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时钟敲响十二下,猫头鹰在残破的城垛上发出刺耳的叫声,门被教堂司事打开了,他借着一支忽明忽暗的蜡烛的光,将那绝望的恋人引入一条阴森的侧廊,然后用脚跺了跺地面,说道:'这位年轻的小姐就埋葬于此。'

The clock struck twelve, the owl screeched from the ruined battlement, the door was opened by the sexton, who, by the light of a glimmering taper, conducted the despairing lover to a dreary aisle, and stamped upon the ground with his foot, saying, 'Here the young lady lies interred.'

这里集中了'墓地'诗派惯用的大量浪漫主义手法——W·L·菲尔普斯教授称扬格在其《夜思》中是这一诗派最'杰出的代表'——因此人们起初难免以为斯摩莱特是在对此加以嘲弄。

We have here such an amount of the usual romantic machinery of the "grave-yard" school of poets—that school of which Professor W. L. Phelps calls Young, in his Night Thoughts, the most "conspicuous exemplar"—that one is at first inclined to think Smollett poking fun at it.

然而,从上下文来看,他似乎是完全认真的。

The context, however, seems to prove that he was perfectly serious.

因此,在沃波尔的《奥特兰托城堡》问世十余年之前,便能在斯摩莱特的小说中发现浪漫主义精神的踪迹,这既令人感兴趣,也令人惊讶。

It is interesting, then, as well as surprising, to find traces of the romantic spirit in his fiction over ten years before Walpole's Castle of Otranto.

同样值得关注的是,他身上蕴含着如此浓烈的戏剧性情感,因为这使他与他的十九世纪门徒狄更斯之间的联系愈加紧密。

It is also interesting to find so much melodramatic feeling in him, because it makes stronger the connection between him and his nineteenth-century disciple, Dickens.

从我上面所说的一切来看,不应认为斯摩莱特的一贯风格在《费森伯爵》中总是缺席,或者几乎总是缺席。

From all that I have said, it must not be thought that the usual Smollett is always, or almost always, absent from Count Fathom.

我已经谈到献辞和开篇几章,认为那些正是我们可以期待出自他手笔的内容。

I have spoken of the dedication and of the opening chapters as what we might expect from his pen.

此外,在梅尔维尔从监狱中营救费森的场景里,也有真正属于斯摩莱特风格的笔触;而在描写费森的沉浮起落——先是被宠爱的花花公子,后又成为时髦医生——的过程中,也有相当多斯摩莱特式的讽刺趣味。

There are, besides, true Smollett strokes in the scenes in the prison from which Melvil rescues Fathom, and there is a good deal of the satirical Smollett fun in the description of Fathom's ups and downs, first as the petted beau, and then as the fashionable doctor.

Vocabulary

clock
时钟,显示时间的计时装置
struck
(钟)敲响,strike的过去式
twelve
数字十二
owl
猫头鹰,一种夜间活动的鸟
screeched
发出刺耳的尖叫声
ruined
破败的,已成废墟的
battlement
城垛,城墙顶部的锯齿状防御结构
door
门,建筑物的出入口
sexton
教堂看守人,负责维护教堂及墓地
light
光,照明
glimmering
微弱闪烁的,发出昏暗光芒的
taper
细长蜡烛,逐渐变细的烛形照明物
conducted
引导,带领某人前往某处
despairing
绝望的,充满悲痛的
lover
恋人,深爱某人的人
dreary
阴沉的,令人沮丧的,荒凉的
aisle
(教堂或建筑内的)通道,走廊
stamped
用脚跺地,stamp的过去式
ground
地面,土地
foot
脚,人体下肢末端
young
年轻的,年龄小的
lady
女士,对女性的尊称
lies
长眠于此,埋葬在此处
interred
被埋葬,安葬于地下
amount
数量,总量
usual
通常的,惯常的
romantic
浪漫主义的,充满浪漫色彩的
machinery
(文学中的)惯用手法,固定套路
grave-yard
墓地,安葬死者的场所
school
流派,文学或艺术的派别
poets
诗人,创作诗歌的人
Professor
教授,大学里的高级学术职称
Night
夜,黑夜
Thoughts
思想,沉思,作品名称
conspicuous
显著的,突出的,引人注目的
exemplar
典范,典型代表或范例
inclined
倾向于,有……的倾向
poking
戳弄,在此指讽刺或嘲笑
fun
乐趣,poke fun at意为嘲弄
context
上下文,语境,背景
however
然而,但是,表示转折
prove
证明,表明
perfectly
完全地,十分地
serious
认真的,严肃的,不开玩笑的
interesting
有趣的,令人感兴趣的
surprising
令人惊讶的,出乎意料的
traces
痕迹,踪迹,细微的迹象
spirit
精神,气质,风格
fiction
小说,虚构文学作品
Castle
城堡,中世纪防御性建筑
melodramatic
戏剧性的,过度煽情的,夸张的
feeling
情感,感觉
stronger
更强的,strong的比较级
connection
联系,关联,联结
nineteenth-century
十九世纪的,属于1800年代的
disciple
门徒,追随者,信徒
always
总是,一直
almost
几乎,差不多
absent
缺席的,不在场的,缺乏的
Count
伯爵,欧洲贵族头衔
dedication
题献,书前的献词部分
opening
开篇的,最初的,开始的
chapters
章节,书籍的分段部分
expect
期望,预期
pen
笔,此处指写作风格或手法
besides
此外,除此之外
true
真实的,真正的
strokes
笔触,此处指精彩的描写手法
scenes
场景,情节,场面
prison
监狱,关押罪犯的地方
rescues
营救,使脱离危险
deal
大量,a good deal意为很多
satirical
讽刺的,带有讽刺意味的
description
描述,描写,说明
ups
高潮,好时光,ups and downs意为起伏
downs
低潮,坏时光,ups and downs起伏
petted
被宠爱的,受到溺爱的
beau
花花公子,追求时髦的男士
fashionable
时髦的,流行的,时尚的
doctor
医生,拥有医学资格的人
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