Words
pedantic
Expressions
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Mr. Darcy had at first scarcely
________(承认)her to be pretty, he had looked at her without admiration at the ball, and when they next met, he looked at her only to criticize. -
Her performance was pleasing, though by no means
________(顶好的). -
Mary had neither genius nor taste, and though
________(虚荣心促使她勤学苦练), it had given her likewise a pedantic air and conceited manner, which would have injured a higher degree of excellence than she had reached. -
But I did not feel quite certain that the air of London would
________(适宜)Lady Lucas. -
And though this gentleman dislikes the amusement in general, he can have no objection, I am sure, to
________(帮忙/效劳)us for one half hour. -
You are a very strange creature
________(用作/作为)a friend. -
But no sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she had hardly a good feature in her face than he began to find it was
________(使变得极其聪慧)by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes. -
Though he had detected with a critical eye more than one
________(瑕疵)of perfect symmetry in her________(身条), he was forced to acknowledge her figure to be light and pleasing, and in spite of his asserting that her manners were not those of the________(有风度的上流社会), he was________(吸引)by the easy playfulness. -
On his approaching them soon afterwards, though without seeming to have any intention of speaking, Miss Lucas
________(挑动她的朋友做某事)mention such a subject to him, which immediately provoking Elizabeth to do it, she turned to him and said, “Did not you think, Mr. Darcy, that I expressed myself uncommonly well just now, when I was teasing Colonel Forster to give us a ball at Meryton?” -
________(省下一口气，好把粥吹凉/言外之意：少管闲事。) -
After a song or two, and before she could reply to the entreaties of several that she would sing again, she was eagerly succeeded at the instrument by her sister Mary, who having, in consequence of being the only plain one in the family, worked hard for knowledge and accomplishments, was always
________(急于表现自己). -
And Mary, at the end of a long concerto, was glad to
________(获得)praise and gratitude by Scotch and Irish airs. -
Certainly, sir, and it had the advantage also of being
________(流行)amongst the less polished societies of the world. -
And I doubt not that you are
________(对这门学问非常精通)yourself, Mr. Darcy.