Crime and Punishment — Page 1

English → Chinese CHAPTER I Level 8/10

On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge.

七月初一个异常炎热的傍晚，一个年轻人从他租住在S.广场的那间顶楼小屋里走出来，慢慢地向K.桥走去，神情犹豫，步履迟缓。

He had successfully avoided meeting his landlady on the staircase.

他成功地避开了在楼梯上与女房东相遇。

His garret was under the roof of a high, five-storied house and was more like a cupboard than a room.

他的顶楼小屋位于一幢高大的五层楼房的屋顶之下，与其说是一个房间，不如说是一个壁橱。

The landlady who provided him with garret, dinners, and attendance, lived on the floor below, and every time he went out he was obliged to pass her kitchen, the door of which invariably stood open.

为他提供住所、饭食和服务的女房东住在楼下那层，每次他外出都不得不经过她的厨房，那扇门总是敞开着。

And each time he passed, the young man had a sick, frightened feeling, which made him scowl and feel ashamed.

每次经过，这个年轻人都会感到一阵恶心与恐惧，这让他不禁皱起眉头，心生羞愧。

He was hopelessly in debt to his landlady, and was afraid of meeting her.

他欠了女房东一屁股还不清的债，害怕与她碰面。

This was not because he was cowardly and abject, quite the contrary; but for some time past he had been in an overstrained irritable condition, verging on hypochondria.

这并非因为他懦弱卑微，恰恰相反；而是因为他近来一直处于一种过度紧绷、烦躁不安的状态，近乎疑病症。

He had become so completely absorbed in himself, and isolated from his fellows that he dreaded meeting, not only his landlady, but anyone at all.

他已完全沉浸于自我之中，与周围的人隔绝，以至于他不仅害怕见到女房东，甚至害怕见到任何人。

He was crushed by poverty, but the anxieties of his position had of late ceased to weigh upon him.

他被贫困压垮，然而近来他处境所带来的焦虑已不再令他感到沉重。

He had given up attending to matters of practical importance; he had lost all desire to do so.

他已放弃处理一切实际要紧的事务，对此完全失去了欲望。

Nothing that any landlady could do had a real terror for him.

