The Director's threats had actually elated him, made him feel larger than life.
主任的威胁实际叫他得意,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.
他尽管以自己的地位欣然自得,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,待人接物总是和蔼可亲,殷勤体贴,而且自从觐见皇以来,更加彬彬有礼。