Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 4
她随后讲述道，在伊丽莎白的允许下，案发当晚她在日内瓦附近约一里格处的舍纳村一位姑母家中度过了那个夜晚。
She then related that, by the permission of Elizabeth, she had passed the evening of the night on which the murder had been committed at the house of an aunt at Chêne, a village situated at about a league from Geneva.
她在返回途中，大约九点钟时，遇到一个男人，问她是否见过那个失踪的孩子。
On her return, at about nine o'clock, she met a man who asked her if she had seen anything of the child who was lost.
她听到这个消息后十分惊慌，花了好几个小时四处寻找，后来日内瓦城门关闭，她被迫在一户农舍的谷仓里待了好几个小时。
She was alarmed by this account and passed several hours in looking for him, when the gates of Geneva were shut, and she was forced to remain several hours of the night in a barn belonging to a cottage,
她不愿意惊动那些认识她的居民，所以没有去敲门。
being unwilling to call up the inhabitants, to whom she was well known.
她在那里守望了大半夜；快到天亮时，她以为自己睡了几分钟；一阵脚步声惊醒了她。
Most of the night she spent here watching; towards morning she believed that she slept for a few minutes; some steps disturbed her, and she awoke.
天色已经微明，她离开了这处藏身之所，打算再次去寻找我的弟弟。
It was dawn, and she quitted her asylum, that she might again endeavour to find my brother.
如果她曾走近弟弟遗体所在之处，那也是她毫不知情的。
If she had gone near the spot where his body lay, it was without her knowledge.
她在被那个市场女摊贩盘问时显得神情恍惚，这并不奇怪，因为她整夜未眠，而可怜的威廉的命运当时尚不明朗。
That she had been bewildered when questioned by the market-woman was not surprising, since she had passed a sleepless night and the fate of poor William was yet uncertain.
至于那幅画像，她无法作出任何解释。
Concerning the picture she could give no account.
Vocabulary
- then
- 然后；接着，表示时间顺序
- related
- 讲述；叙述某件事情的经过
- permission
- 许可；允许某人做某事的授权
- passed
- 度过；经历某段时间
- evening
- 傍晚；夜幕降临前的时段
- murder
- 谋杀；故意杀人的犯罪行为
- committed
- 实施；犯下某种罪行或错误
- aunt
- 姑母；父母的姐妹或姑姑
- village
- 村庄；规模较小的居住地
- situated
- 位于；处于某个特定地点
- league
- 里格；旧时长度单位，约三英里
- return
- 返回；回到原来所在的地方
- met
- 遇见；meet的过去式，偶然碰到某人
- lost
- 走失；迷路或找不到的状态
- alarmed
- 惊慌的；感到恐惧或担忧的
- account
- 缘故；原因，用于短语on this account
- several
- 几个；数量不多但超过两个
- gates
- 城门；大门，城市的出入口
- shut
- 关闭；使门或通道不能通行
- forced
- 被迫；不得不做某事
- remain
- 留下；继续待在某个地方
- barn
- 谷仓；农村用于储存粮食的建筑
- belonging
- 属于；归属于某人或某地
- cottage
- 小屋；农村的小型住宅
- unwilling
- 不愿意；不想做某事的态度
- call
- 叫醒；大声呼唤或打扰某人
- inhabitants
- 居民；居住在某地的人们
- whom
- 谁；who的宾格形式，用于定语从句
- Most
- 大部分；大多数时间或数量
- spent
- 度过；花费时间在某事上
- watching
- 守望；保持警惕地观察或等待
- towards
- 接近；临近某个时间点
- believed
- 相信；认为某事是真实的
- steps
- 脚步声；走路时发出的声音
- disturbed
- 打扰；打断某人的睡眠或安宁
- awoke
- 醒来；awake的过去式，从睡眠中醒来
- dawn
- 黎明；天刚亮的时刻
- quitted
- 离开；quit的过去式，离开某个地方
- asylum
- 避难所；提供庇护的临时住所
- might
- 可能；表示可能性的情态动词
- endeavour
- 努力；尽力尝试做某事
- spot
- 地点；某个具体的位置或场所
- body
- 遗体；死者的身体
- lay
- 躺着；lie的过去式，指物体处于平放状态
- without
- 没有；不具备某种意识或条件
- knowledge
- 知晓；了解某事的意识或信息
- bewildered
- 困惑的；感到迷茫、不知所措的
- questioned
- 盘问；向某人提出一系列问题
- market-woman
- 市场女摊贩；在市场摆摊的女性
- surprising
- 令人惊讶的；出乎意料的
- since
- 因为；表示原因的连词
- sleepless
- 无眠的；整夜未能入睡的状态
- fate
- 命运；某人最终遭遇的结果
- poor
- 可怜的；表示同情的形容词
- yet
- 仍然；尚未得到确认或解决
- uncertain
- 不确定的；尚不清楚的状态
- Concerning
- 关于；涉及某个话题或事物
- picture
- 照片；图画，这里指画像或肖像
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