1.plain ADJ
easy to see or understand 清楚的;明顯的;淺白的
not trying to trick anyone; honest and direct 坦誠的;直率的;直接的
not decorated or complicated; simple 不尚修飾的;樸素的;簡單的
without marks or a pattern on it 素的;無花紋的;單色的
[only before noun ] used to emphasize that sth is very ordinary, not special in any way 極普通的;平庸的;平凡的
(especially of a woman 尤指女人 ) not beautiful or attractive 相貌平平的;無姿色的
describing a simple stitchused in knitting (編織)平針的,平紋的
造句 He made his annoyance plain.
原句Oh! dear, yes; but you must own she is very plain.
2.boast VERB
to talk with too much pride about sth that you have or can do 自誇;自吹自擂
( not used in the progressive tenses 不用於進行時 ) boaststh to have sth that is impressive and that you can be proud of 有(值得自豪的東西)
例句It is nothing to boast of.
这没有什么可夸耀的。
原句I do not like to boast of my own child, but to be sure, Jane—one does not often see anybody better looking.
3.partiality NOUN
the unfair support of one person, team, idea, etc. 偏袒
partiality for sth/sb a feeling of liking sth/sb very much 特別喜愛;酷愛
造句He had a partiality for chocolate.
原句I do not trust my own partiality.
4.civil ADJ
[only before noun ] connected with the people who live in a country 國民的;平民的
[only before noun ] connected with the state rather than with religion or with the armed forces 國家的,政府的(非宗教或軍事的)
[only before noun ] involving personal legal matters and not criminal law 民事的(非刑事的)
polite in a formal way but possibly not friendly 有禮貌的;客氣的
造句Be civil to the headmaster.
原句Mr. Bingley was unaffectedly civil in his answer, and forced his younger sister to be civil also, and say what the occasion required.
5.tax
NOUN
Tax is also often paid on goods and services. 稅;稅款
VERB
tax sb/sth to put a tax on sb/sth; to make sb pay tax 對…徵稅;課稅;使納稅
tax sth to pay tax on a vehicle so that you may use it on the roads 繳納車輛牌照稅
tax sb/sth to need a great amount of physical or mental effort 使負重擔;使受壓力;使大傷腦筋
tax sb with sth
( formal) to accuse sb of doing sth wrong (就某事)指責,責備,譴責…
造句We levy a tax on him.
原句The youngest should tax Mr. Bingley with having promised on his first coming into the country to give a ball at Netherfield.
6.She longed to speak, but could think of nothing to say.
生动的表达了想说点什么又无话可说。
7.Summary
Mrs. Bennet is proud of the beauty of Miss. Jane. And the author describes the character of Miss. Elizabeth's youngest sister, Lydia.