Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 8
他质问道。
he demanded.
辛西娅倒吸一口冷气，这一点也不奇怪。杰斯罗·巴斯，董事会主席，坐在受人尊敬的科尼斯顿教会执事摩西·哈奇的专座上！这个想法简直是异端邪说。
No wonder Cynthia gasped. Jethro Bass, Chairman of the Board, in the honored seat of Deacon Moses Hatch, the perquisite of the church in Coniston! The idea was heresy.
事实上，乔克本人只是把这句话当作一种俏皮的夸张之词说出来的。
As a matter of fact, Jock himself uttered it as a playful exaggeration.
镇上有不少持不同意见的农民，那天早上来到约拿·温奇的店里；贾贝兹·米勒住在北坡，他提议提名杰斯罗·巴斯担任镇上的职务，这让那些循规蹈矩的人们大为震惊。
Certain nonconformist farmers, of whom there were not a few in the town, had come into Jonah Winch's store that morning; and Jabez Miller, who lived on the north slope, had taken away the breath of the orthodox by suggesting that Jethro Bass be nominated for town office.
乔克·哈洛韦尔在尖塔上干活时，曾一两次停下来，越过树梢眺望那高耸入云的科尼斯顿山。
Jock Hallowell had paused once or twice on his work on the steeple to look across the tree-tops at Coniston shouldering the sky.
他一直在将各种线索联系在一起，而现在他只是把结果算成了五，而不是四。
He had been putting two and two together, and now he was merely making five out of it, instead of four.
他记得杰斯罗·巴斯多年来一直走遍全镇，收购皮革和羊毛，并催收抵押贷款的利息。
He remembered that Jethro Bass had for some years been journeying through the town, baying his hides and wool, and collecting the interest on his mortgages.
辛西娅很想责怪乔克·哈洛韦尔，告诉他有些事情是不应该拿来开玩笑的。杰斯罗·巴斯，镇选委员会主席！
Cynthia would have liked to reprove Jock Hallowell, and tell him there were some subjects which should not be joked about. Jethro Bass, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen!
"瞧，小摩西来了，我真的相信，"乔克说道，他把钉子聚拢到围裙里，准备再次爬上去。"我估计他很快就会蹦出来了。"
"Well, here comes, young Moses, I do believe," said Jock, gathering his pegs into his apron and preparing to ascend once more. "Callated he'd spring up pretty soon."
"乔克，你这个能建教堂的人，说话却这么愚蠢，"辛西娅一边走开，一边说道。
"Jock, you do talk foolishly for a man who is able to build a church," said Cynthia, as she walked away.
Vocabulary
- he
- 男性人物，代词
- demanded
- 强烈要求或坚持要得到某物
- No
- 表示否定或拒绝的词
- wonder
- 惊奇或想知道某事的感觉
- gasped
- 因惊讶或缺氧而突然吸气
- Bass
- 姓氏或低音音频
- Chairman
- 组织或委员会的主席或领导人
- of
- 表示所有格或关系的介词
- the
- 定冠词，用于特定名词前
- Board
- 董事会或管理委员会
- in
- 表示位置或状态的介词
- honored
- 受尊敬的或被给予荣誉的
- seat
- 座位或担任某个职位
- Hatch
- 打开舱口或姓氏
- perquisite
- 工作附带的额外福利或特权
- church
- 宗教信仰者聚集的礼拜场所
- The
- 定冠词，用于特定名词前
- idea
- 思想、概念或想法
- was
- be动词过去式
- heresy
- 违反正统信仰或观点的错误理论
- As
- 作为或当...的时候
- matter
- 物质或重要的事情
- fact
- 已知的真实情况或信息
- Jock
- 男性人名或运动员
- himself
- 他自己，反身代词
- uttered
- 说出或发出声音
- it
- 它，中性代词
- as
- 作为或当...的时候
- playful
- 充满乐趣的或调皮的
- exaggeration
- 夸大或过度描述事实的程度
- Certain
- 某些或确定的
- nonconformist
- 不遵守传统或主流观点的人
- farmers
- 从事农业生产的人
- whom
- 宾格形式的关系代词，指人
- there
- 那个地方或那里
- were
- be动词复数过去式
- not
- 否定词
- few
- 数量不多的
- town
- 城镇或市镇
- had
- have动词过去式
- come
- 到达或来到某处
- into
- 进入或到...里面
- Winch
- 绞盘或姓氏
- store
- 商店或储存
- that
- 那个或那
- morning
- 一天中的早晨时段
- and
- 连接词，表示并列关系
- Miller
- 磨坊主或姓氏
- who
- 主格关系代词，指人
- lived
- 居住或生活在某处
- on
- 在...上面或支持
- north
- 北方或北部方向
- slope
- 倾斜的地面或山坡
- taken
- take的过去分词，拿走
- away
- 离开或远离某处
- breath
- 呼吸或一口气
- orthodox
- 遵循正统或传统观点的
- by
- 被或通过某种方式
- suggesting
- 提议或暗示某事
- be
- 存在或保持某种状态
- nominated
- 被提名或被推荐担任某职位
- for
- 为了或预定的目的
- office
- 办公室或官方职位
- paused
- 暂停或停顿
- once
- 一次或曾经
- or
- 或者，表示选择
- twice
- 两次
- his
- 他的，物主代词
- work
- 工作或劳动
- steeple
- 教堂顶部的高塔或尖顶
- to
- 朝向或不定式标记
- look
- 看或观察
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