Bleak House — Page 3
但既然让那吝啬的公众了解此事的来龙去脉是有益的——这些事既已发生，仍在持续——我在此说明，本书中所有关于大法官法庭的内容，实质上都是真实的，甚至不及真相之万一。
But as it is wholesome that the parsimonious public should know what has been doing, and still is doing, in this connexion, I mention here that everything set forth in these pages concerning the Court of Chancery is substantially true, and within the truth.
格里德利一案在本质上并未偏离真实事件，该事件由一位与整个骇人不公之事从头到尾均有专业关联的公正人士公之于众。
The case of Gridley is in no essential altered from one of actual occurrence, made public by a disinterested person who was professionally acquainted with the whole of the monstrous wrong from beginning to end.
就目前而言（1853年8月），法庭上有一宗诉讼案，始于近二十年前，曾有三四十位律师同时出庭，诉讼费用已高达七万英镑，而这竟是一场"友好诉讼"，据我所知，其终结之期并不比开庭之时更近。
At the present moment (August, 1853) there is a suit before the court which was commenced nearly twenty years ago, in which from thirty to forty counsel have been known to appear at one time, in which costs have been incurred to the amount of seventy thousand pounds, which is A FRIENDLY SUIT, and which is (I am assured) no nearer to its termination now than when it was begun.
大法官法庭中还有另一宗众所周知、至今悬而未决的诉讼案，始于上个世纪末，其诉讼费用所耗吞噬的金额已逾七万英镑的两倍有余。
There is another well-known suit in Chancery, not yet decided, which was commenced before the close of the last century and in which more than double the amount of seventy thousand pounds has been swallowed up in costs.
若我需要为贾恩戴斯诉贾恩戴斯一案寻找其他佐证，我可以将它们如雨般倾泻于这些页面之上，令那吝啬的公众蒙羞。
If I wanted other authorities for Jarndyce and Jarndyce, I could rain them on these pages, to the shame of—a parsimonious public.
还有一点我想略作说明。自克鲁克先生去世以来，所谓"自燃"的可能性便遭到了否认；而我的好友……
There is only one other point on which I offer a word of remark. The possibility of what is called spontaneous combustion has been denied since the death of Mr. Krook; and my good friend Mr.
Vocabulary
- wholesome
- 有益健康的；有益身心的
- parsimonious
- 极度吝啬的；过分节俭的
- public
- 公众；大众；公共的
- connexion
- 联系；关联（connection的旧式拼法）
- mention
- 提及；说起某事或某人
- forth
- 向前；向外；提出（set forth即阐述）
- concerning
- 关于；涉及某事的介词
- Court
- 法院；法庭；司法机构
- Chancery
- 英国大法官法院，处理衡平法案件
- substantially
- 基本上；大体上；在很大程度上
- truth
- 真相；事实；真理
- case
- 案件；案例；情况
- essential
- 本质上的；基本的；根本的
- altered
- 改变的；修改过的；更动的
- actual
- 实际的；真实发生的
- occurrence
- 事件；发生的事情
- disinterested
- 公正无私的；无个人利益的
- professionally
- 以专业身份；在职业上
- acquainted
- 熟悉的；了解的；认识的
- monstrous
- 极其不公正的；骇人的；巨大的
- moment
- 时刻；片刻；当下
- suit
- 诉讼；套装；适合
- court
- 法院；法庭
- commenced
- 开始；着手；正式启动
- nearly
- 几乎；接近；差不多
- counsel
- 律师；法律顾问；建议
- appear
- 出现；出庭；似乎
- costs
- 费用；诉讼费；成本
- incurred
- 招致；引发（费用或损失）
- amount
- 总计；数额；金额
- pounds
- 英镑，英国货币单位
- SUIT
- 诉讼；套装（此处指友好诉讼）
- assured
- 被确保；被告知；有把握的
- termination
- 终止；结束；终结
- well-known
- 众所周知的；著名的
- century
- 世纪；一百年
- double
- 双倍；两倍；加倍
- swallowed
- 吞没；耗尽（资金等）
- authorities
- 权威资料；当局；权力机构
- rain
- 下雨；大量涌现；如雨般倾泻
- shame
- 羞耻；耻辱；遗憾之事
- offer
- 提供；提出；给予
- remark
- 评论；评述；说明
- possibility
- 可能性；可能发生的事
- spontaneous
- 自发的；自然发生的；无意识的
- combustion
- 燃烧；自燃（spontaneous combustion即自燃）
- denied
- 否认；拒绝承认某事
- death
- 死亡；死；逝世
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