Heart of Darkness — Page 14
因此他毫不留情地鞭打那个老黑人,而他的许多族人围在一旁目瞪口呆地看着,直到某个人——我听说是酋长的儿子——因为实在无法忍受听那老人哀号,情急之下用长矛朝那白人试探性地刺了一下——当然,长矛就这样轻易地从他的肩胛骨之间穿了进去。
Therefore he whacked the old nigger mercilessly, while a big crowd of his people watched him, thunderstruck, till some man—I was told the chief's son—in desperation at hearing the old chap yell, made a tentative jab with a spear at the white man—and of course it went quite easy between the shoulder-blades.
随后,整个村子的人都逃进了丛林,预料着各种灾难即将降临;而另一方面,弗雷斯勒文指挥的那艘轮船也在一片恐慌中离开了,我想是由工程师接管的。
Then the whole population cleared into the forest, expecting all kinds of calamities to happen, while, on the other hand, the steamer Fresleven commanded left also in a bad panic, in charge of the engineer, I believe.
此后,似乎没有人太在意弗雷斯勒文的遗骸,直到我来了,接替了他的职位。
Afterwards nobody seemed to trouble much about Fresleven's remains, till I got out and stepped into his shoes.
不过我没法就这样置之不理;但当终于有机会去见我的前任时,从他肋骨间长出的草已经高得足以遮住他的骸骨了。
I couldn't let it rest, though; but when an opportunity offered at last to meet my predecessor, the grass growing through his ribs was tall enough to hide his bones.
骸骨全都还在。
They were all there.
这个超自然的人自倒下之后就再未被人碰过。
The supernatural being had not been touched after he fell.
那个村子已经废弃了,茅屋黑洞洞地敞开着,腐烂倾颓,在倒塌的围栏之内东倒西歪。
And the village was deserted, the huts gaped black, rotting, all askew within the fallen enclosures.
灾难确确实实地降临到了这里。
A calamity had come to it, sure enough.
人们消失了。
The people had vanished.
疯狂的恐惧将他们——男人、女人和孩子——驱散到丛林之中,他们再也没有回来。
Mad terror had scattered them, men, women, and children, through the bush, and they had never returned.
那些鸡的下场如何,我也不得而知。
What became of the hens I don't know either.
我想无论如何,进步的力量把它们也带走了。
I should think the cause of progress got them, anyhow.
不管怎样,正是通过这件光荣的事,我在还没来得及认真抱有希望之前,就得到了那个职位。
However, through this glorious affair I got my appointment, before I had fairly begun to hope for it.
Vocabulary
- Therefore
- 因此,表示结果或结论的连接词
- whacked
- 用力打击某人或某物
- mercilessly
- 毫无怜悯地,残忍地对待他人
- while
- 当……的时候,表示同时发生
- crowd
- 人群,聚集在一起的很多人
- thunderstruck
- 极度震惊的,如遭雷击般惊愕
- till
- 直到,表示某动作持续到某时刻
- chief
- 酋长或首领,部落或组织的领导者
- desperation
- 绝望,因走投无路而产生的极端情绪
- chap
- 家伙,英式英语中指某个男人
- yell
- 大声呼喊,发出响亮叫声
- tentative
- 试探性的,不确定或犹豫的行为
- jab
- 猛刺,用尖锐物体快速刺入
- spear
- 长矛,用于投掷或刺击的武器
- quite
- 相当,程度副词,表示较为
- between
- 在……之间,表示两者中间位置
- shoulder-blades
- 肩胛骨,背部上方的两块扁平骨头
- whole
- 整个的,全部的
- population
- 全体居民,某地区的所有人口
- cleared
- 逃散,迅速离开某地
- forest
- 森林,大片树木覆盖的地区
- expecting
- 预期,期待某事即将发生
- calamities
- 灾难,造成巨大损失的不幸事件
- steamer
- 蒸汽船,以蒸汽为动力的船只
- commanded
- 指挥,担任某交通工具的负责人
- panic
- 恐慌,突然的极度恐惧
- charge
- 负责,掌管某事物的责任
- engineer
- 工程师,负责机械操作的技术人员
- Afterwards
- 之后,某事发生后的时间
- nobody
- 没有人,指无任何人
- seemed
- 似乎,看起来像是
- trouble
- 费心,烦恼,此处指在意某事
- remains
- 遗体,人死后留下的尸体骨骸
- stepped
- 踏入,走进某人的位置或角色
- rest
- 搁置,安息,此处指放下此事
- though
- 尽管,然而,表示转折
- opportunity
- 机会,有利的时机或情况
- offered
- 出现,提供,此处指机会出现
- predecessor
- 前任,在某职位上的前一个人
- through
- 穿过,从内部通过某物
- ribs
- 肋骨,胸腔两侧的弯曲骨头
- enough
- 足够,达到所需程度
- hide
- 遮掩,使某物不被看见
- bones
- 骨头,人或动物的骨骼
- supernatural
- 超自然的,超越自然规律的
- being
- 生灵,存在的个体,此处指某人
- fell
- 倒下,fall的过去式
- village
- 村庄,规模较小的居民聚居地
- deserted
- 被遗弃的,无人居住的地方
- huts
- 茅屋,简陋的小型居住建筑
- gaped
- 敞开,建筑物的开口裂开
- rotting
- 腐烂的,逐渐分解变质
- askew
- 歪斜的,不端正的,倾斜
- within
- 在……之内,处于某范围内部
- fallen
- 倒塌的,fall的过去分词
- enclosures
- 围栏,用于圈起地块的栅栏结构
- calamity
- 灾难,造成严重损害的不幸事件
- vanished
- 消失,突然不见踪迹
- Mad
- 疯狂的,极度恐惧或失控
- terror
- 恐惧,极度的害怕感
- scattered
- 使四散,驱使人们向各处逃散
- bush
- 灌木丛,未开发的野外地带
- never
- 从不,表示某事从未发生
- returned
- 回来,返回原来的地方
- became
- 变成,become的过去式
- hens
- 母鸡,成年雌性鸡
- either
- 也(用于否定句),同样不
- should
- 应该,表示推测或建议
- cause
- 原因,导致某事发生的因素
- progress
- 进步,向前发展或改善
- anyhow
- 无论如何,不管怎样
- However
- 然而,表示转折或对比
- glorious
- 光荣的,此处含讽刺意味
- affair
- 事件,一件事或一段经历
- appointment
- 任命,被指派担任某职位
- fairly
- 相当,程度副词,表示较为
- hope
- 希望,期待好的结果发生
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