We have certainly done our best ; and most fortunately having it in our power to introduce you to very superior society , and , from our connection with rosings , the frequent means of varying the humble home scene , i think we may flatter ourselves that your hunsford visit cannot have been entirely irksome 我们总算尽了心意,而且感到最幸运的是,能够介绍你跟上流人来往。寒舍虽然毫不足道,但幸亏高攀了罗新斯府上,使你住在我们这种苦地方,还可以经常跟他们来往来往,可以免得单调,这一点倒使我可以聊以自慰,觉得你这次到汉斯福来不能算完全失望。
Some sudden reaction seemed to have taken place in his soul ; there was none of the poetic and mysterious charm of desire left in it ; instead of that there was pity for her feminine and childish weakness , terror at her devotion and trustfulness , an irksome , yet sweet , sense of duty , binding him to her for ever 忽然他心中有什么东西起了变化:从前那种富有诗意的神秘的情欲的诱惑不复存在了,只存有他对她那女性的童稚的软弱的怜惜,对她的忠诚和信任的畏惧心理和由于他和她的永久结合而引起的沉重的愉快的责任感。
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn''t capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people''s dreams are dreadfully wearisome" 同义词:boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome,