Let him tell the tale in his own simple words.[8]
“When the Narrator arrived at the said Port, there was a Pirate Ship, called the Moca Frigate31, at an anchor, Robert Culliford Commander thereof, who with his men left the same at his coming and ran into the woods. And the Narrator proposed to his men to take the same, having sufficient power and authority so to do. But the mutinous32 crew told him, ‘If he offered the same, they would rather fire ten guns into him than one into the other,’ and thereupon ninety-seven men deserted33, and went into[81] the Moca Frigate, and sent into the woods for the said pirates, and brought the said Culliford and his men on board again, and all the time he stayed in the said port the said deserters sometimes in great numbers came on board the said Galley and Adventure Prize, and carried away great guns, Powder, Shot, small arms, sails, Anchors, Cables, Surgeon’s chest, and what else they pleased; and threatened several times to murder the Narrator, as he was informed and advised to take care of himself, which they designed in the night to effect; but was [sic] prevented by his locking himself in his cabin at night, and securing himself by barricading34 the same with bales of goods and having about forty small arms besides pistols, ready charged to keep them out.”
“Their wickedness was so great that after they had plundered35 and ransacked36 sufficiently37, they went five miles off to one Edward Welche’s house, where his, the Narrator’s chest was lodged38, and broke it open[82] and took out ten ounces of gold, 40 pound of plate, 370 pieces of eight, the Narrator’s Journal, and a great many papers that belonged to him and the People of New York that fitted them out.”
“About the fifteenth of June, the Moca Frigate went away, being manned with about 130 men and forty guns bound out to take all nations. It was then that the Narrator was left only with 13 men, so that the Moors he had to pump and keep the Adventure Galley above water being carried away, she sank in the harbour, and the Narrator with the said thirteen men went on board the Adventure Prize.”
Let us try to put ourselves in Kidd’s place, when the bulk of his men went over to the enemy. Forcibly deprived of his command at the moment when he saw success within his grasp; deserted by nearly all his crew; plundered of the greater part of the spoil he was taking home to his employers; on board the sinking Adventure Galley;[83] confined to his stifling39 cabin with its barricaded40 approaches. What course can it be suggested that he could have taken and have been held blameless by an English court? What course ought any man to have taken in his place who sought to do his duty by his owners?
It would have been a mercy to him and to his memory, if the mutineers had then and there made an end of him. But to have done this, they must have stormed his cabin, and they dared not try it. They knew his fighting record. They had been with him in his encounter with the Portuguese man-of-war. None knew better than they that he would sell his life dearly. Let us hope, too, that some few of his crew stood by him in this emergency, with “the forty loaded small arms, besides pistols.” But although the pirates and mutineers could not make an end of him, it was equally impossible for him to take the offensive against them. If neither party could attack, the situation[84] could only be relieved by diplomacy41. The ultimate solution has been handed down to us by the doubtful testimony42 of one or two of those who were there. We are left to conjecture43 the intermediate stages of the arrangement.
According to the evidence the Adventure Galley was brought into the port on the first of April, in company with its smaller prize. The Quedagh Merchant did not come in until some weeks afterwards. The Moca Frigate, as already stated, went away on the fifteenth of June, leaving Kidd and thirteen men behind. In the interval44 some kind of a compact seems to have been come to, by which Kidd undertook not to molest45 the pirates, and Culliford agreed to let Kidd keep the Quedagh Merchant and a certain quantity of the goods on board of her. It is difficult to see how Kidd in his then position could have made a better bargain than this for the great men who were employing him. Judging from the amount of specie[85] and goods which he succeeded after all in bringing to America, he appears to have done very well indeed for them. Possibly the canny46 Scot, notwithstanding the theft of his chest, had more gold and valuables concealed47 in his impenetrable cabin than the deserters dreamed of. Possibly some of his late crew had consciences and were willing to let him off cheaply. Whatever the details of the arrangement may have been, it is unlikely that he could in any case have saved himself from the charge brought against him at his trial, on which the judge laid great stress, and which has clung to him ever since, that having been sent out to catch the pirates, and bring them home with him, he had on the first occasion on which he had met them, promised not to molest them, an offence which it was alleged48 at his trial that he had aggravated49 by drinking deeply from a tub of “bomboo” with their Captain Culliford.
