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在大法院

In Chancery

伦敦。米迦勒节开庭期刚刚结束,大法官正坐镇林肯律师学院大厅。

London. Michaelmas term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor sitting in Lincoln's Inn Hall.

难以平息的十一月天气。

Implacable November weather.

街道上泥泞遍地,仿佛洪水刚刚从大地表面退去,

As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the face of the earth,

若是迎面遇上一头约四十英尺长、像笨重蜥蜴般蹒跚爬上霍尔本山的斑龙,也不足为奇。

and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus, forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill.

烟雾从烟囱口低沉地弥漫下来,形成一片柔软的黑色细雨,其中夹杂着如成熟雪花般大小的煤烟碎片——

Smoke lowering down from chimney-pots, making a soft black drizzle, with flakes of soot in it as big as full-grown snowflakes—

人们不禁会想象,这是在为太阳的死去披麻戴孝。

gone into mourning, one might imagine, for the death of the sun.

狗儿在泥泞中难以辨认。

Dogs, undistinguishable in mire.

马儿好不了多少,眼罩都被泥水溅得一塌糊涂。

Horses, scarcely better; splashed to their very blinkers.

行人们在普遍弥漫的坏脾气感染下,相互碰撞着雨伞,

Foot passengers, jostling one another's umbrellas in a general infection of ill temper,

在街角处脚下打滑,而那里自天亮以来(如果这一天真的曾经亮过)已有成千上万的行人在滑行踉跄,

and losing their foot-hold at street-corners, where tens of thousands of other foot passengers have been slipping and sliding since the day broke (if this day ever broke),

不断在一层又一层的泥壳上添加新的积淀,顽固地黏附在那些地点的路面上,以复利般的速度不断堆积。

adding new deposits to the crust upon crust of mud, sticking at those points tenaciously to the pavement, and accumulating at compound interest.

到处是雾。

Fog everywhere.

河流上游是雾,河水在那里流经翠绿的小岛与草地;

Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows;

河流下游也是雾,雾气在那里污浊地翻滚于层层叠叠的船只与一座大城市(肮脏的大城市)沿岸的污秽之间。

fog down the river, where it rolls defiled among the tiers of shipping and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city.

埃塞克斯沼泽地上是雾,肯特郡高地上也是雾。

Fog on the Essex marshes, fog on the Kentish heights.

雾悄悄钻进运煤双桅船的厨舱;

Fog creeping into the cabooses of collier-brigs;

雾弥漫在大船的帆桁上,盘旋于索具之间;

fog lying out on the yards and hovering in the rigging of great ships;

雾低垂在驳船与小艇的舷缘之上。

fog drooping on the gunwales of barges and small boats.

Vocabulary

Chancery
英国历史上的衡平法院,处理民事纠纷
Michaelmas
英国9月29日的圣米迦勒节,也指秋季学期
term
学期;法院开庭期;任期
lately
最近,不久前
Lord
勋爵;贵族头衔;上帝
Chancellor
大法官;英国最高司法官员之一
sitting
(法院或议会)开庭;坐着
Inn
律师学院;小旅馆;客栈
Hall
大厅;会堂;走廊
Implacable
无法平息的;难以调和的;冷酷无情的
mud
泥巴;泥泞
newly
新近地;刚刚地
retired
退去;退出;退休
Megalosaurus
巨齿龙,一种大型肉食性恐龙
waddling
蹒跚而行;左右摇摆地走路
elephantine
像大象一样的;庞大笨重的
lizard
蜥蜴,一种爬行动物
lowering
(天色)阴沉;降低;放低
chimney-pots
烟囱顶端的陶管,用于引导烟雾排出
drizzle
毛毛雨;细雨纷飞
flakes
片状物;薄片;雪花
soot
煤烟;烟灰,黑色粉末状残留物
full-grown
完全成熟的;发育完全的
snowflakes
雪花,降雪时的片状冰晶
mourning
哀悼;服丧;穿丧服
undistinguishable
难以辨认的;无法区分的
mire
泥潭;烂泥;困境
scarcely
几乎不;勉强地
splashed
溅泥;泼水;弄脏
blinkers
马的眼罩,防止其左右看的遮眼装置
jostling
推挤;拥挤;争夺
infection
感染;传染;影响蔓延
temper
脾气;情绪;怒气
foot-hold
立足点;站稳脚跟的地方
street-corners
街道拐角处;路口
slipping
滑倒;溜走;失足
sliding
滑动;滑行;悄悄移动
broke
break的过去式,黎明开始,破晓
deposits
沉积物;堆积层;存款
crust
地壳;硬皮;外壳
sticking
粘附;坚持;刺入
tenaciously
顽强地;坚韧地;紧抓不放地
pavement
人行道;铺砌的地面
accumulating
积累;聚集;不断增加
compound
复合的;化合物;使加重
Fog
雾;浓雾;使模糊
aits
小岛,尤指河中的小洲
meadows
草地;牧场(meadow的复数)
fog
雾;浓雾
defiled
污染的;被玷污的;弄脏的
tiers
层;排;阶层(tier的复数)
shipping
船运;航运;船只的总称
waterside
水边;河岸;水滨
pollutions
污染;污秽物
marshes
沼泽地;湿地(marsh的复数)
heights
高地;高处;高度(height的复数)
creeping
爬行;悄悄蔓延;缓慢移动
cabooses
旧式船上的甲板厨房;小炉灶
collier-brigs
运煤的双桅帆船
yards
码(长度单位);院子;船桁
hovering
盘旋;徘徊;悬停
rigging
船的索具和帆装;操纵装置
drooping
下垂;垂头;萎靡
gunwales
船舷;船的顶部边缘
barges
驳船;平底船(barge的复数)
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