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In Mrs. Dashwood's estimation he was as faultless as in Marianne's; and Elinor saw nothing to censure in him but a propensity, in which he strongly resembled and peculiarly delighted her sister, of saying too much what he thought on every occasion, without attention to persons or circumstances. In hastily forming and giving his opinion of other people, in sacrificing general politeness to the enjoyment of undivided attention where his heart was engaged, and in slighting too easily the forms of worldly propriety, he displayed a want of caution which Elinor could not approve, in spite of all that he and Marianne could say in its support.
威洛比在达什伍德太太眼里和在玛丽安眼里一样，也被视为完美无缺。埃丽诺觉得他没有什么可以非议的地方，只是他有个同她妹妹十分相似、因而使妹妹特别喜爱的倾向，这就是在任何时候，对自己的想法谈论得太多，不看对象，不分场合。他爱对别人勿忙下结论，注意力一旦被什么东西吸引住了，便专心致志地尽情欣赏，连通常的礼貌都不顾了；本来是一些符合人情世故的礼仪，他也动辄加以蔑视。处处表明他办事不够谨慎小心。对此，尽管威洛比和玛丽安极力进行辩护，埃丽诺还是不能赞同。
Marianne began now to perceive that the desperation which had seized her at sixteen and a half, of ever seeing a man who could satisfy her ideas of perfection, had been rash and unjustifiable. Willoughby was all that her fancy had delineated in that unhappy hour and in every brighter period, as capable of attaching her; and his behaviour declared his wishes to be in that respect as earnest, as his abilities were strong.
玛丽安现在开始领悟到：她十六岁半就产生一种绝望情绪，认为一辈子也见不到一个使她称心如意的理想男人，这未免过于轻率，毫无道理。无论是在那不幸的关头，还是在每个快乐的时刻，威洛比都是她理想中的完人，能够引起她的爱慕。而且他的行为表明，他在这方面的愿望是热切的，能力是超群的。
Her mother too, in whose mind not one speculative thought of their marriage had been raised, by his prospect of riches, was led before the end of a week to hope and expect it; and secretly to congratulate herself on having gained two such sons-in-law as Edward and Willoughby.
她母亲起先没有因为威洛比将来要发大财，便盘算让他和玛丽安结婚。可是过了不到一个星期，她也随着产生了希望和期待之心，并且暗暗庆幸自己找到爱德华和威洛比这样两个好女婿。
