Heart of Darkness — Page 9
这不过是暴力劫掠,大规模的蓄意谋杀,而那些人蒙头蒙脑地干着——对于那些去征服黑暗的人来说,这倒是理所当然的。
It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind—as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness.
征服大地,说穿了不过是把土地从那些肤色不同、鼻子比我们略扁的人手里夺过来,细细想来,这并不是什么光彩的事。
The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.
能够使它得到救赎的,唯有一种理念。
What redeems it is the idea only.
在它背后有一种理念;不是多愁善感的借口,而是一种理念;还有对这种理念的无私信仰——某种你可以树立起来、顶礼膜拜、并为之献祭的东西……
An idea at the back of it; not a sentimental pretence but an idea; and an unselfish belief in the idea—something you can set up, and bow down before, and offer a sacrifice to....
他停住了。
He broke off.
河面上火焰滑行而过,小小的绿色火焰、红色火焰、白色火焰,相互追逐、赶超、汇合、交叉——而后缓缓地或急促地各自分开。
Flames glided in the river, small green flames, red flames, white flames, pursuing, overtaking, joining, crossing each other—then separating slowly or hastily.
夜色渐深,大城市的川流不息依然在那条不眠的河上延续着。
The traffic of the great city went on in the deepening night upon the sleepless river.
我们默默地望着,耐心地等待——在潮水退去之前,也没有别的事可做;
We looked on, waiting patiently—there was nothing else to do till the end of the flood;
但直到沉默良久之后,他才用迟疑的语气说道:"我想你们还记得,我有一次曾短暂地做过内河水手,"我们这才意识到,在退潮之前,我们注定要听一段马洛那些没有结论的经历之一。
but it was only after a long silence, when he said, in a hesitating voice, "I suppose you fellows remember I did once turn fresh-water sailor for a bit," that we knew we were fated, before the ebb began to run, to hear about one of Marlow's inconclusive experiences.
Vocabulary
- just
- 仅仅,不过,只是
- robbery
- 抢劫,用武力夺取他人财物的行为
- violence
- 暴力,使用武力伤害他人的行为
- aggravated
- 加重的,情节严重的(常指罪行)
- murder
- 谋杀,故意非法杀害他人
- scale
- 规模,范围的大小程度
- blind
- 盲目地,不加思考地行事
- proper
- 适当的,合适的,恰当的
- tackle
- 应对,处理(困难或问题)
- darkness
- 黑暗,缺乏光明,也指邪恶
- conquest
- 征服,通过武力控制某地或某人
- earth
- 地球,也指大地、土地
- mostly
- 大多数情况下,主要地
- complexion
- 肤色,面部皮肤的颜色或状态
- slightly
- 略微,稍微,程度较轻
- flatter
- 更扁平的(flat的比较级)
- pretty
- 漂亮的;此处指令人愉快的
- redeems
- 挽救,弥补,使某事物有价值
- sentimental
- 感情用事的,过分伤感的
- pretence
- 假装,虚伪的借口或表象
- unselfish
- 无私的,不自私的,为他人着想
- belief
- 信念,相信某事为真的想法
- bow
- 鞠躬,低头表示崇拜或尊敬
- offer
- 提供,献上,给予
- sacrifice
- 牺牲,祭品,为某目标放弃珍贵之物
- Flames
- 火焰,燃烧产生的光和热
- glided
- 滑行,平稳轻盈地移动
- flames
- 火焰(复数),燃烧的光焰
- pursuing
- 追逐,追赶,跟随在后面
- overtaking
- 赶上并超过,超越
- crossing
- 交叉,横穿,互相交错
- separating
- 分开,分离,各自散开
- hastily
- 匆忙地,急促地,仓促地
- traffic
- 交通,来往的车辆或船只
- deepening
- 加深,变得更深或更浓
- sleepless
- 失眠的,无法入睡的
- patiently
- 耐心地,不急躁地等待
- till
- 直到,一直等到某个时间
- flood
- 洪水,大量涌来的水
- silence
- 沉默,寂静,没有声音的状态
- hesitating
- 犹豫的,迟疑不决地说话
- suppose
- 猜想,认为,假设某事可能
- fellows
- 伙伴,家伙,同伴(复数)
- once
- 曾经,一度,有一次
- fresh-water
- 淡水的,指内河或湖泊的
- sailor
- 水手,在船上工作的人
- fated
- 命中注定的,无法改变命运的
- ebb
- 退潮,潮水退去;也比喻衰退
- inconclusive
- 无定论的,没有明确结果的
- experiences
- 经历,亲身体验的事情(复数)
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