The natural query of an observer would have been, 'Why should such a promising being as this have hidden his prepossessing exterior by adopting that singular occupation? '

“为什么像他这样一个大有前途的人，竟会干这种奇特的工作，而把自己好看的外表遮掩起来？”

He was quite a young gentleman of pleasure now, and not quite a prepossessing one.

他现在是一位风的年轻绅士， 而不是一个讨人喜欢的人。

" Ah! Madam, " replied Monsieur de Nemours, " I cannot keep the silence you enjoined me; you do me too much injustice, and make it appear too clearly that you are far from being prepossessed in my favour" .

“！ 女士，”德·内穆尔先生回答， “我无法保持吩咐我的沉； 我太不公平了， 而且太明显地表明远未我有利” 。

The Duke beheld her beauty with wonder and admiration; and while his eyes were enchanted with her Form, the sweetness of her manners and her tender concern for the suffering Nun prepossessed his heart in her favour.

公爵她的美貌赞叹不已。当他的眼睛被她的形象迷住了时，她的甜美举止和受苦修女的温柔关怀使他她产生了好感。

Discourses so much out of the road could not avail anything, nor have any effect on men whose minds were prepossessed with different sentiments.

如此离经叛道的谈话毫无用处， 那些头脑中有不同观点的人也没有任何影响。