The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 39
当他走过时,报童们正沿着人行道声嘶力竭地叫喊着:'号外。国会议员惨遭谋杀。'
The newsboys, as he went, were crying themselves hoarse along the footways: "Special edition. Shocking murder of an M.P."
那是对一位朋友兼客户的葬礼悼词;他不禁有些担心,唯恐另一位朋友的好名声会被卷入这桩丑闻的漩涡中。
That was the funeral oration of one friend and client; and he could not help a certain apprehension lest the good name of another should be sucked down in the eddy of the scandal.
这至少是一个棘手的决定,他必须做出抉择;尽管他习惯于自力更生,但他开始渴望得到一些建议。
It was, at least, a ticklish decision that he had to make; and self-reliant as he was by habit, he began to cherish a longing for advice.
这种建议无法直接得到;但他想,或许可以旁敲侧击地探询一下。
It was not to be had directly; but perhaps, he thought, it might be fished for.
不久之后,他坐在自家壁炉的一侧,他的首席文书盖斯特先生坐在另一侧,在两人中间,与炉火保持着精心计算的距离处,放着一瓶特别的陈年老酒,这酒长期存放在他家宅的地窖里,不见天日。
Presently after, he sat on one side of his own hearth, with Mr. Guest, his head clerk, upon the other, and midway between, at a nicely calculated distance from the fire, a bottle of a particular old wine that had long dwelt unsunned in the foundations of his house.
浓雾仍然笼罩在这座淹没的城市上空,街灯像红宝石一样闪烁着微光;透过这些低垂云雾的沉闷和窒息,城市生活的行列仍在通过主要街道滚滚向前,发出宛如狂风的声响。
The fog still slept on the wing above the drowned city, where the lamps glimmered like carbuncles; and through the muffle and smother of these fallen clouds, the procession of the town's life was still rolling in through the great arteries with a sound as of a mighty wind.
但房间里却因炉火而显得明亮欢快。
But the room was gay with firelight.
瓶中的酸性物质早已分解;那帝王般的色泽随着时间而变得柔和,就像彩色玻璃窗的颜色变得更加浓郁一样;山坡葡萄园里炎热秋日午后的光辉,已准备好被释放出来,驱散伦敦的雾霭。
In the bottle the acids were long ago resolved; the imperial dye had softened with time, as the colour grows richer in stained windows; and the glow of hot autumn afternoons on hillside vineyards, was ready to be set free and to disperse the fogs of London.
Vocabulary
- The
- 定冠词,表示特指的人或事物
- newsboys
- 报童,在街上卖报纸的男孩
- as
- 连词,当...时;因为;作为
- he
- 代词,他
- went
- 动词go的过去式,去;走
- were
- 动词be的过去式复数形式
- crying
- 动词cry的现在分词,哭喊;大声叫卖
- themselves
- 反身代词,他们自己
- hoarse
- 形容词,嗓音嘶哑的;沙哑的
- along
- 介词/副词,沿着;向前
- footways
- 人行道;步道
- Special
- 形容词,特别的;专门的
- edition
- 名词,版本;(报纸的)版次
- Shocking
- 形容词,令人震惊的;骇人的
- murder
- 名词/动词,谋杀;凶杀案
- of
- 介词,属于;关于
- an
- 不定冠词,一个(用于元音前)
- That
- 代词/连词,那个;那
- was
- 动词be的过去式单数形式
- funeral
- 名词,葬礼;丧礼
- oration
- 名词,演说;正式演讲
- one
- 数词/代词,一;一个
- friend
- 名词,朋友
- and
- 连词,和;与
- client
- 名词,客户;委托人
- could
- 情态动词can的过去式,能够
- not
- 副词,不;没有
- help
- 动词,帮助;避免
- a
- 不定冠词,一个
- certain
- 形容词,某种;确定的
- apprehension
- 名词,忧虑;担心;理解
- lest
- 连词,唯恐;以免
- good
- 形容词,好的;良好的
- name
- 名词,名字;名誉
- another
- 代词/形容词,另一个
- should
- 情态动词,应该;可能
