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Chapter 14 Deportment
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ichard left us on the very next evening, to begin his newcareer, and committed Ada to my charge with great lovefor her, and great trust in me. It touched me then toreflect, and it touches me now, more nearly, to remember (havingwhat I have to tell) how they both thought of me, even at thatengrossing time. I was a part of all their plans, for the present andthe future. I was to write to Richard once a week, making myfaithful report of Ada who was to write to him every alternate day.

  I was to be informed, under his own hand, of all his labours andsuccesses; I was to observe how resolute1 and persevering2 he wouldbe; I was to be Ada’s bridesmaid when they were married; I was tolive with them afterwards; I was to keep all the keys of their house;I was to be made happy for ever and a day.

  “And if the suit should make us rich, Esther―which it may, youknow!” said Richard, to crown all.

  A shade crossed Ada’s face.

  “My dearest Ada,” asked Richard pausing, “why not?”

  “It had better declare us poor at once,” said Ada.

  “O! I don’t know about that,” returned Richard; “but, at allevents, it won’t declare anything at once. It hasn’t declaredanything in Heaven knows how many years.”

  “Too true,” said Ada.

  “Yes, but,” urged Richard, answering what her look suggestedrather than her words, “the longer it goes on, dear cousin, thenearer it must be to a settlement one way or other. Now, is notthat reasonable?”

  “You know best, Richard. But I am afraid if we trust to it, it willmake us unhappy.”

  “But, my Ada, we are not going to trust to it!” cried Richard.

  “We know it better than to trust to it. We only say that if it shouldmake us rich, we have no constitutional objection to being rich.

  The Court is, by solemn settlement of law, our grim old guardian4,and we are to suppose that what it gives us (when it gives usanything) is our right. It is not necessary to quarrel with ourright.”

  “No,” said Ada, “but it may be better to forget all about it.”

  “Well, well!” cried Richard, “then we will forget all about it! Weconsign the whole thing to oblivion. Dame5 Durden puts on herapproving face, and it’s done!”

  “Dame Durden’s approving face,” said I, looking out of the boxin which I was packing his books, “was not very visible when youcalled it by that name; but it does approve, and she thinks youcan’t do better.”

  So, Richard said there was an end of it,―and immediatelybegan, on no other foundation, to build as many castles in the airas would man the great wall of China. He went away in highspirits. Ada and I, prepared to miss him very much, commencedour quieter career.

  On our arrival in London, we had called with Mr Jarndyce atMrs Jellyby’s, but had not been so fortunate as to find her at home.

  It appeared that she had gone somewhere, to a tea-drinking, andhad taken Miss Jellyby with her. Besides the tea-drinking, therewas to be some considerable speech-making and letter-writing on the general merits of the cultivation7 of coffee, conjointly withnatives, at the Settlement of Borrioboola-Gha. All this involved, nodoubt, sufficient active exercise of pen and ink, to make herdaughter’s part in the proceedings8, anything but a holiday.

  It being, now, beyond the time appointed for Mrs Jellyby’sreturn, we called again. She was in town, but not at home, havinggone to Mile End, directly after breakfast, on some Borrioboolanbusiness, arising out of a Society called the East London BranchAid Ramification9. As I had not seen Peepy on the occasion of ourlast call (when he was not to be found anywhere, and when thecook rather thought he must have strolled away with thedustman’s cart), I now inquired for him again. The oyster10 shells hehad been building a house with were still in the passage, but hewas nowhere discoverable, and the cook supposed that he had“gone after the sheep.” When we repeated, with some surprise,“The sheep?” she said, O yes, on market days he sometimesfollowed them quite out of town, and came back in such a state asnever was!

