Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 5
大海,或者说那条巨大的冰河,蜿蜒流淌于群山之间,山峰高耸入云,俯瞰着冰河深处。
The sea, or rather the vast river of ice, wound among its dependent mountains, whose aerial summits hung over its recesses.
山峰冰冷而晶莹,在云层之上闪耀着阳光的光辉。
Their icy and glittering peaks shone in the sunlight over the clouds.
我的心,此前满是悲伤,此刻却涌起一种近乎喜悦的情感;我呼喊道:
My heart, which was before sorrowful, now swelled with something like joy; I exclaimed,
「游荡的精灵们,若你们果真在游荡,而非安眠于狭窄的墓床,请赐我这一丝微薄的快慰,或带我离开人世的欢乐,与你们同行。」
"Wandering spirits, if indeed ye wander, and do not rest in your narrow beds, allow me this faint happiness, or take me, as your companion, away from the joys of life."
就在我说出这番话的时候,我突然看见远处有一个人影,正以超乎常人的速度向我奔来。
As I said this I suddenly beheld the figure of a man, at some distance, advancing towards me with superhuman speed.
他纵身跃过冰面上的裂缝——那些我曾小心翼翼绕行的裂缝;随着他逐渐靠近,他的身形似乎也超越了常人的高度。
He bounded over the crevices in the ice, among which I had walked with caution; his stature, also, as he approached, seemed to exceed that of man.
我心神不宁;眼前一片迷蒙,感到一阵晕眩袭来,好在山间的寒风很快使我恢复了清醒。
I was troubled; a mist came over my eyes, and I felt a faintness seize me, but I was quickly restored by the cold gale of the mountains.
随着那身影越来越近(那令人战栗、令人憎恶的景象!),我看清了——那正是我亲手创造的那个怪物。
I perceived, as the shape came nearer (sight tremendous and abhorred!) that it was the wretch whom I had created.
我因愤怒与恐惧而浑身颤抖,决意等他走近,便与他展开一场殊死搏斗。
I trembled with rage and horror, resolving to wait his approach and then close with him in mortal combat.
他走近了;他的面容流露出深切的痛苦,夹杂着轻蔑与凶戾,而那非人的丑陋更使这张脸几乎令人无法直视。
He approached; his countenance bespoke bitter anguish, combined with disdain and malignity, while its unearthly ugliness rendered it almost too horrible for human eyes.
但我几乎无暇顾及这些;愤怒与仇恨起初令我哑口无言,待我回过神来,便以激烈的言辞将满腔的憎恶与蔑视倾泻而出,向他猛烈抨击。
But I scarcely observed this; rage and hatred had at first deprived me of utterance, and I recovered only to overwhelm him with words expressive of furious detestation and contempt.
Vocabulary
- sea
- 海洋,大面积的咸水水域
- rather
- 更确切地说,用于修正前述说法
- vast
- 广阔的,巨大的,形容范围极大
- river
- 河流,流动的大型淡水水体
- ice
- 冰,水在低温下凝固形成的固体
- wound
- 蜿蜒延伸,曲折地穿过某地
- among
- 在……之中,处于多个事物之间
- dependent
- 依附的,依赖某物而存在的
- mountains
- 山脉,高大的自然地貌
- aerial
- 高空的,与空中或高处相关的
- summits
- 山顶,山的最高点
- hung
