51SECTION II A SUMMARY OF THE INDEX

 1. Our Duties in Relation to Forbidden Books.

 

Rule 1. We are not allowed to read forbidden books, nor any considerable portion of them, even if those portions be in themselves harmless. If, however, a book is forbidden merely on account of the one or other objectionable passage it contains, the objection ceases as soon as these passages are expunged¹ or rendered illegible².

 

Rule 2. No one, whether he be the owner or not, is allowed to keep a forbidden book. He must either destroy it, or give or sell it to some one who has permission, or he must obtain permission for himself.

 

Rule 3. It is not lawful³ for a Catholic 52publisher or printer to issue, or print, or reprint forbidden books. Nor may a bookseller keep such books in stock, unless he has obtained formal leave to do so.

 

Note 1. Although all the members of a Catholic family should endeavor to keep forbidden books out of the home, the head of the household is chiefly responsible before God. It is to be remarked, however, that Catholic librarians or servants do not violate this law by keeping, handling, or cataloguing forbidden books for their employers, e. g. in the latter’s house, or in a public library.

 

Note 2. If a book or any particular issue of a forbidden periodical calls for a speedy public refutation, and if permission to peruse⁴ it cannot be waited for, any educated Catholic, who may be reasonably presumed to be competent to refute it by sermon, lecture or newspaper article, may read such book or periodical without awaiting special permission.

 

Note 3. In all other cases, each and every Catholic, be he priest or layman⁵, professor or student, must first obtain permission. 53Neither piety⁶, nor learning, nor position exempts⁷ one from this law. The permission is granted by bishops⁹ and their vicars general, who can also delegate this power to others. When asking for this permission the applicant¹⁰ should mention the book which he thinks he has good reasons to read.

 

The juridical question, whether the bishop⁸’s faculty¹¹ is ordinaria, or quasi-ordinaria, or extra-ordinaria, and how far it extends, is not within the scope of this Summary.

 

Note 4. All who are dispensed¹² from the Church law regarding forbidden books, must apply every possible precaution, in order that they may not suffer injury to their faith or purity of heart. Such precautions are: the hearing of sermons, the reading of Catholic books, the frequenting of Catholic society, regular prayers, and the frequent and humble¹³ reception of the sacraments.

 

2. Forbidden Books.

 

Rule 4. General Rule.—Translations of a forbidden book into any language, if 54they faithfully reproduce the original, are also forbidden.

 

A. The General Decrees Prohibit the Following Publications.

 

Rule 5, a. Books defending heresies¹⁴, i. e. doctrines¹⁵ contrary to divine revelation.

 

b. Books derogatory to God, the Blessed Virgin¹⁷, the Saints.

 

c. Books vilifying¹⁸ the sacraments, the clerical or religious state, the hierarchy¹⁹, the Church.

 

Rule 6. Books professedly treating of, narrating²⁰ or teaching lewdness²¹ and obscenity.

 

Rule 7. Books teaching or recommending sorcery, Spiritism, Christian²² Science, or other superstitions²³.

 

Rule 8. Books defending as lawful or harmless Freemasonry, divorce, Socialism, suicide, duelling.

 

Rule 9. Those newspapers and periodicals which, not only now and then, but regularly and of set purpose, attack religion or morality, or propagate anti-Catholic views.

 

55Rule 10. Episcopal approbation²⁴, to be printed in the beginning or at the end of the book, is required for all editions of the Bible or parts of the Bible in any language, likewise for all prayer books, books of devotion and of practical piety. Without episcopal authorization²⁵ such publications are forbidden, though they may have been issued by the most learned and pious²⁶ men.

 

Note 1. Leaflets which are so small that they cannot be called books, or even booklets or pamphlets, do not fall under this law. But if they are not approved by the bishop, the duty of making sure that they contain nothing erroneous devolves upon those who use them.

 

Summaries of indulgences, however, no matter how small, always need episcopal approbation and may not be circulated without it.

 

Note 2. All editions of the Bible, edited by non-Catholics, in ancient as well as modern languages, are permitted to those, and those only, who are engaged in serious theological or biblical studies, provided, however, that the prolegomena 56and annotations²⁸ do not of set purpose impugn²⁹ the Catholic faith. It is not enough that the text itself is faithfully and completely rendered.

