A Modest Proposal: For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick — Page 8
但是,尽管对如此出色的朋友和如此值得敬佩的爱国者保持应有的尊重,我却不能完全赞同他的观点;
But with due deference to so excellent a friend, and so deserving a patriot, I cannot be altogether in his sentiments;
就男孩而言,我的美国熟人根据频繁的经验向我保证,他们的肉质通常又硬又瘦,就像我们那些学童的肉一样,因为不断地运动,味道也令人不快,
for as to the males, my American acquaintance assured me from frequent experience, that their flesh was generally tough and lean, like that of our schoolboys, by continual exercise, and their taste disagreeable,
而且将他们养肥也不值得花那个代价。
and to fatten them would not answer the charge.
至于女孩,我认为,恕我冒昧地说,这对公众来说是一种损失,
Then as to the females, it would, I think, with humble submission, be a loss to the publick,
因为她们很快就会自己成为生育者:
because they soon would become breeders themselves:
而且,一些顾虑重重的人可能会倾向于谴责这种做法,
and besides, it is not improbable that some scrupulous people might be apt to censure such a practice,
(尽管确实非常不公正地)认为这多少有些残忍,
(although indeed very unjustly) as a little bordering upon cruelty,
而我承认,这一点始终是我反对任何计划的最强烈的理由,无论其出发点多么良善。
which, I confess, hath always been with me the strongest objection against any project, how well soever intended.
Vocabulary
- But
- 但是,表示转折的连词
- with
- 与……一起,带有,用
- due
- 应有的,适当的,到期的
- deference
- 尊重,顺从,敬重他人意见的态度
- so
- 如此,所以,因此
- excellent
- 优秀的,极好的,出色的
- friend
- 朋友,友人
- deserving
- 值得称赞的,有功绩的
- patriot
- 爱国者,热爱祖国的人
- altogether
- 完全地,总共,全然
- sentiments
- 观点,情感,看法,意见
- males
- 男性,雄性,男性个体
- American
- 美国的,美国人
- acquaintance
- 熟人,认识的人,泛泛之交
- assured
- 向……保证,使确信
- frequent
- 频繁的,经常发生的
- experience
- 经验,经历,体验
- flesh
- 肉,肌肉,肉体
- generally
- 通常,一般来说,普遍地
- tough
- 坚韧的,难嚼的,艰难的
- lean
- 瘦的,少脂肪的,倚靠
- like
- 像,喜欢,类似于
- schoolboys
- 男学生,在校读书的男孩
- continual
- 持续不断的,反复发生的
- exercise
- 锻炼,运动,练习
- taste
- 味道,口味,品味
- disagreeable
- 令人不愉快的,难以接受的
- fatten
- 使变胖,催肥,增肥
- answer
- 回答,满足,适合需求
- charge
- 费用,代价,负担,指控
- Then
- 那么,然后,表示顺序或推论
- females
- 女性,雌性,女性个体
- think
- 思考,认为,想
- humble
- 谦逊的,卑微的,朴素的
- submission
- 服从,顺从,提交
- loss
- 损失,丧失,亏损
- because
- 因为,表示原因的从属连词
- soon
- 很快,不久,马上
- become
- 成为,变得,开始是
- breeders
- 育种者,繁殖动物或培育后代的人
- themselves
- 他们自己,第三人称复数反身代词
- besides
- 此外,而且,除……之外
- improbable
- 不太可能的,难以置信的
- scrupulous
- 谨慎的,一丝不苟的,讲道德的
- people
- 人们,人民,众人
- might
- 可能,也许,表示可能性的助动词
- apt
- 容易倾向于,恰当的,有……倾向
- censure
- 谴责,批评,强烈指责某人
- such
- 这样的,如此的,此类的
- practice
- 实践,做法,习惯,练习
- although
- 尽管,虽然,表示让步关系
- indeed
- 确实,的确,真正地
- unjustly
- 不公正地,不公平地
- little
- 少许,有点,小的
- bordering
- 接近于,近乎,与……接壤
- upon
- 在……上面,关于,紧接着
- cruelty
- 残忍,残酷,无情的行为
- confess
- 承认,坦白,供认
- always
- 总是,一直,始终
- strongest
- 最强的,最有力的,最坚固的
- objection
- 反对,异议,提出反对的理由
- against
- 反对,对抗,紧靠
- project
- 项目,计划,方案
- well
- 好地,很好,健康
- intended
- 有意的,预期的,打算做的
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