The Adventures of Roderick Random — Page 1
关于我的出生与家世
Of my Birth and Parentage
我出生在这个联合王国的北部,就在我外祖父的宅邸里。他是一位财力雄厚、颇具影响力的绅士,曾多次为国效力,展现出非凡的担当;他在法律方面的才能尤为出众,以法官之职大展身手,尤其以对乞丐毫不留情而著称,因为他对这类人有着一种异乎寻常的厌恶。
I was born in the northern part of this united kingdom, in the house of my grandfather, a gentleman of considerable fortune and influence, who had on many occasions signalised himself in behalf of his country; and was remarkable for his abilities in the law, which he exercised with great success in the station of a judge, particularly against beggars, for whom he had a singular aversion.
我的父亲(老爷子最小的儿子)爱上了一位贫穷的远亲——那位女子以管家的身份住在老绅士府上——便悄悄与她成婚;而我,便是这段婚姻结下的第一个果实。
My father (his youngest son) falling in love with a poor relation, who lived with the old gentleman in quality of a housekeeper, espoused her privately; and I was the first fruit of that marriage.
母亲怀孕期间,一个梦境令她深感不安,以至于她的丈夫被她一再恳求,烦不胜烦,终于去请教了一位高地占卜者。他本想事先行贿,以求得一个吉利的解释,却发现此人廉洁不阿,无从收买。
During her pregnancy, a dream discomposed my mother so much that her husband, tired with her importunity, at last consulted a highland seer, whose favourable interpretation he would have secured beforehand by a bribe, but found him incorruptible.
她梦见自己生下了一个网球,魔鬼——令她大为惊愕的是,魔鬼在梦中充当了产婆的角色——用球拍猛力将其击出,那球瞬间便消失得无影无踪;她为失去骨肉而悲痛欲绝,久久难以释怀;就在此时,那球忽然以同样的力道飞回,钻入她脚下的土地,随即从地里破土而出,长成一棵枝繁叶茂、花团锦簇的大树,浓郁的花香强烈地刺激着她的神经,她便从梦中惊醒了。
She dreamed she was delivered of a tennis-ball, which the devil (who, to her great surprise, acted the part of a midwife) struck so forcibly with a racket that it disappeared in an instant; and she was for some time inconsolable for the lost of her offspring; when, all on a sudden, she beheld it return with equal violence, and enter the earth, beneath her feet, whence immediately sprang up a goodly tree covered with blossoms, the scent of which operated so strongly on her nerves that she awoke.
Vocabulary
- Birth
- 出生,诞生的时刻或事件
- Parentage
- 出身,父母的身份与背景
- northern
- 北方的,位于北部的
- united
- 联合的,统一的
- kingdom
- 王国,由国王统治的国家
- gentleman
- 绅士,有教养有地位的男性
- considerable
- 相当大的,数量或程度不小
- fortune
- 财富,大量的金钱或财产
- influence
- 影响力,对他人或事物的作用
- occasions
- 场合,特定的时机或情况
- signalised
- 使自己出名,因表现突出而著称
- behalf
- 代表,为了某人的利益
- remarkable
- 出色的,值得注意的,非凡的
- abilities
- 能力,才能,技能
- exercised
- 运用,行使某种技能或权力
- station
- 地位,身份,社会职位
- judge
- 法官,在法庭上裁决案件的官员
- particularly
- 尤其,特别地
- beggars
- 乞丐,沿街乞讨的人
- singular
- 强烈的,异常的,与众不同的
- aversion
- 厌恶,强烈不喜欢某人或某事
- youngest
- 最小的,年龄最小的
- relation
- 亲戚,有血缘关系的人
- quality
- 上流社会的,指贵族或高贵身份
- housekeeper
- 管家,负责管理家务的人
- espoused
- 娶,迎娶,正式与某人结婚
- privately
- 私下地,秘密地,不公开地
- fruit
- 成果,结果,这里指子女
- marriage
- 婚姻,结婚的关系或状态
- During
- 在……期间,表示某段时间内
- pregnancy
- 怀孕,女性孕育胎儿的状态
- discomposed
- 使不安,使心神不宁
- tired
- 厌倦,疲于某事的
- importunity
- 再三恳求,不断烦扰地请求
- consulted
- 咨询,向某人寻求意见或建议
- highland
- 高地,苏格兰高地地区
- seer
- 预言者,能预见未来的人
- favourable
- 有利的,令人满意的解释
- interpretation
- 解释,对某事含义的说明
- secured
- 确保,提前获得某种保证
- beforehand
- 事先,提前,在事情发生前
- bribe
- 贿赂,用钱财换取好处
- incorruptible
- 廉洁的,无法被收买贿赂的
- delivered
- 分娩,生下孩子或某物
- tennis-ball
- 网球,用于网球运动的球
- devil
- 魔鬼,恶魔,邪恶的存在
- midwife
- 助产士,帮助孕妇分娩的人
- struck
- 击打,strike的过去式
- forcibly
- 用力地,强行地
- racket
- 球拍,打球用的器具
- disappeared
- 消失,不见,无影无踪
- instant
- 瞬间,非常短暂的时刻
- inconsolable
- 无法安慰的,极度悲痛的
- offspring
- 后代,子女,孩子
- beheld
- 看见,behold的过去式,注视
- equal
- 同等的,相同程度的
- violence
- 猛烈,激烈的力量或冲击
- beneath
- 在……下方,在……之下
- whence
- 从那里,从那个地方
- immediately
- 立即,马上,没有延迟
- sprang
- 涌出,spring的过去式,迅速生长
- goodly
- 高大美好的,相当大的
- blossoms
- 花朵,树上开的花
- scent
- 香气,气味,芬芳
- operated
- 作用,产生效果,起作用
- strongly
- 强烈地,有力地
- nerves
- 神经,感觉神经系统
- awoke
- 醒来,awake的过去式
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