The Adventures of Roderick Random — Page 5
我试图描绘一个谦逊而有才德之人,在重重困境中挣扎求存——这些困境,既来自他自身经验的不足,也来自世人的自私、嫉妒、恶意与冷漠无情。
I have attempted to represent modest merit struggling with every difficulty to which a friendless orphan is exposed, from his own want of experience, as well as from the selfishness, envy, malice, and base indifference of mankind.
为了赢得读者的好感,我赋予了他出身与教育上的优势,希望在他一系列的不幸遭遇中,这些优势能使心地善良的读者更热切地同情他、支持他。
To secure a favourable prepossession, I have allowed him the advantages of birth and education, which in the series of his misfortunes will, I hope, engage the ingenuous more warmly in his behalf.
尽管我预见到有些人会对他所陷入的那些卑微场景感到不快,但我相信,明智的读者不仅能理解描写这些处境的必要性——毕竟身处低微,他必然只能局限于此——
and though I foresee, that some people will be offended at the mean scenes in which he is involved, I persuade myself that the judicious will not only perceive the necessity of describing those situations to which he must of course be confined, in his low estate,
也能从中得到乐趣——在生活的这些层面里,人的性情与激情未经矫饰、礼节或教养的掩盖,本性中奇特的个性特征如自然赋予的那般真实呈现。
but also find entertainment in viewing those parts of life, where the humours and passions are undisguised by affectation, ceremony, or education; and the whimsical peculiarities of disposition appear as nature has implanted them.
不过,我想我无需费心为这种写法作辩护——它已得到此道最优秀作家的认可,其中一些人我已在前文提及。
But I believe I need not trouble myself in vindicating a practice authorized by the best writers in this way, some of whom I have already named.
每一位有识之士一眼便能看出,我在叙述事实时并未偏离自然本真——这些事实在大体上皆属真实,只是具体情节有所改动与掩饰,以免流于针对个人的讽刺。
Every intelligent reader will, at first sight, perceive I have not deviated from nature in the facts, which are all true in the main, although the circumstances are altered and disguised, to avoid personal satire.
Vocabulary
- attempted
- 尝试做某事,努力去完成
- represent
- 描绘、表现或代表某人或某事
- modest
- 谦逊的,不夸大自身优点的
- merit
- 优点、价值或值得称赞的品质
- struggling
- 努力克服困难,艰难应对某种处境
- difficulty
- 困难,难以解决的问题或障碍
- friendless
- 没有朋友的,孤立无援的
- orphan
- 孤儿,父母双亡的儿童
- exposed
- 暴露于危险或不利处境之中
- want
- 缺乏,匮乏某种能力或资源
- experience
- 经验,亲身经历积累的知识
- selfishness
- 自私,只顾自己利益的性格
- envy
- 嫉妒,因他人的好处而不满
- malice
- 恶意,故意伤害他人的心态
- base
- 卑鄙的,道德低下的
- indifference
- 冷漠,对他人毫不关心的态度
- mankind
- 人类,全体人类的统称
- secure
- 获得或确保得到某物
- favourable
- 有利的,表示赞同或支持的
- prepossession
- 预先形成的好感或偏见
- allowed
- 允许,给予许可或权利
- advantages
- 优势,有利条件或益处
- birth
- 出生,诞生或出身背景
- education
- 教育,通过学习获得知识和技能
- series
- 一系列,连续的一组事物
- misfortunes
- 不幸,遭遇的坏运气或灾难
- hope
- 希望,期待某事发生
- engage
- 吸引关注,使人产生兴趣
- ingenuous
- 坦诚的,天真无邪、单纯直率的
- warmly
- 热情地,充满情感地支持或欢迎
- behalf
- 代表某人或为了某人的利益
- foresee
- 预见,提前预料到将发生的事
- offended
- 感到被冒犯或不悦,受到伤害
- mean
- 卑微的,低贱的或品质低劣的
- scenes
- 场景,描绘的情节或画面
- involved
- 卷入,参与其中或与之相关
- persuade
- 说服,使某人相信或同意某事
- judicious
- 明智的,判断力强、决策审慎的
- perceive
- 察觉,理解或意识到某事物
- necessity
- 必要性,不可缺少的需求
- describing
- 描述,用语言表达某事物的特征
- situations
- 情境,所处的环境或状况
- course
- 过程,自然发展的进程
- confined
- 局限于,限制在某范围之内
- low
- 低下的,地位或阶层卑微的
- estate
- 社会地位,阶层或身份状况
- entertainment
- 娱乐,令人愉快或有趣的内容
- viewing
- 观察,查看或审视某事物
- humours
- 性情,人的脾气或情绪特征
- passions
- 激情,强烈的情感或欲望
- undisguised
- 未加掩饰的,真实自然流露的
- affectation
- 矫揉造作,故意表现出不自然的行为
- ceremony
- 礼节,正式的礼仪或客套行为
- whimsical
- 异想天开的,古怪有趣且难以预料的
- peculiarities
- 怪癖,独特奇异的特点或习惯
- disposition
- 性情,天生的性格倾向或脾性
- appear
- 显现,呈现出某种样子或特征
- nature
- 自然本性,天生的本质或特性
- implanted
- 植入,将某特质植入人的心中
- believe
- 相信,认为某事是真实的
- trouble
- 麻烦,费力去做某件事
- vindicating
- 为某事辩护,证明其正当合理
- practice
- 做法,惯常采用的方式或方法
- authorized
- 经过认可的,得到权威认同的
- writers
- 作家,从事写作的人
- whom
- 关系代词,指代宾格人称
- named
- 被提及命名,已列举或提到的
- intelligent
- 聪明的,具有理解和判断能力的
- reader
- 读者,阅读文章或书籍的人
- sight
- 一眼,初次看到时的印象
- deviated
- 偏离,背离原来的标准或方向
- facts
- 事实,真实存在的事情或信息
- although
- 虽然,尽管,引导让步状语从句
- circumstances
- 情节细节,周围的具体情况或条件
- altered
- 改变,对原有内容做了修改
- disguised
- 伪装,掩盖真实面貌或身份
- avoid
- 避免,防止某事发生
- personal
- 针对个人的,涉及具体个人的
- satire
- 讽刺,用嘲讽方式批评人或事
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