Anna Karenina — Page 1
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
幸福的家庭都是相似的；不幸的家庭各有各的不幸。
Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys' house.
奥布朗斯基家里一切都乱了套。
The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her husband that she could not go on living in the same house with him.
妻子发现丈夫与曾在他们家担任家庭教师的一个法国女郎有私情，便向丈夫宣布她无法再与他同住一个屋檐下。
This position of affairs had now lasted three days, and not only the husband and wife themselves, but all the members of their family and household, were painfully conscious of it.
这种局面已经持续了三天，不仅夫妻二人自己，就连家里所有的成员和仆役也都痛苦地意识到了这一点。
Every person in the house felt that there was no sense in their living together, and that the stray people brought together by chance in any inn had more in common with one another than they, the members of the family and household of the Oblonskys.
家里的每一个人都感到他们住在一起毫无意义，任何一家旅店里偶然聚在一起的陌生人，彼此之间都比他们——奥布朗斯基家的家庭成员和仆役——更有共同之处。
The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days.
妻子足不出户，丈夫已经三天没有回家了。
The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new situation for her; the man-cook had walked off the day before just at dinner time; the kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given warning.
孩子们在整个房子里到处乱跑；英国家庭教师与管家吵了架，写信给一位朋友请她帮自己物色一个新职位；厨师昨天恰好在晚饭时间不辞而别；厨房女仆和马车夫也都递上了辞呈。
Vocabulary
- 幸福
- xìngfú — Happiness; state of joy and contentment
- 的
- de — Structural particle indicating possession or description
- 家庭
- jiātíng — Family; household unit
- 都
- dōu — All; both; every
- 是
- shì — To be; is, am, are
- 相似
- xiāngsì — Similar; resembling each other
- 不幸
- bùxìng — Misfortune; unhappy; unfortunate
- 各有各
- gè yǒu gè — Each has its own; each differs uniquely
- 家里
- jiālǐ — At home; inside the household
- 一切
- yīqiè — Everything; all things
- 乱
- luàn — Chaotic; disordered; messy
- 了
- le — Particle indicating completed action or change
- 套
- tào — Set; suit; system; measure word for sets
- 妻子
- qīzi — Wife; one's female spouse
- 发现
- fāxiàn — To discover; to find out; to realize
- 丈夫
- zhàngfu — Husband; one's male spouse
- 与
- yǔ — With; and; together with
- 曾
- céng — Once; formerly; at some past time
- 在
- zài — At; in; to be present at a place
- 他们
- tāmen — They; them (third person plural)
- 家
- jiā — Home; family; house
- 担任
- dānrèn — To hold a position; to serve as
- 家庭教师
- jiātíng jiàoshī — Private tutor; home teacher for children
- 一个
- yīgè — One; a single (general measure word)
- 法国
- Fǎguó — France; the country of France
- 女郎
- nǚláng — Young woman; girl; young lady
- 有
- yǒu — To have; to exist; there is
- 私情
- sīqíng — Secret love affair; illicit romantic relationship
- 便
- biàn — Then; thereupon; consequently
- 向
- xiàng — Toward; to; in the direction of
- 宣布
- xuānbù — To announce; to declare publicly
- 她
- tā — She; her (third person feminine singular)
- 无法
- wúfǎ — Unable to; impossible to; no way to
- 再
- zài — Again; once more; further
- 他
- tā — He; him (third person masculine singular)
- 同住
- tóngzhù — To live together; to cohabit
- 屋檐
- wūyán — Eaves; the overhanging edge of a roof
- 下
- xià — Under; below; beneath
- 这种
- zhè zhǒng — This kind of; this type of
- 局面
- júmiàn — Situation; state of affairs; circumstances
- 已经
- yǐjīng — Already; by now
- 持续
- chíxù — To continue; to persist; to last
- 三天
- sān tiān — Three days; a period of three days
- 不仅
- bùjǐn — Not only; not merely
- 夫妻
- fūqī — Husband and wife; married couple
- 二人
- èr rén — Two people; a pair of persons
- 自己
- zìjǐ — Oneself; self
- 就连
- jiùlián — Even; including even; as far as even
- 所有
- suǒyǒu — All; every; all of the
- 成员
- chéngyuán — Member; participant in a group
- 和
- hé — And; together with
- 仆役
- púyì — Servants; domestic workers; attendants
- 也
- yě — Also; too; as well
- 痛苦
- tòngkǔ — Pain; suffering; anguish
- 地
- de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb
- 意识到
- yìshí dào — To become aware of; to realize; to recognize
- 这一点
- zhè yīdiǎn — This point; this fact; this matter
- 每一个
- měi yīgè — Every single one; each one
- 人
- rén — Person; people; human being
- 感到
- gǎndào — To feel; to sense; to experience an emotion
- 住在
- zhù zài — To live at; to reside in
- 一起
- yīqǐ — Together; in the same place
- 毫无意义
- háowú yìyì — Completely meaningless; utterly pointless
- 任何
- rènhé — Any; whatever; whichever
- 一家
- yī jiā — One establishment; a single inn or shop
- 旅店
- lǚdiàn — Inn; small hotel; lodging place
- 里
- lǐ — Inside; within; in
- 偶然
- ǒurán — By chance; accidentally; coincidentally
- 聚在
- jù zài — To gather at; to assemble at a place
- 陌生人
- mòshēngrén — Stranger; unknown person
- 彼此
- bǐcǐ — Each other; one another; mutually
- 之间
- zhījiān — Between; among
- 比
- bǐ — Compared to; than; to compare
- 更
- gèng — Even more; still more; further
- 共同之处
- gòngtóng zhī chù — Things in common; shared characteristics
- 足不出户
- zú bù chū hù — Not stepping outside; staying home entirely
- 没有
- méiyǒu — To not have; there is no; without
- 回家
- huí jiā — To return home; to go back home
- 孩子们
- háizimen — Children; kids (plural)
- 整个
- zhěnggè — Entire; whole; the whole of
- 房子
- fángzi — House; building; residence
- 到处
- dàochù — Everywhere; all over; in every place
- 乱跑
- luàn pǎo — To run about wildly; to rush around chaotically
- 英国
- Yīngguó — England; the United Kingdom
- 管家
- guǎnjiā — Housekeeper; butler; household manager
- 吵
- chǎo — To quarrel; noisy; to make a fuss
- 架
- jià — Quarrel; fight; also measure word for fights
- 写信
- xiě xìn — To write a letter
- 给
- gěi — To give; for; to
- 一位
- yī wèi — One (polite measure word for people)
- 朋友
- péngyou — Friend; acquaintance
- 请
- qǐng — To invite; to request; please
- 帮
- bāng — To help; to assist
- 物色
- wùsè — To seek out; to look for a suitable candidate
- 新
- xīn — New; fresh; recent
- 职位
- zhíwèi — Position; post; job title
- 厨师
- chúshī — Cook; chef; kitchen professional
- 昨天
- zuótiān — Yesterday; the previous day
- 恰好
- qiàhǎo — Just right; exactly; as it happened
- 晚饭
- wǎnfàn — Dinner; evening meal
- 时间
- shíjiān — Time; period of time
- 不辞而别
- bù cí ér bié — To leave without saying goodbye; to quit abruptly
- 厨房
- chúfáng — Kitchen; cooking room
- 女仆
- nǚpú — Maidservant; female domestic servant
- 马车夫
- mǎchēfū — Coachman; driver of a horse-drawn carriage
- 递上
- dì shàng — To hand over; to submit; to present formally
- 辞呈
- cíchéng — Letter of resignation; formal resignation document
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