  I was sitting at the window with my Guardian, on the followingmorning, and Ada was busy writing―of course to Richard―whenMiss Jellyby was announced, and entered, leading the identicalPeepy, whom she had made some endeavours to renderpresentable, by wiping the dirt into corners of his face and hands,and making his hair very wet and then violently frizzling it withher fingers. Everything the dear child wore, was either too largefor him or too small. Among his other contradictory11 decorations hehad the hat of a Bishop12, and the little gloves of a baby. His bootswere, on a small scale, the boots of a ploughman: while his legs, socrossed and recrossed with scratches that they looked like maps,were bare, below a very short pair of plaid drawers finished offwith two frills of perfectly13 different patterns. The deficient14 buttonson his plaid frock had evidently been supplied from one of MrJellyby’s coats, they were so extremely brazen15 and so much toolarge. Most extraordinary specimens16 of needlework appeared onseveral parts of his dress, where it had been hastily mended; and Irecognised the same hand on Miss Jellyby’s. She was, however,unaccountably improved in her appearance, and looked verypretty. She was conscious of poor little Peepy being but a failureafter all her trouble, and she showed it as she came in, by the wayin which she glanced, first at him and then at us.

  “O dear me!” said my Guardian, “Due East!”

  Ada and I gave her a cordial welcome, and presented her to MrJarndyce; to whom she said, as she sat down:

  “Ma’s compliments, and she hopes you’ll excuse her, becauseshe’s correcting proofs of the plan. She’s going to put out fivethousand new circulars, and she knows you’ll be interested to hearthat. I have brought one of them with me. Ma’s compliments.”

  With which she presented it sulkily enough.

  “Thank you,” said my Guardian. “I am much obliged to MrsJellyby. O dear me! This is a very wind!”

  We were busy with Peepy; taking off his clerical hat; asking himif he remembered us; and so on. Peepy retired17 behind his elbow atfirst, but relented at the sight of sponge-cake, and allowed me totake him on my lap, where he sat munching18 quietly. Mr Jarndycethen withdrawing into the temporary Growlery, Miss Jellybyopened a conversation with her usual abruptness19.

  “We are going on just as bad as ever in Thavies Inn,” said she.

  “I have no peace of my life. Talk of Africa! I couldn’t be worse off ifI was a what’s-his-name-man and a brother!”

  I tried to say something soothing20.

  “O, it’s of no use, Miss Summerson,” exclaimed Miss Jellyby,“though I thank you for the kind intention all the same. I knowhow I am used, and I am not to be talked over. You wouldn’t betalked over, if you were used so. Peepy, go and play at Wild Beastsunder the piano!”

  “I shan’t!” said Peepy.

  “Very well, you ungrateful, naughty, hard-hearted boy!”

  returned Miss Jellyby, with tears in her eyes. “I’ll never take painsto dress you any more.”

  “Yes, I will go, Caddy!” cried Peepy, who was really a goodchild, and who was so moved by his sister’s vexation that he wentat once.

  “It seems a little thing to cry about,” said poor Miss Jellyby,apologetically; “but I am quite worn out. I was directing the newcirculars till two this morning. I detest21 the whole thing so, that thatalone makes my head ache till I can’t see out of my eyes. And lookat that poor unfortunate child. Was there ever such a fright as heis!”

  Peepy, happily unconscious of the defects in his appearance, saton the carpet behind one of the legs of the piano, looking calmlyout of his den6 at us, while he ate his cake.

  “I have sent him to the other end of the room,” observed MissJellyby, drawing her chair nearer ours, “because I don’t want himto hear the conversation. Those little things are so sharp! I wasgoing to say, we really are going on worse than ever. Pa will be abankrupt before long, and then I hope Ma will be satisfied.

  There’ll be nobody but Ma to thank for it.”

  We said we hoped Mr Jellyby’s affairs were not in so bad a stateas that.

