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Chinese → English Preface Level 9/10

他的朋友们给他带来了许多失望,这些失望对他来说格外痛苦,因为他视友谊为如此神圣的情感纽带;他也是生平第一次真正体会到那种孤独的全部可怕之处——也许,所有伟大之人都注定要承受这种孤独。

His friends caused him many disappointments, which were the more bitter to him, inasmuch as he regarded friendship as such a sacred institution; and for the first time in his life he realised the whole horror of that loneliness to which, perhaps, all greatness is condemned.

然而,被人遗弃是一回事,主动选择那种幸福的孤独又是另一回事。

But to be forsaken is something very different from deliberately choosing blessed loneliness.

在那些岁月里,他是多么渴望能有一位理想的朋友,一位能彻底理解他、让他倾诉一切的人——他曾以为自己从青年时代起,在人生的不同阶段找到过这样的人。

How he longed, in those days, for the ideal friend who would thoroughly understand him, to whom he would be able to say all, and whom he imagined he had found at various periods in his life from his earliest youth onwards.

然而,随着他所选择的道路愈发险峻陡峭,他发现没有人能够跟随他;于是,他为自己塑造了一位完美的朋友,以一位威严哲人的理想形象呈现,并让这一创造物作为他的福音向世界传道。

Now, however, that the way he had chosen grew ever more perilous and steep, he found nobody who could follow him: he therefore created a perfect friend for himself in the ideal form of a majestic philosopher, and made this creation the preacher of his gospel to the world.

我的兄长是否会按照1881年夏天最初拟定的计划写出《查拉图斯特拉如是说》,若非有了前文所提到的那些失望,这个问题如今已无从探讨;不过,或许就《查拉图斯特拉》而言,我们也可以引用埃克哈特大师的话:'带你最快抵达完美境界的坐骑,是苦难。'

Whether my brother would ever have written "Thus Spake Zarathustra" according to the first plan sketched in the summer of 1881, if he had not had the disappointments already referred to, is now an idle question; but perhaps where "Zarathustra" is concerned, we may also say with Master Eckhardt: "The fleetest beast to bear you to perfection is suffering."

我的兄长如此描述《查拉图斯特拉》第一部的创作起源:'1882至1883年冬,我住在迷人的拉帕洛小湾,离热那亚不远,位于基亚瓦里与波托菲诺角之间。'

My brother writes as follows about the origin of the first part of "Zarathustra":— "In the winter of 1882–83, I was living on the charming little Gulf of Rapallo, not far from Genoa, and between Chiavari and Cape Porto Fino.

Vocabulary

friends
朋友们,与某人关系亲密的人
caused
导致,引起某种结果或情况
disappointments
失望,期望未能实现的沮丧感
bitter
痛苦的,令人难受或心酸的
inasmuch
由于,因为,常与as连用表原因
regarded
视为,把某事物看作某种性质
friendship
友谊,朋友之间的深厚情感关系
sacred
神圣的,极为重要不可侵犯的
institution
制度,机构,长期存在的社会规范
realised
意识到,清楚地认识或明白某事
horror
恐惧,极度的惊骇或厌恶感
loneliness
孤独感,缺乏陪伴而感到孤单
perhaps
也许,可能,表示不确定性
greatness
伟大,卓越,非凡的成就或地位
condemned
注定的,被判决承受某种命运
forsaken
被遗弃的,被他人抛弃或舍弃
deliberately
故意地,有意识地,经过深思熟虑地
choosing
选择,从多个选项中决定取舍
blessed
幸福的,神圣的,受到祝福的
longed
渴望,强烈地盼望得到某事物
ideal
理想的,完美的,符合最高标准的
thoroughly
彻底地,完全地,非常仔细地
whom
whom,关系代词,who的宾格形式
imagined
想象,在脑海中构想某事物
various
各种各样的,多种多样的
periods
时期,阶段,一段特定的时间
earliest
最早的,最初的,时间上最靠前的
youth
青春,年轻时代,青少年时期
onwards
向前,往后,从某时间点继续
however
然而,但是,表示转折的副词
perilous
危险的,充满风险和危机的
steep
陡峭的,坡度很大难以攀登的
therefore
因此,所以,表示结果的副词
created
创造了,创建,create的过去式
perfect
完美的,没有缺点的,理想的
form
形式,形态,构成某物的方式
majestic
雄伟的,庄严壮观令人敬畏的
philosopher
哲学家,研究哲学思想的学者
creation
创造物,被创造出来的作品或事物
preacher
传道者,宣讲教义或思想的人
gospel
福音,真理,被广泛传播的信条
Whether
是否,引导表示疑问的从句
Thus
如此,这样,因此,表示方式或结果
Spake
说了,spoke的古英语形式
Zarathustra
查拉图斯特拉,尼采著作中的主角
according
根据,按照,常与to连用
sketched
草拟了,初步勾勒出计划或方案
already
已经,表示动作在某时刻前完成
referred
提到,涉及,refer的过去式
idle
无意义的,徒劳的,闲置无用的
concerned
有关的,涉及的,关心的
Master
大师,精通某领域的权威人物
Eckhardt
埃克哈特,中世纪德国神秘主义哲学家
fleetest
最迅捷的,速度最快的,fleet的最高级
beast
野兽,动物,尤指强壮的大型动物
bear
承载,承受,带来或运送某事物
perfection
完美,完善,达到最高境界的状态
suffering
痛苦,苦难,承受痛苦的经历
origin
起源,来源,事物的开始或根源
charming
迷人的,令人愉悦的,非常吸引人的
Gulf
海湾,三面环陆一面临海的水域
Cape
海角,岬,伸入海中的陆地尖端
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