But Aunt March had not this gift, and she worried Amy very much with her rules and orders, her prim ways, and long, prosy talks.
但马奇叔婆不具备这种才能,她用她的清规戒律,她的古板的方式,以及冗长乏味的唠叨,把艾米折磨得够呛。
懒人闲思录
You open a book and try to read, but you find Shakespeare trite and commonplace, Dickens is dull and prosy, Thackeray a bore, and Carlyle too sentimental.