The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 109
杰基尔现在陷入了绝望之中,而他憎恨别人对他的厌恶。
despondency into which Jekyll was now fallen, and he resented the dislike with which he was himself regarded.
因此,他会对我玩猿猴般的把戏,用我自己的笔迹在我的书页上涂写亵渎的话语,烧毁信件,毁坏我父亲的肖像。
Hence the ape-like tricks that he would play me, scrawling in my own hand blasphemies on the pages of my books, burning the letters and destroying the portrait of my father;
事实上,要不是他害怕死亡,他早就毁了自己,好把我也拖入毁灭之中。
and indeed, had it not been for his fear of death, he would long ago have ruined himself in order to involve me in the ruin.
但他对生命的热爱是惊人的;我要说得更深入一些:我,一想到他就感到恶心和战栗,当我回想起这种依附关系的卑贱和激情时,当我知道他多么害怕我用自杀的方式切断他的生命时,我心中对他产生了怜悯。
But his love of life is wonderful; I go further: I, who sicken and freeze at the mere thought of him, when I recall the abjection and passion of this attachment, and when I know how he fears my power to cut him off by suicide, I find it in my heart to pity him.
继续这种描述是没有用的,而且时间可怕地不够用了;从来没有人遭受过这样的折磨,这就足够了。
It is useless, and the time awfully fails me, to prolong this description; no one has ever suffered such torments, let that suffice;
然而即使对于这些,习惯带来的——不,不是减轻——而是灵魂的某种麻木,某种绝望中的默认。
and yet even to these, habit brought—no, not alleviation—but a certain callousness of soul, a certain acquiescence of despair;
我的惩罚本可以持续多年,但最后的灾难现在降临了,它最终把我从我自己的面容和本性中分离出来。
and my punishment might have gone on for years, but for the last calamity which has now fallen, and which has finally severed me from my own face and nature.
我储备的那种盐,自从第一次实验以来就从未补充过,现在开始用完了。
My provision of the salt, which had never been renewed since the date of the first experiment, began to run low.
Vocabulary
- despondency
- 极度沮丧或绝望的状态
- into
- 表示进入或变成某种状态的介词
- which
- 关系代词,用于引导定语从句
- was
- be动词的过去式,表示过去的状态
- now
- 现在,此刻
- fallen
- fall的过去分词,掉落或陷入
- and
- 连词,表示并列关系
- he
- 人称代词,他
- resented
- 对某事感到愤恨或不满
- the
- 定冠词,表示特指
- dislike
- 不喜欢,厌恶
- with
- 介词,表示伴随或使用
- himself
- 反身代词,他自己
- regarded
- 看待,认为
- Hence
- 因此,所以
- tricks
- 诡计,恶作剧
- that
- 关系代词或指示代词
- would
- will的过去式,表示过去将来或虚拟
- play
- 玩耍,进行,扮演
- me
- 人称代词宾格,我
- scrawling
- 潦草地写,乱涂乱画
- in
- 介词,表示在...里面
- my
- 物主代词,我的
- own
- 自己的,拥有
- hand
- 手,笔迹
- on
- 介词,表示在...上面
- pages
- 页,页面
- of
- 介词,表示所属关系
- books
- 书,书籍
- burning
- 燃烧,烧毁
- letters
- 信件,字母
- destroying
- 破坏,摧毁
- portrait
- 肖像,画像
- father
- 父亲
- indeed
- 确实,的确
- had
- have的过去式,有
- it
- 代词,它
- not
- 否定词,不
- been
- be的过去分词
- for
- 介词,表示目的或原因
- his
- 物主代词,他的
- fear
- 恐惧,害怕
- death
- 死亡
- long
- 长的,长久的
- ago
- 以前,之前
- have
- 有,拥有
- ruined
- 毁坏,破坏
- order
- 秩序,命令
- to
- 介词,表示方向或目的
- involve
- 涉及,牵涉
- ruin
- 毁灭,废墟
- But
- 连词,但是
- love
- 爱,喜爱
- life
- 生命,生活
- is
- be动词,是
- wonderful
- 极好的,精彩的
- I
- 人称代词,我
- go
- 去,走
- further
- 更远,进一步
- who
- 关系代词,谁
- sicken
- 使厌恶,使恶心
- freeze
- 冻结,僵住
- at
- 介词,在某处或某时
- mere
- 仅仅的,只不过的
- thought
- 想法,思想
- him
- 人称代词宾格,他
- when
- 连词,当...时候
- recall
- 回忆,召回
- passion
- 激情,热情
- this
- 指示代词,这个
- attachment
- 依恋,附属物
- know
- 知道,了解
- how
- 如何,怎样
- fears
- 恐惧,担心(复数或第三人称单数)
- power
- 力量,权力
- cut
- 切,割
- off
- 离开,关闭
- by
- 介词,通过,被
- suicide
- 自杀
- find
- 找到,发现
- heart
- 心,心脏
- pity
- 怜悯,同情
- It
- 代词,它
- useless
- 无用的,无效的
- time
- 时间,次数
- awfully
- 非常,极其
- fails
- 失败,不及格
- prolong
- 延长,拉长
- description
- 描述,说明
- no
- 否定词,不,没有
- one
- 一个,某人
- has
- have的第三人称单数,有
- ever
- 曾经,在任何时候
- suffered
- 遭受,忍受
- such
- 这样的,如此的
- torments
- 折磨,痛苦
- let
- 让,允许
- yet
- 然而,还,尚
- even
- 甚至,即使
- these
- 指示代词,这些
- habit
- 习惯,习性
- brought
- bring的过去式,带来
- but
- 连词,但是,只是
- a
- 不定冠词,一个
- certain
- 某个,确定的
- soul
- 灵魂,心灵
- despair
- 绝望
- punishment
- 惩罚,处罚
- might
- may的过去式,可能
- gone
- go的过去分词,离开
- years
- 年,岁月
- last
- 最后的,持续
- calamity
- 灾难,不幸
- finally
- 最后,终于
- severed
- 切断,断绝
- from
- 介词,从,来自
- face
- 脸,面对
- nature
- 自然,本性
- My
- 物主代词,我的
- provision
- 供应,准备,条款
- salt
- 盐
- never
- 从不,决不
- renewed
- 更新,续期
- since
- 自从,因为
- date
- 日期,约会
- first
- 第一,首先
- experiment
- 实验,试验
- began
- begin的过去式,开始
- run
- 跑,运行
- low
- 低的,少的
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