新概念英语第四册38-01

接下来课文...The victorian habit of mind (which I consider to have been a bad habit of mind) was unduly preoccupied by what was socially and morally convenient. ...

the Victorian habit of mind ...维多利亚时期人们的思维习惯

preoccupied : 占领（满脑子都是）

unduly = improperly: 不太恰当

convenient : 有利的

socially and morally : 对社会建设和道德建设

robbery n.: 抢夺，抢掠

stability : 稳定

接下来课文...Convenience is, however, in all affairs of life, an execrable test of value. ...

in all affairs of life : 在社会的各个方面

test of value : 对价值的衡量

execrable : 恶劣的