set down什么意思（《傲慢与偏见》长难句精讲）

1、I wish you had been there, my dear, to have given him one of your set-downs.I quite detest the man.

（1）贝奈特太太此时对达西先生厌恶至极了。

（2）I wish you had been there……是虚拟语气，表示与过去的事实相反。set-down/ setdown斥责，责骂。

（3）参考译文：亲爱的，你要是在场就好了，狠狠教训他一顿。我厌恶透了这个人。

2、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.

（1）简很欣赏宾利先生，但是她的感情表现得很含蓄，只有和妹妹在一起时，才吐露心迹。

（2）本句是主从复合句，when引导时间状语从句，主句的主语是former，谓语是expressed，宾语是how……him，中间的who……before是非限制定语从句，修饰the former，其补充说明作用。

（3）参考译文：简本来并不轻易赞扬宾利先生，但是当她和伊丽莎白单独在一起的时候，她却向妹妹表白了自己多么爱慕他。