The word “bomboo” has a fine piratical[86] suggestiveness about it. It sounds as if it were some weird50 concoction51 of strong liquors, which carousing52 pirates in their unholy orgies were wont53 to consume by the bucketfull. As a matter of fact, it was a very innocent beverage54 made of water, limes, and sugar; and it was small blame to poor Kidd that on emerging from his beleaguered55 cabin in that hot climate, he was glad enough to take a long drink of it, when at length a truce56 had been arranged. According to the King’s evidence at his trial, he solemnly undertook over this draught57 of “bomboo” not to molest the pirates, and presumably they also undertook not to molest him. The alternative very possibly was his death from thirst in his stuffy58 cabin. Culliford’s men outnumbered his by ten to one. The only evidence besides his own that we have of this incident was that given at his trial by two of his crew, who had deserted him and gone over to the enemy. Kidd not unnaturally59 was very bitter against these[87] two men,—Bradenham the surgeon and Palmer, one of his seamen—as appears from the following quotations60 from the verbatim report of his trial.
Kidd (to Bradenham). “Did you not come aboard my ship and rob the surgeon’s chest?”
Bradenham. “No, I did not.”
Kidd. “Did I not come to you when you went away and met you on the deck, and said, ‘Why do you take the chest away?’”
Bradenham. “No, I did not do it.”
Kidd. “You are a rogue61.”
Again:
Kidd. “Mr. Bradenham, are you not promised your life to take away mine?”
Mr. Justice Turton. “He is not bound to answer that question. He is very fit to be made an evidence of the King. Perhaps there can be no other in this case than such who are in his circumstances.”
In other words, those of the crew who had faithfully stood by their captain, and helped[88] him to bring his prize home to America in the interests of their employers, one of whom was the King himself, could not be relied on as witnesses. The only witnesses who could be trusted to swear through thick and thin against Kidd, were two men who by their own admission had deserted their colours and joined Culliford in open piracy against the ships of all nations.
To quote again from the verbatim report:
Kidd. “I hope the King’s counsel will not put him in the way. It is hard that a couple of rascals62 should take away the King’s subjects’ lives. They are a couple of rogues63 and rascals.”
Again, when one of them conveniently feigned64 ignorance, and an answer by the other had been suggested to him by one of the counsel for the prosecution65:
Kidd. “It is a fine trade that you must take away so many of the King’s subjects’ lives, and know nothing at all of the matter.”
[89]
Again, speaking this time to the judge:
“It is a fine trade indeed that he must be instructed what to say. He knows no more of these things than you do. The fellow used to sleep five or six months together in the hold.”
Once more:
“He tells a thousand lies. The man contradicts himself a hundred times.”
Kidd (speaking this time to Palmer). “I would not go with such a roguish crew as you were. Was I not threatened to be shot in my cabin by such villains66 as you, if I would not go along with you? This was the reason I could not come home. Did you not with the others set fire to the boat to destroy my ship? My lord, they took what they pleased out of the ship, and I was forced to stay by myself, and pick up here a man and there a man to carry her home.”
That Kidd had no option but to stay on at Madagascar after Culliford had left is obvious. The faithful thirteen who remained[90] behind with him were clearly an insufficient67 ship’s company to bring the Quedagh Merchant with her freight safely to America. When he left her off the coast of Hispaniola, nearly a year afterwards, denuded68 of the specie and goods which he had taken from her to Boston, she carried besides her thirty mounted guns, taken from the Adventure Galley, twenty more guns of her own, stowed away in her hold, some two hundred bales of calicoes, silks, and muslins, between eighty and ninety tons of refined sugar, forty tons of saltpetre, and ten tons of iron “in short junks.” No reason, other than stern necessity, can have induced him to prolong his stay at Madagascar. He and his men must have wished to get home as soon as might be. Had they been able to start at once, they might have been in time to put an end to the suspicions of their honesty, which were already accumulating in England owing to the protracted69 absence of news as to their movements, and the complaint[91] of the East India Company of the seizure70 of the Quedagh Merchant.
