Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 4
她是爱的活灵魂,以温柔抚慰人心、吸引众生;
She was the living spirit of love to soften and attract;
我本可能在书房中变得阴郁,因天性中的热情而变得粗粝,
I might have become sullen in my study, rough through the ardour of my nature,
然而正是她的存在,使我收敛起来,仿佛染上了她那般温柔。
but that she was there to subdue me to a semblance of her own gentleness.
还有克莱瓦尔——有什么邪恶能够侵蚀克莱瓦尔那高贵的灵魂?
And Clerval—could aught ill entrench on the noble spirit of Clerval?
然而,若非她向他揭示了善行真正的美好,使行善成为他鸿鹄之志的归宿,他也许就不会如此完美地充满人道精神、在慷慨中如此体贴、在对冒险功业的热情中仍饱含善意与温情。
Yet he might not have been so perfectly humane, so thoughtful in his generosity, so full of kindness and tenderness amidst his passion for adventurous exploit, had she not unfolded to him the real loveliness of beneficence and made the doing good the end and aim of his soaring ambition.
我沉浸在童年的回忆中,感到无比愉悦——那是不幸尚未污染我的心灵、尚未将我对广博事业的美好憧憬化为对自我的阴郁狭隘沉思之前的时光。
I feel exquisite pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood, before misfortune had tainted my mind and changed its bright visions of extensive usefulness into gloomy and narrow reflections upon self.
此外,在描绘我早年岁月的图景时,我也记录下那些事件——正是它们,以不知不觉的步伐,将我引向了日后那段苦难的故事,
Besides, in drawing the picture of my early days, I also record those events which led, by insensible steps, to my after tale of misery,
因为当我试图追溯那种后来主宰了我命运的激情的起源时,我发现它如同一条山间河流,源自卑微而几乎被遗忘的源头;
for when I would account to myself for the birth of that passion which afterwards ruled my destiny I find it arise, like a mountain river, from ignoble and almost forgotten sources;
然而随着它不断奔涌壮大,终成洪流,在其所经之处,将我所有的希望与欢乐尽数冲毁。
but, swelling as it proceeded, it became the torrent which, in its course, has swept away all my hopes and joys.
自然哲学是主宰我命运的天才;因此,在这篇叙述中,我希望陈述那些引领我偏爱这门学科的事实。
Natural philosophy is the genius that has regulated my fate; I desire, therefore, in this narration, to state those facts which led to my predilection for that science.
Vocabulary
- living
- 活生生的,充满生命力的
- spirit
- 精神,灵魂,某种特质的化身
- soften
- 使柔和,使温和,缓和情绪
- attract
- 吸引,引起注意或兴趣
- might
- 情态动词,表示可能性或推测
- sullen
- 郁郁寡欢的,闷闷不乐的
- rough
- 粗糙的,粗鲁的,不精细的
- ardour
- 热情,热忱,强烈的热切感
- nature
- 本性,天性,自然特质
- subdue
- 制服,压制,使平静温和
- semblance
- 外表,样子,相似的外观
- gentleness
- 温柔,温和,柔和的品质
- aught
- 任何事物,古语中表示任何东西
- ill
- 坏的,邪恶的,有害的
- entrench
- 侵占,侵犯,深深影响某事物
- noble
- 高尚的,崇高的,品格高贵的
- Yet
- 然而,但是,表示转折
- perfectly
- 完全地,完美地,极其
- humane
- 仁慈的,有人道主义精神的
- thoughtful
- 体贴的,考虑周到的
- generosity
- 慷慨,大方,无私给予的品质
- kindness
- 善良,仁慈,友好的行为
- tenderness
- 温柔,体贴,温情的品质
- amidst
- 在……之中,处于某事物中间
- passion
- 激情,热情,强烈的情感
- adventurous
- 冒险的,喜欢冒险的
- exploit
- 英勇事迹,壮举;利用
- unfolded
- 展示,揭示,逐渐显现出来
- loveliness
- 可爱,美丽,令人喜爱的品质
- beneficence
- 善行,仁慈,做好事的品质
- end
- 目的,目标,结局
- aim
- 目标,目的,志向
- soaring
- 高飞的,急剧上升的,崇高的
- ambition
- 抱负,野心,强烈的成功欲望
- exquisite
- 精致的,强烈的,非常美好的
- pleasure
- 快乐,愉悦,令人满足的感受
- dwelling
- 沉浸于,长时间思考某事物
- recollections
- 回忆,记忆,对过去的追忆
- childhood
- 童年,儿童时期
- misfortune
- 不幸,厄运,倒霉的遭遇
- tainted
- 污染,玷污,使腐化变质
- bright
- 明亮的,光明的,充满希望的
- visions
- 幻想,愿景,美好的想象
- extensive
- 广泛的,大范围的,深远的
- usefulness
- 有用性,实用性,对他人的益处
- gloomy
- 阴郁的,悲观的,令人压抑的
- narrow
- 狭窄的,局限的,不开阔的
- reflections
- 反思,沉思,深刻的思考
- self
- 自我,自身,个人本身
- Besides
- 此外,除此之外,还有
- drawing
- 描绘,描述,绘制图画
- record
- 记录,记载,描述事件
- led
- 引导,导致,lead的过去式
- insensible
- 不知不觉的,无意识的,细微的
- tale
- 故事,叙述,一段经历
- misery
- 痛苦,悲惨,极度的不幸
- account
- 叙述,描述,说明某事
- afterwards
- 之后,后来,随后
- ruled
- 统治,支配,控制
- destiny
- 命运,天命,注定的结局
- arise
- 产生,出现,升起
- ignoble
- 卑微的,低贱的,不光彩的
- forgotten
- 被遗忘的,无人记得的
- sources
- 来源,源头,起源之处
- swelling
- 膨胀,增大,不断扩大
- proceeded
- 继续,前进,proceed的过去式
- torrent
- 激流,洪流,汹涌的水流
- course
- 过程,方向,流向
- swept
- 席卷,冲走,sweep的过去式
- hopes
- 希望,期望,美好的期待
- joys
- 喜悦,快乐,高兴的感受
- Natural
- 自然的,天然的,本来的
- philosophy
- 哲学,自然科学,思想体系
- genius
- 天才,天赋,卓越的才能
- regulated
- 调节,支配,控制的
- fate
- 命运,天命,注定的结果
- desire
- 愿望,渴望,强烈的欲望
- therefore
- 因此,所以,表示结论
- narration
- 叙述,讲述,故事的陈述
- state
- 陈述,说明,表达某事实
- facts
- 事实,真相,客观存在的情况
- predilection
- 偏好,偏爱,对某事物的偏爱
- science
- 科学,系统性的知识体系
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