5 we never could bring it about 的理解

There was one gentleman, an officer of the Cheshire, a very good-looking young man, who I was told wanted very much to be introduced to me; but as he did not want it quite enough to take much trouble in effecting it, we never could bring it about. I danced with Mr. John Wood again, twice with a Mr. South, a lad from Winchester…

(出处:Jane Austen's Steventon and Her Life There - Geri Walton

请问这里的we never could bring it about该怎么理解?我理解的意思是由于这位青年实际上并未上前结交,所以简跟他之间并没有发生任何事或有过任何交谈。不知道这个理解对不对。如果对的话,怎么表述更妥帖呢?

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最佳答案 2022-04-14 10:58

你的理解基本正确。bring it about,这里的意思等于 make it happen, bring about 属于固定搭配,意思导致什么发生。原文提到有位男士想和作者认识,但又不愿努力去实现这个愿望,所以一直没能如愿以偿。we 表示两个人都没能促成这件事。黑体部分可以翻译为:我们从来没有促成这件事。

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