Unfortunately Madagascar was one of the last places in the world in which Kidd was likely to find the men required to bring his ship home. The majority of such English-speaking men as were there were by no means desirous of bringing themselves within the grasp of the law. In the course of the next five months, to quote his own words, “he picked up here a man and there a man,” and “some passengers presented that were bound for these parts,” i. e., America. At last, still under-manned, he started on his homeward voyage, and reached Anguilla in the West Indies in April, 1699. By this time he had been condemned71 unheard by the home authorities; and the hue72 and cry had been raised against him and such of his crew as had remained faithful. The lords justices had sent instructions to the governors of all the English colonies in America “to apprehend73 him[92] and his accomplices74, whenever he or they should arrive in any of the said plantations,” and “to secure his ship and all the effects therein, it being their Excellencies’ intention that right be done to those who have been injured and robbed by the said Kidd, and that he and his associates be prosecuted75 with the utmost rigour of the law.” Consequently when, in all innocence76, he sent his boat on shore, to quote again from his own artless narrative77, “his men had the news that he and his people were proclaimed pirates, which put them into such consternation78 that they sought all opportunities to run the ship ashore79 upon some reef or shoal, fearing the Narrator should carry them into some English port.”
“From Anguilla,” he tells us, “they came to St. Thomas, where his brother-in-law, Samuel Bradley, was put on shore being sick, and five more” (out of his small crew) “went away and deserted him. There he heard the same news, that he and his company[93] were proclaimed pirates, which incensed80 the people more and more.”
“From St. Thomas he set sail for Moona, an island between Hispaniola and Porto Rico, where they met with a sloop81, called the St. Anthony, bound for Antigua from Curaso. The men on board then swore that they would bring the ship no further.” By this time some commanders would have hesitated. Not so Kidd. He held to his purpose to remain true to his employers whatever the cost to himself might be. He tells us, and his evidence is not contradicted, that he “then sent the said sloop, St. Anthony, to Curaso for canvas to make sails for the prize, she not being able to proceed, and she returned in ten days, and after the canvas came he could not persuade the men to carry her to New England. But six of them went and carried their chests and things on board of the Dutch sloop, bound for Curaso, and would not so much as heel the vessel82, or do anything.” The remainder of the men not[94] being able to bring the Adventure Prize to Boston “he secured her in a good safe harbour in Hispaniola and left her in the possession of Mr. Henry Boulton of Antigua, Merchant, with three of the old men and fifteen or sixteen of the men that belonged to the said sloop St. Anthony and a brigantine belonging to Mr. Burt of Curaso.” He then “bought the said sloop, St. Anthony, of Mr. Boulton for the owners’ account: and after he had given directions to the said Boulton to be careful of the ship and lading, and persuaded him to stay three months until he returned, he made the best of his way to New York.”
Bellamont was not at New York, but at Boston. An old friend of Kidd’s, Emmot by name, came on board the sloop from New York, and to him Kidd told his simple tale, handed over to him the two invaluable83 French passes to take to Bellamont, as evidence that the two prizes, in respect of which he had been charged with piracy, had been[95] lawfully84 taken under his letters of marque. On the thirteenth of June, Emmot came to Bellamont at Boston with these passes, and two days afterwards Bellamont sent Mr. Duncan Campbell, the Postmaster of Boston, to invite Kidd to come into the port of Boston. On the nineteenth Campbell returned, and gave in a memorial,[9] still extant, of all that had passed between him and Kidd.
This memorial is of interest, as showing the effect produced on Bellamont’s emissary by his first interview with Kidd. Had he been prejudiced in Kidd’s favor, it is unlikely that he would have been selected by Bellamont for the purpose of ascertaining85 whether Kidd was guilty of piracy or not. On the same day he was sent back by Bellamont to Kidd, with the following letter:
Boston, 19 June, 1699.
