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Fellow-Townsmen Chapter 2
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Three miles to the left of the travellers, along the road they hadnot followed, rose an old house with mullioned windows of Ham-hillstone, and chimneys of lavish1 solidity. It stood at the top of aslope beside King's-Hintock village-street; and immediately in frontof it grew a large sycamore-tree, whose bared roots formed aconvenient staircase from the road below to the front door of thedwelling. Its situation gave the house what little distinctive3 nameit possessed4, namely, 'The Knap.' Some forty yards off a brookdribbled past, which, for its size, made a great deal of noise. Atthe back was a dairy barton, accessible for vehicles and live-stockby a side 'drong.' Thus much only of the character of the homesteadcould be divined out of doors at this shady evening-time.

  But within there was plenty of light to see by, as plenty wasconstrued at Hintock. Beside a Tudor fireplace, whose moulded four-centred arch was nearly hidden by a figured blue-cloth blower, wereseated two women--mother and daughter--Mrs. Hall, and Sarah, orSally; for this was a part of the world where the lattermodification had not as yet been effaced5 as a vulgarity by the marchof intellect. The owner of the name was the young woman by whosemeans Mr. Darton proposed to put an end to his bachelor condition onthe approaching day.

  The mother's bereavement6 had been so long ago as not to leave muchmark of its occurrence upon her now, either in face or clothes. Shehad resumed the mob-cap of her early married life, enlivening itswhiteness by a few rose-du-Barry ribbons. Sally required no suchaids to pinkness. Roseate good-nature lit up her gaze; her featuresshowed curves of decision and judgment7; and she might have beenregarded without much mistake as a warm-hearted, quick-spirited,handsome girl.

  She did most of the talking, her mother listening with a half-absentair, as she picked up fragments of red-hot wood ember with thetongs, and piled them upon the brands. But the number of speechesthat passed was very small in proportion to the meanings exchanged.

  Long experience together often enabled them to see the course ofthought in each other's minds without a word being spoken. Behindthem, in the centre of the room, the table was spread for supper,certain whiffs of air laden8 with fat vapours, which ever and anonentered from the kitchen, denoting its preparation there.

  'The new gown he was going to send you stays about on the way likehimself,' Sally's mother was saying.

  'Yes, not finished, I daresay,' cried Sally independently. 'Lord, Ishouldn't be amazed if it didn't come at all! Young men make suchkind promises when they are near you, and forget 'em when they goaway. But he doesn't intend it as a wedding-gown--he gives it to memerely as a gown to wear when I like--a travelling-dress is what itwould be called by some. Come rathe or come late it don't muchmatter, as I have a dress of my own to fall back upon. But whattime is it?'

  She went to the family clock and opened the glass, for the hour wasnot otherwise discernible by night, and indeed at all times wasrather a thing to be investigated than beheld9, so much more wallthan window was there in the apartment. 'It is nearly eight,' saidshe.

  'Eight o'clock, and neither dress nor man,' said Mrs. Hall.

  'Mother, if you think to tantalize10 me by talking like that, you aremuch mistaken! Let him be as late as he will--or stay awayaltogether--I don't care,' said Sally. But a tender, minute quaverin the negation11 showed that there was something forced in thatstatement.

  Mrs. Hall perceived it, and drily observed that she was not so sureabout Sally not caring. 'But perhaps you don't care so much as Ido, after all,' she said. 'For I see what you don't, that it is agood and flourishing match for you; a very honourable12 offer in Mr.

  Darton. And I think I see a kind husband in him. So pray God'twill go smooth, and wind up well.'

  Sally would not listen to misgivings13. Of course it would gosmoothly, she asserted. 'How you are up and down, mother!' she wenton. 'At this moment, whatever hinders him, we are not so anxious tosee him as he is to be here, and his thought runs on before him, andsettles down upon us like the star in the east. Hark!' sheexclaimed, with a breath of relief, her eyes sparkling. 'I heardsomething. Yes--here they are!'

  The next moment her mother's slower ear also distinguished14 thefamiliar reverberation15 occasioned by footsteps clambering up theroots of the sycamore.

  'Yes it sounds like them at last,' she said. 'Well, it is not sovery late after all, considering the distance.'

  The footfall ceased, and they arose, expecting a knock. They beganto think it might have been, after all, some neighbouring villagerunder Bacchic influence, giving the centre of the road a wide berth,when their doubts were dispelled16 by the new-comer's entry into thepassage. The door of the room was gently opened, and thereappeared, not the pair of travellers with whom we have already madeacquaintance, but a pale-faced man in the garb17 of extreme poverty--almost in rags.

