2. He was a man of twenty-five or twenty-six years of age, of
unprepossessing countenance, obsequious to his superiors, insolent to his subordinates;
他约莫有二十五六岁,天生一副对上谄媚对下轻视无礼,不讨人喜欢的面孔。
3. His father was a builder, his mother a former servant with unusual literary tastes and formidable educational aspirations for her physically
unprepossessing son.
他父亲是一名建筑工人,他母亲结婚前曾是女仆,对文学有着非凡的品味,对其外表平平的儿子的教育报以巨大期望。