The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 90
我只需喝下那杯药水,就能立刻脱下那位著名教授的身体,像披上一件厚重的斗篷一样,化身为爱德华·海德。
I had but to drink the cup, to doff at once the body of the noted professor, and to assume, like a thick cloak, that of Edward Hyde.
我对这个想法微笑了;在当时我觉得这很有趣;于是我极为谨慎地做好了准备。
I smiled at the notion; it seemed to me at the time to be humourous; and I made my preparations with the most studious care.
我买下并布置了索霍区的那栋房子,海德后来被警方追踪到了那里;我还雇了一个女管家,我清楚地知道她既沉默寡言又无所顾忌。
I took and furnished that house in Soho, to which Hyde was tracked by the police; and engaged as a housekeeper a creature whom I knew well to be silent and unscrupulous.
另一方面,我向我的仆人们宣布,一位海德先生(我对他进行了描述)将在我位于广场的房子里拥有完全的自由和权力;为了防止意外,我甚至亲自登门拜访,以我的第二重身份让自己成为一个熟悉的人物。
On the other side, I announced to my servants that a Mr. Hyde (whom I described) was to have full liberty and power about my house in the square; and to parry mishaps, I even called and made myself a familiar object, in my second character.
接下来我起草了那份你极力反对的遗嘱;这样一来,如果杰基尔博士的身份遭遇任何不测,我就能以爱德华·海德的身份继承一切,而不会有任何经济损失。
I next drew up that will to which you so much objected; so that if anything befell me in the person of Dr. Jekyll, I could enter on that of Edward Hyde without pecuniary loss.
就这样,我自认为在各方面都做好了防护,开始从我这个奇特身份所带来的豁免权中获利。
And thus fortified, as I supposed, on every side, I began to profit by the strange immunities of my position.
以前有人雇佣刺客去执行他们的罪行,而他们自己的人身和名誉则处于庇护之下。
Men have before hired bravos to transact their crimes, while their own person and reputation sat under shelter.
我是第一个为了自己的享乐而这样做的人。
I was the first that ever did so for his pleasures.
Vocabulary
- I
- 我,第一人称代词
- had
- have的过去式,拥有;已经
- but
- 但是,表示转折的连词
- to
- 到,向,不定式标记
- drink
- 喝,饮用
- the
- 定冠词,表特指
- cup
- 杯子;一杯的量
- at
- 在(某处、某时)
- once
- 一次;曾经;立刻
- body
- 身体;主体
- of
- 属于;关于,介词
- noted
- 著名的,知名的
- professor
- 教授,大学教师
- and
- 和,与,连接词
- assume
- 假定;承担;呈现
- like
- 像;喜欢
- a
- 一个,不定冠词
- thick
- 厚的;浓密的
- that
- 那个;引导从句
- smiled
- smile的过去式,微笑
- notion
- 概念;想法
- it
- 它,指代事物
- seemed
- seem的过去式,似乎
- me
- 我,宾格形式
- time
- 时间;次数
- be
- 是,动词原形
- humourous
- 幽默的(humorous的变体拼写)
- made
- make的过去式,制作
- my
- 我的,所有格
- preparations
- 准备工作,预备
- with
- 和;用;带有
- most
- 最;大多数
- care
- 关心;照顾;小心
- took
- take的过去式,拿取
- furnished
- 配备家具的;提供
- house
- 房子,住宅
- in
- 在…里面
- which
- 哪个;引导定语从句
- was
- is的过去式,是
- tracked
- 追踪,跟踪
- by
- 被;由;在旁边
- police
- 警察,警方
- engaged
- 雇用;订婚的;忙碌的
- as
- 作为;当…时
- housekeeper
- 管家,家政人员
- creature
- 生物;人(贬义)
- whom
- who的宾格,谁
- knew
- know的过去式,知道
- well
- 好;充分地;井
- silent
- 沉默的,安静的
- On
- 在…上面;关于
- other
- 其他的,另外的
- side
- 边,侧面
- announced
- 宣布,通知
- servants
- 仆人,佣人(复数)
- Mr.
- 先生,男性尊称
- described
- 描述,形容
- have
- 有;让;吃
- full
- 满的;完全的
- liberty
- 自由,自由权
- power
- 权力;力量;电力
- about
- 关于;大约
- square
- 广场;正方形
- even
- 甚至;平坦的
- called
- 称呼;打电话
- myself
- 我自己,反身代词
- familiar
- 熟悉的,常见的
- object
- 物体;目标;反对
- second
- 第二;秒
- character
- 性格;角色;字符
- next
- 下一个;接下来
- drew
- draw的过去式,画;拉
- up
- 向上;起来
- will
- 将;意愿;遗嘱
- you
- 你,你们
- so
- 如此;所以
- much
- 很多;非常
- objected
- 反对,提出异议
- if
- 如果,是否
- anything
- 任何事物
- person
- 人,个人
- Dr.
- 博士,医生的缩写
- could
- can的过去式,能够
- enter
- 进入,加入
- on
- 在…上;关于
- without
- 没有,不带
- loss
- 损失,亏损
- And
- 和,与(句首)
- thus
- 因此,如此
- supposed
- 假定的;应该的
- every
- 每个,全部的
- began
- begin的过去式,开始
- profit
- 利润;获益
- strange
- 奇怪的,陌生的
- position
- 位置;职位;立场
- Men
- 男人,人类(复数)
- before
- 在…之前
- hired
- 雇用,租用
- their
- 他们的,所有格
- crimes
- 犯罪,罪行(复数)
- while
- 当…时;然而
- own
- 自己的;拥有
- reputation
- 名誉,声誉
- sat
- sit的过去式,坐
- under
- 在…下面;少于
- shelter
- 庇护所;遮蔽
- first
- 第一;首先
- ever
- 曾经;永远
- did
- do的过去式,做
- for
- 为了;因为
- his
- 他的,所有格
- pleasures
- 快乐,享乐(复数)
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