The King in Yellow — Page 4

English → Chinese THE REPAIRER OF REPUTATIONS I Level 7/10

In the following winter began that agitation for the repeal of the laws prohibiting suicide which bore its final fruit in the month of April, 1920, when the first Government Lethal Chamber was opened on Washington Square.

在接下来的那个冬天，废除禁止自杀法律的运动开始兴起，这场运动最终在1920年4月结出了果实，第一座政府安乐死室在华盛顿广场正式开放。

I had walked down that day from Dr. Archer's house on Madison Avenue, where I had been as a mere formality.

那天我从麦迪逊大道上阿彻医生的府上步行离开，此番前去不过是走个过场。

Ever since that fall from my horse, four years before, I had been troubled at times with pains in the back of my head and neck, but now for months they had been absent, and the doctor sent me away that day saying there was nothing more to be cured in me.

自从四年前那次坠马事故以来，我时常受到后脑和颈部疼痛的困扰，但如今这些症状已消失数月，医生那天打发我离开，说我已无病可治。

It was hardly worth his fee to be told that; I knew it myself.

为了听这句话而付诊费实在不值，我自己早就心知肚明。

Still I did not grudge him the money.

尽管如此，我并不吝惜那笔钱。

What I minded was the mistake which he made at first.

令我耿耿于怀的，是他当初犯下的那个错误。

When they picked me up from the pavement where I lay unconscious, and somebody had mercifully sent a bullet through my horse's head, I was carried to Dr. Archer, and he, pronouncing my brain affected, placed me in his private asylum where I was obliged to endure treatment for insanity.

当人们把昏迷倒地的我从路面上抬起来时，有人已仁慈地给我的马来了一颗子弹，而后我被送至阿彻医生处，他诊断我脑部受损，将我安置在他的私立疗养院里，迫使我接受精神病治疗。

At last he decided that I was well, and I, knowing that my mind had always been as sound as his, if not sounder, "paid my tuition" as he jokingly called it, and left.

