Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 4
这个想法大概是因为我在听到谋杀方式的描述时,表现出极度的激动,从而引起了他们的注意。
This idea was probably suggested by the extreme agitation I had exhibited when the mode of the murder had been described.
于是,治安官和其他几个人便带着我前往那家客栈。
I was accordingly conducted, by the magistrate and several other persons, to the inn.
我不禁对这个多事之夜所发生的种种奇异巧合感到震惊;
I could not help being struck by the strange coincidences that had taken place during this eventful night;
但是,由于我知道在发现尸体的时候,我正在我所居住的那座岛上与几个人交谈,所以对于这件事的后果,我内心十分平静。
but, knowing that I had been conversing with several persons in the island I had inhabited about the time that the body had been found, I was perfectly tranquil as to the consequences of the affair.
我走进停放遗体的房间,被人引领到棺材旁边。
I entered the room where the corpse lay and was led up to the coffin.
我该如何描述看到它时内心的感受?
How can I describe my sensations on beholding it?
我至今仍感到一阵阵恐惧袭来,每当回想起那可怕的时刻,都不禁颤抖,痛苦难当。
I feel yet parched with horror, nor can I reflect on that terrible moment without shuddering and agony.
当我看到亨利·克勒瓦尔那僵冷的身体横陈在我面前时,那审查、治安官和证人在场的情景,便如梦幻一般从我的记忆中消散了。
The examination, the presence of the magistrate and witnesses, passed like a dream from my memory when I saw the lifeless form of Henry Clerval stretched before me.
我喘不过气来,扑倒在遗体上,失声喊道:
I gasped for breath, and throwing myself on the body, I exclaimed,
「难道我那杀人的阴谋也夺去了你的生命吗,我最亲爱的亨利?
"Have my murderous machinations deprived you also, my dearest Henry, of life?
我已经亲手毁灭了两条生命;其他的受害者还在等待着命运的降临;而你,克勒瓦尔,我的朋友,我的恩人——」
Two I have already destroyed; other victims await their destiny; but you, Clerval, my friend, my benefactor—"
我的身体再也无法承受内心所经历的那种痛苦折磨,我在剧烈的抽搐中被人抬出了房间。
The human frame could no longer support the agonies that I endured, and I was carried out of the room in strong convulsions.
随后,我陷入了高烧之中。
A fever succeeded to this.
Vocabulary
- idea
- 想法,念头,主意
- probably
- 大概,很可能,表示较高可能性
- suggested
- 提出建议;暗示某事
- extreme
- 极度的,非常强烈的
- agitation
- 极度焦虑不安、情绪激动的状态
- exhibited
- 表现出,显示出某种行为或情绪
- mode
- 方式,方法,手段
- murder
- 谋杀,故意杀人
- described
- 被描述,被叙述,被讲述
- accordingly
- 因此,于是,相应地
- conducted
- 带领,引导;实施,进行
- magistrate
- 地方法官,治安官,负责审理案件
- several
- 几个,数个,不止一个
- inn
- 小旅馆,客栈,提供住宿的地方
- struck
- strike的过去式,被……所震撼或触动
- strange
- 奇怪的,不寻常的,令人费解的
- coincidences
- 巧合,同时发生的偶然相符事件
- during
- 在……期间,在……过程中
- eventful
- 充满大事的,多事的,意义重大的
- conversing
- 交谈,谈话,converse的现在分词
- island
- 岛屿,四面环水的陆地
- inhabited
- 有人居住的,被人口居住
- perfectly
- 完全地,十分地,完美地
- tranquil
- 平静的,安静的,不慌乱的
- consequences
- 后果,结果,影响
- affair
- 事件,事情,有关的事务
- corpse
- 尸体,死尸
- lay
- lie的过去式,躺着,平放着
- led
- lead的过去式,引领,带领
- coffin
- 棺材,装殓尸体的箱体
- describe
- 描述,描写,叙述某事物
- sensations
- 感觉,感受,内心体验
- beholding
- 注视,观看,behold的现在分词
- yet
- 仍然;还;至今
- parched
- 极度干渴的;干燥的
- horror
- 恐惧,恐怖,令人毛骨悚然的感觉
- nor
- 也不,既不……也不……
- reflect
- 回想,反思,深思某事
- terrible
- 可怕的,糟糕的,令人恐惧的
- moment
- 瞬间,时刻,片刻
- shuddering
- 颤抖,发抖,因恐惧而打寒颤
- agony
- 极度痛苦,剧烈的精神或肉体痛苦
- examination
- 审查,检查,审讯
- presence
- 在场,存在,出席
- witnesses
- 证人,目击者(witness的复数)
- memory
- 记忆,记忆力,回忆
- lifeless
- 没有生命的,死去的,毫无活力的
- form
- 形体,身形,外形
- stretched
- 伸展,平躺;stretch的过去式
- gasped
- 倒吸一口气,喘气,gasp的过去式
- breath
- 呼吸,气息
- exclaimed
- 呼喊,惊叫,exclaim的过去式
- murderous
- 凶残的,意图谋杀的,杀人的
- machinations
- 阴谋,诡计,邪恶的谋划
- deprived
- 剥夺,夺走,使失去某物
- dearest
- 最亲爱的,最珍视的
- already
- 已经,早已
- destroyed
- 摧毁,毁灭,destroy的过去式
- victims
- 受害者,牺牲者(victim的复数)
- await
- 等待,等候某事发生
- destiny
- 命运,天命,注定的结局
- benefactor
- 恩人,捐助者,给予帮助的人
- human
- 人类的,人的,与人有关的
- frame
- 身体,躯体;框架结构
- support
- 承受,支撑,忍受
- agonies
- 剧烈痛苦,极度折磨(agony的复数)
- endured
- 忍受,承受,endure的过去式
- convulsions
- 抽搐,痉挛,剧烈身体震颤
- fever
- 发烧,发热,高体温状态
- succeeded
- 随之而来;成功;succeed的过去式
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