Her first waking thought was as her last before sleeping: I am beautiful.
Her second, not I love him, but He loves me.
And her third grew out of the second: I can make him do what pleases me.
Yesterday a lowly supplicant6 at the shrine7 of love: today Love's very self, adored and desired by an erstwhile divinity now humbled9 to the level of humanity!
A fit of petulance10, beauty in tears, a whispered word of passion: strange and strangely simple incantation to have turned a world upside down! How easily was man suppled11 to the spell!
The sense of power ran like wine through her being: she felt herself invincible12, an adept13 of love's alchemy; she had surprised its secret, and now the world of man's heart lay open to the practices of her disastrous14 art. For a moment she experienced an almost terrifying intimation of empires ripe for conquest that lay beyond Matthias; but from this she withdrew her troubled gaze; nor would she look again; not yet....
She considered his mad extravagance of last night—taxicabs, champagne15, tips! Was he, then, able to afford such expenditures16? In her understanding they went oddly with his pretensions18 to decent poverty. Or had he merely lost his head under the influence of her charms? This last theory pleased her; she adopted it with reservations: the question remained one to be cleared up.
He disapproved19 of a career upon the stage for her?... Joan smiled indulgently: that matter would be arranged in good time. She meant to have her way....
At a tap on her door she changed suddenly from the aloof20 egoist to a woman athrill before the veil of portentous21 mysteries. She sat up in bed, called out to know who was knocking, gave permission to the chambermaid to enter, and received a note in the hand of Matthias.
"Past twelve o'clock," she read, "and still no sign of you, sweetheart. I give you thirty minutes to dress and come to me. If you don't, I'll come for you. After breakfast, we'll run out of town for the day—our first day together! Matthias."
Half wild with delight, she hurried through her toilet and ran down-stairs to find her lover waiting in the hallway, watch in hand.
He closed it with a snap, and made her a quaintly22 ceremonious bow. "In two minutes more—!" he observed in a tone of grave menace. "But before we go out, have the kindness to step into my humble8 study. I have somewhat to say to you."
She appeared to hesitate, to be reluctant and preoccupied23 occupied.
"What about?" she demanded distantly.
But her dancing eyes betrayed her.
"Business," he said, sententious. His gesture indicated a vigilant24 universe of eavesdroppers. "Nobody's but our own!"
Nevertheless, there was none to spy upon them as he drew her gently by the waist, down the hall and into the back-parlour. She yielded with a charming diffidence.
In his embrace the sense of power slipped unheeded from her ken25; returned the deep, obliterating26 rapture27 of over-night. Lips that first submitted, soon gave in return, then demanded....
She clung heavily to him, a little faint and breathless with a vague and sweet and nameless longing28....
At breakfast in a neighbouring restaurant, Matthias disclosed his plans for the day, involving a motor trip down along the north shore of Long Island, dinner at Huntington, a return by moonlight. Joan, enchanted29 by the prospect—the sum of whose experience outside Manhattan Island was comprised in a few trips to Coney Island—consented with a strange mingling30 of eagerness and misgivings31; the thought of the cost troubled a conscience still haunted by memories of last night's prodigality33.
"I didn't know you had an automobile34."
"I haven't; I'm chartering one for the day."
"But ... but ... won't it be awf'ly expensive?"
"Don't worry, dear."
"But, you know, you aren't—rich."
"I'm a magnate of happiness, at all events: and today is our day, the first of our love, sweetheart. For twelve long hours we're going to forget everything but our two selfish selves. Why fret35 about tomorrow? It always does manage to take care of itself, somehow. And frankly36, I don't care to be reminded of its existence today; for tomorrow I work...."
A day of quicksilver hours slipping ever from their jealous grasp; of hours volatile37 and glamorous38: in Joan's half-dazed consciousness, a delectable39 pageant40 of scenes, sensations and emotions no sooner comprehended than displaced by others no less wonderful....
