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他们什么都没有放过,既没有放过柱子,也没有放过檐口,我那可怜的小朋友变得像金丝雀一样黄。这几乎让我感到恶心。直到今天,我都没有勇气去拜访我那可怜的、被毁容的朋友——它被漆成了天朝的颜色。

They had spared nothing, neither columns, nor cornices, and my poor little friend was as yellow as a canary. It almost made me bilious. And to this day I have not had the courage to visit my poor disfigured friend, painted the colour of the Celestial Empire.

现在你明白了吧,读者,我所说的熟悉整个彼得堡是什么意思了。

So now you understand, reader, in what sense I am acquainted with all Petersburg.

我之前已经提到过,在我猜到自己不安的原因之前,我已经担忧了整整三天。

I have mentioned already that I had felt worried for three whole days before I guessed the cause of my uneasiness.

在街上我也感到不自在——这个人走了,那个人走了,另一个人又不知去了哪里——在家里我也感觉不像自己了。

And I felt ill at ease in the street--this one had gone and that one had gone, and what had become of the other?--and at home I did not feel like myself either.

有两个傍晚,我都在苦苦思索我的小屋子里到底哪里出了问题,为什么我在里面感到如此不舒服。

For two evenings I was puzzling my brains to think what was amiss in my corner; why I felt so uncomfortable in it.

我茫然地打量着我那肮脏的绿色墙壁,打量着那布满蜘蛛网的天花板——那蜘蛛网是马特罗娜如此成功地"培育"出来的。

And in perplexity I scanned my grimy green walls, my ceiling covered with a spider's web, the growth of which Matrona has so successfully encouraged.

我检视了我所有的家具,逐一审视每把椅子,想知道问题是否出在那里(因为如果有一把椅子的位置和前一天不一样,我就会感到不对劲)。

I looked over all my furniture, examined every chair, wondering whether the trouble lay there (for if one chair is not standing in the same position as it stood the day before, I am not myself).

我看了看窗户,但这一切都是徒劳……我一点也没有好转!

I looked at the window, but it was all in vain ... I was not a bit the better for it!

Vocabulary

spared
spare的过去式,省去、节省或饶恕某事
neither
两者都不,与nor连用表示否定两者
columns
柱子,建筑物中竖立的圆形支撑结构
nor
也不,与neither连用表示否定
cornices
飞檐、檐口,建筑顶部的装饰性边缘线脚
canary
金丝雀,一种鲜黄色的小鸟
bilious
胆汁质的,恶心的,易怒烦躁的
courage
勇气,面对困难或危险的胆量
disfigured
毁容的,外观被破坏变丑的
Celestial
天上的,天国的,也曾指中国(天朝)
Empire
帝国,由皇帝统治的广大国家
sense
意义,感觉,意思,方面
acquainted
熟悉的,与某人或某事有所了解
mentioned
提到,mention的过去式,简短提及
worried
担心的,焦虑不安的
guessed
猜到,guess的过去式,推测出答案
cause
原因,起因,导致某事的缘由
uneasiness
不安,焦虑,内心不舒适的感觉
ease
轻松,舒适,自在的状态
either
也不,两者之一,用于否定句末
puzzling
令人困惑的,使人百思不得其解的
amiss
有问题的,不对劲的,出了差错的
uncomfortable
不舒服的,令人不自在的
perplexity
困惑,迷惑,不知所措的状态
scanned
扫视,仔细查看,scan的过去式
grimy
肮脏的,沾满污垢的
ceiling
天花板,房间顶部的平面
web
蜘蛛网,网状结构
growth
生长物,增长,滋生的东西
successfully
成功地,顺利地达到目的地
encouraged
鼓励,encourage的过去式,促进生长
furniture
家具,桌椅床柜等室内陈设物
examined
检查,仔细审视,examine的过去式
wondering
纳闷,想知道,感到好奇
whether
是否,引导表示疑问的从句
trouble
麻烦,问题,困扰
lay
lie的过去式,位于,存在于某处
position
位置,姿势,所处的地方或状态
vain
徒劳的,in vain表示没有成效
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