife could not inflict a worse pang than he suffered at seeing his lady vexed 他几次很严厉地对我说起我的不懂规矩而且肯定说那怕用一把小刀戳他一下,也抵不上看见他的夫人烦恼时那么难受。
The latter alarmed at her recent indiscretion , and the disclosure she had made of her secret feelings in a transient fit of passion ; the former , on mature consideration , really offended with her companion ; and , if she laughed again at her pertness , inclined to make it no laughing matter to her 小姐由于她最近的卤莽,还有她在一阵暴怒之下泄露了秘密的感情,颇感惊惶不安。而夫人已经考虑成熟,真的在对她的同伴呕气。如果她再笑她的无礼,就得让她瞧瞧对她这可不是什么可笑的事。
英文解释
quality of being lively and confident; "there was a pertness about her that attracted him"