我从未能摸准她的秉性。

I've never been able to work her out.

所以，你要看一个男人的秉性。

So, you want to see a man's mettle .

这种秉性应该在孩提时代就加以培养。

It ought to be cultivated in children.

我认为她秉性自然，有着跟我类似的某种感知力。

I think she is so natural and has a kind of sensibility similar to mine.

沈从文身份转变后，回归乡下的姿态让他依然保持“乡下人”的秉性与人格。

Although his identity changed, he possessed the disposition of country man which is determined by his attitude to countryside-returning.