The Brothers Karamazov — Page 6
据一种说法，她是在一间阁楼里突然死去的，死于伤寒；而另一种说法则称她死于饥饿。
She had died quite suddenly in a garret, according to one story, of typhus, or as another version had it, of starvation.
费奥多尔·巴夫洛维奇听闻妻子去世的消息时正喝得烂醉，据说他跑到街上，举起双手朝向天空，欢呼雀跃地高喊：
Fyodor Pavlovitch was drunk when he heard of his wife's death, and the story is that he ran out into the street and began shouting with joy, raising his hands to Heaven:
「主啊，如今求你照你的话，放你的仆人平平安安地去吧。」
"Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace,"
但也有人说，他像个小孩子一样放声大哭，哭得如此伤心，以至于人们都对他心生怜悯，尽管他平日里令人厌恶。
but others say he wept without restraint like a little child, so much so that people were sorry for him, in spite of the repulsion he inspired.
两种说法极有可能都是真的——他既为自己得到解脱而欢喜，同时又为那个解脱了他的人而哭泣。
It is quite possible that both versions were true, that he rejoiced at his release, and at the same time wept for her who released him.
总体而言，人们——即便是那些邪恶的人——往往比我们所以为的更加天真、更加单纯。
As a general rule, people, even the wicked, are much more naïve and simple-hearted than we suppose.
我们自己也是如此。
And we ourselves are, too.
Vocabulary
- quite
- 相当地，表示程度较高
- suddenly
- 突然地，出乎意料地发生
- garret
- 阁楼，房屋顶层狭小简陋的房间
- according
- according to，根据，依照某说法
- story
- 故事；此处指一种说法或版本
- typhus
- 斑疹伤寒，一种由虱子传播的传染病
- version
- 版本，对同一事件的不同叙述
- starvation
- 饥饿，因缺乏食物而死亡或极度虚弱
- drunk
- 醉酒的，因饮酒过多而失去理智
- death
- 死亡，生命的终结
- shouting
- 大声叫喊，高声呼喊
- joy
- 喜悦，内心极度高兴的情感
- raising
- raise的进行时，举起，抬高
- Heaven
- 天堂，宗教中神灵居住的神圣之所
- Lord
- 上帝，主；基督教中对神的称呼
- servant
- 仆人，侍奉他人的人；宗教中指信徒
- depart
- 离开，离去；此处指灵魂离世
- peace
- 平静，安宁；此处指安然离世
- wept
- weep的过去式，哭泣，流泪
- without
- 介词，没有，不带
- restraint
- 克制，抑制情感或行为的能力
- sorry
- 感到遗憾或同情，此处指怜悯他人
- spite
- in spite of，尽管，不顾
- repulsion
- 厌恶感，强烈排斥或反感的情绪
- inspired
- 激发，引起某种情感或反应
- possible
- 可能的，有可能发生或存在
- both
- 两者都，表示两个都包括在内
- versions
- 版本，对同一事件的不同描述的复数
- rejoiced
- rejoice的过去式，感到喜悦，欢欣鼓舞
- release
- 释放，解脱，从束缚或痛苦中获自由
- released
- release的过去式，被释放或解脱
- general
- 一般的，普遍的；as a general rule指通常
- rule
- 规则，规律；as a general rule指一般来说
- even
- 甚至，连……也，表示意外或强调
- wicked
- 邪恶的，道德败坏的人或行为
- naïve
- 天真的，缺乏世故或经验的
- simple-hearted
- 心地单纯的，内心没有复杂算计的
- suppose
- 假设，认为，以为某事是真的
- ourselves
- 我们自己，第一人称复数反身代词
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