Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 1
我们登陆时已是八点钟；我们在岸边漫步片刻，享受着那短暂的光亮，随后退回旅馆，凝望着那迷人的景色——湖水、树林与山峦，虽被黑暗笼罩，却依然显露出黑色的轮廓。
It was eight o'clock when we landed; we walked for a short time on the shore, enjoying the transitory light, and then retired to the inn and contemplated the lovely scene of waters, woods, and mountains, obscured in darkness, yet still displaying their black outlines.
南边的风已经平息，此时西边却刮起了猛烈的大风。月亮升至天空顶点，开始徐徐西沉；云朵飞速掠过月面，比秃鹫的飞翔还要迅疾，遮蔽了月光，而湖面倒映着那喧腾的天幕，湖中翻涌的浪涛更使这景象愈加动荡不安。突然，一场大雨倾盆而下。
The wind, which had fallen in the south, now rose with great violence in the west. The moon had reached her summit in the heavens and was beginning to descend; the clouds swept across it swifter than the flight of the vulture and dimmed her rays, while the lake reflected the scene of the busy heavens, rendered still busier by the restless waves that were beginning to rise. Suddenly a heavy storm of rain descended.
白天我一直保持平静，但黑夜一旦将万物的形状遮蔽，我心中便涌起千般恐惧。我焦虑不安，保持警觉，右手紧握着藏于怀中的手枪；每一个声响都令我胆战心惊，但我下定决心，要拼死一搏，绝不退缩，直到我或我的对手有一方倒下为止。
I had been calm during the day, but so soon as night obscured the shapes of objects, a thousand fears arose in my mind. I was anxious and watchful, while my right hand grasped a pistol which was hidden in my bosom; every sound terrified me, but I resolved that I would sell my life dearly and not shrink from the conflict until my own life or that of my adversary was extinguished.
Vocabulary
- o'clock
- 表示整点时刻，如八点整
- landed
- 到达陆地，登岸
- shore
- 海岸，湖边，水边的陆地
- transitory
- 短暂的，转瞬即逝的
- retired
- 退回，撤退到某处（此处指返回）
- inn
- 小旅馆，客栈
- contemplated
- 凝视，沉思，仔细观察
- scene
- 景色，场景，景象
- waters
- 水域，湖面或河面
- woods
- 树林，森林
- obscured
- 遮蔽，使模糊不清
- darkness
- 黑暗，昏暗
- yet
- 然而，但是，表示转折
- displaying
- 展示，显示（display的现在分词）
- outlines
- 轮廓，外形线条
- fallen
- 减弱，平息（fall的过去分词，指风减弱）
- rose
- 增强，兴起（rise的过去式）
- violence
- 猛烈，强烈（此处指风势猛烈）
- summit
- 顶点，最高点
- heavens
- 天空，天穹
- descend
- 下降，向下移动
- swept
- 席卷，掠过（sweep的过去式）
- swifter
- 更快速地（swift的比较级）
- flight
- 飞翔，飞行
- vulture
- 秃鹰，秃鹫，一种大型食腐鸟类
- dimmed
- 使变暗，遮蔽光线
- rays
- 光线，光芒
- reflected
- 映照，反射（光或影像）
- rendered
- 使变得，令（render的过去式）
- restless
- 不安的，躁动的，不停的
- waves
- 波浪，水波
- Suddenly
- 突然，忽然地
- storm
- 暴风雨，风暴
- descended
- 降落，倾盆而下（descend的过去式）
- calm
- 平静的，冷静的
- shapes
- 形状，轮廓，形态
- objects
- 物体，事物
- fears
- 恐惧，害怕，内心的恐惧感
- arose
- 产生，出现（arise的过去式）
- anxious
- 焦虑的，忧虑的，担心的
- watchful
- 警觉的，保持警惕的
- grasped
- 紧握，抓住（grasp的过去式）
- pistol
- 手枪，短枪
- hidden
- 隐藏的，藏着的
- bosom
- 胸部，怀中，衣服内侧
- terrified
- 使极度恐惧，吓坏（terrify的过去式）
- resolved
- 决心，下定决心（resolve的过去式）
- dearly
- 代价高昂地，拼死地
- shrink
- 退缩，畏缩，逃避
- conflict
- 冲突，战斗，争斗
- adversary
- 对手，敌人，敌对者
- extinguished
- 熄灭，消灭（extinguish的过去分词）
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