Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 3
这番话的结尾让我父亲确信我的思维已经错乱，他立刻转换了我们谈话的话题，竭力引导我的思绪走向别处。他希望尽可能地抹去那些曾在爱尔兰发生的事情的记忆，从不提及那些事，也不允许我谈论我的不幸遭遇。
The conclusion of this speech convinced my father that my ideas were deranged, and he instantly changed the subject of our conversation and endeavoured to alter the course of my thoughts. He wished as much as possible to obliterate the memory of the scenes that had taken place in Ireland and never alluded to them or suffered me to speak of my misfortunes.
随着时间流逝，我渐渐平静下来；痛苦依然栖居在我心中，但我不再像从前那样语无伦次地谈论自己的罪行；对我而言，内心的自知已然足够。凭借极度的自我克制，我压抑住了那苦难的强烈呼声——它有时渴望向全世界倾诉——我的举止变得比自从我前往冰海之旅以来任何时候都更加平静、更加沉着。
As time passed away I became more calm; misery had her dwelling in my heart, but I no longer talked in the same incoherent manner of my own crimes; sufficient for me was the consciousness of them. By the utmost self-violence I curbed the imperious voice of wretchedness, which sometimes desired to declare itself to the whole world, and my manners were calmer and more composed than they had ever been since my journey to the sea of ice.
Vocabulary
- conclusion
- 结论；某事的结束或最终判断
- speech
- 演讲；口头表达的一段话语
- convinced
- 使某人相信或确信某件事
- deranged
- 精神错乱的，思维混乱失常的
- instantly
- 立刻，毫不延迟地，马上
- subject
- 话题，谈话或讨论的主题
- conversation
- 对话，两人或多人之间的交谈
- endeavoured
- 努力尝试去做某件事情
- alter
- 改变，使某事物有所不同
- course
- 方向；事物发展的进程或轨迹
- thoughts
- 思想，头脑中产生的想法或念头
- obliterate
- 彻底消除，使某事物痕迹全无
- memory
- 记忆，对过去经历的回忆能力
- scenes
- 场景，曾经发生事情的情景画面
- alluded
- 间接提及，暗示或隐约提到某事
- suffered
- 允许或忍受，此处意为允许某事
- misfortunes
- 不幸的遭遇，令人痛苦的坏事
- calm
- 平静的，情绪稳定不激动的
- misery
- 痛苦，极度悲伤或不幸的状态
- dwelling
- 居住；此处指存在或停留于内心
- incoherent
- 语无伦次的，表达混乱难以理解
- manner
- 方式，做事或表达的方法风格
- crimes
- 罪行，违法或道德上的错误行为
- sufficient
- 足够的，满足需要的数量或程度
- consciousness
- 意识，对自身行为或存在的清醒感知
- utmost
- 极度的，最大限度的努力或程度
- self-violence
- 自我强制，对自身施加极大约束力
- curbed
- 抑制，控制住某种冲动或情绪
- imperious
- 迫切的，强烈且难以抗拒的
- wretchedness
- 悲惨，极度痛苦不幸的状态
- desired
- 渴望，强烈希望实现某事
- declare
- 宣告，公开表明或说明某事
- manners
- 举止，行为方式和外在表现风格
- calmer
- 更平静的，比以前更镇定
- composed
- 沉着的，情绪稳定镇定自若
- journey
- 旅程，从一地前往另一地的行程
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