Wuthering Heights — Page 9
我鞠了一躬,回敬了他的祝酒;我开始意识到,为了一群野狗的无礼举止而闷闷不乐地坐着,实在是愚蠢之举;
I bowed and returned the pledge; beginning to perceive that it would be foolish to sit sulking for the misbehaviour of a pack of curs;
况且,既然他的幽默本性如此,我也不愿意再让他拿我取乐了。
besides, I felt loth to yield the fellow further amusement at my expense; since his humour took that turn.
他——大概是出于审慎的考量,觉得得罪一个好租客实属不智——稍稍放松了那种惜字如金、省略代词和助动词的简短说话方式,
He—probably swayed by prudential consideration of the folly of offending a good tenant—relaxed a little in the laconic style of chipping off his pronouns and auxiliary verbs,
并引入了一个他以为我会感兴趣的话题——就我目前隐居之所的种种利弊得失展开了一番谈论。
and introduced what he supposed would be a subject of interest to me,—a discourse on the advantages and disadvantages of my present place of retirement.
我发现他在我们所谈及的话题上见解颇为深刻;
I found him very intelligent on the topics we touched;
在我回家之前,我已受到鼓舞,竟自告奋勇地提出明天再来拜访。
and before I went home, I was encouraged so far as to volunteer another visit to-morrow.
他显然不希望我再来打扰。
He evidently wished no repetition of my intrusion.
尽管如此,我还是要去。
I shall go, notwithstanding.
与他相比,我竟觉得自己是如此地爱好交际,真令人惊讶。
It is astonishing how sociable I feel myself compared with him.
Vocabulary
- bowed
- 鞠躬,点头致意表示礼貌
- returned
- 回应,回报某种行为或情感
- pledge
- 承诺;举杯敬酒以示友好
- perceive
- 意识到,察觉,理解某种情况
- foolish
- 愚蠢的,不明智的行为或想法
- sulking
- 生闷气,因不满而沉默愠怒
- misbehaviour
- 不良行为,不当举止或失礼行为
- pack
- 一群,一帮(通常指动物或坏人)
- curs
- 野狗,杂种狗;也指卑鄙之人
- besides
- 此外,而且,表示补充说明
- loth
- 不情愿的,厌恶做某事(同loath)
- yield
- 给予,提供;屈服,让步
- fellow
- 家伙,某人,通常指男性
- further
- 更多的,额外的,进一步的
- amusement
- 娱乐,消遣,令人发笑的事
- expense
- 代价;at one's expense指以某人为笑料
- humour
- 心情,情绪;幽默感
- turn
- 转变,转向,改变方向或态度
- probably
- 大概,很可能,表示较大可能性
- swayed
- 受影响,被左右,动摇
- prudential
- 出于谨慎的,基于实际考虑的
- consideration
- 考虑,权衡,顾虑某种因素
- folly
- 愚蠢,蠢行,不明智的做法
- offending
- 冒犯,得罪,使人不快
- tenant
- 租客,租户,承租房屋的人
- relaxed
- 放松,变得不那么严肃拘谨
- laconic
- 简洁的,言简意赅,话语极少
- style
- 风格,方式,言谈举止的方式
- chipping
- 削去,省略,去掉某些词语
- pronouns
- 代词,如I、he、she等语法词类
- auxiliary
- 助动词的,辅助性的语法功能词
- verbs
- 动词,表示动作或状态的词类
- introduced
- 引入,开始谈及某话题
- supposed
- 认为,以为,推测某事为真
- subject
- 话题,主题,感兴趣的事项
- discourse
- 谈话,交流,讨论某一话题
- advantages
- 优点,好处,有利的条件
- disadvantages
- 缺点,不利之处,不便之处
- present
- 当前的,目前的,现在的
- retirement
- 隐居,退隐,远离社会的生活方式
- intelligent
- 聪明的,有才智的,思维敏锐
- topics
- 话题,主题,谈论的议题
- touched
- 涉及,提到,简略谈及某话题
- encouraged
- 受到鼓励,被激励做某事
- volunteer
- 主动提出,自愿做某事
- evidently
- 显然,明显地,明显可见
- repetition
- 重复,再次发生,重来一次
- intrusion
- 打扰,侵扰,不受欢迎的到访
- shall
- 情态动词,表示将要或决心做
- notwithstanding
- 尽管如此,不顾,仍然
- astonishing
- 令人惊讶的,出乎意料地
- sociable
- 爱社交的,合群的,友善的
- compared
- 相比,与……相比较
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