 

Note 3. An exception has also been made in favor of those classics, ancient and modern, which on account of their obscenity fall under rule 6. In as far as they are models of style they may be read by persons engaged in teaching university or higher college classes of literature, by those who are preparing for such a position in the near future, and by those who, on account of their profession, e. g. as critics or authors of literary works, cannot well do without them. (See note 4 above.)

 

Whenever we know, or discover while reading, that a book undoubtedly³⁰ belongs to any one of these classes, we may be sure that it is a work which our Holy Mother the Church does not wish to see in our hands, and we must then act according to the words of Christ: “He who heareth you, heareth Me, and he who despiseth you despiseth Me.” No need of first 57looking up the catalogue of forbidden books; whether the volume in question is mentioned there or not, makes no difference. Nor does it matter what the literary character of the book is. An apparently³¹ learned history of the seizure³² of Rome in 1870, written with the obvious intention of maligning³³ Pius IX, is forbidden just as well as a novel written for the same purpose, or the prayer book of some Protestant sect³⁴.

 

B. Books Forbidden by Particular Decrees.

 

The following list contains a number of titles which every English-speaking Catholic ought to know. All the books that have been put on the Index during the last few years have been mentioned, not so much for completeness’ sake, as because they contain the palmary error of our time, namely: Modernism, and among its doctrines especially the unchristian treatment of the Bible. None of these books are written in English. But some have been and others may soon be translated. Their 58titles, as well as those of most other foreign books, are given in English.

 

Addison, Jos.

Remarks on Several Parts of Italy.

Bacon, Francis.

De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum.

(On the Dignity and Increase of Science.)

Balzac, Honoré de.

All novels.

Bentham, Jeremy.

Three Tracts³⁶, etc.

Deontology or the Science of Morality.

Bingham, Jos.

Origines Ecclesiastic³⁷?, or The Antiquities³⁸ of the Christian Church.

Blunt, John James.

Vestiges³⁹ of Ancient Manners and Customs, etc.

Bois, Jules.

Satanism.

Bruno, Giordano.

The Conflict of Religion, Morals and Science in Contemporary Education.

59Bunsen, Christian Chas. J.

Hippolytus and His Age, or The Doctrine¹⁶ and Practice of the Church of Rome under Commodus and Alexander Severus, etc.

Bureau, Paul.

The Moral Crisis in Modern Times.

Preface by M. Alfred Croiset.

Burgess, Richard.

Lectures on the Insufficiency of Unrevealed Religion.

Cudworth, Ralph.

The True Intellectual System of the Universe, etc.

Darwin, Erasmus.

Zo?nomia or the Laws of Organic Life.

Denis, Chas.

An Apologetic Lenten Course on the Fundamental Dogmas, 1903.

Church and State: The Lessons of the Present Hour, 1903.

Descartes, René.

Meditations⁴¹ on Original Philosophy.

Dimnet, Ernest.

Catholic Thought in England.

60D?llinger, John Joseph Ignatius.

The Pope and the Council.

Janus.

Draper, John William.

History of the Conflicts Between Religion and Science.

Duggan, James.

Steps towards Reunion.

Dumas, Alexander (father and son).

All novels, except The Count of Monte-cristo.

Earle, John Chas.

The Spiritual Body.

The Forty Days, or Christ Between His Resurrection and Ascension.

Fénelon, Fran?ois de Salignac.

The Principles of the Saints.

Ferrière, émile.

The Soul a Function of the Brain.

The Apostles.

Darwinism.

The Scientific Blunders of the Bible.

Matter and Energy.

Paganism of the Hebrews.

Life and Soul.

The Myths of the Bible.

61Ffoulkes, Edmund S.

Christendom’s Divisions.

The Church’s Creed⁴² or the Crown’s Creed.

Fogazzaro, Antonio.

The Saint (a novel).

Frohschammer, Jacob.

Origin of the Human Soul.

Introduction to Philosophy.

On the Liberty of Science.

Christianity and Modern Science.

The Right of One’s Own Conviction.

The New Knowledge and the New Faith.

Georgel, Michél.

Matter: Its Deification, Its Rehabilitation⁴³, and Its Ultimate Destiny.

Gibbon, Edward.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

Goblet⁴⁴ d’Alviella, Eug.

The Idea of God.

Goldsmith, Oliver.

An Abridged⁴⁵ History of England From the Invasion of Julius C?sar to the Death of George II.

