She had the easily stirred passions of her Irish father and nothing except the thinnest veneer of her mother's unselfish and forbearing nature.

有着和的爱尔兰父亲一样容易感情冲动的品质，可是像母亲那样无的天性却压根儿没有，只不过学到了一点点表面的虚饰。

Under her silvery hair was a smooth face with a false smile and evil eyes, but she was polite enough.

满白发下面是一张光滑的脸，带着虚饰的微笑和不怀好意的眼神，但不管怎，还算客气。

But Mammy was under no illusions about her and was constantly alert for breaks in the veneer.

但是嬷嬷对并不存幻想，倒是经常警觉地观察着这种虚饰上的破绽。

Simple and unaffected, he never cared for the trappings of dignity; when he was shackled with an office, he described himself as a harnessed deer.

他是纯然一副淳朴自然相，故无需乎尊贵的虚饰；在为官职所羁绊时，他自称局促如辕下之驹。