Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 10
一个完美的人应当始终保持内心的平静与安宁,绝不允许激情或一时的欲望扰乱他的宁静。
A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquillity.
我认为对知识的追求并不是这条规则的例外。
I do not think that the pursuit of knowledge is an exception to this rule.
如果你所从事的学习有削弱你情感、摧毁你对那些纯粹快乐之品味的倾向——而那些纯粹的快乐是绝不会掺杂任何杂质的——那么这种学习无疑是有害的,也就是说,不适合人类的心灵。
If the study to which you apply yourself has a tendency to weaken your affections and to destroy your taste for those simple pleasures in which no alloy can possibly mix, then that study is certainly unlawful, that is to say, not befitting the human mind.
如果这条规则始终被遵守;如果没有任何人允许任何追求干扰其家庭情感的宁静,那么希腊就不会沦为奴役,凯撒也会宽恕他的祖国,美洲会被更为缓慢地发现,而墨西哥和秘鲁的帝国也不会被毁灭。
If this rule were always observed; if no man allowed any pursuit whatsoever to interfere with the tranquillity of his domestic affections, Greece had not been enslaved, Cæsar would have spared his country, America would have been discovered more gradually, and the empires of Mexico and Peru had not been destroyed.
但我忘了,我正在故事最引人入胜的部分说教,而你的神情提醒我应当继续讲下去。
But I forget that I am moralizing in the most interesting part of my tale, and your looks remind me to proceed.
父亲在信中没有对我加以任何责备,只是比以前更详细地询问我的工作情况,以此留意到我的沉默。
My father made no reproach in his letters and only took notice of my silence by inquiring into my occupations more particularly than before.
在我的劳作中,冬去春来,春去夏至;然而我却没有留意那花开的景象,也没有注意那舒展的新叶——这些景色以往总能给我带来无上的愉悦——因为我完全沉浸在自己的工作之中。
Winter, spring, and summer passed away during my labours; but I did not watch the blossom or the expanding leaves—sights which before always yielded me supreme delight—so deeply was I engrossed in my occupation.
那一年的树叶在我的工作接近完成之前便已枯萎,而如今每一天都更清晰地向我昭示,我已取得了怎样的成功。
The leaves of that year had withered before my work drew near to a close, and now every day showed me more plainly how well I had succeeded.
Vocabulary
- human
- 人类,具有理性和道德能力的生物
- being
- 存在,生命体或个体
- in
- 在...内部或状态中
- perfection
- 完美,最完善或最高的状态
- ought
- 应该,有道德或逻辑义务做某事
- always
- 总是,在任何时候或每次
- to
- 向,朝向或表示目的
- preserve
- 保持,维持某物的原状
- calm
- 平静,不激动或不活跃的状态
- and
- 和,连接两个词或短语
- peaceful
- 和平的,不含暴力或冲突的
- mind
- 心智,思维或意识的能力
- never
- 从不,任何时候都不
- allow
- 允许,准许或使...成为可能
- passion
- 激情,强烈的情感或欲望
- or
- 或,表示选择或替代
- transitory
- 短暂的,不持久或临时的
- desire
- 欲望,想要或渴望某物
- disturb
- 打扰,破坏平静或秩序
- his
- 他的,表示所有格或属性
- tranquillity
- 安宁,平静和无忧虑的状态
- do
- 做,执行或完成某个动作
- not
- 不,否定词表示反面
- think
- 认为,在脑子里思考
- that
- 那,指代远处的事物或人
- the
- 定冠词,指特定的人或物
- pursuit
- 追求,积极寻求或争取
- of
- 的,表示所有格或关系
- knowledge
- 知识,关于事物的认识或信息
- is
- 是,存在或等同的状态
- an
- 一个,用于元音音素前的冠词
- exception
- 例外,不遵循一般规则的事物
- this
- 这,指代近处的事物或人
- rule
- 规则,需要遵循的原则或法律
- If
- 如果,条件性的连接词
- study
- 学习,认真钻研或审视
- which
- 哪个,指代事物的关系代词
- you
- 你,第二人称代词
- apply
- 应用,把...付诸实践
- yourself
- 你自己,反身代词强调主体
- has
- 有,表示拥有或存在
- tendency
- 倾向,有可能或趋势
- weaken
- 削弱,使变弱或减少力量
- your
- 你的,第二人称所有格
- affections
- 感情,对人或事的爱好
- destroy
- 摧毁,彻底破坏或毁灭
- taste
- 品味,审美或对事物的偏好
- for
- 为了,表示目的或原因
- those
- 那些,指代远处的复数事物
- simple
- 简单的,不复杂或不精致的
- pleasures
- 快乐,愉悦的感受或娱乐
- no
- 没有,否定或表示零数量
- alloy
- 合金或掺杂,混入有害物质
- can
- 能够,有能力或被允许
- possibly
- 可能地,在可能的范围内
- mix
- 混合,将不同的东西结合
- then
- 那么,在那时或因此
- certainly
- 肯定地,确实或无疑地
- unlawful
- 非法的,违反法律或禁止的
- say
- 说,用言语表达或陈述
- befitting
- 合适的,恰当或适合的
- were
- 是,be动词的过去式复数
- observed
- 遵守,按照规则或法律行动
- if
- 如果,表示条件的连接词
- man
- 男人,成年的男性人类
- allowed
- 允许,使其有可能或被许可
- any
- 任何,无论哪一个或哪些
- whatsoever
- 什么,强调任何事物或程度
- interfere
- 干涉,介入或妨碍他人事务
- with
- 和,伴随或使用某事物
- domestic
- 家庭的,与家或国家有关的
- had
- 有,have的过去式
- been
- 是,be动词的过去分词
- enslaved
- 奴役,使...沦为奴隶或被控制
- would
- 会,表示条件假设或过去习惯
- have
- 有,表示拥有或完成的动作
- spared
- 饶恕,免除或不伤害某人
- country
- 国家,具有政府的地理区域
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