Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 9
这个念头的出现本身,就是无可辩驳的证明。
The mere presence of the idea was an irresistible proof of the fact.
我想过追赶那恶魔,但那将是徒劳的,
I thought of pursuing the devil; but it would have been in vain,
因为另一道闪电让我看清了他——他正攀附在蒙萨莱夫近乎垂直的岩壁上,那是一座将普兰帕莱围绕于南侧的山丘。
for another flash discovered him to me hanging among the rocks of the nearly perpendicular ascent of Mont Salêve, a hill that bounds Plainpalais on the south.
他很快便攀上了山顶,消失不见了。
He soon reached the summit, and disappeared.
我一动不动地站在原地。
I remained motionless.
雷声停息了,但雨仍在下,四周被难以穿透的黑暗所笼罩。
The thunder ceased; but the rain still continued, and the scene was enveloped in an impenetrable darkness.
我在脑海中反复回想那些我一直试图忘却的往事:
I revolved in my mind the events which I had until now sought to forget:
我一步步走向创造那生命的整个历程;那双出自我亲手的造物出现在我床边的情景;以及它的离去。
the whole train of my progress toward the creation; the appearance of the works of my own hands at my bedside; its departure.
从那个他第一次获得生命的夜晚至今,已将近过去两年了;
Two years had now nearly elapsed since the night on which he first received life;
而这是他犯下的第一桩罪行吗?
and was this his first crime?
唉!我将一个堕落的恶徒放逐到了这个世界上,他以屠杀和苦难为乐;他难道没有杀害我的兄弟吗?
Alas! I had turned loose into the world a depraved wretch, whose delight was in carnage and misery; had he not murdered my brother?
没有人能想象我在那一夜剩余的时间里所承受的痛苦,我在露天中度过了那一夜,又冷又湿。
No one can conceive the anguish I suffered during the remainder of the night, which I spent, cold and wet, in the open air.
但我并未感受到风雨带来的不适;我的思绪沉浸在种种邪恶与绝望的景象之中。
But I did not feel the inconvenience of the weather; my imagination was busy in scenes of evil and despair.
Vocabulary
- mere
- 仅仅的,只不过的,微不足道的
- presence
- 存在;出现在某地的状态
- idea
- 想法,念头,观点
- irresistible
- 无法抗拒的,不可阻挡的
- proof
- 证据,证明某事为真的依据
- fact
- 事实,真实存在的事情
- pursuing
- 追赶,追逐某人或某物
- devil
- 魔鬼,恶魔,邪恶的存在
- vain
- 徒劳的,没有成效的;in vain白费
- flash
- 闪光,闪电,瞬间的强烈光亮
- discovered
- 发现,找到之前未知的事物
- hanging
- 悬挂着,攀附于某处
- among
- 在……之中,在一群人或物中间
- rocks
- 岩石,石块
- nearly
- 几乎,差不多
- perpendicular
- 垂直的,接近90度的陡峭角度
- ascent
- 攀登,上升;向上的路径
- hill
- 小山,丘陵
- bounds
- 构成……的边界,毗邻
- south
- 南方,南部
- soon
- 很快,不久之后
- reached
- 到达,抵达某个地点
- summit
- 山顶,顶峰,最高处
- disappeared
- 消失,不见踪影
- remained
- 留下,保持,继续处于某状态
- motionless
- 静止不动的,一动不动的
- thunder
- 雷声,打雷时发出的巨响
- ceased
- 停止,终止(cease的过去式)
- rain
- 雨,降雨
- still
- 仍然,依然还在进行
- continued
- 继续,持续进行
- scene
- 场景,景象,眼前的情景
- enveloped
- 笼罩,包围,完全覆盖其中
- impenetrable
- 无法穿透的,不可见穿的
- darkness
- 黑暗,没有光线的状态
- revolved
- 反复思考;围绕……转动
- mind
- 心智,思维,脑海
- events
- 事件,发生的事情
- until
- 直到……为止
- sought
- 试图,寻求(seek的过去式)
- forget
- 忘记,不再记得某事
- whole
- 整个的,全部的
- train
- 一系列,连串;此处指一连串过程
- progress
- 进展,进程,向前推进
- toward
- 朝向,向着某个方向或目标
- creation
- 创造,创造物,被创造出的东西
- appearance
- 出现,现身;外貌
- works
- 作品;工作成果;此处指创造物
- bedside
- 床边,床旁的位置
- departure
- 离去,离开,出发
- elapsed
- (时间)流逝,过去
- since
- 自从,从……以来
- received
- 接收,得到,获得
- life
- 生命,生命力,活力
- crime
- 犯罪,罪行,违法行为
- Alas
- 唉,哎呀,表示悲叹或遗憾的感叹词
- turned
- 使变成;turn loose放任不管
- loose
- 放开,释放;turn loose放任
- world
- 世界,世间
- depraved
- 堕落的,道德败坏的
- wretch
- 可怜的人,卑劣的人
- delight
- 乐趣,喜悦,极度愉快的事
- carnage
- 大屠杀,大量杀戮的残酷场面
- misery
- 痛苦,苦难,极度悲惨的状态
- murdered
- 谋杀,蓄意杀害某人
- brother
- 兄弟,男性兄弟姐妹
- conceive
- 想象,设想,理解某种感受
- anguish
- 极度痛苦,心灵上的剧烈苦楚
- suffered
- 遭受,经历痛苦(suffer的过去式)
- during
- 在……期间,在某段时间内
- remainder
- 剩余部分,其余的时间或事物
- spent
- 度过,花费(spend的过去式)
- cold
- 寒冷的,低温的
- wet
- 湿的,被水浸湿的
- open
- 开阔的,露天的,户外的
- air
- 空气;open air指户外露天
- feel
- 感觉,感受到
- inconvenience
- 不便,不舒适,麻烦
- weather
- 天气,气候状况
- imagination
- 想象力,想象中的事物
- busy
- 忙碌的,充满活动的
- scenes
- 场景,画面,情景(复数)
- evil
- 邪恶,恶意,有害的事物
- despair
- 绝望,失去希望的状态
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