Chapter 1 第一章 上
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
凡是有财产的单身汉，必定需要（ want 翻译成需要正确 引申词义渴望,想要）娶位太太，这已经成了一条举世公认的真理。
However little known the feelings （应该对应上一句want引申词义）or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
这样的单身汉，每逢新搬到一个地方，四邻八舍虽然完全不了解他的性情如何，见解如何，可是，既然这样的一条真理早已在人们心目中根深蒂固，因此人们总是把他看作自己某一个女儿理所应得的一笔财产。
（这是《傲慢与偏见》中的一段文字，描述的是当时英国社会对于单身男性和女性的一种普遍观念。在当时的社会背景下，一个单身男性进入新的社区，尽管他的性格、情感或观点尚未为人所知，但周围家庭几乎都会认为，这个男性最终会成为他们某位女儿的丈夫，即他“属于”他们某位女儿。这里的“合法财产”是一种比喻性的说法，暗示男性被看作是女性（尤其是未婚女性）的潜在伴侣或丈夫，是她们未来可能拥有的“财产”。这种观念反映了当时社会对婚姻和家庭的高度重视，同时也体现了女性在婚姻市场上的被动地位。
这种观念在《傲慢与偏见》中多次被提及和讽刺。作者简·奥斯汀通过描写不同人物的性格和经历，对这种社会现象进行了深入的剖析和批判。她强调了个人独立性和自由选择的重要性，认为婚姻应该是基于爱情和尊重，而不是简单的财产交换或社会地位的提升。）
“My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that
Netherfield Park is let at last?”
有一天，班纳特太太对她的丈夫说：“我的好老爷，尼日斐花园终于租出去了，你听说过没有？”（Netherfield Park is an estate located in Hertfordshire. Mr. Morris was involved in leasing it to Charles Bingley,[1] but whether he is the owner or an attorney acting as the owner's agent is not specified in the text.
The house has numerous rooms, including a ballroom, dining-parlour, drawing room, library, numerous sitting rooms, and many bedrooms.
）
Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
班纳特先生回答道，他没有听说过。
“But it is,” returned she; “for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told
me all about it.”
“的确租出去了，”她说，“郎格太太刚刚上这儿来过，她把这件事的底细，一五一十地都告诉了我。”
（Mrs. Long朗格太太 是一个爱八卦的小角色，住在哈福德郡Hertfordshire如图所示，离班纳特家不远，所以开场就可以大致判断班纳特家的地址）
Mr. Bennet made no answer.
班纳特先生没有理睬她。
“Do you not want to know who has taken it?” cried his wife impatiently.
“你难道不想知道是谁租去的吗？”太太不耐烦地嚷起来了。
“You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.”
“既是你要说给我听，我听听也无妨。”
This was invitation enough.
这句话足够鼓励她讲下去了。
“Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken
by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came
down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much
delighted with it, that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to
take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the
house by the end of next week.”
“哦，亲爱的，你得知道，郎格太太说，租尼日斐花园的是个阔少爷，他是英格兰北部的人；听说他星期一那天，乘着一辆驷马大轿车来看房子，看得非常中意，当场就和莫理斯先生谈妥了；他要在‘米迦勒节’[1]以前搬进来，打算下个周末先叫几个佣人来住。”
（chaise and four大概相当于奔驰S600，phaeton相当于奥迪TT，chaise相当于雅阁、帕萨特或者凯美瑞，gig则相当于飞度、卡罗拉之类的）
（米迦勒是基督教天使（在基督教文化中，米迦勒却是最耀眼、最著名的天使长。），上图反映的是维多利亚时代米迦勒节的集市场景）
“What is his name?”
“这人叫什么名字？”
“Bingley.”
“彬格莱。”
“Is he married or single?”
“有太太的呢，还是个单身汉？”
“Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or
five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!”
“噢！是个单身汉，亲爱的，确确实实是个单身汉！一个有钱的单身汉；每年有四五千镑的收入。真是女儿们的福气！”
“How so? How can it affect them?”
“这怎么说？关女儿们什么事？”

Chapter 1 第一章 下
“My dear Mr. Bennet,” replied his wife, “how can you be so tiresome! You
must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them.”
“我的好老爷，”太太回答道，“你怎么这样叫人讨厌！告诉你吧，我正在盘算，他要是挑中我们的一个女儿做老婆，可多好！”
（“我亲爱的班奈特先生” 他的太太回答到，你怎么这样叫人讨厌！你难道不知道我正在考虑他娶我们的一个姑娘）
“Is that his design in settling here?”
“他住到这儿来，就是为了这个打算吗？”
“Design! Nonsense, how can you talk so! But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.”
“打算！胡扯，这是哪儿的话！不过，他倒兴许看中我们的某一个女儿呢。他一搬来，你就得去拜访拜访他。”（你一定要尽快去拜访他）
“I see no occasion for that. You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves, which perhaps will be still better, for as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley may like you the best of the party.”
“我不用去。你带着女儿们去就得啦，要不你干脆打发她们自己去，那或许倒更好些，因为你跟女儿们比起来，她们哪一个都不能胜过你的美貌，你去了，彬格莱先生倒可能挑中你呢。”
“My dear, you flatter me. I certainly have had my share of beauty, but I do not pretend to be anything extraordinary now. When a woman has five grownup daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty.”
“我的好老爷，你太捧我啦。从前也的确有人赞赏过我的美貌，现在我可不敢说有什么出众的地方了。一个女人家有了五个成年的女儿，就不该想到自己的美貌啦。”
“In such cases, a woman has not often much beauty to think of.”
“这样看来，一个女人家并没有多少时候好想到自己的美貌喽。”
“But, my dear, you must indeed go and see Mr. Bingley when he comes into the neighbourhood.”
“不过，我的好老爷，彬格莱一搬到我们的邻近来，你的确应该去看看他。”
“It is more than I engage for, I assure you.”
“老实跟你说吧，这不是我分内的事。”
“But consider your daughters. Only think what an establishment（在社会领域，“establishment”还可以指既有的权力结构和阶层，强调的是一个稳固且有一定影响力的社会集团或体制。此外，“establishment”还有一些其他含义，比如可以指某个地方的商业场所，如酒店、餐厅等。同时，它也可以表示“家庭”。） it would be for one of them. Sir William and Lady Lucas are determined to go, merely on that account, for in general, you know, they visit no newcomers. Indeed you must go, for it will be impossible for us to visit him if you do not.”
