The Picture of Dorian Gray — Page 13
我的长兄不会死,而我那些弟弟们似乎从来就没干过别的事。"
My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else."
「哈利!」霍华德皱起眉头,叫道。
"Harry!" exclaimed Hallward, frowning.
「老兄,我并不是太认真的。但我就是忍不住厌恶我的亲戚们。
"My dear fellow, I am not quite serious. But I can't help detesting my relations.
我想这大概是因为我们谁都受不了别人和自己有同样的缺点。
I suppose it comes from the fact that none of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves.
我完全理解英国平民百姓对所谓上流社会恶习的那种愤慨。
I quite sympathize with the rage of the English democracy against what they call the vices of the upper orders.
大众认为酗酒、愚蠢和不道德应当是他们自己的专属特权,若是我们当中有谁出了丑,那便是侵犯了他们的领地。
The masses feel that drunkenness, stupidity, and immorality should be their own special property, and that if any one of us makes an ass of himself, he is poaching on their preserves.
当可怜的索斯沃克闹上离婚法庭时,他们的义愤简直是壮观之至。
When poor Southwark got into the divorce court, their indignation was quite magnificent.
然而我估计无产阶级中能规规矩矩过日子的,连百分之十都不到。"
And yet I don't suppose that ten per cent of the proletariat live correctly."
「你说的每一句话我都不赞同,而且,哈利,我敢肯定你自己也不信。"
"I don't agree with a single word that you have said, and, what is more, Harry, I feel sure you don't either."
亨利勋爵抚弄着他那尖细的棕色胡须,用一根带流苏的乌木手杖轻敲着漆皮靴的鞋尖。
Lord Henry stroked his pointed brown beard and tapped the toe of his patent-leather boot with a tasselled ebony cane.
「你真是太英国人了,巴兹尔!这已经是你第二次说这种话了。
"How English you are Basil! That is the second time you have made that observation.
若是有人向一个真正的英国人提出一个想法——这向来是件莽撞的事——他绝不会去想这个想法究竟是对是错。
If one puts forward an idea to a true Englishman—always a rash thing to do—he never dreams of considering whether the idea is right or wrong.
他唯一认为重要的,是提出这个想法的人自己是否相信它。
The only thing he considers of any importance is whether one believes it oneself.
Vocabulary
- elder
- 年纪较大的,指兄长或姐姐
- seem
- 似乎,看起来好像是
- else
- 其他的,另外的
- exclaimed
- 大声呼喊,惊叫,表示强烈情感
- frowning
- 皱眉,表示不满或担忧的表情
- fellow
- 家伙,男性朋友,同伴
- quite
- 相当,完全,十分
- serious
- 严肃的,认真的,严重的
- help
- 帮助;此处指"忍不住"(can't help)
- detesting
- 强烈厌恶,憎恨某人或某事
- relations
- 亲戚,家庭成员;也指关系
- suppose
- 假设,猜想,认为可能是
- fact
- 事实,真实存在的情况
- none
- 没有一个,表示全部否定
- stand
- 忍受,容忍(can't stand表示无法忍受)
- faults
- 缺点,错误,过失
- ourselves
- 我们自己,反身代词
- sympathize
- 同情,理解并分担他人的感受
- rage
- 愤怒,狂怒,激烈的情绪
- democracy
- 民主,民主制度,民主政体
- against
- 反对,对抗,违背
- vices
- 恶习,不道德的坏习惯
- upper
- 上层的,地位较高的
- orders
- 阶级,等级,社会层次
- masses
- 大众,民众,普通百姓阶层
- drunkenness
- 醉酒状态,酗酒,沉溺于饮酒
- stupidity
- 愚蠢,愚笨,缺乏智慧的行为
- immorality
- 不道德,违反伦理道德的行为
- special
- 特殊的,专属的,与众不同的
- property
- 财产,特性;此处指专属权利
- ass
- 蠢货,傻瓜;也指驴(make an ass of oneself指出丑)
- poaching
- 侵占他人权利或领地,偷猎
- preserves
- 保护区,专属领地;此处指特权范围
- divorce
- 离婚,解除婚姻关系
- court
- 法庭,法院;此处指离婚法庭
- indignation
- 愤慨,义愤,对不公正的强烈不满
- magnificent
- 壮观的,极好的,令人印象深刻
- yet
- 然而,但是,表示转折或对比
- per
- 每,按照,表示比例
- cent
- 百分之一;per cent即百分比
- proletariat
- 无产阶级,社会底层劳动人民
- correctly
- 正确地,合乎道德或规范地
- agree
- 同意,赞成,与某人意见一致
- single
- 单一的,每一个,仅仅一个
- sure
- 确定的,肯定的,有把握
- either
- 两者之一,也(用于否定句)
- Lord
- 勋爵,贵族头衔;也指上帝
- stroked
- 轻抚,抚摸,用手轻轻滑过
- pointed
- 尖的,有尖端的,锋利的
- beard
- 胡子,男性下巴或脸颊上的毛发
- tapped
- 轻敲,轻拍某物发出声响
- toe
- 脚趾;此处指靴子的尖端部分
- patent-leather
- 漆皮,表面光亮的皮革材质
- boot
- 靴子,高帮鞋
- tasselled
- 带有流苏装饰的
- ebony
- 乌木,黑色坚硬的名贵木材
- cane
- 手杖,拐杖,细长的棍棒
- observation
- 观察,评论,对某事的看法陈述
- forward
- 向前,提出(put forward意为提出)
- idea
- 想法,观点,主意
- Englishman
- 英国男人,英国男性公民
- rash
- 鲁莽的,草率的,不经思考的
- considering
- 考虑,思量,权衡某事
- whether
- 是否,引导表示选择的从句
- considers
- 考虑,认为,把……纳入思量
- importance
- 重要性,重要程度,意义
- believes
- 相信,认为,对某事有信心
- oneself
- 自己,反身代词,表示自身
Unlock audio playback, vocabulary games, and reading progress tracking.
Create free account →