Abed long after midnight, visions besieged41 her bewilderingly: a length of dusty golden highway walled by green forest, with a white bridge glaring in sunlight at the bottom of a hill; the affrighting onrush of great motor-cars meeting their own, and the din17 and dust of their passage; the bright harbour of Huntington, blue and gold in a frame of gold and green, viewed from the marble balustrade of the Chateau42 des Beaux Arts; the wrinkled, kindly43, comprehending face of a waiter who served them at dinner; the look in her lover's eyes as she repeated, on demand, guarded avowals under cover of the motor's rumble44; the ardent45 face of a boy who had seemed unable to cease staring at her in the restaurant; silver and purple of the road by night; wheeling ranks of lights dotting the desolation of suburban46 Brooklyn; the high-flung span of Queensboro' Bridge, a web of steel and concrete strung with opalescent47 globes; the glare of the city's painted sky; the endless pulsing of the motor; their last caress48 on parting at the foot of the stairs....
On the morrow she went back to her typewriter like Cinderella to her kitchen. But what work Matthias was able to invent for her was neither arduous49 nor urgent; she was able to take her time on it, and wasted many an hour in dreaming. Her mind was, indeed, more engaged with thoughts of new frocks than with the circumstances of her love or her services to her lover.
She was to receive thenceforward twenty-five instead of ten dollars a week. Matthias had experienced little difficulty in over-ruling her faint protestations: they were to be together a great deal, he argued, and she must be able to dress at least neatly50; moreover, by requiring her promise to marry him at some future time when his fortunes would permit, he had in a measure made her dependent upon him; she couldn't reasonably be asked to wait for long on a bare pittance51.
His arguments were reinforced by one he knew nothing of, a maxim52 culled53 from the wisdom of Miss Maizie Dean: It was up to a girl to look out for herself first, last, and all the time. The platitude54 had made an ineffaceable impression upon Joan's sense of self-preservation. And if Matthias were able to afford nightly dinners for two at good restaurants, in addition to theater tickets several times a week, he ought to be able to afford a decent compensation to his stenographer55; especially when it was his wish that she refrain from attempting to earn more money on the stage.
It was, however, true that no offer had come to Joan of other theatrical56 work, and that the issue of her ambition remained in abeyance57, a subject which she didn't care to raise and which Matthias, since that first night, had considered settled.
Customarily they met each evening about half-past six at some distance from their lodgings58: a precaution against gossip on the part of the other inmates59 of the Maison Duprat. Thence they would go to dine at some favourite restaurant, where food was good and evening dress not obligatory—the café of their first supper by preference, or else the Lafayette, in University Place, the Brevoort House, or one of a few minor60 French establishments upon which Matthias had conferred the approval of a discriminating61 taste. Thereafter, if he meant to work, they would take a taxicab for a brief whirl through Central Park or up Riverside Drive to Grant's Tomb and back. Or if he considered attendance upon some first representation important enough to interfere62 with his work, as forming part of the education of a student of contemporaneous drama, they would go to a theatre, where he always contrived63 to have good but inconspicuous seats.
In all, Joan must have attended with him eight or nine first-nights; and since Matthias refused to waste his time on musical comedy, they witnessed for the most part plays dealing64 with one phase or another of social life in either London or New York. From these Joan derived an amount of benefit which would have surprised anyone ignorant of the quickness of perception and intelligent adaptability65 characteristic of the American girl, however humble her origin. The poorest plays furnished her with material for self-criticism and improvement. As plays, indeed, she was but vaguely66 interested in them, but as schools of deportment, they held her breathlessly attentive67. She never took her gaze from the stage so long as there remained upon it an actress portraying68, however indifferently, a woman of any degree of cultivation69 whatever. Gestures, postures70, vocal71 inflections, the character of their gowns and the manner in which they contrived to impart to them something of their wearer's personality, the management of a tea-cup or a fashion of shaking hands: all these were registered and stored away in the girl's memory, to be recalled when alone, reviewed, dissected72, modified to fit her individually, practised, and eventually to be adopted with varying discretion73 and success.
