The King in Yellow — Page 7
No definite principles had been violated in those wicked pages, no doctrine promulgated, no convictions outraged.
那些邪恶的页面没有违反任何明确的原则，没有宣扬任何教义，也没有冒犯任何信念。
It could not be judged by any known standard, yet, although it was acknowledged that the supreme note of art had been struck in _The King in Yellow_, all felt that human nature could not bear the strain, nor thrive on words in which the essence of purest poison lurked.
它无法以任何已知的标准来评判，然而，尽管人们承认《黄衣之王》达到了艺术的最高境界，所有人都感到人类的本性无法承受这种压力，也无法在那些蕴藏着最纯粹毒素精华的文字中得以滋养。
The very banality and innocence of the first act only allowed the blow to fall afterward with more awful effect.
第一幕的平庸与纯真，反而使随后的打击以更为可怖的效果降临。
It was, I remember, the 13th day of April, 1920, that the first Government Lethal Chamber was established on the south side of Washington Square, between Wooster Street and South Fifth Avenue.
我记得，那是1920年4月13日，第一座政府安乐死室在华盛顿广场南侧、伍斯特街与南第五大道之间建立起来。
The block which had formerly consisted of a lot of shabby old buildings, used as cafés and restaurants for foreigners, had been acquired by the Government in the winter of 1898.
这片街区原本由许多破旧的老建筑组成，曾被用作面向外国人的咖啡馆和餐厅，于1898年冬天被政府收购。
The French and Italian cafés and restaurants were torn down; the whole block was enclosed by a gilded iron railing, and converted into a lovely garden with lawns, flowers and fountains.
法式和意式咖啡馆与餐厅被拆除；整个街区被镀金的铁栏围住，改建成一座美丽的花园，园内有草坪、鲜花和喷泉。
In the centre of the garden stood a small, white building, severely classical in architecture, and surrounded by thickets of flowers.
花园中央矗立着一座小巧的白色建筑，风格严谨古典，四周被丛丛花卉环绕。
Six Ionic columns supported the roof, and the single door was of bronze.
六根爱奥尼亚式柱子支撑着屋顶，唯一的门由青铜铸成。
A splendid marble group of the "Fates" stood before the door, the work of a young American sculptor, Boris Yvain, who had died in Paris when only twenty-three years old.
门前矗立着一组精美的大理石雕像《命运三女神》，出自一位年轻的美国雕塑家鲍里斯·伊万之手，他在巴黎去世时年仅二十三岁。
Vocabulary
- 那些
- nàxiē — Those; that kind of things or people.
- 邪恶
- xiéè — Evil; wicked or morally corrupt.
- 页面
- yèmiàn — Page; surface or interface of a document.
- 没有
- méiyǒu — Do not have; absence or negation.
- 违反
- wéifǎn — Violate; break or infringe a rule.
- 任何
- rènhé — Any; whatever or whichever one.
- 明确
- míngquè — Clear; explicit or unambiguous statement.
- 原则
- yuánzé — Principle; fundamental rule or standard.
- 宣扬
- xuānyáng — Advocate; promote or publicize widely.
- 教义
- jiàoyì — Doctrine; religious or philosophical teachings.
- 冒犯
- màofǎn — Offend; insult or show disrespect.
- 信念
- xìnniàn — Belief; conviction or faith in something.
- 无法
- wúfǎ — Unable; cannot or unable to do something.
- 已知
- yǐzhī — Known; already established or confirmed fact.
- 标准
- biāozhǔn — Standard; criterion or benchmark for measurement.
- 评判
- píngpàn — Judge; assess or make judgment about.
- 然而
- ránér — However; yet or nevertheless in contrast.
- 尽管
- jìnguǎn — Despite; although or in spite of.
- 人们
- rénmen — People; persons or human beings collectively.
- 承认
- chéngrèn — Acknowledge; admit or recognize something.
- 达到
- dádào — Reach; attain or arrive at a goal.
- 艺术
- yìshù — Art; creative or aesthetic expression.
- 最高
- zuìgāo — Highest; greatest or supreme level.
- 境界
- jìngjiè — Realm; level of achievement or state.
- 所有人
- suǒyǒu rén — Everyone; all persons or all people.
- 感到
- gǎndào — Feel; sense or experience an emotion.
- 人类
- rénlèi — Humanity; human beings or mankind.
- 本性
- běnxìng — Nature; inherent character or essence.
- 承受
- chéngshòu — Endure; bear or withstand pressure.
- 这种
- zhè zhǒng — This kind of; such type or sort.
- 压力
- yālì — Pressure; stress or force exerted.
- 蕴藏
- yùncáng — Contain; hold or conceal within something.
- 纯粹
- chúncuì — Pure; unmixed or solely consisting of.
- 毒素
- dúsù — Toxin; poisonous substance in organism.
- 精华
- jīnghuá — Essence; quintessence or most valuable part.
- 文字
- wénzì — Characters; written words or language.
- 得以
- déyǐ — Thereby; thus enabling or allowing.
- 滋养
- zīyǎng — Nourish; provide nutrition or sustenance.
- 平庸
- píingyōng — Mediocre; ordinary or undistinguished quality.
- 纯真
- chúnzhēn — Innocence; purity or guileless state.
- 反而
- fǎn'ér — Instead; on the contrary or conversely.
- 随后
- suíhòu — Subsequently; afterward or following in time.
- 打击
- dǎjī — Strike; attack or blow against.
- 更为
- gèngwéi — Even more; increasingly or all the more.
- 可怖
- kěbù — Terrifying; dreadful or horrifying.
- 效果
- xiàoguǒ — Effect; result or consequence produced.
- 降临
- jiàngglín — Arrive; descend or come upon.
- 记得
- jìde — Remember; recall or recollect something.
- 那是
- nàshi — That was; back then or in past.
- 政府
- zhèngfǔ — Government; state administration or authority.
- 南侧
- nánc è — South side; southern direction or area.
- 之间
- zhī jiān — Between; in the space separating two.
- 建立
- jiànlì — Establish; found or create something.
- 起来
- qǐlai — Up; rise or begin doing action.
- 这片
- zhè piàn — This area; this region or district.
- 街区
- jiēqū — Block; city neighborhood or district.
- 原本
- yuánběn — Originally; in the beginning or initially.
- 许多
- xǔduō — Many; numerous or a large quantity.
- 破旧
- pòjiù — Dilapidated; worn out or shabby.
- 组成
- zǔchéng — Compose; form or constitute together.
- 用作
- yòngzuò — Used as; served the purpose of.
- 面向
- miànxiàng — Face; direct toward or facing.
- 外国人
- wàiguórén — Foreigner; person from another country.
- 咖啡馆
- kāfēiguǎn — Café; coffeehouse or coffee establishment.
- 餐厅
- cāntīng — Restaurant; dining establishment or venue.
- 冬天
- dōngtiān — Winter; cold season of the year.
- 收购
- shōugòu — Acquire; purchase or buy something.
- 法式
- fǎshì — French-style; in the manner of France.
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