  “It’s of no use hoping, though it’s very kind of you!” returnedMiss Jellyby, shaking her head. “Pa told me, only yesterdaymorning, (and dreadfully unhappy he is,) that he couldn’t weatherthe storm. I should be surprised if he could. When all ourtradesmen send into our house any stuff they like, and theservants do what they like with it, and I have no time to improvethings if I knew how, and Ma don’t care about anything, I shouldlike to make out how Pa is to weather the storm. I declare if I wasPa I’d run away!”

  “My dear!” said I, smiling. “Your papa, no doubt, considers hisfamily.”

  “O yes, his family is all very fine, Miss Summerson,” repliedMiss Jellyby; “but what comfort is his family to him? His family isnothing but bills, dirt, waste, noise, tumbles downstairs, confusion,and wretchedness. His scrambling25 home, from week’s-end toweek’s-end, is like one great washing-day―only nothing’swashed!”

  Miss Jellyby tapped her foot upon the floor, and wiped her eyes.

  “I am sure I pity Pa to that degree,” she said, “and am so angrywith Ma, that I can’t find words to express myself! However, I amnot going to bear it, I am determined27. I won’t be a slave all my life,and I won’t submit to be proposed to by Mr Quale. A pretty thing,indeed, to marry a Philanthropist. As if I hadn’t had enough ofthat!” said poor Miss Jellyby.

  I must confess that I could not help feeling rather angry withMrs Jellyby, myself; seeing and hearing this neglected girl, andknowing how much of bitterly satirical truth there was in what shesaid.

  “If it wasn’t that we had been intimate when you stopped at ourhouse,” pursued Miss Jellyby, “I should have been ashamed tocome here today, for I know what a figure I must seem to you two.

  But, as it is, I made up my mind to call: especially as I am notlikely to see you again, the next time you come to town.”

  She said this with such great significance that Ada and Iglanced at one another, foreseeing something more.

  “No!” said Miss Jellyby, shaking her head. “Not at all likely! Iknow I may trust you two. I am sure you won’t betray me. I amengaged.”

  “Without their knowledge at home?” said I.

  “Why, good gracious me, Miss Summerson,” she returned,justifying herself in a fretful but not angry manner, “how can it beotherwise? You know what Ma is―and I needn’t make poor Pamore miserable28 by telling him.”

  “But would it not be adding to his unhappiness to marrywithout his knowledge or consent, my dear?” said I.

  “No,” said Miss Jellyby, softening29. “I hope not. I should try tomake him happy and comfortable when he came to see me; andPeepy and the others should take it in turns to come and stay withme; and they should have some care taken of them, then.”

  There was a good deal of affection in poor Caddy. She softenedmore and more while saying this, and cried so much over theunwonted little home-picture she had raised in her mind, thatPeepy, in his cave under the piano, was touched, and turnedhimself over on his back with loud lamentations. It was not until Ihad brought him to kiss his sister, and had restored him to hisplace in my lap, and had shown him that Caddy was laughing (shelaughed expressly for the purpose), that we could recall his peaceof mind; even then, it was for some time conditional30 on his takingus in turns by the chin, and smoothing our faces all over with hishand. At last, as his spirits were not yet equal to the piano, we puthim on a chair to look out of window; and Miss Jellyby, holdinghim by one leg, resumed her confidence.

  “It began in your coming to our house,” she said.

  We naturally asked how?

  “I felt I was so awkward,” she replied, “that I made up my mindto be improved in that respect, at all events, and to learn to dance.

  I told Ma I was ashamed of myself, and I must be taught to dance.

  Ma looked at me in that provoking way of hers as if I wasn’t insight; but, I was quite determined to be taught to dance, and so Iwent to Mr Turveydrop’s Academy in Newman Street.”

  “And was it there, my dear―” I began.

  “Yes, it was there,” said Caddy, “and I am engaged to MrTurveydrop. There are two Mr Turveydrops, father and son. MyMr Turveydrop is the son, of course. I only wish I had been betterbrought up, and was likely to make him a better wife; for I am veryfond of him.”

  “I am sorry to hear this,” said I, “I must confess.”

