Oh , what a detestable crew they are , these mercenary speculators ! 噢,投機家是多么卑鄙下賤啊。 ”
" the count is a speculator , who will certainly ruin himself in experiments “伯爵是一個投機家,他將來一定會因為那些烏托邦式的實驗弄得自己傾家蕩產。
Said danglars , " it would not be a bad speculation , i fancy , and you know i am a speculator . 騰格拉爾說, “這樁投機生意看來倒不壞,而您也知道我是個投機家。 ”
No , you have not ; - well , you are right , for if you indulged in such reflections , you would never risk your principal , which is to the speculator what the skin is to civilized man 嗯,你是對的,因為假如您這樣反省一下的話,您就決不會把您的本錢拿出來冒險了,因為本錢對于投機家來說,正如文明人的皮肉一樣。
For a month past that thief steiner had been scarcely able to pay up his thousand francs on the occasions when she threatened to kick him out of doors in case he failed to bring them 一個月以來,她常常威脅斯泰內這個牟取暴利的投機家,說如果他拿不出一千法郎給她,她就要把他趕出門,斯泰內總算花了九牛二虎之力,才搞來一千法郎。
" do not give yourselves the trouble , excellency , " returned signor pastrini , with the smile peculiar to the italian speculator when he confesses defeat ; " i will do all i can , and i hope you will be satisfied . “閣下不必親自勞駕! ”派里尼老板帶著一個意大利投機家自認失敗的那種微笑回答說, “我盡力去辦就是了,我希望能使您滿意。 ”
It was five o clock , and along the silent pavements in the quiet , aristocratic shelter of the tall white houses were drawn up the broughams of stock - exchange people and merchants , while men walked hastily about , looking up at the windows , where women in dressing jackets seemed to be awaiting them 已經是下午五點鐘了,她們沿著不見行人的人行道走著,道路旁全是高大的白色房屋,非常寧靜,充滿貴族氣派。街上停放著一輛輛交易所投機家和商賈的雙座四輪轎式馬車,一些男人來去匆匆,一邊舉目向窗戶里張望,身著晨衣的女人佇立在窗口,仿佛在等待什么人。
Old first - nighters , hat on head , seemed familiar and quite at ease and kept exchanging salutations . all paris was there , the paris of literature , of finance and of pleasure . there were many journalists , several authors , a number of stock - exchange people and more courtesans than honest women 這時,劇場成了巴黎的縮影,成了匯集巴黎文學界金融界和尋歡作樂的人的場所,那里還有許多新聞記者,一些作家,交易所的投機家,也有一些輕佻的女人,她們比正經女人還要多。