The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 11
At last the enemy's mother appeared, and called Tom a bad, vicious, vulgar child, and ordered him away.
最终，敌人的母亲出现了，骂汤姆是个坏孩子、凶恶粗野的孩子，并命令他离开。
So he went away; but he said he "'lowed" to "lay" for that boy.
于是他走了；但他说他打算"等着瞧"那个男孩。
He got home pretty late that night, and when he climbed cautiously in at the window, he uncovered an ambuscade, in the person of his aunt;
那天晚上他回家很晚，当他小心翼翼地从窗户爬进去时，发现了一个埋伏——那就是他的姑妈；
and when she saw the state his clothes were in her resolution to turn his Saturday holiday into captivity at hard labor became adamantine in its firmness.
当她看到他衣服的状况时，她那要把他的周六假日变成苦役拘禁的决心变得坚如磐石、毫不动摇。
Vocabulary
- 最终
- zuìzhōng — Finally; in the end; ultimately
- 敌人
- dírén — Enemy; foe; opponent
- 的
- de — Possessive/modifying particle
- 母亲
- mǔqīn — Mother; one's mom (formal)
- 出现
- chūxiàn — To appear; to show up; to emerge
- 了
- le — Completion or change-of-state particle
- 骂
- mà — To scold; to curse; to verbally abuse
- 是
- shì — To be; is/am/are
- 个
- gè — General measure word for people and things
- 坏
- huài — Bad; wicked; naughty
- 孩子
- háizi — Child; kid
- 凶恶
- xiōng'è — Fierce; ferocious; cruel and vicious
- 粗野
- cūyě — Rude; rough; uncivilized in behavior
- 并
- bìng — And; furthermore; in addition
- 命令
- mìnglìng — To order; command; directive
- 他
- tā — He; him (third person masculine)
- 离开
- líkāi — To leave; to depart from a place
- 于是
- yúshì — So; therefore; as a result
- 走
- zǒu — To walk; to leave; to go away
- 但
- dàn — But; however; yet
- 说
- shuō — To say; to speak; to tell
- 打算
- dǎsuàn — To plan; to intend; to have in mind
- 等着瞧
- děngzhe qiáo — Wait and see; just you wait
- 那个
- nàge — That; that one (demonstrative)
- 男孩
- nánhái — Boy; male child
- 那天
- nà tiān — That day; on that particular day
- 晚上
- wǎnshang — Evening; nighttime
- 回家
- huí jiā — To return home; to go back home
- 很晚
- hěn wǎn — Very late; quite late at night
- 当
- dāng — When; while; at the time of
- 小心翼翼
- xiǎoxīn yìyì — Very carefully; cautiously; with great care
- 地
- de — Adverbial particle modifying verbs
- 从
- cóng — From; through (a starting point)
- 窗户
- chuānghù — Window
- 爬
- pá — To climb; to crawl; to creep
- 进去
- jìnqù — To go in; to enter (directional complement)
- 时
- shí — When; at the time; moment
- 发现
- fāxiàn — To discover; to find; to realize
- 一个
- yī gè — One; a single (measure word phrase)
- 埋伏
- máifú — Ambush; to lie in wait for someone
- 那
- nà — That; those (demonstrative pronoun)
- 就是
- jiùshì — Exactly is; none other than; precisely
- 姑妈
- gūmā — Paternal aunt; father's sister
- 她
- tā — She; her (third person feminine)
- 看到
- kàndào — To see; to catch sight of something
- 衣服
- yīfu — Clothes; clothing; garments
- 状况
- zhuàngkuàng — Condition; state; situation of something
- 要
- yào — To want; to intend to; will
- 把
- bǎ — Disposal marker; to take; handle
- 周六
- zhōuliù — Saturday
- 假日
- jiàrì — Holiday; day off; vacation day
- 变成
- biànchéng — To turn into; to become; to transform into
- 苦役
- kǔyì — Hard labor; painful toil; forced work
- 拘禁
- jūjìn — Confinement; to detain; to keep under restraint
- 决心
- juéxīn — Determination; resolution; firm decision
- 变得
- biànde — To become; to grow (followed by adjective)
- 坚如磐石
- jiān rú pánshí — Firm as a rock; absolutely unshakeable resolve
- 毫不动摇
- háo bù dòngyáo — Not wavering at all; completely steadfast
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