Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 8
如果我回去，要么是去被牺牲，要么是眼睁睁看着我最爱的人死在我亲手创造的恶魔手中。
If I returned, it was to be sacrificed or to see those whom I most loved die under the grasp of a dæmon whom I had myself created.
我像一个不安的幽灵一样在岛上徘徊，与一切所爱之物分离，在这种分离中痛苦不堪。
I walked about the isle like a restless spectre, separated from all it loved and miserable in the separation.
到了正午，太阳升得更高了，我躺在草地上，沉沉地睡了过去。
When it became noon, and the sun rose higher, I lay down on the grass and was overpowered by a deep sleep.
我整个前一夜都未曾入睡，神经紧绷，双眼因熬夜和痛苦而充血。
I had been awake the whole of the preceding night, my nerves were agitated, and my eyes inflamed by watching and misery.
此刻我沉入的睡眠让我得到了恢复；当我醒来时，我再次感到自己属于和我一样的人类，开始以更平静的心情回想发生的一切。
The sleep into which I now sank refreshed me; and when I awoke, I again felt as if I belonged to a race of human beings like myself, and I began to reflect upon what had passed with greater composure;
然而那恶魔的话语仍像丧钟一般在我耳边回响；它们像梦境一般，却又如现实般清晰而沉重。
yet still the words of the fiend rang in my ears like a death-knell; they appeared like a dream, yet distinct and oppressive as a reality.
太阳已经西沉了许久，我仍坐在岸边，用一块燕麦饼填充着已经饥肠辘辘的肚子，这时我看见一艘渔船在我附近靠岸。
The sun had far descended, and I still sat on the shore, satisfying my appetite, which had become ravenous, with an oaten cake, when I saw a fishing-boat land close to me,
其中一名男子带给我一个包裹，里面装着来自日内瓦的信件，以及一封克莱瓦尔恳求我去与他会合的信。
and one of the men brought me a packet; it contained letters from Geneva, and one from Clerval entreating me to join him.
他说他在那里虚度时日，毫无所获，而他在伦敦结交的朋友们来信希望他回去，以完成他们为他的印度事业所开展的谈判。
He said that he was wearing away his time fruitlessly where he was, that letters from the friends he had formed in London desired his return to complete the negotiation they had entered into for his Indian enterprise.
Vocabulary
- returned
- 回来；返回某地或某状态
- sacrificed
- 被牺牲；为某目的放弃生命或利益
- whom
- 关系代词，用于指代宾语位置的人
- grasp
- 抓握；控制；魔爪之下
- dæmon
- 恶魔；邪灵；恶性存在
- created
- 创造；制造出某种存在
- isle
- 小岛；四面环水的陆地
- restless
- 不安的；无法平静或休息
- spectre
- 鬼魂；幽灵；令人恐惧的幻象
- separated
- 分离的；与他人隔绝的
- miserable
- 痛苦的；极其不幸和悲惨的
- separation
- 分离；与他人隔绝的状态
- noon
- 正午；中午十二点
- overpowered
- 被压倒；被某力量完全征服
- awake
- 清醒的；未入睡的状态
- preceding
- 前面的；在此之前发生的
- nerves
- 神经；情绪紧张状态
- agitated
- 激动不安的；情绪激动扰乱的
- inflamed
- 红肿发炎的；充血激动的
- misery
- 痛苦；极度悲惨的状态
- sank
- 沉入；下沉；sink的过去式
- refreshed
- 使恢复精力；使感到清爽振奋
- awoke
- 醒来；awake的过去式
- belonged
- 属于；归属于某群体
- race
- 种族；人类群体
- beings
- 生命存在；人类个体
- reflect
- 反思；深思熟虑某事
- composure
- 镇定；冷静；平静的心态
- fiend
- 恶魔；残忍邪恶的人或生物
- death-knell
- 丧钟；预示死亡或终结的信号
- distinct
- 清晰的；明显的；有别于其他的
- oppressive
- 压迫性的；令人窒息的沉重感
- reality
- 现实；真实存在的状况
- descended
- 走下；下降；descend的过去式
- shore
- 海岸；湖岸；水边的陆地
- satisfying
- 满足；使需求得到满足
- appetite
- 食欲；对食物的渴望
- ravenous
- 极度饥饿的；饥不择食的
- oaten
- 由燕麦制成的；燕麦做的
- fishing-boat
- 渔船；用于捕鱼的小船
- packet
- 小包裹；一捆信件或文件
- contained
- 包含；内含某物
- entreating
- 恳求；恳切请求某人做某事
- wearing
- 消磨；耗费时间无所作为
- fruitlessly
- 徒劳地；毫无成果地
- formed
- 结交；形成；form的过去式
- desired
- 渴望；希望实现某事
- negotiation
- 谈判；协商解决某事务的过程
- enterprise
- 事业；商业计划；企业项目
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