She who was to be the wife of a man of position, was determined74 that his friends and associates should find little to censure75 in her manners. For long Helena Tankerville figured to Joan as an impeccable model of tact76, distinction, taste, and gentlewomanliness. To become as Helena was, summed up the dearest aspirations77 of the girl. She began to be very guarded in her use of English, eschewed78 as far as her means permitted the uniform style of costume to which New York women are largely prone79, dressed her hair differently and upon no superstructure other than its own, and spent long hours manicuring and observing the minor niceties of the feminine toilet.
Paradoxically, with the obtuseness80 characteristic of a certain type of imaginative man, Matthias appreciated and was grateful for the improvement in his fiancée without realizing it objectively; what pleased his sensitive tastes, he accepted as normal expressions of innate81 good-breeding; what jarred, he glossed82 with charity. It was inconceivable that he should love any woman but one instinctively83 fine: he endowed Joan with many a grace and many a virtue84 that she did not possess; and this implicit85 assertion of his, that she was all that the mistress of his heart ought to be, incited86 her to more determined efforts to resemble all that by birth and training she was not.
It was some time before the novelty palled87 and she grew restive88 under the strain of it all....
"I had a talk with Rideout today," he observed during dinner, on an evening about a fortnight subsequent to the disbanding of "The Jade89 God" company. "He's dickering with Algerson—thinks the thing may possibly come to a deal before long."
"How do you mean?" Joan enquired90 with quick interest.
"Algerson wants to buy Rideout's interest in the play—at a bargain to himself, of course. Rideout is holding out for a better offer, but he's hard pressed, and I rather think he'll close with Algerson within a few days."
"Who's Algerson?" Joan asked, after an interval91 devoted92 to ransacking93 her memory for some echo of that name; resulting in the conviction that she had never heard it before.
"He runs a chain of stock companies out on the Pacific Coast, and now he's anxious to branch out into the producing business."
"And if he gets 'The Jade God'—when will he put it on?"
"Can't say—haven't seen him. I'm not supposed to know he's interested as yet; though of course they'll have to come to me before the deal can be ratified94."
"But you'll consent?"
"Rather! Especially if Algerson will take over Rideout's contract as it stands. It provides for pretty good royalties95, and as a prospective96 bridegroom I'm very much interested in such sordid97 matters."
Joan traced a meaningless pattern on the cloth with a tine of her fork; glanced surreptitiously at Matthias; remembered that toying with the tableware wasn't good form, and quietly abandoned the occupation.
"I wonder ..." she murmured abstractedly.
"You wonder what—?" Matthias prompted when she failed to round out her thought.
She laughed uneasily. "I was just wondering if—if he gets the piece—Algerson would give me a chance at my old part?"
"Not with my consent," said Matthias promptly98. "You know I don't want you to stick at that game."
"But I'm tired doing nothing," she pouted99 prettily100.
Matthias shook his stubborn head. "Besides," he added quickly, "Algerson will probably try the show out in one of his stock houses before he goes to the expense of organizing a new and separate production. I mean, he'll use people already on his pay roll, and not engage outsiders until he knows pretty well whether he's got a success or a failure on his hands."
"You think he will produce out West?"
"Probably."
"And will you have to go?"
"I don't know. I shan't unless I get some guarantee of expenses. Although ... I don't know ... perhaps I ought to. Wilbrow and I are the only people who know how the thing ought to be done, and Algerson most certainly won't pay what Wilbrow asks for making a production—and his expenses to the Coast and back, besides.... It would be a shame to let a valuable property go smash for want of intelligent supervision101."
"Then you may go, after all?"
"I can't say until something definite is arranged. I'll have to think it over."
Joan sighed.
A week elapsed before the subject came up again.
Matthias had been out all day; Joan, with no typing to engage her, had sought surcease of ennui102 with a book and an easy chair in the back-parlour. But the story was badly chosen for her purpose. Its heroine, like herself, had in the beginning been merely a girl of the people, little if any better equipped for the struggle to the top: Joan could see no reason why she should not rise with a rapidity as wonderful, given but the chance denied her through the unreasonable103 prejudice of her lover.