“看女儿们分上吧。只请你想一想，她们不论哪一个，要是攀上了这样一个人家，够多么好。威廉爵士夫妇已经决定去拜望他，他们也无非是这个用意。你知道，他们通常是不会拜望新搬来的邻居的。你的确应该去一次，要是你不去，叫我们怎么去。”
“You are over-scrupulous（“scrupulous”）, surely. I dare say Mr. Bingley will be very glad to see you; and I will send a few lines by you to assure him of my hearty consent to his marrying whichever he chooses of the girls; though I must throw in a good word for my little Lizzy.”
“你实在过分细心啦。彬格莱先生一定很高兴看到你的；我可以写封信给你带去，就说随便他挑中了我哪一个女儿，我都心甘情愿地答应他把她娶过去；不过，我在信上得特别替小丽萃[2]吹嘘几句。”
“I desire you will do no such thing. Lizzy is not a bit better than the others; and I am sure she is not half so handsome as Jane, nor half so good-humoured as Lydia. But you are always giving her the preference.”
“我希望你别这么做。丽萃没有一点儿地方胜过别的几个女儿；我敢说，论漂亮，她抵不上吉英一半；论性子，她抵不上丽迪雅一半。你可老是偏爱她。”
“They have none of them much to recommend them,” replied he; “they are all silly and ignorant like other girls; but Lizzy has something more of quickness than her sisters.”
“她们没有哪一个值得夸奖的，”他回答道；“她们跟人家的姑娘一样，又傻，又无知；倒是丽萃要比她的几个姐妹伶俐些。
“Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves.”
“我的好老爷，你怎么舍得这样糟蹋自己的亲生女儿？你是在故意叫我气恼，好让你自己得意吧。你半点儿也不体谅我的神经衰弱。””
“You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these last twenty years at least.”
“你真错怪了我，我的好太太。我非常尊重你的神经。它们是我的老朋友。至少在最近二十年以来，我一直听到你郑重其事地提到它们。”（AI“你真是冤枉我了，亲爱的。我对你的神经韧性佩服得五体投地。我对你这点小毛病可是了如指掌，这二十年来，你可是没少拿这说事儿。” 这样的译文既保留了原文的讽刺和幽默，又使中文表达更加自然流畅。）
“Ah, you do not know what I suffer.”
“啊！你不知道我怎样受苦呢！”
“But I hope you will get over it, and live to see many young men of four thousand a year come into the neighbourhood.”
“不过我希望你这毛病会好起来，那么，像这种每年有四千镑收入的阔少爷，你就可以眼看着他们一个个搬来做你的邻居了。”（你最好上点心，趁活着多看几个4000英镑的年亲人邻居）
“It will be no use to us, if twenty such should come, since you will not visit them.”
“你既然不愿意去拜望他们，即使有二十个搬了来，对我们又有什么好处！”
“Depend upon it, my dear, that when there are twenty, I will visit them all.”
“放心吧，我的好太太，等到有了二十个，我一定去一个个拜望到。”
Mr. Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour, reserve, and caprice, that the experience of three-and-twenty years had been insufficient to make his wife understand his character. Her mind was less difficult to develop. She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous. The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news.
班纳特先生真是个古怪人，他一方面喜欢插科打诨，爱挖苦人，同时又不苟言笑，变幻莫测，真使他那位太太积二十三年之经验，还摸不透他的性格。太太的脑子是很容易加以分析的。她是个智力贫乏、不学无术、喜怒无常的女人，只要碰到不称心的事，她就自以为神经衰弱。她生平的大事就是嫁女儿；她生平的安慰就是访友拜客和打听新闻。
[1] 米迦勒节为9月29日，系英国四结账日之一，雇用用人多在此日，租约亦多于此日履行。
[2] 丽萃系伊丽莎白的爱称。
1. quick parts：这里的“parts”指的是智力或才智，“quick”则表示敏捷或迅速。因此，“quick parts”用来形容某人智力敏捷，反应迅速，通常指思维敏锐、头脑灵活。
2. sarcastic humour：这个短语由“sarcastic”（讽刺的）和“humour”（幽默）组成。它指的是一种用讽刺或嘲笑的方式表达幽默的风格。这种幽默通常带有挖苦或嘲笑的意味，可能用来揭露或评论某些事物的缺点或荒谬之处。
3. reserve：这个词有多重含义，但在这里，它可能指的是某人性格中的矜持、内敛或沉默寡言。一个“reserve”的人通常不会轻易透露自己的思想或感情，保持一定的距离和神秘感。
4. caprice：这个单词可能是“caprice”的拼写错误，通常应该是“caprice”或“capricious”。它的意思是反复无常的、多变的、任性的。用来形容一个人的行为或决定常常因一时兴起而改变，缺乏稳定性或可预测性。

哈特福德郡位置

文学地图

米迦勒节景象

班奈特家结构

chaise and four大概相当于奔驰S600

Chapter 2
Mr. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley. He had always intended to visit him, though to the last always assuring his wife that he should not go; and till the evening after the visit was paid she had no knowledge of it. It was then disclosed in the following manner. Observing his second daughter employed in trimming a hat, he suddenly addressed her with:
班纳特先生尽管在自己太太面前自始至终都说是不想去拜访彬格莱先生，事实上一直都打算去拜访他，而且还是跟第一批人一起去拜访他的。等到他去拜访过以后，当天晚上太太才知道实情。这消息透露出来的经过是这样的——他看到第二个女儿在装饰帽子，就突然对她说：
“I hope Mr. Bingley will like it, Lizzy.”
“我希望彬格莱先生会喜欢你这顶帽子，丽萃。”
“We are not in a way to know what Mr. Bingley likes,” said her mother resentfully, “since we are not to visit.”
她的母亲愤愤地说：“我们既然不预备去看彬格莱先生，当然就无从知道他喜欢什么。”
“But you forget, mamma,” said Elizabeth, “that we shall meet him at the assemblies, and that Mrs. Long promised to introduce him.”
“可是你忘啦，妈妈，”伊丽莎白说，“我们将来可以在跳舞会上碰到他的，郎格太太不是答应过把他介绍给我们吗？”
“I do not believe Mrs. Long will do any such thing. She has two nieces of her own. She is a selfish, hypocritical woman, and I have no opinion of her.”
“我不相信郎格太太肯这么做。她自己有两个亲侄女。她是个自私自利、假仁假义的女人，我瞧不起她。”
“No more have I,” said Mr. Bennet; “and I am glad to find that you do not depend on her serving you.”
