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"Did he indeed?" cried Marianne with sparkling eyes, "and with elegance, with spirit?"
“真的吗？”玛丽安大声暖道，眼里闪闪发光。“而且还优雅自若，精神抖擞？”
"Yes; and he was up again at eight to ride to covert. "
“是的。而且八点钟就起来了，骑马去狩猎。”
"That is what I like; that is what a young man ought to be. Whatever be his pursuits, his eagerness in them should know no moderation, and leave him no sense of fatigue. "
“我就喜欢这样。青年人就该是这个样子，不管爱好什么，都应该如饥似渴，孜孜不倦。”
"Aye, aye, I see how it will be, " said Sir John, "I see how it will be. You will be setting your cap at him now, and never think of poor Brandon. "
“啊，啊，我明白了，”约翰爵士说，“我明白了。你现在要去追求他啦，从此再也不想可怜的布兰登了。”
"That is an expression, Sir John, " said Marianne, warmly, "which I particularly dislike. I abhor every common-place phrase by which wit is intended; and 'setting one's cap at a man, ' or 'making a conquest, ' are the most odious of all. Their tendency is gross and illiberal; and if their construction could ever be deemed clever, time has long ago destroyed all its ingenuity. "
“约翰爵士，”玛丽安气冲冲地说道，“我特别不喜欢你那个字眼。我讨厌人们用陈腐不堪的字眼来戏谑人。‘追求’一个人也好，‘征服’一个人也好，都令人恶心透顶。这种说法越来越显得粗俗不堪。如果说它们一度还称得上巧言妙语的话，那么久而久之，其巧妙之处早就丧失殆尽。”
Sir John did not much understand this reproof; but he laughed as heartily as if he did, and then replied,
约翰爵士听不懂这番指责是什么意思。不过，他还是开心地笑了，好像他听懂了似的。然后，他回答说：
"Ay, you will make conquests enough, I dare say, one way or other. Poor Brandon! he is quite smitten already, and he is very well worth setting your cap at, I can tell you, in spite of all this tumbling about and spraining of ankles. "
“是呀，不管怎么说，你肯定会征服不少人。可怜的布兰登！他已经受到了沉重的打击。我可以告诉你，他是非常值得你去追求的，尽管发生了这起跌跌撞撞扭伤脚踝的事件。”
