White nights, and other stories — Page 2
虽然我在彼得堡生活了将近八年，却几乎没有什么相识的人。
For though I had been living almost eight years in Petersburg I had hardly an acquaintance.
但我何必需要相识的人呢？
But what did I want with acquaintances?
我认识整个彼得堡，就是这样；正因如此，当整个彼得堡收拾行装去别墅避暑时，我感觉他们都在抛弃我。
I was acquainted with all Petersburg as it was; that was why I felt as though they were all deserting me when all Petersburg packed up and went to its summer villa.
我害怕被独自留下，整整三天，我在城中漫无目的地游荡，满心沮丧，不知如何打发自己。
I felt afraid of being left alone, and for three whole days I wandered about the town in profound dejection, not knowing what to do with myself.
无论我走在涅夫斯基大街上，漫步于花园中，还是徜徉在河堤边，都见不到一张我全年在同一时间、同一地点惯常遇见的熟悉面孔。
Whether I walked in the Nevsky, went to the Gardens or sauntered on the embankment, there was not one face of those I had been accustomed to meet at the same time and place all the year.
他们当然不认识我，但我认识他们。
They, of course, do not know me, but I know them.
我深深地了解他们，几乎把研究他们的面孔当作一门功课，他们高兴时我也欢喜，他们愁云满面时我也跟着黯然。
I know them intimately, I have almost made a study of their faces, and am delighted when they are gay, and downcast when they are under a cloud.
我几乎与一位老人结下了友谊，每天都在冯坦卡同一时刻遇见他。
I have almost struck up a friendship with one old man whom I meet every blessed day, at the same hour in Fontanka.
他神情严肃沉思，总是喃喃自语，挥动着左臂，右手握着一根带金色把手的长而粗糙的手杖。
Such a grave, pensive countenance; he is always whispering to himself and brandishing his left arm, while in his right hand he holds a long gnarled stick with a gold knob.
他甚至注意到了我，对我表现出热切的关注。
He even notices me and takes a warm interest in me.
如果我碰巧没有在某个时刻出现在冯坦卡的老地方，我确信他会感到失望。
If I happen not to be at a certain time in the same spot in Fontanka, I am certain he feels disappointed.
Vocabulary
- For
- 因为，表示原因的连词
- though
- 虽然，尽管，表示让步关系
- almost
- 几乎，差不多，接近于某数量
- Petersburg
- 圣彼得堡，俄罗斯著名城市名
- hardly
- 几乎不，表示程度极少
- acquaintance
- 相识的人，泛泛之交
- acquaintances
- 泛泛之交的人们，点头之交
- acquainted
- 与某人相识，了解某事物
- deserting
- 抛弃，离弃，遗弃某人
- packed
- 收拾行李，打包准备离开
- villa
- 别墅，郊外的度假住宅
- afraid
- 害怕，担心某事发生
- alone
- 独自，单独，没有他人陪伴
- whole
- 整整，完整的，全部的
- wandered
- 漫无目的地游荡，闲逛
- profound
- 深刻的，深沉的，程度极深
- dejection
- 沮丧，消沉，情绪低落的状态
- Whether
- 不管是否，无论，引导条件
- Nevsky
- 涅瓦大街，圣彼得堡著名街道
- sauntered
- 漫步，悠闲地缓步行走
- embankment
- 堤岸，河边的护堤道路
- accustomed
- 习惯于，惯常，经常经历的
- intimately
- 亲密地，深入地了解某人
- study
- 研究，仔细观察，深入了解
- delighted
- 高兴的，愉悦的，十分开心
- gay
- 愉快的，快乐的，心情好
- downcast
- 沮丧的，垂头丧气，情绪低落
- cloud
- 云，阴影，指烦恼或忧郁
- struck
- strike的过去式，建立，建立友谊
- friendship
- 友谊，友情，朋友之间的情谊
- whom
- 谁，关系代词宾格形式
- blessed
- 可恶的，该死的，加强语气词
- Fontanka
- 冯坦卡河，圣彼得堡一条运河
- grave
- 严肃的，庄重的，表情凝重
- pensive
- 沉思的，若有所思，陷入深思
- countenance
- 面容，表情，脸部的神情
- whispering
- 低声说话，耳语，喃喃自语
- brandishing
- 挥舞，挥动，摇晃某物
- gnarled
- 节瘤多的，粗糙弯曲的木棍
- stick
- 手杖，棍子，细长的棒子
- knob
- 圆形把手，球形顶端装饰
- notices
- 注意到，察觉，留意某人某事
- warm
- 热情的，温暖的，友好关切的
- interest
- 兴趣，关心，对某事的关注
- happen
- 碰巧，恰好，偶然发生
- certain
- 某个，特定的，某一特别的
- spot
- 地点，场所，特定的某处
- disappointed
- 失望的，感到沮丧，未能如愿
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