Crime and Punishment — Page 6

English → Chinese CHAPTER I Level 8/10

This house was let out in tiny tenements and was inhabited by working people of all kinds--tailors, locksmiths, cooks, Germans of sorts, girls picking up a living as best they could, petty clerks, etc.

这栋房子被分租成许多小单间，住满了各种各样的劳动人民——裁缝、锁匠、厨师、各类德国人、竭尽所能谋生的女孩、小职员等等。

There was a continual coming and going through the two gates and in the two courtyards of the house.

房子的两个大门和两个院子里，人来人往，川流不息。

Three or four door-keepers were employed on the building.

这栋楼雇用了三四名门房。

The young man was very glad to meet none of them, and at once slipped unnoticed through the door on the right, and up the staircase.

这个年轻人庆幸没有碰到任何一个人，立刻悄无声息地溜过右侧的门，走上楼梯。

It was a back staircase, dark and narrow, but he was familiar with it already, and knew his way, and he liked all these surroundings: in such darkness even the most inquisitive eyes were not to be dreaded.

这是一处后楼梯，昏暗而狭窄，但他已经对此十分熟悉，知道该怎么走，而且他喜欢这样的环境：在如此黑暗之中，即便是最好奇的目光也无需惧怕。

"If I am so scared now, what would it be if it somehow came to pass that I were really going to do it?" he could not help asking himself as he reached the fourth storey.

「如果我现在就已经如此害怕，那么若是真的要去做那件事，又将会如何呢？」他走到四楼时，不禁自问道。

There his progress was barred by some porters who were engaged in moving furniture out of a flat.

在那里，他的去路被几个正在搬运家具出房间的搬运工挡住了。

He knew that the flat had been occupied by a German clerk in the civil service, and his family.

他知道那套房间原本住着一位德国政府职员和他的家人。

This German was moving out then, and so the fourth floor on this staircase would be untenanted except by the old woman.

这个德国人正在搬走，因此这段楼梯的四楼除了那个老太婆之外将无人居住。

"That's a good thing anyway," he thought to himself, as he rang the bell of the old woman's flat.

