It's dreadful, but I can't scold him. He's so absent-minded and goodnatured, he lets those boys ride over him roughshod.

这很可怕，但我不能骂他。他心不在焉，脾气好，任由那些男孩欺负他。

He begins with congratulations on the approaching nuptials of my eldest daughter, of which, it seems, he has been told by some of the goodnatured, gossiping Lucases.

他开头恭喜我的大女儿快要出嫁，这消息大概是那爱管闲事的好心的卢家说给他听的。

The reason you're fixated on a goodnatured simpleton like Penny is that she's the exact opposite of your first romantic attachment: your brilliant yet intimidating mother.

你之所以对佩妮这种 秀外痴中的姑娘念念不忘 是因为她跟你的第一位爱慕对象截然相反 也就是你害怕的天才母亲。

She certainly paid no attention to him then and if she danced with him it was because she was goodnatured and was glad to dance with any one who asked her.

那时她当然没有注意到他， 如果她和他跳舞， 那是因为她性情好， 很高兴和任何邀请她跳舞的人一起跳舞。