“我也瞧不起她，”班纳特先生说；“你倒不指望她来替你效劳，这叫我听到高兴。”(很高兴发现你也没指望她)
Mrs. Bennet deigned“屈尊，俯就” not to make any reply, but, unable to contain herself, began scolding（一顿臭骂） one of her daughters.
班纳特太太没有理睬他，可是忍不住气，便骂起女儿来。
“Don’t keep coughing so, Kitty, for Heaven’s sake! Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces.”
“别那么咳个不停，吉蒂，看老天爷分上吧！稍许体谅一下我的神经吧。你简直叫我的神经要胀裂啦。”
“Kitty has no discretion in her coughs,” said her father; “she times them ill.”
“吉蒂真不知趣，”她的父亲说；“咳嗽也不知道拣个时候。”
“I do not cough for my own amusement,” replied Kitty fretfully.
“我又不是故意咳着玩儿，”吉蒂气恼地回答道。
“When is your next ball to be, Lizzy?”
“你们的跳舞会定在哪一天开，丽萃？”
“To-morrow fortnight.”(词源自古英语，由“four”（四）和“night”（夜晚）组成，原本指的是四个夜晚，后来逐渐演变为表示连续的两个星期的时间段。)
“从明天算起，还得再过两个星期。”
“Aye, so it is,” cried her mother, “and Mrs. Long does not come back till the day before; so it will be impossible for her to introduce him, for she will not know him herself.”
“唔，原来如此，”她的母亲嚷道，“郎格太太可要挨到开跳舞会的前一天才能赶回来；那么，她可来不及把他介绍给你们啦，她自己也还不认识他呢。”
“Then, my dear, you may have the advantage of your friend, and introduce Mr. Bingley to her.”
“那么，好太太，你大可以占你朋友的上风，反过来替她介绍这位贵人啦。”
“Impossible, Mr. Bennet, impossible, when I am not acquainted with him myself; how can you be so teasing?”
“办不到，我的好老爷，办不到，我自己还不认识他呢；你怎么可以这样嘲笑人？”
“I honour your circumspection意思是警惕，“细心”、“慎重”或“审慎”. A fortnight’s acquaintance is certainly very little. One cannot know what a man really is by the end of a fortnight. But if we do not venture somebody else will; and after all, Mrs. Long and her nieces must stand their chance; and, therefore, as she will think it an act of kindness, if you decline the office, I will take it on myself.”
“我真佩服你想得这般周到。两个星期的认识当然谈不上什么。跟一个人相处了两个星期，不可能就此了解他究竟是怎样一个人。不过，要是我们不去尝试尝试，别人可少不了要尝试的。话说到底，郎格太太和她的侄女儿一定不肯错过这个良机。因此，要是你不愿意办这件事，我自己来办好了，反正她会觉得这是我们对她的一片好意。”
The girls stared at their father. Mrs. Bennet said only, “Nonsense, nonsense!”
女儿们都对父亲瞪着眼。班纳特太太只随口说了声：“真胡扯！”
“What can be the meaning of that emphatic exclamation?” cried he. “Do you consider the forms of introduction, and the stress that is laid on them, as nonsense? I cannot quite agree with you there. What say you, Mary? For you are a young lady of deep reflection, I know, and read great books and make extracts.”
“你怎么这样大惊小怪！”他嚷道。“你以为替人家效点儿劳介绍介绍是毫无意思的事吗？你这样的说法我可不大同意。你说呢，曼丽？我知道你是个有独到见解的少女，读的书都是些皇皇巨著，而且还要做札记。
Mary wished to say something sensible, but knew not how.
曼丽想说几句有见识的话，可又不知道怎么说才好。
“While Mary is adjusting her ideas,” he continued, “let us return to Mr. Bingley.”
于是班纳特先生接下去说：“让曼丽仔细想一想再发表意见吧，我们还是重新来谈谈彬格莱先生。”
“I am sick of Mr. Bingley,” cried his wife.
“我就讨厌谈彬格莱先生，”他的太太嚷起来了
“I am sorry to hear that; but why did not you tell me that before? If I had known as much this morning I certainly would not have called on him. It is very unlucky; but as I have actually paid the visit, we cannot escape the acquaintance now.”
“遗憾得很，你竟会跟我说这种话；你怎么不早说呢？要是今天上午听到你这样说，那我当然就不会去拜访他啦。这真叫做不凑巧。现在既然拜访也拜访过了，我们今后就少不了要结交这个朋友。”
The astonishment of the ladies was just what he wished; that of Mrs. Bennet perhaps surpassing the rest; though, when the first tumult（a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people:） of joy was over, she began to declare that it was what she had expected all the while.
果然不出他所料，娘儿们一听此话，一个个都大为惊异，尤其是班纳特太太，比谁都惊异得厉害；不过，这样欢天喜地地喧嚷了一阵以后，她便当众宣布，说这件事她早就料到的。
“How good it was in you, my dear Mr. Bennet! But I knew I should persuade you at last. I was sure you loved your girls too well to neglect such an acquaintance. Well, how pleased I am! and it is such a good joke, too, that you should have gone this morning and never said a word about it till now.”
“你真是个好心肠的人，我的好老爷！我早就知道你终究会给我说服的。你既然疼爱自己的女儿，当然就不会把这样一个朋友不放在心上。我真太高兴了！你这个玩笑开得真太有意思，谁想到你竟会今天上午去拜访他，而且到现在一字不提。”
“Now, Kitty, you may cough as much as you choose,” said Mr. Bennet; and, as he spoke, he left the room, fatigued with the raptures of his wife.
“吉蒂，现在你可以放心大胆地咳嗽啦，”班纳特先生一面说，一面走出房间，原来太太那样得意忘形，把他闹得有些腻烦了。
“What an excellent father you have, girls!” said she, when the door was shut. “I do not know how you will ever make him amends for his kindness; or me, either, for that matter. At our time of life it is not so pleasant, I can tell you, to be making new acquaintances every day; but for your sakes, we would do anything. Lydia, my love, though you are the youngest, I dare say Mr. Bingley will dance with you at the next ball.”
门一关上，班纳特太太便对她的几个女儿说：“孩子们，你们的爸爸真太好了，我不知道你们怎样才能报答他的好心；再说，你们还应该好好地报答我一番呢。老实跟你们说吧，我们老夫妇活到这么一大把年纪了，哪儿有兴致天天去交朋结友；可是为了你们，我们随便什么事都乐意去做。丽迪雅，乖宝贝，虽然你年纪最小，开起跳舞会来，彬格莱先生或许就偏偏要跟你跳呢。”
“Oh!” said Lydia stoutly, （in a firm and determined way）“I am not afraid; for though I am the youngest, I’m the tallest.”