「不管怎样，这倒是件好事，」他一边按响老太婆房间的门铃，一边心想。

Vocabulary

栋: dòng — Measure word for buildings or structures.
房子: fángzi — House; a building used as a residence.
被: bèi — Passive marker; indicates action done to subject.
分租: fēnzū — To sublet or rent out in separate portions.
成: chéng — Into; to become or result in something.
许多: xǔduō — Many; a large number or quantity of things.
单间: dānjiān — Single room; a small individual rental room.
住满: zhù mǎn — Fully occupied; every room is taken by tenants.
各种各样: gè zhǒng gè yàng — All kinds; a great variety of different types.
劳动人民: láodòng rénmín — Working people; the laboring class of society.
裁缝: cáiféng — Tailor; a person who sews and alters clothing.
锁匠: suǒjiàng — Locksmith; a craftsman who makes or repairs locks.
厨师: chúshī — Chef or cook; a professional food preparer.
各类: gè lèi — Various types; all different categories of things.
德国人: Déguó rén — German person; a person from Germany.
竭尽所能: jié jìn suǒ néng — Do one's utmost; use every possible effort available.
谋生: móushēng — Make a living; earn money to support oneself.
女孩: nǚhái — Girl; a young female person.
小职员: xiǎo zhíyuán — Junior clerk; a low-ranking office worker.
等等: děngděng — And so on; et cetera, indicating more examples.
大门: dàmén — Main gate; the large front entrance of a building.
院子: yuànzi — Courtyard; an enclosed outdoor area within a building.
人来人往: rén lái rén wǎng — Constant stream of people coming and going.
川流不息: chuān liú bù xī — Endless flow; continuous stream of people or traffic.
楼: lóu — Building or floor; a multi-story structure.
雇用: gùyòng — To employ or hire someone for a job.
名: míng — Measure word for people, especially in formal contexts.
门房: ménfáng — Doorman or gatekeeper; person guarding an entrance.
年轻人: niánqīng rén — Young person; someone who is youthful in age.
庆幸: qìngxìng — Feel fortunate; be glad about a lucky outcome.
碰到: pèngdào — Encounter; to happen to meet or run into someone.
任何: rènhé — Any; used in negative or conditional sentences broadly.
立刻: lìkè — Immediately; without any delay, right away.
悄无声息: qiǎo wú shēng xī — Silently; without making any sound whatsoever.
溜过: liūguò — Slip past; move quietly and quickly past something.
右侧: yòucè — Right side; the side that is on the right.
走上: zǒushàng — Walk up; to go up onto stairs or a surface.
楼梯: lóutī — Staircase; a set of steps connecting different floors.
一处: yī chù — A place; one particular location or spot.
昏暗: hūn'àn — Dim and dark; poorly lit and gloomy in appearance.
狭窄: xiázhǎi — Narrow; limited in width, not spacious at all.
已经: yǐjīng — Already; indicates something has happened before now.
对此: duì cǐ — Regarding this; with respect to this matter.
十分: shífēn — Very; extremely, to a great degree or extent.
熟悉: shúxī — Familiar with; knowing something well through experience.
该: gāi — Should; indicates what ought to be done.
而且: érqiě — Moreover; furthermore, adding additional information.
环境: huánjìng — Environment; the surroundings or conditions of a place.
如此: rúcǐ — So; in such a way, to this degree or extent.
黑暗: hēi'àn — Darkness; the absence of light; obscure conditions.
之中: zhī zhōng — Within; in the midst of something or somewhere.
即便: jíbiàn — Even if; introduces a concessive conditional clause.
好奇: hàoqí — Curious; eager to know or learn about something.
目光: mùguāng — Gaze; the direction and expression of one's eyes.
无需: wúxū — No need to; there is no necessity for something.
惧怕: jùpà — Fear; to be afraid of or dread something.
如果: rúguǒ — If; introduces a conditional hypothetical situation.
害怕: hàipà — Afraid; feeling fear or being scared of something.
那么: nàme — Then; used in conclusions of conditional sentences.
若是: ruòshì — If; a literary conditional meaning supposing that.
真的: zhēnde — Really; truly, used for emphasis or confirmation.
将会: jiāng huì — Will; indicates a future event or outcome.
如何: rúhé — How; in what way, asking about manner or outcome.
走到: zǒudào — Walk to; arrive somewhere by walking.
四楼: sì lóu — Fourth floor; the fourth level of a building.
不禁: bùjīn — Cannot help but; do something involuntarily or spontaneously.
自问: zìwèn — Ask oneself; to pose a question to oneself internally.
去路: qùlù — Path forward; the way ahead was blocked.
正在: zhèngzài — In the process of; currently doing an action.
搬运: bānyùn — Transport; to move or carry goods from place to place.
家具: jiājù — Furniture; movable objects like tables and chairs.
房间: fángjiān — Room; an individual space within a building.
搬运工: bānyùngōng — Porter or mover; a worker who carries heavy loads.
挡住: dǎngzhù — Block; to obstruct or prevent passage effectively.
原本: yuánběn — Originally; formerly, before a change occurred.
一位: yī wèi — A (person); polite measure word for one person.
德国: Déguó — Germany; the European country of Germany.
政府: zhèngfǔ — Government; the ruling authority of a country.
职员: zhíyuán — Staff member; a person employed in an office.
家人: jiārén — Family members; one's relatives living together.
搬走: bānzǒu — Move away; to relocate by taking one's belongings.
因此: yīncǐ — Therefore; as a result, for this reason.
除了: chúle — Except for; apart from, excluding a certain thing.
老太婆: lǎotàipó — Old woman; an elderly woman, sometimes informal.
之外: zhī wài — Outside of; beyond or apart from something.
将: jiāng — Will; a formal marker indicating future action.
无人: wú rén — No one; nobody, not a single person present.
居住: jūzhù — Reside; to live in or inhabit a place.
不管: bùguǎn — No matter; regardless of the circumstances involved.
怎样: zěnyàng — However; in whatever way or however it may be.
倒是: dàoshì — Actually; used to introduce a surprising or positive point.
件: jiàn — Measure word for matters, clothing, or affairs.
好事: hǎoshì — Good thing; a fortunate or beneficial matter.
一边: yībiān — While; doing one action simultaneously with another.
按响: àn xiǎng — Press and ring; to push a bell so it sounds.
门铃: ménlíng — Doorbell; a bell device at an entrance door.
心想: xīn xiǎng — Think to oneself; have a thought inwardly.

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