Won from the Waves — Page 9
那艘船已经触礁，正处于极度危险之中，这一点毫无疑问。然而，当他们凝视着黑暗汹涌的海浪——浪头翻着白沫，在迅速消散的暮色中隐约可见——又感受到那狂烈的风暴，连他们自己站在湿滑的码头上都几乎难以立足，尽管他们生性坚韧勇敢，却也对冒险出海、拯救那不幸船员一事犹豫不决。
That the ship had struck and was in dire distress there could be no doubt, but when they gazed at the dark, heaving waves which rolled in crested with foam, and just discernible in the fast waning twilight, and felt the fierce blast against which even they could scarcely stand upright on the slippery pier, hardy and bold as they were, they hesitated about venturing forth to the rescue of the hapless crew.
他们尚未抵达失事船只之前，黑暗便会笼罩这片动荡的海面；他们甚至怀疑，能否在如此猛烈的狂风中强行将船驶出。
Long before they could reach the wreck darkness would be resting on the troubled ocean; they doubted, indeed, whether they could force their boat out in the teeth of the fierce gale.
亚当在码头上踱着步，内心深感不安。
Adam took a turn on the pier. His heart was greatly troubled.
以往每当船只被抛上那些险恶的沙洲，只要有船能够出海，他从未缺席，总是第一个冲出去营救同胞。
He had never failed, if a boat could live, to be among the first to dash out to the rescue of his fellow-creatures when a ship had been cast on those treacherous sandbanks.
这次的风险极大。他清楚地知道，一旦船员的体力耗尽，小船可能被抛回浪涛之中，撞碎在岸边；即便他们能够抵达失事船只附近——那里才是最危险之处——也未必能靠近到足以救出任何人。
The hazard was great. He knew that with the strength of his crew exhausted the boat might be hurled back amid the breakers, to be dashed on the shore; or, should they even succeed in reaching the neighbourhood of the wreck, where the greatest danger was to be encountered, they might fail in getting near enough to save any of the people.
每耽搁一刻，必须承担的风险便增加一分。
Every moment of delay increased the risk which must be run.
Vocabulary
- ship
- 大型水上交通工具,船舶
- struck
- strike的过去式,表示击打或撞击
- dire
- 形容词,表示严重的、危险的情况
- distress
- 名词,表示痛苦、危难或困境状态
- doubt
- 名词或动词,表示怀疑或疑问
- gazed
- gaze的过去式,表示凝视或注视
- dark
- 形容词,表示黑暗或光线不足
- heaving
- heave的现在分词,表示起伏或波动
- waves
- wave的复数,表示水的波浪
- rolled
- roll的过去式,表示滚动或翻滚
- crested
- crest的过去式,表示到达顶端或冠顶
- foam
- 名词,表示泡沫或浪花
- discernible
- 形容词,表示可以看见或辨别的
- fast
- 形容词或副词,表示快速或迅速
- waning
- wane的现在分词,表示减弱或衰退
- twilight
- 名词,表示黄昏或暮光时分
- fierce
- 形容词,表示猛烈的或凶猛的
- blast
- 名词,表示强风或爆炸冲击
- even
- 副词,表示甚至或连...都
- scarcely
- 副词,表示几乎不或勉强能够
- stand
- 动词,表示站立或坚持的意思
- upright
- 形容词或副词,表示直立或竖直
- slippery
- 形容词,表示光滑易滑的
- pier
- 名词,表示码头或栈桥结构
- hardy
- 形容词,表示坚强的或勇敢的
- bold
- 形容词,表示大胆的或勇敢的
- hesitated
- hesitate的过去式,表示犹豫或迟疑
- venturing
- venture的现在分词,表示冒险或尝试
- forth
- 副词,表示向前或往外的方向
- rescue
- 名词或动词,表示救援或拯救
- hapless
- 形容词,表示不幸的或倒霉的
- crew
- 名词,表示船员或工作人员
- Long
- 形容词或副词,表示长的或久的
- reach
- 动词,表示到达或够到某处
- wreck
- 名词,表示残骸或被破坏的物体
- darkness
- 名词,表示黑暗或没有光线
- resting
- rest的现在分词,表示静止或休息
- troubled
- trouble的过去式,表示骚动或不安
- ocean
- 名词,表示大洋或广阔的海域
- doubted
- doubt的过去式,表示怀疑或不确定
- indeed
- 副词,表示确实或的确的意思
- whether
- 连接词,表示是否或不管哪个
- force
- 名词或动词,表示力量或强制
- boat
- 名词,表示小型水上交通工具
- teeth
- tooth的复数,表示牙齿或尖锐部分
- gale
- 名词,表示强风或狂风
- turn
- 名词或动词,表示转向或轮流
- heart
- 名词,表示心脏或中心部分
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