" No, my dear, " she answered, with an air of deep pensiveness.
“不,亲爱的,”她回答道,神情若有所思。
红与黑(一)
His air of extreme pensiveness and his great pallor had given his father the idea that he would not live, or that if he did, it would only be to be a burden to his family.
他极度忧郁的神情和苍白的脸色让他父亲觉得他活不下去了, 或者如果他活了, 也只会成为他家人的负担。
红字
The sportive sunlight—feebly sportive, at best, in the predominant pensiveness of the day and scene—withdrew itself as they came nigh, and left the spots where it had danced the drearier, because they had hoped to find them bright.