Anna Karenina — Page 4
最令人难受的是第一分钟——当他从剧院回来,心情愉快、兴高采烈,手里拿着一个大梨要送给妻子,却没有在客厅找到妻子,惊讶之余在书房也没有找到她,最后在卧室里看到她手里拿着那封泄露了一切的不幸的信。
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.
她,他的多莉,一向为家务琐事忙忙碌碌、焦虑操心,在他看来思想也颇为局限——此刻却一动不动地坐着,手里拿着那封信,用一种充满恐惧、绝望和愤慨的神情望着他。
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.
「这是什么?这是什么?」她问道,指着那封信。
"What's this? this?" she asked, pointing to the letter.
每当想起这件事,斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇——正如人们常有的情形——感到烦恼的与其说是事情本身,不如说是他当时回应妻子话语的方式。
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.
在那一刻,他身上发生了人们在被人出其不意地抓住做了极不体面之事时所会发生的情形。
There happened to him at that instant what does happen to people when they are unexpectedly caught in something very disgraceful.
他没能让自己的面部表情适应因过失败露而在妻子面前所处的那种境地。
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.
他没有表现出受伤、否认、为自己辩护、乞求宽恕,也没有保持冷漠——任何反应都会比他实际的表现要好——他的脸完全不由自主地(斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇爱好生理学,称之为脊髓反射)浮现出了他那惯常的、和蔼可亲的、因而也显得愚蠢的微笑。
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.
这个愚蠢的微笑,他无法原谅自己。
This idiotic smile he could not forgive himself.
Vocabulary
- Most
- 最,程度最高的,用于比较
- unpleasant
- 令人不快的,使人感到不舒服的
- of
- 表示所属或关联的介词
- all
- 所有的,全部的
- was
- 是(be动词过去式,用于第一、三人称)
- first
- 第一,最先的
- minute
- 分钟;也指极短暂的时刻
- when
- 当……时候,表示时间的连词
- on
- 表示时间或动作状态的介词
- coming
- 来,到来,come的现在分词
- happy
- 快乐的,幸福的
- good-humored
- 心情愉快的,脾气好的
- from
- 从,来自,表示出发点的介词
- theater
- 剧院,表演戏剧的场所
- with
- 带着,与……一起,表伴随的介词
- huge
- 巨大的,非常大的
- pear
- 梨,一种常见的水果
- hand
- 手,人体上肢末端部位
- for
- 为了,给,表示目的或对象的介词
- wife
- 妻子,已婚男性的配偶
- had
- have的过去式,表示曾经拥有或经历
- found
- 找到,find的过去式
- drawing-room
- 客厅,用于接待客人的房间
- surprise
- 惊讶,出乎意料的事
- study
- 书房;也指学习、研究
- either
- 也不,两者中任一个
- saw
- 看见,see的过去式
- last
- 最后,at last意为终于
- bedroom
- 卧室,用于睡眠的房间
- unlucky
- 倒霉的,不幸的
- letter
- 信,书信;也指字母
- revealed
- 揭露,透露,reveal的过去式
- everything
- 一切,所有的事情
- forever
- 永远,一直不断地
- fussing
- 大惊小怪,过度操心琐事
- worrying
- 担忧,忧虑,worry的现在分词
- over
- 对于,关于;也指在……上方
- household
- 家庭的,与家务或家庭有关的
- details
- 细节,细枝末节的事情
- limited
- 有限的,受到限制的
- ideas
- 想法,观点,idea的复数
- as
- 作为,如同,表示比较或原因
- considered
- 认为,consider的过去式
- sitting
- 坐着,sit的现在分词
- perfectly
- 完全地,完美地
- still
- 静止不动的;也指仍然
- looking
- 看着,look的现在分词
- expression
- 表情,神情;也指表达
- horror
- 恐惧,极度惊骇的感觉
- despair
- 绝望,丧失希望的情绪
- indignation
- 愤慨,对不公正事物的强烈不满
- asked
- 问,询问,ask的过去式
- pointing
- 指向,用手指指示,point的现在分词
- recollection
- 回忆,记忆,对往事的记起
- so
- 如此,这么,表示程度的副词
- often
- 经常,频繁地
- case
- 情况,情形,事例
- much
- 很,非常,大量地
- annoyed
- 恼怒的,感到烦躁的
- fact
- 事实,确实存在的事情
- itself
- 它本身,反身代词,强调主体
- way
- 方式,方法;也指道路
- which
- 哪个,引导定语从句的关系代词
- met
- 遇到,meet的过去式
- words
- 话语,言辞,word的复数
- happened
- 发生,happen的过去式
- instant
- 瞬间,极短暂的时刻
- happen
- 发生,偶然出现
- people
- 人们,人类,众人
- unexpectedly
- 出乎意料地,突然地
- caught
- 被当场抓到,catch的过去式
- something
- 某事,某物
- disgraceful
- 可耻的,令人丢脸的
- succeed
- 成功,达到目的
- adapting
- 适应,调整,adapt的现在分词
- face
- 脸;也指面对某情况的表情
- position
- 处境,位置,所处的状态
- placed
- 置于,处于,place的过去式
- towards
- 朝向,对于,表示方向或态度
- by
- 通过,被,表示方式或施动者
- discovery
- 发现,被揭露的事情
- fault
- 过错,错误,责任
- Instead
- 代替,换而言之,表示替代
- being
- 是,be的现在分词,表示状态
- hurt
- 受到伤害,感到难过
- denying
- 否认,deny的现在分词
- defending
- 为自己辩护,defend的现在分词
- himself
- 他自己,男性反身代词
- begging
- 恳求,乞求,beg的现在分词
- forgiveness
- 宽恕,原谅,请求对方的谅解
- instead
- 而是,相反地,表示替代关系
- remaining
- 保持,继续处于某状态,remain的现在分词
- indifferent
- 冷漠的,漠不关心的
- anything
- 任何事物,任何东西
- would
- 将会,表示虚拟或意愿的助动词
- been
- be的过去分词,表示曾经的状态
- better
- 更好的,good的比较级
- than
- 比,用于比较级之后
- utterly
- 完全地,彻底地,极度地
- involuntarily
- 不由自主地,无意识地
- reflex
- 反射,无意识的本能反应
- spinal
- 脊髓的,与脊椎相关的
- action
- 动作,行为,行动
- reflected
- 反映,reflect的过去式
- who
- 谁,引导定语从句的关系代词
- fond
- 喜爱,be fond of表示喜欢
- physiology
- 生理学,研究生物体功能的学科
- assumed
- 呈现,表现出,assume的过去式
- habitual
- 习惯性的,惯常的
- therefore
- 因此,所以,表示结论的副词
- idiotic
- 愚蠢的,呆傻的
- smile
- 微笑,面带笑容的表情
- could
- 能,可以,can的过去式
- forgive
- 原谅,宽恕,饶恕某人
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