The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 97
与海德同流合污,就意味着对千种兴趣和抱负的死亡,意味着一下子永远地被人鄙视,失去所有朋友。
To cast it in with Hyde, was to die to a thousand interests and aspirations, and to become, at a blow and forever, despised and friendless.
这个交易看起来可能不公平;但天平上还有另一个考虑因素;因为虽然杰基尔会在禁欲的煎熬中痛苦不堪,海德甚至根本意识不到他失去了什么。
The bargain might appear unequal; but there was still another consideration in the scales; for while Jekyll would suffer smartingly in the fires of abstinence, Hyde would be not even conscious of all that he had lost.
尽管我的处境很奇特,但这场内心辩论的条件却和人类一样古老而平常;几乎同样的诱惑和恐惧为任何受诱惑而颤抖的罪人决定了命运;结果在我身上应验了,就像在我绝大多数同胞身上应验的那样,我选择了更好的那一面,却发现自己缺乏坚守它的力量。
Strange as my circumstances were, the terms of this debate are as old and commonplace as man; much the same inducements and alarms cast the die for any tempted and trembling sinner; and it fell out with me, as it falls with so vast a majority of my fellows, that I chose the better part and was found wanting in the strength to keep to it.
是的,我宁愿做那个年老而不满足的医生,被朋友围绕,怀抱着诚实的希望;我坚决告别了自由、相对的年轻、轻快的步伐、冲动的激情以及我以海德身份享受过的秘密快乐。
Yes, I preferred the elderly and discontented doctor, surrounded by friends and cherishing honest hopes; and bade a resolute farewell to the liberty, the comparative youth, the light step, leaping impulses and secret pleasures, that I had enjoyed in the disguise of Hyde.
我做出这个选择时也许带有某种无意识的保留,因为我既没有放弃索霍区的那所房子,也没有销毁爱德华·海德的衣服,那些衣服仍然放在我的柜子里。
I made this choice perhaps with some unconscious reservation, for I neither gave up the house in Soho, nor destroyed the clothes of Edward Hyde, which still lay ready in my cabinet.
然而,在两个月里,我忠实于自己的决心;在两个月里,我过着一种前所未有的严格生活,并享受着问心无愧的良心所带来的补偿。
For two months, however, I was true to my determination; for two months, I led a life of such severity as I had never before attained to, and enjoyed the compensations of an approving conscience.
Vocabulary
- cast
- 投掷;抛弃;铸造
- die
- 死亡;去世
- thousand
- 一千;数量词
- interests
- 兴趣;利益(复数)
- aspirations
- 抱负;志向;渴望(复数)
- become
- 变成;成为
- blow
- 打击;吹;一击
- forever
- 永远;永久地
- despised
- 被鄙视的;轻视(过去分词)
- friendless
- 没有朋友的;孤独的
- bargain
- 交易;协议;讨价还价
- might
- 可能;也许;may的过去式
- appear
- 出现;看起来;似乎
- unequal
- 不平等的;不公平的
- still
- 仍然;还;依旧
- another
- 另一个;又一个
- consideration
- 考虑;体谅;需要考虑的事
- scales
- 天平;秤;规模(复数)
- while
- 当...时候;然而;连接词
- suffer
- 遭受;忍受;受苦
- fires
- 火焰;激情;解雇(复数/动词)
- abstinence
- 节制;禁欲;戒除
- even
- 甚至;即使;平坦的
- conscious
- 有意识的;察觉到的
- lost
- 失去的;迷失的;lose的过去式
- Strange
- 奇怪的;陌生的
- circumstances
- 环境;情况;境遇(复数)
- terms
- 条款;术语;学期(复数)
- debate
- 辩论;争论;讨论
- old
- 老的;旧的
- commonplace
- 平凡的;常见的;陈腐的
- man
- 男人;人类
- much
- 很多;非常
- same
- 相同的;一样的
- inducements
- 诱因;刺激;引诱(复数)
- alarms
- 警报;惊恐;使惊恐(复数/动词)
- tempted
- 被诱惑的;tempt的过去式
- trembling
- 颤抖的;发抖
- sinner
- 罪人;做坏事的人
- fell
- 跌倒;fall的过去式
- falls
- 落下;跌倒(第三人称单数)
- vast
- 巨大的;广阔的;大量的
- majority
- 大多数;多数
- fellows
- 家伙;同伴;伙伴(复数)
- chose
- 选择;choose的过去式
- better
- 更好的;good的比较级
- part
- 部分;角色;参与
- found
- 发现;find的过去式;建立
- wanting
- 缺乏的;不足的;想要
- strength
- 力量;强度;力气
- keep
- 保持;保留;遵守
- preferred
- 更喜欢;prefer的过去式
- elderly
- 年长的;上了年纪的
- discontented
- 不满的;不满足的
- doctor
- 医生;博士
- surrounded
- 被包围的;surround的过去式
- friends
- 朋友们(复数)
- cherishing
- 珍惜;怀有(现在分词)
- honest
- 诚实的;正直的
- hopes
- 希望(复数/动词)
- bade
- 告别;bid的过去式
- resolute
- 坚决的;果断的
- farewell
- 告别;再见
- liberty
- 自由;自由权
- comparative
- 比较的;相对的
- youth
- 青春;年轻;青年
- light
- 光;轻的;点燃
- step
- 步;步骤;脚步
- leaping
- 跳跃;leap的现在分词
- impulses
- 冲动;推动力(复数)
- secret
- 秘密;秘密的
- pleasures
- 快乐;乐趣(复数)
- enjoyed
- 享受;enjoy的过去式
- disguise
- 伪装;假扮;掩饰
- made
- 制作;make的过去式
- choice
- 选择;抉择
- perhaps
- 也许;可能
- unconscious
- 无意识的;昏迷的;未察觉的
- reservation
- 保留;预定;保留意见
- neither
- 两者都不;也不
- gave
- 给;give的过去式
- house
- 房子;住宅
- nor
- 也不;neither...nor结构
- destroyed
- 毁坏;destroy的过去式
- clothes
- 衣服(复数)
- lay
- 放置;lie的过去式;躺
- ready
- 准备好的;乐意的
- cabinet
- 柜子;内阁
- months
- 月份(复数)
- however
- 然而;但是;无论如何
- true
- 真的;真实的;忠诚的
- determination
- 决心;决定;坚定
- led
- 领导;lead的过去式
- life
- 生活;生命
- such
- 这样的;如此的
- severity
- 严厉;严重;严格
- never
- 从不;绝不
- before
- 以前;之前;在...之前
- attained
- 达到;获得;attain的过去式
- compensations
- 补偿;赔偿(复数)
- approving
- 赞成的;批准(现在分词)
- conscience
- 良心;道德心;内疚
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