Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 10
「亲爱的克莱瓦尔，」我叫道，「你对我多么好，多么仁慈啊。」
"Dearest Clerval," exclaimed I, "how kind, how very good you are to me."
整整一个冬天，你本来打算用来学习，却都耗费在我的病房里。
This whole winter, instead of being spent in study, as you promised yourself, has been consumed in my sick room.
我该怎样报答你呢？
How shall I ever repay you?
我因给你造成这样的失望而深感愧疚，但你会原谅我的。」
I feel the greatest remorse for the disappointment of which I have been the occasion, but you will forgive me."
「你若不让自己烦恼，尽快康复，就是对我最好的报答。」
"You will repay me entirely if you do not discompose yourself, but get well as fast as you can;
「既然你看起来心情这么好，我可以跟你谈一件事吗？」
and since you appear in such good spirits, I may speak to you on one subject, may I not?"
我颤抖起来。一件事！会是什么呢？
I trembled. One subject! What could it be?
他是在暗示那个我甚至不敢想的人吗？
Could he allude to an object on whom I dared not even think?
「镇定些，」克莱瓦尔说，他注意到我脸色变了，
"Compose yourself," said Clerval, who observed my change of colour,
「如果这件事让你不安，我就不提了；但你父亲和表妹若能收到你亲手写的信，会非常高兴的。」
"I will not mention it if it agitates you; but your father and cousin would be very happy if they received a letter from you in your own handwriting.
「他们几乎不知道你病得有多重，你长久的沉默让他们很不安。」
They hardly know how ill you have been and are uneasy at your long silence."
「就这些吗，亲爱的亨利？你怎么会以为我第一个想到的不是那些亲爱的、可爱的朋友呢？」
"Is that all, my dear Henry? How could you suppose that my first thought would not fly towards those dear, dear friends whom I love and who are so deserving of my love?"
「如果你现在是这种心情，我的朋友，你也许很乐意看一封已经在这里放了好几天的信；」
"If this is your present temper, my friend, you will perhaps be glad to see a letter that has been lying here some days for you;
「我相信那是你表妹写来的。」
it is from your cousin, I believe.
Vocabulary
- Dearest
- 最亲爱的，表达深厚情感的称呼
- exclaimed
- 大声呼喊或惊叫地说出
- kind
- 善良的，友好的，体贴的
- whole
- 整个的，全部的，完整的
- instead
- 代替，而不是，表示替代关系
- spent
- 花费时间或金钱，spend的过去式
- promised
- 承诺过，答应过，promise的过去式
- yourself
- 你自己，反身代词，强调主体
- consumed
- 耗尽，占用，consume的过去分词
- sick
- 生病的，患病的，身体不适
- shall
- 将，会，表将来或义务的助动词
- repay
- 偿还，报答，回报恩情或债务
- greatest
- 最大的，最强烈的，great的最高级
- remorse
- 悔恨，懊悔，因过错产生的内疚感
- disappointment
- 失望，沮丧，期望未实现的感受
- occasion
- 引起，造成；也指场合或时机
- forgive
- 原谅，宽恕，不计较他人过失
- entirely
- 完全地，彻底地，全部地
- discompose
- 使心烦意乱，使不安，扰乱情绪
- since
- 既然，自从，表原因或时间的连词
- appear
- 显得，似乎，出现，看起来
- spirits
- 精神状态，心情，情绪好坏
- subject
- 话题，主题，科目，讨论的对象
- trembled
- 颤抖，发抖，tremble的过去式
- allude
- 暗指，间接提及，含蓄地提到
- object
- 对象，物体，目标，指代的事物
- whom
- whom，who的宾格，关系代词
- dared
- 敢于，dare的过去式，有勇气做
- Compose
- 使平静，镇定，控制情绪
- observed
- 观察到，注意到，observe的过去式
- colour
- 颜色；脸色，气色（英式拼写）
- mention
- 提及，提到，简单地说起某事
- agitates
- 使激动，使焦虑，扰乱情绪
- cousin
- 表兄弟姐妹，堂兄弟姐妹
- received
- 收到，接到，receive的过去式
- handwriting
- 手写，笔迹，亲笔书写的字
- hardly
- 几乎不，勉强，barely的同义词
- ill
- 生病的，患病的，身体不健康
- uneasy
- 不安的，焦虑的，担心的
- silence
- 沉默，安静，没有声音或消息
- suppose
- 假设，猜想，认为可能是这样
- towards
- 朝向，向，朝某方向去
- deserving
- 值得的，有价值的，应得某种待遇
- present
- 现在的，目前的，当前状态
- temper
- 情绪，脾气，心情状态
- perhaps
- 也许，可能，表示不确定
- glad
- 高兴的，乐意的，感到愉快
- lying
- 躺着，卧床，lie的现在分词
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