he spoke gruffly, as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned. 他说话很粗暴,好像是害怕他的邀请会被拒绝似的。
Jean Valjean gruffly and grumblingly paid Marie-Claude for the pint of milk behind their mother's back, and the children were not punished. 冉阿让气冲冲,嘴里唠叨不绝,瞒着孩子们的母亲把牛奶钱照付给玛丽-克洛德,他们才没有挨揍。