“Captain Kidd,—Mr. Emmot came to me last Tuesday night telling me he came[96] from you: but was shy of telling where he parted with you. Nor did I press him to it. He told me you came by Oyster86 Bay in Nassau Island and sent for him to New York. He proposed to me that I would grant you a pardon. I answered that I had never granted one yet, and that I had set myself a rule never to grant a pardon to anybody without the King’s express leave or command. He told me you declared and protested your innocence and that if your men could be persuaded to follow your example, you would make no manner of scruple87 of coming into this port, or any other within His Majesty’s Dominions88. That you owned there were two ships taken, but that your men did it violently and against your will, and had used you barbarously, in imprisoning89 you and treating you ill the most part of your voyage, and often attempting to murder you. Mr. Emmot delivered to me the two French passes taken on board the two ships your men rifled,[10] which passes I have in my custody90, and I am apt to believe they will be a good article to justify91 you, if the late peace were not by[97] the Treaty between England and France to operate in that part of the world at the time the hostility92 was committed, as I am almost confident it was not to do. Mr. Emmot told me that you showed a great sense of honour and justice in professing93 with many asseverations your settled and serious design all along to do honour to your Commission and never to do the least thing contrary to your duty and allegiance to the King. And this I have to say in your defence, that several persons in New York, who I can bring to evidence it, did tell me that by several advices from Madagascar and that part of the world, they were informed of your men’s revolting from you in one place, and I am pretty sure they said was Madagascar, and that others compelled you much against your will to take and rifle two ships.
“I have advised with His Majesty’s Council, and shewed them this letter, and they are of opinion that if you can be so clear as you (or Mr. Emmot for you) have said, that you may safely come hither, and be equipped and fitted out to go and fetch the other ship, and I make no manner of doubt but to obtain the King’s pardon for you, and[98] for those few men you have left who I understand have been faithful to you, and refused as well as you to dishonour94 the Commission you have from England.
“I assure you on my Word and Honour I will perform nicely what I have promised, though this I declare beforehand that whatever goods and treasure you may bring hither, I will not meddle95 with the least bit of them: but they shall be left with such persons as the Council shall advise until I receive orders from England how they shall be disposed of.”
Kidd’s reply to this letter was as follows:
“To the Earl of Bellamont.
“From Block Island on Board the Sloop Anthony
“24 June, 1699.
“May it please your Excellency,
“I am honoured with your Lordship’s letter of the 19th instant by Mr. Campbell, which came to my hands this day. For which I return my most hearty96 thanks. I cannot but blame myself for not writing to your Lordship before this time, knowing it was my duty: but the clamours and false[99] stories that have been reported of me, made me fearful of visiting or coming into any harbour, till I could hear from your Lordship.
“I note the contents of your Lordship’s letter, as to what Mr. Emmot and Mr. Campbell informed your Lordship of my proceedings I do affirm to be true, and a great deal more might be said of the abuses of my men, and the hardships I have undergone to preserve the ship and what goods my men had left. Ninety-five men went away from me in one day and went on board the Moca Frigate, Captain Robert Culliford, Commander, who went away to the Red Sea; and committed several acts of piracy, as I am informed; and am afraid (the men formerly97 belonging to my Galley) that the report is gone home against me to the East India Company, that I have been the actor. A sheet of paper will not contain what may be said of the care I took to preserve the owners’ interest, and to come home to clear my own innocency98. I do further declare and protest that I never did in the least act contrary to the King’s Commission, nor to the reputation of my honourable99 owners,[100] and doubt not but that I shall be able to make my innocence appear; or else I had no need to come to these parts of the world; if it were not for that and my owners’ interest. There are Five or Six Passengers that came from Madagascar to assist me in bringing the ship home, and about ten of my own men, that came with me would not venture to go into Boston, till Mr. Campbell had engaged Body for Body for them that they should not be molested100 while I stayed at Boston, or till I return with the ship. I doubt not but your Lordship will write to England in my favour and for these few men who are left.
“I wish your Lordship would persuade Mr. Campbell to go home to England with your Lordship’s letters, who will be able to give account of our affairs and diligently101 follow the same that there may be a speedy answer from England. I desired Mr. Campbell to buy 1000 weight of Rigging for fitting of the ship to bring her to Boston, that I may not be delayed when I come there.
“Upon receiving of your Lordship’s letter, I am making the best of my way to Boston. This with my humble102 duty to your[101] Lordship and Countess, is what offers from, my Lord, your Excellency’s most humble and dutiful servant,
“William Kidd.”
On the first of July he brought the sloop and the remnant of his crew into the port of Boston, conscious of his integrity and relying on the word and honour of Bellamont. It may well be doubted whether any man in equally trying circumstances has ever been truer to his trust.
