The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 77
"来吧,先生,"我说。"您忘了我还没有荣幸认识您呢。请坐。"然后我给他做了个示范,在我惯常的座位上坐了下来,尽可能地模仿我平时对待病人的态度,尽管时间已晚,我心事重重,而且对这位访客感到恐惧,但我还是尽力保持镇定。
"Come, sir," said I. "You forget that I have not yet the pleasure of your acquaintance. Be seated, if you please." And I showed him an example, and sat down myself in my customary seat and with as fair an imitation of my ordinary manner to a patient, as the lateness of the hour, the nature of my preoccupations, and the horror I had of my visitor, would suffer me to muster.
"请原谅,兰尼恩医生,"他相当有礼貌地回答。"您说得很对;我的急躁使我失了礼数。我是受您的同事亨利·杰基尔医生之托来这里办一件相当重要的事的;而且我听说......"他停顿了一下,把手放在喉咙上,我可以看出,尽管他表面上很镇定,但他正在努力克制即将爆发的歇斯底里——"我听说,有个抽屉......"
"I beg your pardon, Dr. Lanyon," he replied civilly enough. "What you say is very well founded; and my impatience has shown its heels to my politeness. I come here at the instance of your colleague, Dr. Henry Jekyll, on a piece of business of some moment; and I understood..." He paused and put his hand to his throat, and I could see, in spite of his collected manner, that he was wrestling against the approaches of the hysteria—"I understood, a drawer..."
但在这里,我对访客的焦虑感到同情,也许也是因为我自己日益增长的好奇心。
But here I took pity on my visitor's suspense, and some perhaps on my own growing curiosity.
"就在那儿,先生,"我说,指着那个抽屉,它放在桌子后面的地板上,仍然盖着床单。
"There it is, sir," said I, pointing to the drawer, where it lay on the floor behind a table and still covered with the sheet.
他扑向抽屉,然后停住了,把手放在心口;我能听到他的牙齿因下颚痉挛性的动作而咯咯作响;他的脸色如此可怕,以至于我开始担心他的生命和理智。
He sprang to it, and then paused, and laid his hand upon his heart; I could hear his teeth grate with the convulsive action of his jaws; and his face was so ghastly to see that I grew alarmed both for his life and reason.
"镇静一下,"我说。
"Compose yourself," said I.
Vocabulary
- Come
- 来;过来(表示邀请或命令)
- sir
- 先生(对男性的礼貌称呼)
- said
- 说(say的过去式)
- I
- 我(第一人称主格代词)
- You
- 你;你们(第二人称代词)
- forget
- 忘记;遗忘
- that
- 那个;引导从句的连词
- have
- 有;拥有;助动词
- not
- 不;否定副词
- yet
- 还;尚未;仍然
- the
- 定冠词,表示特指
- pleasure
- 愉快;荣幸;乐事
- of
- 的;属于(介词)
- your
- 你的;你们的(所有格)
- acquaintance
- 相识;熟人;认识
- Be
- 是;存在(动词原形)
- seated
- 就座的;坐下(seat的过去分词)
- if
- 如果;是否(连词)
- you
- 你;你们(宾格或主格)
- please
- 请;使高兴
- And
- 和;并且(连词)
- showed
- 展示;显示(show的过去式)
- him
- 他(宾格代词)
- an
- 一个(元音前的不定冠词)
- example
- 例子;榜样;示范
- and
- 和;并且(连词)
- sat
- 坐(sit的过去式)
