1.An invitation to dinner was soon afterwards dispatched; and already had Mrs. Bennet planned the courses that were to do credit to her housekeeping, when an answer arrived which deferred it all.

【难句解析】do credit to的意思是“为...带来光荣，提高...的身价”；when指代的时间与planned一致；

【句子翻译】班府上不久就发请贴请他吃饭；班纳特太太已经计划了好几道菜，每道菜都足以增加她的体面，说明她是个会当家的贤主妇，这时对方回信说要迟一迟。

2. Lady Lucas quieted her fears a little by starting the idea of his being gone to London only to get a large party for the ball;

【难句解析】这句话相当于Lady Lucas quieted her fears a little by saying that his...

【句子翻译】亏得卢卡斯太太对她说，可能他是到伦敦去邀请那一大群客人来参加舞会，这才使她稍许减除了一些顾虑。

3.for he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.

【难句解析】above one's company 意思是“看不起人、不合群”；above being pleased意思是“不屑于被巴结”；save one from...挽救某人于...境地；

【句子翻译】因为人们发现他为人骄傲，看不起人，巴结不上他，因此对他起了厌恶的感觉，他那众望所归的极盛一时的场面才黯然失色。他既然摆起那么一副讨人嫌惹人厌的面貌，那么，不管他在德比郡有多大的财产，也挽救不了他，况且和他的朋友比起来，他更没有什么大不了。