Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 11
我态度的转变令治安官感到惊讶和欣慰；也许他认为我之前的失声叫喊不过是一时的精神错乱，而如今他立刻恢复了先前的仁慈。
My change of manner surprised and pleased the magistrate; perhaps he thought that my former exclamation was a momentary return of delirium, and now he instantly resumed his former benevolence.
他站起身，与我的护士一同离开了房间，片刻之后，我的父亲走了进来。
He rose and quitted the room with my nurse, and in a moment my father entered it.
此刻，没有什么能比父亲的到来更令我感到喜悦了。
Nothing, at this moment, could have given me greater pleasure than the arrival of my father.
我向他伸出手，哭喊道：
I stretched out my hand to him and cried,
父亲用他们一切安好的保证来安抚我，并努力通过谈论这些令我心系的话题来振奋我消沉的精神；然而他很快便感受到，监狱绝非欢乐的容身之所。
My father calmed me with assurances of their welfare and endeavoured, by dwelling on these subjects so interesting to my heart, to raise my desponding spirits; but he soon felt that a prison cannot be the abode of cheerfulness.
那位不幸的、惨遭杀害的朋友的名字，令我在虚弱的状态下受到了难以承受的强烈冲击；我流下了泪水。
The name of my unfortunate and murdered friend was an agitation too great to be endured in my weak state; I shed tears.
Vocabulary
- change
- 变化；事物从一种状态转变为另一种状态
- manner
- 举止；一个人的行为方式或态度
- surprised
- 感到惊讶的；对意外事情感到震惊
- pleased
- 感到高兴的；对某事感到满意
- magistrate
- 地方法官；负责处理法律事务的官员
- perhaps
- 也许；表示某事有可能但不确定
- former
- 之前的；发生在更早时间的
- exclamation
- 惊呼；因强烈情绪而突然发出的叫声
- momentary
- 瞬间的；只持续极短时间的
- return
- 返回；重新出现或回到之前的状态
- delirium
- 神志不清；因生病而出现的精神混乱状态
- instantly
- 立刻；毫不延迟地，马上
- resumed
- 重新开始；在中断后继续某事
- benevolence
- 仁慈；对他人友善善良的品质
- rose
- 起身；从坐或卧的姿势站起来
- quitted
- 离开；从某个地方离去
- nurse
- 护士；照顾病人的医护人员
- moment
- 片刻；极短的一段时间
- pleasure
- 愉悦；令人感到快乐满足的感觉
- arrival
- 到达；某人或某物来到某地
- stretched
- 伸展；将身体某部位向外延伸
- cried
- 哭泣；因情绪激动而流泪
- calmed
- 使平静；让情绪激动的人变得安稳
- assurances
- 保证；令人放心的承诺或声明
- welfare
- 健康与幸福；某人良好的生活状况
- endeavoured
- 努力尝试；尽力去做某件事
- dwelling
- 沉浸；长时间专注于某个话题或想法
- subjects
- 话题；谈话或思考的主要内容
- interesting
- 有趣的；引起人注意和好奇的
- raise
- 提升；使某事物的水平或程度增加
- desponding
- 沮丧的；因失去希望而感到消沉
- spirits
- 情绪；一个人的心情或精神状态
- prison
- 监狱；关押犯人的场所
- abode
- 住所；一个人居住生活的地方
- cheerfulness
- 愉快；保持快乐开朗的情绪状态
- unfortunate
- 不幸的；遭遇了悲惨或不好结果的
- murdered
- 被谋杀的；遭到故意杀害的
- agitation
- 激动不安；强烈情绪引起的焦虑状态
- endured
- 忍受；在痛苦或困难中坚持下去
- weak
- 虚弱的；缺乏力气或健康状态差
- state
- 状态；某人或某物当前的情况
- shed
- 流下（泪）；使液体从眼中流出
- tears
- 眼泪；因情绪激动从眼睛流出的液体
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