Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 7
我颤抖得厉害；我无法忍受去想，更不用说提及前一晚发生的事情。
I trembled excessively; I could not endure to think of, and far less to allude to, the occurrences of the preceding night.
我快步行走，很快便到达了我的学院。
I walked with a quick pace, and we soon arrived at my college.
我随后沉思起来，一个令我不寒而栗的念头涌上心头——我留在公寓里的那个生物也许仍在那里，活着，四处走动。
I then reflected, and the thought made me shiver, that the creature whom I had left in my apartment might still be there, alive and walking about.
我既害怕见到这个怪物，却更担心亨利会看见它。
I dreaded to behold this monster, but I feared still more that Henry should see him.
因此，我恳求他在楼梯底部等候片刻，自己则飞奔上楼冲向自己的房间。
Entreating him, therefore, to remain a few minutes at the bottom of the stairs, I darted up towards my own room.
我的手已经搭上门锁，才猛然回过神来。
My hand was already on the lock of the door before I recollected myself.
我停住了脚步，一阵寒意袭遍全身。
I then paused, and a cold shivering came over me.
我猛地把门推开，就像孩子们预料另一侧有幽灵守候时惯常做的那样；然而什么都没有出现。
I threw the door forcibly open, as children are accustomed to do when they expect a spectre to stand in waiting for them on the other side; but nothing appeared.
我战战兢兢地走了进去：客厅空空如也，我的卧室也摆脱了那个可怕的不速之客。
I stepped fearfully in: the apartment was empty, and my bedroom was also freed from its hideous guest.
我几乎不敢相信自己竟有如此好运，但当我确信那个敌人确实已经逃走，我拍手欢呼，飞奔下楼去找克莱瓦尔。
I could hardly believe that so great a good fortune could have befallen me, but when I became assured that my enemy had indeed fled, I clapped my hands for joy and ran down to Clerval.
我们上楼来到我的房间，仆人很快端来了早餐；但我根本无法控制自己。
We ascended into my room, and the servant presently brought breakfast; but I was unable to contain myself.
占据我内心的不只是喜悦；我感到全身皮肤因过度敏感而刺痛，脉搏急速跳动。
It was not joy only that possessed me; I felt my flesh tingle with excess of sensitiveness, and my pulse beat rapidly.
Vocabulary
- trembled
- 因恐惧或寒冷而颤抖、发抖
- excessively
- 程度过度地，超出正常范围地
- endure
- 忍受、承受痛苦或困难的能力
- allude
- 间接提及或暗示某事物
- occurrences
- 发生的事件或情况，复数形式
- preceding
- 在前面的，紧接之前发生的
- pace
- 步速、步伐，行走的速度
- reflected
- 反思、深思某件事情
- shiver
- 因寒冷或恐惧而颤抖
- creature
- 生物，尤指奇异或可怕的存在
- whom
- 谁，who的宾格，用于正式文体
- apartment
- 公寓，套间，居住的房间
- might
- may的过去式，表示较小的可能性
- dreaded
- 极度恐惧、害怕某事发生
- behold
- 看见、目睹，正式或文学用词
- monster
- 怪物，令人恐惧的可怕生物
- Entreating
- 恳求、恳切地请求某人做某事
- therefore
- 因此，表示结果或结论的副词
- remain
- 留下、停留在某处
- stairs
- 楼梯，连接不同楼层的台阶
- darted
- 快速冲出，突然迅速地移动
- lock
- 门锁，用于锁住门的装置
- recollected
- 回忆起，想起之前忘记的事
- paused
- 暂时停顿，短暂地停止动作
- shivering
- 持续颤抖，因寒冷或恐惧发抖
- forcibly
- 用力地，以强力方式进行
- accustomed
- 习惯于某事，已养成某种习惯
- expect
- 预期、预料某事将要发生
- spectre
- 幽灵、鬼魂，令人恐惧的幻象
- fearfully
- 恐惧地，充满害怕地做某事
- freed
- 解脱，摆脱了某种束缚或威胁
- hideous
- 极其丑陋可怕的，令人憎恶的
- hardly
- 几乎不，表示程度极少
- fortune
- 运气，命运，幸运的遭遇
- befallen
- 降临，（坏事或好事）发生在某人身上
- assured
- 确信，确定某事为真
- enemy
- 敌人，有敌意的对立者
- indeed
- 确实，用于加强语气的副词
- fled
- flee的过去式，逃跑、逃离
- clapped
- 鼓掌，拍手表示高兴或庆祝
- joy
- 喜悦、快乐，强烈的幸福感
- ascended
- 向上走，攀登或登上某处
- servant
- 仆人，受雇提供服务的人
- presently
- 不久，稍后，很快地
- unable
- 无法，不能做某件事
- contain
- 控制（情绪），抑制自己
- possessed
- 拥有，被某种情绪所控制
- flesh
- 肉，身体的肌肤组织
- tingle
- （皮肤）刺痛或麻痒的感觉
- excess
- 过度，超过正常限度的量
- sensitiveness
- 敏感性，对刺激反应强烈的特质
- pulse
- 脉搏，心跳引起的血管搏动
- rapidly
- 快速地，以很高速度进行
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