- 悬挂,悬浮在某处上方
- recesses
- 深处,隐蔽或幽深的地方
- icy
- 冰冷的,覆盖着冰或极寒的
- glittering
- 闪闪发光的,发出明亮光芒的
- peaks
- 山峰,山的尖顶部分
- shone
- 发光,shine的过去式,闪耀
- sunlight
- 阳光,太阳发出的光线
- clouds
- 云,天空中的水汽聚集体
- heart
- 心,内心,情感的中心
- sorrowful
- 悲伤的,充满悲痛和忧愁的
- swelled
- 膨胀,情感高涨或扩张
- joy
- 喜悦,快乐的情感
- exclaimed
- 呼喊,激动地大声说出
- Wandering
- 游荡的,漫无目的地到处行走
- spirits
- 灵魂,精神,超自然的存在
- indeed
- 确实,用于强调某事属实
- ye
- 你们,古英语中的第二人称复数
- wander
- 漫游,无目的地四处游荡
- rest
- 休息,停留在某处安歇
- narrow
- 狭窄的,宽度很小的
- beds
- 床,此处指墓穴或安息之处
- allow
- 允许,准许某人做某事
- faint
- 微弱的,轻微的,几乎感觉不到
- happiness
- 幸福,快乐的状态或感受
- companion
- 同伴,一起相处的人
- joys
- 喜悦,快乐的事情或感受
- life
- 生命,生活,存在的状态
- suddenly
- 突然,出乎意料地发生
- beheld
- 看见,behold的过去式,注视
- figure
- 身影,人的形体轮廓
- distance
- 距离,两点之间的空间间隔
- advancing
- 前进,向前移动靠近
- towards
- 朝向,向着某个方向移动
- superhuman
- 超人的,超越普通人类能力的
- speed
- 速度,移动或行进的快慢
- bounded
- 跳跃,大步跨越障碍物
- crevices
- 裂缝,岩石或地面的狭窄裂口
- caution
- 谨慎,小心行事的态度
- stature
- 身材,体型,人的高度和体格
- approached
- 接近,靠近某人或某物
- seemed
- 似乎,看起来好像是
- exceed
- 超过,超越某个限度或标准
- troubled
- 烦扰的,感到困扰或不安的
- mist
- 薄雾,轻雾,模糊视线的水汽
- faintness
- 眩晕感,身体虚弱欲昏倒的感觉
- seize
- 突然抓住,控制,袭击
- quickly
- 迅速地,以很快的速度
- restored
- 恢复,使重新回到正常状态
- cold
- 寒冷的,温度低的
- gale
- 大风,强风,猛烈的风
- perceived
- 察觉,感知,注意到某事物
- shape
- 形状,轮廓,物体的外形
- nearer
- 更近,距离更近一些
- sight
- 景象,视野内看到的事物
- tremendous
- 极大的,令人震惊或巨大的
- abhorred
- 极度厌恶的,令人憎恨的
- wretch
- 可怜虫,令人鄙视或悲惨的人
- created
- 创造,制造出某个新事物
- trembled
- 颤抖,因恐惧或激动而发抖
- rage
- 愤怒,极度的愤怒情绪
- horror
- 恐惧,极度的惊骇和恐怖感
- resolving
- 决心,下定决心做某事
- wait
- 等待,停留等候某人或某事
- approach
- 靠近,接近,临近某处
- close
- 近距离地,贴近地
- mortal
- 致命的,凡人的,与死亡相关
- combat
- 战斗,激烈的打斗或战争
- countenance
- 面容,面部表情和神色
- bespoke
- 表现出,显示出某种情感或特质
- bitter
- 苦涩的,充满痛苦和怨恨的
- anguish
- 痛苦,极度的精神或肉体苦楚
- combined
- 结合,混合在一起的
- disdain
- 蔑视,轻蔑,认为不值得尊重
- malignity
- 恶意,强烈的仇恨和害人之心
- unearthly
- 怪异的,超自然的,不像人间的
- ugliness
- 丑陋,外貌令人不悦的特征
- rendered
- 使得,令某物变成某种状态
- almost
- 几乎,差不多,接近但未完全
- horrible
- 可怕的,令人极度恐惧的
- human
- 人类的,与人有关的
- scarcely
- 几乎不,勉强,很少能够
- observed
- 观察到,注意到某事物
- hatred
- 仇恨,强烈的厌恶和敌意
- deprived
- 剥夺,使失去某种能力或东西
- utterance
- 言语,说话,表达的能力或内容
- recovered
- 恢复,重新获得失去的能力
- overwhelm
- 压倒,以强烈的力量淹没或征服
- expressive
- 富有表达力的,充分表达情感的
- furious
- 狂怒的,极度愤怒的
- detestation
- 憎恶,强烈的厌恶和憎恨
- contempt
- 鄙视,轻蔑,认为对方低劣
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