The Great Gatsby — Page 2

English → Chinese Full Text Level 7/10

Most of the confidences were unsought—frequently I have feigned sleep, preoccupation, or a hostile levity when I realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon; for the intimate revelations of young men, or at least the terms in which they express them, are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions.

大多数的秘密倾诉都是我不曾主动寻求的——当我通过某种明确无误的迹象意识到一段亲密的披露即将倾泻而出时，我常常假装睡着、心不在焉，或是表现出一种冷漠的轻浮；因为年轻人的内心剖白，至少是他们表达这些剖白的方式，通常都是老生常谈，且因明显的隐瞒而显得残缺不全。

Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope.

保留判断是一件充满无限希望的事。

I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father snobbishly suggested, and I snobbishly repeat, a sense of the fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth.

我仍然有些害怕会错过什么，如果我忘记了这一点——正如我父亲势利地指出的，而我也势利地重复的那样——对基本体面的感知，在每个人出生时便被不均等地分配了。

And, after boasting this way of my tolerance, I come to the admission that it has a limit.

而在如此夸耀了我的宽容之后，我不得不承认，它是有限度的。

Conduct may be founded on the hard rock or the wet marshes, but after a certain point I don't care what it's founded on.

行为举止也许建立在坚硬的磐石之上，也许建立在潮湿的沼泽之中，但超过某个限度，我便不再在乎它建立在何处了。

When I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart.

去年秋天我从东部回来时，我感到我希望这个世界永远整齐划一，处于一种道德肃立的状态；我不再想要那些喧嚣放纵的游历，那些窥见人心深处的特权一瞥。

Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction—Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn.

只有盖茨比——这本书以其名字命名的那个人——才得以免于我这种反应，盖茨比，这个代表着我由衷鄙视的一切的人。

If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away.