  'O, it's a tramp--gracious me!' said Sally, starting back.

  His cheeks and eye-orbits were deep concaves--rather, it might be,from natural weakness of constitution than irregular living, thoughthere were indications that he had led no careful life. He gazed atthe two women fixedly18 for a moment: then with an abashed,humiliated demeanour, dropped his glance to the floor, and sank intoa chair without uttering a word.

  Sally was in advance of her mother, who had remained standing19 by thefire. She now tried to discern the visitor across the candles.

  'Why--mother,' said Sally faintly, turning back to Mrs. Hall. 'Itis Phil, from Australia!'

  Mrs. Hall started, and grew pale, and a fit of coughing seized theman with the ragged20 clothes. 'To come home like this!' she said.

  'O, Philip--are you ill?'

  'No, no, mother,' replied he impatiently, as soon as he could speak.

  'But for God's sake how do you come here--and just now too?'

  'Well, I am here,' said the man. 'How it is I hardly know. I'vecome home, mother, because I was driven to it. Things were againstme out there, and went from bad to worse.'

  'Then why didn't you let us know?--you've not writ21 a line for thelast two or three years.'

  The son admitted sadly that he had not. He said that he had hopedand thought he might fetch up again, and be able to send good news.

  Then he had been obliged to abandon that hope, and had finally comehome from sheer necessity--previously to making a new start. 'Yes,things are very bad with me,' he repeated, perceiving theircommiserating glances at his clothes.

  They brought him nearer the fire, took his hat from his thin hand,which was so small and smooth as to show that his attempts to fetchup again had not been in a manual direction. His mother resumed herinquiries, and dubiously22 asked if he had chosen to come thatparticular night for any special reason.

  For no reason, he told her. His arrival had been quite at random23.

  Then Philip Hall looked round the room, and saw for the first timethat the table was laid somewhat luxuriously24, and for a largernumber than themselves; and that an air of festivity pervaded25 theirdress. He asked quickly what was going on.

  'Sally is going to be married in a day or two,' replied the mother;and she explained how Mr. Darton, Sally's intended husband, wascoming there that night with the groomsman, Mr. Johns, and otherdetails. 'We thought it must be their step when we heard you,' saidMrs. Hall.

  The needy26 wanderer looked again on the floor. 'I see--I see,' hemurmured. 'Why, indeed, should I have come to-night? Such folk asI are not wanted here at these times, naturally. And I have nobusiness here--spoiling other people's happiness.'

  'Phil,' said his mother, with a tear in her eye, but with a thinnessof lip and severity of manner which were presumably not more thanpast events justified27; 'since you speak like that to me, I'll speakhonestly to you. For these three years you have taken no thoughtfor us. You left home with a good supply of money, and strength andeducation, and you ought to have made good use of it all. But youcome back like a beggar; and that you come in a very awkward timefor us cannot be denied. Your return to-night may do us much harm.

  But mind--you are welcome to this home as long as it is mine. Idon't wish to turn you adrift. We will make the best of a bad job;and I hope you are not seriously ill?'

  'O no. I have only this infernal cough.'

  She looked at him anxiously. 'I think you had better go to bed atonce,' she said.

  'Well--I shall be out of the way there,' said the son wearily.

  'Having ruined myself, don't let me ruin you by being seen in thesetogs, for Heaven's sake. Who do you say Sally is going to bemarried to--a Farmer Darton?'

  'Yes--a gentleman-farmer--quite a wealthy man. Far better instation than she could have expected. It is a good thing,altogether.'

  'Well done, little Sal!' said her brother, brightening and lookingup at her with a smile. 'I ought to have written; but perhaps Ihave thought of you all the more. But let me get out of sight. Iwould rather go and jump into the river than be seen here. But haveyou anything I can drink? I am confoundedly thirsty with my longtramp.'

  'Yes, yes, we will bring something upstairs to you,' said Sally,with grief in her face.

  'Ay, that will do nicely. But, Sally and mother--' He stopped, andthey waited. 'Mother, I have not told you all,' he resumed slowly,still looking on the floor between his knees. 'Sad as what you seeof me is, there's worse behind.'

  His mother gazed upon him in grieved suspense28, and Sally went andleant upon the bureau, listening for every sound, and sighing.

  Suddenly she turned round, saying, 'Let them come, I don't care!

  Philip, tell the worst, and take your time.'

  'Well, then,' said the unhappy Phil, 'I am not the only one in thismess. Would to Heaven I were! But--'

  'O, Phil!'

