Anna Karenina — Page 4

English → Chinese Chapter 1 Level 7/10

Most unpleasant of all was the first minute when, on coming, happy and good-humored, from the theater, with a huge pear in his hand for his wife, he had not found his wife in the drawing-room, to his surprise had not found her in the study either, and saw her at last in her bedroom with the unlucky letter that revealed everything in her hand.

最令人不快的是最初的那一刻：他从剧院回来，心情愉快，手里拿着一个大梨要送给妻子，却没有在客厅找到她，令他惊讶的是书房里也不见她的踪影，最终在卧室里看到了她——她手里握着那封泄露了一切的不幸的信。

She, his Dolly, forever fussing and worrying over household details, and limited in her ideas, as he considered, was sitting perfectly still with the letter in her hand, looking at him with an expression of horror, despair, and indignation.

他的多莉，那个在他看来总是为家务琐事忙碌操心、思想见识有限的女人，此刻手持那封信一动不动地坐着，以一种充满恐惧、绝望与愤慨的神情望着他。

"What's this? this?" she asked, pointing to the letter.

"这是什么？这是什么？"她指着那封信问道。

And at this recollection, Stepan Arkadyevitch, as is so often the case, was not so much annoyed at the fact itself as at the way in which he had met his wife's words.

每当想起这一幕，斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇便常常感到，令他烦恼的与其说是事情本身，不如说是他当时应对妻子话语的方式。

There happened to him at that instant what does happen to people when they are unexpectedly caught in something very disgraceful.

在那一刻，他身上发生了人们在被突然抓住做了极为丢脸之事时常会发生的情况。

He did not succeed in adapting his face to the position in which he was placed towards his wife by the discovery of his fault.

他未能将自己的面部表情调整到与其过失被揭露后所处的那种对妻的处境相称的状态。

Instead of being hurt, denying, defending himself, begging forgiveness, instead of remaining indifferent even—anything would have been better than what he did do—his face utterly involuntarily (reflex spinal action, reflected Stepan Arkadyevitch, who was fond of physiology)—utterly involuntarily assumed its habitual, good-humored, and therefore idiotic smile.

他没有表现出受伤、否认、为自己辩解或乞求宽恕的神情，甚至连漠然置之也未能做到——任何反应都会比他实际的表现更好——他的脸完全不由自主地（脊髓反射，爱好生理学的斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇心里想）——完全不由自主地现出了那副惯常的、和蔼可亲的、因而也是愚蠢透顶的微笑。

This idiotic smile he could not forgive himself.

