Dracula — Page 12
The road was rugged, but still we seemed to fly over it with a feverish haste.
道路崎岖不平，但我们仍然像是以一种狂热的急促飞驰而过。
I could not understand then what the haste meant, but the driver was evidently bent on losing no time in reaching Borgo Prund.
我当时无法理解这种急迫意味着什么，但车夫显然一心不想在赶往博尔戈普龙德的路上耽误任何时间。
I was told that this road is in summertime excellent, but that it had not yet been put in order after the winter snows.
有人告诉我，这条路在夏季非常好走，但经过冬日的积雪之后还未经过整修。
In this respect it is different from the general run of roads in the Carpathians, for it is an old tradition that they are not to be kept in too good order.
在这方面，它与喀尔巴阡山脉的一般道路有所不同，因为有一种古老的传统，那里的道路不能保养得太好。
Of old the Hospadars would not repair them, lest the Turk should think that they were preparing to bring in foreign troops, and so hasten the war which was always really at loading point.
从前，霍斯波达尔们不愿修缮这些道路，唯恐土耳其人以为他们正在准备引入外国军队，从而加速那场始终一触即发的战争。
Beyond the green swelling hills of the Mittel Land rose mighty slopes of forest up to the lofty steeps of the Carpathians themselves.
在米特尔兰地区起伏的绿色山丘之外，巍峨的林木斜坡拔地而起，一直延伸至喀尔巴阡山脉本身那高耸险峻的山崖。
Right and left of us they towered, with the afternoon sun falling full upon them and bringing out all the glorious colours of this beautiful range, deep blue and purple in the shadows of the peaks, green and brown where grass and rock mingled, and an endless perspective of jagged rock and pointed crags, till these were themselves lost in the distance, where the snowy peaks rose grandly.
山脉在我们左右两侧高耸入云，午后的阳光充分照耀其上，将这片壮美山脉的一切绚烂色彩尽情展现：山峰阴影中的深蓝与紫色，草木与岩石交错处的绿色与棕色，以及连绵不绝的参差嶙峋与尖峭山岩，直至它们消融于远方，那里皑皑雪峰巍然耸立。
Here and there seemed mighty rifts in the mountains, through which, as the sun began to sink, we saw now and again the white gleam of falling water.
山间时而出现巨大的裂隙，随着太阳开始西沉，我们不时透过这些裂隙看见飞瀑白练般的闪光。
Vocabulary
- 道路
- dào lù — Road or path for travel
- 崎岖
- qí qū — Rugged, uneven, bumpy terrain
- 不平
- bù píng — Uneven, rough, not smooth
- 但
- dàn — But, however, yet
- 我们
- wǒ men — We, us, our group
- 仍然
- réng rán — Still, nevertheless, as before
- 像是
- xiàng shì — Seems like, appears to be
- 以
- yǐ — With, by means of, using
- 一种
- yī zhǒng — A kind of, a type of
- 狂热
- kuáng rè — Fanatical, frenzied, intense enthusiasm
- 的
- de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification
- 急促
- jí cù — Rapid, hurried, urgent pace
- 飞驰
- fēi chí — Speed along, race forward rapidly
- 而过
- ér guò — And pass by, go past
- 我
- wǒ — I, me, myself
- 当时
- dāng shí — At that time, back then
- 无法
- wú fǎ — Unable to, incapable of doing something
- 理解
- lǐ jiě — Understand, comprehend, grasp meaning
- 这种
- zhè zhǒng — This kind of, this type of
- 急迫
- jí pò — Urgent, pressing, desperate haste
- 意味着
- yì wèi zhe — Means, implies, signifies something
- 什么
- shén me — What, anything, something
- 车夫
- chē fū — Coachman, driver of a horse-drawn vehicle
- 显然
- xiǎn rán — Obviously, clearly, evidently
- 一心
- yī xīn — Wholeheartedly, single-mindedly focused
- 不想
- bù xiǎng — Do not want to, unwilling
- 在
- zài — At, in, on; currently doing
- 赶往
- gǎn wǎng — Hurry toward, rush to a destination
- 路上
- lù shang — On the road, along the way
- 耽误
