Anna Karenina — Page 3
The liberal party said that marriage is an institution quite out of date, and that it needs reconstruction; and family life certainly afforded Stepan Arkadyevitch little gratification, and forced him into lying and hypocrisy, which was so repulsive to his nature.
自由党说，婚姻是一种完全过时的制度，需要加以重建；而家庭生活确实给斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇带来的满足甚少，反而迫使他撒谎和虚伪，这与他的本性极为相悖。
The liberal party said, or rather allowed it to be understood, that religion is only a curb to keep in check the barbarous classes of the people; and Stepan Arkadyevitch could not get through even a short service without his legs aching from standing up, and could never make out what was the object of all the terrible and high-flown language about another world when life might be so very amusing in this world.
自由党说，或者说是暗示人们去理解，宗教不过是压制人民中野蛮阶层的一种束缚；而斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇连一场简短的礼拜都站得两腿酸痛，也始终搞不懂，既然今世的生活可以如此有趣，那些关于来世的那些可怕而浮夸的言辞究竟有何意义。
And with all this, Stepan Arkadyevitch, who liked a joke, was fond of puzzling a plain man by saying that if he prided himself on his origin, he ought not to stop at Rurik and disown the first founder of his family—the monkey.
尽管如此，斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇是个喜爱玩笑的人，他常常以此语让普通人困惑不解：如果一个人为自己的出身感到自豪，那他就不应该止步于留里克，而应承认自己家族最初的祖先——猴子。
And so Liberalism had become a habit of Stepan Arkadyevitch's, and he liked his newspaper, as he did his cigar after dinner, for the slight fog it diffused in his brain.
就这样，自由主义已经成为斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇的一种习惯，他喜欢读报纸，正如他喜欢饭后抽一支雪茄一样，因为它能在他的大脑中散布一丝淡淡的迷雾。
Vocabulary
- 自由党
- Zìyóu Dǎng — Liberal Party; a political party favoring freedom
- 说
- shuō — To say, speak, or talk
- 婚姻
- hūnyīn — Marriage; the union between two people
- 是
- shì — To be; is, am, are
- 一种
- yī zhǒng — A kind of; a type of something
- 完全
- wánquán — Completely, entirely, wholly
- 过时
- guòshí — Outdated, obsolete, no longer current
- 的
- de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification
- 制度
- zhìdù — System, institution, or set of rules
- 需要
- xūyào — To need, require; necessity
- 加以
- jiāyǐ — To apply, proceed to do something to
- 重建
- chóngjiàn — To rebuild, reconstruct, reestablish something
- 而
- ér — And yet, but, while; conjunctive particle
- 家庭
- jiātíng — Family; household unit
- 生活
- shēnghuó — Life, livelihood; to live day-to-day
- 确实
- quèshí — Indeed, truly, certainly
- 给
- gěi — To give; for, to (beneficiary marker)
- 带来
- dài lái — To bring, to yield, to produce
- 满足
- mǎnzú — Satisfaction; to satisfy, feel content
- 甚少
- shèn shǎo — Very little, very few, hardly any
- 反而
- fǎn'ér — On the contrary, instead, but rather
- 迫使
- pòshǐ — To force, compel someone to do something
- 他
- tā — He, him (third person masculine pronoun)
- 撒谎
- sā huǎng — To lie, tell a falsehood
- 和
- hé — And; together with
- 虚伪
- xūwěi — Hypocritical, false, insincere
- 这
- zhè — This; referring to something nearby
- 与
- yǔ — With, and; together with
- 本性
- běnxìng — True nature, innate character, essence
- 极为
- jí wéi — Extremely, exceedingly, to the utmost degree
- 相悖
- xiāng bèi — To contradict, be contrary to, conflict with
- 或者
- huòzhě — Or; alternatively
- 暗示
- ànshì — To hint, imply, suggest indirectly
- 人们
- rénmen — People, folks, everyone in general
- 去
- qù — To go; directional or action particle
- 理解
- lǐjiě — To understand, comprehend, grasp meaning
- 宗教
- zōngjiào — Religion; organized system of spiritual belief
- 不过
- bùguò — However, but; merely, only
- 压制
- yāzhì — To suppress, repress, hold down forcibly
- 人民
- rénmín — The people; citizens of a nation
- 中
- zhōng — Among, within, in the middle of
- 野蛮
- yěmán — Barbaric, savage, uncivilized
- 阶层
- jiēcéng — Social stratum, class, tier of society
- 束缚
- shùfù — To bind, restrain, shackle; a constraint
