有太太在旁的时候,男人总不能充分发挥其作为款待者(主人)的能力。
A man never does justice to himself as an entertainer when his wife is around.
他对所有来访的外国知识分子来说,成了伦敦的主要景色之一,而他也会慷慨地款待这些拜访者。
He becomes one of the principal sights of London for all visiting intellectual foreigners, whom he entertains handsomely.
总之,本周的来访者所得到的款待水准在不久前只有一位欧洲领导人托尼·布莱尔才能得到。
In short, this week's visitors are getting a level of hospitality which, until recently, only one European leader-tony blair-could be sure of receiving.
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