Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 8
有时，我确实梦见自己在繁花盛开的草地和宜人的山谷中漫游，与我年轻时的朋友们相伴，但我醒来后发现自己身陷囹圄。
Sometimes, indeed, I dreamt that I wandered in flowery meadows and pleasant vales with the friends of my youth, but I awoke and found myself in a dungeon.
忧郁随之而来，但我渐渐地对自己的苦难和处境有了清醒的认识，随后便从牢狱中获释。
Melancholy followed, but by degrees I gained a clear conception of my miseries and situation and was then released from my prison.
因为他们曾说我疯了，据我所知，在漫长的几个月里，一间单独的牢房便是我的栖身之所。
For they had called me mad, and during many months, as I understood, a solitary cell had been my habitation.
然而，自由对我来说本是一份无用的礼物，若非我在恢复理智的同时，也燃起了复仇之心。
Liberty, however, had been a useless gift to me, had I not, as I awakened to reason, at the same time awakened to revenge.
当往日苦难的记忆向我涌来，我开始思索其根源——那个被我创造出来的怪物，那个被我放逐到世间来毁灭我的可悲恶魔。
As the memory of past misfortunes pressed upon me, I began to reflect on their cause—the monster whom I had created, the miserable dæmon whom I had sent abroad into the world for my destruction.
每当想到他，我便被一种疯狂的愤怒所攫取，迫切地渴望并热切地祈祷能将他握于掌中，在他那该诅咒的头上施以一场重大而彰显正义的复仇。
I was possessed by a maddening rage when I thought of him, and desired and ardently prayed that I might have him within my grasp to wreak a great and signal revenge on his cursed head.
我的仇恨也没有长久地将自己局限于无用的空想之中；我开始思考制服他的最佳方法；为此，在获释约一个月后，我前往镇上找到一位刑事法官，告诉他我要提出一项指控，说我知道谁是毁灭我家人的凶手，并要求他动用全部权力来逮捕这个杀人犯。
Nor did my hate long confine itself to useless wishes; I began to reflect on the best means of securing him; and for this purpose, about a month after my release, I repaired to a criminal judge in the town and told him that I had an accusation to make, that I knew the destroyer of my family, and that I required him to exert his whole authority for the apprehension of the murderer.
法官专注而和善地听我陈述。
The magistrate listened to me with attention and kindness.
Vocabulary
- Sometimes
- 有时候，不是一直都是
- indeed
- 确实，用于加强语气
- dreamt
- 做梦（dream的过去式）
- wandered
- 漫步、四处游荡
- flowery
- 开满鲜花的，花香四溢的
- meadows
- 草地，开阔的青草田野
- pleasant
- 令人愉快的，舒适的
- vales
- 山谷，低洼的谷地
- youth
- 青春，年轻的时期
- awoke
- 醒来（awake的过去式）
- dungeon
- 地牢，阴暗的地下监狱
- Melancholy
- 忧郁，深沉的悲伤情绪
- degrees
- 程度，逐渐的步骤
- gained
- 获得，逐渐得到
- conception
- 理解，对某事的认识
- miseries
- 痛苦，苦难（复数）
- situation
- 处境，所处的状况
- released
- 被释放，获得自由
- prison
- 监狱，关押犯人的地方
- mad
- 疯狂的，精神失常的
- during
- 在……期间，某段时间内
- solitary
- 孤独的，独自一人的
- cell
- 牢房，单独关押的小房间
- habitation
- 居所，居住的地方
- Liberty
- 自由，不受束缚的状态
- however
- 然而，表示对比或转折
- useless
- 无用的，没有价值的
- awakened
- 唤醒，使恢复意识
- reason
- 理智，理性思考能力
- revenge
- 复仇，报复的欲望
- memory
- 记忆，对过去的回忆
- misfortunes
- 不幸，遭遇的灾祸（复数）
- pressed
- 涌上，施压于某人
- reflect
- 反思，深入思考某事
- cause
- 原因，导致某事的因素
- monster
- 怪物，可怕的生物
- whom
- whom，who的宾格形式
- miserable
- 痛苦的，极其悲惨的
- dæmon
- 恶魔，超自然的邪恶存在
- abroad
- 在外面，进入外部世界
- destruction
- 破坏，毁灭的行为
- possessed
- 被……所占据，充满某种情绪
- maddening
- 令人发狂的，极度激怒的
- rage
- 愤怒，极度激烈的怒火
- desired
- 渴望，强烈地想要
- ardently
- 热切地，充满激情地
- prayed
- 祈祷，虔诚地请求
- might
- 可能，表示可能性的助动词
- within
- 在……范围之内
- grasp
- 掌握，紧握在手中
- wreak
- 施加，发泄（愤怒或报复）
- signal
- 显著的，引人注目的
- cursed
- 被诅咒的，可恶的
- Nor
- 也不，用于否定并列
- hate
- 仇恨，强烈厌恶的情感
- confine
- 限制，局限于某范围
- wishes
- 愿望，内心的渴望
- means
- 方法，达到目的的手段
- securing
- 确保，获取并巩固
- purpose
- 目的，打算达成的目标
- release
- 释放，获得自由
- repaired
- 前往，去到某地（古义）
- criminal
- 刑事的，与犯罪相关的
- judge
- 法官，负责裁决的官员
- accusation
- 指控，正式的罪行指责
- destroyer
- 破坏者，毁灭他人的人
- required
- 要求，需要某种行动
- exert
- 施展，运用（权力或影响）
- authority
- 权力，官方授予的职权
- apprehension
- 逮捕，捉拿嫌疑人
- murderer
- 杀人犯，故意杀人的人
- magistrate
- 地方法官，执法的官员
- attention
- 注意，专注于某事
- kindness
- 仁慈，友善的态度
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