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有一段时间,这些幻想为他的想象力提供了出口;它们隐约暗示着现实的虚幻本质,仿佛在承诺,世界这块磐石是稳稳地建立在仙女的翅膀之上的。

For a while these reveries provided an outlet for his imagination; they were a satisfactory hint of the unreality of reality, a promise that the rock of the world was founded securely on a fairy's wing.

对未来荣耀的一种本能驱使他在几个月前来到了明尼苏达州南部的圣奥拉夫小路德学院。

An instinct toward his future glory had led him, some months before, to the small Lutheran College of St. Olaf's in southern Minnesota.

他在那里待了两个星期,对学校对他命运鼓声、乃至对命运本身那种冷漠无情感到沮丧,也鄙视那份原本要靠他来维持学费的看门人工作。

He stayed there two weeks, dismayed at its ferocious indifference to the drums of his destiny, to destiny itself, and despising the janitor's work with which he was to pay his way through.

后来他又漂回到苏必利尔湖,在丹·科迪的游艇停泊在岸边浅水处的那天,他依然在四处寻找可以做的事情。

Then he drifted back to Lake Superior, and he was still searching for something to do on the day that Dan Cody's yacht dropped anchor in the shallows alongshore.

科迪当时五十岁,是内华达银矿、育空地区以及七十五年以来每一次金属淘金热的产物。

Cody was fifty years old then, a product of the Nevada silver fields, of the Yukon, of every rush for metal since seventy-five.

蒙大拿铜矿的交易让他成为了数倍的百万富翁,然而这也使他身体虽然强健,精神却濒临昏聩,察觉到这一点的无数女人都试图将他与他的财富分离。

The transactions in Montana copper that made him many times a millionaire found him physically robust but on the verge of soft-mindedness, and, suspecting this, an infinite number of women tried to separate him from his money.

埃拉·凯——那位女报人——如何扮演曼特农夫人利用他的弱点,并将他打发到海上去乘游艇漂泊,其中那些不甚光彩的曲折内情,在1902年那些浮夸的新闻报道中早已是人尽皆知的事了。

The none too savoury ramifications by which Ella Kaye, the newspaper woman, played Madame de Maintenon to his weakness and sent him to sea in a yacht, were common property of the turgid journalism in 1902.

他已经沿着那些过于热情好客的海岸漂荡了五年,直到他作为詹姆斯·盖茨的命运出现在小女孩湾。

He had been coasting along all too hospitable shores for five years when he turned up as James Gatz's destiny in Little Girl Bay.

Vocabulary

while
一段时间;当……的时候
reveries
白日梦,幻想,沉湎于空想的状态
provided
提供;假如,如果满足某条件
outlet
发泄或表达情感的出口或途径
imagination
想象力,构想事物的心理能力
satisfactory
令人满意的,达到预期要求的
hint
暗示,细微的迹象或线索
unreality
不真实感,缺乏真实性的状态
reality
现实,真实存在的状态或事物
promise
承诺;预示某种可能性或希望
rock
岩石;坚固的物质或基础
founded
建立;被奠基或建造
securely
牢固地,安全地,稳定地
fairy
仙子,神话中有魔法的小精灵
wing
翅膀,鸟或昆虫用于飞翔的器官
instinct
本能,天生的行为倾向或冲动
toward
朝向,向着某方向或目标
future
未来,将要发生的时间或事情
glory
荣耀,辉煌的名誉或成就
led
lead的过去式,引导,带领
Lutheran
路德教的,基督新教的一个派别
College
学院,提供高等教育的机构
southern
南方的,位于南部的
stayed
停留,留在某地一段时间
dismayed
沮丧的,感到失望或惊恐的
ferocious
凶猛的,极其强烈或残酷的
indifference
冷漠,对事物缺乏兴趣或关心
drums
鼓;敲击;drum的复数
destiny
命运,注定要发生的事情
despising
鄙视,轻蔑地看待某人或某事
janitor
看门人,负责清洁维护的工人
pay
支付,给予报酬或费用
drifted
漂流,随意移动,无目的游荡
searching
搜寻,认真寻找某物
yacht
游艇,供娱乐用的豪华帆船或汽船
dropped
落下,放下,下降
anchor
锚,固定船只使其不漂移的器具
shallows
浅水区,水位较低的区域
alongshore
沿岸地,靠近海岸线的方向
product
产物,某地或某过程的结果
silver
银,贵重金属,银色的
fields
矿区;田野;field的复数
rush
淘金热,大批人涌向某地的浪潮
metal
金属,具有光泽和导电性的物质
transactions
交易,商业行为或业务往来
copper
铜,红色金属,导电性好
millionaire
百万富翁,拥有巨额财富的人
physically
身体上,从身体或物质角度来说
robust
强健的,身体结实精力充沛的
verge
边缘,接近某种状态的临界点
soft-mindedness
意志薄弱,头脑不坚定易受影响
suspecting
怀疑,猜测某事可能为真
infinite
无限的,数量极多无法计数的
separate
分开,使……与……脱离
none
没有一个,没有任何人或物
savoury
体面的,名誉良好的;咸香的
ramifications
后果,复杂的衍生影响或结果
newspaper
报纸,刊载新闻的定期出版物
weakness
弱点,缺点,软弱的地方
common
共同的,普通的,大众的
property
财产,所有物,共有资产
turgid
夸张浮华的,文笔浮肿做作的
journalism
新闻业,从事新闻采编写作的行业
coasting
沿岸航行;轻松漫无目的地进行
hospitable
好客的,热情款待他人的
shores
海岸,岸边,shore的复数
Bay
海湾,三面被陆地环绕的水域
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