The Picture of Dorian Gray — Page 2

English → Chinese CHAPTER I. Level 7/10

In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such public excitement and gave rise to so many strange conjectures.

房间中央，一幅年轻男子的全身肖像被固定在一架直立的画架上，那男子生得异常俊美；画架前方不远处，坐着画家本人——巴兹尔·霍尔沃德，他数年前的突然失踪，在当时引发了社会上极大的轰动，并催生了诸多离奇的猜测。

As the painter looked at the gracious and comely form he had so skilfully mirrored in his art, a smile of pleasure passed across his face, and seemed about to linger there.

画家注视着他在画作中如此精妙地再现出的那优雅俊秀的形象，一抹愉悦的微笑掠过他的脸庞，似乎就要在那里久久停留。

But he suddenly started up, and closing his eyes, placed his fingers upon the lids, as though he sought to imprison within his brain some curious dream from which he feared he might awake.

然而他忽地惊起，闭上双眼，将手指按在眼睑上，仿佛要将某个奇异的梦境囚禁于脑海之中，生怕自己从中醒来。

"It is your best work, Basil, the best thing you have ever done," said Lord Henry languidly.

「这是你最好的作品，巴兹尔，是你有生以来做得最好的东西，」亨利勋爵慵懒地说道。

"You must certainly send it next year to the Grosvenor.

「你明年一定要把它送去格罗夫纳画廊展出。

The Academy is too large and too vulgar.

皇家艺术学院太大，也太俗气了。

Whenever I have gone there, there have been either so many people that I have not been able to see the pictures, which was dreadful, or so many pictures that I have not been able to see the people, which was worse.

每次我去那里，不是人太多以至于根本看不到画，那真是糟透了，就是画太多以至于根本看不到人，而那就更糟了。

The Grosvenor is really the only place."

格罗夫纳才真正是唯一合适的地方。」

"I don't think I shall send it anywhere," he answered, tossing his head back in that odd way that used to make his friends laugh at him at Oxford.

「我不打算把它送去任何地方，」他回答道，以那种古怪的方式向后一甩头——这个动作从前在牛津时总会让他的朋友们嘲笑他。

"No, I won't send it anywhere.

