Jane Eyre: An Autobiography — Page 4
他们说他像菲尔丁:谈论他的才智、幽默和喜剧才能。
They say he is like Fielding: they talk of his wit, humour, comic powers.
他与菲尔丁的相似,就如雄鹰之于秃鹫:菲尔丁能俯身于腐肉,但萨克雷从不如此。
He resembles Fielding as an eagle does a vulture: Fielding could stoop on carrion, but Thackeray never does.
他的才智明亮,他的幽默迷人,但两者与他严肃的天才之间的关系,就如夏日云层边缘闪烁的片片闪光,与隐藏在云层深处的致命电光之间的关系一般。
His wit is bright, his humour attractive, but both bear the same relation to his serious genius that the mere lambent sheet-lightning playing under the edge of the summer-cloud does to the electric death-spark hid in its womb.
最后,我提及萨克雷先生,是因为——如果他愿意接受一位素昧平生者的敬意——我将这第二版《简·爱》献给了他。
Finally, I have alluded to Mr. Thackeray, because to him—if he will accept the tribute of a total stranger—I have dedicated this second edition of "JANE EYRE."
Vocabulary
- wit
- 机智,聪明风趣的表达能力
- humour
- 幽默感,令人发笑的特质
- comic
- 喜剧性的,引人发笑的
- powers
- 才能,能力,特别指创作能力
- resembles
- 与……相似,看起来像某人或某物
- eagle
- 鹰,一种强大且视力极好的猛禽
- vulture
- 秃鹫,以腐肉为食的大型鸟类
- stoop
- 俯冲,猛禽向下猛扑捕猎
- carrion
- 腐肉,死动物腐烂的躯体
- attractive
- 有吸引力的,迷人的,令人喜爱的
- bear
- 承担,具有,与……有某种关系
- relation
- 关系,两者之间的联系或比例
- serious
- 严肃的,深刻的,非轻浮的
- genius
- 天才,极高的智慧或创造力
- mere
- 仅仅,只不过,微不足道的
- lambent
- 轻柔闪烁的,如光焰般温和跳动
- sheet-lightning
- 片状闪电,在云层中漫射的闪光
- edge
- 边缘,物体的边界或外侧部分
- electric
- 电的,充满强烈能量或张力的
- hid
- 隐藏,hide的过去式,藏匿于内部
- womb
- 子宫;比喻事物孕育其中的内部
- Finally
- 最后,用于引出最后一点
- alluded
- 提及,间接地提到某人或某事
- accept
- 接受,同意收下某物或建议
- tribute
- 致敬,表达敬意的言语或行为
- stranger
- 陌生人,不认识的人
- dedicated
- 献给,将作品题献给某人
- edition
- 版本,书籍出版的某一次印刷版
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