The Brothers Karamazov — Page 1

English → Chinese Chapter I. Level 8/10

Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov

费奥多尔·巴甫洛维奇·卡拉马佐夫

Alexey Fyodorovitch Karamazov was the third son of Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov, a land owner well known in our district in his own day, and still remembered among us owing to his gloomy and tragic death, which happened thirteen years ago, and which I shall describe in its proper place.

阿列克谢·费奥多罗维奇·卡拉马佐夫是费奥多尔·巴甫洛维奇·卡拉马佐夫的第三个儿子，费奥多尔·巴甫洛维奇是我们县里当年颇有名气的一位地主，时至今日人们仍记得他，因为他在十三年前以一种阴郁而悲惨的方式死去，此事我将在适当之处加以描述。

For the present I will only say that this "landowner"—for so we used to call him, although he hardly spent a day of his life on his own estate—was a strange type, yet one pretty frequently to be met with, a type abject and vicious and at the same time senseless.

眼下我只想说，这位"地主"——我们习惯这样称呼他，尽管他几乎没有在自己的庄园里住过一天——是一种奇特的人物类型，但这种类型却相当常见，是那种卑劣、堕落而又愚昧的类型。

But he was one of those senseless persons who are very well capable of looking after their worldly affairs, and, apparently, after nothing else.

但他是那种愚昧之人中的一员，这种人非常善于打理自己的世俗事务，而且显然除此之外别无所长。

Fyodor Pavlovitch, for instance, began with next to nothing; his estate was of the smallest; he ran to dine at other men's tables, and fastened on them as a toady, yet at his death it appeared that he had a hundred thousand roubles in hard cash.

举例来说，费奥多尔·巴甫洛维奇起初几乎一无所有，他的庄园极为微小，他四处蹭饭，像个马屁精一样依附他人，然而在他死后，人们发现他竟留下了整整十万卢布的现金。

At the same time, he was all his life one of the most senseless, fantastical fellows in the whole district.

与此同时，他一生都是整个县里最愚昧、最荒诞的人物之一。

I repeat, it was not stupidity—the majority of these fantastical fellows are shrewd and intelligent enough—but just senselessness, and a peculiar national form of it.

我再次强调，这并非愚蠢——这类荒诞人物中的大多数都足够精明、足够聪慧——而不过是一种愚昧，一种具有独特民族特色的愚昧。

He was married twice, and had three sons, the eldest, Dmitri, by his first wife, and two, Ivan and Alexey, by his second.

