The Brothers Karamazov — Page 6

English → Chinese Chapter II. Level 8/10

In the end, when four years later, Mitya, losing patience, came a second time to our little town to settle up once for all with his father, it turned out to his amazement that he had nothing, that it was difficult to get an account even, that he had received the whole value of his property in sums of money from Fyodor Pavlovitch, and was perhaps even in debt to him, that by various agreements into which he had, of his own desire, entered at various previous dates, he had no right to expect anything more, and so on, and so on.

最终，四年之后，米佳忍无可忍，第二次来到我们这座小城，想要与父亲彻底了结此事，然而令他大为震惊的是，他什么也得不到，甚至连一份账目都难以索取，他早已从费奥多尔·巴甫洛维奇那里以钱款的形式收取了全部财产的价值，甚至可能还欠着他的债，而且他在此前不同时期出于自愿签订的种种协议，使他没有权利再期望得到任何东西，如此等等，不一而足。

The young man was overwhelmed, suspected deceit and cheating, and was almost beside himself.

这个年轻人深受打击，怀疑自己遭到了欺骗和蒙蔽，几乎失去了理智。

And, indeed, this circumstance led to the catastrophe, the account of which forms the subject of my first introductory story, or rather the external side of it.

而这一情形，确实正是导致那场灾难的原因，那场灾难的始末构成了我这篇引言故事的主题，或者说，构成了其外部的一面。

But before I pass to that story I must say a little of Fyodor Pavlovitch's other two sons, and of their origin.

