Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 11
这些思考让我下定了决心,我决定保持沉默。
These reflections determined me, and I resolved to remain silent.
大约清晨五点,我走进了父亲的家。
It was about five in the morning when I entered my father's house.
我吩咐仆人们不要打扰家人,然后走进书房,等候他们平日起床的时刻。
I told the servants not to disturb the family, and went into the library to attend their usual hour of rising.
六年已经过去,宛如一场梦,只留下一道无法磨灭的印记。
Six years had elapsed, passed in a dream but for one indelible trace,
我站在同一个地方,正是当年出发前往因戈尔施塔特之前最后拥抱父亲的地方。
and I stood in the same place where I had last embraced my father before my departure for Ingolstadt.
亲爱而可敬的父亲!他依然还在我身边。
Beloved and venerable parent! He still remained to me.
我凝视着母亲的画像,那幅画挂在壁炉架的上方。
I gazed on the picture of my mother, which stood over the mantel-piece.
那是一幅历史题材的画作,按照父亲的心愿绘制而成,画中的卡罗琳·博福特跪在她亡父的棺木旁,神情痛苦绝望。
It was an historical subject, painted at my father's desire, and represented Caroline Beaufort in an agony of despair, kneeling by the coffin of her dead father.
她身着朴素的村装,面颊苍白,却透着一种庄严的美,令人几乎生不出怜悯之情。
Her garb was rustic, and her cheek pale; but there was an air of dignity and beauty, that hardly permitted the sentiment of pity.
画的下方是一幅威廉的小画像,我望着它,泪水夺眶而出。
Below this picture was a miniature of William; and my tears flowed when I looked upon it.
正当我沉浸其中时,欧内斯特走了进来:他听到我到来,急忙赶来迎接我。
While I was thus engaged, Ernest entered: he had heard me arrive, and hastened to welcome me:
Vocabulary
- reflections
- 深思,内心的思考与反省
- determined
- 下定决心,坚决决定做某事
- resolved
- 决心,下定决意去做某事
- remain
- 保持,继续处于某种状态
- silent
- 沉默的,不说话的
- servants
- 仆人,受雇在家中做杂务的人
- disturb
- 打扰,打断他人的休息或活动
- library
- 图书室,藏有书籍供阅读的房间
- attend
- 等候,等待某事发生
- usual
- 通常的,平常习惯的
- rising
- 起床,早晨起来的动作
- elapsed
- 时间流逝,(时间)经过
- indelible
- 不可磨灭的,永远无法消除的
- trace
- 痕迹,留下的印记或踪迹
- embraced
- 拥抱,张开双臂抱住某人
- departure
- 出发,离开某地的行为
- Beloved
- 亲爱的,深受爱戴的
- venerable
- 令人尊敬的,因年高德劭而受尊重
- gazed
- 凝视,长时间专注地看
- mantel-piece
- 壁炉架,壁炉上方的装饰台架
- historical
- 历史的,与历史有关的
- subject
- 题材,绘画或艺术作品的主题
- desire
- 愿望,强烈希望得到或实现某事
- represented
- 描绘,在画中表现某一场景
- agony
- 极度痛苦,身心上的剧烈痛苦
- despair
- 绝望,完全失去希望的状态
- kneeling
- 跪着,双膝弯曲跪在地上的姿势
- coffin
- 棺材,装放遗体的长方形木箱
- garb
- 服装,穿着打扮的方式
- rustic
- 乡村风格的,朴素简单的农村式样
- cheek
- 脸颊,面部两侧的部位
- pale
- 苍白的,脸色发白缺乏血色
- air
- 神态,人的外表气质或举止风度
- dignity
- 尊严,高贵庄重的气质
- hardly
- 几乎不,表示某事极少或勉强发生
- permitted
- 允许,给予许可或可能性
- sentiment
- 情感,内心柔和的感受或情绪
- pity
- 怜悯,对他人不幸产生的同情心
- miniature
- 小型画像,小幅精细绘制的肖像画
- flowed
- 流淌,液体连续不断地流动
- thus
- 如此,以这种方式,因此
- engaged
- 专注于,全神贯注地做某事
- hastened
- 赶紧,迅速行动前往某处
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