" Emmeline Vance." A stately-looking witch in an emerald green shawl inclined her head.

“爱米琳万斯。”一位披深绿色披肩、典雅女巫微微点了点头。

But he respected her modesty and did nothing more.

出于对她尊重，他没有再做出什么。

Okay, and this dignified makes me think of sophisticated as it's a great synonym.

好，这个词使我想到复杂这个词，因为它是一个很好同义词。

The wiser go their way with a decent grace.

聪明一点儿则摆出一副文雅姿态。

She swallowed her anger with poor grace and tried to assume an expression of pleasant dignity.

她勉强压住怒火，设法装出一副文雅表情。

Mrs. Gardiner, a stately old lady, greeted them kindly and handed them over to the eldest of her six daughters.

加德纳夫是一位态老太太，亲切地招呼她们，并把她们交给她六个女儿中最年长一位。

Miss Bessie's bearing of dignity told anyone who met her that she was educated in the best sense of the word.

贝茜小姐举止让所有认识她都觉得她是受过最好教育。

A nice-looking young woman was standing before a shop window, looking at the objects inside. Very near stood a large cop.

一位年轻女子穿愉悦装束站在橱窗前，凝视橱窗里展示物品，离厨窗两码远处站一个高大警察。

He was a tall, heavy-looking young man of five-and-twenty. His air was grave and stately, and his manners were very formal.

他是个二十五岁青年，高高个儿，望上去很肥胖，他气派而堂皇，又很拘泥礼节。

Colin put on his favorite air of dignified indifference to opinion.

科林摆出他最喜欢那种对意见漠不关心神态。

This dignified silence seems to produce an unpleasant effect.

这种沉默似乎产生了一种不愉快效果。

How could one so pure have stooped from her decorous and noble manner of bearing!

如此纯洁， 怎能背弃她高贵举止！

She's a Beth in the streets, but a Jo in the sheets.

她在街头是贝丝，在床笫间却是热情乔。

Her demure behavior impressed everyone at the party.

她举止给聚会上每个都留下了深刻印象。

The theme of the instrumental work exhibited more of a demure compositional style.

器乐作品主题更显出一种作曲风格。

But there’s one big issue with that explanation – of promiscuous, possessive men and demure women.

但这种解释存在一个大问题——滥交、占有欲强男和女。

As a modesty layer, Beth may be wearing a full slip, which would be about knee length.

- 作为一个， Beth 可能会穿一条全长衬裙，长度约为膝盖。

" O yes, certainly, " said the girl with a sort of demure alertness which was somewhat amusing.

“哦，是，当然，” 女孩说，带一种机敏， 这有点有趣。

No one was saying, oh, I'm really appreciating the way people are dressing so demurely.

没有会说，哦，我真很欣赏们穿得如此样子。

She must be a woman of complicated character, and there was something dramatic in the contrast of that with her demure appearance.

看来她一定是一个性格非常复杂女，这同她那娴静外表倒构成了极富于戏剧性对比。