I shouldn't wonder if he did it as a bit of local colour'.

我不应该怀疑他这样做是否有点地方色彩'。

She felt, and rightly, that before the strain of attempting further intercourse with Albert, it would be as well to fortify herself with a good supply of local colour.

她觉得，而且是正确的，在尝试与艾伯特进一步交往之前，最好用大量的当地色彩来强化自己。

She told Teresa and Miss Pole the other day that she had got up all the local colour—this novel is to be about modern Italy; the other was historical—but that she could not start till she had an idea.

前几天，她告诉特蕾莎和波尔小姐，她已经染上了当地的所有色彩——这本小说是关于现代意大利的；另一个是历史性的——但她必须先有一个想法才能开始。