- be
- 动词,是;成为
- sucked
- 动词suck的过去式,吸入;卷入
- down
- 副词/介词,向下;沿着...而下
- in
- 介词,在...里;在...中
- eddy
- 名词,漩涡;涡流
- scandal
- 名词,丑闻;流言蜚语
- It
- 代词,它
- at
- 介词,在;向
- least
- 副词,至少;最少
- ticklish
- 形容词,棘手的;难办的;怕痒的
- decision
- 名词,决定;决策
- that
- 代词/连词,那个;以致
- had
- 动词have的过去式,有;已经
- to
- 介词/不定式标记,到;去
- make
- 动词,制作;做出
- self
- 名词,自己;自我
- reliant
- 形容词,依赖的;依靠的
- by
- 介词,通过;被;在...旁边
- habit
- 名词,习惯;习性
- began
- 动词begin的过去式,开始
- cherish
- 动词,珍惜;怀有(希望等)
- longing
- 名词,渴望;向往
- for
- 介词,为了;给;因为
- advice
- 名词,建议;劝告
- directly
- 副词,直接地;立即
- but
- 连词,但是;然而
- perhaps
- 副词,也许;可能
- thought
- 动词think的过去式,想;认为
- it
- 代词,它
- might
- 情态动词may的过去式,可能
- fished
- 动词fish的过去式,钓鱼;探听
- Presently
- 副词,不久;一会儿
- after
- 介词/连词,在...之后
- sat
- 动词sit的过去式,坐
- on
- 介词,在...上;关于
- side
- 名词,边;侧面
- his
- 代词,他的
- own
- 形容词,自己的
- hearth
- 名词,壁炉;炉边
- with
- 介词,和;用;带有
- Mr
- 先生的缩写
- Guest
- 名词,客人;宾客
- head
- 名词/形容词,头;首席的
- clerk
- 名词,职员;办事员
- upon
- 介词,在...上;根据
- other
- 形容词/代词,其他的;另一个
- midway
- 副词/形容词,中途;在中间
- between
- 介词,在...之间
- nicely
- 副词,很好地;恰当地
- calculated
- 形容词,精心计算的;蓄意的
- distance
- 名词,距离;远处
- from
- 介词,从;来自
- fire
- 名词,火;火灾
- bottle
- 名词,瓶子
- particular
- 形容词,特别的;特定的
- old
- 形容词,老的;旧的
- wine
- 名词,葡萄酒;酒
- long
- 形容词/副词,长的;长久地
- dwelt
- 动词dwell的过去式,居住
- foundations
- 名词,地基;基础
- house
- 名词,房子;住宅
- fog
- 名词,雾;迷雾
- still
- 副词/形容词,仍然;静止的
- slept
- 动词sleep的过去式,睡觉
- wing
- 名词,翅膀;侧翼;厢房
- above
- 介词/副词,在...上方
- drowned
- 动词drown的过去式,淹没;浸没
- city
- 名词,城市
- where
- 副词/连词,在哪里;...的地方
- lamps
- 名词,灯;lamp的复数
- glimmered
- 动词glimmer的过去式,闪烁;微光
- like
- 介词/动词,像;喜欢
- through
- 介词,通过;穿过
- muffle
- 动词/名词,使模糊;裹住
- smother
- 动词,使窒息;覆盖
- these
- 代词,这些
- fallen
- 动词fall的过去分词,落下的
- clouds
- 名词,云;cloud的复数
- procession
- 名词,队伍;行列
- town
- 名词,城镇;市镇
- 's
- 所有格标记,...的
- life
- 名词,生命;生活
- rolling
- 动词roll的现在分词,滚动
- great
- 形容词,伟大的;巨大的
- arteries
- 名词,动脉;干线;artery的复数
- sound
- 名词/动词,声音;听起来
- mighty
- 形容词,强大的;巨大的
- wind
- 名词,风
- But
- 连词,但是;然而
- room
- 名词,房间;空间
- gay
- 形容词,欢乐的;明亮的
- firelight
- 名词,炉火的光;火光
- In
- 介词,在...里;在...期间
- acids
- 名词,酸;acid的复数
- ago
- 副词,以前;之前
- resolved
- 动词resolve的过去式,溶解;决定
- imperial
- 形容词,帝国的;皇家的
- dye
- 名词/动词,染料;染色
- softened
- 动词soften的过去式,使柔和;变软
- time
- 名词,时间;时代
- colour
- 名词,颜色(英式拼写)
- grows
- 动词grow的第三人称单数,生长
- richer
- 形容词rich的比较级,更丰富的
- stained
- 形容词,染色的;有污渍的
- windows
- 名词,窗户;window的复数
- glow
- 动词/名词,发光;光辉
- hot
- 形容词,热的;炎热的
- autumn
- 名词,秋天;秋季
- afternoons
- 名词,下午;afternoon的复数
- hillside
- 名词,山坡;山腰
- vineyards
- 名词,葡萄园;vineyard的复数
- ready
- 形容词,准备好的;乐意的
- set
- 动词,设置;放置;使...处于
- free
- 形容词/动词,自由的;释放
- disperse
- 动词,分散;驱散
- fogs
- 名词,雾;fog的复数
- London
- 专有名词,伦敦
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