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English → Chinese Preface Level 9/10

—And now, after having been long on the way in this fashion, we Argonauts of the ideal, more courageous perhaps than prudent, and often enough shipwrecked and brought to grief, nevertheless dangerously healthy, always healthy again,—it would seem as if, in recompense for it all, that we have a still undiscovered country before us, the boundaries of which no one has yet seen, a beyond to all countries and corners of the ideal known hitherto, a world so over-rich in the beautiful, the strange, the questionable, the frightful, and the divine, that our curiosity as well as our thirst for possession thereof, have got out of hand—alas! that nothing will now any longer satisfy us!—

——而如今,在以这种方式长途跋涉之后,我们这些理想的阿尔戈英雄们,或许勇气多于审慎,也曾屡遭船难、历尽艰辛,然而却保持着危险的健康,始终一再复原——似乎作为对这一切的补偿,我们面前有一片尚未发现的土地,其边界无人得见,它超越于迄今所知的一切理想国度与角落,一个在美丽、奇异、可疑、可怖与神圣方面都无比丰盈的世界,以至于我们的好奇心与对它的占有之渴望都已失去控制——唉!如今再没有任何事物能满足我们了!——

"How could we still be content with THE MAN OF THE PRESENT DAY after such outlooks, and with such a craving in our conscience and consciousness? Sad enough; but it is unavoidable that we should look on the worthiest aims and hopes of the man of the present-day with ill-concealed amusement, and perhaps should no longer look at them.

「在这样的展望之后,带着我们良知与意识中如此强烈的渴求,我们又怎能继续满足于当代之人呢?这已然够悲哀的了;然而我们不可避免地要以难以掩饰的好笑之情看待当代人最崇高的目标与希望,或许根本就不再看它们了。」