“噢！”丽迪雅满不在乎地说。“我才不当它一回事。年纪虽然是我最小，个儿却算我顶高。”
The rest of the evening was spent in conjecturing how soon he would return Mr. Bennet’s visit, and determining when they should ask him to dinner.
于是她们一方面猜测那位贵人什么时候会来回拜班纳特先生，一方面盘算着什么时候请他来吃饭，就这样把一个晚上的工夫在闲谈中度过去了。

Chapter 3 第三章 上
Not all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daughters, could ask on the subject, was sufficient to draw from her husband any satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley. They attacked him in various ways —with barefaced questions, ingenious （marked by originality, resourcefulness, and cleverness in conception or execution）suppositions, and distant surmises（suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it:）; but he eluded （evade or escape from）the skill of them all, and they were at last obliged to accept the second-hand intelligence of their neighbour, Lady Lucas. Her report was highly favourable. Sir William had been delighted with him. He was quite young, wonderfully handsome, extremely agreeable讨人喜欢的, and, to crown the whole, he meant to be at the next assembly with a large party. Nothing could be more delightful! To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love; and very lively hopes of Mr. Bingley’s heart were entertained.
尽管班纳特太太有了五个女儿帮腔，向她丈夫问起彬格莱先生这样那样，可是丈夫的回答总不能叫她满意。母女们想尽办法对付他——直白的 问句，巧妙的设想，离题很远的猜测，什么办法都用到了；可是他并没有上她们的圈套。最后，她们迫不得已，只得听取邻居卢卡斯太太的间接消息。她的报道全是好话。据说威廉爵士很喜欢他。他非常年轻，长得特别漂亮，为人又极其谦和，最重要的一点是，他打算请一大群客人来参加下次的舞会。这真是再好也没有的事！喜欢跳舞是谈情说爱的一个步骤；大家都热烈地希望去获得彬格莱先生的那颗心。
（在《傲慢与偏见》的上述段落中，卢卡斯太太和威廉爵士之间的关系并没有直接明确地提及，但可以根据文中提供的信息进行推断。
首先，卢卡斯太太是班纳特太太的邻居，因此我们可以推断卢卡斯太太与班纳特一家住在相近的地方，可能属于同一社交圈子。
其次，文中提到“她的报道全是好话。据说威廉爵士很喜欢他。”这里的“他”指的是彬格莱先生。由于卢卡斯太太提供了关于彬格莱先生的正面评价，并且特别提到了威廉爵士对彬格莱先生的喜爱，我们可以推测威廉爵士与卢卡斯太太之间有着一定的亲近关系，可能是家人或者是朋友。
虽然文中没有明确说明卢卡斯太太和威廉爵士的具体关系，但结合上下文，我们可以合理推测他们可能是夫妻关系，或者至少是较为亲近的亲属或朋友关系。这种关系使得卢卡斯太太能够了解到威廉爵士对彬格莱先生的看法，并作为消息来源向班纳特太太提供关于彬格莱先生的情报。
需要注意的是，这只是基于文中信息的合理推测，具体的关系还需要参考原著中其他部分的描述来进一步确认。
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“If I can but see one of my daughters happily settled at Netherfield,” said Mrs. Bennet to her husband, “and all the others equally well married, I shall have nothing to wish for.”
“我只要能看到有一个女儿在尼日斐花园幸福地安了家，”班纳特太太对她的丈夫说，“看到其他几个也匹配得这样门当户对，此生就没有别的奢望了。”
In a few days Mr. Bingley returned Mr. Bennet’s visit, and sat about ten minutes with him in his library. He had entertained hopes of being admitted to a sight of the young ladies, of whose beauty he had heard much; but he saw only the father. The ladies were somewhat more fortunate, for they had the advantage of ascertaining（find (something) out for certain; make sure of:） from an upper window that he wore a blue coat, and rode a blackhorse.
不到几天工夫，彬格莱先生上门回拜班纳特先生，在他的书房里跟他盘桓了十分钟左右。他久仰班纳特先生几位小姐的年轻美貌，很希望能够见见她们：但是他只见到了她们的父亲。倒是小姐们比他幸运，她们利用楼上的窗口，看清了他穿的是蓝外套，骑的是一匹黑马。
An invitation to dinner was soon afterwards dispatched; and already had Mrs. Bennet planned the courses that were to do credit to her housekeeping, when an answer arrived which deferred it all. Mr. Bingley was obliged to be in town the following day, and, consequently, unable to accept the honour of their invitation, etc. Mrs. Bennet was quite disconcerted（不安）. She could not imagine what business he could have in town so soon after his arrival in Hertfordshire（离伦敦50公里）; and she began to fear that he might be always flying about from one place to another, and never settled at Netherfield as he ought to be.
班府上不久就发请帖请他吃饭；班纳特太太已经计划了好几道菜，每道菜都足以增加她的体面，说明她是个会当家的贤主妇，可是事不凑巧，彬格莱先生第二天非进城不可，他们这一番盛意叫他无法领情，因此回信给他们，说是要迟一迟再说。班纳特太太大为不安。她想，此人刚来到哈福德郡[1]，怎么就要进城有事，于是她开始担心思了；照理他应该在尼日斐花园安安定定住下来，看现在的情形，莫不是他经常都得这样东漂西泊，行踪不定？
Lady Lucas quieted her fears a little by starting the idea of his being gone to London only to get a large party for the ball; and a report soon followed that Mr. Bingley was to bring twelve ladies and seven gentlemen with him to the assembly. The girls grieved over such a number of ladies, but were comforted the day before the ball by hearing, that instead of twelve he brought only six with him from London—his five sisters and a cousin. And when the party entered the assembly room it consisted of only five altogether—Mr. Bingley, his two sisters, the husband of the eldest, and another young man.
亏得卢卡斯太太对她说，可能他是到伦敦去邀请那一大群客人来参加舞会，这才使她稍许减除了一些顾虑。外面马上就纷纷传说彬格莱先生将要带来七男十二女参加舞会。小姐们听到有这么许多女宾，不禁担心起来。好在开跳舞会的前一天，她们听到彬格莱先生并没有带来十二个女宾，仅仅只带来六个，其中五个是他自己的姐妹，一个是表姐妹，这个消息才使小姐们放了心。后来等到这群贵客走进舞场的时候，却一共只有五个人——彬格莱先生，他的两个姐妹，姐夫，还有另外一个青年。
Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance,（面容气质） and easy, unaffected manners. His sisters were fine women, with an air of decided fashion.（这里的air指“气质，神气，气场”。an air of decided fashion是优越感的表现：“我的穿着、举止、言谈、风度，都是不容置疑的(decided)模样）His brother-in-law, Mr. Hurst, merely looked the gentleman; but his friend Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien(仪表), and the report which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year. The gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man, the ladies declared he was much handsomer than Mr. Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud; to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire（伦敦以北200km） could then save him from having a most forbid ding, disagreeable countenance令人望而却步的表情, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.