And presently the book lay open and neglected in her lap, while her thoughts engaged mutinously104 with this obstruction105 to her desires, seeking a way to circumvent106 it without imperilling her conquest.
Joan was proud and sure of her power over Matthias, but she realized that in spite of it she didn't as yet fill his life; there existed in his nature reticences her imagination might not plumb107; and until chance, or the confidence only to be engendered108 through long, slow processes of intimate association, should make these known to her, she hesitated to join issue with his will.
And yet ... she was continually restless and discontented. Sometimes she felt that the old order of uncertainty109 and stifled110 longings111 had been better for her soul; that she couldn't much longer endure the tension of living up to the rigorous standards of Matthias and his kind; that she might even be happier as the object of a passion less honourable112 and honest than that which he offered her.
But never before this day had she admitted so much to herself, even in her most secret hours of egoistic self-communion....
Matthias came in briskly, in a glow of high spirits, shortly before sunset; and immediately, as always, her every doubt and misgiving32 vanished like mists in the morning-glow of his love.
Throwing hat and stick upon the couch, he went directly to her chair, knelt beside it, gathered her to him. She yielded with a sedate113 yet warm tenderness perhaps the more sincere today because of a conscience stricken by the memory of her late disloyalty of thought. And something of her fond gravity and gentleness penetrated114 and sobered his own mood. He held her very close for many minutes. But when he drew back at arm's-length to worship her with his eyes, she turned her head aside quickly, if not quickly enough to deceive him. He was instant to detect the glimmer115 of tears in her long lashes116, the childish tremor117 of her sweet lips, and again drew her to him.
"My dearest one!" he whispered with infinite gentleness and solicitude118. "What is it? Tell me."
"Nothing," she breathed brokenly in return. "Nothing—only—I guess—I'm a little blue—lonely without you, dear. I'm afraid I need either to be at work or—with you always."
"Then be comforted, sweetest girl; the time won't be long, now—I believe in my very soul."
"Till when—?" She leaned back in her chair, examining his face with eyes that shone with infectious fire of his confident excitement. "Till when? What do you mean? Something has happened!"
"You're right," he laughed exultantly119: "two big things have happened to me today. Wylie has accepted 'Tomorrow's People': we signed the contract this afternoon; he's to put it on about the first of the year."
"Oh, I'm so glad!"
"But that isn't all: Algerson has bought Rideout's contract and is to produce 'The Jade God' in Los Angeles as soon as it can be got ready."
"Dearest!"
There was an interval....
"Only," he said presently, "it's going to mean a little real loneliness for you, dear—not more than a few weeks—"
"Why?" she demanded sharply.
"Because I've promised Algerson to superintend the rehearsals120. I couldn't well refuse. You know how much it means to us, dear heart."
"When do you leave?"
"Monday—the Twentieth Century Limited for Chicago then on to Los Angeles."
"And you'll be gone, altogether, how long?" Joan persisted tensely.
"With good luck, about a month. If we strike a snag, of course, I may have to stop over a week or so longer. It's hard to say."
"Then I'm to be left—here—alone—with nothing to do but wait—perhaps more than a month!"
"I'm afraid so, dear. It's for both of our sakes. So much depends—"
"Jack121!" Placing her hands on his shoulders, Joan held him off. "Take me with you," she pleaded earnestly.
"Think a moment, sweetheart. You must see how impossible it is. For one thing, it wouldn't—O it's all very well to say 'Conventions be hanged!' but—it wouldn't look right. We're not married."
"Take me with you, Jack," she repeated stubbornly.
He shook his head. "And, fairly and squarely, dear, I can't afford it. I haven't got enough money. Even if we were married, I'd have to leave you here."
For a moment longer the girl kept her hands upon his shoulders, exploring his face with eyes that seemed suddenly to have been robbed of much of their girlishness. Then: "Very well," she said coldly, and releasing him, she sat back and averted122 her countenance123.
