Middlemarch — Page 8
这位就是爱德华·卡苏朋牧师，
This was the Reverend Edward Casaubon,
在县里以学识渊博著称，多年来据悉正在撰写一部有关宗教史的鸿篇巨著；
noted in the county as a man of profound learning, understood for many years to be engaged on a great work concerning religious history;
同时他也是一位家财丰厚之人，足以为其虔诚信仰增添光彩，并持有自己独到的见解，这些见解有待其著作出版后方能更加清晰地得以阐明。
also as a man of wealth enough to give lustre to his piety, and having views of his own which were to be more clearly ascertained on the publication of his book.
他的名字本身就带着一种令人印象深刻的分量，若不详细梳理学术史的年代脉络，这份分量几乎难以衡量。
His very name carried an impressiveness hardly to be measured without a precise chronology of scholarship.
当天清早，多萝西娅从她在村里创办的幼儿学校返回，
Early in the day Dorothea had returned from the infant school which she had set going in the village,
回到姐妹俩卧室之间那间雅致的小客厅，坐在她惯常的位置上，专心致志地画着某些建筑的设计图——这是她最钟爱的一类工作——
and was taking her usual place in the pretty sitting-room which divided the bedrooms of the sisters, bent on finishing a plan for some buildings (a kind of work which she delighted in),
这时西莉娅一直在迟疑地望着她，似乎想提议什么，便开口说道——
when Celia, who had been watching her with a hesitating desire to propose something, said—
「多萝西娅，亲爱的，如果你不介意的话——如果你不是很忙的话——我们今天把妈妈的首饰拿出来看看，分一分，好吗？
"Dorothea, dear, if you don't mind—if you are not very busy—suppose we looked at mamma's jewels to-day, and divided them?
就在今天，正好是舅舅把它们交给你整整六个月了，而你还从来没看过它们呢。」
It is exactly six months to-day since uncle gave them to you, and you have not looked at them yet."
西莉娅脸上浮现出一丝撅嘴的神情，但那噘嘴被她对多萝西娅惯有的敬畏之心和自身的原则压了下去；
Celia's face had the shadow of a pouting expression in it, the full presence of the pout being kept back by an habitual awe of Dorothea and principle;
这两种相互关联的情感若被人不慎触碰，或许会迸发出一种神秘的电光火石。
two associated facts which might show a mysterious electricity if you touched them incautiously.
令她宽慰的是，多萝西娅抬起头来时，眼中满是笑意。
To her relief, Dorothea's eyes were full of laughter as she looked up.
「你真是一本了不起的小年历，西莉娅！」
"What a wonderful little almanac you are, Celia!"
Vocabulary
- Reverend
- 对牧师或神职人员的尊称
- noted
- 著名的，知名的，受人关注的
- county
- 郡，县，英美行政区划单位
- profound
- 深刻的，深厚的，造诣极深的
- learning
- 学问，学识，广博的知识
- understood
- 被普遍认为，被默认（过去式）
- engaged
- 从事于，忙于（某项工作）
- concerning
- 关于，涉及某一主题
- religious
- 宗教的，与宗教相关的
- wealth
- 财富，财产，富裕
- lustre
- 光彩，荣耀，声望（英式拼写）
- piety
- 虔诚，对宗教的虔敬之心
- views
- 观点，见解，看法
- ascertained
- 查明，确定，弄清楚
- publication
- 出版，发表；出版物
- very
- 仅仅，甚至（强调名词本身）
- carried
- 带有，具有（某种特质）
- impressiveness
- 令人印象深刻的气质或特质
- hardly
- 几乎不，几乎没有
- measured
- 被衡量，被估量
- precise
- 精确的，准确的，严谨的
- chronology
- 年代学，按时间顺序排列事件
- scholarship
- 学术研究，奖学金；学问造诣
- infant
- 婴幼儿的；幼童（形容词或名词）
- set
- 建立，创办，开始运营
- usual
- 通常的，平常的，习惯的
- sitting-room
- 起居室，客厅，休息室
- divided
- 被隔开，分隔，分割
- bent
- 专注于，一心从事（某事）
- delighted
- 高兴的，愉快的，欣喜的
- hesitating
- 犹豫的，迟疑不决的
- desire
- 渴望，欲望，想要
- propose
- 提议，建议，提出方案
- mind
- 介意，在乎；心智，思想
- suppose
- 假设，认为，猜想
- mamma's
- 妈妈的（所有格，旧式用法）
- jewels
- 珠宝，宝石，首饰（复数）
- exactly
- 恰好，正好，准确地
- yet
- 还没有，尚未（用于否定句）
- shadow
- 阴影，暗影；微弱的痕迹
- pouting
- 噘嘴，撅嘴（表示不满）
- expression
- 表情，神情，表达
- presence
- 存在，显现；气场，气质
- pout
- 噘嘴，撅嘴的动作或表情
- back
- 抑制，压制；返回
- habitual
- 习惯性的，惯常的，积习已久的
- awe
- 敬畏，畏惧，崇敬之情
- principle
- 原则，准则，信条
- associated
- 相关联的，有关联的
- might
- 可能，也许（情态动词）
- mysterious
- 神秘的，难以理解的
- electricity
- 电，电力；（此处比喻）激动情绪
- touched
- 触碰，触动；（此处）被激发
- incautiously
- 不谨慎地，轻率地，冒失地
- relief
- 宽慰，解脱，如释重负
- laughter
- 笑声，大笑，欢笑
- wonderful
- 极好的，奇妙的，令人惊叹的
- almanac
- 年历，历书，包含日期信息的手册
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