“I have nothing to hide from you, gentlemen,” said he. “If I shot the man he had his shot at me, and there’s no murder in that. But if you think I could have hurt that woman, then you don’t know either me or her. I tell you there was never a man in this world loved a woman more than I loved her. I had a right to her. She was pledged to me years ago. Who was this Englishman that he should come between us? I tell you that I had the first right to her, and that I was only claiming my own.”
在这句She was pledged to me years ago.
为何是she was pledged to me,而不是she pledged to me ?
原译：几年前，她也对我发过誓嫁给我。
另外，在Who was this Englishman that he should come between us? 中的should是什么使用方法，何意？
谢谢老师！
pledge为及物动词。
女生许诺嫁给男生，主动语态为：She pledged herself to the boy. 反身代词作宾语。被动语态则为：She was pledged to the boy.
所以，本句用被动语态。遇见这样的情况要查词典，看动词的使用方法，而不是用汉语思维想当然。切记！
should在此表示说话人觉得不该发生的事情居然发生，翻译为居然。
Who was this Englishman that he should come between us?
这个英国佬算老几，他居然在大家中间插一杠子？
