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? '

“为什么样一个大有前途的人，竟会干种奇特的工作，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.

现在是一位风度翩翩的年轻绅士， 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， “我无法保持您吩咐我的沉默； 您对我太不公平了， 而且太明显地表明您远未对我有利” 。

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.

公爵对她的美貌赞叹不已。当的眼睛被她的住了时，她的甜美举止和对受苦修女的温柔关怀使对她产生了好感。

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， 对那些头脑中有不同观点的人也没有任何影响。