Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 6
我们参观了那令人叹为观止的洞穴,以及那几间小小的自然史陈列室,里面的奇珍异品摆放方式与塞尔沃和夏蒙尼的收藏馆如出一辙。
We visited the wondrous cave and the little cabinets of natural history, where the curiosities are disposed in the same manner as in the collections at Servox and Chamounix.
后者的名字一经亨利说出,便令我浑身颤抖,我急忙离开了马特洛克——那个可怕的场景就与此地联系在了一起。
The latter name made me tremble when pronounced by Henry, and I hastened to quit Matlock, with which that terrible scene was thus associated.
从德比出发,我们继续向北行进,在坎伯兰和威斯特摩兰度过了两个月。
From Derby, still journeying northwards, we passed two months in Cumberland and Westmorland.
我几乎以为自己置身于瑞士的群山之中。
I could now almost fancy myself among the Swiss mountains.
山北侧残留的点点积雪、湖泊,以及湍急的山涧溪流,对我来说都是熟悉而亲切的景象。
The little patches of snow which yet lingered on the northern sides of the mountains, the lakes, and the dashing of the rocky streams were all familiar and dear sights to me.
在这里,我们也结识了一些朋友,他们几乎让我重拾了久违的快乐。
Here also we made some acquaintances, who almost contrived to cheat me into happiness.
克莱瓦尔的喜悦远比我更为强烈;在才识之士的陪伴中,他的心智得到了拓展,他也在自身中发现了比与那些不如他的人交往时所能想象到的更大的才能与潜力。
The delight of Clerval was proportionably greater than mine; his mind expanded in the company of men of talent, and he found in his own nature greater capacities and resources than he could have imagined himself to have possessed while he associated with his inferiors.
然而他发现,旅人的生活在享乐之中也夹杂着诸多苦痛。
But he found that a traveller's life is one that includes much pain amidst its enjoyments.
Vocabulary
- visited
- 参观,拜访某个地方
- wondrous
- 令人惊叹的,奇妙的
- cave
- 山洞,天然形成的洞穴
- cabinets
- 陈列柜,存放收藏品的橱柜
- natural
- 自然的,关于自然界的
- curiosities
- 奇珍异品,引人好奇的稀罕物件
- disposed
- 陈列,排列摆放物品
- manner
- 方式,方法,风格
- collections
- 收藏品,一组收集的物品
- latter
- 后者,指前面提到的后一个
- tremble
- 颤抖,因恐惧或激动而发抖
- pronounced
- 被说出,被念出某个词
- hastened
- 急忙,赶紧去做某事
- quit
- 离开,离开某个地方或停止某事
- terrible
- 可怕的,令人恐惧的
- scene
- 场景,情景,一段经历
- thus
- 因此,以这种方式
- associated
- 相关联的,与某事物有联系
- journeying
- 旅行,进行长途旅程
- northwards
- 向北方,朝北方向前进
- fancy
- 想象,幻想某件事
- Swiss
- 瑞士的,与瑞士有关的
- patches
- 小块,零散的区域或斑块
- lingered
- 逗留,缓慢消散或持续存在
- northern
- 北面的,位于北方的
- dashing
- 奔腾的,急速流动冲击的
- rocky
- 多岩石的,布满岩石的
- streams
- 小溪,流动的水流复数
- familiar
- 熟悉的,令人感到亲切的
- sights
- 景象,值得观看的风景或景观
- acquaintances
- 相识的人,并不十分亲密的朋友
- contrived
- 设法做到,想方设法实现某事
- cheat
- 欺骗,使人产生错误的感觉
- happiness
- 幸福,快乐的情感状态
- delight
- 喜悦,极大的快乐和满足
- proportionably
- 成比例地,相应地更多
- expanded
- 扩展,开阔,变得更广博
- company
- 陪伴,与某人相处交流
- talent
- 才能,天赋,有才华的人
- nature
- 本性,天性,一个人的内在特质
- capacities
- 能力,才能的复数,潜力
- resources
- 资源,内在的能力与潜力
- imagined
- 想象,曾经设想拥有某事物
- possessed
- 拥有,具备某种能力或特质
- inferiors
- 地位或能力较低的人
- traveller
- 旅行者,长途旅行的人
- includes
- 包括,含有某些内容
- pain
- 痛苦,艰辛,不愉快的感受
- amidst
- 在……之中,夹杂在其间
- enjoyments
- 乐趣,令人享受的事物复数
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