The Picture of Dorian Gray — Page 8
我不展出这幅画的原因，是我担心自己在画中暴露了灵魂深处的秘密。"
The reason I will not exhibit this picture is that I am afraid that I have shown in it the secret of my own soul."
亨利勋爵笑了起来。"那是什么秘密？"他问道。
Lord Henry laughed. "And what is that?" he asked.
"我来告诉你，"霍尔沃德说道，但他的脸上随即浮现出一丝困惑的神情。
"I will tell you," said Hallward; but an expression of perplexity came over his face.
"我洗耳恭听，巴兹尔，"他的同伴继续说道，目光瞥向他。
"I am all expectation, Basil," continued his companion, glancing at him.
"哦，真的没什么好说的，哈利，"画家回答道，"而且我恐怕你也未必能理解。也许你根本不会相信。"
"Oh, there is really very little to tell, Harry," answered the painter; "and I am afraid you will hardly understand it. Perhaps you will hardly believe it."
亨利勋爵微微一笑，俯身从草地上摘下一朵粉色花瓣的雏菊，细细端详着。"我相当确信我能理解，"他回答道，凝神注视着那枚金黄色、白绒绒的小花盘，"至于相信与否，我什么都能相信，只要它足够匪夷所思。"
Lord Henry smiled, and leaning down, plucked a pink-petalled daisy from the grass and examined it. "I am quite sure I shall understand it," he replied, gazing intently at the little golden, white-feathered disk, "and as for believing things, I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible."
风从树上吹落几片花瓣，浓密的丁香花簇，连同那一团团繁星般的小花，在慵懒的空气中轻轻摇曳。墙边一只蚱蜢开始鸣叫，一只细长的蜻蜓如同一缕蓝线，扇动着棕色的纱翼，飘然而过。亨利勋爵感觉自己仿佛能听见巴兹尔·霍尔沃德心跳的声音，不禁好奇接下来会发生什么。
The wind shook some blossoms from the trees, and the heavy lilac-blooms, with their clustering stars, moved to and fro in the languid air. A grasshopper began to chirrup by the wall, and like a blue thread a long thin dragon-fly floated past on its brown gauze wings. Lord Henry felt as if he could hear Basil Hallward's heart beating, and wondered what was coming.
"故事很简单，"画家沉默片刻后说道，"两个月前，我去参加了布兰登夫人举办的一场盛大聚会。"
"The story is simply this," said the painter after some time. "Two months ago I went to a crush at Lady Brandon's.
Vocabulary
- reason
- 原因，理由，解释某事发生的缘故
- exhibit
- 展出，公开展示作品或物品
- afraid
- 害怕，担心某事会发生
- shown
- 展示，show的过去分词，已展现出
- secret
- 秘密，不为外人所知的事情
- soul
- 灵魂，人内心深处的精神本质
- Lord
- 勋爵，英国贵族的尊称
- expression
- 表情，脸上流露出的情绪神态
- perplexity
- 困惑，感到迷惑不解的状态
- expectation
- 期待，期望某事即将发生的心情
- continued
- 继续，continue的过去式，持续进行
- companion
- 同伴，一起相处的朋友或伙伴
- glancing
- 瞥视，快速地看一眼
- painter
- 画家，以绘画为职业的艺术家
- hardly
- 几乎不，勉强，表示程度极低
- Perhaps
- 也许，可能，表示不确定
- leaning
- 倚靠，身体向某方向弯曲或倾斜
- plucked
- 摘取，pluck的过去式，用手摘下
- pink-petalled
- 粉色花瓣的，形容花瓣呈粉红色
- daisy
- 雏菊，一种常见的白色小野花
- examined
- 仔细检查，examine的过去式，细看
- quite
- 相当，非常，表示程度较高
- shall
- 将会，表示将来或意愿的助动词
- replied
- 回复，reply的过去式，作出答复
- gazing
- 凝视，长时间专注地看着某物
- intently
- 专注地，全神贯注地，目不转睛地
- golden
- 金色的，呈金黄色的
- white-feathered
- 白色羽毛状的，形容花瓣如白羽
- disk
- 圆盘，圆形扁平的中心部分
- provided
- 只要，条件是，表示前提条件
- incredible
- 难以置信的，极其不可思议的
- shook
- 摇动，shake的过去式，使振动
- blossoms
- 花朵，blossom的复数，盛开的花
- lilac-blooms
- 丁香花，紫色芳香的花朵
- clustering
- 簇拥，聚集成群生长
- fro
- 向后，to and fro意为来回摆动
- languid
- 慵懒的，缓慢无力、毫无生气的
- grasshopper
- 蚱蜢，一种会跳跃鸣叫的昆虫
- chirrup
- 啁啾，昆虫或小鸟发出的细碎鸣声
- thread
- 细线，纤细的丝线
- dragon-fly
- 蜻蜓，一种有透明翅膀的昆虫
- floated
- 漂浮，float的过去式，轻盈地飘过
- gauze
- 纱，薄而透明的轻质织物
- beating
- 跳动，beat的现在分词，心脏搏动
- wondered
- 好奇，wonder的过去式，心中揣摩
- simply
- 只是，仅仅，表示简单或强调
- crush
- 拥挤的聚会，人群密集的社交场合
- Lady
- 女士，贵族女性的尊称
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