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Chinese → English Chapter 17 Level 7/10

如果你能把我推入那些冰裂缝之一,毁掉我的躯体——你亲手所造之物——你不会称之为谋杀。

You would not call it murder if you could precipitate me into one of those ice-rifts and destroy my frame, the work of your own hands.

当人类谴责我时,我为何要尊重他们?

Shall I respect man when he condemns me?

让他与我在善意的交流中共同生活,我便不会伤害他,而是含着感激的泪水,将每一份恩惠都赐予他。

Let him live with me in the interchange of kindness, and instead of injury I would bestow every benefit upon him with tears of gratitude at his acceptance.

但这不可能实现;人类的感官是我们结合的不可逾越的障碍。

But that cannot be; the human senses are insurmountable barriers to our union.

然而,我的顺从绝不会是卑屈的奴役。

Yet mine shall not be the submission of abject slavery.

我要报复我所受的伤害;若我无法激起爱,我便会引发恐惧,尤其是对你——我的大敌,因为你是我的创造者,我发誓对你怀有永不熄灭的仇恨。

I will revenge my injuries; if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear, and chiefly towards you my arch-enemy, because my creator, do I swear inextinguishable hatred.

他说这番话时,一股恶魔般的狂怒激荡着他;他的脸扭曲成令人不忍直视的可怖模样;但不久,他平静下来,继续说道——

A fiendish rage animated him as he said this; his face was wrinkled into contortions too horrible for human eyes to behold; but presently he calmed himself and proceeded—

若有任何生灵对我怀有善意之情,我将百倍、千倍地回报他们;为了那一个生灵,我愿与全人类和解!

If any being felt emotions of benevolence towards me, I should return them a hundred and a hundredfold; for that one creature's sake I would make peace with the whole kind!

但如今我沉溺于那些无法实现的幸福梦想之中。

But I now indulge in dreams of bliss that cannot be realised.

Vocabulary

would
表示假设或意愿的情态动词
call
称呼;把某事物定义为某名称
murder
故意杀人;谋杀罪
could
表示能力或可能性的情态动词过去式
precipitate
使突然跌入;使仓促陷入某处境
ice-rifts
冰层裂缝;冰川中的深裂隙
destroy
摧毁,彻底毁坏某物
frame
身体;躯体的骨架结构
Shall
表示意志或将来的情态动词
respect
尊重;敬重某人或某事
condemns
谴责;强烈指责或判定有罪
interchange
相互交流;彼此交换
kindness
善意;友善的行为
instead
代替;而不是
injury
伤害;损害
bestow
赋予;正式给予某人某物
benefit
好处;利益
upon
在……之上,正式用法介词
tears
眼泪;哭泣时流的泪水
gratitude
感激之情;感恩
acceptance
接受;认可某事物
human
人类的;与人有关的
senses
感官;人的感知能力
insurmountable
不可逾越的;无法克服的障碍
barriers
障碍;阻碍联系的事物
union
联合;结合在一起
Yet
然而;尽管如此,转折连词
shall
将要;表示决心的情态动词
submission
顺从;屈服于他人意志
abject
极度卑微的;彻底悲惨的
slavery
奴役;被迫服从的状态
revenge
复仇;报复伤害自己的人
injuries
伤害;所受的损害或冤屈
inspire
激发;激起某种情感
cause
导致;引起某结果
fear
恐惧;害怕的情感
chiefly
主要地;尤其是
towards
朝向;针对某人或某方向
arch-enemy
死敌;最主要的仇敌
creator
创造者;制造某物的人
swear
发誓;郑重承诺某事
inextinguishable
无法熄灭的;永不消散的
hatred
仇恨;强烈的厌恶之情
fiendish
恶魔般的;极度残忍的
rage
狂怒;极度愤怒的情绪
animated
充满生气的;充满激情地
wrinkled
布满皱纹的;因情绪而扭曲
contortions
扭曲变形;面部或身体的扭歪
horrible
可怕的;令人恐惧的
behold
注视;看见(正式或文学用语)
presently
不久;随即,稍后
calmed
使平静;恢复冷静
proceeded
继续进行;接着做某事
being
存在物;有生命的个体
emotions
情感;内心的感受
benevolence
仁慈;善意对待他人的品质
should
应该;表示义务或推测
return
回报;给予相应的回应
hundredfold
百倍地;以一百倍的程度
creature's
生物的;某个生命体所属的
sake
缘故;为了某人或某目的
peace
和平;平静的状态
whole
整个;全部的
kind
种类;此处指人类
indulge
沉溺于;放纵自己享受某事
dreams
梦想;幻想中的美好愿景
bliss
极乐;完全幸福的状态
realised
实现;使梦想或计划成真
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