Jane Eyre: An Autobiography — Page 2

English → Chinese CHAPTER I Level 7/10

"Jane, I don't like cavillers or questioners; besides, there is something truly forbidding in a child taking up her elders in that manner. Be seated somewhere; and until you can speak pleasantly, remain silent."

「简，我不喜欢爱挑剔、爱追问的人；况且，一个孩子用这种方式顶撞长辈，实在是令人厌恶。找个地方坐下去；在你能好好说话之前，就给我保持沉默。」

A breakfast-room adjoined the drawing-room, I slipped in there.

餐室紧邻着客厅，我悄悄地溜了进去。

It contained a bookcase: I soon possessed myself of a volume, taking care that it should be one stored with pictures.

室内有一个书柜：我很快便取了一本书，特意挑了一本配有插图的。

I mounted into the window-seat: gathering up my feet, I sat cross-legged, like a Turk; and, having drawn the red moreen curtain nearly close, I was shrined in double retirement.

我爬上窗台的座位，把双脚收拢，像土耳其人一样盘腿而坐；将那红色毛织厚帘几乎完全拉上之后，我便置身于双重的幽隐之中。

Folds of scarlet drapery shut in my view to the right hand; to the left were the clear panes of glass, protecting, but not separating me from the drear November day.

右边，猩红色的垂帘层层遮住了我的视野；左边，是一片透明的玻璃窗格，将我与那阴沉的十一月天色隔而不断。

At intervals, while turning over the leaves of my book, I studied the aspect of that winter afternoon.

我不时地翻动书页，间或凝望着那个冬日午后的景象。

Afar, it offered a pale blank of mist and cloud; near a scene of wet lawn and storm-beat shrub, with ceaseless rain sweeping away wildly before a long and lamentable blast.

远处，是一片苍白虚茫的雾霭与阴云；近处，则是一片湿漉漉的草坪和被风雨摧打的灌木，绵绵不断的雨水在漫长而凄厉的狂风中肆意横扫。

I returned to my book—Bewick's History of British Birds: the letterpress thereof I cared little for, generally speaking; and yet there were certain introductory pages that, child as I was, I could not pass quite as a blank.

