Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 2
他立刻着手寻找博福特，希望能说服他借助自己的信用和帮助重新开始新的生活。
He lost no time in endeavouring to seek him out, with the hope of persuading him to begin the world again through his credit and assistance.
博福特采取了有效的措施隐藏自己的行踪，直到十个月后，我父亲才找到他的住所。
Beaufort had taken effectual measures to conceal himself, and it was ten months before my father discovered his abode.
父亲发现后欣喜若狂，急忙赶往那所位于罗伊斯河附近一条贫陋街道上的房子。
Overjoyed at this discovery, he hastened to the house, which was situated in a mean street near the Reuss.
然而当他走进屋内，迎接他的只有凄苦与绝望。
But when he entered, misery and despair alone welcomed him.
博福特从他破败的家业中仅仅积攒了一小笔钱，但这笔钱足以维持他几个月的生计，他原本希望在此期间能在某家商行谋得一份体面的差事。
Beaufort had saved but a very small sum of money from the wreck of his fortunes, but it was sufficient to provide him with sustenance for some months, and in the meantime he hoped to procure some respectable employment in a merchant's house.
因此，这段时间他便在无所事事中度过；一旦有闲暇反思，他的悲痛便愈发深沉、难以消散，最终悲伤牢牢占据了他的心灵，三个月后他便卧病在床，完全丧失了行动的能力。
The interval was, consequently, spent in inaction; his grief only became more deep and rankling when he had leisure for reflection, and at length it took so fast hold of his mind that at the end of three months he lay on a bed of sickness, incapable of any exertion.
他的女儿以最深切的温情照料着他，但她绝望地看到，他们仅有的那点积蓄正在迅速减少，而再也看不到任何其他维持生计的希望。
His daughter attended him with the greatest tenderness, but she saw with despair that their little fund was rapidly decreasing and that there was no other prospect of support.
然而卡罗琳·博福特生来便有一副非凡的心性，她以勇气支撑着自己渡过这段逆境。
But Caroline Beaufort possessed a mind of an uncommon mould, and her courage rose to support her in her adversity.
她接些普通的针线活，编织草编制品，以各种方式挣得微薄的收入，勉强够维持生存。
She procured plain work; she plaited straw and by various means contrived to earn a pittance scarcely sufficient to support life.
就这样，数月光阴悄然流逝。
Several months passed in this manner.
Vocabulary
- endeavouring
- 努力尝试，尽力去做某事
- seek
- 寻找，寻求某人或某物
- persuading
- 说服，劝说某人做某事
- credit
- 信誉，社会地位与他人的信任
- assistance
- 帮助，援助，支持
- effectual
- 有效的，能达到预期目的的
- measures
- 措施，手段，为达目的所采取的行动
- conceal
- 隐藏，隐瞒，使他人不知晓
- abode
- 住所，居所，居住的地方
- Overjoyed
- 非常高兴，欣喜若狂
- discovery
- 发现，找到某一未知事物的行为
- hastened
- 急忙赶往，迅速前往某地
- situated
- 位于，坐落在某处
- mean
- 破旧的，简陋的，贫穷的
- misery
- 痛苦，悲惨，极度不幸的状态
- despair
- 绝望，完全失去希望的状态
- but
- 仅仅，只有（副词用法）
- sum
- 一笔钱，金额，总数
- wreck
- 毁灭，破碎；财产损失的残余
- fortunes
- 财富，财产；命运
- sufficient
- 足够的，充分的，满足需要的
- sustenance
- 维持生命的食物或生活必需品
- meantime
- 在此期间，与此同时
- procure
- 设法获得，取得某物
- respectable
- 体面的，受人尊重的，有声望的
- employment
- 工作，职业，雇用状态
- merchant
- 商人，从事贸易买卖的人
- interval
- 间隔时间，中间的一段时期
- consequently
- 因此，所以，作为结果
- inaction
- 无所事事，不活动，闲置状态
- grief
- 悲痛，悲伤，深切的哀愁
- rankling
- 持续痛苦，使人长久愤恨或悲伤
- leisure
- 闲暇，空闲时间
- reflection
- 反思，沉思，深入思考
- length
- at length意为最终，终于
- fast
- 牢固地，紧紧地，难以摆脱
- sickness
- 疾病，生病的状态
- incapable
- 不能够，无能力做某事
- exertion
- 努力，费力，体力或精力的使用
- attended
- 照料，照顾，服侍某人
- tenderness
- 温柔，体贴，温情
- fund
- 资金，存款，备用金
- rapidly
- 迅速地，快速地
- decreasing
- 减少，减小，不断变少
- prospect
- 前景，希望，可能性
- support
- 支撑，维持生计，供养
- possessed
- 拥有，具有某种品质或能力
- uncommon
- 不寻常的，罕见的，非凡的
- mould
- 性格气质，品格塑造，天生特质
- courage
- 勇气，勇敢面对困难的精神
- adversity
- 逆境，困境，艰难的处境
- procured
- 设法获得，取得某种工作或物品
- plain
- 简单的，朴素的；plain work意为简单手工活
- plaited
- 编织，将细条编成辫状
- straw
- 稻草，麦秆，用于编织的材料
- various
- 各种各样的，多种多样的
- means
- 方式，手段，方法
- contrived
- 设法做到，想办法实现某事
- earn
- 赚取，挣得，获得报酬
- pittance
- 极少的收入，微薄的薪水
- scarcely
- 几乎不，勉强，仅仅
- manner
- 方式，方法；以这种方式
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