Mr Utterson's best friend was a distant cousin called Richard Enfield, who was well known as a fun-loving 'man about town'.

厄特森先生最好的朋友是他的一个远房表亲，叫理查德·思菲尔德。这个人是城里出名的“爱热闹”，交际场里的老手。

There were coffee houses for all sorts - from bankers to merchants, literati to men about town, and they were often heavily politicised.

各种各样的咖啡馆都有— —从银行家到商人， 从文人到城里人，他们往往被严重政治化。

The smart of wounded vanity lasted no long time with a young man about town who had little vanity to smart, and who, in his own country, would have found himself in no better position.

受伤的虚荣心对城里的一个年轻人来说并没有持续多久， 他没有什么虚荣心可以折磨， 而且在他自己的国家， 他不会发现自己处于更好的位置。

Private secretary in the morning, son in the afternoon, young man about town in the evening, the only character he never bore was that of diplomatist, except when he wanted a card to some great function.

下午是儿子， 晚上是镇上的年轻人， 他唯一从不具有外交官的性格， 除非他想要一张名片去参加一些重要的活动。

I am quite aware, my Jacquot, that you played the man about town in company with a nobleman, and my head is too well placed not to feel the honour which it reflects on our whole family.

我很清楚，我的 Jacquot，你和一位贵族一起在城里扮演了一个男人，我的脑袋位置太好了，不能不感受到它反映在我们全家身上的荣誉。

A man about town might perhaps consider that these influences were not to be felt out of a child's story-book; but when you are among the fields and hedgerows, it is impossible to maintain a consistent superiority to simple natural pleasures.

一个城里人也许会认为这些影响是无法从儿童故事书中感受到的；但是当你置身于田野和灌木丛中时，就不可能始终保持对简单自然乐趣的优越感。