《唐顿庄园》精讲115 虚伪的离别

Lady Grantham!

伯爵夫人

I've come to say goodbye.

我是来告辞的

They're bringing the car around to take me to the station.

他们在备车送我去车站

Have you said goodbye to Mary?

你和玛丽道过别了吗

I have.

是的

Will we be seeing you here again?

什么时候能再见面呢

Nothing would give me more pleasure,

我荣幸之至

but I'm afraid I am a little busy at the moment and...

但最近真是抽不开身啊

I wonder if I might risk embarrassing¹ you?

也许会冒犯您

Because I should like to make myself clear.

但我这人不喜欢绕弯子

The truth is, Lady Grantham, I am not a vain² man.

伯爵夫人 我有自知之明

I do not consider myself a very interesting person.

我知道自己不是个有趣的人

But I feel it's important that my future wife should think me so.

但我未来的妻子认为我有趣很重要

A woman who finds me boring could never love me,

认为我无趣的女人永远不会爱上我

and I believe marriage should be based on love.

而婚姻的前提是两情相悦

At least at the start.

至少一开始该这样

Thank you for your faith in me, Mr Napier.

谢谢你对我的信任 奈皮尔先生

Your instincts³ do you credit⁴.

你的直觉令人赞赏

Good luck to you.

祝你好运

1 embarrassing   

adj.使人尴尬的，令人为难的v.（使）窘迫，（使）局促不安( embarrass的现在分词)

参考例句：

• His jokes didn't even raise a smile, which was embarrassing. 听了他讲的笑话，都没人笑一下，真是太尴尬了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I was in the embarrassing position of having completely forgotten her name. 当时我完全忘记了她的名字，很是尴尬。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 vain   

adj.徒劳的，徒然的，无效的，空虚的，自负的

参考例句：

• It was in vain that we tried to find his mother.我们百般设法找他的母亲，但毫无结果。
• He's very vain of his abilities.他对于自己的能力很自负。

3 instincts   

本能，天性，直觉( instinct的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts. 那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。
• Don't ask me; follow your instincts and do what you think is right. 不要问我，凭你自己的直觉行事，你认为什么是对的就去做什么。

4 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。