Bleak House — Page 4
法庭灰暗昏沉,蜡烛在各处燃烧殆尽,这实在不足为奇;
Well may the court be dim, with wasting candles here and there;
浓雾久久笼罩其中,仿佛永远无法散去,这也不足为奇;
well may the fog hang heavy in it, as if it would never get out;
彩色玻璃窗失去了色彩,白日之光无从透入,这更不足为奇;
well may the stained-glass windows lose their colour and admit no light of day into the place;
街上那些从玻璃门缝里偷望进来的局外人,被这里猫头鹰般阴沉的气氛所震慑而不敢入内,这同样不足为奇;
well may the uninitiated from the streets, who peep in through the glass panes in the door, be deterred from entrance by its owlish aspect
那从铺着衬垫的高台上懒洋洋地回荡至穹顶的拖腔,同样令人望而却步——那高台上,大法官正凝视着一盏毫无光亮的灯笼,
and by the drawl, languidly echoing to the roof from the padded dais where the Lord High Chancellor looks into the lantern that has no light in it
而那些随从的假发套,也全都陷入了一片雾海之中!
and where the attendant wigs are all stuck in a fog-bank!
这里就是衡平法院,它在每个郡都留下了残破的房屋和荒芜的土地,
This is the Court of Chancery, which has its decaying houses and its blighted lands in every shire,
它在每座疯人院里都有一个被折磨至精神崩溃的当事人,在每处墓地里都有它造成的亡魂,
which has its worn-out lunatic in every madhouse and its dead in every churchyard,
它令倾家荡产的诉讼人拖着破旧的鞋跟、穿着寒酸的衣裳,在每个相识之人面前借贷乞讨,
which has its ruined suitor with his slipshod heels and threadbare dress borrowing and begging through the round of every man's acquaintance,
它慷慨地为金钱权势提供种种手段,使其得以将正义消磨殆尽,
which gives to monied might the means abundantly of wearying out the right,
它耗尽钱财、耐心、勇气与希望,摧毁人的心智,击碎人的心灵,
which so exhausts finances, patience, courage, hope, so overthrows the brain and breaks the heart,
以至于其中没有一个正直的从业者不曾发出——或者说常常发出——这样的警告:
that there is not an honourable man among its practitioners who would not give—who does not often give—the warning,
「宁可忍受任何加诸于你的不公,也不要踏入这里!」
"Suffer any wrong that can be done you rather than come here!"
Vocabulary
- well
- 深深地;充分地;或用作感叹词
- may
- 可能;也许;表示许可或可能性
- the
- 定冠词,表示特定的人或物
- court
- 法庭;法院;或宫廷
- be
- 是;存在;助动词
- dim
- 暗的;昏暗的;光线不足的
- with
- 与...一起;用;有...特征
- wasting
- 浪费的;逐渐消耗的;衰退的
- candles
- 蜡烛;用来照明的蜡制品
- here
- 这里;此地;这个地方
- and
- 和;与;表示并列关系
- there
- 那里;那个地方
- fog
- 雾;浓雾;使人困惑的状态
- hang
- 挂;悬挂;停留在空中
- heavy
- 沉重的;厚重的;浓密的
- in
- 在...里面;在...内部
- it
- 它;代词,指前面提到的事物
- as
- 作为;当...时候;如同
- if
- 如果;倘若;表示假设条件
- would
- 会;将要;过去式助动词
- never
- 从不;永远不;绝不
- get
- 得到;获得;变成
- out
- 出去;外面;离开
- stained-glass
- 彩色玻璃;用彩色玻璃做成的
- windows
- 窗户;窗;建筑物上的开口
- lose
- 失去;丧失;不再有
- their
- 他们的;它们的;所有格代词
- colour
- 颜色;色彩;光谱的视觉特性
- admit
- 承认;允许进入;接纳
- no
- 不;没有;否定词
- light
- 光;光线;亮的
- of
- 的;属于...的;表示关系
- day
- 日子;白天;一个二十四小时周期
- into
- 进入...内;到...里面
- place
- 地方;位置;房间
- uninitiated
- 未入门的;不了解的;外行的
- from
- 从;来自;源于
- streets
- 街道;街;城市的公共道路
- who
- 谁;哪个人;关系代词
- peep
- 窥视;偷看;发出尖锐声音
- through
- 通过;穿过;经由
- glass
- 玻璃;玻璃制品;透明物质
- panes
- 窗玻璃;玻璃板;透明的板材
- door
- 门;入口;通道
- deterred
- 被阻止;被劝阻;犹豫不前
- entrance
- 入口;进入;进场的方式
- by
- 被;由...;在...旁边
- its
- 它的;属于它的;所有格形式
- aspect
- 方面;外观;样子
- drawl
- 拖腔说话;缓慢不清地说
- echoing
- 回声;共鸣;重复声音
- to
- 到;往;表示方向
- roof
- 屋顶;房顶;顶部
- padded
- 有垫子的;填充的;衬垫的
- dais
- 讲台;高台;主席台
- where
- 哪里;在...地方;关系副词
- Lord
- 贵族;主人;老爷
- High
- 高的;高级的;上等的
- Chancellor
- 大臣;总理;掌玺大臣
- looks
- 看起来;外表;样子
- lantern
- 灯笼;提灯;照明工具
- has
- 有;具有;持有
- attendant
- 随从;服务员;陪伴者
- wigs
- 假发;法官戴的卷发假发
- are
- 是;存在;be动词复数形式
- all
- 全部;所有;整个
- stuck
- 卡住;粘住;困住
- This
- 这个;这个东西;近指代词
- is
- 是;存在;be动词单数形式
- Court
- 法庭;法院;司法机构
- which
- 哪个;哪些;关系代词
- decaying
- 衰落的;腐烂的;逐渐衰退的
- houses
- 房子;住宅;容纳
- blighted
- 被破坏的;凋谢的;遭摧毁的
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