She always had a killer quip ready, or a well-thought-out compliment to disarm strangers.

她总准备好一句俏皮话，或一句经过深思熟虑的维话来解除陌生人的敌意。

Mrs. Wilson rejected the compliment by raising her eyebrow in disdain.

威尔逊太太屑地把眉毛一扬，否定了句维话。

" I'm not sure that that's a compliment, " she said uncertainly.

" 我还算算一句维话。" 她用怀疑的口气说。

You know my favorite part of that compliment?

知道你句维话里我最喜欢什么吗？

The flatteries punctured by " buts" continued.

被“但”打断的维话又继续下去。

If someone pays you a left-handed compliment, what should you say?

如果有人对你说讽刺挖苦的维话，你应该回什么？

This gallantry was not much to the taste of some of his hearers; but Mrs. Bennet quarreled with no compliments.

他些奉承话，人家真大爱听，只有班纳特太太，没有哪句维话听下去。

Lynn; and Mary Ingram listened languidly to the gallant speeches of the other.

林恩；而玛丽·英格姆则懒洋洋地听着另一位的维话。

What an almost sweet thing to say.

几乎算很好的维话了呢。

Wait. Where are you go-- That's a compliment.

等等, 你要去哪里 - - 维话。

Depending on the social customs where you live, some compliments may be not be received as such. And sometimes, they shouldn't be.

根据你所居住地方的社会习俗，有些维话可能会被接受。有时候，他们应该被接受。

The compliment went to Eugenie's heart and set it beating, though she did not understand its meaning.

番维话打动了欧也妮的心，让她心跳加速，尽管她明白其中的含义。

Brad said the flattery could be a board under the dirt it could cover the gold.

布拉德说 维话可以泥土下面的一块木板 它可以盖住金子。

Dorian murmured a graceful compliment and looked round the room. Yes: it was certainly a tedious party.

道连低声说了句得体的维话，然后环顾了一下房间。没错：确实个乏味的聚会。

I was introduced to this celebrated person after that one, and the kind words they said about my book made me excessively uncomfortable.

我被介绍给位名士、那位巨擘，些人对我的著作所说的维话让我感到坐立安。

And each time he came, a little package in his hand and a compliment for her charm and beauty on his lips, she wilted.

可每次他来时，手里总拿着小包，嘴里一起称赞她又美丽又迷人的维话，她也就畏缩了。

That was the kind of remark all men made, but when he said it it seemed to her that he meant just the opposite.

样的维话每个男人都讲过，可从他嘴里说出，思嘉便觉得完全相反的意思了。

This flattered Wendy immensely. " I think, " she said, " it is perfectly lovely the way you talk about girls; John there just despises us" .

句维话让温迪听了非常受用。 " 我想，" 她说，" 你谈论女孩子时候的态度非常可爱。 睡在那里的约翰总瞧起我们。"

Each was distressed that he or she had not been sent for rather than this impulsive, quick-tempered girl, and each mentally rehearsed platitudes in case of being summoned also.

每个人心里都有点懊恼，懊恼为什么没请自己而请了位性格倔强的姑娘去，同时都在默默准备着，一旦叫到自己时应该说些什么维话。

" Have you a store? How smart you must be" ! He looked a little hurt at hearing that Suellen had not published the news but brightened at the flattery.

你开了个铺子？看你多能干呀！" 他听说苏伦竟没说关于他的消息，心里颇为沮丧，可随即思嘉的一句维话又使他乐开了。