As a child, she was affectionate and pleasing, and extremely fond of me; and I have devoted hours and hours to her amusement.
她小时候很亲切,很讨人喜爱,而且特别喜欢我。我常常陪她接连玩上几个钟头。There's a fine line between being friendly and personable and being awkward. You do not want to be the latter.
对人友善、讨人喜欢与不合时宜令人尴尬之间的差别其实是很微妙的,你总不希望自己是后一种情况吧。The lovable crime-fighting robot was an inspiration to a generation of kids -some of whom went on to become robotics researchers.
这个讨人喜欢的机器人用于与犯罪分子作斗争,这种精神激励了整整一代日本孩子——他们中的许多人后来成为了机器人研究人员。The only group hateful enough to be a suitable butt for barbed humor is lawyers.
惟一的一帮不讨人喜欢且适合当讽刺幽默靶子的人是律师。Popularity is a subjective phenomenon and many a sociologist is still trying to figure out what makes for popularity.
讨人喜欢是个很主观的现象,许多社会学家还在尝试找出什么导致一个人受欢迎。For now do I persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
我现在是要得人的心呢?还是要得神的心呢?我岂是讨人的喜欢吗?若仍旧讨人的喜欢,我就不是基督的仆人了。Lady Middleton was more agreeable than her mother only being more silent.
米德尔顿夫人比她母亲沉默,只在这一点上她比她母亲更讨人喜欢一些。Yet it has conducted foreign relations since the revolution of 1979 in a way that seems perfectly rational even if it is not pleasant.
可自从1979年革命以来,该国处理外交关系的方法尽管并不那么讨人喜欢,但似乎相当理智。Carol: Oh, you think you are so cute with that curly hair, unending smile and happy disposition. You make me puke .
卡罗尔:你以为你顶着那头卷毛,整天乐呵呵的,笑个不停,挺讨人喜欢,你让我恶心。