Peter Pan — Page 5
如果他等到合适的时机才在高地上发起行动,他和他的手下很可能早已遭到屠杀;因此在评判他时,这一点理应被纳入考量。也许他本该做的,是提前告知对手,他打算采用一种新的战术。然而另一方面,这样做会破坏出其不意的效果,使他的战略完全失去意义,因此整个问题充满了两难困境。人们至少不得不勉强承认,构思出如此大胆计划的智谋,以及将其付诸实施的那种冷酷天才,实在令人叹服。
Had he waited on the rising ground till the proper hour he and his men would probably have been butchered; and in judging him it is only fair to take this into account. What he should perhaps have done was to acquaint his opponents that he proposed to follow a new method. On the other hand, this, as destroying the element of surprise, would have made his strategy of no avail, so that the whole question is beset with difficulties. One cannot at least withhold a reluctant admiration for the wit that had conceived so bold a scheme, and the fell genius with which it was carried out.
在那胜利的时刻,他内心深处究竟有着怎样的感受?他的那些手下多么想知道啊——他们气喘吁吁地擦拭着弯刀,在他的铁钩旁保持着恭敬的距离,用那双雪貂般的眼睛偷偷打量着这个非凡的男人。他的心中必然涌动着得意之情,但他的脸上却没有流露出丝毫:他始终是一个阴郁而孤独的谜,无论在精神上还是在形体上,他都与追随者保持着疏远。
What were his own feelings about himself at that triumphant moment? Fain would his dogs have known, as breathing heavily and wiping their cutlasses, they gathered at a discreet distance from his hook, and squinted through their ferret eyes at this extraordinary man. Elation must have been in his heart, but his face did not reflect it: ever a dark and solitary enigma, he stood aloof from his followers in spirit as in substance.
这一夜的行动还没有结束,因为他此行真正要消灭的并非那些红人;红人不过是被烟熏出来的蜜蜂,目的是让他得到蜂蜜。他真正想要的是潘,是潘和温迪以及他们的伙伴,但最主要的是潘。
The night's work was not yet over, for it was not the redskins he had come out to destroy; they were but the bees to be smoked, so that he should get at the honey. It was Pan he wanted, Pan and Wendy and their band, but chiefly Pan.
彼得只是个小男孩,人们不禁想知道,这个大人对他的仇恨究竟从何而来。
Peter was such a small boy that one tends to wonder at the man's hatred of him.
Vocabulary
- Had
- 假设过去条件,表示"如果曾经"
- he
- 他,第三人称单数男性代词
- waited
- 等待,wait的过去式
- on
- 在……上;关于;继续
- the
- 定冠词,指特定的人或事物
- rising
- 上升的,逐渐增高的
- ground
- 地面,土地
- till
- 直到……为止
- proper
- 适当的,合适的
- hour
- 小时,特定的时刻
- and
- 和,并且,连接词
- his
- 他的,第三人称单数所有格
- men
- 男人们,手下的人
- would
- 表示虚拟或推测,将会
- probably
- 大概,很可能
- have
- 有;助动词,构成完成时
- been
- be的过去分词,曾经是
- butchered
- 被残忍屠杀,被大肆杀害
- in
- 在……里面;在……方面
- judging
- 评判,judge的现在分词
- him
- 他,第三人称单数宾格
- it
- 它,第三人称单数中性代词
- is
- 是,be动词的第三人称单数形式
- only
- 只,仅仅
- fair
- 公平的,公正的
- to
- 到;不定式符号
- take
- 考虑,拿;采取
- this
- 这,这个,指代前文提到的事
- into
- 进入;表示转变或涉及
- account
- 考虑;账户;叙述
- What
- 什么,用于疑问或感叹
- should