如果人格是一连串连绵不断的成功姿态，那么他身上确实有某种迷人之处，某种对生命承诺的高度敏锐，仿佛他与那些能够感应万里之外地震的精密仪器有着某种关联。

Vocabulary

大多数: dà duō shù — The majority; most of something
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification
秘密: mì mì — Secret; confidential information kept hidden
倾诉: qīng sù — To pour out one's feelings; confide in someone
都是: dōu shì — All are; every one is
我: wǒ — I; me; first-person singular pronoun
不曾: bù céng — Never have; have not ever done something
主动: zhǔ dòng — To take initiative; act on one's own accord
寻求: xún qiú — To seek; to look for something actively
当: dāng — When; at the time of a situation
通过: tōng guò — Through; by means of; to pass through
某种: mǒu zhǒng — A certain kind; some type of something
明确无误: míng què wú wù — Absolutely clear; unmistakable and without ambiguity
迹象: jì xiàng — Sign; indication; clue of something happening
意识到: yì shí dào — To realize; to become aware of something
一段: yī duàn — A period or segment of time or relationship
亲密: qīn mì — Intimate; close in relationship or emotion
披露: pī lù — To disclose; to reveal information openly
即将: jí jiāng — About to; on the verge of happening soon
倾泻而出: qīng xiè ér chū — To pour out all at once; gush forth
时: shí — When; at the time of; temporal marker
常常: cháng cháng — Often; frequently; on a regular basis
假装: jiǎ zhuāng — To pretend; to feign a state or action
睡着: shuì zháo — To fall asleep; to be in sleeping state
心不在焉: xīn bù zài yān — Absent-minded; distracted with attention elsewhere
或是: huò shì — Or; alternatively; used to present another option
表现出: biǎo xiàn chū — To display; to show or exhibit a quality
一种: yī zhǒng — A kind of; a type of something
冷漠: lěng mò — Indifferent; emotionally cold and uncaring
轻浮: qīng fú — Frivolous; lacking seriousness or depth
因为: yīn wèi — Because; for the reason that
年轻人: nián qīng rén — Young person; youth; someone who is young
内心: nèi xīn — Inner heart; one's innermost feelings or thoughts
剖白: pōu bái — To lay bare one's feelings; self-confession
至少: zhì shǎo — At least; at a minimum amount or degree
是: shì — To be; is; am; are; linking verb
他们: tā men — They; them; third-person plural pronoun
表达: biǎo dá — To express; to convey thoughts or feelings
这些: zhè xiē — These; referring to nearby plural things
方式: fāng shì — Method; way; manner of doing something
通常: tōng cháng — Usually; normally; in most circumstances
老生常谈: lǎo shēng cháng tán — Cliché; worn-out talk repeated too often
且: qiě — And; moreover; furthermore; also
因: yīn — Because of; due to; owing to
明显: míng xiǎn — Obvious; evident; clearly noticeable
隐瞒: yǐn mán — To conceal; to hide truth from others
而: ér — And; yet; but; connecting clauses together
显得: xiǎn de — To appear; to seem; to look a certain way
残缺不全: cán quē bù quán — Incomplete; fragmentary; lacking essential parts
保留: bǎo liú — To reserve; to withhold; to keep something back
判断: pàn duàn — Judgment; to assess or make a conclusion
一件: yī jiàn — One item; a single matter or thing
充满: chōng mǎn — Filled with; full of; brimming with something
无限: wú xiàn — Unlimited; infinite; without boundary or end
希望: xī wàng — Hope; to wish for; desire for something positive
事: shì — Matter; thing; affair; event
仍然: réng rán — Still; yet; continuing as before
有些: yǒu xiē — Somewhat; a little; rather; some degree
害怕: hài pà — To be afraid; to fear something or someone
会: huì — Will; would; able to; modal auxiliary verb
错过: cuò guò — To miss; to let an opportunity pass by
什么: shén me — What; something; anything; interrogative pronoun
如果: rú guǒ — If; supposing that; conditional conjunction
忘记: wàng jì — To forget; to fail to remember something
了: le — Particle indicating completion or change of state
这一点: zhè yī diǎn — This point; this particular thing or aspect
正如: zhèng rú — Just as; exactly as; in the same way
父亲: fù qīn — Father; one's male parent
势利: shì lì — Snobbish; valuing status and wealth over character
地: de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb
指出: zhǐ chū — To point out; to indicate; to note explicitly
也: yě — Also; too; as well; additionally
重复: chóng fù — To repeat; to do or say again
那样: nà yàng — Like that; in that manner or way
对: duì — Toward; regarding; correct; facing something
基本: jī běn — Basic; fundamental; essential; primary
体面: tǐ miàn — Decent; respectable; having dignity and propriety
感知: gǎn zhī — To perceive; to sense and understand something
在: zài — At; in; on; existing at a location
每个人: měi gè rén — Every person; everyone; each individual
出生: chū shēng — To be born; birth; the moment of coming into existence
便: biàn — Then; thereupon; as soon as; immediately
被: bèi — Passive marker; indicates action done to subject
不均等: bù jūn děng — Unequal; unevenly distributed; not the same
分配: fēn pèi — To distribute; to allocate; to assign shares
如此: rú cǐ — So; thus; in this way; to such a degree
夸耀: kuā yào — To boast; to show off; to flaunt something
宽容: kuān róng — Tolerant; forgiving; lenient toward others
