" As the only lady on the heath I think you might, " said Venn with subtle indirectness.

“你是荒原上唯一有地位的女人，我想你能，”维恩转弯抹角地说。

" Subtlety" is indirectness, not being direct with someone.

“微妙”是间接的，而不是直接与某人。

It was the first time that he had confronted the fact of the indirectness of a woman's movement towards her desire.

他生平第一次碰到女人用一种间接的方式来实现自己的愿望。

Hence, by that power of indirectness to accomplish in an hour what strenuous aiming will not effect in a life-time, she fascinated the Bishop to an unprecedented degree.

因此，凭借这种间接的力量，可以在一个小时内完成艰苦的目标在一生中无法实现的目标，她对主教的着迷达到了前所未有的程度。

" Oh, Mr. Lydgate" ! said Mary, with an unmistakable lapse into indifference. " You want to know something about him, " she added, not choosing to indulge Rosamond's indirectness.

“哦，利德盖特先生”！玛丽说，明显地变得漠不关心了。 “你想知道一些关于他的事情，”她补充说，并没有选择纵容罗莎蒙德的间接。

" Not if it had been like Casaubon, " said Sir James, conscious of some indirectness in his answer, and of holding a strictly private opinion as to the perfections of his first-born.

“要是像卡苏朋那样就不会了，”詹姆斯爵士说，他意识到自己的回答有些含糊，而且对他长子的完美程度持有严格的私人意见。