Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 7
然而，我在这门学问上确实有所进步，但还不足以进行任何形式的交谈，尽管我全身心地投入其中。
I improved, however, sensibly in this science, but not sufficiently to follow up any kind of conversation, although I applied my whole mind to the endeavour.
我清楚地意识到，尽管我渴望向农舍里的人们表明自己的身份，但在我尚未掌握他们的语言之前，不应贸然尝试。
I easily perceived that, although I eagerly longed to discover myself to the cottagers, I ought not to make the attempt until I had first become master of their language.
掌握了他们的语言，或许能让他们忽略我外形的丑陋，因为我也已通过那不断映入眼帘的对比而深刻认识到了这一点。
Which knowledge might enable me to make them overlook the deformity of my figure, for with this also the contrast perpetually presented to my eyes had made me acquainted.
我曾赞叹农舍居民那完美的体态——他们的优雅、美丽与细腻的肤色；然而当我在一汪清澈的水池中看见自己时，我是多么地惊骇！
I had admired the perfect forms of my cottagers—their grace, beauty, and delicate complexions; but how was I terrified when I viewed myself in a transparent pool!
起初我猛地退后，不敢相信镜中所映照的竟然就是我自己；当我完全确信自己就是那个怪物时，心中充满了最深切的绝望与屈辱。
At first I started back, unable to believe that it was indeed I who was reflected in the mirror; and when I became fully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am, I was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification.
唉！那时我还未完全了解这副可悲的丑陋外表所带来的致命影响。
Alas! I did not yet entirely know the fatal effects of this miserable deformity.
随着太阳变得愈加温暖，白昼也越来越长，积雪消融，我看见了光秃秃的树木和黑色的大地。
As the sun became warmer and the light of day longer, the snow vanished, and I beheld the bare trees and the black earth.
从那时起，费利克斯变得更加忙碌，而那令人揪心的饥荒迫近的迹象也消失了。
From this time Felix was more employed, and the heart-moving indications of impending famine disappeared.
他们的食物，据我后来所知，虽然粗糙，但却有益健康；而且他们能够获得足够的食物。
Their food, as I afterwards found, was coarse, but it was wholesome; and they procured a sufficiency of it.
Vocabulary
- improved
- 进步了；变得更好
- however
- 然而；但是，表示转折
- sensibly
- 明显地；相当程度地
- science
- 这里指某种学问或技能，如语言
- sufficiently
- 足够地；充分地
- follow
- 跟上；理解并参与（对话）
- kind
- 种类；类型
- conversation
- 对话；交谈
- although
- 尽管；虽然，表示让步
- applied
- 运用；投入（精力或注意力）
- whole
- 全部的；整个的
- mind
- 心智；注意力；思想
- endeavour
- 努力；尝试（英式拼写）
- easily
- 容易地；轻易地
- perceived
- 察觉到；意识到；感知到
- eagerly
- 热切地；渴望地
- longed
- 渴望；强烈希望得到某事
- discover
- 发现；揭示；让……知晓
- cottagers
- 住在小屋里的人；村民
- ought
- 应该；表示义务或建议
- attempt
- 尝试；努力去做某事
- until
- 直到……为止
- become
- 成为；变得
- master
- 精通；掌握（某技能或语言）
- language
- 语言；用于交流的文字或话语
- knowledge
- 知识；了解；掌握的信息
- might
- 可能；表示可能性的情态动词
- enable
- 使……能够；使成为可能
- overlook
- 忽视；不计较；宽容对待
- deformity
- 畸形；外貌上的缺陷或丑陋
- figure
- 体形；外貌；身材
- contrast
- 对比；反差；鲜明差异
- perpetually
- 持续不断地；永久地
- presented
- 呈现；展示在……面前
- acquainted
- 熟悉的；了解的
- admired
- 钦佩的；令人赞叹的
- perfect
- 完美的；无缺陷的
- forms
- 形态；外形；体型
- grace
- 优雅；美丽的举止或姿态
- beauty
- 美丽；令人赏心悦目的特质
- delicate
- 细腻的；精致的；柔美的
- complexions
- 肤色；皮肤的颜色和状态
- terrified
- 极度恐惧的；被吓坏了
- viewed
- 看见；注视；观看
- transparent
- 透明的；可以看穿的
- pool
- 水池；一小片静止的水面
- started
- 猛地退缩；突然后退（因惊吓）
- unable
- 不能够的；无法做某事
- believe
- 相信；认为某事是真实的
- indeed
- 确实；的确；表示强调
- reflected
- 映照出；倒映；反射（影像）
- mirror
- 镜子；反射影像的物体
- fully
- 完全地；彻底地
- convinced
- 确信的；深信不疑的
- reality
- 现实；真实情况
- monster
- 怪物；令人恐惧的丑陋生物
- filled
- 充满；被……所充斥
- bitterest
- 最痛苦的；最悲伤的（bitter最高级）
- sensations
- 感觉；情绪；内心的感受
- despondence
- 沮丧；绝望；意志消沉的状态
- mortification
- 屈辱；羞耻；极度难堪的感受
- Alas
- 唉；哎，表示悲伤或遗憾的感叹
- yet
- 还；尚且；在此时还没有
- entirely
- 完全地；全部地；彻底地
- fatal
- 致命的；灾难性的；极有害的
- effects
- 影响；效果；后果
- miserable
- 悲惨的；痛苦不堪的
- warmer
- 更温暖的；warm的比较级
- light
- 光；光线；光亮
- longer
- 更长的；long的比较级
- vanished
- 消失了；突然不见了
- beheld
- 看见；注视（behold的过去式）
- bare
- 光秃秃的；没有叶子或覆盖物
- earth
- 泥土；大地；地面
- employed
- 使用；忙于；从事于某活动
- heart-moving
- 令人动容的；感人至深的
- indications
- 迹象；征兆；表明某事的信号
- impending
- 即将来临的；迫在眉睫的
- famine
- 饥荒；严重的粮食短缺
- disappeared
- 消失了；不见了
- afterwards
- 之后；后来；在某事发生后
- coarse
- 粗糙的；简陋的；质地粗粝的
- wholesome
- 有益健康的；营养的；有益的
- procured
- 获得；设法得到；弄到
- sufficiency
- 足够的量；充足；足量
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