The Great Gatsby — Page 156
米凯利斯和那个男人最先赶到她身边,但当他们撕开她的衬衫——那衬衫还因汗水而湿润——他们看见她的左乳松垂下来,像一块翻盖,根本无需俯身去听她胸膛下面的心跳声。她的嘴大张着,嘴角稍稍裂开,仿佛她在放弃那积蓄已久的巨大生命力时,曾轻轻哽咽了一下。
Michaelis and this man reached her first, but when they had torn open her shirtwaist, still damp with perspiration, they saw that her left breast was swinging loose like a flap, and there was no need to listen for the heart beneath. The mouth was wide open and ripped a little at the corners, as though she had choked a little in giving up the tremendous vitality she had stored so long.
我们离那里还有一段距离时,就已经看见了三四辆汽车和一群人。
We saw the three or four automobiles and the crowd when we were still some distance away.
"出事了!"汤姆说,"太好了,威尔逊的生意终于来了。"
"Wreck!" said Tom. "That's good. Wilson'll have a little business at last."
他放慢了车速,但并没有打算停下来,直到我们越来越近,车库门口那些人压低声音、全神贯注的面孔,才让他不由自主地踩下了刹车。
He slowed down, but still without any intention of stopping, until, as we came nearer, the hushed, intent faces of the people at the garage door made him automatically put on the brakes.
"我们去看看,"他迟疑地说,"就看一眼。"
"We'll take a look," he said doubtfully, "just a look."
这时我意识到,车库里不断传出一种空洞的哀号声。当我们走出双座轿车、向车库门口走去时,那声音逐渐清晰,化作一遍遍用哽咽的呻吟声重复着的几个字:"哦,我的上帝!"
I became aware now of a hollow, wailing sound which issued incessantly from the garage, a sound which as we got out of the coupé and walked toward the door resolved itself into the words "Oh, my God!" uttered over and over in a gasping moan.
"这里出大事了,"汤姆激动地说。
"There's some bad trouble here," said Tom excitedly.
他踮起脚尖,从一圈人头上方探身张望车库内部——车库里只有头顶一只悬挂的金属篮筐中透出一盏昏黄的灯光。
He reached up on tiptoes and peered over a circle of heads into the garage, which was lit only by a yellow light in a swinging metal basket overhead.
Vocabulary
- and
- 连接两个词或句子的连词
- this
- 指示代词,表示"这个"
- man
- 成年男性,男人
- reached
- 到达某地或伸手够到某物
- her
- 她的,或宾格"她"
- first
- 第一,最先的
- but
- 但是,表示转折的连词
- when
- 当……时候,表示时间的连词
- they
- 他们,第三人称复数主格
- had
- have的过去式,表示曾经拥有或完成
- torn
- tear的过去分词,撕开、扯破
- open
- 打开,使之敞开
- shirtwaist
- 女式衬衫,一种上衣款式
- still
- 仍然,还是;或静止不动
- damp
- 微湿的,略带潮气的
- with
- 介词,表示"带着"或"用"
- perspiration
- 汗水,出汗
- saw
- see的过去式,看见
- that
- 那个;引导从句的连词
- left
- 左边的;或leave的过去式
- breast
- 胸部,乳房
- was
- be动词的过去式,是/在
- swinging
- 摇摆,来回晃动
- loose
- 松散的,不固定的
- like
- 像,类似于;或喜欢
- a
- 不定冠词,表示"一个"
- flap
- 垂下的片状物,盖片,扇动
- there
- 那里;或用于"there is/are"句型
- no
- 没有,不
- need
- 需要,必要性
- to
- 不定式符号;或介词"到"
- listen
- 倾听,仔细听
- for