彬格莱先生仪表堂堂，大有绅士风度，而且和颜悦色，没有拘泥做作的习气。他的姐妹也都是些优美的女性，态度落落大方。他的姐夫赫斯脱只不过像个普通绅士，不大引人注目，但是他的朋友达西却立刻引起了全场的注意，因为他身材魁伟，眉清目秀，举止高贵，于是他进场不到五分钟，大家都纷纷传说他每年有一万镑的收入。男宾们都称赞他的一表人才，女宾们都说他比彬格莱先生漂亮得多。人们差不多有半个晚上都带着爱慕的目光看着他，最后人们才发现他为人骄傲，看不起人，巴结不上他，因此对他起了厌恶的感觉，他那众望所归的极盛一时的场面才黯然失色。他既然摆出那么一副讨人嫌惹人厌的神气，那么，不管他在德比郡有多大的财产，也挽救不了他，况且和他的朋友比起来，他更没有什么大不了。
（AI宾利先生仪表堂堂，颇有绅士风度；他面容和悦，举止落落大方，毫不矫揉造作。他的姐妹们都是漂亮女子，举止优雅得体。他的姐夫赫斯特先生只不过是个绅士模样，但他的朋友达西先生却很快吸引了全场的目光。他身材魁梧，相貌英俊，神态高贵。他进场五分钟以后，大家便纷纷传说他每年有一万英镑的收入。男士们都说他的一表人才，女士们都说他比宾利先生漂亮得多。大家对他注视了大约半个晚上，最后才因为看到他的举止骄傲，对他产生了反感，才使大家对他的爱慕之情减了分。他自视甚高，目中无人，很不喜欢跟人家应酬，因此尽管他在德比郡有那么大的一份财产，也挽救不了他在众人心目中成为一个骄傲自大、讨人厌的人物，他也就比不上他的朋友那么值得大家尊敬了。）
注：在这个句子中，“could then save him from having a most forbidding countenance面容”的意思是“那时也无法挽救他，使他避免展现出令人望而却步的面容”。
“save sb. from doing sth.” 是一个常用的英语短语，表示“使某人免于做某事”。在这里，“save him from having a most forbid ding countenance”的意思是“使他避免展现出一种非常令人望而却步的表情”。
“forbidding”通常用来形容某物或某人显得严厉、冷淡或不友好，以至于使人不敢接近或尝试。在这个上下文中，达西先生的“forbidding countenance”指的是他那张显得傲慢、冷淡、令人不悦的脸。

Chapter 3 第三章 中
Mr. Bingley had soon made himself acquainted with all the principal people in the room; he was lively and unreserved, danced every dance, was angry that the ball closed so early, and talked of giving one himself at Netherfield（小说虚构的地点）. Such amiable qualities must speak for themselves. What a contrast between him and his friend! Mr. Darcy danced only once with Mrs. Hurst（Bingley姐姐） and once with Miss Bingley, declined being introduced to any other lady, and spent the rest of the evening in walking about the room, speaking occasionally to one of his own party. His character was decided. He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and everybody hoped that he would never come there again. Amongst the most violent against him was Mrs. Bennet, whose dislike of his general behaviour was sharpened into particular resentment by his having slighted one of her daughters.
这群贵客走进舞场的时候彬格莱先生很快就熟悉了全场所有的主要人物。他生气勃勃，为人又不拘泥，每一场舞都少不了要跳。使他气恼的是，舞会怎么散场散得这样早。他又谈起他自己要在尼日斐花园开一次舞会。他这些可爱的地方自然会引起人家对他发生好感。他跟他的朋友是多么显著的一个对照啊！达西先生只跟赫斯脱太太跳了一次舞，跟彬格莱小姐跳了一次舞，此外就在室内踱来踱去，偶尔找他自己人谈谈，人家要介绍他跟别的小姐跳舞，他怎么也不肯。大家都断定他是世界上最骄傲，最讨人厌的人，希望他不要再来。其中对他反感最厉害的是班纳特太太，她对他的整个举止都感到讨厌，而且这种讨厌竟变本加厉，形成了一种特殊的气愤，因为他得罪了她的一个女儿。
Elizabeth Bennet had been obliged, by the scarcity of gentlemen, to sit down for two dances; and during part of that time, Mr. Darcy had been standing near enough for her to hear a conversation between him and Mr. Bingley, who came from the dance for a few minutes, to press his friend to join it.
由于男宾少，伊丽莎白·班纳特有两场舞都不得不空坐。达西先生当时曾一度站在她的身旁，彬格莱先生特地歇了几分钟没有跳舞，走到他这位朋友跟前，硬要他去跳，两个人的谈话给她偷听到了。
“Come, Darcy,” said he, “I must have you dance. I hate to see you standing about by yourself in this stupid manner. You had much better dance.”
“来吧，达西，”彬格莱说，“我一定要你跳。我不愿意看到你独个儿这么傻里傻气地站在这儿。还是去跳吧。”
“I certainly shall not. You know how I detest it, unless I am particularly acquainted with my partner. At such an assembly as this it would be insupportable. Your sisters are engaged, and there is not another woman in the room whom it would not be a punishment to me to stand up with.”
“我绝对不跳。你知道我一向多么讨厌跳舞，除非跟特别熟的人跳。在这样的舞会上跳舞，简直叫人受不了。你的姐妹们都在跟别人跳，要是叫舞场里别的女人跟我跳，没有一个不叫我活受罪的。”
“I would not be so fastidious as you are,” cried Mr. Bingley, “for a kingdom! Upon my honour, I never met with so many pleasant girls in my life as I have this evening; and there are several of them you see uncommonly pretty.”
“我可不愿意像你那样挑肥拣瘦，”彬格莱嚷道，“随便怎么我也不愿意！不瞒你说，我生平没有见过今天晚上这么许多可爱的姑娘；你瞧，其中有几位真是美貌绝伦。”
“You are dancing with the only handsome girl in the room,” said Mr. Darcy, looking at the eldest Miss Bennet.
