The Director's threats had actually elated him, made him feel larger than life.
主任威胁实际上叫他得意,让他觉得自己比实际高大许多。
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.
他尽管以自己地位欣然自得,却并不因此而目空一切,反而对什么人都应酬得非常周到。他生来不肯得罪人,待人物总是和蔼可亲,殷勤体贴,而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,而且砰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秩序挑战。因为意识到自己意义和重要性,很为激动,甚至兴高采烈。