Jane Eyre: An Autobiography — Page 6
迈尔斯先生是学校校长，他断言约翰只要少吃些从家里寄来的糕点和糖果，成绩就会好得多；
Miles, the master, affirmed that he would do very well if he had fewer cakes and sweetmeats sent him from home;
但母亲的心无法接受如此严苛的看法，
but the mother's heart turned from an opinion so harsh,
她宁愿相信那个更为体面的说法——约翰面色蜡黄是因为用功过度，或许还因为思念家乡。
and inclined rather to the more refined idea that John's sallowness was owing to over-application and, perhaps, to pining after home.
约翰对母亲和姐妹们没有多少感情，对我却怀有强烈的反感。
John had not much affection for his mother and sisters, and an antipathy to me.
他欺负我、惩罚我；不是一周两三次，也不是一天一两回，而是无时无刻不在折磨我：
He bullied and punished me; not two or three times in the week, nor once or twice in the day, but continually:
我每一根神经都惧怕他，每当他走近，我浑身的血肉都会瑟缩退缩。
every nerve I had feared him, and every morsel of flesh in my bones shrank when he came near.
有时他给我造成的恐惧令我不知所措，因为对于他的威胁与迫害，我根本无处申诉；
There were moments when I was bewildered by the terror he inspired, because I had no appeal whatever against either his menaces or his inflictions;
仆人们不敢为了帮我而得罪这位小主人，
the servants did not like to offend their young master by taking my part against him,
而里德太太在这件事上则是既盲且聋：
and Mrs. Reed was blind and deaf on the subject:
她从未见过他打我，也从未听过他辱骂我，尽管他有时就在她面前这样做，
she never saw him strike or heard him abuse me, though he did both now and then in her very presence,
不过更多时候还是在她背后。
more frequently, however, behind her back.
我一向对约翰百依百顺，便走近他的椅子；
Habitually obedient to John, I came up to his chair:
他花了大约三分钟，尽可能地朝我伸长舌头，又不至于扯伤舌根；
he spent some three minutes in thrusting out his tongue at me as far as he could without damaging the roots:
我知道他很快就会动手打我，在惴惴不安地等待那一击的同时，我凝视着这个即将出手伤人的家伙，心中思忖着他那令人作呕的丑陋嘴脸。
I knew he would soon strike, and while dreading the blow, I mused on the disgusting and ugly appearance of him who would presently deal it.
Vocabulary
- master
- 主人；对男孩的尊称
- affirmed
- 肯定地表示；断言某事为真
- fewer
- 更少的，修饰可数名词
- sweetmeats
- 糖果蜜饯等甜食零食
- turned
- 转变，使改变方向或态度
- opinion
- 意见，看法，观点
- harsh
- 严苛的，苛刻的，不近人情的
- inclined
- 倾向于，更愿意做某事
- rather
- 宁可，更倾向于某种选择
- refined
- 精致的，高雅的，细腻的
- sallowness
- （肤色）蜡黄，面色不健康
- owing
- 归因于，由…引起
- over-application
- 过度用功，学习用脑过度
- perhaps
- 也许，可能，表示不确定
- pining
- 思念，因渴望而憔悴痛苦
- affection
- 爱护，喜爱，温情
- antipathy
- 强烈反感，厌恶，敌意
- bullied
- 欺负，恐吓，对弱者施暴
- punished
- 惩罚，处罚某人
- nor
- 也不，用于否定的并列
- continually
- 不断地，持续地，反复地
- nerve
- 神经；勇气；每根神经纤维
- feared
- 害怕，恐惧，担心
- morsel
- 一小口，少量食物或东西
- flesh
- 肉体，皮肉，身体组织
- shrank
- shrink的过去式，退缩，畏缩
- moments
- 片刻，瞬间，时刻
- bewildered
- 迷惑的，不知所措的，困惑的
- terror
- 恐惧，恐怖，极度害怕
- inspired
- 激发，引起（情感或想法）
- appeal
- 申诉，求助，诉诸某方
- whatever
- 无论什么，不管什么
- against
- 反对，对抗，介词
- either
- 任何一个，两者之一
- menaces
- 威胁，恐吓，危险之物
- inflictions
- 施加（痛苦或惩罚）的行为
- servants
- 仆人，佣人，复数形式
- offend
- 冒犯，触怒，得罪某人
- blind
- 盲目的，视而不见的
- deaf
- 聋的，充耳不闻的
- subject
- 话题，主题，科目
- strike
- 打击，击打，攻打某人
- abuse
- 辱骂，虐待，滥用
- though
- 虽然，尽管，即使
- presence
- 在场，出席，面前
- frequently
- 经常，频繁地，常常
- however
- 然而，但是，表示转折
- behind
- 在…后面，背后
- Habitually
- 习惯性地，惯常地，通常地
- obedient
- 顺从的，听话的，服从的
- thrusting
- 用力伸出，猛推，thrust的现在分词
- tongue
- 舌头，伸舌头
- damaging
- 损坏，伤害，damage的现在分词
- dreading
- 极度恐惧，害怕，dread的分词
- blow
- 一击，打击，猛打
- mused
- 沉思，冥想，muse的过去式
- disgusting
- 令人厌恶的，恶心的，令人反感
- ugly
- 丑陋的，难看的
- appearance
- 外貌，外表，样子
- presently
- 不久，随即，当时（古意为此刻）
- deal
- 处理，给予，一定数量
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