Peter Pan — Page 2
如果她傲慢地甩开了他的手(我们本来很想这样描写她),她就会像其他人一样被抛飞到空中,那么胡克很可能就不会出现在捆绑孩子们的现场;
Had she haughtily unhanded him (and we should have loved to write it of her), she would have been hurled through the air like the others, and then Hook would probably not have been present at the tying of the children;
如果他不在场,就不会发现斯莱特利的秘密,没有那个秘密,他此刻也就无法对彼得的生命发动卑鄙的袭击。
and had he not been at the tying he would not have discovered Slightly's secret, and without the secret he could not presently have made his foul attempt on Peter's life.
孩子们被捆绑起来是为了防止他们飞走,他们被迫蜷缩着,膝盖紧贴着耳朵;那个黑皮肤的海盗把一根绳子切成了九段等长的绳段来捆绑他们。
They were tied to prevent their flying away, doubled up with their knees close to their ears; and for the trussing of them the black pirate had cut a rope into nine equal pieces.
一切进行顺利,直到轮到斯莱特利,他被发现就像那种令人恼火的包裹——绳子绕了一圈就全用完了,却没有多余的绳头可以打结。
All went well until Slightly's turn came, when he was found to be like those irritating parcels that use up all the string in going round and leave no tags with which to tie a knot.
海盗们愤怒地踢他,就像你踢那个包裹一样(虽然说公平地讲,你应该踢绳子才对);
The pirates kicked him in their rage, just as you kick the parcel (though in fairness you should kick the string);
奇怪的是,正是胡克命令他们停止暴行。
and strange to say it was Hook who told them to belay their violence.
他的嘴角带着恶意的得意之情微微上扬。
His lip was curled with malicious triumph.
他的手下们只是满头大汗,因为每次他们试图把这个不幸的少年从一处塞紧,他就从另一处鼓胀出来;
While his dogs were merely sweating because every time they tried to pack the unhappy lad tight in one part he bulged out in another,
而胡克那卓越的头脑却早已深入到斯莱特利的表象之下,探寻的不是结果,而是原因;他脸上流露出的狂喜表明他已经找到了答案。
Hook's master mind had gone far beneath Slightly's surface, probing not for effects but for causes; and his exultation showed that he had found them.
Vocabulary
- Had
- 助动词,用于构成虚拟语气或过去完成时
- she
- 她,第三人称单数女性主语代词
- haughtily
- 傲慢地,高傲地对待他人的方式
- unhanded
- 松开手,放开抓住某人的手
- should
- 应该,表示建议或义务的情态动词
- would
- 将会,表示假设或意愿的情态动词
- hurled
- 猛力抛出,用力将某物投掷出去
- through
- 穿过,从一端到另一端地经过
- probably
- 可能,大概,表示较大的可能性
- present
- 在场的,出席的,亲自参与的
- tying
- 捆绑,用绳子将某人或某物绑住
- discovered
- 发现,察觉到之前未知的事情
- secret
- 秘密,不为他人所知的事情
- without
- 没有,缺少某事物或条件
- could
- 能够,表示过去能力或可能性
- presently
- 不久,随后,过一会儿就发生
- foul
- 邪恶的,卑鄙的,令人厌恶的
- attempt
- 企图,试图做某件事的行为
- tied
- 被捆绑,用绳子束缚住的状态
- prevent
- 防止,阻止某件事情发生
- doubled
- 弯曲折叠,使身体卷曲成一团
- knees
- 膝盖,腿部中间的关节部位
- trussing
- 捆扎,将人或物紧紧捆绑结实
- pirate
- 海盗,在海上劫掠他人的人
- rope
- 绳子,用纤维拧成的粗线
- equal
- 相等的,长度或大小完全一样的
- pieces
- 片段,段,被分割成的各个部分
- until
- 直到,表示某状态持续到某时间点
- turn
- 轮到,轮流时某人的机会
- irritating
- 令人恼火的,使人感到烦躁的
- parcels
- 包裹,用绳子或纸包扎的物品
- string
- 细绳,用于捆扎包裹的线绳
- tags
- 绳头,绑绳后剩余的多余绳端
- tie
- 打结,将绳子末端绑成结
- knot
- 结,绳子打成的节点或结头
- pirates
- 海盗们,在海上从事劫掠的人群
- rage
- 愤怒,盛怒,极度的愤怒情绪
- kick
- 踢,用脚踢打某物的动作
- parcel
- 包裹,捆扎后的包装物品
- though
- 虽然,尽管,表示让步关系
- fairness
- 公平,公正,对事物客观评价
- strange
- 奇怪的,不寻常的,令人诧异的
- belay
- 停止,住手,命令停止某行动
- violence
- 暴力,使用武力伤害他人的行为
- lip
- 嘴唇,嘴部上下的边缘部位
- curled
- 翘起,嘴角上翘,表示蔑视或得意
- malicious
- 恶意的,充满恶意和憎恨的
- triumph
- 得意,胜利,成功后的喜悦感
- While
- 而,当,表示对比或同时发生
- merely
- 仅仅,只是,表示程度有限
- sweating
- 出汗,因费力或紧张而流汗
- pack
- 捆扎,将某人紧紧包裹捆绑
- unhappy
- 不幸的,可怜的,处境悲惨的
- lad
- 男孩,小伙子,年轻男性
- tight
- 紧紧地,牢固地,绑得很紧
- bulged
- 鼓出,向外凸起,突出膨胀
- master
- 大师,master mind指天才智者
- mind
- 智慧,思维,master mind指智囊
- beneath
- 在下面,深入表面之下
- surface
- 表面,事物外部可见的层面
- probing
- 探究,深入调查分析某事的原因
- effects
- 结果,效果,事情产生的影响
- causes
- 原因,导致事情发生的根本因素
- exultation
- 狂喜,极度兴奋的喜悦情绪
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