“你当然啰，舞场上惟一的一位漂亮姑娘在跟你跳舞！”达西先生说，一面望着班府上年纪最大的一位小姐。
“Oh! She is the most beautiful creature I ever beheld! But there is one of her sisters sitting down just behind you, who is very pretty, and I dare say very agreeable. Do let me ask my partner to introduce you.”
“噢！我从来没见过这么美丽的一个尤物！可是她的一个妹妹就坐在你后面，她也很漂亮，而且我敢说，她也很讨人爱。让我来请我的舞伴给你们俩介绍一下吧。”
“Which do you mean?” and turning round he looked for a moment at Elizabeth, till catching her eye, he withdrew his own and coldly said: “ She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me; I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me.”
“你说的是哪一位？”他转过身来，朝着伊丽莎白望了一会儿，等她也看见了他，他才收回自己的目光，冷冷地说：“她还可以，但还没有漂亮到能够打动我的心，眼前我可没有兴趣去抬举那些受别人冷眼看待的小姐。你还是回到你的舞伴身边去欣赏她的笑脸吧，犯不着把时间浪费在我身上。
Mr. Bingley followed his advice. Mr. Darcy walked off; and Elizabeth remained with no very cordial友好的 feelings toward him. She told the story, however, with great spirit among her friends; for she had a lively, playful disposition性情, which delighted in anything ridiculous.
彬格莱先生依了达西先生的话走开以后，达西自己也走开了。伊丽莎白依旧坐在那里，对达西先生委实没甚好感。不过她却蛮有兴致地把这段偷听到的话去讲给她的朋友听，因为她的个性活泼调皮，遇到任何可笑的事情都会感到兴趣。
The evening altogether passed off pleasantly to the whole family. Mrs. Bennet had seen her eldest daughter much admired by the Netherfield party. Mr. Bingley had danced with her twice, and she had been distinguished by his sisters. Jane was as much gratified by this as her mother could be, though in a quieter way.
班府上全家人这一个晚上大致都过得很高兴。大小姐蒙彬格莱先生邀她跳了两次舞，而且这位贵人的姐妹们都对她另眼相看。班太太看到尼日斐花园的一家人都这么喜爱她的大女儿，觉得非常得意。吉英跟她母亲一样得意，只不过没有像她母亲那样声张。
Elizabeth felt Jane’s pleasure. Mary had heard herself mentioned to Miss Bingley as the most accomplished girl in the neighbourhood; and Catherine and Lydia had been fortunate enough never to be without partners, which was all that they had yet learnt to care for at a ball.
伊丽莎白也为吉英快活。曼丽曾听到人们在彬格莱小姐面前提到她自己，说她是邻近一带最有才干的姑娘；咖苔琳[2]和丽迪雅运气最好，没有哪一轮舞缺少舞伴，这是她们每逢去跳舞会时惟一关心的一件事。
They returned, therefore, in good spirits to Longbourn, the village where they lived, and of which they were the principal inhabitants. They found Mr. Bennet still up. With a book he was regardless of time; and on the present occasion he had a good deal of curiosity as to the event of an evening which had raised such splendid expectations. He had rather hoped that his wife’s views on the stranger would be disappointed; but he soon found out that he had a different story to hear.
母女们高高兴兴地回到她们所住的浪搏恩村（她们算是这个村子里的旺族the principal inhabitants），看见班纳特先生还没有睡觉。且说这位班先生平常只要捧上一本书，就忘了时间，可是这次没有睡觉，却是因为他极想知道大家朝思暮想的这一个盛会，经过情形究竟如何。他满以为他太太对那位贵客一定很失望，但是他立刻就发觉事实并非如此。
“Oh! my dear Mr. Bennet,” as she entered the room, “we have had a most delightful evening, a most excellent ball. I wish you had been there. Jane was so admired, nothing could be like it. Everybody said how well she looked; and Mr. Bingley thought her quite beautiful, and danced with her twice! Only think of that, my dear; he actually danced with her twice! and she was the only creature in the room that he asked a second time.
“噢！我的好老爷，”她一走进房间就这么说，“我们这一个晚上过得太快活了，舞会太好了。你没有去真可惜。吉英那么吃香，简直是无法形容。什么人都说她长得好；彬格莱先生认为她很美，跟她跳了两场舞！你光是想想这一点看吧，亲爱的；他确实跟她跳了两场！全场那么多女宾，就只有她一个人蒙受了他第二次邀请。
First of all, he asked Miss Lucas. I was so vexed 使烦恼或使苦恼to see him stand up with her! But, however, he did not admire her at all; indeed, nobody can, you know; and he seemed quite struck with Jane as she was going down the dance. So he inquired who she was, and got introduced, and asked her for the two next. Then the two third he danced with Miss King, and the two fourth with Maria Lucas, and the two fifth with Jane again, and the two sixth with Lizzy, and the Boulanger—”（法国的面包房为啥叫Boulangeries）
他头一场舞是邀请卢卡斯小姐跳的。我看到他站到她身边去，不禁有些气恼！不过，他对她根本没意思，其实，什么人也不会对她有意思；当吉英走下舞池的时候，他可就显得非常着迷了。他立即打听她的姓名，请人介绍，然后邀她跳下一轮舞。他第三轮舞是跟金小姐跳的，第四轮跟玛丽雅·卢卡斯跳，第五轮又跟吉英跳，第六轮跟丽萃跳，还有布朗谢家的——”

Chapter 4第四章上
When Jane and Elizabeth were alone, the former, who had been cautious in her praise of Mr. Bingley before, expressed to her sister just how very much she admired him.
吉英本来并不轻易赞扬彬格莱先生，可是当她和伊丽莎白两个人在一起的时候，她就向她的妹妹倾诉衷曲，说她自己多么爱慕他。
“He is just what a young man ought to be,” said she, “sensible, good- humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!—so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!”
“他真是一个典型的好青年，”她说，“有见识，有趣味，人又活泼；我从来没见过他那种讨人喜欢的举止！——那么大方，又有十全十美的教养！”
“He is also handsome,” replied Elizabeth, “which a young man ought
likewise to be, if he possibly can. His character is thereby complete.”
“他也长得很漂亮，”伊丽莎白回答道，“一个年轻的男人也得弄得漂亮些，除非办不到，那又当别论。他真够得上一个完美无瑕的人。
“I was very much flattered by his asking me to dance a second time. I did not expect such a compliment.”