  “I don’t know why you should be sorry,” she retorted a littleanxiously, “but I am engaged to Mr Turveydrop, whether or no,and he is very fond of me. It’s a secret as yet, even on his side,because old Mr Turveydrop has a share in the connection, and itmight break his heart, or give him some other shock, if he was toldof it abruptly31. Old Mr Turveydrop is a very gentlemanly manindeed―very gentlemanly.”

  “Does his wife know of it?” asked Ada.

  “Old Mr Turveydrop’s wife, Miss Clare?” returned Miss Jellyby,opening her eyes. “There’s no such person. He is a widower32.”

  We were here interrupted by Peepy, whose leg had undergoneso much on account of his sister’s unconsciously jerking it like abell-rope whenever she was emphatic33, that the afflicted34 child nowbemoaned his sufferings with a very low-spirited noise. As heappealed to me for compassion35, and as I was only a listener, Iundertook to hold him. Miss Jellyby proceeded, after beggingPeepy’s pardon with a kiss, and assuring him that she hadn’tmeant to do it.

  “That’s the state of the case,” said Caddy. “If I ever blamemyself, I shall think it’s Ma’s fault. We are to be married wheneverwe can, and then I shall go to Pa at the office and write to Ma. Itwon’t much agitate36 Ma: I am only pen and ink to her. One greatcomfort is,” said Caddy, with a sob37, “that I shall never hear ofAfrica after I am married. Young Mr Turveydrop hates it for mysake; and if old Mr Turveydrop knows there is such a place, it’s asmuch as he does.”

  “It was he who was very gentlemanly, I think?” said I.

  “Very gentlemanly, indeed,” said Caddy. “He is celebratedalmost everywhere, for his Deportment.”

  “Does he teach?” asked Ada.

  “No, he don’t teach anything in particular,” replied Caddy. “Buthis Deportment is beautiful.”

  Caddy went on to say, with considerable hesitation40 andreluctance, that there was one thing more she wished us to know,and felt we ought to know, and which she hoped would not offendus. It was, that she had improved her acquaintance with MissFlite, the little crazy old lady; and that she frequently went thereearly in the morning, and met her lover for a few minutes beforebreakfast―only for a few minutes. “I go there, at other times,” saidCaddy, “but Prince does not come then. Young Mr Turveydrop’sname is Prince; I wish it wasn’t, because it sounds like a dog, butof course he didn’t christen himself. Old Mr Turveydrop had himchristened Prince, in remembrance of the Prince Regent. Old MrTurveydrop adored the Prince Regent on account of hisDeportment. I hope you won’t think the worse of me for havingmade these little appointments at Miss Flite’s, where I first wentwith you; because I like the poor thing for her own sake and Ibelieve she likes me. If you could see young Mr Turveydrop, I amsure you would think well of him―at least, I am sure you couldn’tpossibly think any ill of him. I am going there now, for my lesson. Icouldn’t ask you to go with me, Miss Summerson; but if youwould,” said Caddy, who had said all this, earnestly andtremblingly, “I should be very glad―very glad.”

  It happened that we had arranged with my Guardian to go toMiss Flite’s that day. We had told him of our former visit, and ouraccount had interested him; but something had always happenedto prevent our going there again. As I trusted that I might havesufficient influence with Miss Jellyby to prevent her taking anyvery rash step, if I fully24 accepted the confidence she was so willingto place in me, poor girl, I proposed that she and I and Peepyshould go to the Academy, and afterwards meet my Guardian andAda at Miss Flite’s―whose name I now learnt for the first time.

  This was on condition that Miss Jellyby and Peepy should comeback with us to dinner. The last article of the agreement beingjoyfully acceded41 to by both, we smartened Peepy up a little, withthe assistance of a few pins, some soap and water, and ahairbrush; and went out: bending our steps towards NewmanStreet, which was very near.

