Wuthering Heights — Page 6
熟悉这片荒野的人在这样的傍晚也常常会迷路;我可以告诉你,眼下天气不可能有任何转变。
People familiar with these moors often miss their road on such evenings; and I can tell you there is no chance of a change at present.
"也许我可以从你的小伙计中找个向导,让他陪我去庄园,待到天亮——你能匀给我一个吗?"
Perhaps I can get a guide among your lads, and he might stay at the Grange till morning—could you spare me one?
"不行,不能。"
No, I could not.
"哦,真的!好吧,那我只好靠自己的判断力了。"
Oh, indeed! Well, then, I must trust to my own sagacity.
"哼!"
Umph!
"你打算泡茶了吗?"那个穿着破旧外套的人问道,把他那凶狠的目光从我身上移向那位年轻女士。
Are you going to mak' the tea? demanded he of the shabby coat, shifting his ferocious gaze from me to the young lady.
"他要喝吗?"她问道,向希斯克利夫求示。
Is he to have any? she asked, appealing to Heathcliff.
"去准备好,行吗?"这句话说得如此粗暴,让我吃了一惊。
Get it ready, will you? was the answer, uttered so savagely that I started.
那语气所流露出的是一种真正恶劣的本性。我再也不想称希斯克利夫是个好人了。
The tone in which the words were said revealed a genuine bad nature. I no longer felt inclined to call Heathcliff a capital fellow.
准备妥当之后,他请我入座,说道:"好了,先生,把椅子拉过来吧。"
When the preparations were finished, he invited me with—"Now, sir, bring forward your chair."
于是我们所有人,包括那个乡下少年,都围坐到桌旁:用餐期间一片严肃的沉默。
And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal.
我心想,若是我引起了这片阴云,那么我有责任努力将它驱散。
I thought, if I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
他们不可能每天都这样阴沉寡言;而且,无论他们脾气多么坏,他们脸上那种一致的愁眉苦脸不可能是日常的表情。
They could not every day sit so grim and taciturn; and it was impossible, however ill-tempered they might be, that the universal scowl they wore was their every-day countenance.
Vocabulary
- familiar
- 熟悉的,对某事物了解程度高
- moors
- 荒野,英国常见的广阔荒凉旷野
- chance
- 机会,可能性,事情发生的概率
- present
- 目前,现在这个时候
- Perhaps
- 也许,表示不确定的可能性
- guide
- 向导,带领他人找路的人
- among
- 在……之中,处于某群体中
- lads
- 男孩们,年轻男性的口语称呼
- might
- 可能,也许,表示较弱可能性
- Grange
- 农庄,带农场的乡间大宅
- till
- 直到,一直到某个时间点
- spare
- 腾出,分出,给予多余的资源
- indeed
- 确实,用于加强语气表示肯定
- must
- 必须,表示义务或强烈必要性
- trust
- 信任,依赖,相信某人或某物
- sagacity
- 睿智,聪明判断力和洞察力
- demanded
- 强硬地要求或质问某人
- shabby
- 破旧的,衣物磨损老旧的
- shifting
- 移动,转移目光或位置
- ferocious
- 凶猛的,极为强烈或残暴的
- gaze
- 凝视,长时间地注视某人或物
- appealing
- 恳求地,带着请求的语气
- uttered
- 说出,发出,用口说出声音
- savagely
- 粗暴地,凶狠地,极为残酷地
- started
- 吓了一跳,突然受惊而颤动
- tone
- 语气,说话时的声调和态度
- revealed
- 揭示,显露出隐藏的本质
- genuine
- 真实的,真正的,非伪装的
- nature
- 本性,天性,人内在的性格
- inclined
- 有……倾向,愿意做某件事
- capital
- 极好的,出色的,(旧式英语赞词)
- fellow
- 家伙,男人,对某人的称呼
- preparations
- 准备工作,预先做好的安排
- invited
- 邀请,请某人参与或就座
- including
- 包括,包含在内的意思
- rustic
- 乡村的,土气的,质朴粗糙的
- youth
- 年轻人,青年,指年轻男性
- austere
- 严肃的,朴素的,毫无温情的
- silence
- 沉默,寂静,没有声音的状态
- prevailing
- 占主导的,普遍存在弥漫的
- meal
- 餐食,一顿饭,正式或非正式
- caused
- 引起,导致,造成某种结果
- cloud
- 阴云,此处比喻压抑沉闷气氛
- duty
- 责任,义务,应尽的本分
- effort
- 努力,尝试,花费精力去做
- dispel
- 消除,驱散,使不好的气氛消失
- grim
- 严峻的,冷酷的,令人不快的
- taciturn
- 沉默寡言的,不爱说话的
- impossible
- 不可能的,无法实现的
- however
- 然而,无论怎样,表示转折
- ill-tempered
- 脾气暴躁的,易怒而不友好的
- universal
- 普遍的,所有人都有的共同
- scowl
- 皱眉怒视,不满时的面部表情
- every-day
- 日常的,平时惯常的表情状态
- countenance
- 面容,面部表情,脸上的神情
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