Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 16
在他昔日繁盛之时,他必定是何等荣耀的生灵,如今身处废墟之中,依然如此高贵、如此神圣!他似乎感受到了自身的价值与陨落的深重。
What a glorious creature must he have been in the days of his prosperity, when he is thus noble and godlike in ruin! He seems to feel his own worth and the greatness of his fall.
「年轻时,」他说,「我相信自己注定要成就某番伟大的事业。我的情感深沉强烈,但我同时具备一种冷静的判断力,足以使我成就卓越的功业。」
"When younger," said he, "I believed myself destined for some great enterprise. My feelings are profound, but I possessed a coolness of judgment that fitted me for illustrious achievements.
正是这种对自身价值的认知支撑着我,在旁人早已被压垮之时,我仍屹立不倒——因为我认为,将那些本可造福同类的才能白白消耗在无谓的悲伤中,实乃一种罪过。
This sentiment of the worth of my nature supported me when others would have been oppressed, for I deemed it criminal to throw away in useless grief those talents that might be useful to my fellow creatures.
当我回顾自己所完成的那项伟业——创造出一个有感知、有理性的生命,这绝非寻常之举——我便无法将自己与那些平庸的空想家相提并论。
When I reflected on the work I had completed, no less a one than the creation of a sensitive and rational animal, I could not rank myself with the herd of common projectors.
然而,这个曾在我事业伊始支撑着我的念头,如今却只将我愈陷愈深地推入尘埃之中。我所有的推想与希望皆化为乌有,如同那渴望全能的大天使,我被禁锢在永恒的地狱之中。
But this thought, which supported me in the commencement of my career, now serves only to plunge me lower in the dust. All my speculations and hopes are as nothing, and like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence, I am chained in an eternal hell.
我的想象力丰沛而鲜活,而我的分析与实践能力亦极为深厚;正是凭借这两者的结合,我构想出并付诸实现了创造人类的壮举。
My imagination was vivid, yet my powers of analysis and application were intense; by the union of these qualities I conceived the idea and executed the creation of a man.
即便是现在,每当我回想起那项工作尚未完成时心中的幻梦,仍不禁情绪激荡。我曾在思想中徜徉于天堂,时而为自身的力量而欢欣鼓舞,时而又因憧憬那力量所能带来的影响而心潮澎湃。
Even now I cannot recollect without passion my reveries while the work was incomplete. I trod heaven in my thoughts, now exulting in my powers, now burning with the idea of their effects.
Vocabulary
- glorious
- 辉煌的,壮丽的,令人赞叹的
- creature
- 生物,动物或人,有时含感情色彩
- prosperity
- 繁荣,昌盛,生活富足成功的状态
- thus
- 因此,如此,表示结果或方式
- noble
- 高尚的,崇高的,品格卓越的
- godlike
- 神一般的,具有神圣或超凡气质
- ruin
- 废墟,毁灭,衰败的状态或结果
- worth
- 价值,值得,某人或物的重要性
- greatness
- 伟大,卓越,非凡的品质或成就
- destined
- 命中注定的,有特定命运或使命的
- enterprise
- 事业,重大计划,有创意的重要行动
- profound
- 深刻的,深邃的,思想或感情深厚
- possessed
- 拥有,具备某种品质或能力
- coolness
- 冷静,沉着,保持镇定的气质
- judgment
- 判断力,辨别是非好坏的能力
- fitted
- 使适合,使胜任,与某事物相匹配
- illustrious
- 杰出的,著名的,声名显赫的
- achievements
- 成就,功绩,努力后取得的成果
- sentiment
- 情感,感情,对某事的看法或态度
- nature
- 本性,天性,内在的性格特质
- oppressed
- 压迫,使压抑,造成沉重负担或痛苦
- deemed
- 认为,视为,对某事作出判断
- criminal
- 犯罪的,不道德的,极不应该的
- useless
- 无用的,没有价值或意义的
- grief
- 悲伤,悲痛,深切的哀愁情绪
- talents
- 才能,天赋,天生的能力或技能
- fellow
- 同伴,同类,同一群体中的人
- creatures
- 生物,众多动物或人,有生命的存在
- reflected
- 深思,反省,认真考虑某事
- creation
- 创造,创造物,被创造出的事物
- sensitive
- 敏感的,有感受力的,能感知外界刺激
- rational
- 理性的,有理智的,能够逻辑思考
- rank
- 归类,列入,处于某一等级或类别
- herd
- 群,一群(牲畜或普通大众)
- projectors
- 空想家,计划者,设计宏大方案之人
- commencement
- 开始,开端,某事物的起始时刻
- career
- 事业,职业生涯,一生的工作经历
- plunge
- 使陷入,猛然跌入,突然进入某状态
- dust
- 尘埃,灰尘,喻指卑微或消亡
- speculations
- 推测,猜想,无根据的设想或投机
- archangel
- 大天使,天使长,地位最高的天使
- aspired
- 渴望,追求,怀有强烈的志向愿望
- omnipotence
- 全能,无所不能,拥有无限权力
- chained
- 被锁链束缚,受到限制,无法自由
- eternal
- 永恒的,永远的,没有终点的
- hell
- 地狱,极度痛苦或折磨的境地
- imagination
- 想象力,创造性地构想事物的能力
- vivid
- 生动的,鲜明的,栩栩如生的
- analysis
- 分析,深入研究,对事物的细致考察
- application
- 应用,运用,将知识或能力付诸实践
- intense
- 强烈的,激烈的,程度极深的
- union
- 结合,联合,不同事物合为一体
- qualities
- 品质,特质,某人或物的特性
- conceived
- 构想,想出,在头脑中形成某种想法
- executed
- 执行,实施,将计划付诸实际行动
- recollect
- 回忆,想起,将记忆从脑中唤回
- passion
- 激情,热情,强烈的情感或欲望
- reveries
- 幻想,白日梦,沉浸于空想的状态
- incomplete
- 不完整的,未完成的,有所欠缺的
- trod
- 踩,行走,tread的过去式
- heaven
- 天堂,天空,极其美好幸福之境地
- exulting
- 欢欣雀跃,极度喜悦,兴奋不已
- burning
- 燃烧的,炽热的,充满激情或强烈感情
- effects
- 效果,影响,某原因产生的结果
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