Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 13
就这样过了几个小时;但渐渐地,随着太阳向地平线西沉,风慢慢平息,变成了一阵轻柔的微风,海面上的巨浪也消散了。
Some hours passed thus; but by degrees, as the sun declined towards the horizon, the wind died away into a gentle breeze and the sea became free from breakers.
但取而代之的是汹涌的涌浪;我感到恶心,几乎握不住舵柄,就在这时,我突然看见南方出现了一条高地的轮廓。
But these gave place to a heavy swell; I felt sick and hardly able to hold the rudder, when suddenly I saw a line of high land towards the south.
我已被疲劳和持续数小时的可怕悬念折磨得精疲力竭,而这突如其来的生还确信,如同一股温暖的喜悦洪流涌入我的心间,泪水从我的眼中夺眶而出。
Almost spent, as I was, by fatigue and the dreadful suspense I endured for several hours, this sudden certainty of life rushed like a flood of warm joy to my heart, and tears gushed from my eyes.
我们的情感是多么善变,而我们对生命的那种执念之爱又是多么奇特,即便在极度痛苦之中也不曾消减!
How mutable are our feelings, and how strange is that clinging love we have of life even in the excess of misery!
我用衣物的一部分又做了一张帆,急切地将航向驶向那片陆地。
I constructed another sail with a part of my dress and eagerly steered my course towards the land.
那里看起来荒野多礁,但随着我越来越近,我很快便察觉到了人类耕作的痕迹。
It had a wild and rocky appearance, but as I approached nearer I easily perceived the traces of cultivation.
我看见海岸附近停着一些船只,顿时感到自己仿佛一下子回到了文明人的世界。
I saw vessels near the shore and found myself suddenly transported back to the neighbourhood of civilised man.
我仔细地沿着海岸的曲折轮廓行进,并向一座从小岬角后方露出的尖塔挥手致意。
I carefully traced the windings of the land and hailed a steeple which I at length saw issuing from behind a small promontory.
由于我已极度虚弱,我决定直接驶向那座城镇,那里是我最容易获得食物补给的地方。
As I was in a state of extreme debility, I resolved to sail directly towards the town, as a place where I could most easily procure nourishment.
幸运的是,我身上带着钱。
Fortunately I had money with me.
Vocabulary
- Some
- 一些,表示不确定的数量或程度
- hours
- 小时,时间单位,一天有24小时
- passed
- (时间)流逝,过去
- thus
- 因此,以这种方式,如此
- but
- 但是,表示转折或对比
- by
- 通过,逐渐地,表示方式或程度
- as
- 当……时候;因为;作为
- sun
- 太阳,地球围绕其运转的恒星
- declined
- (太阳)西沉,下降;也指拒绝
- towards
- 朝向,向着某个方向
- horizon
- 地平线,天与地交汇的线
- wind
- 风,空气的流动
- died
- 消亡;此处指(风)逐渐平息
- away
- 消散,离去,表示逐渐减弱
- into
- 进入,变成,表示转变状态
- gentle
- 温和的,轻柔的,不强烈的
- breeze
- 微风,轻柔的风
- sea
- 大海,广阔的咸水水域
- became
- 变成,成为,表示状态改变
- free
- 自由的;此处指没有、摆脱某物
- breakers
- 拍岸的巨浪,碎波
- heavy
- 沉重的,强烈的,剧烈的
- swell
- (海面的)涌浪,波涛起伏
- felt
- 感觉,感受,feel的过去式
- sick
- 恶心的,生病的,不舒服的
- hardly
- 几乎不,勉强,表示极其困难
- able
- 能够,有能力做某事
- hold
- 握住,控制,掌握
- rudder
- 船舵,用于控制船行方向的装置
- suddenly
- 突然地,出乎意料地
- saw
- 看见,see的过去式
- line
- 线,轮廓;此处指海岸线
- high
- 高的,高耸的
- land
- 陆地,土地,海岸
- south
- 南方,南部
- Almost
- 几乎,差不多,将近
- spent
- 精疲力竭的;spend的过去分词
- fatigue
- 疲劳,极度疲惫
- dreadful
- 可怕的,令人恐惧的,极其糟糕的
- suspense
- 悬念,焦虑不安,不确定感
- endured
- 忍受,承受,坚持经历
- several
- 几个,数个,超过两个的
- sudden
- 突然的,意外发生的
- certainty
- 确定性,必然,确信无疑的事
- life
- 生命,生活
- rushed
- 涌入,冲入,迅速移动
- like
- 像,如同,类似于
- flood
- 洪水;此处比喻大量涌来
- warm
- 温暖的,热情的
- joy
- 喜悦,快乐,高兴
- heart
- 心,内心,情感中心
- tears
- 眼泪,泪水
- gushed
- 涌出,大量流出
- eyes
- 眼睛,视觉器官
- How
- 多么,怎样,表示感叹或疑问
- mutable
- 易变的,多变的,不稳定的
- feelings
- 感情,情感,内心感受
- strange
- 奇怪的,陌生的,不寻常的
- clinging
- 紧抓不放的,依恋的,执着的
- love
- 爱,热爱,深厚的情感
- even
- 甚至,即使,连……也
- excess
- 过度,过量;极度的状态
- misery
- 痛苦,悲惨,极度不幸
- constructed
- 建造,制作,搭建
- another
- 另一个,再一个
- sail
- 帆,船帆;也指航行
- part
- 部分,一部分
- dress
- 衣服,裙子,服装
- eagerly
- 急切地,热切地,渴望地
- steered
- 驾驶,操控方向,掌舵
- course
- 航向,路线,方向
- wild
- 荒野的,原始的,粗犷的
- rocky
- 多岩石的,岩石林立的
- appearance
- 外观,外貌,看起来的样子
- approached
- 靠近,接近,走近
- nearer
- 更近,near的比较级
- easily
- 容易地,轻松地
- perceived
- 察觉到,注意到,感知
- traces
- 痕迹,踪迹,迹象
- cultivation
- 耕种,农业,人类耕作的迹象
- vessels
- 船只,舰艇,水上交通工具
- near
- 在……附近,靠近
- shore
- 海岸,岸边,海滨
- found
- 发现,find的过去式
- myself
- 我自己,第一人称反身代词
- transported
- 被带到,运送;此处指感觉回到某处
- back
- 回,返回,向后
- neighbourhood
- 附近地区,邻近,周边环境
- civilised
- 文明的,有教化的,开化的
- man
- 人,人类
- carefully
- 仔细地,小心地,谨慎地
- traced
- 追踪,沿……行进,描绘路线
- windings
- 弯道,曲折处,蜿蜒的地方
- hailed
- 欢呼,致意;此处指欢喜地看到
- steeple
- 尖塔,教堂顶部的尖形塔楼
- issuing
- 出现,冒出,从……处显露
- behind
- 在……后面,背后
- small
- 小的,微小的
- promontory
- 海角,突出海面的陆地高地
- state
- 状态,状况,情形
- extreme
- 极度的,极端的,非常严重的
- debility
- 虚弱,体力极度衰弱的状态
- resolved
- 决定,决心,下定决心做某事
- directly
- 直接地,径直地,立刻
- town
- 小镇,城镇,市区
- most
- 最,最容易,最有可能
- procure
- 获得,取得,设法弄到
- nourishment
- 营养,食物,滋养身体的物质
- Fortunately
- 幸运地,幸好,好在
- money
- 钱,金钱,货币
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