Matthias got up, distressed124 and perplexed125.
"You can't mean your love won't stand the strain of a few weeks' separation, Joan!"
She made no answer. He shrugged126, moved to the work-table, found a cigarette and lighted it.
"Surely you can wait that long—"
"I'll do my best," she interrupted almost impatiently. "If it can't be, it can't. So don't let's talk any more about it."
"I'd give a good deal to be able to arrange things the way you wish," he grumbled127. "But I don't see...."
She was silent. He paced the worn path on the carpet for a few moments, then turned aside to his desk and stood idly examining a little collection of correspondence which had been delivered in his absence. One or two letters he opened, skimmed through without paying much attention to their contents, and tossed aside. A third brought from him an exclamation128: "Hello!"
"What is it?" Joan enquired indifferently.
"What do you say to running down to Tanglewood over Sunday?"
"Tanglewood?"
"My Aunt Helena's home—down at Port Madison, Long Island, you know. She has just written, asking us. It would be rather fun. Would you like to go?"
A blunt negative was barely suppressed. Curiosity made Joan hesitate, and temporarily to forego further petulance.
"I've got nothing to wear," she doubted uncertainly.
"Rot: you don't need anything but shirtwaists and skirts. There won't be anybody but you, Helena, George Tankerville and myself." Matthias leaned over the back of her chair and caught her face between his hands. "It'll be a splendid holiday for us, before I start. Say yes—sweetheart!"
Joan turned up her face to his, lifting her arms to encircle his neck. She nodded consent as he bent129 his lips to hers.
点击
收听单词发音
收听单词发音 |
1
snug
|
|
| adj.温暖舒适的，合身的，安全的；v.使整洁干净，舒适地依靠，紧贴；n.（英）酒吧里的私房 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
2
lustrous
|
|
| adj.有光泽的；光辉的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
3
recurred
|
|
| 再发生，复发( recur的过去式和过去分词 )； 治愈 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
4
derived
|
|
| vi.起源；由来；衍生；导出v.得到( derive的过去式和过去分词 )；（从…中）得到获得；源于；（从…中）提取 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
5
intoxicating
|
|
| a. 醉人的,使人兴奋的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
6
supplicant
|
|
| adj.恳求的n.恳求者 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
7
shrine
|
|
| n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
8
humble
|
|
| adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
9
humbled
|
|
| adj. 卑下的，谦逊的，粗陋的 vt. 使 ... 卑下，贬低 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
10
petulance
|
|
| n.发脾气，生气，易怒，暴躁，性急 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
11
suppled
|
|
| 使柔软，使柔顺（supple的过去式与过去分词形式） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
12
invincible
|
|
| adj.不可征服的，难以制服的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
13
adept
|
|
| adj.老练的，精通的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
14
disastrous
|
|
| adj.灾难性的，造成灾害的；极坏的，很糟的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
15
champagne
|
|
| n.香槟酒；微黄色 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
16
expenditures
|
|
| n.花费( expenditure的名词复数 )；使用；（尤指金钱的）支出额；（精力、时间、材料等的）耗费 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
17
din
|
|
| n.喧闹声，嘈杂声 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
18
pretensions
|
|
| 自称( pretension的名词复数 )； 自命不凡； 要求； 权力 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
19
disapproved
|
|
| v.不赞成( disapprove的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
20
aloof
|
|
| adj.远离的；冷淡的，漠不关心的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
21
portentous
|
|
| adj.不祥的，可怕的，装腔作势的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
22
quaintly
|
|
| adv.古怪离奇地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
23
preoccupied
|
|
| adj.全神贯注的，入神的；被抢先占有的；心事重重的v.占据（某人）思想，使对…全神贯注，使专心于( preoccupy的过去式) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
24
vigilant
|
|
| adj.警觉的，警戒的，警惕的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
25
ken
|
|
| n.视野，知识领域 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
26
obliterating
|
|
| v.除去( obliterate的现在分词 )；涂去；擦掉；彻底破坏或毁灭 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
27
rapture
|
|
| n.狂喜；全神贯注；着迷；v.使狂喜 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
28
longing
|
|
| n.（for）渴望 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
29
enchanted
|
|
| adj. 被施魔法的，陶醉的，入迷的 动词enchant的过去式和过去分词 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
30
mingling
|
|
