Middlemarch — Page 10
她用双手捂住头的两侧,似乎对自己的记忆力感到绝望。
She pressed her hands against the sides of her head and seemed to despair of her memory.
「她们在这里,」塞莉亚说——这句话她早已深思熟虑、预先安排好了。
"They are here," said Celia, with whom this explanation had been long meditated and prearranged.
「请打开柜子的大抽屉,把首饰盒拿出来。」
"Pray open the large drawer of the cabinet and get out the jewel-box."
首饰盒很快就在她们面前打开了,各式各样的珠宝散落开来,在桌上铺成一片色彩斑斓的花圃。
The casket was soon open before them, and the various jewels spread out, making a bright parterre on the table.
这不是什么了不起的收藏,但其中几件饰品确实美得出奇。
It was no great collection, but a few of the ornaments were really of remarkable beauty,
最显眼的是一条镶嵌在精美金饰中的紫水晶项链,以及一枚缀有五颗宝石的珍珠十字架。
the finest that was obvious at first being a necklace of purple amethysts set in exquisite gold work, and a pearl cross with five brilliants in it.
多萝西娅立刻拿起项链,将它扣在妹妹的颈上,项链几乎像手镯一样紧贴着颈项。
Dorothea immediately took up the necklace and fastened it round her sister's neck, where it fitted almost as closely as a bracelet;
但这个圆圈与塞莉亚那亨丽埃塔·玛丽亚风格的头颈十分相称,她从对面的穿衣镜里也看得出来。
but the circle suited the Henrietta-Maria style of Celia's head and neck, and she could see that it did, in the pier-glass opposite.
「好了,塞莉亚!你可以配着你的印度薄棉布裙戴这条项链。但这个十字架你要配深色裙子戴。」
"There, Celia! you can wear that with your Indian muslin. But this cross you must wear with your dark dresses."
塞莉亚竭力忍住喜悦的微笑。「哦,多多,这个十字架你自己留着吧。」
Celia was trying not to smile with pleasure. "O Dodo, you must keep the cross yourself."
「不,不,亲爱的,不要,」多萝西娅说,随意地抬起手摆了摆。
"No, no, dear, no," said Dorothea, putting up her hand with careless deprecation.
「不,你真的必须留着它;它很适合你——就配你那件黑裙子,」塞莉亚坚持说,「你完全可以戴那个。」
"Yes, indeed you must; it would suit you—in your black dress, now," said Celia, insistingly. "You _might_ wear that."
「无论如何都不行。十字架是我最不愿意当作饰物佩戴的东西。」多萝西娅微微打了个寒战。
"Not for the world, not for the world. A cross is the last thing I would wear as a trinket." Dorothea shuddered slightly.
Vocabulary
- pressed
- 用力压或紧贴某物
- against
- 紧贴着,与某物接触或相对
- sides
- 侧面,某物或身体的两侧
- seemed
- 看起来,显得,似乎是某种状态
- despair
- 绝望,失去希望的极度沮丧感
- memory
- 记忆,回忆过去事物的能力
- whom
- who的宾格形式,用于指人
- explanation
- 解释,说明某事原因或内容
- meditated
- 深思熟虑,仔细思考某事
- prearranged
- 预先安排好的,事先计划好的
- Pray
- 此处为语气词,表示请求或恳请
- drawer
- 抽屉,家具中可拉出的储物格
- cabinet
- 橱柜,用于存放物品的家具
- jewel-box
- 珠宝盒,用于存放首饰的小盒子
- casket
- 小盒子,通常用于存放珠宝
- various
- 各种各样的,多种多样的
- jewels
- 珠宝,宝石,贵重的装饰品
- spread
- 展开,铺开,分散摆放
- bright
- 明亮的,闪闪发光的
- parterre
- 花坛,花园中精心布置的花卉区
- collection
- 收藏,一批收集在一起的物品
- ornaments
- 装饰品,用于美化的饰品
- remarkable
- 出色的,非常值得注意的
- beauty
- 美丽,令人赏心悦目的特质
- finest
- 最精美的,fine的最高级
- obvious
- 明显的,容易被看出来的
- necklace
- 项链,戴在颈部的饰品
- purple
- 紫色的,一种颜色
- amethysts
- 紫水晶,一种紫色宝石
- set
- 镶嵌,将宝石固定在金属中
- exquisite
- 精致的,极其精美细腻的
- pearl
- 珍珠,贝类产生的圆形宝石
- cross
- 十字形,十字架形状的饰品
- brilliants
- 明亮式切割钻石,闪亮的宝石
- immediately
- 立刻,马上,毫不迟疑地
- fastened
- 扣上,系紧,固定住某物
- round
- 围绕,环绕在某物周围
- neck
- 脖子,连接头部和躯干的部位
- fitted
- 合身,大小或形状恰好合适
- almost
- 几乎,差不多,接近于
- closely
- 紧密地,贴近地
- bracelet
- 手镯,戴在手腕上的饰品
- circle
- 圆形,环形,圆圈
- suited
- 适合,符合某人的风格或需求
- style
- 风格,某种独特的样式或方式
- pier-glass
- 壁镜,安装在墙壁上的大镜子
- opposite
- 对面的,在相反方向的位置
- wear
- 穿戴,佩戴衣物或饰品
- Indian
- 印度的,与印度相关的
- muslin
- 薄棉布,一种轻薄的棉织物
- must
- 必须,表示强烈的必要性
- dark
- 深色的,颜色暗淡的
- dresses
- 连衣裙,女性穿的一件式服装
- trying
- 努力,试图做某事
- pleasure
- 愉悦,满足感,快乐的感受
- careless
- 漫不经心的,随意的,粗心的
- deprecation
- 谦逊否定,轻描淡写地推辞
- indeed
- 确实,真正地,用于加强语气
- suit
- 适合,与某人搭配得当
- insistingly
- 坚持地,不断强调地,坚决地
- _might_
- 可能,表示假设可能性的情态动词
- trinket
- 小饰品,廉价的小装饰品
- shuddered
- 颤抖,因恐惧或厌恶而发抖
- slightly
- 轻微地,稍微,程度很小地
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