他结过两次婚，共有三个儿子，长子德米特里是与第一任妻子所生，伊万和阿列克谢两人则是与第二任妻子所生。

Vocabulary

是: shì — To be; is, am, are.
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.
第三个: dì sān gè — The third one; third in order.
儿子: érzi — Son; male offspring.
我们: wǒmen — We; us; our group.
县里: xiàn lǐ — Within the county; in the local district.
当年: dāngnián — In those years; at that time back then.
颇有名气: pō yǒu míngqi — Quite famous; having a considerable reputation.
一位: yī wèi — One (person); a respectful counter for people.
地主: dìzhǔ — Landowner; landlord who owns land.
时至今日: shí zhì jīnrì — To this day; even now up to the present.
人们: rénmen — People; folks; human beings in general.
仍: réng — Still; yet; continuing as before.
记得: jìde — To remember; to recall something from memory.
他: tā — He; him; third-person masculine pronoun.
因为: yīnwèi — Because; due to; for the reason that.
在: zài — At; in; on; existing at a location or time.
十三年前: shísān nián qián — Thirteen years ago; thirteen years in the past.
以: yǐ — By means of; using; with a certain method.
一种: yī zhǒng — A kind of; one type of something.
阴郁: yīnyù — Gloomy; dark and melancholy in atmosphere.
而: ér — And; yet; but; connecting clauses or adjectives.
悲惨: bēicǎn — Tragic; miserable; wretched and sorrowful.
方式: fāngshì — Way; manner; method of doing something.
死去: sǐ qù — To die; to pass away; cease living.
此事: cǐ shì — This matter; this particular affair or event.
我: wǒ — I; me; first-person singular pronoun.
将: jiāng — Will; shall; future tense marker in formal writing.
适当之处: shìdàng zhī chù — The appropriate place; at a suitable point.
加以: jiāyǐ — To proceed to; to apply; to give treatment to.
描述: miáoshù — To describe; to depict in words or detail.
眼下: yǎnxià — Right now; at the present moment; currently.
只想: zhǐ xiǎng — Only want to; simply wish to do something.
说: shuō — To say; to speak; to tell something.
这位: zhè wèi — This person; this one (respectful reference).
习惯: xíguàn — Habit; custom; to be accustomed to something.
这样: zhèyàng — Like this; in this way; thus.
称呼: chēnghu — To address; to call someone by a name.
尽管: jǐnguǎn — Although; even though; despite the fact that.
几乎: jīhū — Almost; nearly; hardly any exception.
没有: méiyǒu — To not have; there is no; without.
自己: zìjǐ — Oneself; self; one's own.
庄园里: zhuāngyuán lǐ — Inside the estate; within the manor grounds.
住过: zhù guò — To have lived; to have stayed at a place.
一天: yī tiān — One day; a single day.
奇特: qítè — Peculiar; strange; unusual and distinctive.
人物: rénwù — Character; figure; notable person or personage.
类型: lèixíng — Type; category; kind of person or thing.
但: dàn — But; however; yet indicating contrast.
这种: zhè zhǒng — This kind of; this type of.
却: què — Yet; but; however showing unexpected contrast.
相当: xiāngdāng — Quite; fairly; considerably; rather.
常见: chángjiàn — Common; frequently seen; often encountered.
那种: nà zhǒng — That kind of; that sort of type.
卑劣: bēiliè — Despicable; base; mean and contemptible.
堕落: duòluò — Depraved; morally corrupt; to fall into vice.
而又: ér yòu — And also; moreover; additionally in the same breath.
愚昧: yúmèi — Ignorant; foolish; intellectually benighted.
愚昧之人: yúmèi zhī rén — A person of ignorance; an ignorant individual.
中: zhōng — Among; in the middle of; within a group.
一员: yī yuán — A member; one among a group or category.
人: rén — Person; human being; people.
非常: fēicháng — Very; extremely; unusually so.
善于: shànyú — Good at; skilled in; adept at doing something.
打理: dǎlǐ — To manage; to handle; to take care of affairs.
世俗: shìsú — Worldly; secular; relating to mundane affairs.
事务: shìwù — Affairs; matters; business dealings.
而且: érqiě — Moreover; furthermore; and also in addition.
显然: xiǎnrán — Obviously; clearly; evidently apparent.
除此之外: chú cǐ zhī wài — Apart from this; besides this; other than that.
别无所长: bié wú suǒ cháng — Having no other talent; no other special ability.
举例: jǔlì — To give an example; to cite an instance.
来说: lái shuō — To say; speaking from a certain perspective.
起初: qǐchū — At first; in the beginning; initially.
一无所有: yī wú suǒ yǒu — To have nothing at all; completely destitute.
庄园: zhuāngyuán — Estate; manor; landed country property.
极为: jí wéi — Extremely; exceedingly; to the utmost degree.
微小: wēixiǎo — Tiny; very small; insignificant in size.
四处: sìchù — Everywhere; all around; in all directions.
蹭饭: cèng fàn — To freeload meals; to eat at others' expense.
像个: xiàng gè — Like a; resembling a particular type.
马屁精: mǎpìjīng — Sycophant; flatterer; extreme bootlicker.
一样: yīyàng — The same as; like; identical to something.
依附: yīfù — To depend on; to attach oneself to others.
他人: tārén — Others; other people; someone else.
然而: rán'ér — However; yet; but; nevertheless in contrast.
死后: sǐ hòu — After death; posthumously; following one's death.
发现: fāxiàn — To discover; to find out; to realize something.
竟: jìng — Unexpectedly; actually; to one's surprise.
留下: liú xià — To leave behind; to remain; to bequeath.
了: le — Particle indicating completed action or new situation.
整整: zhěngzhěng — A full; a whole; exactly an entire amount.
十万: shí wàn — One hundred thousand; 100,000.
现金: xiànjīn — Cash; ready money; liquid currency.
与此同时: yǔ cǐ tóngshí — Meanwhile; at the same time; simultaneously.
一生: yīshēng — One's whole life; entire lifetime.
都是: dōu shì — All are; were entirely; everything being so.
整个: zhěnggè — The whole; entire; all of something.
最: zuì — Most; the most; superlative degree marker.
荒诞: huāngdàn — Absurd; preposterous; ridiculously unreasonable.
之一: zhī yī — One of; among; one member of a set.
再次: zàicì — Once again; a second time; once more.
强调: qiángdiào — To emphasize; to stress; to underline importance.
这: zhè — This; these; referring to something nearby.
并非: bìng fēi — Is not; by no means; definitely not.
愚蠢: yúchǔn — Stupid; foolish; lacking intelligence or sense.
这类: zhè lèi — This kind of; this category of people or things.
大多数: dàduōshù — The majority; most; the greater number.
都: dōu — All; both; entirely without exception.
足够: zúgòu — Enough; sufficient; adequately so.
精明: jīngmíng — Shrewd; astute; sharp and clever in practice.
聪慧: cōnghuì — Intelligent; bright; mentally sharp and gifted.
不过是: bùguò shì — It is merely; nothing more than; only just.
具有: jùyǒu — To possess; to have; to be characterized by.
独特: dútè — Unique; distinctive; one of a kind.
民族特色: mínzú tèsè — National characteristics; ethnic distinctive features.
结过: jié guò — To have married; to have been through marriage.
两次婚: liǎng cì hūn — Two marriages; married twice.
共有: gòngyǒu — To have in total; altogether possessing a number.
三个: sān gè — Three; a quantity of three items or people.
长子: zhǎngzǐ — Eldest son; firstborn male child.
与: yǔ — With; and; together with.
第一任: dì yī rèn — The first; the first appointed spouse or term.
妻子: qīzi — Wife; spouse; married female partner.
所生: suǒ shēng — Born of; given birth to by someone.
和: hé — And; with; together with two things.
两人: liǎng rén — The two people; both persons; the two of them.
则是: zé shì — Are; on the other hand are; by contrast are.
第二任: dì èr rèn — The second; second spouse or appointment term.

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