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埃尔顿 Āi Ěr Dùn
基本例句
Elton
埃尔顿先生重返海伯利村，带回一个仓促求爱成婚的新娘。这位妇人小有资产，极其粗俗，却偏偏矫揉造作，自命高雅。Mr. Elton returned to the village with a hastily wooed and wedded bride, a lady of small fortune, extremely bad manners, and great pretensions to elegance.
爱玛认为罗伯特·马丁不配取哈里特为妻，便鼓励这位姑娘追求年轻的牧师埃尔顿先生。Instead of thinking of Robert Martin as a husband for Harriet, Emma influenced the girl to aspire to Mr. Elton, the young, rector.
爱玛自己倒是心安理得，因为她确信埃尔顿先生对哈里特十分钟情，而哈里特——在她的鼓动之下——对他也有同样的爱慕之心。Emma herself suffered from no such qualms, for she was certain that Mr. Elton was as much in love with Harriet as Harriet---through Emma's instigation---was with him.
埃尔顿把他在夜里睡不着时所记熟的故事，几乎一字不错的复述了一遍。Almost word for word, Elton repeated a story which he had committed to heart in the watches of the night. |