The Scarlet Letter — Page 13
我似乎对这里的居住权有着更强烈的主张,这要归功于这位长眠于此的先祖——他留有大胡子,身披黑色斗篷,头戴尖顶帽。
I seem to have a stronger claim to a residence here on account of this grave, bearded, sable-cloaked and steeple-crowned progenitor,
他很早便来到这里,手持圣经与宝剑,迈着威严的步伐走过尚未踏出印迹的街道,
who came so early, with his Bible and his sword, and trode the unworn street with such a stately port,
无论在战时还是和平时期,他都是一位举足轻重的人物。
and made so large a figure, as a man of war and peace,
比起我自己——一个名字鲜少被提及、面孔几乎无人识得的人——他对这里显然有着更强的归属之权。
a stronger claim than for myself, whose name is seldom heard and my face hardly known.
他曾是士兵、立法者、法官,他是教会中的统治者,兼具清教徒的一切特质,无论善恶。
He was a soldier, legislator, judge; he was a ruler in the Church; he had all the Puritanic traits, both good and evil.
他同样是一个冷酷的迫害者,以贵格会教徒为证——他们在自己的历史中记录了他,并讲述了一件他对其教派中一名女性施以严酷惩罚的事件,
He was likewise a bitter persecutor, as witness the Quakers, who have remembered him in their histories, and relate an incident of his hard severity towards a woman of their sect,
这件事留存于世的时间,恐怕将远远超过他那些善行的任何记录,尽管那些善行也为数不少。
which will last longer, it is to be feared, than any record of his better deeds, although these were many.
他的儿子也继承了这种迫害的精神,并在迫害女巫的惨剧中大出风头,以至于那些女巫的血迹可以说公然玷污了他的名声。
His son, too, inherited the persecuting spirit, and made himself so conspicuous in the martyrdom of the witches, that their blood may fairly be said to have left a stain upon him.
那污点如此深重,以至于他那埋葬在查特街墓地中的陈旧枯骨,倘若尚未彻底化为尘土,想必至今仍留存着那道印记!
So deep a stain, indeed, that his old dry bones, in the Charter Street burial-ground, must still retain it, if they have not crumbled utterly to dust!
我不知道我的这些先祖是否曾经幡然悔悟,向上天祈求宽恕他们的残酷行径;
I know not whether these ancestors of mine bethought themselves to repent, and ask pardon of Heaven for their cruelties;
也不知道他们是否正在另一个世界里,为自己的所作所为承受着沉重的惩罚。
or whether they are now groaning under the heavy consequences of them, in another state of being.
Vocabulary
- seem
- 看起来,显得,似乎
- to
- 不定式标记,介词,表方向或目的
- have
- 拥有,具有,经历
- stronger
- 更强壮的,更强大的,程度更高的
- claim
- 声称,主张,索要,需要
- residence
- 住所,居住地,官邸
- here
- 这里,在这个地方
- on
- 在上面,根据,关于
- account
- 账户,叙述,解释
- of
- 的,属于,来自
- this
- 这个,这件事
- grave
- 严肃的,坟墓,刻
- bearded
- 有胡须的,长着胡子的
- and
- 和,与,以及
- who
- 谁,那个人
- came
- 来,到达,发生
- so
- 所以,这样,非常
- early
- 早期的,早的,及早
- with
- 与,用,和
- his
- 他的,它的
- Bible
- 圣经,基督教宗教书籍
- sword
- 剑,武器,象征力量
- the
- 定冠词,指特定的人或物
- street
- 街道,街路
- such
- 这样的,如此的,这种
- port
- 港口,举止,姿态
- made
- 制造,使成为,做
- large
- 大的,广阔的,显著的
- figure
- 数字,人物,身材
- as
- 作为,因为,当时
- man
- 男人,人类,人
- war
- 战争,冲突,斗争
- peace
- 和平,安宁,宁静
- than
- 比,超过,更
- for
- 为了,因为,对于
- myself
- 我自己,本人
- whose
- 谁的,属于谁的
- name
- 名字,名称,名声
- is
- 是,存在
- seldom
- 很少,不常,难得
- heard
- 听到,听见,被提及
- my
- 我的
- face
- 脸,表面,面对
- hardly
- 几乎不,几乎没有
- known
- 已知的,认识,知道
- He
- 他,那个人
- was
- 是,曾是
- soldier
- 士兵,军人,战士
- judge
- 法官,评判者,判断
- ruler
- 统治者,尺子,量尺
- in
- 在里面,用,穿着
- Church
- 教堂,教会,宗教机构
- had
- 有,拥有,经历
- all
- 全部,所有的
- traits
- 特征,特点,性状
- both
- 两个都,双方
- good
- 好的,良好的,道德的
- evil
- 邪恶的,坏的,不幸
- likewise
- 同样地,也是如此
- bitter
- 苦的,痛苦的,激烈的
- witness
- 证人,目击者,证明
- remembered
- 记得,回忆,纪念
- histories
- 历史,历史记录,故事
- relate
- 讲述,叙述,关联
- an
- 一个,不定冠词
- incident
- 事件,事情,插曲
- hard
- 硬的,困难的,努力地
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