Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World — Page 4
我们船员中有六人，我便是其中之一，将小船放入海中，设法脱离了大船和礁石。
Six of the crew, of whom I was one, having let down the boat into the sea, made a shift to get clear of the ship and the rock.
据我估算，我们划行了约三里格，直到再也无力划桨，因为我们在船上时便已精疲力竭。
We rowed, by my computation, about three leagues, till we were able to work no longer, being already spent with labour while we were in the ship.
于是我们只好把自己交付给波涛，大约半小时后，一阵来自北方的狂风将小船掀翻。
We therefore trusted ourselves to the mercy of the waves, and in about half an hour the boat was overset by a sudden flurry from the north.
同船的伙伴们后来怎样了，那些逃到礁石上或留在船中的人命运如何，我无从知晓，只能断定他们全都遇难了。
What became of my companions in the boat, as well as of those who escaped on the rock, or were left in the vessel, I cannot tell; but conclude they were all lost.
至于我自己，便随命运指引游泳，借着风力和潮水向前漂去。
For my own part, I swam as fortune directed me, and was pushed forward by wind and tide.
我多次把双腿垂下，却感觉不到海底；但当我几乎精力耗尽、再也无力挣扎时，发现自己已经到了可以站立的深度。
I often let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom; but when I was almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth.
此时风暴已大为减弱。
And by this time the storm was much abated.
海滩坡度极为平缓，我走了将近一英里才抵达岸边，我推测那时大约是晚上八点钟。
The declivity was so small, that I walked near a mile before I got to the shore, which I conjectured was about eight o'clock in the evening.
随后我继续向前走了将近半英里，却看不到任何房屋或居民的踪迹；至少我当时体力极度虚弱，也许并未留意到它们。
I then advanced forward near half a mile, but could not discover any sign of houses or inhabitants; at least I was in so weak a condition, that I did not observe them.
Vocabulary
- crew
- 船上或飞机上的全体工作人员
- whom
- who的宾格形式，指人
- shift
- 设法，想办法；转变，移动
- clear
- 远离，脱离危险或障碍
- rowed
- row的过去式，划船，用桨驱动船只
- computation
- 计算，推算数量或距离的过程
- leagues
- 古代距离单位，约等于3英里
- till
- 直到，表示时间的介词或连词
- spent
- 精疲力竭的；spend的过去式
- labour
- 劳动，体力劳动，努力工作
- therefore
- 因此，所以，表示结果的连词
- trusted
- trust的过去式，信任，委托，托付
- mercy
- 怜悯，仁慈；听任（某力量）摆布
- overset
- （船）倾覆，翻船
- sudden
- 突然的，出乎意料发生的
- flurry
- 一阵突然的风或活动，短暂骚动
- companions
- 同伴，一起行动的伙伴
- escaped
- escape的过去式，逃脱，逃离危险
- vessel
- 船只，大型船舶
- conclude
- 得出结论，推断，认为
- swam
- swim的过去式，游泳，游水
- fortune
- 命运，运气，幸运
- directed
- 引导，指引，direct的过去式
- tide
- 潮汐，海水的涨落
- struggle
- 挣扎，努力奋斗，艰难前进
- within
- 在…之内，在…范围内
- depth
- 深度，深浅程度
- abated
- 减弱，减退，（风雨）平息
- declivity
- 向下的斜坡，下坡地形
- mile
- 英里，约1.6公里的距离单位
- shore
- 海岸，湖岸，陆地边缘
- conjectured
- 推测，猜测，根据不完整信息判断
- advanced
- 前进，继续向前走，advance的过去式
- discover
- 发现，找到，察觉到某物存在
- sign
- 迹象，标志，痕迹
- inhabitants
- 居民，居住在某地的人
- condition
- 状况，状态，健康情况
- observe
- 观察，注意到，仔细查看
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