“他第二次又来请我跳舞，我真领他的情。我真想不到他会这样抬举我。”
“Did not you? I did for you. But that is one great difference between us. Compliments奉承話 always take you by surprise, and me never. What could be more natural than his asking you again? He could not help seeing that you were about five times as pretty as every other woman in the room. No thanks to his gallantry骑士风度 for that. Well, he certainly is very agreeable, and I give you leave to like him. You have liked many a stupider person.”
“你真没想到吗？我倒替你想到了。不过，这正是我和你大不相同的地方。你遇到人家抬举你，总是受宠若惊，我就不是这样。他第二次再来请你跳舞，这不是再自然不过的事吗？你比起舞场里任何一位小姐都要漂亮得不知多少倍，他长了眼睛自然会看得出。他向你献殷勤你又何必感激。说起来，他的确很可爱，我也不反对你喜欢他。不过你以前可也喜欢过许多蠢货啊。”
“Dear Lizzy!”
“Oh! you are a great deal too apt, you know, to like people in general. You never see a fault in anybody. All the world are good and agreeable in your eyes. I never heard you speak ill of a human being in your life.”
“我的亲丽萃！”
“唔！你知道，你总是太容易对人家发生好感。你从来看不出人家的短处。在你眼睛里看来，天下都是好人，你都看得顺眼。我生平从来没听见过你说人家的坏话。”
“I would not wish to be hasty in censuring anyone; but I always speak what I think.”
“我总希望不要轻易责难一个人，可是我一向都是想到什么就说什么。”
“I know you do; and it is that which makes the wonder. With your good sense, to be so honestly blind to the follies and nonsense of others! Affectation of candour is common enough—one meets with it everywhere. But to be candid without ostentation 炫耀，卖弄 or design—to take the good of everybody’s character and make it still better, and say nothing of the bad—belongs to you alone. And so you like this man’s sisters, too, do you? Their manners are not equal to his.”
“我知道你是这样的，我对你感到奇怪的也就是这种地方。凭你这样一个聪明人，为什么竟会忠厚到看不出别人的愚蠢和无聊！你走遍天下，到处都可以遇到伪装坦白的人。可是，——坦白得不加任何炫耀，不带一点企图，承认别人的优点，而且把人家的长处多夸奖几分，却绝口不提别人的短处——这可只有你做得到。那么，你也喜欢那位先生的姐妹们吗？她们的风度可比不上他呀。”
“Certainly not—at first. But they are very pleasing women when you converse with them. Miss Bingley is to live with her brother, and keep his house; and I am much mistaken if we shall not find a very charming neighbour in her.”
初看上去——的确比不上。不过，跟她们攀谈起来，就觉得她们也都是些讨人喜欢的女人。听说彬格莱小姐将要跟她兄弟住在一起，替他料理家务；她要不是个好邻居，那才怪呢。”
Elizabeth listened in silence, but was not convinced; their behaviour at the assembly had not been calculated to please in general; and with more quickness of observation and less pliancy of temper than her sister, and with a judgement too unassailed by any attention to herself, she was very little disposed to approve them. They were in fact very fine ladies; not deficient in good humour when they were pleased, nor in the power of making themselves agreeable when they chose it, but proud and conceited. 自负的
伊丽莎白听着姐姐说话，嘴上一声不响，心里可并不信服。她比她姐姐的观察力来得敏锐，脾气也没有姐姐那么好惹，因此提到彬家姐妹，她只要想想她们在跳舞场里的那种举止，就知道她们并不打算要讨一般人的好。而且她很有主见，决不因为人家待她好就改变主张，她不会对她们发生多大好感的。事实上，她们都是些非常好的小姐；她们并不是不会谈笑风生，问题是在要碰到她们高兴的时候；她们也不是不会待人和颜悦色，问题在于她们是否乐意这样做。可惜的是，她们一味骄傲自大。

第四章 下
They were rather handsome, had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town, had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds, were in the habit of spending more than they ought, and of associating with people of rank, and were therefore in every respect entitled to think well of themselves, and meanly of others. They were of a respectable family in the north of England; a circumstance more deeply impressed on their memories than that their brother’s fortune and their own had been acquired by trade.
她们都长得很漂亮，曾经在一个上流的专科学校里受过教育，有两万镑的财产，花起钱来总是太随便了，爱结交有身价地位的人，因此才造成了她们在各方面都自视甚高，不把别人放在眼里。她们出生于英格兰北部的一个体面家族。她们对自己的出身记得很牢，可是却几乎忘了她们兄弟的财产以及她们自己的财产都是做生意赚来的。
Mr. Bingley inherited property to the amount of nearly a hundred thousand pounds from his father, who had intended to purchase an estate, but did not live to do it. Mr. Bingley intended it likewise, and sometimes made choice of his county; but as he was now provided with a good house and the liberty of a manor, it was doubtful to many of those who best knew the easiness of his temper, whether he might not spend the remainder of his days at Netherfield, and leave the next generation to purchase.
彬格莱先生从他父亲那儿只承继了一笔将近十万镑的遗产。他父亲生前本来打算购置些田产，可惜没有了却心愿就与世长辞了。彬格莱先生同样有这个打算，并且一度打算就在自己的故乡购置，不过目前他既然有了一幢很好的房子，而且有庄园听他任意使用，于是那些了解他的性格的人都说，像他这样一个随遇而安的人，下半辈子恐怕就在尼日斐花园度过，购置田产的事又要留给下一代去做了。
注：“the liberty of a manor”的直译是“庄园的自由权”。在中世纪欧洲的法律和封建制度中，这个词组有其特定的含义。
“manor”指的是庄园，是一个封建领主所拥有的土地及其附属的财产、权利和责任的综合体。庄园不仅是领主的经济基础，也是其权力的来源。
“liberty”在这里指的是庄园内的居民（通常是佃农、农奴或其他依附于庄园的人）所享有的特定权利和自由。这些自由可能包括使用庄园内的某些资源、参与庄园的管理、享有庄园提供的某些服务等。
因此，“the liberty of a manor”可以被理解为庄园内的居民在庄园制度框架下所享有的特定权利和自由。这些自由是受到封建领主控制和规定的，但也在一定程度上保障了居民的生活和权益。
这个词组反映了中世纪欧洲封建制度的复杂性和多样性，以及庄园居民在其中的地位和权利。
His sisters were anxious for his having an estate of his own; but, though he was now only established as a tenant, Miss Bingley was by no means unwilling to preside at his table—nor was Mrs. Hurst, who had married a man of more fashion than fortune（“时尚至上，财富其次”。）, less disposed to consider his house as her home when it suited her. Mr. Bingley had not been of age two years, when he was tempted by an accidental recommendation to look at Netherfield House. He did look at it, and into it for half-an-hour—was pleased with the situation and the principal rooms, satisfied with what the owner said in its praise, and took it immediately.