我重新回到我的书上——比威克的《英国鸟类史》：书中的文字，总体而言我并不怎么在意；然而有几页引言，即便以我当时孩童的身份，也无法将其完全视若无睹。

Vocabulary

简: jiǎn — Simple, brief, or to simplify.
我: wǒ — First-person pronoun: I, me.
不: bù — Negation word: not, no.
喜欢: xǐhuān — To like or enjoy something or someone.
爱: ài — To love; affection or fondness.
挑剔: tiāotī — To be picky, fussy, or overly critical.
追问: zhuīwèn — To question persistently; to press for answers.
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.
人: rén — Person, people, human being.
况且: kuàngqiě — Moreover, besides; used to add further reasoning.
一个: yīgè — One (general measure word for a person or thing).
孩子: háizi — Child, kid, young person.
用: yòng — To use; to employ a method or tool.
这种: zhèzhǒng — This kind of; this type of.
方式: fāngshì — Way, method, or manner of doing something.
顶撞: dǐngzhuàng — To talk back to or contradict a superior rudely.
长辈: zhǎngbèi — Elder, senior family member or person of higher generation.
实在: shízài — Really, truly; genuinely, indeed.
是: shì — To be; linking verb indicating identity or state.
令人: lìngrén — To make one feel; causing a person to feel.
厌恶: yànwù — To detest, feel disgusted or repulsed by something.
找个: zhǎo gè — Find a (place, person, or thing).
地方: dìfāng — Place, location, area, or spot.
坐: zuò — To sit down; to be seated.
下去: xiàqù — To continue; to go down or keep doing something.
在: zài — At, in, on; indicating location or ongoing action.
你: nǐ — Second-person pronoun: you.
能: néng — Can, to be able to, capable of.
好好: hǎohǎo — Properly, well, in a good manner.
说话: shuōhuà — To speak, to talk, to say words.
之前: zhīqián — Before, prior to a certain time or event.
就: jiù — Then, just, precisely; indicating immediate consequence.
给我: gěi wǒ — For me; give me; do it for my sake.
保持: bǎochí — To maintain, keep, or preserve a state.
沉默: chénmò — Silence; to remain quiet or say nothing.
餐室: cānshì — Dining room, a room designated for eating meals.
紧邻: jǐnlín — Directly adjacent to, right next to something.
着: zhe — Aspect particle indicating ongoing state or action.
客厅: kètīng — Living room, sitting room, lounge area.
悄悄: qiāoqiāo — Quietly, stealthily, without making noise.
地: de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb.
溜: liū — To slip away, sneak off quietly.
了: le — Particle indicating completed action or changed state.
进去: jìnqù — To go inside, to enter a place.
室内: shìnèi — Indoors, inside a room or building.
有: yǒu — To have; there is/are; to exist.
书柜: shūguì — Bookcase, bookshelf cabinet for storing books.
很快: hěn kuài — Very quickly, soon, in a short time.
便: biàn — Then, consequently; literary equivalent of 就 (jiù).
取: qǔ — To take, fetch, or retrieve something.
一本: yī běn — One volume; one copy of a book.
书: shū — Book, written or printed work.
特意: tèyì — Deliberately, specially, on purpose.
挑: tiāo — To pick, choose, or select carefully.
配有: pèiyǒu — Equipped with, accompanied by, furnished with.
插图: chātú — Illustration, picture inserted within a book.
爬上: páshàng — To climb up onto a surface or place.
窗台: chuāngtái — Window sill, the ledge at the base of a window.
座位: zuòwèi — Seat, a place to sit.
把: bǎ — Disposal marker; also a handle; to hold.
双脚: shuāngjiǎo — Both feet, a pair of feet.
收拢: shōulǒng — To draw in, gather together, tuck in.
像: xiàng — To resemble, be like; similar to.
土耳其人: Tǔ'ěrqí rén — Turkish person, a person from Turkey.
一样: yīyàng — The same as; alike; in the same manner.
盘腿: pántuǐ — To sit cross-legged, with legs folded.
而坐: ér zuò — And sit; literary phrase meaning to sit thus.
将: jiāng — Literary word for 把; to take action on something.
那: nà — That, those; a demonstrative pronoun.
红色: hóngsè — Red color, the color red.
毛织: máozhī — Woolen, made of woven wool fabric.
厚帘: hòu lián — Thick curtain, heavy drape for a window.
几乎: jīhū — Almost, nearly, practically.
完全: wánquán — Completely, entirely, fully, totally.
拉上: lāshàng — To pull shut or draw closed (a curtain).
之后: zhīhòu — After, afterwards, following a certain point.
置身于: zhìshēn yú — To find oneself in; to be situated within.
双重: shuāngchóng — Double, dual, twofold.