- down
- 向下;坐下
- myself
- 我自己(反身代词)
- in
- 在……里面(介词)
- my
- 我的(所有格)
- customary
- 习惯的;惯常的
- seat
- 座位;席位
- with
- 和;用;带有(介词)
- as
- 作为;像;当……时
- fair
- 公平的;相当好的;晴朗的
- imitation
- 模仿;仿制品
- ordinary
- 普通的;平常的
- manner
- 方式;态度;举止
- to
- 到;向;表目的或方向
- a
- 一个(不定冠词)
- patient
- 病人;耐心的
- lateness
- 迟到;延迟
- hour
- 小时;钟点
- nature
- 自然;本质;性质
- preoccupations
- 全神贯注的事;心事
- horror
- 恐怖;惊骇
- had
- 有(have的过去式)
- visitor
- 访客;参观者
- would
- 将会;会(will的过去式)
- suffer
- 遭受;忍受;容许
- me
- 我(宾格代词)
- muster
- 召集;聚集;鼓起(勇气等)
- beg
- 乞求;恳求
- pardon
- 原谅;赦免
- Dr
- 博士;医生(Doctor的缩写)
- he
- 他(第三人称阳性主格)
- replied
- 回答;答复(reply的过去式)
- civilly
- 有礼貌地;客气地
- enough
- 足够的;充分的
- What
- 什么;多么(疑问词)
- say
- 说;讲
- is
- 是(be动词第三人称单数)
- very
- 很;非常
- well
- 好;良好地
- founded
- 有根据的;创立(found的过去分词)
- impatience
- 不耐烦;急躁
- has
- 有(have的第三人称单数)
- shown
- 展示;显示(show的过去分词)
- its
- 它的(所有格)
- heels
- 脚后跟;鞋跟(复数)
- politeness
- 礼貌;客气
- come
- 来;到达(动词原形)
- here
- 这里;在这儿
- at
- 在(某处或某时)
- instance
- 请求;实例;建议
- colleague
- 同事;同僚
- on
- 在……上;关于
- piece
- 片;块;件
- business
- 生意;事务;业务
- some
- 一些;某些
- moment
- 片刻;时刻;重要性
- understood
- 理解;明白(understand的过去式)
- He
- 他(第三人称阳性主格)
- paused
- 暂停;中止(pause的过去式)
- put
- 放;置;使处于
- his
- 他的(所有格)
- hand
- 手;协助
- throat
- 喉咙;咽喉
- could
- 能够;可以(can的过去式)
- see
- 看见;明白
- spite
- 恶意;in spite of表示尽管
- collected
- 镇定的;收集的
- was
- 是(be动词过去式)
- wrestling
- 摔跤;搏斗(wrestle的现在分词)
- against
- 反对;对抗;靠着
- approaches
- 接近;方法(复数或第三人称单数)
- hysteria
- 歇斯底里;癔症
- drawer
- 抽屉
- But
- 但是;然而
- took
- 拿;取(take的过去式)
- pity
- 怜悯;同情;可惜
- suspense
- 悬念;焦虑;悬而未决
- perhaps
- 也许;可能
- own
- 自己的;拥有
- growing
- 增长的;成长(grow的现在分词)
- curiosity
- 好奇心;求知欲
- There
- 那里;有(引导词)
- it
- 它(第三人称中性代词)
- pointing
- 指;指向(point的现在分词)
- where
- 哪里;在……地方
- lay
- 躺;放置(lie的过去式)
- floor
- 地板;楼层
- behind
- 在……后面
- table
- 桌子;表格
- still
- 仍然;静止的
- covered
- 覆盖的;遮盖(cover的过去分词)
- sheet
- 床单;纸张;薄片
- sprang
- 跳;弹起(spring的过去式)
- then
- 然后;那时
- laid
- 放置;铺设(lay的过去式)
- upon
- 在……上;一……就
- heart
- 心脏;内心
- hear
- 听见;听到
- teeth
- 牙齿(tooth的复数)
- grate
- 磨碎;发出刺耳声;炉栅
- convulsive
- 痉挛的;抽搐的
- action
- 行动;动作;作用
- jaws
- 颌;下巴(复数)
- face
- 脸;面对
- so
- 如此;所以
- ghastly
- 可怕的;苍白的;死一般的
- grew
- 生长;变得(grow的过去式)
- alarmed
- 惊恐的;担心的
- both
- 两者都
- for
- 为了;因为;给
- life
- 生命;生活
- reason
- 理由;原因;理性
- Compose
- 组成;创作;使镇静
- yourself
- 你自己(反身代词)
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