点击
收听单词发音
收听单词发音 |
1
preying
|
|
| v.掠食( prey的现在分词 )；掠食；折磨；（人）靠欺诈为生 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
2
determined
|
|
| adj.坚定的；有决心的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
3
posterity
|
|
| n.后裔，子孙，后代 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
4
fortitude
|
|
| n.坚忍不拔；刚毅 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
5
scotch
|
|
| n.伤口，刻痕；苏格兰威士忌酒；v.粉碎，消灭，阻止；adj.苏格兰(人)的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
6
surmount
|
|
| vt.克服；置于…顶上 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
7
apparently
|
|
| adv.显然地；表面上，似乎 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
8
profane
|
|
| adj.亵神的，亵渎的；vt.亵渎，玷污 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
9
galley
|
|
| n.（飞机或船上的）厨房单层甲板大帆船；军舰舰长用的大划艇； | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
10
brink
|
|
| n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘，边沿 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
11
mishaps
|
|
| n.轻微的事故，小的意外( mishap的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
12
proceedings
|
|
| n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
13
conscientious
|
|
| adj.审慎正直的，认真的，本着良心的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
14
hesitation
|
|
| n.犹豫，踌躇 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
15
Portuguese
|
|
| n.葡萄牙人；葡萄牙语 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
16
perilous
|
|
| adj.危险的，冒险的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
17
gaol
|
|
| n.(jail)监狱；(不加冠词)监禁；vt.使…坐牢 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
18
piracy
|
|
| n.海盗行为，剽窃，著作权侵害 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
19
cargoes
|
|
| n.（船或飞机装载的）货物( cargo的名词复数 )；大量，重负 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
20
moors
|
|
| v.停泊，系泊（船只）( moor的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
21
adventurous
|
|
| adj.爱冒险的；惊心动魄的，惊险的，刺激的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
22
decided
|
|
| adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
23
internecine
|
|
| adj.两败俱伤的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
24
attained
|
|
| （通常经过努力）实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 )； 达到； 获得； 达到（某年龄、水平、状况） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
25
necessitate
|
|
| v.使成为必要，需要 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
26
seamen
|
|
| n.海员 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
27
venial
|
|
| adj.可宽恕的；轻微的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
28
plundering
|
|
| 掠夺，抢劫( plunder的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
29
catastrophe
|
|
| n.大灾难，大祸 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
30
inevitable
|
|
| adj.不可避免的，必然发生的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
31
frigate
|
|
| n.护航舰，大型驱逐舰 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
32
mutinous
|
|
| adj.叛变的，反抗的；adv.反抗地，叛变地；n.反抗，叛变 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
33
deserted
|
|
| adj.荒芜的，荒废的，无人的，被遗弃的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
34
barricading
|
|
| 设路障于，以障碍物阻塞( barricade的现在分词 )； 设路障[防御工事]保卫或固守 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
35
plundered
|
|
| 掠夺，抢劫( plunder的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
36
ransacked
|
|
| v.彻底搜查( ransack的过去式和过去分词 )；抢劫，掠夺 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
37
sufficiently
|
|
| adv.足够地，充分地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
38
lodged
|
|
| v.存放( lodge的过去式和过去分词 )；暂住；埋入；（权利、权威等）归属 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
39
stifling
|
|
| a.令人窒息的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
40
barricaded
|
|
| 设路障于，以障碍物阻塞( barricade的过去式和过去分词 )； 设路障[防御工事]保卫或固守 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
41
diplomacy
|
|
| n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
42
testimony
|
|
| n.证词；见证，证明 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
43
conjecture
|
|
| n./v.推测，猜测 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
44
interval
|
|
| n.间隔，间距；幕间休息，中场休息 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
45
molest
|
|
| vt.骚扰，干扰，调戏 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
46
canny
|
|
| adj.谨慎的，节俭的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
47
concealed
|
|
| a.隐藏的，隐蔽的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
48
alleged
|
|
| a.被指控的，嫌疑的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
49
aggravated
|
|
| 使恶化( aggravate的过去式和过去分词 )； 使更严重； 激怒； 使恼火 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
50
weird
|
|
| adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
51
concoction
|
|
| n.调配(物)；谎言 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