幽隐: yōuyǐn — Secluded and hidden, quiet and concealed.
之中: zhīzhōng — Within, among, in the middle of.
右边: yòubiān — The right side, to the right.
猩红色: xīnghóngsè — Scarlet, bright crimson red color.
垂帘: chuílián — Hanging curtain, a drape that hangs down.
层层: céngcéng — Layer by layer, in multiple overlapping layers.
遮住: zhēzhù — To cover up, block, or obstruct from view.
视野: shìyě — Field of vision, visual range, view.
左边: zuǒbiān — The left side, to the left.
一片: yīpiàn — A stretch of; an expanse of something.
透明: tòumíng — Transparent, clear, see-through.
玻璃: bōli — Glass, the transparent material used in windows.
窗格: chuānggé — Window pane, a panel of glass in a window.
与: yǔ — And, with; linking two nouns or clauses.
阴沉: yīnchén — Gloomy, overcast, dark and depressing.
十一月: shíyīyuè — November, the eleventh month of the year.
天色: tiānsè — Sky color, appearance of the sky or weather.
隔: gé — To separate, partition, or be separated by.
而: ér — Yet, but, and; literary connective particle.
不断: bùduàn — Continuously, without stopping, unceasing.
不时: bùshí — From time to time, occasionally, now and then.
翻动: fāndòng — To flip through, turn over pages or objects.
书页: shūyè — Book pages, the leaves of a book.
间或: jiànhuò — Occasionally, now and then, intermittently.
凝望: níngwàng — To gaze fixedly, stare intently at something.
那个: nàgè — That one; referring to a specific thing or scene.
冬日: dōngrì — Winter day, a day during the winter season.
午后: wǔhòu — Afternoon, the time after midday.
景象: jǐngxiàng — Scene, sight, visual spectacle or vista.
远处: yuǎnchù — The distance, a faraway place or area.
苍白: cāngbái — Pale, pallid, wan in color or appearance.
虚茫: xūmáng — Hazy, vague, indistinct and boundless.
雾霭: wù'ǎi — Mist and haze, foggy atmospheric vapor.
阴云: yīnyún — Dark clouds, overcast clouds suggesting gloom.
近处: jìnchù — The nearby area, a place that is close.
则: zé — Then, in contrast; a literary conjunctive particle.
湿漉漉: shīlùlù — Dripping wet, soaking wet, drenched.
草坪: cǎopíng — Lawn, a grassy open area or yard.
和: hé — And, together with; connecting nouns.
被: bèi — Passive marker; to be subjected to an action.
风雨: fēngyǔ — Wind and rain; stormy weather conditions.
摧打: cuīdǎ — To batter and beat, assault with force.
灌木: guànmù — Shrub, a bushy woody plant smaller than a tree.
绵绵不断: miánmián bùduàn — Continuous and unceasing, going on endlessly.
雨水: yǔshuǐ — Rainwater, water from rainfall.
漫长: màncháng — Very long, lengthy, seemingly endless.
凄厉: qīlì — Shrill and mournful, piercing and desolate.
狂风: kuángfēng — Fierce wind, a raging or violent storm wind.
中: zhōng — In, within, amid, in the middle of.
肆意: sìyì — Wantonly, without restraint, recklessly.
横扫: héng sǎo — To sweep across, to devastate a wide area.
重新: chóngxīn — Again, anew, once more, starting fresh.
回到: huídào — To return to, go back to a place or topic.
上: shàng — On, above, upon; also to go up.
英国: Yīngguó — Britain, the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
鸟类史: niǎolèi shǐ — History of birds, a chronicle of avian species.
书中: shū zhōng — Within the book, inside a written work.
文字: wénzì — Written words, text, written characters.
总体: zǒngtǐ — Overall, on the whole, in general terms.
而言: éryán — Speaking of, in terms of, as far as concerns.
并不: bìng bù — Not at all, not really; emphatic negation.
怎么: zěnme — How, why; in what way or manner.
在意: zàiyì — To mind, to care about, to pay attention to.
然而: rán'ér — However, yet, but; introducing a contrast.
几页: jǐ yè — A few pages, several pages of a book.
引言: yǐnyán — Preface, introduction, prefatory remarks.
即便: jíbiàn — Even if, even though, regardless of.
以: yǐ — With, using, by means of; literary preposition.
当时: dāngshí — At that time, back then, at that moment.
孩童: háitóng — Child, young child, a kid of tender age.
身份: shēnfèn — Identity, status, role, capacity as someone.
也: yě — Also, too, as well; additive particle.
无法: wúfǎ — Unable to, cannot, have no way to.
将其: jiāng qí — Literary phrase meaning to treat it or regard it.
视若无睹: shì ruò wú dǔ — To turn a blind eye; to ignore as if not seen.

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