Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 9
我向当地居民打听那恶魔的消息,得到了确切的信息。
I inquired of the inhabitants concerning the fiend and gained accurate information.
他们说,前一天夜里来了一个巨大的怪物,手持枪支和多把手枪,以其可怖的外貌将一座僻静小屋里的居民吓得四散奔逃。
A gigantic monster, they said, had arrived the night before, armed with a gun and many pistols, putting to flight the inhabitants of a solitary cottage through fear of his terrific appearance.
他抢走了他们储存的越冬食物,将其放在一架雪橇上,又强夺了一大群训练有素的狗来拉车,将狗套好后,就在同一个夜晚,令那些惊恐万状的村民们如释重负地,驾着雪橇越海而去,方向所指之处并无陆地。
He had carried off their store of winter food, and placing it in a sledge, to draw which he had seized on a numerous drove of trained dogs, he had harnessed them, and the same night, to the joy of the horror-struck villagers, had pursued his journey across the sea in a direction that led to no land.
他们猜测,他很快就会因浮冰断裂或被永恒的严寒冻死而葬身其中。
and they conjectured that he must speedily be destroyed by the breaking of the ice or frozen by the eternal frosts.
听到这个消息,我陷入了短暂的绝望之中。
On hearing this information I suffered a temporary access of despair.
他已经逃脱了我的追捕,而我必须踏上一段艰险、几乎无穷无尽的旅程,穿越海洋上崇山峻岭般的冰原,忍受着当地大多数居民都难以久耐的严寒——而我,这个来自温暖阳光之地的人,更是难以指望能够活下来。
He had escaped me, and I must commence a destructive and almost endless journey across the mountainous ices of the ocean, amidst cold that few of the inhabitants could long endure and which I, the native of a genial and sunny climate, could not hope to survive.
然而,一想到那恶魔将会苟活于世并得意洋洋,我心中的愤怒与复仇之火便重新燃起,如汹涌的潮水一般,将一切其他的情感都淹没了。
Yet at the idea that the fiend should live and be triumphant, my rage and vengeance returned, and like a mighty tide, overwhelmed every other feeling.
短暂休憩之后——其间那些亡者的幽灵在我身边徘徊,催促我奔波劳苦、寻仇复恨——我便为旅程做好了准备。
After a slight repose, during which the spirits of the dead hovered round and instigated me to toil and revenge, I prepared for my journey.
Vocabulary
- inquired
- 询问,打听,向他人提问求取信息
- inhabitants
- 某地的居民或定居者
- concerning
- 关于,有关某人或某事
- fiend
- 恶魔,极其凶残邪恶的人或生物
- gained
- 获得,得到某种信息或利益
- accurate
- 准确的,精确的,没有错误的
- information
- 信息,消息,有关某事的知识
- gigantic
- 巨大的,体型或规模极其庞大
- monster
- 怪物,体型巨大或极其可怕的生物
- arrived
- 到达,抵达某个地点
- armed
- 武装的,携带武器的
- gun
- 枪,用于射击的武器
- pistols
- 手枪,小型可单手持握的枪支
- flight
- 逃跑,仓皇逃离的行为
- solitary
- 孤独的,偏僻的,独自一人的
- cottage
- 小屋,乡村里的小型简朴住所
- fear
- 恐惧,害怕,因危险而产生的强烈情绪
- terrific
- 此处指可怕的,令人极度恐惧的
- appearance
- 外表,外貌,某人或某物的外在样子
- store
- 储备,储存的物资或食物
- sledge
- 雪橇,在冰雪上滑行的运输工具
- seized
- 夺取,强行取走或占有某物
- numerous
- 众多的,数量非常多的
- drove
- 驱赶,驱使动物或人向某方向移动
- trained
- 训练有素的,经过专门训练的
- harnessed
- 给动物套上挽具以拉动车辆
- joy
- 喜悦,快乐,强烈的幸福感
- horror-struck
- 被恐惧震惊的,因极度恐怖而惊呆
- villagers
- 村民,居住在村庄里的人
- pursued
- 追赶,继续追踪或跟随某人某事
- journey
- 旅程,从一地到另一地的行程
- direction
- 方向,某人或某物前进的朝向
- conjectured
- 猜测,推测,在缺乏证据时作出判断
- speedily
- 迅速地,很快地
- destroyed
- 被摧毁,被彻底破坏或消灭
- frozen
- 冰冻的,被冻住的,极其寒冷的
- eternal
- 永恒的,永久的,没有终点的
- frosts
- 严霜,冰霜,极低温度造成的结冰现象
- suffered
- 遭受,承受痛苦、损失或不幸
- temporary
- 暂时的,短暂的,不永久的
- access
- 此处指发作,突然出现的情绪爆发
- despair
- 绝望,完全失去希望的极度痛苦
- escaped
- 逃脱,从某种困境或感觉中摆脱
- commence
- 开始,启动某项活动或行动
- destructive
- 破坏性的,造成巨大损害的
- endless
- 无尽的,没有终点的,无休止的
- mountainous
- 多山的,像山一样巨大起伏的
- ices
- 冰块,复数形式,指大片冰原或浮冰
- amidst
- 在……之中,被……所包围
- endure
- 忍受,承受,坚持经历艰难困苦
- native
- 本地的,出生地的,与生俱来的
- genial
- 温和的,气候宜人舒适友好的
- sunny
- 阳光充足的,天气晴朗明亮的
- climate
- 气候,某地区长期的天气特征
- survive
- 存活,在危险或艰难中活下来
- Yet
- 然而,但是,表示转折的连词
- triumphant
- 得意洋洋的,取得胜利后的喜悦
- rage
- 狂怒,极度愤怒的强烈情绪
- vengeance
- 复仇,为伤害而进行的报复行为
- mighty
- 强大的,力量巨大的,威力强猛的
- tide
- 潮水,潮汐,海水有规律的涨落
- overwhelmed
- 压倒,淹没,使某人无法抵抗
- slight
- 轻微的,短暂的,程度很小的
- repose
- 休息,安静休憩,暂时放松身心
- spirits
- 此处指灵魂,幽灵,死者的灵魂
- hovered
- 盘旋,徘徊,停留在附近某处
- instigated
- 煽动,激励,促使某人采取行动
- toil
- 辛苦劳作,艰难努力地工作
- revenge
- 复仇,报仇,为受到的伤害而还击
- prepared
- 准备,做好准备,使自己为某事就绪
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