62Graf, Arthur.

The Devil.

Gregorovius, Ferdinand.

History of the City of Rome During the Middle Ages.

The Sepulchral⁴⁶ Monuments of the Popes.

Urban VIII in Opposition⁴⁷ to Spain and the Emperor.

Athena?s: The History of a Byzantine Empress.

Wanderings in Italy (fifth volume),

Scenes in Apulia.

Hallam, Henry.

The Constitutional History of England, etc.

View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages.

Heine, Heinrich.

De l’Allemagne.

De la France.

Reisebilder.

Neue Gedichte.

Hilaire de Paris.

Exposition of the Rule of St. Francis.

Hobbes, Thomas.

All works.

63Houtin, Albert.

The Biblical Question among the Catholics of France in the XIX Century.

The Biblical Question in the XX Century.

My Troubles with My Bishop.

Americanism.

The Crisis of the Clergy⁴⁸.

Hugo, Victor.

Notre Dame⁴⁰ de Paris.

Les Misérables.

Hume, David.

All works.

James I, King of England.

Basilikon dōron (Royal Gift) divided into three books.

Triplici nodo triplex cuneus, etc.

Meditatio in Orationem dominicam.

Meditatio in caput XXVII evangelii S. Matthali.

Kant, Immanuel.

Critique of Pure Reason.

Laberthonnière, Lucien.

Essays on Religious Philosophy.

Christian Realism and Grecian Idealism.

64Lacaze, Félix.

To Lourdes with Zola.

Lang, Andrew.

Myth, Ritual and Religion.

Lasserre, Henri.

The Holy Gospels.

Lefranc, E. (pseudonym).

The Conflicts of Science and the Bible.

Le Morin, Jean.

Truths of Yesterday?

Lenau, Nicolaus.

Die Albigenser.

Lenormant, Fran?ois.

The Beginnings of History.

LeRoy, Edouard.

Dogma and Criticism.

Locke, John.

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

The Reasonableness of Christianity, etc.

Loisy, Alfred.

Gospel Studies.

The Gospel and the Church.

The Fourth Gospel.

Apropos⁴⁹ of a Little Book.

The Religion of Israel.

65Maurice, Frederick D.

Theological Essays.

Mill, John Stuart.

Principles of Political Economy.

Milton, John.

Liter? pseudo-senatus Anglicani, Cromwellii reliquorumque perduellium nomine conscript?.

Mivart, St. George.

Happiness in Hell.

Montesquieu, Chas. de Secondat de.

The Spirit of the Laws.

Persian Letters.

Müller, Joseph.

Reform Catholicism.

Negri, Ada.

Fatalism.

Olive, Jos.

Letters to the Members of the Pious and Devout⁵⁰ Society of the Heart of Jesus, etc.

Osborne, Francis.

Miscellaneous Works.

Payot, Jules.

About Faith.

Before Entering Life.

66Program of Modernism (a reply to the encyclical).

Planchet, Franc. Regis.

Episcopal Absolutism in the Mexican Republic.

Pufendorf, Samuel von.

Introduction to the History of the Principal States of Europe.

(Also four Latin works.)

Quiévreux, Camille.

Paganism in the XIX Century.

Ranke, Leopold.

The Roman Popes: Their Church and Their State in the XVI and XVII Centuries.

Renan, Ernest.

Practically all his works (the Index names nineteen).

Renouf, Peter LePage.

The Condemnation⁵¹ of Pope Honorius.

Richardson, Samuel.

Pamela, or Virtue⁵² Rewarded.

Robertson, Wm.

The History of the Reign³⁵ of the Emperor Charles V.

67Rohling, August.

The Kingdom of the Future. (Der Zukunftsstaat.)

Roscoe, William.

The Life and Pontificate of Leo X.

Rosmini-Serbati, Antonio.

The Constitution according to Social Justice.

Of the Five Wounds of Holy Church.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques.

Emile, or About Education.

The Social Contract.

Letter to Christopher de Beaumont, Archbishop of Paris.

Letters Written from a Mountain.

Julia, or the New Helo?se.

Sabatier, Paul.

Life of St. Francis of Assisi.

Saintyves, P.

The Intellectual Reform of the Clergy and the Freedom of Education.

The Saints as Successors of the Gods.

Miracles and Historical Criticism.