- 连
- lián — Even; linking particle for emphasis
- 一场
- yī chǎng — One session, one round of an event
- 简短
- jiǎnduǎn — Brief, short, concise
- 礼拜
- lǐbài — Religious service, worship; also means week
- 都
- dōu — All, both, even; indicating totality
- 站
- zhàn — To stand; a station or stop
- 得
- de — Complement particle indicating result or degree
- 两腿
- liǎng tuǐ — Both legs; the two legs
- 酸痛
- suāntòng — Aching, sore; dull pain in muscles
- 也
- yě — Also, too, as well
- 始终
- shǐzhōng — From beginning to end; always, consistently
- 搞不懂
- gǎo bu dǒng — Cannot figure out, unable to understand
- 既然
- jìrán — Since, given that, now that
- 今世
- jīnshì — This life, the present world, current existence
- 可以
- kěyǐ — Can, may, be able to; permissible
- 如此
- rúcǐ — So, like this, in such a way
- 有趣
- yǒuqù — Interesting, fun, amusing
- 那些
- nàxiē — Those; referring to plural distant things
- 关于
- guānyú — About, regarding, concerning
- 来世
- láishì — Afterlife, next world, life after death
- 可怕
- kěpà — Terrible, frightening, dreadful
- 浮夸
- fúkuā — Pompous, exaggerated, pretentious, overblown
- 言辞
- yáncí — Words, speech, expressions, verbal statements
- 究竟
- jiūjìng — After all, exactly, in the end
- 有何
- yǒu hé — What; what kind of (literary usage)
- 意义
- yìyì — Meaning, significance, purpose
- 尽管
- jǐnguǎn — Although, even though, despite
- 个
- gè — General measure word for people or objects
- 喜爱
- xǐ'ài — To love, be fond of, enjoy
- 玩笑
- wánxiào — Joke, jest, prank
- 人
- rén — Person, human being, people
- 常常
- chángcháng — Often, frequently, habitually
- 以此
- yǐ cǐ — With this, by this means, thus
- 语
- yǔ — Words, language; to say (literary)
- 让
- ràng — To let, allow, cause someone to
- 普通人
- pǔtōng rén — Ordinary people, average person, common folk
- 困惑不解
- kùnhuò bù jiě — Completely puzzled, baffled, unable to understand
- 如果
- rúguǒ — If, in case, supposing that
- 一个人
- yī gè rén — A person; one person; alone
- 为
- wèi — For, because of, on behalf of
- 自己
- zìjǐ — Oneself, one's own self
- 出身
- chūshēn — One's origin, background, or social status
- 感到
- gǎndào — To feel, sense, experience an emotion
- 自豪
- zìháo — Proud, feel pride in oneself or something
- 那
- nà — Then; that (demonstrative or consequential)
- 就
- jiù — Then, precisely; indicating consequence or emphasis
- 不应该
- bù yīnggāi — Should not, ought not to
- 止步于
- zhǐbù yú — To stop at, halt at a certain point
- 应
- yīng — Should, ought to; must
- 承认
- chéngrèn — To admit, acknowledge, recognize
- 家族
- jiāzú — Clan, family lineage, extended family
- 最初
- zuìchū — Originally, at first, the very beginning
- 祖先
- zǔxiān — Ancestors, forebears, progenitors
- 猴子
- hóuzi — Monkey; a primate animal
- 这样
- zhèyàng — Like this, in this way, such
- 自由主义
- zìyóu zhǔyì — Liberalism; ideology favoring individual freedoms
- 已经
- yǐjīng — Already; by now
- 成为
- chéngwéi — To become, turn into
- 习惯
- xíguàn — Habit, custom; to be accustomed to
- 喜欢
- xǐhuān — To like, enjoy, be fond of
- 读
- dú — To read; to study
- 报纸
- bàozhǐ — Newspaper; printed news publication
- 正如
- zhèngrú — Just as, exactly like
- 饭后
- fàn hòu — After a meal, post-dining
- 抽
- chōu — To smoke; to draw out, extract
- 一支
- yī zhī — One (stick-shaped object); a measure word
- 雪茄
- xuějiā — Cigar; a rolled tobacco product
- 一样
- yīyàng — The same, alike; just like
- 因为
- yīnwèi — Because, since, for the reason that
- 它
- tā — It; third person pronoun for objects/animals
- 能
- néng — Can, be able to, capable of
- 在
- zài — At, in, on; to be located somewhere
- 大脑
- dànǎo — Brain; the cerebrum
- 散布
- sànbù — To spread, scatter, disseminate
- 一丝
- yī sī — A trace, a hint, a tiny bit of
- 淡淡
- dàndàn — Faint, light, mild, subtle
- 迷雾
- míwù — Mist, fog; a state of confusion or obscurity
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