The Oxford manner is, alas, indefinable; I was going to say indefensible.

  • -- Robbie Ross 罗比罗斯

唉,牛津式的态度是无法定义的;我要说的是站不住脚。

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The truth is that Oxford is simply a very beautiful city in which it is convenient to segregate a certain number of the young of the nation while they are growing up.

事实上,牛津只是一个非常美丽的城市,在这里,人们可以很方便地隔离这个国家的一部分正在成长的年轻人。

My manners have always been the first thing to go when I get upset, and some people say that they stopped coming back a long time ago.​

当我不开心的时候,我的礼貌总是第一件事,有些人说他们很久以前就不回来了。

But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?

但是,唉!有哪个可怜的女人受过这样的教育:她应该有一个比找个丈夫更高的目标?

I defend peoples' right to do that in a lawful manner, but I have not undertaken that practice myself.

我捍卫人民以合法方式这样做的权利,但我本人没有这样做。