Miracles and Scientific Criticism.

Sand, George (pseudonym).

All novels.

68Schell, Hermann.

Catholic Dogma (Katholische Dogmatik).

Catholicism as a Principle of Progress.

The Divine Truth of Christianity.

The New Time and the Old Faith.

Seymour, Michael H.

A Pilgrimage to Rome.

Soulié, Frédéric.

All novels.

Stendhal, H.B. de.

All novels.

Sterne, Laurence.

A Sentimental⁵³ Journey.

Strauss, David F.

The Life of Christ.

Stroud, William.

Treatise⁵⁴ on the Physical Cause of the Death of Christ.

Sue, Eugène.

All novels.

Taine, H.-A.

A History of English Literature.

Tolstoy, Dmitry.

Roman Catholicism in Russia.

69Vericour, L.R. de.

Historical Analysis of Christian Civilization.

Viollet, Paul.

The Infallibility of the Pope and the Syllabus⁵⁵.

Vogrinec, Anton.

Nostra maxima culpa (Our Greatest Fault).

Voltaire, F.-M. Arouet.

Practically all his works.

Whateley, Richard.

Elements of Logic²⁷.

White, Thomas.

All works.

Wiese, Sigismund.

Jesus (drama).

Zola, Emile.

All works.

The End
 

1 expunged   

v.擦掉( expunge的过去式和过去分词 )；除去；删去；消除

参考例句：

• Details of his criminal activities were expunged from the file. 他犯罪活动的详细情况已从档案中删去。
• His name is expunged from the list. 他的名字从名单中被除掉了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 illegible   

adj.难以辨认的，字迹模糊的

参考例句：

• It is impossible to deliver this letter because the address is illegible.由于地址字迹不清，致使信件无法投递。
• Can you see what this note says—his writing is almost illegible!你能看出这个便条上写些什么吗？他的笔迹几乎无法辨认。

3 lawful   

adj.法律许可的，守法的，合法的

参考例句：

• It is not lawful to park in front of a hydrant.在消火栓前停车是不合法的。
• We don't recognised him to be the lawful heir.我们不承认他为合法继承人。

4 peruse   

v.细读，精读

参考例句：

• We perused the company's financial statements for the past five years.我们翻阅了公司过去5年来的财务报表。
• Please peruse this report at your leisure.请在空暇时细读这篇报道。

5 layman   

n.俗人，门外汉，凡人

参考例句：

• These technical terms are difficult for the layman to understand.这些专门术语是外行人难以理解的。
• He is a layman in politics.他对政治是个门外汉。

6 piety   

n.虔诚，虔敬

参考例句：

• They were drawn to the church not by piety but by curiosity.他们去教堂不是出于虔诚而是出于好奇。
• Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness.经验使我们看到虔诚与善意之间有着巨大的区别。

7 exempts   

使免除[豁免]( exempt的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• This privilege, however, exempts only predecisional documents. 然而，此特权只免除那些文件在作出决定之前的披露责任。
• Function effectiveness: After then special-purpose, exempts the flushing formula. 功能效用：便后专用，免冲洗配方。

8 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

9 bishops   

（基督教某些教派管辖大教区的）主教( bishop的名词复数 )； （国际象棋的）象

参考例句：

• Each player has two bishops at the start of the game. 棋赛开始时，每名棋手有两只象。
• "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. “他劫富济贫，抢的都是郡长、主教、国王之类的富人。

10 applicant   

n.申请人，求职者，请求者

参考例句：

• He was the hundredth applicant for the job. 他是第100个申请这项工作的人。
• In my estimation, the applicant is well qualified for this job. 据我看, 这位应征者完全具备这项工作的条件。

11 faculty   

n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员

参考例句：

• He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
• He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。

12 dispensed   

v.分配( dispense的过去式和过去分词 )；施与；配（药）

参考例句：

• Not a single one of these conditions can be dispensed with. 这些条件缺一不可。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• They dispensed new clothes to the children in the orphanage. 他们把新衣服发给孤儿院的小孩们。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

13 humble   

adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低

参考例句：

• In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
• Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。

14 heresies   

n.异端邪说，异教( heresy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• However, life would be pleasanter if Rhett would recant his heresies. 不过，如果瑞德放其他的那套异端邪说，生活就会惬意得多。 来自飘（部分）
• The heresy of heresies was common sense. 一切异端当中顶大的异端——那便是常识。 来自英汉文学

