Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 25
外科医生给了他一剂镇静药,并命令我们不要打扰他。
The surgeon gave him a composing draught and ordered us to leave him undisturbed.
与此同时,他告诉我,我的朋友确实活不过几个小时了。
In the meantime he told me that my friend had certainly not many hours to live.
他的死刑已被宣判,我只能悲痛而耐心地等待。
His sentence was pronounced, and I could only grieve and be patient.
我坐在他床边,注视着他;他的眼睛闭着,我以为他睡着了;
I sat by his bed, watching him; his eyes were closed, and I thought he slept;
但不久他用微弱的声音呼唤我,让我靠近,说道:
but presently he called to me in a feeble voice, and bidding me come near, said,
「唉!我所依赖的力量已经消逝;我感到自己即将死去,而那个我的敌人与迫害者,也许仍然活在世上。
"Alas! The strength I relied on is gone; I feel that I shall soon die, and he, my enemy and persecutor, may still be in being.
沃尔顿,不要以为在我生命的最后时刻,我心中还燃烧着我曾经表达过的那种仇恨与复仇的渴望;
Think not, Walton, that in the last moments of my existence I feel that burning hatred and ardent desire of revenge I once expressed;
但我认为自己渴望敌人死亡是有正当理由的。
but I feel myself justified in desiring the death of my adversary.
在这最后的几天里,我一直在审视自己过去的行为;我并不认为它值得谴责。
During these last days I have been occupied in examining my past conduct; nor do I find it blamable.
在一阵狂热的疯狂中,我创造了一个有理性的生命,并有责任尽我所能地确保他的幸福与安康。
In a fit of enthusiastic madness I created a rational creature and was bound towards him to assure, as far as was in my power, his happiness and well-being.
这是我的责任,但还有另一项责任凌驾于此之上。
This was my duty, but there was another still paramount to that.
我对同类的责任理应得到更多的关注,因为它关系到更大比例的幸福或苦难。
My duties towards the beings of my own species had greater claims to my attention because they included a greater proportion of happiness or misery.
出于这一考量,我拒绝了为第一个生命创造同伴,而我拒绝得对。
Urged by this view, I refused, and I did right in refusing, to create a companion for the first creature.
Vocabulary
- surgeon
- 外科医生,负责手术治疗的医生
- composing
- 使人镇静或安神的
- draught
- 一口饮下的药水或饮料
- undisturbed
- 不被打扰的,保持安静平静的
- meantime
- 在此期间,与此同时的时间段
- certainly
- 肯定地,毫无疑问地
- sentence
- 此处指判决,被宣告的结论
- pronounced
- 正式宣布或宣告某一决定
- grieve
- 深感悲痛,为某事感到哀伤
- patient
- 耐心的,能够平静等待的
- presently
- 不久之后,过了一会儿
- feeble
- 虚弱的,声音或力气微弱的
- bidding
- 命令或请求某人做某事
- Alas
- 唉,表示悲痛或遗憾的感叹词
- strength
- 力量,体力或精神上的力气
- relied
- rely的过去式,依赖或信赖某物
- enemy
- 敌人,对自己有敌意的人
- persecutor
- 迫害者,残酷压迫折磨他人的人
- being
- 存在,生存着的状态或生命体
- moments
- 时刻,片刻,短暂的时间段
- existence
- 存在,生命或存活的状态
- burning
- 强烈的,极为热切的情感
- hatred
- 仇恨,对某人强烈的厌恶感
- ardent
- 热烈的,充满激情和渴望的
- desire
- 强烈的愿望或渴望某事物
- revenge
- 复仇,报复他人所受伤害
- expressed
- 表达,用言语或行动表示出来
- justified
- 有正当理由的,被认为合理正当
- desiring
- 渴望,强烈希望得到某事物
- death
- 死亡,生命终结的状态
- adversary
- 对手,敌手,与自己对立的人
- occupied
- 忙于,专注从事于某件事情
- examining
- 仔细检查或审视某事物
- conduct
- 行为举止,一个人的所作所为
- nor
- 也不,用于否定的并列连词
- blamable
- 应受责备的,值得批评指责的
- fit
- 适合的,合适于某情况的
- enthusiastic
- 热情高涨的,充满热忱的
- madness
- 疯狂,精神失常或极端冲动行为
- created
- 创造,制造出原本不存在的事物
- rational
- 理性的,能够理智思考的
- creature
- 生物,被创造出来的有生命个体
- bound
- 有义务的,受责任约束的
- assure
- 保证,使某人确信某事属实
- power
- 能力,力量,做某事的能力
- happiness
- 幸福,快乐满足的状态
- well-being
- 幸福安康,身心健康的状态
- duty
- 责任,义务,应尽的本分
- paramount
- 最重要的,至高无上的
- duties
- 责任,义务的复数形式
- beings
- 生命体,存在的有生命个体
- species
- 物种,种族,同类生物群体
- claims
- 要求,权利主张,索取
- attention
- 注意力,关注,留意某事物
- included
- 包括,将某事物纳入其中
- proportion
- 比例,相对数量或程度
- misery
- 痛苦,极度悲惨的状态
- Urged
- 受到驱使,被强烈推动
- view
- 观点,看法,对某事的见解
- refused
- 拒绝,不同意做某件事
- refusing
- 拒绝,不愿接受或执行某事
- create
- 创造,制造出新的事物
- companion
- 同伴,陪伴在一起的人
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