- 为了,对于,表示目的或对象
- the
- 定冠词,表示特指
- heart
- 心脏;心,内心
- beneath
- 在……下方,在……之下
- The
- 定冠词,表示特指
- mouth
- 嘴,口
- wide
- 宽的,张开的
- ripped
- 撕裂,扯开
- little
- 一点,少量;小的
- at
- 在(某处或某时),介词
- corners
- 角落,嘴角或边角
- as
- 如同,作为,当……时
- though
- 虽然,尽管,好像
- she
- 她,第三人称单数阴性主格
- choked
- 窒息,被噎住,哽咽
- in
- 在……里面,介词
- giving
- 给予,付出
- up
- 向上;give up表示放弃
- tremendous
- 巨大的,极大的,惊人的
- vitality
- 活力,生命力,精力
- stored
- 储存,积蓄,保存
- so
- 如此,这么;因此
- long
- 长时间的;长的
- We
- 我们,第一人称复数
- three
- 三,数字3
- or
- 或者,还是,表示选择
- four
- 四,数字4
- automobiles
- 汽车,机动车辆
- crowd
- 人群,拥挤的人众
- we
- 我们,第一人称复数
- were
- be动词的过去式复数形式
- some
- 一些,某些,若干
- distance
- 距离,间隔,远近
- away
- 离开,在远处
- Wreck
- 撞毁,残骸,车祸
- said
- say的过去式,说,讲
- That
- 那个,指示代词
- 's
- is的缩写,或所有格标记
- good
- 好的,优秀的
- 'll
- will的缩写,表示将来时
- have
- 有,拥有;助动词
- business
- 生意,业务,事情
- last
- 最后的;持续
- He
- 他,第三人称单数阳性主格
- slowed
- 减速,放慢速度
- down
- 向下;slow down表示减速
- without
- 没有,不带,缺乏
- any
- 任何,一些(用于否定或疑问)
- intention
- 意图,打算,目的
- of
- ……的,介词,表示从属关系
- stopping
- 停下,停止
- until
- 直到……为止
- came
- come的过去式,来,到来
- nearer
- 更近,near的比较级
- hushed
- 安静的,压低声音的
- intent
- 专注的,目光专一;意图
- faces
- 脸,面孔,复数
- people
- 人们,人群
- garage
- 车库,修车厂
- door
- 门,门口
- made
- make的过去式,使,制造
- him
- 他,第三人称单数宾格
- automatically
- 自动地,不假思索地
- put
- 放,置;put on brakes踩刹车
- on
- 在……上,介词
- brakes
- 刹车,制动器
- take
- 拿,取;take a look看一看
- look
- 看,看一看
- he
- 他,第三人称单数主格
- doubtfully
- 怀疑地,不确定地
- just
- 刚刚,恰好,只是
- I
- 我,第一人称单数主格
- became
- become的过去式,变得,成为
- aware
- 意识到,察觉到
- now
- 现在,此刻
- hollow
- 空洞的,低沉空旷的声音
- wailing
- 号啕大哭,发出哀号声
- sound
- 声音,声响
- which
- 哪个,引导定语从句的关系代词
- issued
- 发出,散出(声音等)
- incessantly
- 不停地,持续不断地
- from
- 从,来自,介词
- got
- get的过去式,得到,到达
- out
- 出去,向外
- coupé
- 双门小轿车,一种车型
- walked
- 步行,走路,walk的过去式
- toward
- 朝向,向……方向
- resolved
- 分解,解析;或决定
- itself
- 它自己,反身代词
- into
- 进入,变成,介词
- words
- 词语,话语,复数
- Oh
- 哦,表示惊讶或感叹的感叹词
- my
- 我的,第一人称单数所有格
- God
- 上帝;Oh my God表示极度惊讶
- uttered
- 发出(声音),说出,utter的过去式
- over
- 一遍又一遍;在……上方
- gasping
- 喘气,倒吸一口气
- moan
- 呻吟,低声哀鸣
- There
- 那里;用于"there is/are"结构
- bad
- 坏的,严重的,糟糕的
- trouble
- 麻烦,问题,困难
- here
- 这里,此处
- excitedly
- 兴奋地,激动地
- tiptoes
- 踮起脚尖,蹑手蹑脚地走
- peered
- 眯眼凝视,费力地看
- circle
- 圆圈,一圈人
- heads
- 头,脑袋,复数
- lit
- 照亮,light的过去分词
- only
- 只有,仅仅
- by
- 通过,被,在……旁边
- yellow
- 黄色的
- light
- 光,灯光;轻的
- metal
- 金属,金属制的
- basket
- 篮子,筐
- overhead
- 在头顶上方,悬于上方
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