Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 10
它只有两个房间，这两个房间展现了最悲惨的贫困所带来的一切污秽与破败。
It contained but two rooms, and these exhibited all the squalidness of the most miserable penury.
茅草屋顶已经塌陷，墙壁没有抹灰，门也脱离了铰链。
The thatch had fallen in, the walls were unplastered, and the door was off its hinges.
我命人将其修缮，买了些家具，便入住其中。
I ordered it to be repaired, bought some furniture, and took possession,
这件事若在平时或许会引起些许惊异，然而村民们的感官已被贫困与污秽的穷苦所麻木，对此毫无反应。
an incident which would doubtless have occasioned some surprise had not all the senses of the cottagers been benumbed by want and squalid poverty.
就这样，我在此生活，无人注视，无人打扰，即便我给予他们那一点点食物和衣物，也几乎得不到什么感谢——苦难竟能将人最粗钝的感觉也一并磨灭。
As it was, I lived ungazed at and unmolested, hardly thanked for the pittance of food and clothes which I gave, so much does suffering blunt even the coarsest sensations of men.
在这处僻居之中，我将清晨用于劳作；而到了傍晚，天气允许时，我便在海边的礁石滩上漫步，聆听海浪在脚边咆哮翻腾。
In this retreat I devoted the morning to labour; but in the evening, when the weather permitted, I walked on the stony beach of the sea to listen to the waves as they roared and dashed at my feet.
那是一幅单调却又瞬息万变的景象。
It was a monotonous yet ever-changing scene.
我想起了瑞士；那里与这片荒凉而令人心悸的景色截然不同。
I thought of Switzerland; it was far different from this desolate and appalling landscape.
瑞士的山丘覆盖着葡萄藤，小屋密密散布在平原之上。
Its hills are covered with vines, and its cottages are scattered thickly in the plains.
那里明澈的湖泊倒映着湛蓝柔和的天空，即便风浪涌起，湖面的喧腾也不过像活泼孩童的嬉戏，与那巨洋的咆哮相比，实在微不足道。
Its fair lakes reflect a blue and gentle sky, and when troubled by the winds, their tumult is but as the play of a lively infant when compared to the roarings of the giant ocean.
我刚到此地时，便是如此分配我的日常事务；然而随着劳作的推进，这一切对我来说变得日益可怖，日益令人厌倦。
In this manner I distributed my occupations when I first arrived, but as I proceeded in my labour, it became every day more horrible and irksome to me.
Vocabulary
- contained
- 包含，容纳某物在内
- exhibited
- 展示，呈现某种状态或特征
- squalidness
- 肮脏污秽、极度破败的状态
- miserable
- 悲惨的，令人痛苦的
- penury
- 极度贫穷，一无所有的状态
- thatch
- 茅草屋顶，用草铺成的屋顶
- unplastered
- 未抹灰泥的，墙面粗糙未处理
- hinges
- 合页，门窗转动所用的铰链
- repaired
- 修缮，修复破损之物
- furniture
- 家具，室内陈设用品
- possession
- 占有，拥有某物或地方
- incident
- 事件，发生的一件事情
- doubtless
- 无疑地，毫无疑问地
- occasioned
- 引起，导致某事发生
- senses
- 感觉，感官意识
- cottagers
- 住在小屋里的人，村舍居民
- benumbed
- 麻木的，失去感觉或意识
- want
- 匮乏，极度缺乏物质需求
- squalid
- 肮脏污秽的，极端破败的
- poverty
- 贫困，缺乏生活所需物质
- ungazed
- 无人注视的，不被关注的
- unmolested
- 不受干扰的，无人打扰的
- hardly
- 几乎不，表示程度极低
- pittance
- 极少量的钱或食物，微薄给予
- suffering
- 苦难，承受痛苦的状态
- blunt
- 使迟钝，削弱感受力
- coarsest
- 最粗糙的，最低级的感官
- sensations
- 感觉，身体或情绪的感受
- retreat
- 隐居处，僻静的避难所
- devoted
- 致力于，专心投入某事
- labour
- 劳动，体力或脑力工作
- permitted
- 允许，条件许可某事发生
- stony
- 布满石头的，多石的
- roared
- 轰鸣，发出巨大的吼叫声
- dashed
- 猛冲，拍击，剧烈撞击
- monotonous
- 单调的，缺乏变化令人乏味
- ever-changing
- 不断变化的，持续改变的
- scene
- 景象，眼前所见的画面
- desolate
- 荒凉的，空旷无人令人悲凉
- appalling
- 骇人的，令人震惊或恐惧的
- landscape
- 风景，自然地貌景观
- vines
- 葡萄藤，攀爬植物的藤蔓
- cottages
- 小屋，乡村中的简朴住宅
- scattered
- 分散的，零星分布各处
- thickly
- 密集地，数量多且密布
- plains
- 平原，宽阔平坦的地带
- fair
- 美丽的，秀丽宜人的
- reflect
- 倒映，反射光或影像
- gentle
- 温和的，柔和不剧烈的
- troubled
- 被扰乱的，不平静的
- tumult
- 喧嚣，混乱嘈杂的状态
- lively
- 活泼的，充满生气的
- infant
- 婴儿，幼小的孩子
- roarings
- 轰鸣声，巨大的咆哮声
- giant
- 巨大的，规模极大的
- manner
- 方式，做事的方法
- distributed
- 分配，将事物分别安排
- occupations
- 职业；日常活动，消遣
- proceeded
- 继续进行，接着做某事
- horrible
- 可怕的，令人厌恶恐惧的
- irksome
- 令人厌烦的，使人不耐烦的
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