15 doctrines   

n.教条( doctrine的名词复数 )；教义；学说；（政府政策的）正式声明

参考例句：

• To modern eyes, such doctrines appear harsh, even cruel. 从现代的角度看，这样的教义显得苛刻，甚至残酷。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His doctrines have seduced many into error. 他的学说把许多人诱入歧途。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

16 doctrine   

n.教义；主义；学说

参考例句：

• He was impelled to proclaim his doctrine.他不得不宣扬他的教义。
• The council met to consider changes to doctrine.宗教议会开会考虑更改教义。

17 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

18 vilifying   

v.中伤，诽谤( vilify的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• A: But he is vilifying you! You should fight back. 可他是在诋毁你啊！你应该还击。 来自互联网

19 hierarchy   

n.等级制度；统治集团，领导层

参考例句：

• There is a rigid hierarchy of power in that country.那个国家有一套严密的权力等级制度。
• She's high up in the management hierarchy.她在管理阶层中地位很高。

20 narrating   

v.故事( narrate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She entertained them by narrating her adventures in Africa. 她讲述她在非洲的历险来使他们开心。
• [Mike Narrating] Worm and I fall into our old rhythm like Clyde Frazier and Pearl Monroe. [迈克叙述] 虫子和我配合得象以前一样默契我们两好象是克莱德。弗瑞泽和佩尔。门罗。 来自电影对白

21 lewdness   

n. 淫荡, 邪恶

参考例句：

• That book Yeh-yeh gave me-"On Filial Piety and the Shunning of Lewdness"-was still on the table. 我坐下来，祖父给我的那本《刘芷唐先生教孝戒淫浅训》还在桌子上。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
• Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the Lord. 结16:58耶和华说、你贪淫和可憎的事、你已经担当了。

22 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

23 superstitions   

迷信，迷信行为( superstition的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Old superstitions seem incredible to educated people. 旧的迷信对于受过教育的人来说是不可思议的。
• Do away with all fetishes and superstitions. 破除一切盲目崇拜和迷信。

24 approbation   

n.称赞；认可

参考例句：

• He tasted the wine of audience approbation.他尝到了像酒般令人陶醉的听众赞许滋味。
• The result has not met universal approbation.该结果尚未获得普遍认同。

25 authorization   

n.授权，委任状

参考例句：

• Anglers are required to obtain prior authorization from the park keeper.垂钓者必须事先得到公园管理者的许可。
• You cannot take a day off without authorization.未经批准你不得休假。

26 pious   

adj.虔诚的；道貌岸然的

参考例句：

• Alexander is a pious follower of the faith.亚历山大是个虔诚的信徒。
• Her mother was a pious Christian.她母亲是一个虔诚的基督教徒。

27 logic   

n.逻辑(学)；逻辑性

参考例句：

• What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑？
• I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。

28 annotations   

n.注释( annotation的名词复数 )；附注

参考例句：

• I wrote annotations in the margin of the book. 我在书的边缘作注。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• My annotations appear in square brackets. 在方括号里有我给的注解。 来自辞典例句

29 impugn   

v.指责，对…表示怀疑

参考例句：

• Nobody can impugn his ability.没有人对他的能力表示怀疑。
• The Secretary's letter questions my veracity and impugns my motives.部长的来信怀疑我的诚实，质疑我的动机。

30 undoubtedly   

adv.确实地，无疑地

参考例句：

• It is undoubtedly she who has said that.这话明明是她说的。
• He is undoubtedly the pride of China.毫无疑问他是中国的骄傲。

31 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

32 seizure   

n.没收；占有；抵押

参考例句：

• The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
• The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

33 maligning   

vt.污蔑，诽谤（malign的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• She was criticized for maligning innocent people. 她由于中伤好人而受到批评。 来自互联网

34 sect   

n.派别，宗教，学派，派系

参考例句：

• When he was sixteen he joined a religious sect.他16岁的时候加入了一个宗教教派。
• Each religious sect in the town had its own church.该城每一个宗教教派都有自己的教堂。

35 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

36 tracts   

大片土地( tract的名词复数 )； 地带； （体内的）道； （尤指宣扬宗教、伦理或政治的）短文

参考例句：

• vast tracts of forest 大片大片的森林
• There are tracts of desert in Australia. 澳大利亚有大片沙漠。

