The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 23
"好吧,晚安,普尔。"
"Well, good-night, Poole."
"晚安,厄特森先生。"
"Good-night, Mr. Utterson."
律师怀着沉重的心情踏上了回家的路。
And the lawyer set out homeward with a very heavy heart.
"可怜的哈里·杰基尔,"他想,"我心里隐隐觉得他陷入了深深的困境!
"Poor Harry Jekyll," he thought, "my mind misgives me he is in deep waters!
他年轻时很狂野;那当然是很久以前的事了;但在上帝的律法中,没有诉讼时效。
He was wild when he was young; a long while ago to be sure; but in the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.
是啊,一定是这样;某个旧罪的幽灵,某种隐藏耻辱的毒瘤:惩罚姗姗来迟,在记忆已经遗忘、自爱已经宽恕过错多年之后才到来。"
Ay, it must be that; the ghost of some old sin, the cancer of some concealed disgrace: punishment coming, _pede claudo_, years after memory has forgotten and self-love condoned the fault."
律师被这个念头吓到了,沉思了一会儿自己的过去,在记忆的各个角落里摸索,生怕万一有某个旧日罪孽像玩偶盒里的小丑一样突然跳出来。
And the lawyer, scared by the thought, brooded awhile on his own past, groping in all the corners of memory, lest by chance some Jack-in-the-Box of an old iniquity should leap to light there.
他的过去相当清白;很少有人能像他这样毫无顾虑地翻阅自己的人生卷宗;
His past was fairly blameless; few men could read the rolls of their life with less apprehension;
然而他因自己做过的许多坏事而深感惭愧,又因许多差点做了却避免了的事而升起一种清醒而敬畏的感激之情。
yet he was humbled to the dust by the many ill things he had done, and raised up again into a sober and fearful gratitude by the many he had come so near to doing yet avoided.
然后,重新回到先前的话题,他心中产生了一丝希望。
And then by a return on his former subject, he conceived a spark of hope.
"这位海德先生,如果仔细研究的话,"他想,"一定有他自己的秘密;黑暗的秘密,从他的样子来看;
"This Master Hyde, if he were studied," thought he, "must have secrets of his own; black secrets, by the look of him;
相比之下,可怜的杰基尔最糟糕的秘密也会像阳光一样明亮。
secrets compared to which poor Jekyll's worst would be like sunshine.
事情不能再这样继续下去了。
Things cannot continue as they are.
Vocabulary
- Well
- 语气词,表示开始说话或停顿;好地
- good-night
- 晚安,晚上告别时说的话
- Good-night
- 晚安,晚上告别时说的话
- Mr.
- 先生,对成年男子的尊称
- And
- 和,而且,连接词
- the
- 定冠词,表示特定的人或事物
- lawyer
- 律师,从事法律工作的专业人士
- set
- 放置;出发;一套
- out
- 向外;出发;在外面
- homeward
- 向家的方向,朝家里去
- with
- 和;带着;用
- a
- 不定冠词,表示一个
- very
- 非常,很
- heavy
- 重的;沉重的;心情沉重的
- heart
- 心脏;内心;心情
- Poor
- 可怜的;贫穷的
- he
- 他
- thought
- 想法;思考的过去式
- my
- 我的
- mind
- 思想;头脑;介意
- misgives
- 使担心,使怀疑,感到不安
- me
- 我(宾格)
- is
- 是(be动词)
- in
- 在...里面;处于
- deep
- 深的;深刻的
- waters
- 水域;困境(比喻)
- He
- 他
- was
- 是(be动词过去式)
- wild
- 野生的;狂野的;放荡的
- when
- 当...的时候
- young
- 年轻的
- long
- 长的;长久的
- while
- 一段时间;当...的时候
- ago
- 以前
- to
- 到;向;不定式标记
- be
- 是;存在
- sure
- 确定的;当然
- but
- 但是
- law
- 法律;规律
- of
- ...的;属于
- God
- 上帝;神
- there
- 那里;有
- no
- 不;没有
- statute
- 法规;成文法
- limitations
- 限制;局限(复数)
- it
- 它
- must
- 必须;一定
- that
- 那个;那
- ghost
- 鬼魂;幽灵
- some
- 一些;某些
- old
- 老的;旧的;以前的
- sin
- 罪;罪恶
- cancer
- 癌症;毒瘤
- concealed
- 隐藏的;掩盖的
- disgrace
- 耻辱;丢脸
- punishment
- 惩罚;处罚
- coming
- 来;即将到来的
- years
- 年(复数)
- after
- 在...之后
- memory
- 记忆;回忆
- has
- 有;已经(have的第三人称单数)
- forgotten
- 忘记(forget的过去分词)
- and
- 和;并且
- self-love
- 自爱;自私
- condoned
- 宽恕;纵容(过去式)
- fault
- 错误;过失
- scared
- 害怕的;受惊的
- by
- 被;由;在...旁边
- brooded
- 沉思;忧虑(过去式)
- awhile
- 一会儿
- on
- 在...上;关于
- his
- 他的
- own
- 自己的;拥有
- past
- 过去;过去的
- groping
- 摸索;探索
- all
- 所有的;全部
- corners
- 角落(复数)
- lest
- 以免;唯恐
- chance
- 机会;偶然
- an
- 一个(用于元音前)
- iniquity
- 邪恶;不公正
- should
- 应该;应当
- leap
- 跳跃;飞跃
- light
- 光;灯;轻的
- His
- 他的
- fairly
- 相当地;公平地
- blameless
- 无可指责的;清白的
- few
- 少数的;几乎没有
- men
- 男人们(man的复数)
- could
- 能够;可以(can的过去式)
- read
- 阅读;读
- rolls
- 卷;名册;滚动
- their
- 他们的
- life
- 生活;生命
- less
- 更少的;较少
- apprehension
- 忧虑;理解;逮捕
- yet
- 然而;还;尚未
- humbled
- 谦卑的;使谦卑(过去式)
- dust
- 灰尘;尘土
- many
- 许多的
- ill
- 生病的;坏的
- things
- 事情;东西(复数)
- had
- 有;已经(have的过去式)
- done
- 做(do的过去分词)
- raised
- 提高;养育(过去式)
- up
- 向上;起来
- again
- 再次;又
- into
- 进入;成为
- sober
- 清醒的;严肃的
- fearful
- 害怕的;可怕的
- gratitude
- 感激;感恩
- come
- 来;到达
- so
- 如此;这么
- near
- 接近的;附近
- doing
- 做;行为
- avoided
- 避免(过去式)
- then
- 然后;那时
- return
- 返回;归还
- former
- 以前的;前者
- subject
- 主题;科目
- conceived
- 构想;怀孕(过去式)
- spark
- 火花;引发
- hope
- 希望
- This
- 这个
- Master
- 主人;大师
- if
- 如果;是否
- were
- 是(be动词过去式复数)
- studied
- 学习;研究(过去式)
- have
- 有;拥有
- secrets
- 秘密(复数)
- black
- 黑色的;邪恶的
- look
- 看;外表
- him
- 他(宾格)
- compared
- 比较(过去式)
- which
- 哪个;那个
- poor
- 可怜的;贫穷的
- 's
- 表示所有格
- worst
- 最坏的
- would
- 将会;会(will的过去式)
- like
- 像;喜欢
- sunshine
- 阳光
- Things
- 事情;东西(复数)
- cannot
- 不能
- continue
- 继续
- as
- 作为;当;如同
- they
- 他们
- are
- 是(be动词复数)
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