- 应该,表示建议或义务
- perhaps
- 也许,或许
- done
- 做完,do的过去分词
- was
- 是,be动词过去式单数形式
- acquaint
- 使熟悉,告知某人某情况
- opponents
- 对手,反对者
- that
- 那,引导从句或指代事物
- proposed
- 提议,计划;propose的过去式
- follow
- 遵循,跟随
- a
- 不定冠词,表示泛指某一个
- new
- 新的,新颖的
- method
- 方法,方式
- On
- 在……上;另一方面(短语)
- other
- 另一个,其他的
- hand
- 手;一方面(on the other hand)
- as
- 因为;作为;当……时候
- destroying
- 破坏,摧毁
- element
- 要素,元素,成分
- of
- 的,表示所属或关联
- surprise
- 惊奇;出其不意
- made
- 使得,make的过去式
- strategy
- 策略,战略,计谋
- no
- 没有,表示否定
- avail
- 效用,好处;of no avail意为无效
- so
- 所以,因此;非常
- whole
- 整个的,全部的
- question
- 问题,疑问
- beset
- 困扰,围困;被……所包围
- with
- 和;伴随;用
- difficulties
- 困难,difficulty的复数
- One
- 一个人,泛指任何人
- cannot
- 不能,不可以
- at
- 在(某处或某时)
- least
- 最少;至少(at least)
- withhold
- 拒绝给予,克制,保留
- reluctant
- 不情愿的,勉强的
- admiration
- 钦佩,赞赏
- for
- 为了;因为;对于
- wit
- 机智,智慧,才思敏捷
- had
- 拥有;have的过去式
- conceived
- 构思,想出;conceive的过去式
- bold
- 大胆的,勇敢的
- scheme
- 计划,方案,阴谋
- fell
- 凶猛的;fall的过去式(倒下)
- genius
- 天才,天赋,才能
- which
- 哪个,引导定语从句
- carried
- 执行,carry的过去式
- out
- 出去;carry out意为执行
- were
- 是,be动词过去式复数
- own
- 自己的,属于自身的
- feelings
- 感受,情感,feeling的复数
- about
- 关于,大约
- himself
- 他自己,反身代词
- triumphant
- 胜利的,洋洋得意的
- moment
- 时刻,瞬间
- Fain
- 乐意地,甘愿地(古语)
- dogs
- 狗,dog的复数;此处指手下
- known
- 知道,know的过去分词
- breathing
- 呼吸,breath的现在分词
- heavily
- 沉重地,费力地
- wiping
- 擦拭,wipe的现在分词
- their
- 他们的,第三人称复数所有格
- cutlasses
- 短弯刀,cutlass的复数
- they
- 他们,第三人称复数主格
- gathered
- 聚集,gather的过去式
- discreet
- 谨慎的,小心翼翼的
- distance
- 距离,间隔
- from
- 从,来自
- hook
- 钩子;此处指钩船长的铁钩
- squinted
- 斜眼看,眯眼看
- through
- 通过,穿过
- ferret
- 雪貂;ferret eyes指锐利的小眼睛
- eyes
- 眼睛,eye的复数
- extraordinary
- 非凡的,非同寻常的
- man
- 男人,人
- Elation
- 兴高采烈,极度喜悦
- must
- 必须;一定(表推测)
- heart
- 心,内心
- but
- 但是,然而
- face
- 脸,面部;面对
- did
- 做,do的过去式
- not
- 不,表示否定
- reflect
- 反映,显示;反射
- ever
- 始终,一直;曾经
- dark
- 黑暗的,神秘的
- solitary
- 孤独的,独自的
- enigma
- 谜,难以理解的人或事物
- stood
- 站立,stand的过去式
- aloof
- 冷漠地,与人疏远地
- followers
- 追随者,follower的复数
- spirit
- 精神,灵魂
- substance
- 实质,物质;本质
- The
- 定冠词,特指某人或某物
- night
- 夜晚,夜间
- work
- 工作,任务,行动
- yet
- 还,尚未;但是
- over
- 结束;越过;在……上方
- come
- 来,到来
- destroy
- 摧毁,破坏
- bees
- 蜜蜂,bee的复数
- be
- 是,存在,be动词原形
- smoked
- 被烟熏;smoke的过去式
- get
- 得到,获取
- honey
- 蜂蜜
- It
- 它;强调句中的形式主语
- wanted
- 想要,want的过去式
- band
- 团伙,乐队;一群人
- chiefly
- 主要地,尤其是
- such
- 如此,这样的
- small
- 小的,幼小的
- boy
- 男孩
- one
- 一个;人们,泛指任何人
- tends
- 倾向于,tend to的第三人称
- wonder
- 感到疑惑;奇迹,惊奇
- hatred
- 憎恨,仇恨,强烈厌恶
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