  I found the Academy established in a sufficiently42 dingy43 house atthe corner of an archway, with busts44 in all the staircase windows.

  In the same house there were also established, as I gathered fromthe plates on the door, a drawing-master, a coal-merchant (therewas, certainly, no room for his coals), and a lithographic artist. Onthe plate which, in size and situation, took precedence of all therest, I read, Mr TURVEYDROP. The door was open, and the hallwas blocked up by a grand piano, a harp22, and several othermusical instruments in cases, all in progress of removal, and alllooking rakish in the daylight. Miss Jellyby informed me that theAcademy had been lent, last night, for a concert.

  We went upstairs―it had been quite a fine house once, when itwas anybody’s business to keep it clean and fresh, and nobody’sbusiness to smoke in it all day―and into Mr Turveydrop’s greatroom, which was built out into a mews at the back, and waslighted by a skylight. It was a bare, resounding45 room, smelling ofstables; with cane46 forms along the walls; and the walls ornamentedat regular intervals47 with painted lyres, and little cut-glassbranches for candles, which seemed to be shedding their old-fashioned drops as other branches might shed autumn leaves.

  Several young lady pupils, ranging from thirteen or fourteen yearsof age to two or three and twenty, were assembled; and I waslooking among them for their instructor48, when Caddy, pinchingmy arm, repeated the ceremony of introduction. “MissSummerson, Mr Prince Turveydrop!”

  I curtseyed to a little blue-eyed fair man of youthfulappearance, with flaxen hair parted in the middle, and curling atthe ends all round his head. He had a little fiddle49, which we usedto call at school a kit50, under his left arm, and its little bow in thesame band. His little dancing shoes were particularly diminutive,and he had a little innocent, feminine manner, which not onlyappe aled to me in an amiable51 way, but made this singular effectupon me: that I received the impression that he was like hismother, and that his mother had not been much considered orwell used.”

  “I am very happy to see Miss Jellyby’s friend,” he said, bowinglow to me. “I began to fear,” with timid tenderness, “as it was pastthe usual time, that Miss Jellyby was not coming.”

  “I beg you will have the goodness to attribute that to me, whohave detained her, and to receive my excuses, sir,” said I.

  “O dear!” said he.

  “And pray,” I entreated52, “do not allow me to be the cause of anymore delay.”

  With that apology I withdrew to a seat between Peepy (who,being well used to it, had already climbed into a corner place) andan old lady of a censorious countenance53, whose two nieces were inthe class, and who was very indignant with Peepy’s boots. PrinceTurveydrop then tinkled54 the strings55 of his kit with his fingers, andthe young ladies stood up to dance. Just then, there appeared froma side-door, old Mr Turveydrop, in the full lustre56 of hisDeportment.

  He was a fat old gentleman with a false complexion57, false teeth,false whiskers, and a wig58. He had a fur collar, and he had a paddedbreast to his coat, which only wanted a star or a broad blue ribbonto be complete. He was pinched in, and swelled59 out, and got up,and strapped60 down, as much as he could possibly bear. He hadsuch a neckcloth on (puffing his very eyes out of their naturalshape), and his chin and even his ears so sunk into it, that itseemed as though he must inevitably61 double up, if it were castloose. He had, under his arm, a hat of great size and weight,shelving downward from the crown to the brim; and in his hand apair of white gloves, with which he flapped it, as he stood poisedon one leg, in a high-shouldered, round-elbowed state of elegancenot to be surpassed. He had a cane, he had an eyeglass, he had asnuff-box, he had rings, he had wristbands, he had everything butany touch of nature; he was not like youth, he was not like age, hewas like nothing in the world but a model of Deportment.

  “Father! A visitor. Miss Jellyby’s friend, Miss Summerson.”

  “Distinguished62,” said Mr Turveydrop, “by Miss Summerson’spresence.” As he bowed to me in that tight state, I almost believe Isaw creases63 come into the whites of his eyes.