  'I have a wife as destitute29 as I.'

  'A wife?' said his mother.

  'Unhappily!'

  'A wife! Yes, that is the way with sons!'

  'And besides--' said he.

  'Besides! O, Philip, surely--'

  'I have two little children.'

  'Wife and children!' whispered Mrs. Hall, sinking down confounded.

  'Poor little things!' said Sally involuntarily.

  His mother turned again to him. 'I suppose these helpless beingsare left in Australia?'

  'No. They are in England.'

  'Well, I can only hope you've left them in a respectable place.'

  'I have not left them at all. They are here--within a few yards ofus. In short, they are in the stable.'

  'Where?'

  'In the stable. I did not like to bring them indoors till I hadseen you, mother, and broken the bad news a bit to you. They werevery tired, and are resting out there on some straw.'

  Mrs. Hall's fortitude30 visibly broke down. She had been brought upnot without refinement31, and was even more moved by such a collapseof genteel aims as this than a substantial dairyman's widow would inordinary have been moved. 'Well, it must be borne,' she said, in alow voice, with her hands tightly joined. 'A starving son, astarving wife, starving children! Let it be. But why is this cometo us now, to-day, to-night? Could no other misfortune happen tohelpless women than this, which will quite upset my poor girl'schance of a happy life? Why have you done us this wrong, Philip?

  What respectable man will come here, and marry open-eyed into afamily of vagabonds?'

  'Nonsense, mother!' said Sally vehemently32, while her face flushed.

  'Charley isn't the man to desert me. But if he should be, and won'tmarry me because Phil's come, let him go and marry elsewhere. Iwon't be ashamed of my own flesh and blood for any man in England--not I!' And then Sally turned away and burst into tears.

  'Wait till you are twenty years older and you will tell a differenttale,' replied her mother.

  The son stood up. 'Mother,' he said bitterly, 'as I have come, so Iwill go. All I ask of you is that you will allow me and mine to liein your stable to-night. I give you my word that we'll be gone bybreak of day, and trouble you no further!'

  Mrs. Hall, the mother, changed at that. 'O no,' she answeredhastily; 'never shall it be said that I sent any of my own familyfrom my door. Bring 'em in, Philip, or take me out to them.'

  'We will put 'em all into the large bedroom,' said Sally,brightening, 'and make up a large fire. Let's go and help them in,and call Rebekah.' (Rebekah was the woman who assisted at the dairyand housework; she lived in a cottage hard by with her husband, whoattended to the cows.)Sally went to fetch a lantern from the back-kitchen, but her brothersaid, 'You won't want a light. I lit the lantern that was hangingthere.'

  'What must we call your wife?' asked Mrs. Hall.

  'Helena,' said Philip.

  With shawls over their heads they proceeded towards the back door.

  'One minute before you go,' interrupted Philip. 'I--I haven'tconfessed all.'

  'Then Heaven help us!' said Mrs. Hall, pushing to the door andclasping her hands in calm despair.

  'We passed through Evershead as we came,' he continued, 'and I justlooked in at the "Sow-and-Acorn" to see if old Mike still kept onthere as usual. The carrier had come in from Sherton Abbas at thatmoment, and guessing that I was bound for this place--for I think heknew me--he asked me to bring on a dressmaker's parcel for Sallythat was marked "immediate2." My wife had walked on with thechildren. 'Twas a flimsy parcel, and the paper was torn, and Ifound on looking at it that it was a thick warm gown. I didn't wishyou to see poor Helena in a shabby state. I was ashamed that youshould--'twas not what she was born to. I untied33 the parcel in theroad, took it on to her where she was waiting in the Lower Barn, andtold her I had managed to get it for her, and that she was to ask noquestion. She, poor thing, must have supposed I obtained it ontrust, through having reached a place where I was known, for she putit on gladly enough. She has it on now. Sally has other gowns, Idaresay.'

  Sally looked at her mother, speechless.

  'You have others, I daresay!' repeated Phil, with a sick man'simpatience. 'I thought to myself, "Better Sally cry than Helenafreeze." Well, is the dress of great consequence? 'Twas nothingvery ornamental34, as far as I could see.'

  'No--no; not of consequence,' returned Sally sadly, adding in agentle voice, 'You will not mind if I lend her another instead ofthat one, will you?'

  Philip's agitation35 at the confession36 had brought on another attackof the cough, which seemed to shake him to pieces. He was soobviously unfit to sit in a chair that they helped him upstairs atonce; and having hastily given him a cordial and kindled37 the bedroomfire, they descended38 to fetch their unhappy new relations.