这个愚蠢的微笑，他无法原谅自己。

Vocabulary

最: zuì — Most; superlative marker in Chinese.
令人不快: lìng rén bù kuài — Unpleasant; causing discomfort or displeasure to someone.
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.
是: shì — To be; linking verb indicating identity or existence.
最初: zuì chū — At first; in the very beginning.
那: nà — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant.
一刻: yī kè — A moment; a brief instant in time.
他: tā — He; third-person singular masculine pronoun.
从: cóng — From; indicating starting point of movement or time.
剧院: jù yuàn — Theater; a building for dramatic or operatic performances.
回来: huí lái — To come back; to return to a place.
心情: xīn qíng — Mood; one's emotional state or feeling at a time.
愉快: yú kuài — Happy; feeling cheerful and pleased.
手里: shǒu lǐ — In one's hand; held within the hand.
拿着: ná zhe — Holding; carrying something in the hand continuously.
一个: yī gè — One; numeral-measure word for a single object.
要: yào — To want; intending or planning to do something.
送给: sòng gěi — To give as a gift; to present something to someone.
妻子: qī zi — Wife; a man's female spouse.
却: què — But; however; indicates an unexpected contrast.
没有: méi yǒu — Did not; have not; indicates absence or negation.
在: zài — At; in; indicating location or ongoing action.
客厅: kè tīng — Living room; main room for receiving guests.
找到: zhǎo dào — To find; to successfully locate someone or something.
她: tā — She; third-person singular feminine pronoun.
令: lìng — To cause; to make someone feel a certain way.
惊讶: jīng yà — Surprised; astonished by something unexpected.
书房: shū fáng — Study; a room used for reading and writing.
里: lǐ — Inside; within a place or container.
也: yě — Also; too; likewise; used for addition.
不见踪影: bù jiàn zōng yǐng — No trace found; completely absent without a sign.
最终: zuì zhōng — Finally; ultimately; in the end.
卧室: wò shì — Bedroom; a room used primarily for sleeping.
看到: kàn dào — To see; to catch sight of something or someone.
了: le — Particle indicating completed action or changed state.
握着: wò zhe — Gripping; holding tightly in one's hand.
那封: nà fēng — That (letter); measure word for letters or envelopes.
泄露: xiè lòu — To reveal; to leak out secret information.
一切: yī qiè — Everything; all things without exception.
不幸: bù xìng — Misfortune; unhappy situation or unfortunate circumstance.
信: xìn — Letter; a written message sent to someone.
那个: nà gè — That one; demonstrative referring to a specific person or thing.
看来: kàn lái — It seems; apparently; used to express an observation.
总是: zǒng shì — Always; at all times without exception.
为: wèi — For; on behalf of; because of something.
家务: jiā wù — Household chores; domestic tasks done at home.
琐事: suǒ shì — Trivial matters; minor everyday tasks and concerns.
忙碌: máng lù — Busy; occupied with many tasks and activities.
操心: cāo xīn — To worry; to be concerned about something or someone.
思想: sī xiǎng — Thought; ideas; way of thinking or ideology.
见识: jiàn shi — Knowledge and experience; breadth of one's worldview.
有限: yǒu xiàn — Limited; restricted in scope, amount, or ability.
女人: nǚ rén — Woman; an adult female person.
此刻: cǐ kè — At this moment; right now at the present instant.
手持: shǒu chí — Holding in hand; carrying something with one's hand.
一动不动: yī dòng bù dòng — Completely motionless; not moving at all.
地: de — Adverbial particle; links adverb to following verb.
坐着: zuò zhe — Sitting; remaining in a seated position.
以: yǐ — With; using; by means of something.
一种: yī zhǒng — A kind of; a type or sort of something.
充满: chōng mǎn — Filled with; full of a quality or emotion.
恐惧: kǒng jù — Fear; strong feeling of terror or dread.
绝望: jué wàng — Despair; complete loss of hope.
与: yǔ — And; together with; linking two elements.
愤慨: fèn kǎi — Indignation; righteous anger at injustice or wrongdoing.
神情: shén qíng — Expression; the look on someone's face.
望着: wàng zhe — Gazing at; looking steadily at something or someone.
这: zhè — This; demonstrative pronoun for something nearby.
什么: shén me — What; interrogative pronoun asking about identity or nature.
指着: zhǐ zhe — Pointing at; directing a finger toward something.
问道: wèn dào — Asked; said while posing a question.
每当: měi dāng — Whenever; every time that a situation occurs.
想起: xiǎng qǐ — To recall; to think of something from memory.
一幕: yī mù — A scene; one act or episode of an event.
便: biàn — Then; thereupon; used to indicate a consequence.
常常: cháng cháng — Often; frequently; happening many times.
感到: gǎn dào — To feel; to experience a certain emotion or sensation.
