The Great Gatsby — Page 160
「是一辆蓝色轿车,一辆双门跑车。」
"It's a blue car, a coupé."
「我们是从纽约直接过来的,」我说道。
"We've come straight from New York," I said.
一位稍稍落在我们后面开车的人证实了这一点,警察便转身离开了。
Someone who had been driving a little behind us confirmed this, and the policeman turned away.
「好,如果你能再把那个名字正确地告诉我一遍——」
"Now, if you'll let me have that name again correct—"
汤姆像抱起一个布娃娃一样架起威尔逊,把他带进办公室,按在椅子上坐下,然后走了回来。
Picking up Wilson like a doll, Tom carried him into the office, set him down in a chair, and came back.
「如果有人愿意过来陪他坐着,」他用不容置疑的语气厉声说道。
"If somebody'll come here and sit with him," he snapped authoritatively.
他注视着站在最近的两个人互相对视一眼,不情愿地走进房间。
He watched while the two men standing closest glanced at each other and went unwillingly into the room.
然后汤姆把门关上,走下那一级台阶,眼神刻意回避着桌子。
Then Tom shut the door on them and came down the single step, his eyes avoiding the table.
他从我身边经过时,低声耳语道:「我们走吧。」
As he passed close to me he whispered: "Let's get out."
我们带着几分不自然,在他那双霸道的手臂开路下,挤过那仍在聚集的人群,经过一位行色匆匆、手提诊箱的医生——他是半小时前人们在绝望中派人去请来的。
Self-consciously, with his authoritative arms breaking the way, we pushed through the still gathering crowd, passing a hurried doctor, case in hand, who had been sent for in wild hope half an hour ago.
汤姆慢慢地开着车,直到我们驶过弯道——然后他的脚猛地踩了下去,双门跑车在夜色中疾驰而去。
Tom drove slowly until we were beyond the bend—then his foot came down hard, and the coupé raced along through the night.
过了一会儿,我听到一声低沉哽咽的抽泣,看见泪水正顺着他的脸颊滚落下来。
In a little while I heard a low husky sob, and saw that the tears were overflowing down his face.
「这个该死的懦夫!」他哽咽着说,「他连车都没有停下来。」
"The God damned coward!" he whimpered. "He didn't even stop his car."
布坎南家的房子突然从黑暗中沙沙作响的树丛间向我们漂浮而来。
The Buchanans' house floated suddenly toward us through the dark rustling trees.
汤姆停在门廊旁边,抬头望向二楼,那里有两扇窗户在藤蔓间透出明亮的灯光。
Tom stopped beside the porch and looked up at the second floor, where two windows bloomed with light among the vines.
「黛西回家了,」他说道。
"Daisy's home," he said.
Vocabulary
- It
- 代词,指代事物或情况
- 's
- is的缩写形式,表示"是"
- blue
- 蓝色的,形容颜色
- car
- 汽车,一种交通工具
- coupé
- 双门轿跑车,一种车型
- 've
- have的缩写,用于构成完成时
- come
- 来,表示从某处到达
- straight
- 直接地,不绕道地
- said
- 说,say的过去式
- Someone
- 某人,指不特定的人
- driving
- 驾驶,开车
- little
- 一点,稍微,少量
- behind
- 在……后面,落后于
- confirmed
- 确认,证实某事属实
- policeman
- 警察,执行法律的男性警务人员
- turned
- 转身,turn的过去式
- away
- 离开,转身走开
- 'll
- will的缩写,表示将来时
- let
- 让,允许某人做某事
- name
- 名字,名称
- again
- 再次,又一次
- correct
- 正确的,准确无误的
- Picking
- 拿起,捡起,pick的现在分词
- like
- 像,如同,类似于
- doll
- 玩偶,娃娃,小型人形玩具
- carried
- 搬运,carry的过去式
- office
- 办公室,工作场所
- set
- 放置,把……放在某处
- chair
- 椅子,供人坐的家具
- back
- 回来,返回
- somebody
- 某人,指不特定的某个人
- sit
- 坐,坐下
- snapped
- 厉声说,snap的过去式
- authoritatively
- 权威地,以命令式口吻地
- watched
- 注视,watch的过去式
- while
- 当……时候,表示同时发生
- standing
- 站立,stand的现在分词
- closest
- 最近的,close的最高级
- glanced
- 瞥了一眼,glance的过去式
- each
- 每个,各自
- unwillingly
- 不情愿地,勉强地
- room
- 房间,室内空间
- shut
- 关闭,关上门或窗
- door
- 门,出入口的隔断
- single
- 单一的,只有一个的
- step
- 步骤,脚步,一步
- avoiding
- 避开,回避,avoid的现在分词
- table
- 桌子,放置物品的家具
- passed
- 经过,pass的过去式
- close
- 靠近,接近,距离很近
- whispered
- 低声说,whisper的过去式
- Let
- 让,允许,祈使句中表示建议
- Self-consciously
- 不自然地,局促地,过于在意自己
- authoritative
- 权威的,有权威性的
- breaking
- 开辟,break的现在分词,推开
- way
- 道路,方式;break one's way表示开路
- pushed
- 推,push的过去式
- through
- 穿过,通过
- still
- 仍然,还在;或静止的
- gathering
- 聚集的,gather的现在分词
- crowd
- 人群,聚集的众多人
- passing
- 经过,pass的现在分词
- hurried
- 匆忙的,hurry的过去式或形容词
- doctor
- 医生,治疗疾病的专业人士
- case
- 手提箱,病例,案例
- sent
- 派遣,send的过去式
- wild
- 渺茫的,疯狂的,极度的
- hope
- 希望,期望某事发生
- half
- 一半,二分之一
- hour
- 小时,60分钟的时间单位
- ago
- 以前,在……之前
- drove
- 开车,drive的过去式
- slowly
- 缓慢地,速度很慢地
- until
- 直到……为止
- beyond
- 超过,在……之外
- bend
- 弯道,道路的弯曲处
- foot
- 脚;此处指用脚踩油门
- hard
- 用力地,猛力地
- raced
- 飞速行驶,race的过去式
- along
- 沿着,一路向前
- night
- 夜晚,黑夜
- heard
- 听到,hear的过去式
- low
- 低沉的,声音低的
- husky
- 沙哑的,声音低沉粗哑的
- sob
- 抽泣声,哽咽的哭声
- tears
- 眼泪,tear的复数
- overflowing
- 溢出,流淌,overflow的现在分词
- damned
- 该死的,用于加强语气的咒骂词
- coward
- 懦夫,胆小鬼
- whimpered
- 呜咽地说,whimper的过去式
- even
- 甚至,连……都
- stop
- 停下,停止某动作
- house
- 房子,住宅
- floated
- 飘现,float的过去式,浮现
- suddenly
- 突然,忽然,出乎意料地
- toward
- 朝向,往……方向
- dark
- 黑暗的,光线昏暗的
- rustling
- 沙沙作响的,rustle的现在分词
- stopped
- 停下,stop的过去式
- beside
- 在……旁边,靠近
- porch
- 门廊,房屋前的有顶走廊
- second
- 第二,序数词
- floor
- 楼层,地板
- windows
- 窗户,window的复数
- bloomed
- 绽放,bloom的过去式,发出光亮
- light
- 光,光线,灯光
- among
- 在……之中,在……之间
- vines
- 藤蔓,vine的复数
- home
- 家,住所,回家
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