But nobody learns anything from a governess, apart from French and how to curtsey.

可家庭教师从不教有用的东西，只会教法语和屈膝礼。

" If you please, sir, " said Mrs Beaver, making a curtsey. " It's locked up."

“请别见怪，先生。”海狸太太说着行了个屈膝礼，“房子锁上了。”

If anyone thinks I'm going to pull my forelock and curtsey to this Mr Nobody from nowhere...-O'Brien!

不是谁都受得起我伺候的，尤其是这个无名小卒... -奥布莱恩！

And Rose made her curtsey as the dance ended.

舞蹈结束时罗斯行了个屈膝礼。

'Yes, sir, very, ' she answered, curtseying.

“是的，先生，非常，”她回答说，行了一个屈膝礼。

Grace curtseyed silently and went in.

格蕾丝默默地行了个屈膝礼，然后走了进去。

' Mr. Bumble nodded, blandly, in acknowledgment of Mrs. Mann's curtsey; and inquired how the children were.

班布尔先生温文尔雅地点点头， 以示对曼恩夫人的屈膝礼表示感谢； 并询问孩子们的情况。

'Thank you, sir, very much, ' said Sissy, with a grateful curtsey.

“非常感谢，先生，”茜茜说着，感激地行了一个屈膝礼。

'I am afraid it would, sir, ' Sissy answered with a curtsey.

“恐怕会的，先生，”茜茜行了一个屈膝礼回答。

She made him her stately curtsey in the garden, one morning before breakfast.

一天早餐前， 她在花园里庄严地向他行了屈膝礼。

Elizabeth merely curtseyed to him, without saying a word.

伊丽莎白只对他行了个屈膝礼，一句话也没说。

The girl curtseyed, and sat down.

女孩行了个礼， 坐了下来。

The handle turned, the door unclosed, and passing through and curtseying low, I looked up at—a black pillar!

把手一转，门开了，我穿过，低低地行了个礼，抬头一看——一根黑色的柱子！

'Very cold, indeed, sir, ' replied the mistress, in her most civil tones, and dropping a curtsey as she spoke.

“确实很冷，先生，”女主人用她最礼貌的语气回答，边说边行了一个屈膝礼。

'Sissy Jupe, sir, ' explained number twenty, blushing, standing up, and curtseying.

“Sissy Jupe，先生，”二十号解释道，红着脸站起来，行了一个屈膝礼。

Stop! ' Girl number twenty stopped then, palpitating, and made him a curtsey.

停止！ '二十号女孩停了下来， 心悸地向他行了一个屈膝礼。

I rose and curtseyed to them: one or two bent their heads in return, the others only stared at me.

我起身向他们行了个屈膝礼：一两个人低下头作为回报，其他人只是盯着我看。

She curtseyed again, and would have blushed deeper, if she could have blushed deeper than she had blushed all this time.

她再次行了一个屈膝礼，脸红得更深了，如果她能比她一直脸红得更深的话。

'It's father as calls me Sissy, sir, ' returned the young girl in a trembling voice, and with another curtsey.

“是爸爸叫我娘娘腔，先生，”年轻女孩用颤抖的声音回答，又行了一个屈膝礼。

'My mother curtseyed to you and your father last Sunday, ' said Stephen, with a pained smile at the thought of the incongruity.

“我母亲上星期天向你和你父亲行屈膝礼， ” 斯蒂芬说，一想到这种不协调， 他就痛苦地笑了。