When she could command Mary's attention, Anne quietly tried to convince her that their father and Mr Elliot had not, for many years, been on such terms as to make the power of attempting an introduction at all desirable.
安妮等到玛丽能够听她说话的时候,便平心静气地奉告她说,她们的父亲与埃利奥特先生多年来关系一直不好,再去设法同他结识,那是很不恰当的。