The Adventures of Roderick Random — Page 3
他回答说，只要父亲的慈爱还在，他就不愁匮乏，他和妻子将永远以最崇高的敬意来珍视这份慈爱；
He replied, he could be in no danger of wanting while his father's tenderness remained, which he and his wife should always cultivate with the utmost veneration;
他相信父亲给予他的生活费将与他家庭的体面和境况相称，也与已为他兄弟姐妹所做的安排相当，他们都在父亲的庇护下安居乐业。
and he was persuaded his allowance would be suitable to the dignity and circumstances of his family, and to the provision already made for his brothers and sisters, who were happily settled under his protection.
我的祖父说："你的兄弟姐妹们在婚姻这等大事上都不认为向我请教是有失体面的；
"Your brothers and sisters," said my grandfather, "did not think it beneath them to consult me in an affair of such importance as matrimony;
我想，你若不是另有私下的积蓄可以依靠，也不会省去这份礼数。
neither, I suppose, would you have omitted that piece of duty, had you not some secret fund in reserve;
那就请你享受那笔积蓄带来的安慰吧，我只要求你今晚便为你和你妻子另觅居所，
to the comforts of which I leave you, with a desire that you will this night seek out another habitation for yourself and wife,
不久之后，我会将我在你教育上所花的费用一一列账送至你处，以期得到偿还。
whither, in a short time, I will send you an account of the expense I have been at in your education, with a view of being reimbursed.
先生，您已游历了欧洲大陆——您是一位彬彬有礼的绅士——一位极其出色的绅士——我祝您万事如意，您最卑微的仆人敬上。"
Sir, you have made the grand tour—you are a polite gentleman—a very pretty gentleman—I wish you a great deal of joy, and am your very humble servant."
说完这番话，他离开了我父亲，留下他陷于一种不难想象的境地。
So saying, he left my father in a situation easily imagined.
Vocabulary
- replied
- 回答，回复某人的话
- danger
- 危险，可能受到伤害的处境
- wanting
- 缺乏，匮乏，生活困窘
- tenderness
- 温柔，慈爱，关怀体贴之情
- remained
- 继续存在，保持不变
- cultivate
- 培养，维护，努力发展某种关系
- utmost
- 最大限度的，极度的
- veneration
- 崇敬，尊重，深深的敬意
- persuaded
- 被说服，确信，相信某事为真
- allowance
- 津贴，定期给予的生活费用
- suitable
- 合适的，适当的，符合要求的
- dignity
- 尊严，体面，高尚的身份地位
- circumstances
- 情况，处境，经济状况
- provision
- 安排，提供，为将来预先准备
- settled
- 安顿好的，稳定生活的
- protection
- 保护，庇护，使免受伤害
- beneath
- 低于身份的，有失体面的
- consult
- 征求意见，与……商量
- affair
- 事务，事情，重要的事宜
- importance
- 重要性，重大意义
- matrimony
- 婚姻，结婚状态，正式婚配关系
- neither
- 两者都不，也不，表示否定并列
- suppose
- 猜想，推测，认为可能如此
- omitted
- 遗漏，省略，未做某件事
- duty
- 责任，义务，应尽之事
- secret
- 秘密的，不为人知的
- fund
- 资金，储备金，专项款项
- reserve
- 储备，备用，预留资源
- comforts
- 舒适生活所需之物，安慰物
- desire
- 愿望，渴望，强烈想要某事
- seek
- 寻找，寻求，努力去找
- habitation
- 住所，居所，居住的地方
- whither
- 往何处，到哪里去（古英语用法）
- account
- 账单，清单，费用明细报告
- expense
- 花费，支出，费用
- view
- 目的，意图，考虑到某种目标
- reimbursed
- 获得报销，偿还所花费的钱
- grand
- 盛大的，重大的，宏伟的
- tour
- 旅行，游历，周游各地之行
- polite
- 有礼貌的，彬彬有礼的
- gentleman
- 绅士，有教养的男性
- humble
- 谦恭的，谦卑的，不自傲的
- servant
- 仆人，下人，服务者（旧式敬语）
- situation
- 处境，状况，所处的局面
- imagined
- 想象，设想，imagine的过去式
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