1. That one about the cracked lookingglass of a servant being the symbol of Irish art is deuced good. 关于仆人的一面有裂纹的镜子就是爱尔兰艺术的象征那番话,真是太妙啦。
2. "Well, Mr Danby, "he said, "your generation may like the soft in literature, but you're precious hard in life. Ours won't look at softness in literature, but we're a deuced sight less hard in life. “可是,但贝先生,”他说,“你们这一代人在文学上也许是喜欢软性的,但你们在生活里却是严酷得很,我们这些人呢,对于软性文学是不屑一看的,但我们在生活里却远远不像诸位那么严酷了。”
3. Well, Mr Danby, " he said, " your generation may like the soft in literature, but you're precious hard in life. Ours won't look at softness in literature, but we're a deuced sight less hard in life. “可是,但贝先生,”他说,“你们这一代人在文学上也许是喜欢软性的,但你们在生活里却是严酷得很,我们这些人呢,对于软性文学是不屑一看的,但我们在生活里却远远不像诸位那么严酷了。”
英英解释
adj.
1. expletives used informally as intensifiers