  “My father,” said the son, aside to me, with quite an affectingbelief in him, “is a celebrated38 character. My father is greatlyadmired.”

  “Go on, Prince! Go on!” said Mr Turveydrop, standing64 with hisback to the fire, and waving his gloves condescendingly. “Go on,my son!”

  At this command, or by this gracious permission, the lessonwent on. Prince Turveydrop, sometimes, played the kit, dancing;sometimes played the piano, standing: sometimes hummed thetune with what little breath he could spare, while he set a pupilright; always conscientiously66 moved with the least proficientthrough every step and every part of the figure; and never restedfor an instant. His distinguished father did nothing whatever, butstand before the fire, a model of Deportment.

  “And he never does anything else,” said the old lady of thecensorious countenance. “Yet would you believe that it’s his nameon the door-plate?”

  “His son’s name is the same, you know,” said I.

  “He wouldn’t let his son have any name, if he could take it fromhim,” returned the old lady. “Look at the son’s dress!” It certainlywas plain―threadbare―almost shabby. “Yet the father must begarnished and tricked out,” said the old lady, “because of hisDeportment. I’d deport39 him! Transport him would be better!”

  I felt curious to know more, concerning this person. I asked,“Does he give lessons in Deportment, now?”

  “Now!” returned the old lady, shortly. “Never did.”

  After a moment’s consideration, I suggested that perhapsfencing had been his accomplishment67?

  “I don’t believe he can fence at all, ma’am,” said the old lady.

  I looked surprised and inquisitive68. The old lady, becoming moreand more incensed69 against the Master of Deportment as she dweltupon the subject, gave me some particulars of his career, withstrong assurances that they were mildly stated.

  He had married a meek70 little dancing-mistress, with a tolerableconnection (having never in his life before done anything butdeport himself), and had worked her to death, or had, at the best,suffered her to work herself to death, to maintain him in thoseexpenses which were indispensable to his position. At once toexhibit his Deportment to the best models, and to keep the bestmodels constantly before himself, he had found it necessary tofrequent all public places of fashionable and lounging resort; to beseen at Brighton and elsewhere at fashionable times; and to leadan idle life in the very best clothes. To enable him to do this, theaffectionate little dancing-mistress had toiled71 and laboured, andwould have toiled and laboured to that hour, if her strength hadlasted so long. For, the mainspring of the story was, that, in spiteof the man’s absorbing selfishness, his wife (overpowered by hisDeportment) had, to the last, believed in him, and had, on herdeath-bed, in the most moving terms, confided72 him to their son asone who had an inextinguishable claim upon him, and whom hecould never regard with too much pride and deference73. The son,inheriting his mother’s belief, and having the Deportment alwaysbefore him, had lived and grown in the same faith, and now, atthirty years of age, worked for his father twelve hours a-day, andlooked up to him with veneration74 on the old imaginary pinnacle75.

  “The airs the fellow gives himself!” said my informant, shakingher head at old Mr Turveydrop with speechless indignation, as hedrew on his tight gloves: of course unconscious of the homage76 shewas rendering77. “He fully believes he is one of the aristocracy! Andhe is so condescending65 to the son he so egregiously78 deludes79 thatyou might suppose him the most virtuous80 of parents. O!” said theold lady, apostrophising him with infinite vehemence81, “I could biteyou!”

  I could not help being amused, though I heard the old lady outwith feelings of real concern. It was difficult to doubt her, with thefather and son before me. What I might have thought of themwithout the old lady’s account, or what I might have thought of theold lady’s account without them, I cannot say. There was a fitnessof things in the whole that carried conviction with it.

  My eyes were yet wandering, from young Mr Turveydropworking so hard to old Mr Turveydrop deporting82 himself sobeautifully, when the latter came ambling26 up to me, and enteredinto conversation.

  He asked me, first of all, whether I conferred a charm and adistinction on London by residing in it? I did not think itnecessary to reply that I was perfectly aware I should not do that,in any case, but merely told him where I did reside.

