《傲慢与偏见》 第9章(2)

Whatever I do is done in a hurry, replied he; and therefore if I should resolve to quit Netherfield, I should probably be off in five minutes. At present, however, I consider myself as quite fixed¹ here.

彬格莱先生说：“我随便干什么事，都是说干就干，要是打定主意要离开尼日斐花园，我可能在五分钟之内就搬走。不过目前我算在这儿住定了。”

That is exactly what I should have supposed of you, said Elizabeth.

“我猜想得一点儿不错，”伊丽莎白说。

You begin to comprehend me, do you? cried he, turning towards her.

彬格莱马上转过身去对她大声说道：“你开始了解我啦，是吗？”

Oh! yes -- I understand you perfectly².

“噢，是呀──我完全了解你。”

I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful.

“但愿你这句话是恭维我，不过，这么容易被人看透，那恐怕也是件可怜的事吧。”

That is as it happens. It does not necessarily follow that a deep, intricate character is more or less estimable than such a one as yours.

“那得看情况说话。一个深沉复杂的人，未必比你这样的人更难叫人捉摸。”

Lizzy, cried her mother, remember where you are, and do not run on in the wild manner that you are suffered to do at home.

她有母亲连忙嚷道：“丽萃，别忘了你在作客，家里让你撒野惯了，你可不能到人家这里来胡闹。”

I did not know before, continued Bingley immediately, that you were a studier of character. It must be an amusing study.

“我以前倒不知道你是个研究人的性格的专家。”彬格莱马上接下去说，“那一定是一门很有趣的学问吧。”

Yes; but intricate characters are the most amusing. They have at least that advantage.

“不错；可是最有趣味的还是研究复杂的性格。至少这样的性格有研究的价值。”

The country, said Darcy, can in general supply but few subjects for such a study. In a country neighbourhood you move in a very confined and unvarying society.

达西说：“一般说来，乡下人可以作为这种研究对象的就很少。因为在乡下，你四周围的人都是非常不开通、非常单调。”

1 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

2 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。