The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 103
片刻之前,我还受到所有人的尊敬,富有,受人爱戴——家中餐厅里已为我铺好了桌布;而现在我成了人类共同追捕的猎物,被追杀,无家可归,一个臭名昭著的杀人犯,绞刑架的奴隶。
A moment before I had been safe of all men's respect, wealthy, beloved—the cloth laying for me in the dining-room at home; and now I was the common quarry of mankind, hunted, houseless, a known murderer, thrall to the gallows.
我的理智动摇了,但并没有完全崩溃。
My reason wavered, but it did not fail me utterly.
我不止一次注意到,在我的第二个性格中,我的官能似乎变得更加敏锐,我的精神更加紧张而富有弹性;因此,在杰基尔也许会屈服的地方,海德却能应对这一时刻的重要性。
I have more than once observed that in my second character, my faculties seemed sharpened to a point and my spirits more tensely elastic; thus it came about that, where Jekyll perhaps might have succumbed, Hyde rose to the importance of the moment.
我的药在我柜子的一个壁橱里;我怎么才能拿到它们呢?
My drugs were in one of the presses of my cabinet; how was I to reach them?
这就是我(双手抱着太阳穴)要解决的问题。
That was the problem that (crushing my temples in my hands) I set myself to solve.
实验室的门我已经关上了。
The laboratory door I had closed.
如果我试图从房子里进去,我自己的仆人就会把我送上绞刑架。
If I sought to enter by the house, my own servants would consign me to the gallows.
我知道我必须借助他人之手,于是想到了兰扬。
I saw I must employ another hand, and thought of Lanyon.
怎么才能找到他?怎么说服他?
How was he to be reached? how persuaded?
假设我在街上逃脱了抓捕,我怎么才能进入他面前?
Supposing that I escaped capture in the streets, how was I to make my way into his presence?
而我这样一个陌生而令人讨厌的访客,又怎么能说服这位著名的医生去搜查他同事杰基尔博士的书房呢?
and how should I, an unknown and displeasing visitor, prevail on the famous physician to rifle the study of his colleague, Dr. Jekyll?
然后我想起,我的原始性格中还有一部分保留了下来:我能写我自己的笔迹;一旦我想到了这个点燃的火花,我必须遵循的道路就从头到尾都照亮了。
Then I remembered that of my original character, one part remained to me: I could write my own hand; and once I had conceived that kindling spark, the way that I must follow became lighted up from end to end.
Vocabulary
- moment
- 片刻,瞬间,某一时刻
- before
- 在...之前,以前
- had
- have的过去式,拥有;已经(完成时助动词)
- been
- be的过去分词,是;曾经是
- safe
- 安全的,平安的,不受危险的
- all
- 所有的,全部的,一切
- respect
- 尊敬,尊重,敬意
- wealthy
- 富有的,有钱的,财富多的
- beloved
- 深爱的,挚爱的,受人喜爱的
- cloth
- 布,织物,桌布
- laying
- 铺设,放置(lay的现在分词)
- dining-room
- 餐厅,用餐的房间
- home
- 家,住所,家乡
- now
- 现在,此刻,如今
- common
- 普通的,常见的,共同的
- quarry
- 猎物,采石场,追捕的目标
- mankind
- 人类,全体人类
- hunted
- 被猎捕的,被追捕的(hunt的过去分词)
- houseless
- 无家可归的,没有住所的
- known
- 已知的,出名的(know的过去分词)
- murderer
- 杀人犯,凶手,谋杀者
- reason
- 理智,理性,原因
- wavered
- 动摇,摇摆,犹豫不决(waver的过去式)
- fail
- 失败,未能做到,不及格
- utterly
- 完全地,彻底地,绝对地
- more
- 更多的,更加,additional的意思
- than
- 比,超过,用于比较
- once
- 一次,曾经,从前
- observed
- 观察到,注意到(observe的过去式)
- second
- 第二的,另一个的
- character
- 性格,角色,人物,品质
- faculties
- 能力,才能,官能(faculty的复数)
- seemed
- 似乎,好像(seem的过去式)
- sharpened
- 变锋利,增强(sharpen的过去分词)
- point
- 点,要点,尖端,程度
- spirits
- 精神,情绪,烈酒(spirit的复数)
- tensely
- 紧张地,绷紧地
- elastic
- 有弹性的,灵活的
- thus
- 因此,如此,这样
- came
- 来(come的过去式)
- about
- 关于,大约,到处
- where
- 哪里,在...的地方
- perhaps
- 也许,可能,大概
- might
- 可能,也许(may的过去式)
- succumbed
- 屈服,死亡(succumb的过去式)
- rose
- 上升,站起(rise的过去式),玫瑰
- importance
- 重要性,重大,显著
- drugs
- 药物,毒品(drug的复数)
- presses
- 压,按压,柜子(press的复数或动词)
- cabinet
- 橱柜,内阁,陈列柜
- how
- 如何,怎样,多么
- reach
- 到达,够到,联系
- problem
- 问题,难题,困难
- crushing
- 压碎,压迫(crush的现在分词)
- temples
- 太阳穴,寺庙(temple的复数)
- hands
- 手(hand的复数)
- set
- 设置,放置,一套,固定的
- myself
- 我自己(反身代词)
- solve
- 解决,解答,解开
- laboratory
- 实验室,研究室
- door
- 门,门口
- closed
- 关闭的,封闭的(close的过去分词)
- If
- 如果,假如,是否
- sought
- 寻找,追求(seek的过去式)
- enter
- 进入,加入,输入
- house
- 房子,住宅,家
- own
- 自己的,拥有
- servants
- 仆人,佣人(servant的复数)
- would
- 将会,会(will的过去式)
- saw
- 看见(see的过去式),锯子
- must
- 必须,一定,应当
- employ
- 雇用,使用,运用
- another
- 另一个,又一个
- hand
- 手,协助,指针
- thought
- 想法,思考(think的过去式)
- How
- 如何,怎样,多么
- reached
- 到达,联系(reach的过去式)
- persuaded
- 说服,劝说(persuade的过去式)
- Supposing
- 假设,假如,如果
- escaped
- 逃脱,逃跑(escape的过去式)
- capture
- 捕获,俘虏,占领
- streets
- 街道(street的复数)
- make
- 制作,使得,到达
- way
- 道路,方法,方式
- into
- 进入,到...里面
- presence
- 出席,存在,面前
- should
- 应该,应当,会
- unknown
- 未知的,陌生的,不出名的
- displeasing
- 令人不快的,讨厌的
- visitor
- 访客,游客,来访者
- prevail
- 占上风,盛行,说服
- famous
- 著名的,出名的
- physician
- 医生,内科医生
- rifle
- 步枪,翻查,搜劫
- study
- 学习,研究,书房
- colleague
- 同事,同僚
- Dr.
- 博士,医生(Doctor的缩写)
- Then
- 然后,那时,那么
- remembered
- 记得,想起(remember的过去式)
- original
- 原始的,最初的,独创的
- part
- 部分,角色,零件
- remained
- 留下,保持(remain的过去式)
- could
- 能够,可以(can的过去式)
- write
- 写,书写,写作
- conceived
- 构思,怀孕(conceive的过去式)
- kindling
- 点燃,引火物(kindle的现在分词)
- spark
- 火花,火星,激发
- follow
- 跟随,追随,遵循
- became
- 变成,成为(become的过去式)
- lighted
- 点燃的,照亮(light的过去式)
- up
- 向上,起来,完全地
- end
- 结束,末端,终点
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