The Adventures of Roderick Random — Page 4
然而，他并没有犹豫太久；因为他对父亲的性情了如指掌，他深知父亲不过是借此机会摆脱他；
However, he did not long hesitate; for, being perfectly well acquainted with his father's disposition, he did not doubt that he was glad of this pretence to get rid of him;
而父亲的决心就如同玛代人和波斯人的律法一样不可更改，他知道祈求哀求毫无用处；
and his resolves being as invariable as the laws of the Medes and Persians, he knew it would be to no purpose to attempt him by prayers and entreaties;
于是他没有再作任何努力，便带着他那心情沮丧的伴侣前往一处农舍，那里住着一位他母亲的老仆人。
so without any farther application, he betook himself, with his disconsolate bedfellow to a farm-house, where an old servant of his mother dwelt:
他们在那里住了一段时间，那处境与他们心中所向往的优雅生活和深厚情感相去甚远；
there they remained some time in a situation but ill adapted to the elegance of their desires and tenderness of their love;
然而我父亲宁愿忍受这一切，也不愿向那冷酷无情、铁石心肠的父亲低头求饶；
which nevertheless my father chose to endure, rather than supplicate an unnatural and inflexible parent
但我母亲预见到若在此地分娩将面临诸多不便——而她的身孕已经相当沉重——于是没有告知丈夫，便乔装前往外祖父的府上，
but my mother, foreseeing the inconveniences to which she must have been exposed, had she been delivered in this place (and her pregnancy was very far advanced), without communicating her design to her husband, went in disguise to the house of my grandfather,
希望她的眼泪和处境能够打动他，使他对这已无可挽回的事实生出怜悯之心，并与他们和解。
hoping that her tears and condition would move him to compassion, and reconcile him to an event which was now irrecoverably past.
她想方设法瞒过了仆人，以一位不幸妇人的身份求见，声称要诉说婚姻中的种种委屈，
She found means to deceive the servants, and get introduced as an unfortunate lady, who wanted to complain of some matrimonial grievances,
因为裁决一切有关丑闻的案件，正是我外祖父特有的职权所在。
it being my grandfather's particular province to decide in all cases of scandal.
Vocabulary
- However
- 然而，表示转折关系的连接词
- long
- 长时间地；在此指"长久地"
- hesitate
- 犹豫，迟疑不决
- perfectly
- 完全地，十分地
- acquainted
- 熟悉的，了解的
- disposition
- 性情，性格，脾气
- doubt
- 怀疑，不确定某事是否为真
- glad
- 高兴的，乐意的
- pretence
- 借口，假装，托词
- rid
- 摆脱，get rid of意为除去
- resolves
- 决定，下定决心做某事
- invariable
- 不变的，始终如一的
- laws
- 法律，法则，规定
- purpose
- 目的，用途；no purpose指无济于事
- attempt
- 尝试，试图做某事
- prayers
- 祈求，恳求，请求
- entreaties
- 恳求，哀求，强烈请求
- farther
- 更多的，进一步的（此处为further之旧式）
- application
- 申请，请求，努力
- betook
- betake的过去式，前往，转向某处
- disconsolate
- 忧郁的，极度沮丧的，无法安慰的
- bedfellow
- 同床者，伴侣，此处指妻子
- farm-house
- 农舍，农场里的住宅
- servant
- 仆人，佣人
- dwelt
- dwell的过去式，居住，生活
- remained
- 留下，停留，继续在某处
- situation
- 处境，情形，状况
- ill
- 不良地，此处为ill adapted表示不适合
- adapted
- 适合的，适应的
- elegance
- 优雅，精致，高雅
- desires
- 欲望，渴望，愿望
- tenderness
- 温柔，温情，体贴
- nevertheless
- 尽管如此，然而，虽然如此
- endure
- 忍受，承受，坚持面对困难
- rather
- 宁愿，rather than表示而不是
- supplicate
- 恳求，哀求，谦卑地请求
- unnatural
- 不自然的，违背天性的，冷酷的
- inflexible
- 固执的，不妥协的，僵硬的
- foreseeing
- 预见，预料将要发生的事
- inconveniences
- 不便，麻烦，困难
- exposed
- 暴露于，遭受，面临风险
- delivered
- 分娩，此处指生孩子
- pregnancy
- 怀孕，妊娠期
- advanced
- 进展到后期的，此处指怀孕月份大
- communicating
- 告知，传达，透露消息给某人
- design
- 计划，意图，打算做的事
- disguise
- 伪装，乔装打扮
- tears
- 眼泪，哭泣
- condition
- 状况，此处指怀孕的处境
- move
- 感动，打动某人的情感
- compassion
- 同情，怜悯，慈悲
- reconcile
- 使和解，调和，使接受现实
- event
- 事件，已发生的事情
- irrecoverably
- 不可挽回地，无法弥补地
- means
- 方法，途径，手段
- deceive
- 欺骗，蒙骗，使人相信假事
- servants
- 仆人们，佣人
- introduced
- 引入，介绍，带入某地
- unfortunate
- 不幸的，倒霉的，可怜的
- complain
- 抱怨，投诉，表达不满
- matrimonial
- 婚姻的，与婚姻有关的
- grievances
- 不满，委屈，申诉的问题
- particular
- 特定的，专门的，独特的
- province
- 职责范围，权限，专门领域
- decide
- 决定，裁决，做出判断
- cases
- 案例，情形，事件
- scandal
- 丑闻，不道德行为引起的公众愤慨
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