Notre-Dame de Paris — Page 7
这片人潮汹涌的波浪不断涌来,冲击着那些突出于广场不规则盆地之中的房屋转角,宛如一个个岬角伸入其间。
The waves of this crowd, augmented incessantly, dashed against the angles of the houses which projected here and there, like so many promontories, into the irregular basin of the place.
在宫殿那高耸的哥特式正面中央,宏伟的大楼梯上人流不息,上下往来,分成两股,在中间的平台分开后,沿两侧斜坡化为宽阔的人流——那宏伟的大楼梯,我说,不断地将人潮倾泻到广场上,宛如瀑布注入湖中。
In the centre of the lofty Gothic façade of the palace, the grand staircase, incessantly ascended and descended by a double current, which, after parting on the intermediate landing-place, flowed in broad waves along its lateral slopes,—the grand staircase, I say, trickled incessantly into the place, like a cascade into a lake.
数千人脚步的喧嚣声、笑声与踩踏声,汇成巨大的噪音与嘈杂。
The cries, the laughter, the trampling of those thousands of feet, produced a great noise and a great clamor.
不时地,这噪音与嘈杂声倍增;推动人群涌向大楼梯的那股人流倒流回来,变得混乱,形成漩涡。
From time to time, this noise and clamor redoubled; the current which drove the crowd towards the grand staircase flowed backwards, became troubled, formed whirlpools.
这是因为某个弓箭手的推搡,或是治安官某名骑兵的战马踢腿维持秩序所致——这是一个令人叹服的传统,由治安官署传给骑警队,再由骑警队传给马队,最终传承至我们巴黎的宪兵队。
This was produced by the buffet of an archer, or the horse of one of the provost's sergeants, which kicked to restore order; an admirable tradition which the provostship has bequeathed to the constablery, the constablery to the maréchaussée, the maréchaussée to our gendarmeri of Paris.
成千上万张神情平和、安然自若的市民面孔拥聚在窗口、门前、老虎窗旁和屋顶上,凝望着宫殿,凝望着人群,别无所求。
Thousands of good, calm, bourgeois faces thronged the windows, the doors, the dormer windows, the roofs, gazing at the palace, gazing at the populace, and asking nothing more.
因为许多巴黎人满足于观看旁观者的神情,而对我们来说,一堵墙后面正在发生着什么,顿时便成了一件极为令人好奇的事情。
for many Parisians content themselves with the spectacle of the spectators, and a wall behind which something is going on becomes at once, for us, a very curious thing indeed.
Vocabulary
- waves
- 波浪;人群的涌动或起伏
- crowd
- 人群,聚集在一起的许多人
- augmented
- 增大、增加,使数量或规模扩大
- incessantly
- 不停地,持续不断地进行
- dashed
- 猛冲,快速用力地撞击或冲向
- angles
- 角落,建筑物突出的棱角部分
- projected
- 突出,向外伸出超过周围表面
- promontories
- 海角,陆地突入海中的高地
- irregular
- 不规则的,形状或排列不整齐
- basin
- 盆地,四周高中间低的地形区域
- lofty
- 高耸的,非常高大宏伟的
- Gothic
- 哥特式,欧洲中世纪建筑风格
- façade
- 建筑正面,建筑物朝外的主立面
- palace
- 宫殿,规模宏大的官方建筑
- grand
- 宏伟的,规模大且令人印象深刻
- staircase
- 楼梯,建筑内连接不同楼层的台阶
- ascended
- 上升,向上攀登或走上去
- descended
- 下降,向下走或移动
- current
- 水流;人流,流动的方向
- parting
- 分开,分流成两个方向
- intermediate
- 中间的,位于两者之间的
- landing-place
- 楼梯平台,楼梯中间的休息台
- flowed
- 流动,液体或人群平稳地移动
- broad
- 宽阔的,范围或宽度很大
- lateral
- 侧面的,位于两侧的
- slopes
- 斜坡,倾斜的坡面
- trickled
- 细流,液体缓慢地一点点流下
- cascade
- 瀑布,水流倾泻而下的景象
- cries
- 呼喊声,大声喊叫的声音
- laughter
- 笑声,欢笑发出的声音
- trampling
- 踩踏,脚重重踩踏地面的动作
- clamor
- 喧哗声,许多人同时大声吵嚷
- redoubled
- 加倍,使强度或力度大幅增加
- drove
- 驱赶,迫使人群移动或前进
- backwards
- 向后,朝相反方向移动
- troubled
- 混乱的,不安或被扰动的状态
- whirlpools
- 漩涡,旋转流动的水流或人群
- buffet
- 猛击,反复冲击或打击某物
- archer
- 弓箭手,使用弓箭的士兵
- provost
- 警察长官,负责维持秩序的官员
- sergeants
- 警官,警察或军队中的中级职位
- kicked
- 踢,用脚猛烈踢击某物
- restore
- 恢复,使回到原来的状态
- order
- 秩序,整齐有条理的状态
- admirable
- 令人钦佩的,值得赞赏的
- tradition
- 传统,长期流传下来的习俗
- provostship
- 警察长官职位,负责地方治安的职务
- bequeathed
- 遗赠,将遗产或传统传给后人
- constablery
- 警察机构,负责维护治安的部门
- maréchaussée
- 法国旧时的骑马警察队
- gendarmeri
- 宪兵队,法国军事性质警察机构
- calm
- 平静的,安静且不激动的
- bourgeois
- 中产阶级的,属于市民阶层的人
- thronged
- 拥挤,大量人群聚集在某处
- dormer
- 老虎窗,屋顶上突出的小窗户
- gazing
- 凝视,长时间专注地看某物
- populace
- 民众,某地区的普通百姓
- Parisians
- 巴黎人,居住在巴黎的市民
- content
- 满足的,对现状感到满意
- spectacle
- 景观,引人注目的壮观场面
- spectators
- 观众,在场观看的人们
- curious
- 好奇的;奇特的,令人感到新奇
- indeed
- 确实,表示强调或肯定某事
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