| adj.混合的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
31
misgivings
|
|
| n.疑虑，担忧，害怕；疑虑，担心，恐惧( misgiving的名词复数 )；疑惧 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
32
misgiving
|
|
| n.疑虑，担忧，害怕 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
33
prodigality
|
|
| n.浪费，挥霍 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
34
automobile
|
|
| n.汽车，机动车 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
35
fret
|
|
| v.(使)烦恼；(使)焦急；(使)腐蚀，(使)磨损 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
36
frankly
|
|
| adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
37
volatile
|
|
| adj.反复无常的，挥发性的，稍纵即逝的，脾气火爆的；n.挥发性物质 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
38
glamorous
|
|
| adj.富有魅力的；美丽动人的；令人向往的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
39
delectable
|
|
| adj.使人愉快的；美味的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
40
pageant
|
|
| n.壮观的游行；露天历史剧 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
41
besieged
|
|
| 包围，围困，围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
42
chateau
|
|
| n.城堡，别墅 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
43
kindly
|
|
| adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
44
rumble
|
|
| n.隆隆声；吵嚷；v.隆隆响；低沉地说 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
45
ardent
|
|
| adj.热情的，热烈的，强烈的，烈性的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
46
suburban
|
|
| adj.城郊的，在郊区的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
47
opalescent
|
|
| adj.乳色的，乳白的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
48
caress
|
|
| vt./n.爱抚，抚摸 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
49
arduous
|
|
| adj.艰苦的，费力的，陡峭的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
50
neatly
|
|
| adv.整洁地，干净地，灵巧地，熟练地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
51
pittance
|
|
| n.微薄的薪水，少量 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
52
maxim
|
|
| n.格言，箴言 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
53
culled
|
|
| v.挑选，剔除( cull的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
54
platitude
|
|
| n.老生常谈，陈词滥调 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
55
stenographer
|
|
| n.速记员 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
56
theatrical
|
|
| adj.剧场的，演戏的；做戏似的，做作的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
57
abeyance
|
|
| n.搁置，缓办，中止，产权未定 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
58
lodgings
|
|
| n. 出租的房舍, 寄宿舍 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
59
inmates
|
|
| n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
60
minor
|
|
| adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
61
discriminating
|
|
| a.有辨别能力的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
62
interfere
|
|
| v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
63
contrived
|
|
| adj.不自然的，做作的；虚构的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
64
dealing
|
|
| n.经商方法，待人态度 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
65
adaptability
|
|
| n.适应性 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
66
vaguely
|
|
| adv.含糊地，暖昧地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
67
attentive
|
|
| adj.注意的，专心的；关心(别人)的，殷勤的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
68
portraying
|
|
| v.画像( portray的现在分词 )；描述；描绘；描画 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
69
cultivation
|
|
| n.耕作，培养，栽培（法），养成 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
70
postures
|
|
| 姿势( posture的名词复数 )； 看法； 态度； 立场 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
71
vocal
|
|
| adj.直言不讳的；嗓音的；n.[pl.]声乐节目 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
72
dissected
|
|
| adj.切开的，分割的，（叶子）多裂的v.解剖（动物等）( dissect的过去式和过去分词 )；仔细分析或研究 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
73
discretion
|
|
| n.谨慎；随意处理 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
74
determined
|
|
| adj.坚定的；有决心的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
75
censure
|
|
| v./n.责备；非难；责难 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
76
tact
|
|
| n.机敏，圆滑，得体 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
77
aspirations
|
|
| 强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 )； 志向； 发送气音； 发 h 音 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
78
eschewed
|
|
| v.（尤指为道德或实际理由而）习惯性避开，回避( eschew的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
79
prone
|
|
| adj.(to)易于…的，很可能…的；俯卧的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
80
obtuseness
|
|
| 感觉迟钝 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
81
