Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 7
由于各部件的微小给我的速度造成了极大的阻碍，我决定，违背最初的意图，将这个生命体造成巨人的身材，也就是说，大约八英尺高，体型也相应地庞大。
As the minuteness of the parts formed a great hindrance to my speed, I resolved, contrary to my first intention, to make the being of a gigantic stature, that is to say, about eight feet in height, and proportionably large.
在做出这一决定并花了数月时间成功地收集和整理材料之后，我开始了。
After having formed this determination and having spent some months in successfully collecting and arranging my materials, I began.
没有人能想象那种种情感，它们在最初成功的热情中像飓风一样推动着我前进。
No one can conceive the variety of feelings which bore me onwards, like a hurricane, in the first enthusiasm of success.
生与死在我看来是理想的界限，我将首先突破它，将一股光明的洪流倾入我们黑暗的世界。
Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.
一个新的物种将会把我奉为它的创造者和源泉而感恩戴德；许多幸福而优秀的生命将会把自己的存在归功于我。
A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me.
没有哪个父亲能像我应当得到的那样，完全地赢得孩子的感激。
No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve theirs.
在追寻这些思考的过程中，我想到，如果我能赋予无生命的物质以活力，那么假以时日（尽管我现在觉得这是不可能的），我也许能在死亡显然已使躯体趋于腐朽之处重新唤起生命。
Pursuing these reflections, I thought that if I could bestow animation upon lifeless matter, I might in process of time (although I now found it impossible) renew life where death had apparently devoted the body to corruption.
这些想法支撑着我的精神，而我以不懈的热情继续着我的事业。
These thoughts supported my spirits, while I pursued my undertaking with unremitting ardour.
我的双颊因为苦读而变得苍白，我的身体因为长期足不出户而变得消瘦。
My cheek had grown pale with study, and my person had become emaciated with confinement.
有时候，就在几乎确定成功的边缘，我却失败了；然而我仍然紧紧抓住那希望——也许明天，也许下一个小时就能实现。
Sometimes, on the very brink of certainty, I failed; yet still I clung to the hope which the next day or the next hour might realise.
Vocabulary
- minuteness
- 极小，细微；指事物非常微小的状态
- hindrance
- 障碍，阻碍；妨碍进展的事物
- resolved
- 决定，下定决心；做出明确决断
- contrary
- 相反的，对立的；与原先想法相悖
- intention
- 意图，打算；心中预先设定的目的
- being
- 存在物，生命体；有生命的个体
- gigantic
- 巨大的，庞大的；体型或规模极大
- stature
- 身高，身材；人的身体高度
- proportionably
- 成比例地；按相应比例地扩大
- determination
- 决心，决定；坚定的意志或决断
- conceive
- 想象，构想；在脑中形成某种概念
- variety
- 多样性，种类；多种不同的事物
- bore
- 携带，推动；bear的过去式，此处意为驱使
- onwards
- 向前，继续；朝前方或未来方向
- hurricane
- 飓风；强烈的热带风暴
- enthusiasm
- 热情，热忱；对某事的强烈兴趣
- ideal
- 理想的，虚构的；仅存在于观念中
- bounds
- 界限，边界；限制范围的边线
- pour
- 倾注，涌入；使大量流入
- torrent
- 洪流，急流；大量涌来的事物
- species
- 物种，种类；生物分类的基本单位
- bless
- 祝福，赐福；给予幸福或恩泽
- creator
- 创造者，缔造者；创造某物的人
- source
- 来源，根源；事物产生的起点
- natures
- 性情，本性；生物的天生特质
- owe
- 欠，归功于；对某人有债务或感激
- claim
- 索取，声称；要求获得某种权利
- gratitude
- 感激，感谢；对他人恩惠的感谢心
- deserve
- 值得，应得；有资格获得某种待遇
- Pursuing
- 追求，追寻；继续思考或探索
- reflections
- 深思，反省；对某事的认真思考
- bestow
- 赋予，给予；正式地给予某物
- animation
- 生命力，活力；使无生命物体活动
- lifeless
- 无生命的，死气沉沉的；没有生命迹象
- matter
- 物质，物体；构成世界的实体
- process
- 过程，进程；一系列步骤或变化
- although
- 虽然，尽管；表示让步关系
- renew
- 更新，重新开始；使恢复原状
- apparently
- 显然，表面上；从表面看来
- devoted
- 奉献，交付；将某物用于特定目的
- corruption
- 腐烂，腐败；有机体分解败坏
- spirits
- 精神，心情；内心的情绪状态
- pursued
- 追求，从事；坚持进行某活动
- undertaking
- 任务，事业；承担的重大工作
- unremitting
- 不间断的，持续的；从未停止的
- ardour
- 热忱，激情；强烈的热情与努力
- pale
- 苍白的，暗淡的；缺乏血色
- emaciated
- 骨瘦如柴的；因饥饿或疾病极度消瘦
- confinement
- 禁闭，限制；被限制于某处的状态
- brink
- 边缘，关头；危险或重要时刻的边沿
- certainty
- 确定性，把握；无疑问的状态
- clung
- 紧握，依附；cling的过去式，坚守某物
- realise
- 实现，意识到；使成真或认识到
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