White nights, and other stories — Page 10
她似乎没有听到我的脚步声，当我屏住呼吸、心跳加速地从她身边走过时，她甚至没有动一下。
She did not seem to hear my footsteps, and did not even stir when I passed by with bated breath and loudly throbbing heart.
"真奇怪，"我心想，"她一定是在专心想着什么事，"就在这时，我突然停下脚步，像是被石化了一般。我听到了一声压抑的抽泣声。是的！我没有听错，那个女孩在哭泣，片刻之后，一声接一声的抽泣传入我的耳中。老天啊！我的心往下一沉。
"Strange," I thought; "she must be deeply absorbed in something," and all at once I stopped as though petrified. I heard a muffled sob. Yes! I was not mistaken, the girl was crying, and a minute later I heard sob after sob. Good Heavens! My heart sank.
尽管我向来在女性面前畏畏缩缩，但此刻的情形实在特殊！……我转过身，向她迈出一步，本来肯定会说出"女士！"这个词——只是我知道，这句感叹在每一部俄国社交小说里已经被说过千百遍了。正是这个念头让我停了下来。
And timid as I was with women, yet this was such a moment!... I turned, took a step towards her, and should certainly have pronounced the word "Madam!" if I had not known that that exclamation has been uttered a thousand times in every Russian society novel. It was only that reflection stopped me.
但就在我苦苦寻找措辞的时候，那个女孩回过神来，环顾四周，猛地一惊，随即垂下眼睛，沿着堤岸从我身边溜走了。我立刻跟了上去；她察觉到了，便离开堤岸，穿过马路，沿着人行道走去。我不敢跟着她横穿马路。我的心像一只被捕的小鸟一样扑腾着。就在这时，一个机会突然降临，帮了我的忙。
But while I was seeking for a word, the girl came to herself, looked round, started, cast down her eyes and slipped by me along the embankment. I at once followed her; but she, divining this, left the embankment, crossed the road and walked along the pavement. I dared not cross the street after her. My heart was fluttering like a captured bird. All at once a chance came to my aid.
就在同一侧的人行道上，距那女孩不远处，突然出现了一个身着晚礼服的男子，年岁不小，但举止全无体面可言；他步履蹒跚，小心翼翼地靠着墙壁走着。
Along the same side of the pavement there suddenly came into sight, not far from the girl, a gentleman in evening dress, of dignified years, though by no means of dignified carriage; he was staggering and cautiously leaning against the wall.
Vocabulary
- seem
- 看起来，似乎，好像是某种状态
- footsteps
- 脚步声，走路时发出的声音
- even
- 甚至，连…也，表示强调
- stir
- 移动，动弹，有所反应或动作
- bated
- 屏住的，bated breath指屏气，紧张期待
- breath
- 呼吸，气息，一口气
- loudly
- 大声地，响亮地，声音很大地
- throbbing
- （心脏）剧烈跳动的，怦怦跳的
- Strange
- 奇怪的，不寻常的，难以理解的
- deeply
- 深深地，程度很深，非常地
- absorbed
- 全神贯注的，完全沉浸在某事中
- once
- 一旦，曾经；at once表示突然或立刻
- though
- 好像，尽管，虽然，表示让步或比喻
- petrified
- 吓呆的，惊呆的，如石化般僵住
- muffled
- 压低的，沉闷的，不清晰的（声音）
- sob
- 抽泣，啜泣，哽咽着哭泣的声音
- mistaken
- 错误的，be mistaken表示判断有误
- Heavens
- 天哪，Good Heavens为惊叹表达
- sank
- sink的过去式，（心）下沉，感到沮丧
- timid
- 胆小的，羞怯的，缺乏勇气的
- yet
- 然而，但是，表示转折或对比
- such
- 如此，这样的，表示程度或性质
- moment
- 时刻，瞬间，某个特定的时间点
- step
- 步，一步，脚步；take a step迈一步
- towards
- 朝向，向着，表示方向或接近
- certainly
- 肯定地，当然，毫无疑问地
- pronounced
- pronounce的过去式，说出，发出（词语）
- Madam
- 女士，夫人，对女性的尊称
- exclamation
- 感叹语，叹词，表达强烈情感的词
- uttered
- utter的过去式，说出，发出（声音或话语）
- Russian
- 俄罗斯的，俄国的，与俄罗斯相关
- society
- 社会，社交界，上流社会
- novel
- 小说，长篇虚构文学作品
- reflection
- 反思，念头，脑海中闪过的想法
- while
- 当……时，在……期间，表示同时进行
- seeking
- 寻找，寻求，seek的现在分词
- herself
- 她自己，反身代词，强调主动性
- round
- look round表示转头环顾，向四周看
- started
- start的过去式，吃了一惊，突然动作
- cast
- 投，投下；cast down eyes表示低下目光
- slipped
- slip的过去式，悄悄溜走，快速离开
- along
- 沿着，顺着（某条路或方向）行进
- embankment
- 堤岸，河堤，沿河修建的路堤
- followed
- follow的过去式，跟随，跟着走
- divining
- 察觉，猜测出，intuiting她察觉到被跟随
- crossed
- cross的过去式，穿越，横穿（马路）
- pavement
- 人行道，铺好的路面供行人行走
- dared
- dare的过去式，敢于，鼓起勇气做某事
- cross
- 穿越，横穿，从一边到另一边
- fluttering
- 扑腾的，颤动的，像鸟扑翅般慌乱
- captured
- 被捕获的，被抓住的，不自由的
- chance
- 机会，偶然，by chance偶然地
- aid
- 帮助，援助，协助
- suddenly
- 突然地，忽然，出乎意料地
- sight
- 视野，视线，come into sight出现在视野中
- gentleman
- 绅士，先生，有礼貌的男士
- dress
- 礼服，着装，evening dress指晚礼服
- dignified
- 有尊严的，庄重的，气度不凡的
- means
- 方式，手段；by no means绝不，决不
- carriage
- 马车，体态仪态，指站姿或走姿
- staggering
- 摇摇晃晃地走，踉踉跄跄，步态不稳
- cautiously
- 谨慎地，小心翼翼地，非常小心地
- leaning
- 倚靠，lean的现在分词，身体倾斜依靠
- against
- 靠着，倚靠，与……相对或相抵
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