The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African: Written By Himself — Page 3
它几乎位于赤道正下方,沿海岸延伸约170英里,但向非洲内陆延伸的距离,据我所知,迄今尚未有任何旅行者探索过;
It is situated nearly under the line, and extends along the coast about 170 miles, but runs back into the interior part of Africa to a distance hitherto I believe unexplored by any traveller;
其终点似乎只延伸至阿比西尼亚帝国附近,距其起点约1500英里。
and seems only terminated at length by the empire of Abyssinia, near 1500 miles from its beginning.
这个王国被划分为许多省份或地区:我就出生在其中一个最偏远而富饶的地区,名叫埃博,时在1745年,那是一个迷人而富饶的山谷,名为埃萨卡。
This kingdom is divided into many provinces or districts: in one of the most remote and fertile of which, called Eboe, I was born, in the year 1745, in a charming fruitful vale, named Essaka.
这个省距贝宁首都和海岸的距离必定相当遥远;因为我从未听说过白人或欧洲人,也从未听说过大海。
The distance of this province from the capital of Benin and the sea coast must be very considerable; for I had never heard of white men or Europeans, nor of the sea:
我们对贝宁国王的臣服也不过是名义上的;就我有限的观察所及,当地的一切政务均由各地的首领或长老处理。
and our subjection to the king of Benin was little more than nominal; for every transaction of the government, as far as my slender observation extended, was conducted by the chiefs or elders of the place.
一个与外国往来甚少的民族,其风俗习惯和治理方式通常十分简单;一个家庭或村庄中发生的事情,往往可以作为整个民族的缩影。
The manners and government of a people who have little commerce with other countries are generally very simple; and the history of what passes in one family or village may serve as a specimen of a nation.
我的父亲就是我所说的那些长老或首领之一,被尊称为"恩布伦切";据我记忆,这个称号代表着最崇高的荣誉,在我们的语言中意味着一种显赫的标志。
My father was one of those elders or chiefs I have spoken of, and was styled Embrenche; a term, as I remember, importing the highest distinction, and signifying in our language a mark of grandeur.
Vocabulary
- situated
- 位于某地,表示地理位置所在
- nearly
- 几乎,差不多,接近某数量或状态
- extends
- 延伸,向某方向伸展或扩展
- along
- 沿着,顺着某方向或路线
- coast
- 海岸,陆地与海洋交界的地带
- miles
- 英里,英制长度单位,约1.6公里
- interior
- 内陆地区,远离海岸的内部地带
- distance
- 距离,两点之间的空间长度
- hitherto
- 迄今为止,到目前为止尚未发生
- unexplored
- 未被探索的,尚无人涉足调查的地区
- traveller
- 旅行者,旅行或探险的人
- terminated
- 终止,结束,到达终点
- empire
- 帝国,由皇帝统治的广大国家
- Abyssinia
- 阿比西尼亚,埃塞俄比亚的旧称
- kingdom
- 王国,由国王统治的国家或地区
- divided
- 被分成,划分为若干部分
- provinces
- 省份,一个国家内的行政区划单位
- districts
- 地区,行政区域或划定的地带
- remote
- 偏远的,距离中心很遥远的地方
- fertile
- 肥沃的,土地适合种植作物
- charming
- 迷人的,令人愉悦或充满魅力的
- fruitful
- 富饶的,盛产果实或资源丰富的
- vale
- 山谷,两山之间的低洼地带
- province
- 省,一国内较大的行政区域
- capital
- 首府,一省或一国的行政中心
- considerable
- 相当大的,数量或程度值得注意的
- Europeans
- 欧洲人,来自欧洲的人们
- nor
- 也不,用于连接两个否定成分
- subjection
- 臣服,处于他人统治或控制之下
- nominal
- 名义上的,有名无实的权力
- transaction
- 事务,政务,处理的行政事项
- government
- 政府,统治管理一个地方的机构
- slender
- 有限的,微薄的,不足的
- observation
- 观察,通过观看获得的认知或了解
- extended
- 延伸到,达到某个范围或程度
- conducted
- 处理,执行,管理某事务
- chiefs
- 酋长,部落或地方的首领
- elders
- 长老,年长且受尊敬的族群领袖
- manners
- 风俗习惯,一个民族的行为方式
- commerce
- 贸易,商业往来与交换活动
- generally
- 通常,大体上,在大多数情况下
- specimen
- 样本,代表整体的典型例子
- nation
- 民族,国家,有共同文化的群体
- styled
- 被称作,以某种头衔或称号称呼
- term
- 术语,词语,表示特定含义的词
- importing
- 意味着,此处指某词语所表达的意思
- distinction
- 荣誉,卓越的地位或特殊的声望
- signifying
- 表示,象征,代表某种含义
- mark
- 标志,符号,此处指地位的象征
- grandeur
- 伟大,宏伟,崇高的气质或地位
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