Won from the Waves — Page 7
就在其中一个人匆忙去传达命令的时候，一阵比之前更猛烈的狂风从海面上呼啸而来。
As one of the men was hurrying off to carry this order to the rest, a heavier blast than before came across the ocean.
这阵狂风将迷雾的帷幕撕裂成两半，雨也随之停歇，渔民们那敏锐的双眼看清了远处海面上两艘朝岸边驶来的船只。
It had the effect of rending the veil of mist in two, and the rain ceasing, the keen eyes of the fishermen distinguished in the offing two ships running towards the land,
其中一艘稍稍领先于另一艘，后者正用舰首追逐炮向前船射击，而那艘领先的较小船只则以船尾炮还击，
the one a short distance ahead of the other, which was firing at her from her bow-chasers, the leading and smaller vessel returning the fire with her after guns,
看样子那艘船已下定决心，要么驶入一处可供庇护的港口，要么宁可搁浅上岸，也不愿被俘。
and apparently determined either to gain a sheltering harbour or to run on shore rather than be taken.
就在那一刻，岸上的旁观者看清了这艘船，而船上的人也意识到自己离海岸是多么近，尽管他们显然没有察觉到更近处那片险恶的暗沙所带来的危险。
The moment that revealed her to the spectators showed those on board how near she was to the shore, though evidently they were not aware of the still nearer danger of the treacherous sandbank.
目睹这一切的人们不禁发出惊恐与同情的叫声。
An exclamation of dismay and pity escaped those who were looking at her.
哈利伯特说道："要是她偏北半英里，或许就能穿过诺顿海峡得以脱险，
"If she had been half a mile to the nor'ard she might have stood through Norton Gut and been safe," observed Halliburt;
可要是她对这片海域不熟，只怕来不及转舵躲开那片沙洲了。"
"but if she is a stranger there is little chance of her hauling off in time to escape the sands."
就在他说话的当口，人们看见后面那艘船迎风转向，横桁也随之调整，显然已意识到危险所在，那艘船趁着越来越猛的狂风尚未令此举变得不可能之前，努力驶离海岸。
While he was speaking, the sternmost ship was seen to come to the wind; her yards were braced up, and now, apparently aware of her danger, she endeavoured to stand off the land before the rising gale should render the undertaking impossible.
那艘被紧追不舍的船随即也试图效仿。
The hard-pressed chase directly afterwards attempted to follow her example.
Vocabulary
- as
- 当...时候；作为；因为
- one
- 数字1；一个人或事物
- of
- ...的；属于
- the
- 定冠词，表示特定的人或物
- men
- 男人；人类（man的复数）
- was
- 是；存在（be的过去式）
- hurrying
- 匆忙地移动；急速进行
- off
- 离开；远离；关闭
- to
- 向...；到...；为了
- carry
- 携带；运输；传送
- this
- 这个；这件事
- order
- 命令；秩序；订单
- rest
- 休息；剩余部分；静止
- heavier
- 更重的；更沉的（heavy的比较级）
- blast
- 爆炸；强风；吹奏乐器
- than
- 比；超过
- before
- 之前；在...前面；曾经
- came
- 来到；发生（come的过去式）
- across
- 穿过；在...对面；遇见
- ocean
- 海洋；大西洋或太平洋等
- it
- 它；那件事
- had
- 有；拥有（have的过去式）
- effect
- 效果；影响；结果
- veil
- 面纱；遮蔽；掩盖
- mist
- 薄雾；雾气；模糊
- in
- 在...里面；用...语言
- two
- 数字2；两个
- and
- 和；与；并且
- rain
- 雨；下雨；降落
- ceasing
- 停止；中止；结束
- keen
- 敏锐的；渴望的；热切的
- eyes
- 眼睛；视力；注意力
- fishermen
- 渔夫；捕鱼的人
- distinguished
- 区分；识别；杰出的
- ships
- 船；舰船；运送
- running
- 运行；跑步；流动的
- towards
- 朝向；对于；接近
- land
- 陆地；降落；着陆
- short
- 短的；不足的；简短
- distance
- 距离；远处；相隔的程度
- ahead
- 在前面；向前；早于
- other
- 另一个；其他的；不同的
- which
- 哪个；哪一个；的哪个
- firing
- 开火；射击；燃烧
- at
- 在；向；以...的速度
- her
- 她的；她；女性代词
- from
- 来自；从...开始；由于
- leading
- 领导；最前的；主要的
- smaller
- 更小的；较小的
- vessel
- 船只；容器；血管
- returning
- 返回；回归；归还
- fire
- 火；射击；开除；燃烧
- with
- 用；和...一起；伴随
- after
- 在...之后；追赶；后面
- guns
- 枪；炮；武器
- apparently
- 显然地；似乎；看起来
- determined
- 坚定的；决心的；确定的
- either
- 任一的；两者之一；也不
- gain
- 获得；赢得；增加；利益
- sheltering
- 遮蔽；保护；避难
- harbour
- 港口；庇护；心怀
- or
- 或者；或；否则
- run
- 跑；运行；流动；管理
- on
- 在...上；继续；开着
- shore
- 岸；海滨；支撑
- rather
- 宁可；相当；颇
- be
- 是；存在；发生
- taken
- 被带走；被抓住（take的过去分词）
- moment
- 时刻；瞬间；重要性
- that
- 那个；那件事；以至于
- revealed
- 揭露；显示；泄露
- spectators
- 观众；旁观者；看客
- showed
- 显示；表现；证明
- those
- 那些；那类的；那些人
- board
- 木板；董事会；登上；食宿
- how
- 如何；怎样；多么；在什么程度
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