Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 6
我记得，那是早晨，我从混沌中醒来，恢复了神志；我已忘记了所发生的事情的细节，只感到仿佛某种巨大的不幸突然向我袭来；但当我环顾四周，看到那装有铁栏的窗户和我所在房间的肮脏景象时，一切都闪过我的记忆，我痛苦地呻吟起来。
It was morning, I remember, when I thus awoke to understanding; I had forgotten the particulars of what had happened and only felt as if some great misfortune had suddenly overwhelmed me; but when I looked around and saw the barred windows and the squalidness of the room in which I was, all flashed across my memory and I groaned bitterly.
这声音惊动了一个坐在我身旁椅子上打盹的老妇人。她是个受雇的护士，是某个狱卒的妻子，她的面容流露出那个阶层的人往往具有的种种恶劣品质。她脸上的纹路粗硬冷峻，像那些见惯了苦难却毫无同情之心的人。她的语气透露出她完全漠然的态度；她用英语跟我说话，那声音令我想起了我在痛苦中曾听到过的声音。
This sound disturbed an old woman who was sleeping in a chair beside me. She was a hired nurse, the wife of one of the turnkeys, and her countenance expressed all those bad qualities which often characterise that class. The lines of her face were hard and rude, like that of persons accustomed to see without sympathising in sights of misery. Her tone expressed her entire indifference; she addressed me in English, and the voice struck me as one that I had heard during my sufferings.
Vocabulary
- morning
- 一天中从日出到中午的时段
- remember
- 记得，回想起某事或某人
- thus
- 因此，以这种方式，表示结果或方式
- awoke
- awake的过去式，从睡眠中醒来
- understanding
- 理解，对事物含义或情况的认识
- forgotten
- forget的过去分词，指忘记了某件事
- particulars
- 细节，具体的详情或特定信息
- misfortune
- 不幸，灾难，令人痛苦的坏事
- suddenly
- 突然地，出乎意料地发生
- overwhelmed
- 压倒，使不知所措，被强烈情绪淹没
- barred
- 装有栅栏的，被铁条封堵的
- squalidness
- 肮脏，污秽，环境极度破旧恶劣
- flashed
- flash的过去式，突然闪现于脑海
- memory
- 记忆，脑中储存的过去经历和信息
- groaned
- groan的过去式，因痛苦发出低沉呻吟
- bitterly
- 极其痛苦地，悲痛地表达情感
- disturbed
- disturb的过去式，打扰，使人不安
- beside
- 在旁边，紧靠着某人或某物
- hired
- 雇用的，通过付钱获得服务的
- nurse
- 护士或护工，照料病人的人员
- turnkeys
- 狱卒，负责管理囚犯牢房的守卫
- countenance
- 面容，面部表情和神态
- expressed
- express的过去式，表达或显示出
- qualities
- 特质，性格特点或品质
- characterise
- 是……的特点，成为某类事物的典型特征
- class
- 阶层，群体，具有相同特征的人群
- lines
- 线条，指脸上的皱纹或轮廓
- rude
- 粗鲁的，无礼的，态度不友善的
- accustomed
- 习惯于，已适应某种经历或情况
- sympathising
- 同情，对他人的痛苦表示理解和关怀
- sights
- 景象，眼前看到的场面或画面
- misery
- 苦难，极度的痛苦和悲惨状态
- tone
- 语气，说话时的声调和态度
- entire
- 完全的，全部的，毫无例外的
- indifference
- 冷漠，对他人或事物毫不关心的态度
- addressed
- address的过去式，向某人说话或讲话
- struck
- strike的过去式，使人深受震动或触动
- during
- 在……期间，在某段时间过程中
- sufferings
- 苦难，痛苦经历，suffering的复数
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