Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 16
过去在我眼中犹如一场可怕的噩梦;
The past appeared to me in the light of a frightful dream;
然而,我所乘坐的船只、将我从那令人厌恶的爱尔兰海岸吹离的风,以及四周环绕着我的大海,都以不可抗拒的力量告诉我:
yet the vessel in which I was, the wind that blew me from the detested shore of Ireland, and the sea which surrounded me, told me too forcibly
我并非被幻觉所欺骗——克勒瓦尔,我的挚友与最亲密的伴侣,已经成为我和我所创造的那个怪物的牺牲品。
that I was deceived by no vision and that Clerval, my friend and dearest companion, had fallen a victim to me and the monster of my creation.
我在记忆中重新回顾了自己的一生:
I repassed, in my memory, my whole life;
在日内瓦与家人共处时那段宁静的幸福时光,母亲的离世,以及我离开前往英格尔施塔特的经历。
my quiet happiness while residing with my family in Geneva, the death of my mother, and my departure for Ingolstadt.
我颤抖着回想起那股疯狂的热情——正是它驱使我去创造那个可憎的敌人,我也想起了他第一次获得生命的那个夜晚。
I remembered, shuddering, the mad enthusiasm that hurried me on to the creation of my hideous enemy, and I called to mind the night in which he first lived.
我无法继续这一串思绪;千般情绪涌上心头,我放声痛哭。
I was unable to pursue the train of thought; a thousand feelings pressed upon me, and I wept bitterly.
自从发烧痊愈以来,我每晚都会服用少量鸦片酊,因为只有靠这种药物,我才能获得维持生命所必需的休息。
Ever since my recovery from the fever, I had been in the custom of taking every night a small quantity of laudanum, for it was by means of this drug only that I was enabled to gain the rest necessary for the preservation of life.
此刻,被种种不幸的回忆所压垮,我吞下了平日剂量的两倍,很快便沉沉入睡。
Oppressed by the recollection of my various misfortunes, I now swallowed double my usual quantity and soon slept profoundly.
然而,睡眠并未使我从思绪与痛苦中得到喘息;梦中呈现出千般令我惊恐的景象。
But sleep did not afford me respite from thought and misery; my dreams presented a thousand objects that scared me.
Vocabulary
- past
- 过去的时光或经历
- appeared
- 出现;看起来,似乎
- light
- 光;光线;此处指角度或观点
- frightful
- 可怕的,令人恐惧的
- dream
- 梦;梦境
- yet
- 然而;但是,表示转折
- vessel
- 船只;水上交通工具
- wind
- 风;空气的流动
- blew
- 吹(blow的过去式)
- detested
- 令人厌恶的,被憎恨的
- shore
- 海岸,湖岸,水边陆地
- Ireland
- 爱尔兰,欧洲西部岛国
- sea
- 海洋,大海
- surrounded
- 包围,环绕在四周
- forcibly
- 强有力地,有力地,不可抗拒地
- deceived
- 被欺骗,被蒙骗
- vision
- 幻象;幻觉;虚幻的景象
- dearest
- 最亲爱的,最珍贵的
- companion
- 同伴,伙伴,陪伴者
- fallen
- 倒下,成为(fall的过去分词)
- victim
- 受害者,牺牲品
- monster
- 怪物,令人恐惧的生物
- creation
- 创造物,被创造出来的东西
- repassed
- 再次经过,重新浮现于脑海
- memory
- 记忆,回忆
- whole
- 整个的,全部的
- quiet
- 安静的,平静的
- happiness
- 幸福,快乐,愉悦
- while
- 在……期间,当……的时候
- residing
- 居住,定居在某地
- death
- 死亡,去世
- departure
- 离开,出发,启程
- remembered
- 记得,回忆起
- shuddering
- 颤抖,因恐惧或厌恶而发抖
- mad
- 疯狂的,精神失常的
- enthusiasm
- 热情,狂热,极大的兴趣
- hurried
- 匆忙的,仓促地赶去
- hideous
- 可怕的,丑陋的,令人厌恶的
- enemy
- 敌人,仇敌
- mind
- 心智,头脑,思想
- unable
- 不能,无法做某事
- pursue
- 追求,继续进行,深入思考
- train
- 此处指一连串的(思绪)
- thought
- 思想,想法,念头
- thousand
- 一千;大量,无数
- feelings
- 感觉,情感,情绪
- pressed
- 涌上;压迫;此处指涌现
- wept
- 哭泣,流泪(weep的过去式)
- bitterly
- 痛苦地,悲痛地,极度地
- Ever
- 曾经;ever since指自从那时起
- since
- 自从,从……以后
- recovery
- 康复,恢复健康
- fever
- 发烧,发热,高烧
- custom
- 习惯,惯例,风俗
- quantity
- 数量,用量,份量
- laudanum
- 鸦片酊,一种含鸦片的镇静药液
- means
- 手段,方式,途径
- drug
- 药物,毒品
- enabled
- 使能够,使成为可能
- gain
- 获得,得到,取得
- rest
- 休息,安眠
- necessary
- 必要的,不可缺少的
- preservation
- 保存,维持,保护生命健康
- Oppressed
- 被压迫,被沉重的心情压垮
- recollection
- 回忆,记忆,对往事的想起
- various
- 各种各样的,多种多样的
- misfortunes
- 不幸,灾难,厄运
- swallowed
- 吞下,咽下(药物等)
- double
- 双倍的,两倍的量
- usual
- 通常的,平常的,惯常的
- profoundly
- 深深地,深沉地,极度地
- afford
- 提供,给予;负担得起
- respite
- 暂时缓解,短暂休息,喘息机会
- misery
- 痛苦,悲惨,苦难
- dreams
- 梦,梦境,梦中所见
- presented
- 呈现,展示,使出现
- objects
- 物体,事物;此处指梦中景象
- scared
- 使恐惧,使害怕,令人惊吓
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