Anna Karenina — Page 2

English → Chinese Chapter 2 Level 7/10

She was contented and happy in her children; I never interfered with her in anything; I let her manage the children and the house just as she liked.

她因孩子们而感到满足和快乐；我从不干涉她的任何事情；我让她按自己的意愿管理孩子和家务。

It's true it's bad _her_ having been a governess in our house.

确实，她曾在我们家做家庭教师这件事是不好的。

That's bad! There's something common, vulgar, in flirting with one's governess.

这很糟糕！与自家的家庭教师调情，实在是庸俗不堪。

But what a governess!" (He vividly recalled the roguish black eyes of Mlle. Roland and her smile.)

但那可是个怎样的家庭教师啊！（他清晰地回忆起罗兰小姐那双调皮的黑眼睛和她的微笑。）

But after all, while she was in the house, I kept myself in hand.

但不管怎样，当她还在这个家的时候，我还是克制住了自己。

And the worst of it all is that she's already ... it seems as if ill-luck would have it so! Oh, oh! But what, what is to be done?"

而最糟糕的是，她已经……似乎厄运就是要这样降临！唉，唉！但是该怎么办，到底该怎么办呢？"

There was no solution, but that universal solution which life gives to all questions, even the most complex and insoluble.

没有解决之道，只有生活对所有问题——即便是最复杂、最难解的问题——所给出的那个普遍答案。

That answer is: one must live in the needs of the day—that is, forget oneself.

那个答案就是：一个人必须活在当下的日常需求之中——也就是说，忘却自我。

To forget himself in sleep was impossible now, at least till nighttime; he could not go back now to the music sung by the decanter-women; so he must forget himself in the dream of daily life.

此刻他无法在睡眠中忘却自我，至少要等到夜晚才行；他也无法重新沉浸在那些持瓶女人所唱的音乐之中；因此他必须在日常生活的梦境中忘却自我。

"Then we shall see," Stepan Arkadyevitch said to himself, and getting up he put on a gray dressing-gown lined with blue silk, tied the tassels in a knot, and, drawing a deep breath of air into his broad, bare chest, he walked to the window with his usual confident step, turning out his feet that carried his full frame so easily.

"到时候再说吧，"斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇自言自语道。他起身穿上一件蓝丝绸衬里的灰色晨袍，将流苏打了个结，用他那宽阔的裸露胸膛深吸一口气，迈着一贯自信的步伐向窗口走去，双脚外八地轻松撑起他那魁梧的身躯。

