Your list of the common extent of accomplishments,"said Darcy,"has toomuch word is applied to many a woman who deserves it nootherwise than by netting a purse or covering a screen.But I am very farfrom agreeing with you in your estimation of ladies in general.I cannotboast of knowing more than half-a-dozen,in the whole range of myacquaintance,that are really accomplished."
我们对女性才艺的普遍评判标准,” 达西说道,“实在太过真实了。人们夸赞许多女子多才多艺,可她们不过是会织个钱包、裱块屏风罢了。但我完全不同意你对女性的整体评价。在我所有认识的人里,我敢说真正多才多艺的女子,顶多也就六位而已。”

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19世纪的达西告诉我们,也许流于世俗的才艺并不仅仅是我们衡量女士是否accomplished选择,真正意义上的才艺是内心的富足与思想的独立。