The King in Yellow — Page 4
如果霍伯克知道我多么厌恶"疯子"这个词，他就永远不会在我面前用它。
If Hawberk knew how I loathe that word "lunatic," he would never use it in my presence.
它会在我内心激起某些我不想解释的情绪。
It rouses certain feelings within me which I do not care to explain.
然而，我平静地回答他："我想我会去拜访一下怀尔德先生，待个一两分钟。"
However, I answered him quietly: "I think I shall drop in and see Mr. Wilde for a moment or two."
康斯坦斯摇了摇头，说道："可怜的人，年复一年地独自生活，贫穷、残疾，几乎神志不清，这一定很难熬。"
"Poor fellow," said Constance, with a shake of the head, "it must be hard to live alone year after year poor, crippled and almost demented."
"卡斯坦先生，您如此频繁地去探望他，真是太善良了。"
"It is very good of you, Mr. Castaigne, to visit him as often as you do."
霍伯克重新操起锤子，说道："我觉得他很邪恶。"
"I think he is vicious," observed Hawberk, beginning again with his hammer.
我倾听着锤子敲打腿甲片发出的悦耳叮当声；他停下来后，我回答道：
I listened to the golden tinkle on the greave plates; when he had finished I replied:
"不，他并不邪恶，也丝毫没有神志不清。他的心灵是一个奇妙的宝库，他能从中取出你我穷尽数年光阴也难以获得的珍宝。"
"No, he is not vicious, nor is he in the least demented. His mind is a wonder chamber, from which he can extract treasures that you and I would give years of our lives to acquire."
霍伯克笑了。
Hawberk laughed.
我略带不耐烦地继续说："他对历史的了解是无人能及的。
I continued a little impatiently: "He knows history as no one else could know it.
无论多么细微的事情都逃不过他的探寻，他的记忆力如此绝对、如此精准，以至于若纽约人得知世上有这样一个人，他们对他的敬仰将无以复加。"
Nothing, however trivial, escapes his search, and his memory is so absolute, so precise in details, that were it known in New York that such a man existed, the people could not honour him enough."
"胡说。"霍伯克咕哝着，弯腰在地板上寻找一颗掉落的铆钉。
"Nonsense," muttered Hawberk, searching on the floor for a fallen rivet.
Vocabulary
- If
- 表示条件或假设的连词
- knew
- know的过去式，表示知道或了解
- how
- 疑问词，表示方式、方法或程度
- loathe
- 厌恶、憎恨某人或某事
- that
- 指示代词或关系代词，指代某事物
- word
- 语言的基本单位，由字母组成
- lunatic
- 疯子、精神病人或行为疯狂的人
- he
- 男性人称代词，第三人称单数
- would
- 助动词，表示过去的习惯或条件假设
- never
- 否定副词，表示从不、绝不
- use
- 使用、运用或采用某物
- it
- 中性人称代词，代指物或事情
- in
- 介词，表示位置、时间或状态
- my
- 所有格代词，表示属于说话者的
- presence
- 存在、出现或某人在场的状态
- It
- 中性人称代词，代指物或事情
- rouses
- 唤醒、激起或引起某种情感
- certain
- 肯定的、特定的或某种程度的
- feelings
- 感受、情感或情绪
- within
- 介词，表示在...之内或内部
- me
- 宾格人称代词，代指说话者
- which
- 关系代词，引导非限制性从句
- do
- 助动词或实义动词，表示做或行动
- not
- 否定词，用于否定句子或短语
- care
- 关心、在乎或照料某人或某事
- to
- 不定式标记或介词，多种用法
- explain
- 解释、说明或阐述某事
- However
- 副词，表示转折或相反的意思
- answered
- answer的过去式，回答或作出反应
- him
- 男性人称代词宾格，代指男性
- quietly
- 副词，安静地、轻声地或平静地
- think
- 思考、认为或想象某事
- shall
- 助动词，表示将来时或意愿
- drop
- 落下、掉落或顺便拜访
- and
- 并列连词，用于连接词或句子
- see
- 看见、见面或理解某事
- Mr
- 男性敬语前缀，用于男性名字前
- for
- 介词，表示目的、原因或时间
- moment
- 短暂的时间、片刻或重要时刻
- or
- 选择连词，表示或者、或是
- two
- 数字，表示2或两个
- Poor
- 形容词，表示贫穷或令人同情
- fellow
- 男人、伙伴或同类人
- said
- say的过去式，说或讲
- with
- 介词，表示伴随、方式或状态
- shake
- 摇动、震动或握手的动作
- of
- 介词，表示所有、关系或材料
- the
- 定冠词，用于限定名词
- head
- 头部、头脑或领导者
- must
- 情态动词，表示必须或必然
- be
- 系动词，表示存在或状态
- hard
- 艰难的、困难的或努力地
- live
- 居住、生活或活着
- alone
- 独自的、孤独的或单独
- year
- 一年或十二个月的时间
- after
- 在...之后或后来
- poor
- 形容词，表示贫穷或令人同情
- crippled
- 跛脚的、残疾的或丧失功能的
- almost
- 几乎、差不多或接近
- demented
- 疯狂的、精神错乱的或失智的
- is
- be动词现在式第三人称单数
- very
- 副词，表示很、非常或极
- good
- 好的、优良的或正确的
- you
- 你或你们，第二人称代词
- visit
- 访问、拜访或看望某人
- as
- 副词或连词，表示当时或如同
- often
- 副词，表示经常或常常
- vicious
- 恶毒的、凶残的或坏的
- observed
- observe的过去式，观察或注意到
- beginning
- 开始、起始或初期
- again
- 再次、又或重新
- his
- 所有格代词，表示他的
- hammer
- 锤子、铁锤或用锤打
- listened
- listen的过去式，听或聆听
- golden
- 金色的、黄金的或珍贵的
- tinkle
- 叮当声、轻微的铃声
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