Vocabulary

她: tā — Third-person singular feminine pronoun: she, her.
因: yīn — Because of; due to a reason or cause.
孩子们: háizimen — Children; plural form of child.
而: ér — And; yet; connecting clauses or contrasting ideas.
感到: gǎndào — To feel; to sense an emotion or sensation.
满足: mǎnzú — Satisfied; content; having one's needs met.
和: hé — And; together with; connecting nouns or phrases.
快乐: kuàilè — Happy; joyful; feeling pleasure and delight.
我: wǒ — First-person singular pronoun: I, me.
从不: cóng bù — Never; not ever at any time.
干涉: gānshè — To interfere; to meddle in others' affairs.
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.
任何: rènhé — Any; whichever; used in negative or general statements.
事情: shìqing — Matter; affair; thing that happens or is done.
让: ràng — To let; to allow someone to do something.
按: àn — According to; in accordance with a standard.
自己: zìjǐ — Oneself; one's own; reflexive pronoun.
意愿: yìyuàn — Wish; desire; one's own will or intention.
管理: guǎnlǐ — To manage; to administer; to oversee affairs.
孩子: háizi — Child; kid; a young person.
家务: jiāwù — Household chores; domestic tasks at home.
确实: quèshí — Indeed; truly; used to affirm a statement.
曾: céng — Once; formerly; indicating a past experience.
在: zài — At; in; located at a place or time.
我们: wǒmen — We; us; first-person plural pronoun.
家: jiā — Home; family; household where one lives.
做: zuò — To do; to make; to perform an action.
家庭教师: jiātíng jiàoshī — Private tutor; teacher hired to instruct at home.
这件事: zhè jiàn shì — This matter; this particular thing or affair.
是: shì — To be; linking subject and predicate.
不好: bù hǎo — Not good; bad; inappropriate or undesirable.
这: zhè — This; demonstrative pronoun referring to something near.
很: hěn — Very; quite; intensifying an adjective or state.
糟糕: zāogāo — Terrible; awful; a very bad situation.
与: yǔ — With; and; together with someone or something.
自家: zìjiā — One's own household; one's own family members.
调情: tiáoqíng — To flirt; to engage in playful romantic teasing.
实在: shízài — Really; truly; genuinely, used for emphasis.
庸俗: yōngsú — Vulgar; crude; lacking refinement or taste.
不堪: bùkān — Unbearable; cannot stand; used after negative adjectives.
但: dàn — But; however; introducing a contrasting statement.
那: nà — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant.
可是: kěshì — But; however; used to introduce a contrast.
个: gè — General measure word for people and many objects.
怎样: zěnyàng — How; what kind; asking about manner or quality.
啊: a — Particle expressing exclamation, surprise, or softening.
他: tā — Third-person singular masculine pronoun: he, him.
清晰: qīngxī — Clear; distinct; easily seen or understood.
地: de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to following verb.
回忆起: huíyì qǐ — To recall; to call to mind a past memory.
小姐: xiǎojiě — Miss; young woman; polite address for unmarried woman.
那双: nà shuāng — That pair of; referring to a paired body feature.
调皮: tiáopí — Mischievous; naughty; playfully impish in manner.
黑眼睛: hēi yǎnjing — Black eyes; dark-colored eyes.
微笑: wēixiào — To smile; a gentle, slight facial expression of pleasure.
不管: bùguǎn — No matter; regardless of any condition or circumstance.
当: dāng — When; at the time of; serving as.
还在: hái zài — Still at; still in a place or situation.
这个: zhège — This one; this particular thing or person.
时候: shíhou — Time; moment; a particular point or period.
还是: háishi — Still; or; used in alternatives or persistence.
克制: kèzhì — To restrain oneself; to hold back impulses or emotions.
住了: zhù le — Successfully stopped; managed to hold back an action.
最: zuì — Most; the superlative degree of an adjective.
已经: yǐjīng — Already; indicating something has happened by now.
似乎: sìhū — It seems; apparently; expressing an uncertain impression.
厄运: èyùn — Misfortune; bad luck; an ill fate befalling someone.
就是: jiùshì — Precisely is; exactly; used for emphasis or affirmation.
要: yào — To want; will; indicating intention or necessity.
这样: zhèyàng — Like this; in this way; such a manner.
降临: jiànglín — To befall; to descend upon; arrival of fate or event.
唉: āi — Sigh; interjection expressing sadness or resignation.
但是: dànshì — But; however; contrasting conjunction in a sentence.
该: gāi — Should; ought to; indicating what one must do.
怎么办: zěnme bàn — What to do; how to handle a situation.
到底: dàodǐ — After all; on earth; used for emphasis in questions.
呢: ne — Sentence-final particle softening questions or emphasis.
没有: méiyǒu — There is no; does not have; lacking something.
解决之道: jiějué zhī dào — The way to resolve; a solution to a problem.
