Anna Karenina — Page 1

English → Chinese Chapter 2 Level 7/10

Stepan Arkadyevitch was a truthful man in his relations with himself.

斯捷潘·阿尔卡季奇在对待自己的内心时是个诚实的人。

He was incapable of deceiving himself and persuading himself that he repented of his conduct.

他无法欺骗自己，也无法说服自己相信他对自己的行为感到悔恨。

He could not at this date repent of the fact that he, a handsome, susceptible man of thirty-four, was not in love with his wife, the mother of five living and two dead children, and only a year younger than himself.

他此时此刻无法为这一事实感到悔恨——他，一个英俊而多情的三十四岁男人，并不爱他的妻子，那个生了五个孩子、失去了两个孩子、只比他小一岁的女人。

All he repented of was that he had not succeeded better in hiding it from his wife.

他唯一感到悔恨的，是他没能更好地将此事瞒过妻子。

But he felt all the difficulty of his position and was sorry for his wife, his children, and himself.

但他深感自己处境的艰难，为他的妻子、孩子和他自己感到难过。

Possibly he might have managed to conceal his sins better from his wife if he had anticipated that the knowledge of them would have had such an effect on her.

如果他预料到妻子得知此事会产生如此大的影响，他或许本可以将自己的过失更好地隐瞒起来。

He had never clearly thought out the subject, but he had vaguely conceived that his wife must long ago have suspected him of being unfaithful to her, and shut her eyes to the fact.

他从未认真思考过这个问题，但他隐约认为，他的妻子早就应该怀疑他对她不忠，并对此睁一只眼闭一只眼。

He had even supposed that she, a worn-out woman no longer young or good-looking, and in no way remarkable or interesting, merely a good mother, ought from a sense of fairness to take an indulgent view.

他甚至认为，她，一个已不再年轻也不再美貌、平淡无奇、毫无趣味、不过是个好母亲的疲惫女人，出于公平之心，理应对此持宽容的态度。

It had turned out quite the other way.

然而事情的结果恰恰相反。

"Oh, it's awful! oh dear, oh dear! awful!" Stepan Arkadyevitch kept repeating to himself, and he could think of nothing to be done.

「哦，真是太可怕了！天哪，天哪！太可怕了！」斯捷潘·阿尔卡季奇不断地自言自语，却想不出任何补救之策。

"And how well things were going up till now! how well we got on!

