The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 14
这种亲切态度，正如这个人一贯的作风，在旁观者眼中显得有些做作；但它确实建立在真挚的情感之上。
The geniality, as was the way of the man, was somewhat theatrical to the eye; but it reposed on genuine feeling.
因为这两个人是老朋友，无论在中学还是大学都是老同学，两人都非常尊重自己和对方，而且还有一点并非总是如此的——他们非常享受彼此的陪伴。
For these two were old friends, old mates both at school and college, both thorough respectors of themselves and of each other, and what does not always follow, men who thoroughly enjoyed each other's company.
闲聊了一会儿之后，律师引入了那个令他极为不安的话题。
After a little rambling talk, the lawyer led up to the subject which so disagreeably preoccupied his mind.
"我想，兰宁，"他说，"你和我一定是亨利·杰基尔最老的两个朋友了吧？"
"I suppose, Lanyon," said he, "you and I must be the two oldest friends that Henry Jekyll has?"
"我倒希望这些朋友能年轻些，"兰宁医生轻声笑道。"不过我想我们是的。那又怎么样呢？我现在很少见到他了。"
"I wish the friends were younger," chuckled Dr. Lanyon. "But I suppose we are. And what of that? I see little of him now."
"真的吗？"厄特森说。"我以为你们有共同兴趣这一纽带呢。"
"Indeed?" said Utterson. "I thought you had a bond of common interest."
"我们曾经有过，"他回答道。"但自从亨利·杰基尔在我看来变得过于异想天开以来，已经有十多年了。他开始走错路，思想上出了问题；虽然当然了，俗话说看在老交情的份上，我仍然关心他，但我很少很少见到这个人了。这种不科学的胡说八道，"医生补充道，脸突然涨得通红，"即使是达蒙和皮西厄斯也会因此疏远的。"
"We had," was the reply. "But it is more than ten years since Henry Jekyll became too fanciful for me. He began to go wrong, wrong in mind; and though of course I continue to take an interest in him for old sake's sake, as they say, I see and I have seen devilish little of the man. Such unscientific balderdash," added the doctor, flushing suddenly purple, "would have estranged Damon and Pythias."
这一点脾气的流露对厄特森先生来说倒有些让人宽慰。
This little spirit of temper was somewhat of a relief to Mr. Utterson.
Vocabulary
- geniality
- 亲切友好的性格或态度
- way
- 方式、方法；道路
- man
- 男人；人类
- somewhat
- 副词，有点、稍微
- theatrical
- 戏剧化的、夸张做作的
- eye
- 眼睛；观察
- reposed
- 动词repose的过去式，建立在、基于
- genuine
- 真诚的、真实的
- feeling
- 感情、情感
- old
- 年老的；旧的；长久的
- friends
- 朋友（复数）
- mates
- 伙伴、同伴（复数）
- both
- 两者都
- school
- 学校
- college
- 大学、学院
- thorough
- 彻底的、完全的
- themselves
- 反身代词，他们自己
- each
- 每个、各自
- other
- 其他的；彼此
- always
- 副词，总是、一直
- follow
- 跟随；遵循；随之而来
- men
- 男人们、人们（复数）
- thoroughly
- 副词，彻底地、完全地
- enjoyed
- 动词enjoy的过去式，享受、喜欢
- company
- 陪伴；公司
- After
- 介词或连词，在…之后
- little
- 少量的；小的
- rambling
- 漫无边际的、闲聊的
- talk
- 谈话；交谈
- lawyer
- 律师
- led
- 动词lead的过去式，引导、导向
- subject
- 主题、话题；科目
- disagreeably
- 副词，令人不快地
- preoccupied
- 全神贯注的、心事重重的
- mind
- 头脑、思想；介意
- suppose
- 假设、认为、猜想
- said
- 动词say的过去式，说
- must
- 情态动词，必须
- oldest
- 形容词old的最高级，最老的
- wish
- 希望、愿望；祝愿
- younger
- 形容词young的比较级，更年轻的
- chuckled
- 动词chuckle的过去式，轻声笑
- Dr.
- 缩写，博士或医生
- see
- 看见；理解；见面
- now
- 副词，现在
- Indeed
- 副词，确实、的确
- thought
- 动词think的过去式；名词，想法
- bond
- 纽带、联系；债券
- common
- 共同的；常见的
- interest
- 兴趣；利益
- reply
- 回答、答复
- more
- 更多；更加
- than
- 比；超过
- years
- 年（复数）
- since
- 连词或介词，自从；因为
- became
- 动词become的过去式，变成
- too
- 副词，太；也
- fanciful
- 异想天开的、空想的
- began
- 动词begin的过去式，开始
- go
- 去；变得
- wrong
- 错误的；不对的；出问题
- though
- 连词，虽然、尽管
- course
- 课程；过程；当然
- continue
- 继续
- take
- 拿；采取；花费
- sake
- 缘故、目的
- say
- 说、讲
- seen
- 动词see的过去分词，看见
- devilish
- 恶魔般的、极坏的
- Such
- 这样的、如此的
- unscientific
- 不科学的
- balderdash
- 胡说八道、废话
- added
- 动词add的过去式，补充说；增加
- doctor
- 医生；博士
- flushing
- 动词flush的现在分词，脸红
- suddenly
- 副词，突然地
- purple
- 紫色；发紫的
- would
- 情态动词，将会；过去常常
- estranged
- 疏远、使不和
- spirit
- 精神；情绪；灵魂
- temper
- 脾气、性情
- relief
- 宽慰、安心；救济
- Mr.
- 缩写，先生
Unlock audio playback, vocabulary games, and reading progress tracking.
Create free account →