Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 21
他克制住了内心激烈的情感,似乎为自己曾是激情的奴隶而感到鄙视;他压制住了绝望那阴暗的暴虐,再次引导我谈论我个人的事情。
Having conquered the violence of his feelings, he appeared to despise himself for being the slave of passion; and quelling the dark tyranny of despair, he led me again to converse concerning myself personally.
他询问了我早年的经历。
He asked me the history of my earlier years.
那段故事很快就讲完了,却引发了我各种各样的思绪。
The tale was quickly told, but it awakened various trains of reflection.
我谈到了自己渴望找到一位朋友,渴望与一个志同道合的人建立更深厚的心灵默契——这样的默契是我从未曾得到过的——并表达了我的信念:一个人若没有这种幸福,便几乎谈不上什么快乐。
I spoke of my desire of finding a friend, of my thirst for a more intimate sympathy with a fellow mind than had ever fallen to my lot, and expressed my conviction that a man could boast of little happiness who did not enjoy this blessing.
他说这话时,面容流露出一种平静而深沉的悲伤,深深地触动了我的心。
As he said this his countenance became expressive of a calm, settled grief that touched me to the heart.
但他沉默不语,不久便退回了自己的船舱。
But he was silent and presently retired to his cabin.
尽管他心灵已受创伤,却没有人能比他更深刻地感受到大自然的美。
Even broken in spirit as he is, no one can feel more deeply than he does the beauties of nature.
Vocabulary
- conquered
- 克服、战胜(情感或困难)
- violence
- 激烈程度;暴力或强烈的情绪冲动
- feelings
- 情感、感受,内心的情绪状态
- appeared
- 看起来、似乎,表示外在表现
- despise
- 鄙视、看不起某人或某事
- slave
- 奴隶;比喻完全受某事物控制的人
- passion
- 激情、强烈的情感或欲望
- quelling
- 压制、平息(情绪或骚动)
- dark
- 黑暗的;比喻阴沉、令人压抑的
- tyranny
- 暴政、专制;比喻强力压迫
- despair
- 绝望,完全失去希望的状态
- led
- 引导、带领(lead的过去式)
- converse
- 交谈、对话,进行口头交流
- concerning
- 关于、有关某一话题的介词
- personally
- 就个人而言;亲自地
- history
- 历史;个人的经历或背景故事
- earlier
- 更早的、以前的,比较级形式
- tale
- 故事、叙述,通常指个人经历
- awakened
- 唤起、激发(情感或思绪)
- various
- 各种各样的、多种多样的
- trains
- 一系列、连串(思想或想法)
- reflection
- 反思、沉思,深入思考某事
- desire
- 渴望、强烈希望得到某事物
- thirst
- 渴望;比喻强烈的需求或欲望
- intimate
- 亲密的、亲近的,关系深厚
- sympathy
- 同情、共鸣,对他人感受的理解
- fellow
- 同伴、同类;形容共同特质的人
- mind
- 心灵、思想,指智识或精神层面
- fallen
- 落到、降临(fall的过去分词)
- lot
- 命运、境遇;某人所得到的份额
- expressed
- 表达、表明(想法或感情)
- conviction
- 坚定的信念、确信某事为真
- boast
- 拥有(值得自豪之物);自夸
- happiness
- 幸福、快乐的状态
- enjoy
- 享受、享有某种好处或乐趣
- blessing
- 幸事、恩赐,令人感激的好事
- countenance
- 面容、面部表情,脸上的神态
- expressive
- 富有表情的,能传达情感的
- calm
- 平静的、镇定的,无波澜的
- settled
- 稳定的、深沉的(此处指悲伤)
- grief
- 悲痛、深切的悲伤
- touched
- 感动、触动(情感上产生共鸣)
- silent
- 沉默的、不说话的
- presently
- 不久之后、随即,表示很快发生
- retired
- 退回、离开去某处(此处指回到船舱)
- cabin
- 小屋;船舱,船上的房间
- broken
- 崩溃的、受创的(精神受损的)
- spirit
- 精神、心志,内在的意志力
- deeply
- 深深地、强烈地,程度副词
- beauties
- 美丽的事物,自然中令人赏心悦目之物
- nature
- 大自然;自然界的万物
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