White nights, and other stories — Page 5
我甚至想到要去叫玛特廖娜来，对她进行了一番父亲般的训诫，说到蜘蛛网和她总体上的懒散；但她只是惊愕地盯着我，一句话也没说就走了，所以那张蜘蛛网至今仍安然挂在原处。
I even bethought me to send for Matrona, and was giving her some fatherly admonitions in regard to the spider's web and sluttishness in general; but she simply stared at me in amazement and went away without saying a word, so that the spider's web is comfortably hanging in its place to this day.
直到今天早上，我才终于明白是怎么回事。
I only at last this morning realized what was wrong.
哎呀！原来他们是在溜走，逃往别墅去了！
Aie! Why, they are giving me the slip and making off to their summer villas!
请原谅这种粗俗的说法，但我现在没有心思讲究措辞……
Forgive the triviality of the expression, but I am in no mood for fine language ...
因为彼得堡所有的人不是已经离开，就是正在离开，去度假了；
for everything that had been in Petersburg had gone or was going away for the holidays;
因为每一位坐上马车、外表体面庄重的绅士，在我眼中立刻就变成了一位可敬的一家之主，在完成一天的职责之后，正赶往家人身边，赶往郊外的别墅；
for every respectable gentleman of dignified appearance who took a cab was at once transformed, in my eyes, into a respectable head of a household who after his daily duties were over, was making his way to the bosom of his family, to the summer villa;
因为所有的路人现在都带着一种独特的神情，仿佛在对每一个迎面而来的人说：'我们只是暂时在这里，诸位，再过两个小时我们就要去别墅了。'
for all the passers-by had now quite a peculiar air which seemed to say to every one they met: "We are only here for the moment, gentlemen, and in another two hours we shall be going off to the summer villa."
Vocabulary
- even
- 甚至；平坦的；均匀的
- me
- 我（宾格代词）
- to
- 到；向；对于
- send
- 派遣；寄送；发送
- for
- 为了；因为；对于
- and
- 和；与；并且
- was
- 是（过去式）
- giving
- 给予；赠与；交付
- her
- 她的；她（宾格）
- some
- 一些；某些；大约
- in
- 在...里；用
- regard
- 关于；尊重；注视
- the
- 那个；这个（定冠词）
- spider
- 蜘蛛（捕食昆虫的节肢动物）
- web
- 网；网站；织网
- general
- 将军；普遍的；一般的
- but
- 但是；可是；除...外
- she
- 她（主格代词）
- simply
- 简单地；仅仅；纯粹地
- stared
- 凝视；瞪着看（过去式）
- at
- 在；向；以
- amazement
- 惊讶；惊异；震惊
- went
- 去；走（过去式）
- away
- 离开；远离；不在
- without
- 没有；不；在...之外
- saying
- 说；谈话；表达
- word
- 单词；话语；言语
- so
- 所以；这样；非常
- that
- 那个；那样；以致
- is
- 是（现在式）
- hanging
- 悬挂；吊着；钉在
- its
- 它的（所有格）
- place
- 地点；位置；地方
- this
- 这个；这样；这件事
- day
- 天；日子；白天
- only
- 仅仅；只有；唯一的
- last
- 最后的；持续；上次的
- morning
- 早晨；上午；早上
- realized
- 意识到；明白；实现（过去式）
- what
- 什么；哪个；什么样的
- wrong
- 错误的；不对的；伤害
- Why
- 为什么；怎样；原因
- they
- 他们；她们；它们
- are
- 是（现在式复数）
- slip
- 滑动；溜走；纸条
- making
- 制造；做；制作
- off
- 离开；走开；关掉
- their
- 他们的；她们的；它们的
- summer
- 夏季；夏天；夏日
- villas
- 别墅；庄园；度假屋
- Forgive
- 原谅；宽恕；饶恕
- of
- 的；属于；...的
- expression
- 表达；表情；措辞
- am
- 我是（现在式）
- no
- 不；无；没有
- mood
- 心情；气氛；情绪
- fine
- 美好的；精细的；罚款
- language
- 语言；语言系统；措辞
- everything
- 一切；所有事物；万物
- had
- 有；已经（过去式）
- been
- 是；已是（过去分词）
- gone
- 走了；消失；去过
- or
- 或；或者；否则
- going
- 去；进行；即将
- holidays
- 假期；节日；休假日
- every
- 每个；每一个；全部
- respectable
- 体面的；值得尊敬的；相当的
- gentleman
- 绅士；男士；贵族
- appearance
- 外表；出现；长相
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