他的姐妹们倒反而替他着急，希望他早些购置产业；不过，尽管他现在仅仅是以一个租户的身份在这儿住下来，彬格莱小姐还是非常愿意替他掌管家务，再说那位嫁了个穷措大的赫斯特太太，每逢上弟弟这儿来做客，依旧像是到了自己家里一样。当时彬格莱先生成年还不满两个年头，只因为偶然听到人家推荐尼日斐花园的房子，他便来到这儿看看。他里里外外看了半个钟头，地段和几间主要的房间都很中他的意，加上房东又把那幢房子大大赞美了一番，那番话对他也是正中下怀，于是他就当场租了下来。
（AI他的姐妹们都热切希望他能拥有自己的一处庄园；然而尽管他目前的身份仅仅是租户，宾利小姐却一点也不排斥主持他的家宴——同样，已嫁给了一位时尚多于财富的赫斯特夫人的她，也同样愿意在适合自己的时候将他的住所当作自己的家。宾利先生刚满二十一岁不久，就因一次偶然的推荐而对尼日斐园进行了考察。他不仅从外面看了这座宅邸，还进去仔细参观了大约半小时——他对那里的地理位置和主要房间感到满意，对房主对房子的赞美之词也表示认同，于是当下便决定租下这座庄园。
这段话描述了小说中的一个重要角色宾利先生租赁尼日斐园的过程。尽管宾利的姐妹们希望他能拥有属于自己的地产，但她们并不因此而对他作为租客的生活有所轻视。相反，即使宾利只是租住别人的房产，像宾利小姐和赫斯特夫人这样的亲戚依然乐意在他那里享受社交活动，把他的住所当作自家一般对待。宾利在年轻时受到引荐后，迅速做出了租赁尼日斐园的决定，显示出他在做决定时既果断又自信，同时也预示着这处房产将会成为小说中重要人物聚集和故事发展的重要场所。）
Between him and Darcy there was a very steady friendship, in spite of great opposition of character. Bingley was endeared to Darcy by the easiness, openness, and ductility（金属的韧性、弹性） of his temper, though no disposition could offer a greater contrast to his own, and though with his own he never appeared dissatisfied. On the strength of Darcy’s regard, Bingley had the firmest reliance, and of his judgement the highest opinion. In understanding, Darcy was the superior. Bingley was by no means deficient, but Darcy was clever. He was at the same time haughty骄傲的, reserved, and fastidious一丝不苟的, and his manners, though well-bred, were not inviting. In that respect his friend had greatly the advantage. Bingley was sure of being liked wherever he appeared, Darcy was continually giving offense.
他和达西虽然性格大不相同，彼此之间的友谊却始终如一。达西所以喜欢彬格莱，是因为彬格莱为人温柔敦厚、坦白直爽，尽管个性方面和他自己极端相反，而他自己也从来不曾觉得自己的个性有什么不完美的地方。达西很器重彬格莱，因此彬格莱对他极其信赖，对他的见解也推崇备至。从智力方面讲，达西比他强——这并不是说彬格莱呆笨，而是说达西显得聪明些。达西为人兼有傲慢、含蓄和爱挑剔的性子，他虽说受过良好的教养，可是他的风度总不受人欢迎。从这一方面讲，他的朋友可比他高明了。彬格莱无论走到哪儿，一定都会讨人喜欢，达西却始终得罪人。
（AI 在宾利和达西之间存在着一种非常稳固的友谊，尽管他们的性格截然不同。宾利因其随和、开朗且灵活的性情深受达西的喜爱，尽管没有任何性格能与达西形成更大的对比，而且即便如此，达西似乎从未对自己（的性格）感到不满。基于对达西的尊重，宾利对他有着坚定的信任，并对其判断力持有极高的评价。在理解力方面，达西更胜一筹。宾利虽绝非愚钝，但达西确实机敏过人。同时，达西表现出傲慢、内敛、挑剔的一面，虽然他举止得体，但却不那么平易近人。在这方面，他的朋友宾利显然更有优势。宾利无论出现在何处都能赢得人们的喜爱，而达西则常常会冒犯他人。）
The manner in which they spoke of the Meryton assembly was sufficiently characteristic. Bingley had never met with more pleasant people or prettier girls in his life; everybody had been most kind and attentive to him; there had been no formality, no stiffness; he had soon felt acquainted with all the room; and, as to Miss Bennet, he could not conceive an angel more beautiful. Darcy, on the contrary, had seen a collection of people in whom there was little beauty and no fashion, for none of whom he had felt the smallest interest, and from none received either attention or pleasure. Miss Bennet he acknowledged to be pretty, but she smiled too much.
从他们俩谈起麦里屯舞会的态度来看，就足见两人性格的不同。彬格莱说，他生平从来没有遇到过什么人比这儿的人更和蔼，也没有遇到过什么姑娘比这儿的姑娘更漂亮；在他看来，这儿每个人都极其和善，极其殷勤，不拘礼，不局促，他一下子就觉得和全场的人都相处得很相熟了；讲起班纳特小姐[1]，他想象不出人间会有一个比她更美丽的天使。至于达西，他总觉得他所看到的这些人既不美，又谈不上风度，没有一个人使他感兴趣，也没有一个人对他献殷勤，博取他的欢心。他承认班纳特小姐是漂亮的，可惜她笑得太多。
Mrs. Hurst and her sister allowed it to be so—but still they admired her and liked her, and pronounced her to be a sweet girl, and one whom they would not object to know more of. Miss Bennet was therefore established as a sweet girl, and their brother felt authorized by such commendation to think of her as he chose.
赫斯特太太姐妹俩同意他这种看法——可是她们仍然羡慕她，喜欢她，说她是个甜姐儿，她们并不反对跟她这样的一位小姐做个深交。班纳特小姐就这样成为一个甜姐儿了，她们的兄弟听到了这番赞美，便觉得今后可以爱怎么样想她就怎么样想她了。
（AI赫斯特夫人和她的妹妹虽然承认这一点，但她们仍然赞赏她并喜欢她，称她是个可爱的女孩，并表示不反对进一步了解她。因此，班纳特小姐被公认为一个甜美的女孩，她们兄弟依据这样的赞扬，觉得自己有权按照自己的意愿去看待她。）
[1] 班纳特小姐指班纳特家的大小姐，即吉英，本书中除特别指出者以外，均同此。