Vocabulary

ér — Conjunction meaning 'and', 'but', or 'yet'.
如今
rújīn — Nowadays; at the present time.
zài — At; in; located at a place or time.
yǐ — By means of; using a certain method.
这种
zhè zhǒng — This kind of; this type of thing.
方式
fāngshì — Method; way of doing something.
长途跋涉
chángtú báshè — Long arduous journey over difficult terrain.
之后
zhīhòu — After; following a certain event or time.
我们
wǒmen — We; us; first person plural pronoun.
这些
zhèxiē — These; referring to multiple nearby things.
理想
lǐxiǎng — Ideal; cherished dream or aspiration.
de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.
英雄
yīngxióng — Hero; a person of great courage or achievement.
men — Plural suffix for pronouns and people nouns.
或许
huòxǔ — Perhaps; maybe; expressing uncertainty or possibility.
勇气
yǒngqì — Courage; bravery in the face of danger.
多于
duō yú — More than; exceeding a certain amount or quality.
审慎
shěnshèn — Prudent; careful and cautious in judgment.
也曾
yě céng — Also once; had also previously experienced something.
屡遭
lǚ zāo — Repeatedly suffered or encountered misfortune.
船难
chuánnàn — Shipwreck; disaster involving a vessel at sea.
历尽
lìjìn — Having experienced or gone through everything.
艰辛
jiānxīn — Hardship; suffering through difficulties and toil.
然而
rán'ér — However; nevertheless; expressing contrast or turn.
què — Yet; but; indicating an unexpected contrast.
保持着
bǎochízhe — Maintaining; continuing to keep a certain state.
危险
wēixiǎn — Dangerous; involving risk or potential harm.
健康
jiànkāng — Health; being in good physical or mental condition.
始终
shǐzhōng — From beginning to end; always; consistently throughout.
一再
yīzài — Repeatedly; again and again; time after time.
复原
fùyuán — To recover; to restore to original condition.
似乎
sìhū — It seems; apparently; giving impression of something.
作为
zuòwéi — As; serving as a role or compensation.
duì — Toward; facing; in response to something.
这一切
zhè yīqiè — All of this; everything mentioned previously.
补偿
bǔcháng — Compensation; making up for loss or suffering.
面前
miànqián — Before; in front of someone or something.
yǒu — There is; to have; indicating existence.
一片
yī piàn — A stretch of; an expanse of land or area.
尚未
shàngwèi — Not yet; still not having happened or been done.
发现
fāxiàn — To discover; to find something previously unknown.
土地
tǔdì — Land; earth; territory or ground.
qí — Its; their; third person possessive pronoun.
边界
biānjiè — Border; boundary separating two areas or regions.
无人
wú rén — No one; nobody; without any person.
得见
dé jiàn — Able to see; to have sight of something.
tā — It; third person singular pronoun for objects.
超越
chāoyuè — To surpass; to go beyond limits or boundaries.
yú — At; in; from; classical preposition of location.
迄今
qìjīn — Up to now; until the present time.
所知
suǒ zhī — What is known; knowledge that one possesses.
一切
yīqiè — Everything; all things without exception.
国度
guódù — Kingdom; realm; a country or domain.
yǔ — And; with; together with someone or something.
角落
jiǎoluò — Corner; a remote or hidden part of somewhere.
一个
yī gè — One; a single unit or item.
美丽
měilì — Beautiful; pleasing to the eye or senses.
奇异
qíyì — Strange; bizarre; wonderfully unusual or extraordinary.
可疑
kěyí — Suspicious; doubtful; causing uncertainty or distrust.
可怖
kěbù — Terrifying; dreadful; inspiring fear and dread.
神圣
shénshèng — Sacred; holy; of divine or spiritual significance.
方面
fāngmiàn — Aspect; dimension; a particular side of something.
dōu — All; both; indicating totality or universality.
无比
wúbǐ — Incomparable; matchless; beyond all comparison.
丰盈
fēngyíng — Abundant; plentiful; richly full of something.
世界
shìjiè — World; the entire earth and all its contents.
以至于
yǐzhìyú — So much so that; to the extent that.
好奇心
hàoqíxīn — Curiosity; desire to know or learn something.
占有
zhànyǒu — To possess; to occupy; to take hold of.
zhī — Classical possessive or structural particle; of.
渴望
kěwàng — To yearn for; intense desire or longing.
都已
dōu yǐ — Have already; all have reached a certain state.
失去
shīqù — To lose; to no longer have something.
控制
kòngzhì — Control; the power to manage or restrain.
āi — Sigh; exclamation expressing sorrow or regret.
zài — Again; once more; no longer (with negation).
没有
méiyǒu — Do not have; there is not; negation of existence.
任何
rènhé — Any; whatever; used in negative or question contexts.
事物
shìwù — Thing; object; matter in the world.
néng — Can; able to; having the ability to do.
满足
mǎnzú — To satisfy; to fulfill a need or desire.
le — Particle indicating completion or change of state.
这样
zhèyàng — Like this; in this manner or way.
展望
zhǎnwàng — Outlook; vision; to look ahead into the future.
带着
dàizhe — Carrying; bearing; accompanied by something.
良知
liángzhī — Conscience; innate moral sense of right and wrong.
意识
yìshí — Consciousness; awareness; to be aware of something.
zhōng — In; within; inside a place or state.
如此
rúcǐ — So; like this; to such a degree.
强烈
qiángliè — Intense; strong; powerful in degree or feeling.
渴求
kěqiú — To crave; to urgently desire or long for.
yòu — Again; also; both; additionally in context.
怎能
zěn néng — How can; how is it possible to do.
继续
jìxù — To continue; to keep doing without stopping.
当代
dāngdài — Contemporary; the current era or generation.
之人
zhī rén — A person of; people belonging to a category.
ne — Sentence particle softening questions or continuing topic.
zhè — This; referring to something nearby or just mentioned.
已然
yǐrán — Already; having reached a certain state already.
gòu — Enough; sufficient; to reach a required level.
悲哀
bēi'āi — Sorrow; grief; feeling of deep sadness.
不可避免
bùkě bìmiǎn — Inevitable; impossible to avoid or prevent.
de — Adverbial particle linking adverbs to verbs.
yào — Must; to want; going to do something.
难以掩饰
nányǐ yǎnshì — Hard to conceal; difficult to hide one's feelings.
好笑
hǎoxiào — Funny; amusing; provoking laughter or ridicule.
之情
zhī qíng — Such feeling; emotion of a described kind.
看待
kàndài — To regard; to view or treat in a certain way.
当代人
dāngdài rén — Contemporary people; people living in the current age.
zuì — Most; the superlative degree of an adjective.
崇高
chónggāo — Lofty; noble; of the highest moral or spiritual standing.
目标
mùbiāo — Goal; target; an aim one strives to achieve.
希望
xīwàng — Hope; to wish for a desired outcome.
根本
gēnběn — Fundamentally; at all; simply not in any way.
jiù — Just; then; exactly; emphasizing a conclusion.
不再
bù zài — No longer; not anymore; ceased to do something.
kàn — To look at; to see; to regard something.
它们
tāmen — They; them; third person plural for objects.
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