「而在此之前一切多么顺遂啊！我们相处得多么融洽！

Vocabulary

在: zài — At, in, on; indicates location or ongoing action.
对待: duìdài — To treat or deal with someone or something.
自己: zìjǐ — Oneself; refers reflexively to the subject.
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.
内心: nèixīn — Inner heart or mind; one's inner feelings.
时: shí — When; at the time of a particular moment.
是: shì — To be; copula linking subject and predicate.
个: gè — General measure word for people and objects.
诚实: chéngshí — Honest, truthful; acting with integrity and sincerity.
人: rén — Person, human being; people in general.
他: tā — He, him; third-person singular male pronoun.
无法: wúfǎ — Unable to; having no way to do something.
欺骗: qīpiàn — To deceive, cheat, or mislead someone deliberately.
也: yě — Also, too; indicates addition or similarity.
说服: shuōfú — To persuade or convince someone of something.
相信: xiāngxìn — To believe, trust, or have confidence in.
对: duì — Toward, regarding; correct; preposition indicating direction.
行为: xíngwéi — Behavior, conduct, action performed by someone.
感到: gǎndào — To feel, sense, or experience an emotion.
悔恨: huǐhèn — Remorse, deep regret for one's past actions.
此时此刻: cǐ shí cǐ kè — At this very moment; right now, presently.
为: wèi — For, because of; on behalf of someone.
这一: zhè yī — This one; referring to a specific matter.
事实: shìshí — Fact, reality; something that is actually true.
一个: yī gè — One; a single person or thing.
英俊: yīngjùn — Handsome, good-looking; describing an attractive man.
而: ér — And, yet; conjunction linking contrasting or parallel clauses.
多情: duōqíng — Sentimental, amorous; easily moved by romantic feelings.
三十四岁: sānshísì suì — Thirty-four years old in age.
男人: nánrén — Man, male adult person.
并不: bìng bù — Actually not; used for emphatic negation.
爱: ài — To love; affection or deep romantic feeling.
妻子: qīzi — Wife; one's female marriage partner.
那个: nà gè — That one; referring to a specific person or thing.
生了: shēng le — Gave birth to; bore children.
五个: wǔ gè — Five; a quantity of five items or people.
孩子: háizi — Child, children; young offspring.
失去了: shīqù le — Lost, no longer has; something is gone.
两个: liǎng gè — Two; a quantity of two items or people.
只: zhǐ — Only, merely; limiting to a single amount.
比: bǐ — Compared to; used in comparative sentences.
小: xiǎo — Small, little; younger in age comparison.
一岁: yī suì — One year old; a single year of age.
女人: nǚrén — Woman, female adult person.
唯一: wéiyī — The only one; sole, unique among all.
没能: méi néng — Was unable to; failed to accomplish something.
更好: gèng hǎo — Better; superior in degree or quality.
地: de — Adverbial structural particle modifying a verb phrase.
将: jiāng — To take, bring; future marker or preposition.
此事: cǐ shì — This matter, this affair being discussed.
瞒过: mánguò — To successfully hide or conceal from someone.
但: dàn — But, however; introduces a contrasting statement.
深感: shēn gǎn — To deeply feel or strongly sense something.
处境: chǔjìng — Situation, circumstances; the predicament one is in.
艰难: jiānnán — Difficult, hard; fraught with hardship and trouble.
和: hé — And; connects words, phrases, or clauses together.
难过: nánguò — Sad, upset; feeling emotional pain or distress.
如果: rúguǒ — If; introduces a conditional or hypothetical situation.
预料到: yùliào dào — To have anticipated or foreseen something in advance.
得知: dézhī — To learn of, find out about something.
会: huì — Will; indicates likelihood or future possibility.
产生: chǎnshēng — To produce, give rise to, generate an effect.
如此: rúcǐ — Such, so, like this; of this degree or kind.
大: dà — Big, large, great; significant in size or impact.
影响: yǐngxiǎng — Influence, impact, effect on someone or something.
或许: huòxǔ — Perhaps, maybe; expressing possibility or uncertainty.
本可以: běn kěyǐ — Could have originally; had the ability but didn't.
过失: guòshī — Fault, mistake, error; a blunder or wrongdoing.
隐瞒: yǐnmán — To conceal, hide, cover up a fact or secret.
起来: qǐlái — Up; complement indicating completion or beginning of action.
从未: cóng wèi — Never; has not at any time done something.
认真: rènzhēn — Serious, earnest; doing something carefully and diligently.
思考过: sīkǎo guò — Has thought about or pondered something before.
这个: zhège — This; referring to a nearby person or thing.
问题: wèntí — Problem, question, issue requiring attention or answer.
隐约: yǐnyuē — Vaguely, dimly; not clearly perceived or expressed.
认为: rènwéi — To think, consider, believe something to be true.
早就: zǎo jiù — Long ago, already; should have happened much earlier.
应该: yīnggāi — Should, ought to; expressing moral or logical obligation.
怀疑: huáiyí — To suspect, doubt; having uncertainty about someone.
她: tā — She, her; third-person singular female pronoun.
不忠: bù zhōng — Unfaithful, disloyal; especially in a romantic relationship.
并: bìng — And, furthermore; used to connect parallel statements.
对此: duì cǐ — Regarding this, about this particular matter.
睁一只眼: zhēng yī zhī yǎn — To turn a blind eye; overlook deliberately.
闭一只眼: bì yī zhī yǎn — Close one eye; deliberately ignore something wrong.
甚至: shènzhì — Even, even to the point of; emphasizes extremity.
已: yǐ — Already; indicates something has occurred or changed.
不再: bù zài — No longer; something has stopped being the case.
年轻: niánqīng — Young; being of a relatively early age.
美貌: měimào — Beautiful appearance; physical attractiveness, especially a woman's.
平淡无奇: píngdàn wúqí — Dull and ordinary; lacking anything special or interesting.
毫无趣味: háo wú qùwèi — Completely without interest; utterly boring and uninteresting.
不过: búguò — However, but; introduces a mild qualification or contrast.
好母亲: hǎo mǔqīn — Good mother; a caring and responsible maternal figure.
疲惫: píbèi — Exhausted, worn out; deeply tired from exertion.
出于: chūyú — Out of, stemming from; motivated by a feeling.
公平: gōngpíng — Fair, just, equitable; treating all parties equally.
之心: zhī xīn — Heart of; inner sense or spirit of something.
理应: lǐyīng — Should rightfully, ought to by reason or logic.
持: chí — To hold, maintain, keep a certain attitude.
宽容: kuānróng — Tolerant, lenient; forgiving of others' faults.
态度: tàidu — Attitude, stance; one's approach toward something.
然而: rán'ér — However, yet; introduces a contrasting or unexpected result.
事情: shìqing — Matter, affair, thing; a situation or event.
结果: jiéguǒ — Result, outcome; the end consequence of something.
恰恰: qiàqià — Exactly, just; emphasizes something is precisely the case.
相反: xiāngfǎn — Opposite, contrary; completely the reverse of expectation.
哦: ó / ò — Oh; interjection expressing realization or exclamation.
真是: zhēn shì — Really is; used for emphasis of a strong feeling.
太: tài — Too, extremely; intensifier for adjectives and states.
可怕: kěpà — Terrible, frightening, awful; causing fear or dread.
了: le — Particle indicating completion, change of state, or exclamation.
天哪: tiān na — Good heavens, oh my god; expression of shock.
不断: bùduàn — Continuously, constantly, without stopping or interruption.
自言自语: zì yán zì yǔ — To talk to oneself; muttering alone without audience.
却: què — Yet, but; indicates an unexpected contrast or turn.
想不出: xiǎng bu chū — Cannot think of; unable to come up with something.
任何: rènhé — Any, whatever; referring to any item without exception.
补救: bǔjiù — To remedy, fix; corrective action for a problem.
之策: zhī cè — Strategy for; a plan or method to address something.
在此: zài cǐ — Here, at this point; referring to the present context.
之前: zhīqián — Before, prior to; earlier than a reference time.
一切: yīqiè — Everything, all; referring to the totality of things.
多么: duōme — How, so; expresses a high degree in exclamations.
顺遂: shùnsuì — Smooth, going well; proceeding without obstacles or trouble.
啊: a — Ah; sentence-final particle expressing feeling or emphasis.
我们: wǒmen — We, us; first-person plural pronoun.
相处: xiāngchǔ — To get along, coexist; interact harmoniously with others.
得: de — Structural particle linking verb to degree complement.
融洽: róngqià — Harmonious, congenial; getting along well with others.

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