But no sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she had hardly a good feature in her face, than he began to find it was rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes.
no sooner… than 一...就
make sth clear to sb 向某人表达/讲清某事
hardly['hɑrdli] 几乎不
feature 特点、容貌
render['rɛndɚ] 致使、着色
render sb/sth +adj 使得...
uncommonly [ʌn’kɑmənli]极其
intelligent[ɪn’tɛlɪdʒənt] 聪明的、智慧的