之后: zhī hòu — After; afterward; following a certain event
不得不: bù dé bù — Have no choice but to; must reluctantly do
承认: chéng rèn — To admit; to acknowledge; to recognize as true
它: tā — It; third-person singular for non-human things
有: yǒu — To have; there is; to exist
限度: xiàn dù — Limit; boundary; maximum tolerable degree
行为举止: xíng wéi jǔ zhǐ — Behavior and manners; one's conduct and demeanor
也许: yě xǔ — Perhaps; maybe; possibly; expressing uncertainty
建立: jiàn lì — To establish; to build; to found something
坚硬: jiān yìng — Hard; firm; solid; not easily broken
磐石: pán shí — Bedrock; massive solid rock; firm foundation
之上: zhī shàng — Above; on top of; upon something
潮湿: cháo shī — Damp; moist; humid in quality
沼泽: zhǎo zé — Swamp; marsh; wet boggy land
之中: zhī zhōng — Within; in the midst of; among
但: dàn — But; however; nevertheless; conjunction of contrast
超过: chāo guò — To exceed; to surpass; to go beyond a limit
某个: mǒu gè — A certain; some particular unspecified one
不再: bù zài — No longer; not anymore; ceased to do something
在乎: zài hu — To care about; to mind; to be concerned with
何处: hé chù — Where; what place; which location
去年: qù nián — Last year; the year before current year
秋天: qiū tiān — Autumn; fall season of the year
从: cóng — From; since; starting from a place or time
东部: dōng bù — Eastern part; the east region of an area
回来: huí lái — To come back; to return to a place
感到: gǎn dào — To feel; to sense; to experience an emotion
这个: zhè ge — This; this one; referring to something nearby
世界: shì jiè — World; the earth and all of society
永远: yǒng yuǎn — Forever; always; for all time eternally
整齐划一: zhěng qí huà yī — Uniform; orderly and consistent throughout
处于: chǔ yú — To be in; to be at a certain state
道德: dào dé — Morality; ethics; moral principles and values
肃立: sù lì — To stand at attention; stand solemnly upright
状态: zhuàng tài — State; condition; situation at a given time
想要: xiǎng yào — To want; to desire; to wish for something
那些: nà xiē — Those; referring to plural distant things
喧嚣: xuān xiāo — Clamor; noisy and chaotic commotion
放纵: fàng zòng — Indulgence; to let loose without restraint
游历: yóu lì — To travel widely; journey through various places
窥见: kuī jiàn — To glimpse; to catch a brief revealing look
人心: rén xīn — Human heart; people's innermost thoughts and nature
深处: shēn chù — Depths; the innermost or deepest part
特权: tè quán — Privilege; special right not available to all
一瞥: yī piē — A glance; a brief fleeting look at something
只有: zhǐ yǒu — Only; just; solely one exception exists
这本书: zhè běn shū — This book; referring to a specific book nearby
以: yǐ — With; by means of; named after something
其: qí — His; its; their; third-person possessive pronoun
名字: míng zi — Name; the word used to identify someone
命名: mìng míng — To name; to give a name to something
那个: nà ge — That; that one; referring to a distant thing
人: rén — Person; people; human being
才: cái — Only then; just; emphasizing a conditional result
得以: dé yǐ — To be able to; to manage to; to succeed in
免于: miǎn yú — To be exempt from; to escape; to avoid something
这种: zhè zhǒng — This kind of; this type of thing
反应: fǎn yìng — Reaction; response to a stimulus or situation
代表着: dài biǎo zhe — Represents; stands for; symbolizes something ongoing
由衷: yóu zhōng — Heartfelt; sincere; coming from the bottom of heart
鄙视: bǐ shì — To despise; to look down on; to scorn
一切: yī qiè — Everything; all things without exception
人格: rén gé — Personality; character; moral integrity of a person
一连串: yī lián chuàn — A series of; a string of consecutive things
连绵不断: lián mián bù duàn — Continuous; uninterrupted; stretching on without end
成功: chéng gōng — Success; to succeed; achieving a desired goal
姿态: zī tài — Posture; gesture; attitude; outward stance
那么: nà me — Then; in that case; so; therefore
他: tā — He; him; third-person singular male pronoun
身上: shēn shàng — On one's body; about a person; in someone
确实: què shí — Indeed; truly; certainly; in fact
迷人: mí rén — Charming; enchanting; fascinatingly attractive
之处: zhī chù — The place where; the aspect that; a quality
生命: shēng mìng — Life; living existence; vitality
承诺: chéng nuò — Promise; commitment; a pledge to do something
高度: gāo dù — Highly; to a great degree; height; altitude
敏锐: mǐn ruì — Keen; sharp; acutely perceptive and sensitive
仿佛: fǎng fú — As if; seemingly; as though; resembling
与: yǔ — And; with; together with; linked to
能够: néng gòu — To be able to; capable of doing something
感应: gǎn yìng — To sense; to detect; responsive perception
万里之外: wàn lǐ zhī wài — Ten thousand li away; extremely far distance
地震: dì zhèn — Earthquake; seismic shaking of the ground
精密: jīng mì — Precise; highly accurate; sophisticated and exact
仪器: yí qì — Instrument; device; precision measuring apparatus
有着: yǒu zhe — Having; possessing; bearing a certain quality
关联: guān lián — Connection; association; relationship between things

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