- dān wu — Delay, hold up, waste time
- 任何
- rèn hé — Any, whatever, whichever
- 时间
- shí jiān — Time, period, duration
- 有人
- yǒu rén — Someone, there is a person
- 告诉
- gào su — Tell, inform, let someone know
- 这条
- zhè tiáo — This (road/strip-shaped object)
- 路
- lù — Road, path, route
- 夏季
- xià jì — Summer season
- 非常
- fēi cháng — Very, extremely, unusually
- 好走
- hǎo zǒu — Easy to travel, smooth to traverse
- 经过
- jīng guò — After passing through, via, following
- 冬日
- dōng rì — Winter days, wintry period
- 积雪
- jī xuě — Accumulated snow, snowpack
- 之后
- zhī hòu — After, afterwards, following that
- 还
- hái — Still, yet, also, in addition
- 未经过
- wèi jīng guò — Not yet having undergone, without going through
- 整修
- zhěng xiū — Repair, renovate, restore to good condition
- 这方面
- zhè fāng miàn — In this regard, in this aspect
- 它
- tā — It, third-person singular for objects
- 与
- yǔ — And, with, together with
- 一般
- yī bān — Generally, ordinary, similar to
- 有所
- yǒu suǒ — Somewhat, to some extent, have some
- 不同
- bù tóng — Different, distinct, not the same
- 因为
- yīn wèi — Because, due to, since
- 有
- yǒu — Have, there is, exist
- 古老
- gǔ lǎo — Ancient, very old, age-old
- 传统
- chuán tǒng — Tradition, convention, customary practice
- 那里
- nà lǐ — There, that place, over there
- 不能
- bù néng — Cannot, must not, be unable to
- 保养
- bǎo yǎng — Maintain, keep in good condition
- 得
- de / děi / dé — Particle indicating degree; must; obtain
- 太好
- tài hǎo — Too good, excessively well-maintained
- 从前
- cóng qián — In the past, formerly, once upon a time
- 们
- men — Plural suffix for pronouns and people
- 不愿
- bù yuàn — Unwilling, reluctant, not wanting to
- 修缮
- xiū shàn — Repair and restore buildings or roads
- 这些
- zhè xiē — These, these ones, this group
- 唯恐
- wéi kǒng — Fearing that, worried that, lest
- 以为
- yǐ wéi — Think, assume, mistakenly believe
- 他们
- tā men — They, them, their group
- 正在
- zhèng zài — Currently doing, in the process of
- 准备
- zhǔn bèi — Prepare, get ready, make preparations
- 引入
- yǐn rù — Introduce, bring in, lead into
- 外国
- wài guó — Foreign country, overseas, international
- 军队
- jūn duì — Military troops, armed forces, army
- 从而
- cóng ér — Thus, thereby, consequently
- 加速
- jiā sù — Accelerate, speed up, hasten
- 那场
- nà chǎng — That (battle/event), measure word for events
- 始终
- shǐ zhōng — Always, from beginning to end, consistently
- 一触即发
- yī chù jí fā — Ready to explode at the slightest touch
- 战争
- zhàn zhēng — War, warfare, armed conflict
- 地区
- dì qū — Region, area, district, zone
- 起伏
- qǐ fú — Rolling, undulating, rising and falling
- 绿色
- lǜ sè — Green color
- 山丘
- shān qiū — Hills, small mountains, hillocks
- 之外
- zhī wài — Beyond, outside of, apart from
- 巍峨
- wēi é — Towering, imposing, majestic and tall
- 林木
- lín mù — Forest trees, woodland timber
- 斜坡
- xié pō — Slope, incline, slanted hillside
- 拔地而起
- bá dì ér qǐ — Rise steeply from the ground dramatically
- 一直
- yī zhí — Straight, continuously, all the way
- 延伸
- yán shēn — Extend, stretch out, reach further
- 至
- zhì — To, until, reaching as far as
- 本身
