The Adventures of Roderick Random — Page 6
我父亲得知此事后,飞奔而来,扑入他心爱妻子的怀抱,一边用父亲的温情拥抱自己的子女,一边忍不住热泪盈眶——眼前是他心中最亲爱的伴侣(为了她的安适,他宁愿献出东方的全部财富),却躺在一张简陋的草褥床上,身处破败的斗室,无从抵御风寒侵袭。
My father, being informed of what had happened, flew to the embraces of his darling spouse, and while he loaded his offspring with paternal embraces, could not forbear shedding a flood of tears on beholding the dear partner of his heart (for whose ease he would have sacrificed the treasures of the east) stretched upon a flock bed, in a miserable apartment, unable to protect her from the inclemencies of the weather.
那位老先生对事情的经过并非一无所知,这是不言而喻的,尽管他装作什么都不知道;当他的长子(已故)所生的一个孙子——以法定继承人的身份住在他家中——把这件事告知他时,他还故作十分惊讶之状。
It is not to be supposed that the old gentleman was ignorant of what passed, though he affected to know nothing of the matter, and pretended to be very much surprised, when one of his grandchildren, by his eldest son deceased, who lived with him as his heir apparent, acquainted him with the affair;
因此他决意绝不妥协折中,立即——就在她分娩后的第三天——发出严令,命她即刻离去,并将那个救了她性命的仆人也一并赶走。
he determined therefore to observe no medium, but immediately (on the third day after her delivery) sent her a peremptory order to be gone, and turned off the servant who had preserved her life.
这种行为令我父亲怒不可遏,他发出了最为激烈的诅咒,跪在地上祈求上天见证:若他有朝一日忘却或宽恕其父的这番残忍暴行,便请上天抛弃他。
This behaviour so exasperated my father that he had recourse to the most dreadful imprecations; and on his bare knees implored that Heaven would renounce him if ever he should forget or forgive the barbarity of his sire.
这位不幸的母亲在如此处境下被迁移所受的伤害,加之寄居之处缺乏必要的生活用品,以及她内心的悲痛与忧虑,很快使她一病不起,终至郁郁而终。
The injuries which this unhappy mother received from her removal in such circumstances, and the want of necessaries where she lodged, together with her grief and anxiety of mind, soon threw her into a languishing disorder, which put an end to her life.
Vocabulary
- father
- 父亲,男性家长
- informed
- 被告知,获悉某件事情
- happened
- 发生了,指事件已经出现
- flew
- fly的过去式,此处指急速赶往
- embraces
- 拥抱,用双臂抱住某人
- darling
- 亲爱的,对所爱之人的称呼
- spouse
- 配偶,指丈夫或妻子
- while
- 连词,表示"同时"或"当……时"
- loaded
- 堆满,此处指给予大量某物
- offspring
- 子女,后代,某人的孩子
- paternal
- 父亲般的,来自父亲的慈爱
- forbear
- 克制,忍住不做某件事
- shedding
- 流出,此处指流下眼泪
- flood
- 大量,如洪水般涌出的量
- tears
- 眼泪,因悲伤或感动流出的液体
- beholding
- 注视,看见某人或某物
- dear
- 亲爱的,珍贵的,深受喜爱的
- partner
- 伴侣,共同生活的人
- heart
- 心,此处指内心深处最爱之人
- ease
- 舒适,安逸,减轻痛苦的状态
- sacrificed
- 牺牲,放弃珍贵的东西
- treasures
- 财宝,珍贵的财物或物品
- east
- 东方,此处泛指东方的财富
- stretched
- 伸展躺下,指平躺在某处
- upon
- 介词,表示在……之上
- flock
- 羊毛填充物,廉价床垫的材料
- bed
- 床,供人睡觉休息的家具
- miserable
- 悲惨的,极度痛苦或恶劣的
- apartment
- 公寓,房间,居住的场所
- unable
- 无法做到,不能完成某事
- protect
- 保护,使免受伤害或危险
- inclemencies
- 恶劣天气,严酷的气候条件
- weather
- 天气,户外的气候状况
- supposed
- 被认为,推测应该是某情况
- old
- 年老的,指年纪较大的人
- gentleman
- 绅士,对男性的礼貌称呼
- ignorant
- 不知情的,对某事不了解
- passed
- 发生过,此处指已经过去的事
- though
- 尽管,虽然,表示转折
- affected
- 假装,故意表现出某种态度
- know
- 知道,了解某事或某情况
- matter
- 事情,指某个具体的问题
- pretended
- 假装,故意伪装不知道
- surprised
- 感到惊讶,对意外事情感到吃惊
- grandchildren
- 孙子女或外孙子女,隔代子孙
- eldest
- 最年长的,年纪最大的
- son
- 儿子,男性后代
- deceased
- 已故的,指已经去世的人
- lived
- 居住,在某处生活
- heir
- 继承人,将继承财产的人
- apparent
- 推定的,明显的,指定的
- acquainted
- 使知晓,告知某人某件事
- affair
- 事务,事情,某件发生的事
- determined
- 决定,下定决心做某件事
- therefore
- 因此,所以,表示逻辑结果
- observe
- 遵守,此处指采取某种做法
- medium
- 中间立场,折中方案
- immediately
- 立即,马上,不拖延地
- third
- 第三,序数词,排第三位
- day
- 天,一昼夜的时间单位
- delivery
- 分娩,指生孩子的过程
- sent
- send的过去式,发送,发出
- peremptory
- 强制性的,不容置疑的命令
- order
- 命令,要求某人做某事
- gone
- go的过去分词,离开,走掉
- turned
- turn的过去式,此处指驱逐
- servant
- 仆人,为他人服务的人
- preserved
- 保住,维持,使继续存在
- life
- 生命,存活的状态
- behaviour
- 行为,举止,某人的所作所为
- exasperated
- 激怒,使某人极度愤怒
- recourse
- 诉诸,求助于某种手段
- dreadful
- 可怕的,极其严重的诅咒
- imprecations
- 诅咒,祈求上天降罚于人
- bare
- 裸露的,此处指赤裸的膝盖
- knees
- 膝盖,腿部的关节部位
- implored
- 恳求,迫切地祈求某人
- Heaven
- 上天,天堂,神灵所在之处
- renounce
- 放弃,宣布断绝关系
- ever
- 副词,曾经,表示任何时候
- forget
- 忘记,不再记得某事
- forgive
- 原谅,宽恕某人的过错
- barbarity
- 残忍行为,极其野蛮的举动
- sire
- 父亲,尤指对父辈的称呼
- injuries
- 伤害,指身心受到的损害
- unhappy
- 不幸的,悲惨的,痛苦的
- mother
- 母亲,女性家长
- received
- 遭受,承受,接受某事物
- removal
- 被迁走,被强制离开某地
- circumstances
- 境况,所处的环境和条件
- want
- 匮乏,缺乏必需品的状态
- necessaries
- 必需品,生活所必须的物品
- lodged
- 暂住,临时居住在某处
- together
- 加上,连同,与……一起
- grief
- 悲痛,深切的悲伤情绪
- anxiety
- 焦虑,忧虑,内心的不安
- mind
- 心智,精神,内心状态
- soon
- 很快,不久之后
- threw
- throw的过去式,此处指使陷入
- languishing
- 日渐衰弱,身体逐渐衰退的状态
- disorder
- 疾病,身体或精神的失调状态
- end
- 终结,结束,此处指生命终止
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