The Expedition of Humphry Clinker — Page 1
我最挂念的事,莫过于让你相信我绝不会忘记或忽视我们在大学结下的友谊,因此现在便开始我们分别时约定要保持的通信往来。
As I have nothing more at heart than to convince you I am incapable of forgetting, or neglecting the friendship I made at college, now begin that correspondence by letters, which you and I agreed, at parting, to cultivate.
我比原本打算的更早动笔,是为了让你能够有机会驳斥那些可能在牛津散布的、对我不利的闲言碎语,那些流言涉及一场我因妹妹而卷入的愚蠢争执。
I begin it sooner than I intended, that you may have it in your power to refute any idle reports which may be circulated to my prejudice at Oxford, touching a foolish quarrel, in which I have been involved on account of my sister.
我妹妹已在这里一所寄宿学校住了一段时日。
who had been some time settled here in a boarding-school.
当我与舅舅舅母(他们是我们的监护人)来此接她回家时,我发现她已出落成一位身材高挑的好姑娘,年方十七,容貌可人,却生性单纯,对世事全然懵懂。
When I came hither with my uncle and aunt (who are our guardians) to fetch her away, I found her a fine tall girl, of seventeen, with an agreeable person; but remarkably simple, and quite ignorant of the world.
她这种性情和缺乏阅历,使她遭到一个人的追求——我不知该如何称呼此人——他曾在一场戏剧演出中见过她,并以一种他特有的厚颜与灵巧,设法让人将他引荐给她。
This disposition, and want of experience, had exposed her to the addresses of a person--I know not what to call him, who had seen her at a play; and, with a confidence and dexterity peculiar to himself, found means to be recommended to her acquaintance.
我完全是出于偶然才截获了他的一封信;既然扼杀这段往来于萌芽之中是我的责任,我便着手查明此人,并毫不客气地向他说明了我对此事的看法。
It was by the greatest accident I intercepted one of his letters; as it was my duty to stifle this correspondence in its birth, I made it my business to find him out, and tell him very freely my sentiments of the matter.
这个家伙不喜欢我说话的口气,便表现得颇为强硬。
The spark did not like the stile I used, and behaved with abundance of mettle.
Vocabulary
- As
- 当...时;因为;按照
- have
- 有;已经(完成时态辅助动词)
- nothing
- 没有什么;无关紧要的事物
- more
- 更多的;另外的;进一步的
- at
- 在(某地、某时);处于某种状态
- heart
- 心;内心;核心部分
- than
- 比;相比之下
- to
- 到;向;(动词不定式标记)
- convince
- 使确信;说服;使相信
- you
- 你;你们
- am
- 是(be动词第一人称现在式)
- incapable
- 无能力的;不能够的;不堪...的
- of
- ...的;由...组成的;来自
- forgetting
- 忘记;遗忘某事物
- or
- 或者;或是;否则
- neglecting
- 忽视;疏忽;不照顾
- the
- 定冠词,表示特指
- friendship
- 友谊;友好关系;朋友之间的感情
- made
- 制造;建立;形成(make过去式)
- college
- 大学;学院;高等教育机构
- now
- 现在;目前;此时此刻
- begin
- 开始;着手;从...开始
- that
- 那个;那种;以至于
- correspondence
- 通信;信件往来;相互关系
- by
- 被;由;通过;在...旁边
- letters
- 信件;字母;文学作品
- which
- 哪个;哪些(关系代词)
- and
- 和;与;而且;同时
- agreed
- 同意的;一致的;达成协议的
- parting
- 分别;分手;告别
- cultivate
- 培养;耕种;建立并维持关系
- it
- 它;这个事物或情况
- sooner
- 更早;宁愿;较早的时间
- intended
- 打算的;有意的;目标是
- may
- 可以;也许;五月份
- in
- 在...里面;穿着;用语言
- your
- 你的;你们的;属于你
- power
- 力量;权力;能力;电力
- refute
- 反驳;驳斥;证明...是错的
- any
- 任何;任何一个;一点儿
- idle
- 闲散的;不忙的;无谓的;无根据的
- reports
- 报告;举报;谣言;传言
- be
- 是;存在;被动态助动词
- circulated
- 流传的;传播的;循环的
- my
- 我的;属于我的
- prejudice
- 偏见;歧视;对...有偏见
- Oxford
- 牛津(英国著名大学城及大学名)
- touching
- 关于;涉及;令人感动的
- foolish
- 愚蠢的;傻的;不明智的
- quarrel
- 争吵;口角;争执
- been
- 是(be动词过去分词)
- involved
- 涉及的;参与的;卷入的
- on
- 在...上面;继续;接通
- account
- 账户;原因;报告;描述
- sister
- 妹妹;姐姐;修女;女同事
- who
- 谁;哪个人(关系代词)
- had
- 有;已经(have过去式)
- some
- 一些;某些;大约;相当
- time
- 时间;次数;时代;时刻
- settled
- 已定居的;安定的;解决的
- here
- 这里;在此处;现在
- boarding-school
- 寄宿学校;需食宿的学校
- When
- 当...时;什么时候;那时
- came
- 来;到达;出现(come过去式)
- with
- 和...一起;用;具有;随着
- uncle
- 叔叔;伯伯;舅舅;姑父
- aunt
- 阿姨;姑妈;舅妈;姑母
- are
- 是(be动词第二、三人称复数现在式)
- our
- 我们的;属于我们
- guardians
- 监护人;保护者;守护者
- fetch
- 去取;去拿;带来;卖价
- her
- 她;她的;属于她的
- away
- 离开;远离;消失;持续
- found
- 发现;建立;创办;发现物
- fine
- 精美的;好的;晴朗的;罚款
- tall
- 高的;身高高;(故事等)夸大的
- girl
- 女孩;女人;女朋友;女仆
- seventeen
- 十七;第十七个
- an
- 一个(不定冠词,元音前)
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