- běn shēn — Itself, themselves, in and of itself
- 那
- nà — That, those, over there
- 高耸
- gāo sǒng — Towering, lofty, standing very tall
- 险峻
- xiǎn jùn — Steep, precipitous, dangerously rugged terrain
- 山崖
- shān yá — Cliff, rocky precipice, steep mountain face
- 山脉
- shān mài — Mountain range, chain of mountains
- 左右
- zuǒ yòu — Left and right, on both sides
- 高耸入云
- gāo sǒng rù yún — Tower into the clouds, extremely tall peaks
- 午后
- wǔ hòu — Afternoon, after noon, post-midday
- 阳光
- yáng guāng — Sunlight, sunshine, solar rays
- 充分
- chōng fèn — Fully, sufficiently, amply, to full extent
- 照耀
- zhào yào — Shine upon, illuminate, radiate light on
- 其上
- qí shàng — Upon it, above it, on top of
- 将
- jiāng — Will, about to; particle before object
- 这片
- zhè piàn — This expanse of, this stretch of
- 壮美
- zhuàng měi — Magnificently beautiful, grand and splendid
- 一切
- yī qiē — Everything, all, the whole of
- 绚烂
- xuàn làn — Brilliant, resplendent, dazzlingly colorful
- 色彩
- sè cǎi — Color, hue, variety of colors
- 尽情
- jìn qíng — To one's heart's content, freely, fully
- 展现
- zhǎn xiàn — Display, reveal, show, present to view
- 山峰
- shān fēng — Mountain peak, summit, mountaintop
- 阴影
- yīn yǐng — Shadow, shade, dark silhouette
- 中
- zhōng — In, within, middle, among
- 深蓝
- shēn lán — Deep blue, dark blue color
- 紫色
- zǐ sè — Purple color, violet hue
- 草木
- cǎo mù — Plants, vegetation, grass and trees
- 岩石
- yán shí — Rock, stone, boulder
- 交错处
- jiāo cuò chù — Where things intersect and interweave
- 棕色
- zōng sè — Brown color
- 以及
- yǐ jí — As well as, and also, along with
- 连绵不绝
- lián mián bù jué — Continuous and unbroken, endless stretching on
- 参差嶙峋
- cēn cī lín xún — Jagged and uneven, craggy irregular rocks
- 尖峭
- jiān qiào — Sharply pointed and steep, jagged
- 山岩
- shān yán — Mountain rock, rocky cliff face
- 直至
- zhí zhì — Until, all the way to, right up to
- 它们
- tā men — They, them (for objects/animals)
- 消融
- xiāo róng — Melt away, dissolve, fade into
- 于
- yú — In, at, from, to (literary preposition)
- 远方
- yuǎn fāng — The distance, far away, distant place
- 皑皑
- ái ái — Brilliantly white (describing snow or frost)
- 雪峰
- xuě fēng — Snow-capped peak, snowy mountain summit
- 巍然耸立
- wēi rán sǒng lì — Stand majestically tall and imposing
- 山间
- shān jiān — Among the mountains, in mountain valleys
- 时而
- shí ér — Occasionally, from time to time, sometimes
- 出现
- chū xiàn — Appear, emerge, come into view
- 巨大
- jù dà — Huge, enormous, gigantic in size
- 裂隙
- liè xì — Crack, fissure, crevice in rock
- 随着
- suí zhe — Along with, as, following the progress of
- 太阳
- tài yáng — The sun
- 开始
- kāi shǐ — Begin, start, commence
- 西沉
- xī chén — Sink in the west, set (of the sun)
- 不时
- bù shí — From time to time, now and then
- 透过
- tòu guò — Through, passing through, via an opening
- 看见
- kàn jiàn — See, catch sight of, notice visually
- 飞瀑
- fēi pù — Leaping waterfall, cascading falls
- 白练
- bái liàn — White silk ribbon; metaphor for waterfall
- 般
- bān — Like, similar to, resembling (suffix)
- 闪光
- shǎn guāng — Flash of light, glimmer, sparkle
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