Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 3
但即便假设这些推测全是错误的,你也无法否认我将赐予全人类的无价恩惠,直至最后一代——通过发现一条靠近极点通往那些国家的航道,而目前抵达那些国家需要耗费数月之久;或者通过揭开磁石的秘密,这若有任何可能,也只能靠像我这样的探险才能实现。
But supposing all these conjectures to be false, you cannot contest the inestimable benefit which I shall confer on all mankind, to the last generation, by discovering a passage near the pole to those countries, to reach which at present so many months are requisite; or by ascertaining the secret of the magnet, which, if at all possible, can only be effected by an undertaking such as mine.
这些思索驱散了我在开始写这封信时的那份激动,我感到心中燃起一股热情,将我升腾至天堂,因为没有什么比坚定的目标更能平息心灵——那是灵魂得以凝聚其心智之眼的一个定点。
These reflections have dispelled the agitation with which I began my letter, and I feel my heart glow with an enthusiasm which elevates me to heaven, for nothing contributes so much to tranquillise the mind as a steady purpose—a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
这次探险一直是我年少时最钟爱的梦想。
This expedition has been the favourite dream of my early years.
我满怀热忱地阅读过各种航行的记述,那些探险都是为了希望穿越极点周围的海域抵达北太平洋。
I have read with ardour the accounts of the various voyages which have been made in the prospect of arriving at the North Pacific Ocean through the seas which surround the pole.
你或许还记得,所有以探索发现为目的的航行史记,构成了我们善良的托马斯叔叔整个藏书室的全部内容。
You may remember that a history of all the voyages made for purposes of discovery composed the whole of our good Uncle Thomas' library.
我所受的教育是被忽视的,然而我却对阅读怀有深切的热爱。
My education was neglected, yet I was passionately fond of reading.
那些书卷是我日夜研读的功课,而我与它们的亲密熟悉,加深了我内心的遗憾——那是我儿时得知父亲临终的嘱托已禁止叔叔允许我踏上海上生涯时所感受到的遗憾。
These volumes were my study day and night, and my familiarity with them increased that regret which I had felt, as a child, on learning that my father's dying injunction had forbidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a seafaring life.
Vocabulary
- supposing
- 假设,假如某种情况成立
- conjectures
- 推测,猜想,未经证实的想法
- false
- 错误的,不正确的,虚假的
- contest
- 争议,质疑,对某事提出异议
- inestimable
- 无法估量的,极为宝贵的
- benefit
- 好处,利益,对某人有帮助之事
- shall
- 将会,表示将来或意图的助动词
- confer
- 给予,赋予,授予某人某种权益
- mankind
- 人类,全体人类的统称
- generation
- 一代人,同时期出生的群体
- passage
- 通道,航路,可供通行的路线
- pole
- 极地,地球的南极或北极
- requisite
- 必要的,不可缺少的,必需的
- ascertaining
- 查明,确定,弄清某事的真相
- secret
- 秘密,不为人知的事物或信息
- magnet
- 磁铁,能吸引铁质物体的物体
- effected
- 实现,完成,使某事成为现实
- undertaking
- 事业,任务,承担的重大项目
- reflections
- 反思,深思,对某事的认真思考
- dispelled
- 驱散,消除,使忧虑或疑虑消失
- agitation
- 焦虑,激动,内心不安的状态
- glow
- 发光,发热,因兴奋而感到温暖
- enthusiasm
- 热情,热忱,对某事的强烈兴趣
- elevates
- 提升,使上升,提高某人的心境
- heaven
- 天堂,天空,极乐之地
- contributes
- 贡献,促进,对某事有所帮助
- tranquillise
- 使平静,使镇定,减轻焦虑
- steady
- 稳定的,坚定的,不动摇的
- purpose
- 目的,意图,做某事的理由
- soul
- 灵魂,精神,人内在的本质
- fix
- 固定,集中,使专注于某处
- intellectual
- 智力的,理智的,与思维相关的
- expedition
- 探险,远征,为特定目的的旅行
- favourite
- 最喜爱的,最钟爱的事物
- ardour
- 热情,激情,强烈的热忱
- accounts
- 记述,报道,对事件的描述
- various
- 各种各样的,不同的,多样的
- voyages
- 航行,长途海上旅行
- prospect
- 前景,可能性,预期的情况
- Pacific
- 太平洋,世界最大的海洋
- Ocean
- 大洋,海洋,广阔的海域
- surround
- 围绕,包围,在四周环绕
- purposes
- 目的,意图,做某事的原因
- discovery
- 发现,探索,找到新事物的过程
- composed
- 构成,组成,由某些部分构成
- education
- 教育,学习,培养知识与技能
- neglected
- 被忽视的,未受到应有的关注
- passionately
- 热情地,充满激情地,极度热爱
- fond
- 喜爱的,钟情于,对某事有感情
- volumes
- 书卷,册,大量书籍
- familiarity
- 熟悉,亲密,对某事物的深入了解
- regret
- 遗憾,后悔,对过去行为感到惋惜
- dying
- 垂死的,临终的,将要死亡
- injunction
- 命令,嘱咐,郑重的指示或禁令
- forbidden
- 禁止,不允许,被明令禁止的
- embark
- 上船,开始,踏上某段旅程或事业
- seafaring
- 航海的,从事海上旅行或工作
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