There was something earnest and inventive in her tone, which at times, in its strained deliberation, suggested a person of high culture speaking a foreign language.

• 她的发言吐语显得真挚，不流于俗套，在她聚精会神侃侃而谈的时候，使人觉得象是一位具有高度文化修养的人在用外语发表意见。