「不，我不会把它送去任何地方的。

Vocabulary

房间: fángjiān — A room inside a building.
中央: zhōngyāng — The center or middle of something.
一幅: yī fú — A measure word for paintings or pictures.
年轻: niánqīng — Young in age.
男子: nánzǐ — A man or male person.
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.
全身: quánshēn — The whole body, full-length.
肖像: xiàoxiàng — A portrait or likeness of a person.
被: bèi — Passive marker indicating something was done to subject.
固定: gùdìng — To fix or fasten something in place.
在: zài — At, in, or on a location.
一架: yī jià — Measure word for frames or easels.
直立: zhílì — Standing upright or vertically.
画架: huàjià — An easel used to hold paintings.
上: shàng — On top of or above something.
那: nà — That; a demonstrative pronoun.
异常: yìcháng — Unusually or extraordinarily; abnormal.
俊美: jùnměi — Strikingly handsome and beautiful in appearance.
前方: qiánfāng — The area ahead or in front.
不远处: bù yuǎn chù — Not far away; a nearby place.
坐着: zuòzhe — Sitting; in a seated position.
画家: huàjiā — A painter or artist who paints.
本人: běnrén — The person himself; oneself in person.
他: tā — He or him; third-person male pronoun.
数年前: shù nián qián — Several years ago in the past.
突然: tūrán — Suddenly; without warning or expectation.
失踪: shīzōng — To go missing; disappear without a trace.
当时: dāngshí — At that time; back then.
引发: yǐnfā — To trigger or cause something to happen.
了: le — Particle indicating completed action or change.
社会上: shèhuì shàng — In society; among the public.
极大: jí dà — Extremely great or enormous in degree.
轰动: hōngdòng — A sensation or commotion causing public excitement.
并: bìng — And; furthermore; also used to connect clauses.
催生: cuīshēng — To give rise to or spawn something.
诸多: zhūduō — Many; numerous; a variety of things.
离奇: líqí — Strange, bizarre, or fantastically unusual.
猜测: cāicè — To guess or speculate about something.
注视着: zhùshìzhe — Gazing at; looking fixedly at something.
画作: huàzuò — A painting or artwork created by an artist.
中: zhōng — In, within, or among something.
如此: rúcǐ — So; like this; in such a manner.
精妙: jīngmiào — Exquisitely skillful and wonderful in execution.
地: de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb.
再现: zàixiàn — To recreate or reproduce something again.
优雅: yōuyǎ — Elegant, graceful, and refined in manner.
俊秀: jùnxiù — Handsome and delicately attractive in appearance.
形象: xíngxiàng — Image, figure, or portrayal of a person.
一抹: yī mǒ — A trace or faint hint of something.
愉悦: yúyuè — Feeling of joy and pleasant happiness.
微笑: wēixiào — A gentle smile on one's face.
掠过: lüèguò — To brush past or flash across briefly.
脸庞: liǎnpáng — The face or cheeks of a person.
似乎: sìhū — It seems; as if; apparently.
就要: jiùyào — About to; on the verge of doing something.
那里: nàlǐ — There; that place over there.
久久: jiǔjiǔ — For a long time; lingering.
停留: tíngliú — To stay or remain in a place.
然而: rán'ér — However; yet; but suddenly contrasting previous statement.
忽地: hū de — Suddenly; all at once unexpectedly.
惊起: jīng qǐ — To start up suddenly with surprise.
闭上: bì shàng — To close shut, especially eyes.
双眼: shuāng yǎn — Both eyes; a pair of eyes.
将: jiāng — To take or use something; formal 把.
手指: shǒuzhǐ — A finger on the hand.
按在: àn zài — To press onto or against something.
眼睑: yǎnjiǎn — The eyelid covering the eye.
仿佛: fǎngfú — As if; seemingly; like.
某个: mǒu gè — A certain; some particular unspecified one.
奇异: qíyì — Strange, peculiar, and wondrous.
梦境: mèngjìng — A dreamland or the world of dreams.
囚禁: qiújìn — To imprison or keep captive.
于: yú — In, at, or within; formal preposition.
脑海: nǎohǎi — The mind; one's mental world or memory.
之中: zhī zhōng — Within; inside; among.
生怕: shēngpà — To fear greatly; dread that something happens.
自己: zìjǐ — Oneself; one's own self.
从中: cóng zhōng — From within; from among something.
醒来: xǐng lái — To wake up from sleep or dream.
这是: zhè shì — This is; used to identify something.
你: nǐ — You; second-person singular pronoun.
最好: zuìhǎo — The best; finest among all.
作品: zuòpǐn — A work of art or literary creation.
是: shì — To be; is, am, are.
有生以来: yǒu shēng yǐlái — Since birth; in all one's lifetime.
东西: dōngxi — Thing; object; stuff.
勋爵: xūnjué — A lord or titled nobleman.
慵懒: yōnglǎn — Lazy and languid; lethargically relaxed.
说道: shuō dào — Said; spoke the following words.
明年: míngnián — Next year; the coming year.
一定: yīdìng — Definitely; certainly; must.
要: yào — Want to; need to; must.
把: bǎ — Disposal marker placing object before verb.
它: tā — It; third-person inanimate pronoun.
送去: sòng qù — To send or deliver something somewhere.
画廊: huàláng — An art gallery displaying paintings.
展出: zhǎnchū — To exhibit or display publicly.
皇家: huángjiā — Royal; pertaining to the monarchy.
艺术学院: yìshù xuéyuàn — An academy or college of fine arts.
太大: tài dà — Too big or too large.
也: yě — Also; too; as well.
太: tài — Too; excessively; overly.
俗气: súqì — Vulgar, tacky, or lacking taste.
每次: měi cì — Every time; each occasion.
我: wǒ — I; me; first-person singular pronoun.
去: qù — To go; to head somewhere.
不是: bú shì — Is not; are not; negation of being.
人: rén — A person; people; human being.
太多: tài duō — Too many; too much.
以至于: yǐzhìyú — So much so that; to the extent that.
根本: gēnběn — Fundamentally; at all; simply cannot.
看不到: kàn bu dào — Cannot see; unable to see.
画: huà — A painting; to draw or paint.
真是: zhēn shì — Really is; truly; indeed.
糟透: zāo tòu — Completely terrible; utterly awful.
就是: jiù shì — Exactly; precisely; it is just.
而: ér — And; yet; but; connecting contrasting clauses.
就: jiù — Then; exactly; right away.
更糟: gèng zāo — Even worse; more terrible.
才: cái — Only then; just; merely.
真正: zhēnzhèng — Truly; genuinely; real and authentic.
唯一: wéiyī — The only one; sole; unique.
合适: héshì — Suitable, appropriate, or fitting for purpose.
地方: dìfāng — A place, location, or area.
不打算: bù dǎsuàn — Do not plan or intend to.
任何: rènhé — Any; whatever; whichever.
回答道: huídá dào — Replied; answered in the following way.
以: yǐ — With; by means of; using.
那种: nà zhǒng — That kind of; that type of.
古怪: gǔguài — Strange, eccentric, or oddly peculiar.
方式: fāngshì — A way, method, or manner of doing.
向后: xiàng hòu — Backward; toward the rear.
一甩: yī shuǎi — A single toss or flick gesture.
头: tóu — The head; top part of the body.
这个: zhège — This; this one particular thing.
动作: dòngzuò — An action, movement, or gesture.
从前: cóngqián — In the past; formerly; once upon a time.
时: shí — When; at the time of.
总会: zǒng huì — Always would; invariably did.
让: ràng — To let; allow; cause someone to do.
朋友们: péngyoumen — Friends; a group of friends.
嘲笑: cháoxiào — To mock, ridicule, or laugh at someone.
不: bù — No; not; negation of verbs and adjectives.
不会: bú huì — Will not; cannot; not able to.

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