War and Peace — Page 3
小公爵夫人迈着轻快而细碎的摇曳步伐绕着桌子走,手臂上挎着针线袋,愉快地展开裙子,在银茶炊旁的沙发上坐下,仿佛她所做的一切都是为了取悦自己和周围所有人。
The little princess went round the table with quick, short, swaying steps, her workbag on her arm, and gaily spreading out her dress sat down on a sofa near the silver samovar, as if all she was doing was a pleasure to herself and to all around her.
她用法语说道:"我把我的活计带来了,"一边展示她的袋子,一边向所有在场的人打招呼。
"I have brought my work," said she in French, displaying her bag and addressing all present.
她转向女主人,补充道:"安内特,你可得注意,我希望你没有跟我开什么恶作剧。"
"Mind, Annette, I hope you have not played a wicked trick on me," she added, turning to her hostess.
"你写信说这只是一个小型聚会,你看我穿得多么不得体。"
"You wrote that it was to be quite a small reception, and just see how badly I am dressed."
说着她张开双臂,展示她那件短腰身、饰有蕾丝花边、精致的灰色连衣裙,裙子在胸部下方束着一条宽缎带。
And she spread out her arms to show her short-waisted, lace-trimmed, dainty gray dress, girdled with a broad ribbon just below the breast.
"莉泽,请放心,你永远都会比任何人更漂亮,"安娜·帕夫洛芙娜回答道。
"Soyez tranquille, Lise, you will always be prettier than anyone else," replied Anna Pávlovna.
公爵夫人用同样的语气,仍然用法语,转向一位将军说道:"您知道吗,我丈夫要抛下我了?他要去送死了。请告诉我,这场可恶的战争究竟是为了什么?"
"You know," said the princess in the same tone of voice and still in French, turning to a general, "my husband is deserting me? He is going to get himself killed. Tell me what this wretched war is for?"
她一边对瓦西里王爷说着,一边不等他回答,便转身去和他的女儿、美丽的埃伦交谈。
she added, addressing Prince Vasíli, and without waiting for an answer she turned to speak to his daughter, the beautiful Hélène.
瓦西里王爷对安娜·帕夫洛芙娜说:"这位小公爵夫人真是个迷人的女人!"
"What a delightful woman this little princess is!" said Prince Vasíli to Anna Pávlovna.
接下来到场的客人中有一位身材粗壮、体格魁梧的年轻男子,他留着短发,戴着眼镜,穿着当时流行的浅色马裤,领口处有一圈高高的褶边,外套则是一件棕色的燕尾服。
One of the next arrivals was a stout, heavily built young man with close-cropped hair, spectacles, the light-colored breeches fashionable at that time, a very high ruffle, and a brown dress coat.
Vocabulary
- little
- 小的,形容尺寸或年龄较小
- princess
- 公主,王室或贵族女性成员
- went
- go的过去式,表示移动或前往
- round
- 围绕,沿…周围移动
- table
- 桌子,用于放置物品或用餐
- quick
- 快速的,动作迅速
- short
- 短的,时间或距离较短
- swaying
- 摇摆的,身体左右晃动
- steps
- 步伐,行走时的脚步
- arm
- 手臂,人体上肢部分
- gaily
- 欢快地,以愉快活泼的方式
- spreading
- 展开,将某物铺展开来
- dress
- 连衣裙,女性的一件式服装
- sat
- sit的过去式,坐下
- sofa
- 沙发,柔软舒适的坐具
- near
- 靠近,在某物附近
- silver
- 银色的,由银制成或银色外观
- if
- 如果,表示假设或条件
- pleasure
- 愉快,带来满足感的事
- herself
- 她自己,反身代词
- around
- 周围,在…四周
- brought
- bring的过去式,带来某物
- work
- 工作,手工活或针线活
- French
- 法语,法国的语言
- displaying
- 展示,炫耀地展现某物
- bag
- 包,袋子,用于携带物品
- addressing
- 向某人说话,致辞
- present
- 在场的人,出席者
- Mind
- 注意,当心,留神
- hope
- 希望,期待某事发生
- played
- play的过去式,玩耍或开玩笑
- wicked
- 恶意的,捉弄人的,坏的
- trick
- 恶作剧,捉弄人的把戏
- added
- 补充说,接着说
- turning
- 转向,把脸或身体转向某人
- hostess
- 女主人,负责接待客人的女性
- wrote
- write的过去式,写信或写作
- quite
- 相当,颇为,程度副词
- small
- 小型的,规模不大的
- reception
- 招待会,正式的社交聚会
- badly
- 很差,糟糕地
- dressed
- 穿着打扮,衣着的状态
- spread
- 展开,伸展双臂或裙摆
- arms
- 双臂,人体上肢
- show
- 展示,让人看见某物
- dainty
- 精致的,小巧玲珑且优雅的
- gray
- 灰色的,介于黑白之间的颜色
- broad
- 宽的,宽阔的
- ribbon
- 缎带,用于装饰的细长布带
- below
- 在…下方,低于某个位置
- breast
- 胸部,人体胸口位置
- always
- 总是,永远,任何时候都
- prettier
- 更漂亮的,pretty的比较级
- anyone
- 任何人,不特指某个人
- else
- 其他的,另外的
- replied
- 回答,作出答复
- same
- 相同的,没有变化的
- tone
- 语气,说话时的声调或态度
- voice
- 声音,嗓音
- still
- 仍然,到目前为止依然如此
- general
- 将军,军队中的高级指挥官
- husband
- 丈夫,已婚男性配偶
- deserting
- 抛弃,遗弃,离开某人
- himself
- 他自己,反身代词
- killed
- 被杀死,失去生命
- Tell
- 告诉,说明某事
- wretched
- 糟糕的,令人痛苦的
- war
- 战争,国家之间的武装冲突
- Prince
- 王子,亲王,贵族男性称谓
- without
- 没有,不经过某动作
- waiting
- 等待,停下来等候
- answer
- 回答,对问题的答复
- turned
- 转身,改变方向
- speak
- 说话,与某人交谈
- daughter
- 女儿,父母的女性子女
- beautiful
- 美丽的,外貌或事物十分好看
- delightful
- 令人愉快的,迷人的,讨人喜欢的
- woman
- 女人,成年女性
- next
- 接下来的,紧随其后的
- arrivals
- 到来者,新抵达的客人
- stout
- 肥胖的,体型粗壮结实
- heavily
- 沉重地,体重或身形很重
- built
- 体型,身材的构造方式
- young
- 年轻的,处于青少年或青年时期
- man
- 男人,成年男性
- hair
- 头发,生长于头部的毛发
- spectacles
- 眼镜,矫正视力的光学工具
- fashionable
- 时髦的,符合当时流行时尚
- time
- 时间,某个特定的时期
- high
- 高的,位置或程度较高
- brown
- 棕色的,深褐色
- coat
- 外套,穿在外面的上衣
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