White nights, and other stories — Page 4
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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