The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 104
于是，我尽可能地整理了一下衣服，招来一辆路过的双轮马车，驱车前往波特兰街的一家旅馆，那是我碰巧记得名字的一家。
Thereupon, I arranged my clothes as best I could, and summoning a passing hansom, drove to an hotel in Portland Street, the name of which I chanced to remember.
看到我的样子（这身打扮确实够滑稽的，尽管这些衣服掩盖着何等悲惨的命运），车夫忍不住笑了起来。
At my appearance (which was indeed comical enough, however tragic a fate these garments covered) the driver could not conceal his mirth.
我咬牙切齿地朝他发出一阵恶魔般的怒火；笑容从他脸上消失了——对他来说幸运的是——对我自己来说更幸运的是，因为再过一瞬间我肯定已经把他从车座上拽了下来。
I gnashed my teeth upon him with a gust of devilish fury; and the smile withered from his face—happily for him—yet more happily for myself, for in another instant I had certainly dragged him from his perch.
在旅馆里，当我进门时，我环顾四周，脸色阴沉得让侍者们都发抖；他们在我面前连一个眼神都不敢交换；而是毕恭毕敬地听从我的吩咐，把我领到一个私人房间，并给我拿来了书写用品。
At the inn, as I entered, I looked about me with so black a countenance as made the attendants tremble; not a look did they exchange in my presence; but obsequiously took my orders, led me to a private room, and brought me wherewithal to write.
生命受到威胁的海德对我来说是个全新的存在；被过度的愤怒所震撼，紧绷到谋杀的程度，渴望施加痛苦。
Hyde in danger of his life was a creature new to me; shaken with inordinate anger, strung to the pitch of murder, lusting to inflict pain.
然而这个生物是狡猾的；他以极大的意志力克制住了自己的怒火；写好了两封重要的信，一封给兰宁，一封给普尔；为了能收到它们已被寄出的实际证据，他让人把信拿出去，并吩咐要挂号邮寄。
Yet the creature was astute; mastered his fury with a great effort of the will; composed his two important letters, one to Lanyon and one to Poole; and that he might receive actual evidence of their being posted, sent them out with directions that they should be registered.
Vocabulary
- Thereupon
- 然后，于是；紧接着发生某事
- arranged
- 整理，安排；使有序
- clothes
- 衣服，服装
- best
- 最好地；最佳的
- summoning
- 召唤，召集；传唤
- passing
- 经过的；路过的
- drove
- 驾驶，开车（drive的过去式）
- hotel
- 旅馆，酒店
- Street
- 街道，街
- name
- 名字，名称
- chanced
- 碰巧，偶然发生
- remember
- 记得，回忆起
- appearance
- 外表，外貌；出现
- indeed
- 确实，的确；真正地
- comical
- 滑稽的，好笑的
- enough
- 足够的，充分的
- however
- 然而，但是；无论如何
- tragic
- 悲剧的，悲惨的
- fate
- 命运，天命
- garments
- 衣服，服装（正式用语）
- covered
- 覆盖，遮盖；掩盖
- driver
- 司机，驾驶员
- conceal
- 隐藏，隐瞒；掩盖
- mirth
- 欢笑，欢乐；高兴
- gnashed
- 咬牙切齿；磨牙
- teeth
- 牙齿（tooth的复数）
- upon
- 在…之上；对着
- gust
- 一阵，突发；阵风
- devilish
- 恶魔般的，邪恶的
- fury
- 狂怒，暴怒；愤怒
- smile
- 微笑，笑容
- withered
- 枯萎；消失，衰退
- face
- 脸，面孔
- happily
- 幸运地；高兴地
- yet
- 还，仍然；然而
- more
- 更多的；更加
- another
- 另一个，又一个
- instant
- 瞬间，片刻；立即的
- certainly
- 肯定地，当然；无疑
- dragged
- 拖，拉；强迫
- perch
- 栖息处；高处位置
- inn
- 小旅馆，客栈
- entered
- 进入，走进
- looked
- 看，观察（look的过去式）
- about
- 关于；大约；周围
- black
- 黑色的；阴沉的
- countenance
- 面容，表情；支持
- attendants
- 服务员，侍者；陪同者
- tremble
- 颤抖，发抖
- look
- 看，观看；外表
- exchange
- 交换，交流；兑换
- presence
- 出席，在场；存在
- obsequiously
- 谄媚地，奉承地；卑躬屈膝地
- orders
- 命令，指示；订单
- led
- 带领，引导（lead的过去式）
- private
- 私人的，私密的
- room
- 房间，室
- brought
- 带来，拿来（bring的过去式）
- wherewithal
- 必要的资金或手段；所需之物
- write
- 写，书写
- danger
- 危险，危害
- life
- 生命，生活
- creature
- 生物，动物；人
- new
- 新的，新近的
- shaken
- 摇动，震动（shake的过去分词）
- inordinate
- 过度的，过分的
- anger
- 愤怒，生气
- strung
- 紧绷的；串起（string的过去式）
- pitch
- 程度，强度；音高
- murder
- 谋杀，凶杀
- lusting
- 渴望，贪求；强烈欲望
- inflict
- 施加，使遭受（痛苦等）
- pain
- 疼痛，痛苦
- Yet
- 然而，但是；还
- astute
- 机敏的，精明的
- mastered
- 掌握，控制；精通
- great
- 伟大的；巨大的
- effort
- 努力，尝试
- will
- 意志，决心；将会
- composed
- 创作；镇定的；组成
- important
- 重要的，重大的
- letters
- 信件，字母
- might
- 可能；也许（may的过去式）
- receive
- 收到，接收
- actual
- 实际的，真实的
- evidence
- 证据，证明
- being
- 存在；是（be的现在分词）
- posted
- 邮寄，张贴
- sent
- 发送，寄（send的过去式）
- out
- 出去，外面
- directions
- 方向，指示；说明
- should
- 应该，应当
- registered
- 登记的，注册的；挂号邮寄
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