只有: zhǐyǒu — Only; there is only one option or thing.
生活: shēnghuó — Life; daily living; the act of living day-to-day.
对: duì — Toward; regarding; correct; directed at something.
所有: suǒyǒu — All; every one; the entirety of something.
问题: wèntí — Problem; question; issue needing attention or solution.
即便: jíbiàn — Even if; even though; conceding a condition.
复杂: fùzá — Complex; complicated; involving many interrelated parts.
难解: nán jiě — Hard to solve; difficult to unravel or understand.
所: suǒ — That which; used before verbs to nominalize actions.
给出: gěi chū — To give out; to provide an answer or solution.
那个: nàge — That one; referring to a specific thing or person.
普遍: pǔbiàn — Universal; widespread; applying broadly to all cases.
答案: dá'àn — Answer; solution; the response to a question.
一个人: yī gè rén — A person; one person; by oneself alone.
必须: bìxū — Must; have to; expressing absolute necessity.
活在: huó zài — To live in; to exist within a time or place.
当下: dāngxià — The present moment; right now; the current instant.
日常: rìcháng — Daily; everyday; pertaining to routine daily life.
需求: xūqiú — Need; demand; requirement for something necessary.
之中: zhī zhōng — Within; in the midst of; among or inside something.
也就是说: yě jiùshì shuō — That is to say; in other words; meaning namely.
忘却: wàngquè — To forget entirely; to let something slip from memory.
自我: zìwǒ — Self; oneself; one's own ego or identity.
此刻: cǐkè — At this moment; right now; the present instant.
无法: wúfǎ — Unable to; no way to; impossible to do something.
睡眠: shuìmián — Sleep; the state of rest during the night.
中: zhōng — In; among; within; inside a space or group.
至少: zhìshǎo — At least; no fewer than; a minimum amount.
等到: děng dào — To wait until; to hold on until a time arrives.
夜晚: yèwǎn — Night; nighttime; the hours of darkness.
才行: cái xíng — Only then will it work; must wait before proceeding.
也: yě — Also; too; as well; similarly.
重新: chóngxīn — Again; anew; starting over from the beginning.
沉浸: chénjìn — To immerse; to be absorbed deeply in something.
那些: nàxiē — Those; referring to plural distant things or people.
女人: nǚrén — Woman; adult female person.
所唱: suǒ chàng — That which is sung; the songs performed by someone.
音乐: yīnyuè — Music; organized sound for artistic expression.
因此: yīncǐ — Therefore; as a result; for this reason.
日常生活: rìcháng shēnghuó — Everyday life; routine daily existence and activities.
梦境: mèngjìng — Dreamland; the world or realm experienced in dreams.
到时候: dào shíhou — When the time comes; at that future moment.
再说: zài shuō — Deal with it later; talk about it another time.
吧: ba — Sentence-final particle suggesting mild suggestion or agreement.
自言自语: zì yán zì yǔ — To talk to oneself; to mutter under one's breath.
道: dào — Said; to say (used after quoted speech in narration).
起身: qǐshēn — To get up; to rise from a seated or lying position.
穿上: chuān shàng — To put on clothing; to dress oneself with a garment.
一件: yī jiàn — One piece (of clothing); measure word for garments.
蓝丝绸: lán sīchóu — Blue silk; fabric made of blue-colored silk material.
衬里: chènlǐ — Lining; the inner layer of a garment or fabric.
灰色: huīsè — Gray color; an achromatic color between black and white.
晨袍: chénpáo — Morning robe; a loose robe worn after waking up.
将: jiāng — To take; used before object in formal written style.
流苏: liúsū — Tassel; decorative hanging fringe on clothing or items.
打了结: dǎ le jié — Tied a knot; fastened by tying into a knot.
用: yòng — To use; using; by means of something.
宽阔: kuānkuò — Broad; wide; spacious in extent or size.
裸露: luǒlù — Bare; exposed; uncovered skin or surface.
胸膛: xiōngtáng — Chest; the front of the torso above the abdomen.
深吸: shēn xī — To inhale deeply; to take a deep breath.
一口气: yī kǒu qì — A breath; in one breath; without stopping.
迈着: màizhe — Striding; walking with deliberate steps continuously.
一贯: yīguàn — Consistent; habitual; always the same as before.
自信: zìxìn — Self-confident; trusting in one's own abilities.
步伐: bùfá — Pace; stride; the manner or rhythm of walking.
向: xiàng — Toward; in the direction of a place or person.
窗口: chuāngkǒu — Window opening; a window or service counter.
走去: zǒu qù — To walk toward; to head off in a direction.
双脚: shuāng jiǎo — Both feet; a pair of feet.
轻松: qīngsōng — Relaxed; effortless; without strain or difficulty.
撑起: chēng qǐ — To prop up; to support and hold up a weight.
魁梧: kuíwú — Tall and sturdy; big and powerfully built in stature.
身躯: shēnqū — Body; physique; the physical frame of a person.

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