Why , this count of monte cristo must be a nabob ? 看來(lái),這位基督山伯爵是一位富豪了! ”
" why , he must be a nabob “咦,他一定是一個(gè)印度王公啦!
" i am very sure no nabob would have sent me a pair of horses worth 32 , 000 francs , wearing on their heads four diamonds valued at 5 , 000 francs each . “我敢絕對(duì)肯定沒有哪一個(gè)印度王公會(huì)送我一對(duì)價(jià)值三萬(wàn)法郎的馬,還給馬頭戴上四顆每顆價(jià)值五千法郎的鉆石。 ”
So extreme was the surprise of the sailor , that he was unable even to thank edmond , whose receding figure he continued to gaze after in speechless astonishment . " some nabob from india , " was his comment 最后,他深深地吸了一口氣,再看一看他手中的金幣,回到了碼頭上,自言自語(yǔ)的說(shuō): “這是印度來(lái)的一個(gè)大富翁。 ”
He had the whitest shirt on you ever see , too , and the shiniest hat ; and there ain t a man in that town that s got as fine clothes as what he had ; and he had a gold watch and chain , and a silver - headed cane - the awfulest old gray - headed nabob in the state 身上這套衣服,鎮(zhèn)上沒有人比得上這么漂亮。還有一只金表,有金鏈條。還有頭上鍍了銀的手杖是本州最可尊敬的滿頭霜染的年老的大富翁。
My father , who never goes out , has several times been on the point of refusing this invitation ; madame de villefort , on the contrary , is burning with the desire of seeing this extraordinary nabob in his own house , therefore , she has with great difficulty prevailed on my father to accompany her 我的父親從來(lái)不出門,他幾次都想謝絕這個(gè)邀請(qǐng)。維爾福夫人卻正相反,她特別想去看看這位奇怪富翁家里的情形,費(fèi)了老大的勁兒才說(shuō)服我的父親陪她一起去。不,不!
" in two hours time , " said he , " these persons will depart richer by fifty piastres each , to go and risk their lives again by endeavoring to gain fifty more ; then they will return with a fortune of six hundred francs , and waste this treasure in some city with the pride of sultans and the insolence of nabobs “兩小時(shí)之后, ”他說(shuō), “這些人就會(huì)每人分得五十個(gè)畢阿士特然后重新出發(fā),冒著生命危險(xiǎn),再去掙上五十個(gè)畢阿士特。他們會(huì)帶著一筆六百里弗的財(cái)富回家,然后帶著象蘇丹那樣的驕傲,象印度富豪那樣不可一世的神氣,把這筆財(cái)富在某個(gè)城市里花得干干凈凈。
Then he had been seized upon by danglars , who , with a rapid glance at the stiff - necked old major and his modest son , and taking into consideration the hospitality of the count , made up his mind that he was in the society of some nabob come to paris to finish the worldly education of his heir 后來(lái)騰格拉爾纏上了他,那位銀行家看到這位少校是那樣的盛氣凌人,而他的兒子卻是這樣的謙虛有禮,再想到伯爵對(duì)他們的態(tài)度是那樣的,就認(rèn)定他遇到的是一位帶兒子到巴黎來(lái)增加閱歷的大富翁。
" let me assure you , madame , " said lucien , " that had i really the sum you mention at my disposal , i would employ it more profitably than in troubling myself to obtain particulars respecting the count of monte cristo , whose only merit in my eyes consists in his being twice as rich as a nabob “我向您發(fā)誓,夫人, ”呂西安說(shuō)道, “假如我真的有您所說(shuō)的那筆款子可以動(dòng)用的話,我也會(huì)把它用到較有益的地方,而不會(huì)自找麻煩地打聽基督山伯爵的種種細(xì)節(jié)的。在我的眼里,他唯一的長(zhǎng)處就是他比一個(gè)印度王公還要富有一倍而已。
英文解釋
a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient)
a governor in India during the Mogul empire 同義詞:nawab,
百科解釋
A Nabob (pronounced ) is an Anglo-Indian term for an East India Company servant who had become wealthy through corrupt trade and other practices. It also refers to a conspicuously wealthy man who made his fortune in the Orient - especially in the Indian subcontinent.