烦恼: fán nǎo — Troubled; feeling vexed or annoyed by something.
与其说: yǔ qí shuō — Rather than saying; used to introduce a preference.
事情: shì qing — Matter; thing; an event or affair.
本身: běn shēn — Itself; in itself; the thing itself without addition.
不如说: bù rú shuō — Better to say; it would be more accurate to say.
当时: dāng shí — At that time; during that particular moment.
应对: yìng duì — To respond; to handle or deal with a situation.
话语: huà yǔ — Words; speech; what was said in conversation.
方式: fāng shì — Way; manner; method of doing something.
身上: shēn shang — On one's body; pertaining to oneself personally.
发生: fā shēng — To happen; to occur; to take place.
人们: rén men — People; human beings in general.
被: bèi — Passive marker; indicates the subject receives an action.
突然: tū rán — Suddenly; happening without warning or expectation.
抓住: zhuā zhù — To catch; to seize; to grab hold of firmly.
做: zuò — To do; to perform an action or activity.
极为: jí wéi — Extremely; to a very high degree.
丢脸: diū liǎn — To lose face; to be embarrassed or humiliated.
时: shí — When; at the time of an event or situation.
常会: cháng huì — Often will; tends to; frequently does something.
情况: qíng kuàng — Situation; circumstances; the state of affairs.
未能: wèi néng — Unable to; failed to accomplish something.
将: jiāng — Will; to take; used before object in formal sentences.
自己: zì jǐ — Oneself; referring back to the subject of the sentence.
面部表情: miàn bù biǎo qíng — Facial expression; the look displayed on one's face.
调整: tiáo zhěng — To adjust; to regulate or modify to suit needs.
到: dào — To; arriving at; reaching a destination or result.
其: qí — Its; his; her; third-person possessive in formal Chinese.
过失: guò shī — Fault; mistake; an error or transgression committed.
揭露: jiē lù — To expose; to reveal hidden wrongdoing or truth.
后: hòu — After; following in time or sequence.
所处: suǒ chǔ — The situation one is in; one's current position.
那种: nà zhǒng — That kind of; that sort of thing or situation.
处境: chǔ jìng — Predicament; one's difficult circumstances or situation.
相称: xiāng chèn — Suitable; matching; appropriate to the circumstances.
状态: zhuàng tài — State; condition; the current mode of being.
表现出: biǎo xiàn chū — To display; to show outwardly a quality or behavior.
受伤: shòu shāng — Injured; hurt; showing signs of being wounded.
否认: fǒu rèn — To deny; to refuse to acknowledge a fact.
辩解: biàn jiě — To make excuses; to justify or defend one's actions.
或: huò — Or; alternatively; used to connect alternatives.
乞求: qǐ qiú — To beg; to plead desperately for something.
宽恕: kuān shù — Forgiveness; to pardon someone for their wrongdoing.
甚至: shèn zhì — Even; going so far as; to an extreme degree.
连: lián — Even; used for emphasis before an extreme example.
漠然置之: mò rán zhì zhī — To ignore indifferently; to treat with cold disregard.
做到: zuò dào — To achieve; to manage to accomplish something.
任何: rèn hé — Any; whichever; of any kind whatsoever.
反应: fǎn yìng — Reaction; response to a stimulus or situation.
都会: dōu huì — Would all; any of them would; in all cases.
比: bǐ — Than; compared to; used in comparisons.
实际: shí jì — Actual; real; in practice as opposed to theory.
表现: biǎo xiàn — Performance; behavior; how one presents oneself.
更好: gèng hǎo — Better; even more good than something else.
脸: liǎn — Face; the front part of the head.
完全: wán quán — Completely; entirely; fully without reservation.
不由自主: bù yóu zì zhǔ — Involuntarily; unable to control one's own actions.
反射: fǎn shè — Reflex; an automatic involuntary bodily response.
爱好: ài hào — Hobby; a personal interest or favorite activity.
心里: xīn lǐ — In one's heart; inwardly; in one's mind.
想: xiǎng — To think; to consider; to want or miss someone.
现出: xiàn chū — To reveal; to show; to display an appearance.
那副: nà fù — That (expression); measure word for facial expressions.
惯常: guàn cháng — Habitual; usual; characteristic of one's normal behavior.
和蔼可亲: hé ǎi kě qīn — Amiable; kind and approachable in manner.
因而: yīn ér — Therefore; as a result; consequently.
也是: yě shì — Also is; it is also the case that.
愚蠢透顶: yú chǔn tòu dǐng — Utterly stupid; foolish to the extreme degree.
微笑: wēi xiào — Smile; a gentle upward curving of the lips.
这个: zhè gè — This one; this particular thing or person.
愚蠢: yú chǔn — Stupid; foolish; lacking intelligence or good judgment.
无法: wú fǎ — Unable; impossible; having no way to do something.
原谅: yuán liàng — To forgive; to excuse someone for a mistake.

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