Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 13
但在那个注定要实现我的愿望与命运的日子里,她却郁郁寡欢,一种不祥的预感笼罩着她;
But on the day that was to fulfil my wishes and my destiny, she was melancholy, and a presentiment of evil pervaded her;
也许她也在想那个可怕的秘密——我曾答应在次日向她揭晓的秘密。
and perhaps also she thought of the dreadful secret which I had promised to reveal to her on the following day.
与此同时,父亲却欣喜若狂,在繁忙的婚礼筹备中,他只将侄女的忧郁视为新嫁娘的羞涩。
My father was in the meantime overjoyed, and, in the bustle of preparation, only recognised in the melancholy of his niece the diffidence of a bride.
婚礼仪式结束后,许多宾客聚集在父亲家中,但大家商定,伊丽莎白和我将乘船启程,当晚在埃维昂住宿,次日继续航行。
After the ceremony was performed a large party assembled at my father's, but it was agreed that Elizabeth and I should commence our journey by water, sleeping that night at Evian and continuing our voyage on the following day.
那天天气晴朗,风向有利,一切都在为我们的婚礼启航而微笑。
The day was fair, the wind favourable; all smiled on our nuptial embarkation.
那是我一生中最后几段感受到幸福的时光。
Those were the last moments of my life during which I enjoyed the feeling of happiness.
我们飞速前行;阳光炽热,但我们躲在一顶遮篷下,避开了烈日的照射,同时欣赏着湖光山色。
We passed rapidly along; the sun was hot, but we were sheltered from its rays by a kind of canopy while we enjoyed the beauty of the scene,
有时在湖的一侧,我们望见蒙萨莱夫山、蒙塔莱格尔的秀丽河岸,以及远处凌驾于一切之上的壮美勃朗峰,还有那些徒劳地想与之媲美的皑皑雪山;
sometimes on one side of the lake, where we saw Mont Salêve, the pleasant banks of Montalègre, and at a distance, surmounting all, the beautiful Mont Blanc, and the assemblage of snowy mountains that in vain endeavour to emulate her;
有时沿着对岸行驶,我们看见巍峨的汝拉山以其阴暗的一面,阻挡着那些妄图离弃故土的野心,对任何想要奴役这片土地的入侵者来说,它几乎是一道不可逾越的屏障。
sometimes coasting the opposite banks, we saw the mighty Jura opposing its dark side to the ambition that would quit its native country, and an almost insurmountable barrier to the invader who should wish to enslave it.
我握住了伊丽莎白的手。
I took the hand of Elizabeth.
Vocabulary
- fulfil
- 实现、完成(愿望或承诺)
- wishes
- 愿望,心愿,渴望之事
- destiny
- 命运,注定的结局或归宿
- melancholy
- 忧郁的,悲伤而情绪低落的状态
- presentiment
- 预感,事前感觉到将有不好的事发生
- evil
- 邪恶,不幸,坏事
- pervaded
- 弥漫,遍布,充斥于整个空间或心中
- perhaps
- 也许,可能,表示不确定的副词
- dreadful
- 可怕的,令人恐惧的,极其糟糕的
- secret
- 秘密,不为他人所知的事情
- promised
- 承诺,答应做某件事
- reveal
- 揭露,透露,使隐藏的事情公开
- following
- 接下来的,紧随其后的
- meantime
- 与此同时,在这段时间内
- overjoyed
- 狂喜的,极度高兴的
- bustle
- 忙碌,喧嚣,热闹而匆忙的活动
- preparation
- 准备,预先安排或筹备的工作
- recognised
- 认出,识别,承认某人或某事
- niece
- 侄女,外甥女
- diffidence
- 羞怯,缺乏自信,腼腆
- bride
- 新娘,即将结婚或刚结婚的女性
- ceremony
- 典礼,仪式,正式的庆典活动
- performed
- 举行,执行,完成某一仪式或行为
- party
- 聚会,一群聚集在一起的人
- assembled
- 聚集,集合,汇聚在同一地方
- agreed
- 商定,经协商后达成一致意见
- commence
- 开始,启动,正式开始某事
- journey
- 旅行,旅途,从一处到另一处的行程
- continuing
- 继续,持续进行,不中断地往下进行
- voyage
- 航行,旅行,尤指水上或海上旅程
- fair
- 顺风的,有利的;也指美好的
- favourable
- 有利的,顺利的,对某事有帮助的
- nuptial
- 婚礼的,与结婚相关的
- embarkation
- 登船,上船出发,开始航行
- moments
- 时刻,片刻,短暂的时间
- enjoyed
- 享受,享有,感到愉悦
- feeling
- 感觉,感受,情感体验
- happiness
- 幸福,快乐,愉悦的状态
- rapidly
- 迅速地,快速地,很快地
- sheltered
- 遮蔽,躲避,保护免受外部影响
- rays
- 光线,射线,阳光的光束
- canopy
- 遮篷,华盖,用于遮阳的顶篷
- beauty
- 美丽,美景,令人赏心悦目的事物
- scene
- 景色,场景,眼前所见的景象
- lake
- 湖,被陆地围绕的大面积水域
- pleasant
- 令人愉快的,舒适的,宜人的
- banks
- 河岸,湖岸,水边的陆地
- distance
- 远处,距离,两点之间的空间
- surmounting
- 耸立于,超越,位于顶端之上
- assemblage
- 聚集,一组聚在一起的事物
- snowy
- 白雪覆盖的,积雪的
- vain
- 徒劳的,无结果的;自负的
- endeavour
- 努力,尝试,尽力去做某事
- emulate
- 效仿,模仿,力图赶上或超越
- coasting
- 沿岸行驶,沿海岸线航行
- opposite
- 对面的,相对的,位于另一侧
- mighty
- 强大的,宏伟的,巨大有力的
- opposing
- 对立的,对抗的,阻挡在前方
- ambition
- 野心,雄心,强烈渴望成功的心
- quit
- 离开,离弃,放弃某地或某事
- native
- 本土的,故乡的,出生地的
- almost
- 几乎,差不多,接近但未完全达到
- insurmountable
- 不可逾越的,无法克服的障碍
- barrier
- 屏障,障碍物,阻止通过的事物
- invader
- 入侵者,侵略者,非法进入他国的人
- wish
- 希望,渴望,想要某事发生
- enslave
- 奴役,使……成为奴隶,剥夺自由
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