但在转入那个故事之前，我必须先简要介绍一下费奥多尔·巴甫洛维奇的另外两个儿子，以及他们的身世来历。

Vocabulary

最终: zuì zhōng — Finally; in the end; ultimately.
四年: sì nián — Four years; a period of four years.
之后: zhī hòu — After; afterward; following a certain time.
忍无可忍: rěn wú kě rěn — Beyond endurance; unable to tolerate any longer.
第二次: dì èr cì — The second time; a second occurrence.
来到: lái dào — To arrive at; to come to a place.
我们: wǒ men — We; us; referring to a group including speaker.
这座: zhè zuò — This (classifier for buildings, cities, mountains).
小城: xiǎo chéng — Small town; a small city or settlement.
想要: xiǎng yào — To want; to desire; to wish to have.
与: yǔ — With; and; together with someone.
父亲: fù qīn — Father; one's male parent.
彻底: chè dǐ — Thoroughly; completely; to the very end.
了结: liǎo jié — To settle; to conclude; to bring to an end.
此事: cǐ shì — This matter; this affair or issue.
然而: rán ér — However; but; nevertheless; yet.
令: lìng — To cause; to make someone feel something.
他: tā — He; him; third person masculine pronoun.
大为: dà wéi — Greatly; enormously; to a very great degree.
震惊: zhèn jīng — To be shocked; to be astonished; profound surprise.
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.
是: shì — To be; is; am; are.
什么: shén me — What; anything; used in questions or negatives.
也: yě — Also; too; even; as well.
得不到: dé bù dào — Unable to obtain; cannot get something.
甚至: shèn zhì — Even; even to the point of; going so far as.
连: lián — Even; even including; linking items together.
一份: yī fèn — One copy; one portion; a single document.
账目: zhàng mù — Account records; financial accounts; itemized ledger.
都: dōu — All; both; even; entirely.
难以: nán yǐ — Difficult to; hard to accomplish something.
索取: suǒ qǔ — To demand; to ask for; to claim something owed.
早已: zǎo yǐ — Already long ago; for a long time already.
从: cóng — From; since; following a starting point.
那里: nà lǐ — There; that place; over there.
以: yǐ — By means of; using; with; in the form of.
钱款: qián kuǎn — Money; funds; monetary payment or sum.
形式: xíng shì — Form; format; manner; the shape of something.
收取: shōu qǔ — To collect; to receive; to charge a fee.
了: le — Particle indicating completed action or change of state.
全部: quán bù — All; entire; the whole amount of something.
财产: cái chǎn — Property; assets; wealth; one's possessions.
价值: jià zhí — Value; worth; the monetary or moral value.
可能: kě néng — Possibly; maybe; it is possible that.
还: hái — Still; also; even; in addition.
欠着: qiàn zhe — Still owing; in debt; continuing to owe something.
债: zhài — Debt; money owed to another person.
而且: ér qiě — Moreover; furthermore; in addition to that.
在: zài — At; in; on; existing at a location or time.
此前: cǐ qián — Before this; prior to this moment or event.
不同: bù tóng — Different; not the same; varying.
时期: shí qī — Period; era; a span of time.
出于: chū yú — Out of; stemming from; motivated by a reason.
自愿: zì yuàn — Voluntary; willingly; of one's own accord.
签订: qiān dìng — To sign; to conclude and sign an agreement.
种种: zhǒng zhǒng — Various; all kinds of; many different types.
协议: xié yì — Agreement; accord; a formal mutual arrangement.
使: shǐ — To cause; to make; to enable something to happen.
没有: méi yǒu — Do not have; there is no; lacking something.
权利: quán lì — Right; entitlement; a legal or moral claim.
再: zài — Again; once more; any further.
期望: qī wàng — To expect; to hope for; expectation or hope.
得到: dé dào — To obtain; to get; to receive something.
任何: rèn hé — Any; whatever; no matter what kind.
东西: dōng xi — Thing; object; stuff; an item or belonging.
如此: rú cǐ — Like this; such; in this manner.
等等: děng děng — And so on; et cetera; and so forth.
不一而足: bù yī ér zú — Too numerous to list; countless examples exist.
这个: zhè ge — This; this one; referring to something nearby.
年轻人: nián qīng rén — Young person; youth; a young individual.
深受: shēn shòu — Deeply affected by; profoundly subjected to something.
打击: dǎ jī — Blow; setback; to strike or hit hard emotionally.
怀疑: huái yí — To suspect; to doubt; to have suspicions about.
自己: zì jǐ — Oneself; self; referring to one's own person.
遭到: zāo dào — To suffer; to encounter something bad or harmful.
欺骗: qī piàn — To deceive; to cheat; to trick someone.
和: hé — And; with; together; connecting words or phrases.
蒙蔽: méng bì — To deceive; to hoodwink; to keep someone in dark.
几乎: jī hū — Almost; nearly; on the verge of something.
失去: shī qù — To lose; to be deprived of something previously held.
理智: lǐ zhì — Reason; sanity; rational thinking and judgment.
而: ér — And; but; yet; a connective linking clauses.
这一: zhè yī — This particular; this one specific thing or situation.
情形: qíng xíng — Situation; circumstances; the state of affairs.
确实: què shí — Indeed; truly; certainly; as a matter of fact.
正是: zhèng shì — Exactly; precisely; it is precisely this.
导致: dǎo zhì — To lead to; to cause; to result in something.
那场: nà chǎng — That (classifier for events, disasters, performances).
灾难: zāi nàn — Disaster; calamity; a catastrophic event or tragedy.
原因: yuán yīn — Reason; cause; the factor behind an outcome.
始末: shǐ mò — The whole story; beginning to end; full account.
构成: gòu chéng — To constitute; to form; to make up something.
我: wǒ — I; me; first person singular pronoun.
这篇: zhè piān — This (classifier for articles, essays, pieces of writing).
引言: yǐn yán — Preface; introduction; opening remarks of a text.
故事: gù shi — Story; tale; a narrative account of events.
主题: zhǔ tí — Theme; subject; the main topic of discussion.
或者: huò zhě — Or; alternatively; one option among several.
说: shuō — To say; to speak; to tell; to express.
其: qí — Its; his; her; their; a formal possessive pronoun.
外部: wài bù — External; outer; the outside aspect of something.
一面: yī miàn — One side; one aspect; one face of something.
但: dàn — But; however; yet; introducing a contrast.
转入: zhuǎn rù — To shift into; to move on to; to transition to.
那个: nà ge — That; that one; referring to something over there.
之前: zhī qián — Before; prior to; earlier than a point in time.
必须: bì xū — Must; have to; it is necessary to do.
先: xiān — First; in advance; before doing something else.
简要: jiǎn yào — Brief; concise; giving a short summary.
介绍: jiè shào — To introduce; to present; to give an overview.
一下: yī xià — Once; briefly; a little bit; casual attempt.
另外: lìng wài — In addition; besides; other; another separately.
两个: liǎng ge — Two; a pair of; two individual items.
儿子: ér zi — Son; a male child of a parent.
以及: yǐ jí — As well as; and; along with; including.
他们: tā men — They; them; third person plural pronoun.
身世: shēn shì — One's life story; personal background and origins.
来历: lái lì — Origin; background; where someone or something comes from.

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