37 ecclesiastic   

n.教士，基督教会；adj.神职者的，牧师的，教会的

参考例句：

• The sounds of the church singing ceased and the voice of the chief ecclesiastic was heard,respectfully congratulating the sick man on his reception of the mystery.唱诗中断了，可以听见一个神职人员恭敬地祝贺病人受圣礼。
• The man and the ecclesiastic fought within him,and the victory fell to the man.人和教士在他的心里交战，结果人取得了胜利。

38 antiquities   

n.古老( antiquity的名词复数 )；古迹；古人们；古代的风俗习惯

参考例句：

• There is rest and healing in the contemplation of antiquities. 欣赏古物有休息和疗养之功。 来自辞典例句
• Bertha developed a fine enthusiasm for the antiquities of London. 伯沙对伦敦的古迹产生了很大的热情。 来自辞典例句

39 vestiges   

残余部分( vestige的名词复数 )； 遗迹； 痕迹； 毫不

参考例句：

• the last vestiges of the old colonial regime 旧殖民制度最后的残余
• These upright stones are the vestiges of some ancient religion. 这些竖立的石头是某种古代宗教的遗迹。

40 dame   

n.女士

参考例句：

• The dame tell of her experience as a wife and mother.这位年长妇女讲了她作妻子和母亲的经验。
• If you stick around,you'll have to marry that dame.如果再逗留多一会，你就要跟那个夫人结婚。

41 meditations   

默想( meditation的名词复数 )； 默念； 沉思； 冥想

参考例句：

• Each sentence seems a quarry of rich meditations. 每一句话似乎都给人以许多冥思默想。
• I'm sorry to interrupt your meditations. 我很抱歉，打断你思考问题了。

42 creed   

n.信条；信念，纲领

参考例句：

• They offended against every article of his creed.他们触犯了他的每一条戒律。
• Our creed has always been that business is business.我们的信条一直是公私分明。

43 rehabilitation   

n.康复，悔过自新，修复，复兴，复职，复位

参考例句：

• He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
• No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。

44 goblet   

n.高脚酒杯

参考例句：

• He poured some wine into the goblet.他向高脚酒杯里倒了一些葡萄酒。
• He swirled the brandy around in the huge goblet.他摇晃着高脚大玻璃杯使里面的白兰地酒旋动起来。

45 abridged   

削减的，删节的

参考例句：

• The rights of citizens must not be abridged without proper cause. 没有正当理由，不能擅自剥夺公民的权利。
• The play was abridged for TV. 剧本经过节略，以拍摄电视片。

46 sepulchral   

adj.坟墓的，阴深的

参考例句：

• He made his way along the sepulchral corridors.他沿着阴森森的走廊走着。
• There was a rather sepulchral atmosphere in the room.房间里有一种颇为阴沉的气氛。

47 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

48 clergy   

n.[总称]牧师，神职人员

参考例句：

• I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望，我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
• All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。

49 apropos   

adv.恰好地；adj.恰当的；关于

参考例句：

• I thought he spoke very apropos.我认为他说得很中肯。
• He arrived very apropos.他来得很及时。

50 devout   

adj.虔诚的，虔敬的，衷心的 (n.devoutness)

参考例句：

• His devout Catholicism appeals to ordinary people.他对天主教的虔诚信仰感染了普通民众。
• The devout man prayed daily.那位虔诚的男士每天都祈祷。

51 condemnation   

n.谴责; 定罪

参考例句：

• There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
• The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。

52 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

53 sentimental   

adj.多愁善感的，感伤的

参考例句：

• She's a sentimental woman who believes marriage comes by destiny.她是多愁善感的人，她相信姻缘命中注定。
• We were deeply touched by the sentimental movie.我们深深被那感伤的电影所感动。

54 treatise   

n.专著；(专题)论文

参考例句：

• The doctor wrote a treatise on alcoholism.那位医生写了一篇关于酗酒问题的论文。
• This is not a treatise on statistical theory.这不是一篇有关统计理论的论文。

55 syllabus   

n.教学大纲，课程大纲

参考例句：

• Have you got next year's syllabus?你拿到明年的教学大纲了吗？
• We must try to diversify the syllabus to attract more students.我们应该使教学大纲内容多样化，可以多吸引学生。