终于，他判定我已痊愈，而我深知自己的心智向来不亚于他，甚至犹有过之，便缴清了他戏称为"学费"的费用，拂袖而去。

Vocabulary

在: zài — At, in, on; indicates location or ongoing action.
接下来: jiē xià lái — Next, following that; what comes after.
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.
那个: nà ge — That one; refers to a previously mentioned thing.
冬天: dōng tiān — Winter; the coldest season of the year.
废除: fèi chú — To abolish, repeal, or do away with something.
禁止: jìn zhǐ — To prohibit, forbid, or ban something.
自杀: zì shā — Suicide; the act of taking one's own life.
法律: fǎ lǜ — Law; a system of rules enforced by authority.
运动: yùn dòng — Movement, campaign, or physical exercise.
开始: kāi shǐ — To begin, start; the commencement of something.
兴起: xīng qǐ — To rise up, emerge, or come into prominence.
这场: zhè chǎng — This (event/campaign); measure word for events.
最终: zuì zhōng — Finally, ultimately, in the end.
年: nián — Year; unit of time measurement.
月: yuè — Month; also means moon.
结出: jiē chū — To bear or produce (fruit or results).
了: le — Particle indicating completion or a change of state.
果实: guǒ shí — Fruit; tangible results or outcomes of effort.
第一座: dì yī zuò — The first (building/structure); ordinal with measure word.
政府: zhèng fǔ — Government; the ruling authority of a country.
安乐死: ān lè sǐ — Euthanasia; painless assisted death for the suffering.
室: shì — Room, chamber; a designated enclosed space.
华盛顿: Huá shèng dùn — Washington; name of U.S. city or state.
广场: guǎng chǎng — Plaza, public square; an open communal space.
正式: zhèng shì — Official, formal; done according to proper procedure.
开放: kāi fàng — To open to the public; to become accessible.
那天: nà tiān — That day; refers to a specific day mentioned.
我: wǒ — I, me; first-person singular pronoun.
从: cóng — From; indicates starting point of movement or time.
大道: dà dào — Avenue, boulevard; a wide main road.
上: shàng — On, above; also indicates direction upward.
医生: yī shēng — Doctor, physician; a licensed medical professional.
府上: fǔ shàng — Your distinguished residence; polite term for someone's home.
步行: bù xíng — To walk; traveling on foot.
离开: lí kāi — To leave, depart from a place or person.
此番: cǐ fān — This time, on this occasion; literary expression.
前去: qián qù — To go forward to a place; to head there.
不过: bù guò — However, but; also means merely or only.
是: shì — To be; the copula linking subject and predicate.
走个: zǒu ge — Just go through (a formality); casual action phrase.
过场: guò chǎng — Going through the motions; a mere formality.
自从: zì cóng — Ever since; from a particular point in time.
四年: sì nián — Four years; a duration of time.
前: qián — Before, ago; in front of or prior to.
那次: nà cì — That time, that occasion; referring to a past event.
坠马: zhuì mǎ — Falling from a horse; a riding accident.
事故: shì gù — Accident, incident; an unexpected harmful event.
以来: yǐ lái — Since (a time); from then until now.
时常: shí cháng — Often, frequently; occurring at regular intervals.
受到: shòu dào — To receive, to be subjected to something.
后脑: hòu nǎo — The back of the head; occipital region.
和: hé — And; connects two nouns or clauses together.
颈部: jǐng bù — The neck area; cervical region of the body.
疼痛: téng tòng — Pain, ache; a feeling of physical discomfort.
困扰: kùn rǎo — To trouble, bother, or plague someone persistently.
但: dàn — But, however; introduces a contrasting statement.
如今: rú jīn — Nowadays, at present; referring to the current time.
这些: zhè xiē — These; refers to multiple nearby things or people.
症状: zhèng zhuàng — Symptoms; signs indicating a medical condition.
已: yǐ — Already; indicates completion or a prior state.
消失: xiāo shī — To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.
数月: shù yuè — Several months; an unspecified number of months.
打发: dǎ fa — To dismiss, send away; to deal with casually.
说: shuō — To say, speak; to express something verbally.
无病可治: wú bìng kě zhì — No illness to treat; nothing wrong to fix.
为了: wèi le — In order to, for the sake of something.
听: tīng — To listen, hear; to pay attention to sound.
这句话: zhè jù huà — This sentence, these words; a specific utterance.
而: ér — And, yet, but; a literary connective particle.
付: fù — To pay; to hand over money for a service.
诊费: zhěn fèi — Consultation fee; payment for a doctor's visit.
实在: shí zài — Really, truly; indeed; used for emphasis.
不值: bù zhí — Not worth it; not deserving of the cost.
自己: zì jǐ — Oneself; reflexive pronoun referring to the subject.
早就: zǎo jiù — Long ago already; knew or did something much earlier.
心知肚明: xīn zhī dù míng — To know perfectly well in one's heart.
尽管: jǐn guǎn — Although, even though; despite the circumstances.
如此: rú cǐ — Like this, such; referring to a stated situation.
并不: bìng bù — Not at all; emphatic negation of a statement.
吝惜: lìn xī — To begrudge, stint; unwilling to give or spend.
那笔: nà bǐ — That sum (of money); measure word for amounts.
钱: qián — Money; currency used for transactions.
令: lìng — To cause, make; to order or command someone.
耿耿于怀: gěng gěng yú huái — To brood over something; to bear a grudge.
他: tā — He, him; third-person masculine singular pronoun.
当初: dāng chū — Originally, at that time; referring to the beginning.
犯下: fàn xià — To commit (an error or crime); to make a mistake.
错误: cuò wù — Error, mistake; something done incorrectly.
当: dāng — When, at the time that; temporal conjunction.
人们: rén men — People; referring to a group of people generally.
把: bǎ — Disposal marker; indicates direct object manipulation.
昏迷: hūn mí — Unconscious, comatose; in a state of deep unawareness.
倒地: dǎo dì — To fall to the ground; to collapse onto the floor.
路面: lù miàn — Road surface; the paved top layer of a road.
抬起来: tái qǐ lái — To lift up; to raise someone or something off the ground.
时: shí — When, at the time; a temporal marker in literary style.
有人: yǒu rén — Someone, there is a person; an unspecified individual.
仁慈: rén cí — Merciful, benevolent; showing kindness and compassion.
地: de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb.
给: gěi — To give; for, to (indicating a recipient).
我的: wǒ de — My, mine; first-person possessive modifier.
马: mǎ — Horse; a large domesticated riding animal.
来了: lái le — Came, arrived; indicates an action has occurred.
一颗: yī kē — One (bullet/grain); measure word for small round objects.
子弹: zǐ dàn — Bullet; a small projectile fired from a gun.
而后: ér hòu — And then, afterward; indicating subsequent action.
被送至: bèi sòng zhì — Was sent to; passive construction of being transported.
处: chù — Place, location; a spot or institution.
诊断: zhěn duàn — Diagnosis; identifying a disease or condition medically.
脑部: nǎo bù — Brain area; the region of the head containing the brain.
受损: shòu sǔn — Damaged, injured; to have sustained harm or loss.
将: jiāng — Will, about to; also means to take or bring.
安置: ān zhì — To place, settle, or arrange someone in a location.
他的: tā de — His; third-person masculine possessive modifier.
私立: sī lì — Privately run; established and funded by private individuals.
疗养院: liáo yǎng yuàn — Sanatorium, rest home; a facility for recuperation.
里: lǐ — Inside, within; indicates interior location.
迫使: pò shǐ — To force, compel; to make someone do something.
接受: jiē shòu — To accept, receive; to undergo or undergo treatment.
精神病: jīng shén bìng — Mental illness, psychiatric disorder; a psychological condition.
治疗: zhì liáo — Treatment, therapy; medical care to cure illness.
终于: zhōng yú — Finally, at last; after a long time or effort.
判定: pàn dìng — To judge, determine; to officially declare a conclusion.
痊愈: quán yù — To fully recover; to be completely cured of illness.
深知: shēn zhī — To know deeply, be fully aware of something.
心智: xīn zhì — Mind, intellect; one's mental faculties and capacity.
向来: xiàng lái — Always, all along; has been so from the beginning.
不亚于: bù yà yú — No less than, not inferior to; equal or better.
甚至: shèn zhì — Even, to the extent of; used for emphasis.
犹有过之: yóu yǒu guò zhī — Even surpassing; going beyond what was compared.
便: biàn — Then, so; indicates a logical result or action.
缴清: jiǎo qīng — To pay off in full; to settle a bill completely.
戏称: xì chēng — To jokingly call; to refer to something humorously.
为: wéi — As, to be; used to equate or designate something.
学费: xué fèi — Tuition fee; money paid for education or lessons.
费用: fèi yòng — Cost, expense; money spent on something.
拂袖而去: fú xiù ér qù — To flick one's sleeve and leave; to depart indignantly.

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