52
carousing
|
|
| v.痛饮，闹饮欢宴( carouse的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
53
wont
|
|
| adj.习惯于；v.习惯；n.习惯 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
54
beverage
|
|
| n.(水，酒等之外的)饮料 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
55
beleaguered
|
|
| adj.受到围困[围攻]的；包围的v.围攻( beleaguer的过去式和过去分词)；困扰；骚扰 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
56
truce
|
|
| n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
57
draught
|
|
| n.拉，牵引，拖；一网（饮，吸，阵)；顿服药量，通风；v.起草，设计 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
58
stuffy
|
|
| adj.不透气的，闷热的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
59
unnaturally
|
|
| adv.违反习俗地；不自然地；勉强地；不近人情地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
60
quotations
|
|
| n.引用( quotation的名词复数 )；[商业]行情（报告）；（货物或股票的）市价；时价 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
61
rogue
|
|
| n.流氓；v.游手好闲 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
62
rascals
|
|
| 流氓( rascal的名词复数 )； 无赖； （开玩笑说法）淘气的人（尤指小孩）； 恶作剧的人 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
63
rogues
|
|
| n.流氓( rogue的名词复数 )；无赖；调皮捣蛋的人；离群的野兽 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
64
feigned
|
|
| a.假装的，不真诚的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
65
prosecution
|
|
| n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
66
villains
|
|
| n.恶棍( villain的名词复数 )；罪犯；（小说、戏剧等中的）反面人物；淘气鬼 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
67
insufficient
|
|
| adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
68
denuded
|
|
| adj.[医]变光的，裸露的v.使赤裸( denude的过去式和过去分词 )；剥光覆盖物 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
69
protracted
|
|
| adj.拖延的；延长的v.拖延“protract”的过去式和过去分词 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
70
seizure
|
|
| n.没收；占有；抵押 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
71
condemned
|
|
| adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
72
hue
|
|
| n.色度；色调；样子 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
73
apprehend
|
|
| vt.理解，领悟，逮捕，拘捕，忧虑 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
74
accomplices
|
|
| 从犯，帮凶，同谋( accomplice的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
75
prosecuted
|
|
| a.被起诉的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
76
innocence
|
|
| n.无罪；天真；无害 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
77
narrative
|
|
| n.叙述，故事；adj.叙事的，故事体的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
78
consternation
|
|
| n.大为吃惊，惊骇 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
79
ashore
|
|
| adv.在(向)岸上，上岸 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
80
incensed
|
|
| 盛怒的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
81
sloop
|
|
| n.单桅帆船 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
82
vessel
|
|
| n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
83
invaluable
|
|
| adj.无价的，非常宝贵的，极为贵重的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
84
lawfully
|
|
| adv.守法地，合法地；合理地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
85
ascertaining
|
|
| v.弄清，确定，查明( ascertain的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
86
oyster
|
|
| n.牡蛎；沉默寡言的人 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
87
scruple
|
|
| n./v.顾忌，迟疑 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
88
dominions
|
|
| 统治权( dominion的名词复数 )； 领土； 疆土； 版图 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
89
imprisoning
|
|
| v.下狱，监禁( imprison的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
90
custody
|
|
| n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
91
justify
|
|
| vt.证明…正当(或有理)，为…辩护 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
92
hostility
|
|
| n.敌对，敌意；抵制［pl.］交战，战争 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
93
professing
|
|
| 声称( profess的现在分词 )； 宣称； 公开表明； 信奉 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
94
dishonour
|
|
| n./vt.拒付（支票、汇票、票据等）；vt.凌辱，使丢脸；n.不名誉，耻辱，不光彩 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
95
meddle
|
|
| v.干预，干涉，插手 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
96
hearty
|
|
| adj.热情友好的；衷心的；尽情的，纵情的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
97
formerly
|
|
| adv.从前，以前 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
98
innocency
|
|
| 无罪，洁白 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
99
honourable
|
|
| adj.可敬的；荣誉的，光荣的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
100
molested
|
|
| v.骚扰( molest的过去式和过去分词 )；干扰；调戏；猥亵 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
101
diligently
|
|
| ad.industriously;carefully | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
102
humble
|
|
| adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
| 欢迎访问英文小说网 |