  “A lady so graceful83 and accomplished,” he said, kissing his rightglove, and afterwards extending it towards the pupils, “will lookleniently on the deficiencies here. We do our best to polish―polish―polish!”

  He sat down beside me; taking some pains to sit on the form, Ithought, in imitation of the print of his illustrious model on thesofa. And really he did look very like it.

  “To polish―polish―polish!” he repeated, taking a pinch ofsnuff and gently fluttering his fingers. “But we are not―if I maysay so, to one formed to be graceful both by Nature and Art;” withthe high-shouldered bow, which it seemed impossible for him tomake without lifting up his eyebrows84 and shutting his eyes―“weare not what we used to be in point of Deportment.”

  “Are we not, sir?” said I.

  “We have degenerated85,” he returned, shaking his head, whichhe could do, to a very limited extent, in his cravat86. “A levelling ageis not favourable87 to Deportment. It develops vulgarity. Perhaps Ispeak with some little partiality. It may not be for me to say that Ihave been called, for some years now, Gentleman Turveydrop; orthat His Royal Highness the Prince Regent did me the honour toinquire, on my removing my hat as he drove out of the Pavilion atBrighton (that fine building) ‘Who is he? Who the Devil is he? Whydon’t I know him? Why hasn’t he thirty thousand a year?’ Butthese are little matters of anecdote―the general property,ma’am,―still repeated occasionally, among the upper classes.”

  “Indeed?” said I.

  He replied with the high-shouldered bow. “Where what is leftamong us of Deportment,” he added, “still lingers. England―alas,my country!―has degenerated very much, and is degeneratingevery day. She has not many gentlemen left. We are few. I seenothing to succeed us, but a race of weavers88.”

  “One might hope that the race of gentlemen would beperpetuated here,” said I.

  “You are very good,” he smiled, with the high-shouldered bowagain. “You flatter me. But, no―no! I have never been able toimbue my poor boy with that part of his art. Heaven forbid that Ishould dispar age my dear child, but he has―no Deportment.”

  “He appears to be an excellent master,” I observed.

  “Understand me, my dear madam, he is an excellent master. Allthat can be acquired, he has acquired. All that can be imparted, hecan impart. But there are things”―he took another pinch of snuffand made the bow again, as if to add, “this kind of thing, forinstance.”

  I glanced towards the centre of the room, where Miss Jellyby’slover, now engaged with single pupils, was undergoing greaterdrudgery than ever.

  “My amiable child,” murmured Mr Turveydrop, adjusting hiscravat.

  “Your son is indefatigable,” said I.

  “It is my reward,” said Mr Turveydrop, “to hear you say so. Insome respects, he treads in the footsteps of his sainted mother.

  She was a devoted89 creature. But Wooman, lovely Wooman,” saidMr Turveydrop, with very disagreeable gallantry, “what a sex youare!”

  I rose and joined Miss Jellyby, who was, by this time, putting onher bonnet90. The time allotted91 to a lesson having fully elapsed,there was a general putting on of bonnets92. When Miss Jellyby andthe unfortunate Prince found an opportunity to become betrothedI don’t know, but they certainly found none, on this occasion, toexchange a dozen words.

  “My dear,” said Mr Turveydrop benignly93 to his son, “do youknow the hour?”

  “No, father.” The son had no watch. The father had ahandsome gold one, which he pulled out, with an air that was anexample to mankind.

  “My son,” said he “it’s two o’clock. Recollect94 your school atKensington at three.”

  “That’s time enough for me, father,” said Prince. “I can take amorsel of dinner, standing, and be off.”

  “My dear boy,” returned his father, “you must be very quick.

  You will find the cold mutton on the table.”

  “Thank you, father. Are you off now, father?”