任何女房东所能做的一切对他来说都不再构成真正的恐惧。

Vocabulary

七月: qī yuè — July; the seventh month of the year
初: chū — Beginning; early part of a period
一个: yī gè — One; a single (general measure word)
异常: yì cháng — Unusual; abnormal; extraordinarily
炎热: yán rè — Scorching hot; extremely high temperature
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification
傍晚: bàng wǎn — Evening; dusk; time around sunset
年轻人: nián qīng rén — Young person; youth
从: cóng — From; starting from a place or time
他: tā — He; him; third-person masculine pronoun
租住: zū zhù — To rent and live in a place
在: zài — At; in; located at a place
广场: guǎng chǎng — Public square; large open plaza
那间: nà jiān — That (room); demonstrative with room measure word
顶楼: dǐng lóu — Top floor; attic level of a building
小屋: xiǎo wū — Small room; tiny dwelling or cabin
里: lǐ — Inside; within a space or container
走: zǒu — To walk; to go on foot
出来: chū lái — To come out; to emerge from inside
慢慢: màn màn — Slowly; gradually; in an unhurried manner
地: de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb
向: xiàng — Toward; in the direction of
桥: qiáo — Bridge; structure spanning water or gap
走去: zǒu qù — To walk toward; to head off to
神情: shén qíng — Expression; look on one's face or manner
犹豫: yóu yù — Hesitant; indecisive; wavering in mind
步履: bù lǚ — Gait; manner or pace of walking
迟缓: chí huǎn — Slow; sluggish; lacking speed or energy
成功: chéng gōng — Successfully; to succeed in doing something
避开: bì kāi — To avoid; to evade; to steer clear of
了: le — Particle indicating completed action or change
楼梯: lóu tī — Staircase; stairs in a building
上: shàng — On; above; upper part of something
与: yǔ — With; and; together with (formal)
女房东: nǚ fáng dōng — Female landlady; woman who rents out property
相遇: xiāng yù — To meet; to encounter someone by chance
位于: wèi yú — To be located at; situated in a place
一幢: yī zhuàng — One (building); measure word for structures
高大: gāo dà — Tall and large; imposing in size
五层: wǔ céng — Five stories; five floors of a building
楼房: lóu fáng — Multi-story building; apartment block
屋顶: wū dǐng — Roof; the top covering of a building
之下: zhī xià — Below; beneath; under (formal expression)
与其说: yǔ qí shuō — Rather than saying; used in comparisons
是: shì — To be; is/am/are (copula verb)
房间: fáng jiān — Room; enclosed space within a building
不如说: bù rú shuō — Better to say; more accurately described as
壁橱: bì chú — Closet; built-in cupboard in a wall
为: wèi — For; to provide for; on behalf of
提供: tí gōng — To provide; to supply; to offer something
住所: zhù suǒ — Residence; dwelling place; place to live
饭食: fàn shí — Meals; food provided for daily eating
和: hé — And; together with; connecting nouns
服务: fú wù — Service; to serve; assistance provided
住在: zhù zài — To live at; to reside in a place
楼下: lóu xià — Downstairs; lower floor of a building
那层: nà céng — That floor; that level of a building
每次: měi cì — Every time; each occasion something happens
外出: wài chū — To go out; to leave one's home
都: dōu — All; every time; without exception
不得不: bù dé bù — Have no choice but to; must inevitably
经过: jīng guò — To pass by; to go past a place
她: tā — She; her; third-person feminine pronoun
厨房: chú fáng — Kitchen; room for cooking food
那扇: nà shàn — That (door/window); measure word for panels
门: mén — Door; gate; entrance to a space
总是: zǒng shì — Always; invariably; at all times
敞开: chǎng kāi — Wide open; left open without obstruction
着: zhe — Particle indicating ongoing state or action
这个: zhè gè — This; this one (demonstrative pronoun)
都会: dōu huì — Would always; will inevitably every time
感到: gǎn dào — To feel; to sense; to experience an emotion
一阵: yī zhèn — A bout of; a wave of (feeling or event)
恶心: ě xīn — Nausea; feeling of disgust or sickness
恐惧: kǒng jù — Fear; dread; intense feeling of terror
这: zhè — This; referring to something just mentioned
让: ràng — To make; to cause; to let someone do
不禁: bù jīn — Cannot help but; involuntarily doing something
皱起: zhòu qǐ — To wrinkle; to furrow (brows or forehead)
眉头: méi tóu — Brow; the area between or above the eyebrows
心生: xīn shēng — To arise in the heart; to feel inwardly
羞愧: xiū kuì — Ashamed; feeling shame and embarrassment
欠了: qiàn le — Owed; accumulated a debt
一屁股: yī pì gu — A whole pile of (debt); colloquial intensifier
还不清: huán bù qīng — Unable to repay fully; cannot clear a debt
债: zhài — Debt; money owed to another person
害怕: hài pà — Afraid; scared; feeling fear of something
碰面: pèng miàn — To meet face to face; to run into someone
并非: bìng fēi — Not at all; by no means; emphatically not
因为: yīn wèi — Because; due to; for the reason that
懦弱: nuò ruò — Cowardly; weak-willed; lacking courage
卑微: bēi wēi — Lowly; humble; insignificant in status
恰恰: qià qià — Exactly; precisely; just the opposite
相反: xiāng fǎn — Opposite; contrary; the reverse situation
而是: ér shì — But rather; instead it is something else
近来: jìn lái — Recently; lately; in recent times
一直: yī zhí — Continuously; all along; the whole time
处于: chǔ yú — To be in; to find oneself in a state
一种: yī zhǒng — A kind of; a type of something
过度: guò dù — Excessive; going beyond normal limits
紧绷: jǐn bēng — Tense; tightly stretched; under stress
烦躁: fán zào — Irritable; restless; anxiously agitated
不安: bù ān — Uneasy; anxious; feeling unsettled inside
状态: zhuàng tài — State; condition; current mental or physical status
近乎: jìn hū — Bordering on; almost; verging on something
疑病症: yí bìng zhèng — Hypochondria; obsessive fear of having illness
已: yǐ — Already; by now (formal or literary usage)
完全: wán quán — Completely; entirely; totally absorbed
沉浸: chén jìn — To immerse; to be deeply absorbed in something
于: yú — In; at; from (formal preposition)
自我: zì wǒ — Self; oneself; ego or inner self
之中: zhī zhōng — Within; in the midst of (formal expression)
周围: zhōu wéi — Surroundings; people or things around oneself
人: rén — Person; people; human being
隔绝: gé jué — To isolate; to cut off from contact
以至于: yǐ zhì yú — To the extent that; so much that consequently
不仅: bù jǐn — Not only; not merely (introducing addition)
见到: jiàn dào — To see; to catch sight of someone
甚至: shèn zhì — Even; going so far as to include
任何人: rèn hé rén — Anyone; any person whatsoever
被: bèi — Passive marker; indicates action done to subject
贫困: pín kùn — Poverty; destitute; living in extreme need
压垮: yā kuǎ — To crush; to overwhelm; to break under pressure
然而: rán ér — However; yet; nevertheless (formal conjunction)
处境: chǔ jìng — Situation; circumstances one finds oneself in
所: suǒ — Particle before verb indicating what is affected
带来: dài lái — To bring; to cause; to give rise to
焦虑: jiāo lǜ — Anxiety; worry; feeling of intense concern
不再: bù zài — No longer; not anymore; ceased to be
令: lìng — To make; to cause someone to feel something
沉重: chén zhòng — Heavy; weighed down; burdensome feeling
放弃: fàng qì — To give up; to abandon; to relinquish
处理: chǔ lǐ — To handle; to deal with; to process matters
一切: yī qiè — Everything; all things; the whole lot
实际: shí jì — Practical; actual; real and concrete matters
要紧: yào jǐn — Important; urgent; of great significance
事务: shì wù — Affairs; matters; tasks requiring attention
对此: duì cǐ — Regarding this; in response to this matter
失去: shī qù — To lose; to no longer have something
欲望: yù wàng — Desire; urge; strong wish for something
任何: rèn hé — Any; whatever; no matter which
所能: suǒ néng — What one is capable of; within one's ability
做的: zuò de — Things done; actions one could take
对: duì — For; toward; with respect to someone
来说: lái shuō — For (someone); from the perspective of
构成: gòu chéng — To constitute; to form; to make up something
真正: zhēn zhèng — Real; genuine; truly in essence

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