IN THIS ARTICLE: Crime writer Agatha Christie's endearing supersleuth Miss Marple started life in 1930, in Murder at the Vicarage, as "a nasty old cat" with an unpleasant habit of interfering

本文简介:超级侦探玛波小姐最早出现在侦探小说家阿加莎·克里斯蒂1930年的小说《牧师家的谋杀案》中,她被写成一个不受欢迎的老妇人,专爱打听的毛病令人反感。

The simple graces of her lively conversation and the endearing sweetness of her manners so charmed Bertram, that he vowed she should be his wife

她的朴素、文雅而活泼的谈话以及她那甜蜜可爱的姿态令勃特拉姆为之倾倒,他发誓一定要娶她。

The endearing sweetness of her manners so charmed Bertram

她那甜蜜可爱的姿态叫勃特拉姆为之倾倒。

She is always wearing an endearing smile.

她总是带着可爱的微笑。

This if supposed to induce pleasurable sensations in the elephant, and its effects are reinforced by the use of endearing epithets, such as 'ho! my son', or 'ho! my father', or 'my mother', according to the age and sex of the captive.

据说这能引起象的快感。同时视野象的年龄和性别紧诸如:"喂,我的儿子","喂,我的爸爸"或"喂,我的妈妈"之类的亲热称呼来加强效果。

Everything there has become so familiar and so, endearing to me.

那里的一切对我来说都是那么熟悉,那么可爱。

There was also a kind of insane and endearing orderliness about Sebastian's choice, in his extremity, of an open window

塞巴斯蒂安在无路可走的时候选择了一扇开着的窗户,这样做带有一种疯狂和可爱的有条不紊的风度。

Mr. Market has another endearing characteristic: He doesn't mind being ignored.

市场先生还有一个很可爱的特点,那就是他不在乎受到冷落

An endearing ,lovable,or kind person.

受爱戴的人惹人喜爱的、可爱的或善良的人

He had the endearing trait of asking questions and acknowledging answers

他有一种既喜欢发问、又有问必答的可亲可爱的脾性。

He is the most diverting and endearing of modern heroes

他在现代小说人物中是最有趣最使人喜爱的一个。

Our frailties are invincible,our virtues barren(Robert Louis Stevenson.Even weaker in imputing censure is foible,which refers to a minor defect that is easily overlooked and may even be endearing

我们的错误看不到,我们的美德贫乏(罗伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森)。指责语气更弱的是foible,它指易被忽视并有可能被人喜爱的小毛病

In my life I have come to contact with many all kinds of Beijing people, from street vendors to managers of companies; generally speaking, they are very approachable and endearing .

我在生活中接触了不少北京人﹐从摆地摊的到公司经理﹐什么人都有﹐总的来看﹐他们是非常可亲﹐非常可爱的。

Mr. Ewell was endearing himself to his fellow citizens

尤厄尔先生在同乡跟前卖乖。

The young man, standing up before her, gazed upon her with that filial affection which is so tender and endearing with children whose mothers are still young and handsome

站在她面前的这个青年温柔地望着她,他这时所流露出来的母子间的亲情,简直比那些母亲还年轻美丽的小孩子更加真挚。

||1:In previous books, Ms Audur Ava Olafsdottir occasionally relied too much on eccentric foibles and hare-brained antics.||2:In “Miss Iceland” she judiciously downplays the oddities, particularly when exploring weighty issues such as sexual harassment and discrimination.||3:In other welcome changes, she incorporates world events and numerous references to Iceland’s rich literature.||4:And yet this captivating novel’s finest component is its endearing heroine who, at her journey’s end, has learned to follow her dreams but know her limits.

||1:在以前的书中，奥杜尔阿瓦奥拉夫斯多蒂尔女士偶尔会对古怪的缺点和愚蠢的滑稽动作着墨过多。||2:在《冰岛小姐》一书中，她明智地淡化了这些古怪的描写，尤其是在探讨诸如性骚扰和歧视等重大问题时。||3:她在描写这本书时还做出了一些很棒的改变，她引用了世界事件以及大量冰岛的丰富的文学作品。||4:然而，这部引人入胜的小说最精彩的部分是文中可爱的女主人公，在旅程的终点，她学会了追随自己的梦想，但也了解自己的极限。

ELECTION victory celebrations in Japan are usually sober affairs: no booze, the obligatory "Banzai!", and the endearing habit of holding aloft a fresh sea bream, which is a good-luck charm and a tasty ingredient for soup to ladle out to supporters.

日本人庆祝大选胜利向来淡定：不必酒宴相庆， 只需大呼"万岁！"，这被视为好运的呼声，以及令人喜爱的习俗：奉上一条新鲜的海鲤，烹制出美味的海鲤汤，供支持者们伏惟尚飨。

"She's really nice and really [endearing ], and she really cares about people, " he said.

“她真的是很好，很可爱的一个人，而且她非常关心别人，”他说。

"The city has been dubbed with a less than endearing nickname: the Mistake by the Lake, " it added.

《福布斯》网站称：“这个城市还有一个不太可爱的别名：湖水造就的错误。”

"British women can't cook. " Endearing himself to the Scottish Women's Institute in 1961.

1961年参观苏格兰女子学院时跟对方客套说：“英格兰女人根本不会煮饭！”

But lack of involvement in spreading disease is hardly an endearing attribute.

但是不传播疾病并不是臭虫的一个可爱的特点。

Yet it's his devotion to his family that really makes the actor so endearing .

但他对家庭的奉献才真正使他成为人们钟爱的演员。

She recommends adhering to company policies and endearing yourself to your boss before asking for flexibility.

她建议人们要遵守公司制度，并且去获得老板的赏识，然后再要求灵活性。

This year a new term, and not a particularly endearing one, is kicking around the Web to describe the trend: "Slacktivism" .

今年，描述这一趋势的一个新的词汇，一个不是特别招人喜欢的词汇，在网络上蔓延开来：即“懒汉行动主义”（Slacktivism）。

and they even go door-to-door encouraging residents not to wear pyjamas in public, Shanghai's most endearing cultural practice.

他们甚至挨家挨户地敦促市民不要在公共场所穿睡衣——最后这项似乎是上海人最钟爱的一种生活习惯。

Choose an endearing and personal greeting to head your letter.

选一个亲昵私密的称呼摆在开头。

Full-caps messages telling the visitor that "YOU COMPLETED THE FORM INCORRECTLY" aren't exactly endearing .

用全部是大写的消息告诉用户“你没有正确完成该表单”一点儿也不讨人喜欢。

It is (naturally) very endearing .

这自然很讨人喜欢。