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1 lavish h1Uxz     
adj.无节制的;浪费的;vt.慷慨地给予,挥霍
参考例句:
  • He despised people who were lavish with their praises.他看不起那些阿谀奉承的人。
  • The sets and costumes are lavish.布景和服装极尽奢华。
2 immediate aapxh     
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
参考例句:
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
3 distinctive Es5xr     
adj.特别的,有特色的,与众不同的
参考例句:
  • She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
  • This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。
4 possessed xuyyQ     
adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的
参考例句:
  • He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
  • He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。
5 effaced 96bc7c37d0e2e4d8665366db4bc7c197     
v.擦掉( efface的过去式和过去分词 );抹去;超越;使黯然失色
参考例句:
  • Someone has effaced part of the address on his letter. 有人把他信上的一部分地址擦掉了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The name of the ship had been effaced from the menus. 那艘船的名字已经从菜单中删除了。 来自辞典例句
6 bereavement BQSyE     
n.亲人丧亡,丧失亲人,丧亲之痛
参考例句:
  • the pain of an emotional crisis such as divorce or bereavement 诸如离婚或痛失亲人等情感危机的痛苦
  • I sympathize with you in your bereavement. 我对你痛失亲人表示同情。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 judgment e3xxC     
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见
参考例句:
  • The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
  • He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
8 laden P2gx5     
adj.装满了的;充满了的;负了重担的;苦恼的
参考例句:
  • He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
  • Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
9 beheld beheld     
v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟
参考例句:
  • His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。 来自英汉文学 - 红字
10 tantalize iGHyp     
vt.使干着急,逗弄
参考例句:
  • The boy would come into the room and tantalize the dog with his feed.那个男孩会到房间里拿狗食逗弄狗。
  • He tried to tantalize me by revealing that the Soviet Union was prepared to discuss a package deal.他想要逗弄我,于是就露出口风说,苏联愿意讨论一揽子交易。
11 negation q50zu     
n.否定;否认
参考例句:
  • No reasonable negation can be offered.没有合理的反对意见可以提出。
  • The author boxed the compass of negation in his article.该作者在文章中依次探讨了各种反面的意见。
12 honourable honourable     
adj.可敬的;荣誉的,光荣的
参考例句:
  • I don't think I am worthy of such an honourable title.这样的光荣称号,我可担当不起。
  • I hope to find an honourable way of settling difficulties.我希望设法找到一个体面的办法以摆脱困境。
13 misgivings 0nIzyS     
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:
  • I had grave misgivings about making the trip. 对于这次旅行我有过极大的顾虑。
  • Don't be overtaken by misgivings and fear. Just go full stream ahead! 不要瞻前顾后, 畏首畏尾。甩开膀子干吧! 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
14 distinguished wu9z3v     
adj.卓越的,杰出的,著名的
参考例句:
  • Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
  • A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。
15 reverberation b6cfd8194950d18bb25a9f92b5e30b53     
反响; 回响; 反射; 反射物
参考例句:
  • It was green as an emerald, and the reverberation was stunning. 它就象翠玉一样碧绿,回响震耳欲聋。
  • Just before dawn he was assisted in waking by the abnormal reverberation of familiar music. 在天将破晓的时候,他被一阵熟悉的,然而却又是反常的回声惊醒了。
16 dispelled 7e96c70e1d822dbda8e7a89ae71a8e9a     
v.驱散,赶跑( dispel的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • His speech dispelled any fears about his health. 他的发言消除了人们对他身体健康的担心。
  • The sun soon dispelled the thick fog. 太阳很快驱散了浓雾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
17 garb JhYxN     
n.服装,装束
参考例句:
  • He wore the garb of a general.他身着将军的制服。
  • Certain political,social,and legal forms reappear in seemingly different garb.一些政治、社会和法律的形式在表面不同的外衣下重复出现。
18 fixedly 71be829f2724164d2521d0b5bee4e2cc     
adv.固定地;不屈地,坚定不移地
参考例句:
  • He stared fixedly at the woman in white. 他一直凝视着那穿白衣裳的女人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The great majority were silent and still, looking fixedly at the ground. 绝大部分的人都不闹不动,呆呆地望着地面。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
19 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
20 ragged KC0y8     
adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的
参考例句:
  • A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。
  • Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣烂衫意味着贫穷。
21 writ iojyr     
n.命令状,书面命令
参考例句:
  • This is a copy of a writ I received this morning.这是今早我收到的书面命令副本。
  • You shouldn't treat the newspapers as if they were Holy Writ. 你不应该把报上说的话奉若神明。
22 dubiously dubiously     
adv.可疑地,怀疑地
参考例句:
  • "What does he have to do?" queried Chin dubiously. “他有什么心事?”琴向觉民问道,她的脸上现出疑惑不解的神情。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
  • He walked out fast, leaving the head waiter staring dubiously at the flimsy blue paper. 他很快地走出去,撇下侍者头儿半信半疑地瞪着这张薄薄的蓝纸。 来自辞典例句
23 random HT9xd     
adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
参考例句:
  • The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
24 luxuriously 547f4ef96080582212df7e47e01d0eaf     
adv.奢侈地,豪华地
参考例句:
  • She put her nose luxuriously buried in heliotrope and tea roses. 她把自己的鼻子惬意地埋在天芥菜和庚申蔷薇花簇中。 来自辞典例句
  • To be well dressed doesn't mean to be luxuriously dressed. 穿得好不一定衣着豪华。 来自辞典例句
25 pervaded cf99c400da205fe52f352ac5c1317c13     
v.遍及,弥漫( pervade的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • A retrospective influence pervaded the whole performance. 怀旧的影响弥漫了整个演出。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The air is pervaded by a smell [smoking]. 空气中弥散着一种气味[烟味]。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
26 needy wG7xh     
adj.贫穷的,贫困的,生活艰苦的
参考例句:
  • Although he was poor,he was quite generous to his needy friends.他虽穷,但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
  • They awarded scholarships to needy students.他们给贫苦学生颁发奖学金。
27 justified 7pSzrk     
a.正当的,有理的
参考例句:
  • She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
  • The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。
28 suspense 9rJw3     
n.(对可能发生的事)紧张感,担心,挂虑
参考例句:
  • The suspense was unbearable.这样提心吊胆的状况实在叫人受不了。
  • The director used ingenious devices to keep the audience in suspense.导演用巧妙手法引起观众的悬念。
29 destitute 4vOxu     
adj.缺乏的;穷困的
参考例句:
  • They were destitute of necessaries of life.他们缺少生活必需品。
  • They are destitute of common sense.他们缺乏常识。
30 fortitude offzz     
n.坚忍不拔;刚毅
参考例句:
  • His dauntless fortitude makes him absolutely fearless.他不屈不挠的坚韧让他绝无恐惧。
  • He bore the pain with great fortitude.他以极大的毅力忍受了痛苦。
31 refinement kinyX     
n.文雅;高尚;精美;精制;精炼
参考例句:
  • Sally is a woman of great refinement and beauty. 莎莉是个温文尔雅又很漂亮的女士。
  • Good manners and correct speech are marks of refinement.彬彬有礼和谈吐得体是文雅的标志。
32 vehemently vehemently     
adv. 热烈地
参考例句:
  • He argued with his wife so vehemently that he talked himself hoarse. 他和妻子争论得很激烈,以致讲话的声音都嘶哑了。
  • Both women vehemently deny the charges against them. 两名妇女都激烈地否认了对她们的指控。
33 untied d4a1dd1a28503840144e8098dbf9e40f     
松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决
参考例句:
  • Once untied, we common people are able to conquer nature, too. 只要团结起来,我们老百姓也能移山倒海。
  • He untied the ropes. 他解开了绳子。
34 ornamental B43zn     
adj.装饰的;作装饰用的;n.装饰品;观赏植物
参考例句:
  • The stream was dammed up to form ornamental lakes.溪流用水坝拦挡起来,形成了装饰性的湖泊。
  • The ornamental ironwork lends a touch of elegance to the house.铁艺饰件为房子略添雅致。
35 agitation TN0zi     
n.搅动;搅拌;鼓动,煽动
参考例句:
  • Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores.小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。
  • These materials require constant agitation to keep them in suspension.这些药剂要经常搅动以保持悬浮状态。
36 confession 8Ygye     
n.自白,供认,承认
参考例句:
  • Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
  • The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。
37 kindled d35b7382b991feaaaa3e8ddbbcca9c46     
(使某物)燃烧,着火( kindle的过去式和过去分词 ); 激起(感情等); 发亮,放光
参考例句:
  • We watched as the fire slowly kindled. 我们看着火慢慢地燃烧起来。
  • The teacher's praise kindled a spark of hope inside her. 老师的赞扬激起了她内心的希望。
38 descended guQzoy     
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
参考例句:
  • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
  • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。


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