Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 5
食物确实粗糙，就像当地农民所吃的那种，但我不会怀疑，那是我所召唤的精灵为了帮助我而放在那里的。
The fare was, indeed, coarse, such as the peasants of the country ate, but I will not doubt that it was set there by the spirits that I had invoked to aid me.
常常，当四处干旱、天空万里无云、我口渴难耐之时，一片薄云会遮暗天际，洒下几滴雨水令我复苏，然后消散无踪。
Often, when all was dry, the heavens cloudless, and I was parched by thirst, a slight cloud would bedim the sky, shed the few drops that revived me, and vanish.
只要条件允许，我便沿着河流的走向前行；但那恶魔通常会避开这些地方，因为这里是当地人口最为集中之处。
I followed, when I could, the courses of the rivers; but the dæmon generally avoided these, as it was here that the population of the country chiefly collected.
在其他地方，人迹罕至，我通常靠着捕猎横穿我路径的野兽为生。
In other places human beings were seldom seen, and I generally subsisted on the wild animals that crossed my path.
我随身带着钱，通过分发钱财赢得村民的好感；或者带去一些我猎杀的食物，留下一小部分后，总是将其余的送给那些为我提供火源和炊具的人。
I had money with me and gained the friendship of the villagers by distributing it; or I brought with me some food that I had killed, which, after taking a small part, I always presented to those who had provided me with fire and utensils for cooking.
就这样度过的生活，对我而言确实令人憎恶，唯有在睡眠之中，我才能品尝到片刻的喜悦。
My life, as it passed thus, was indeed hateful to me, and it was during sleep alone that I could taste joy.
啊，蒙福的睡眠！每当我最为悲苦之时，我便沉入安息之中，梦境甚至将我带入狂喜之境。
O blessed sleep! Often, when most miserable, I sank to repose, and my dreams lulled me even to rapture.
守护我的精灵赐予了我这些片刻——或者说数小时——的幸福，使我得以保存力气，完成这段朝圣之旅。
The spirits that guarded me had provided these moments, or rather hours, of happiness that I might retain strength to fulfil my pilgrimage.
若是没有这段喘息之机，我早已在重重磨难之下沉沦崩溃。
Deprived of this respite, I should have sunk under my hardships.
Vocabulary
- fare
- 食物；旅费；饮食内容
- indeed
- 确实，的确，用于加强语气
- coarse
- 粗糙的，粗劣的，质量低的
- peasants
- 农民，乡下人，从事农业劳动者
- doubt
- 怀疑，不相信，对某事持疑虑
- spirits
- 灵魂，精灵，超自然的神秘存在
- invoked
- 召唤，祈求，呼唤神灵或力量
- aid
- 帮助，援助，给予支持
- heavens
- 天空，天际，高空的苍穹
- cloudless
- 无云的，晴朗的，天空清澈
- parched
- 极度干渴的，焦渴的，非常干燥
- thirst
- 口渴，对水的强烈渴望
- slight
- 轻微的，细小的，不明显的
- bedim
- 使变暗，遮蔽，使模糊不清
- shed
- 落下，散落；流出（泪、雨等）
- drops
- 水滴，雨滴，少量液体
- revived
- 使复苏，恢复活力，重新振作
- vanish
- 消失，突然不见，无踪无影
- courses
- 河道，水流路径；课程；进程
- dæmon
- 恶魔，魔鬼，邪恶的超自然存在
- generally
- 通常，一般来说，大体上
- avoided
- 避开，躲避，尽量不接触某事
- population
- 人口，某地区居住的全体居民
- chiefly
- 主要地，大多数情况下，首要地
- beings
- 生命体，存在物；human beings指人类
- seldom
- 很少，不常，几乎不发生
- subsisted
- 维持生存，靠……为生，勉强活着
- wild
- 野生的，未驯化的，自然状态的
- path
- 小路，路径，行走的道路
- gained
- 获得，得到，赢得某物或某权利
- friendship
- 友谊，友好关系，相互信任的情谊
- villagers
- 村民，住在村庄里的人
- distributing
- 分发，分配，把物品散发给众人
- presented
- 赠送，呈献，把东西给予他人
- provided
- 提供，供给，给予所需物品
- utensils
- 器具，厨具，日常使用的工具
- thus
- 如此，这样，因此，以这种方式
- hateful
- 令人憎恨的，可恶的，极其讨厌
- taste
- 品尝；体验，感受某种情感
- joy
- 喜悦，快乐，幸福的情感
- blessed
- 幸福的，受祝福的，神圣美好的
- miserable
- 痛苦的，悲惨的，极度不幸的
- sank
- sink的过去式，沉入，陷入某状态
- repose
- 休息，安静，安眠，宁静状态
- lulled
- 使平静，使安心，轻柔地安抚
- rapture
- 狂喜，极度喜悦，欣喜若狂的状态
- guarded
- 保护，守护，看守某人或某物
- moments
- 片刻，瞬间，短暂的时间
- rather
- 相当，宁可，更准确地说
- retain
- 保留，维持，使不失去
- strength
- 力量，力气，体力或精神力
- fulfil
- 完成，履行，实现目标或任务
- pilgrimage
- 朝圣之旅，长途跋涉，艰辛旅程
- Deprived
- 被剥夺，失去，缺乏某种必需品
- respite
- 喘息，暂时休息，短暂的缓解
- sunk
- sink的过去分词，沉没，陷入困境
- hardships
- 艰辛，苦难，困苦的生活处境
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