innate
|
|
| adj.天生的，固有的，天赋的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
82
glossed
|
|
| v.注解( gloss的过去式和过去分词 )；掩饰（错误）；粉饰；把…搪塞过去 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
83
instinctively
|
|
| adv.本能地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
84
virtue
|
|
| n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
85
implicit
|
|
| a.暗示的，含蓄的，不明晰的，绝对的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
86
incited
|
|
| 刺激，激励，煽动( incite的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
87
palled
|
|
| v.（因过多或过久而）生厌，感到乏味，厌烦( pall的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
88
restive
|
|
| adj.不安宁的，不安静的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
89
jade
|
|
| n.玉石；碧玉；翡翠 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
90
enquired
|
|
| 打听( enquire的过去式和过去分词 )； 询问； 问问题； 查问 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
91
interval
|
|
| n.间隔，间距；幕间休息，中场休息 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
92
devoted
|
|
| adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
93
ransacking
|
|
| v.彻底搜查( ransack的现在分词 )；抢劫，掠夺 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
94
ratified
|
|
| v.批准，签认（合约等）( ratify的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
95
royalties
|
|
| 特许权使用费 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
96
prospective
|
|
| adj.预期的，未来的，前瞻性的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
97
sordid
|
|
| adj.肮脏的，不干净的，卑鄙的，暗淡的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
98
promptly
|
|
| adv.及时地，敏捷地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
99
pouted
|
|
| v.撅（嘴）( pout的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
100
prettily
|
|
| adv.优美地；可爱地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
101
supervision
|
|
| n.监督，管理 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
102
ennui
|
|
| n.怠倦，无聊 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
103
unreasonable
|
|
| adj.不讲道理的，不合情理的，过度的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
104
mutinously
|
|
| adv.反抗地，叛变地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
|
105
obstruction
|
|
| n.阻塞，堵塞；障碍物 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
106
circumvent
|
|
| vt.环绕，包围；对…用计取胜，智胜 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
107
plumb
|
|
| adv.精确地，完全地；v.了解意义，测水深 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
108
engendered
|
|
| v.产生（某形势或状况），造成，引起( engender的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
109
uncertainty
|
|
| n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
110
stifled
|
|
| （使）窒息， （使）窒闷( stifle的过去式和过去分词 )； 镇压，遏制； 堵 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
111
longings
|
|
| 渴望，盼望( longing的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
112
honourable
|
|
| adj.可敬的；荣誉的，光荣的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
113
sedate
|
|
| adj.沉着的，镇静的，安静的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
114
penetrated
|
|
| adj. 击穿的，鞭辟入里的 动词penetrate的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
115
glimmer
|
|
| v.发出闪烁的微光；n.微光，微弱的闪光 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
116
lashes
|
|
| n.鞭挞( lash的名词复数 )；鞭子；突然猛烈的一击；急速挥动v.鞭打( lash的第三人称单数 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
117
tremor
|
|
| n.震动，颤动，战栗，兴奋，地震 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
118
solicitude
|
|
| n.焦虑 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
119
exultantly
|
|
| adv.狂欢地，欢欣鼓舞地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
120
rehearsals
|
|
| n.练习( rehearsal的名词复数 )；排练；复述；重复 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
121
jack
|
|
| n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
122
averted
|
|
| 防止，避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 )； 转移 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
123
countenance
|
|
| n.脸色，面容；面部表情；vt.支持，赞同 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
124
distressed
|
|
| 痛苦的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
125
perplexed
|
|
| adj.不知所措的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
126
shrugged
|
|
| vt.耸肩（shrug的过去式与过去分词形式） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
127
grumbled
|
|
| 抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 发牢骚； 咕哝； 发哼声 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
128
exclamation
|
|
| n.感叹号，惊呼，惊叹词 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
129
bent
|
|
| n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
| 欢迎访问英文小说网 |