The Director's threats had actually elated him, made him feel larger than life.
主任的威胁实际上叫他得意,他觉得自己比实际高大了许多。
For though elated by his rank, it didnot render him supercilious; on the contrary, he was all attentionto every body. By nature inoffensive, friendly and obliging, hispresentation at St. James's had made him courteous.
他尽管以自己的地位然自得,却并不因此
目空一切,反
对什么人都应酬得非常周到。他生来不肯得罪人,待人接物总是和蔼可亲,殷勤体贴,
且自从觐见皇上以来,更加彬彬有礼。
For Bernard left the room with a swagger, exulting, as he banged the door behind him, in the thought that he stood alone, embattled against the order of things; elated by the intoxicating consciousness of his individual significance and importance.
因为伯纳是大摇大摆离开屋子的,且砰的一声关上门时心里很得意。他认为自己是在单枪匹马向现存的秩序挑战。因为意识到自己的意义和重要性,很为激动,甚至兴高采烈。