  “Yes, my dear. I suppose,” said Mr Turveydrop, shutting hiseyes and lifting up his shoulders, with modest consciousness, “thatI must show myself, as usual, about town.”

  “You had better dine out comfortably, somewhere,” said hisson.

  “My dear child, I intend to. I shall take my little meal, I think, atthe French house, in the Opera Colonnade95.”

  “That’s right. Good-bye, father!” said Prince, shaking hands.

  “Good-bye, my son. Bless you!”

  Mr Turveydrop said this in quite a pious96 manner, and it seemedto do his son good; who, in parting from him, was so pleased withhim, so dutiful to him, and so proud of him, that I almost felt as if itwere an unkindness to the younger man not to be able to believeimplicitly in the elder. The few moments that were occupied byPrince in taking leave of us (and particularly of one of us, as I saw,being in the secret), enhanced by favourable impression of hisalmost childish character. I felt a liking97 for him, and a compassionfor him, as he put his little kit in his pocket―and with it his desireto stay a little while with Caddy―and went away good-humouredly to his cold mutton and his school at Kensington, thatmade me scarcely less irate98 with his father than the censorious oldlady.

  The father opened the room door for us, and bowed us out in amanner, I must acknowledge, worthy99 of his shining original. In thesame style he presently passed us on the other side of the street,on his way to the aristocratic part of the town, where he was goingto show himself among the few other gentlemen left. For somemoments, I was so lost in reconsidering what I had heard and seenin Newman Street, that I was quite unable to talk to Caddy, oreven to fix my attention on what she said to me: especially when Ibegan to inquire in my mind whether there were, or ever hadbeen, any other gentlemen, not in the dancing profession, wholived and founded a reputation entirely100 on their Deportment. Thisbecame so bewildering, and suggested the possibility of so manyMr Turveydrops, that I said, “Esther, you must make up yourmind to abandon this subject altogether, and attend to Caddy.” Iaccordingly did so, and we chatted all the rest of the way toLincoln’s Inn.

  Caddy told me that her lover’s education had been so neglected,that it was not always easy to read his notes. She said, if he werenot so anxious about his spelling, and took less pains to make itclear, he would do better; but he put so many unnecessary lettersinto short words, that they sometimes quite lost their Englishappearance. “He does it with the best intention,” observed Caddy,“but it hasn’t the effect he means, poor fellow!” Caddy then wenton to reason, how could he be expected to be a scholar, when hehad passed his whole life in the dancing-school, and had donenothing but teach and fag, fag and teach, morning, noon, andnight! And what did it matter? She could write letters enough forboth, as she knew to her cost, and it was far better for him to beamiable than learned. “Besides, it’s not as if I was anaccomplished girl who had any right to give herself airs,” saidCaddy. “I know little enough, I am sure; thanks to Ma!”

  “There’s another thing I want to tell you, now we are alone,”

  continued Caddy; “which I should not have liked to mentionunless you had seen Prince, Miss Summerson. You know what ahouse ours is. It’s of no use my trying to learn anything that wouldbe useful for Prince’s wife to know, in our house. We live in such astate of muddle101 that it’s impossible, and I have only been moredisheartened whenever I have tried. So I get a little practicewith―who do you think? Poor Miss Flite! Early in the morning, Ihelp her to tidy her room, and clean her birds; and I make her cupof coffee for her (of course she taught me), and I have learnt tomake it so well that Prince says it’s the very best coffee he evertasted, and would quite delight old Mr Turveydrop, who is veryparticular indeed about his coffee. I can make little puddings too;and I know how to buy neck of mutton, and tea, and sugar, andbutter, and a good many housekeeping things. I am not clever atmy needle, yet,” said Caddy, glancing at the repairs on Peepy’sfrock, “but perhaps I shall improve. And since I have beenengaged to Prince, and have been doing all this, I have felt better-tempered, I hope, and more forgiving to Ma. It rather put me out,at first this morning, to see you and Miss Clare looking so neat andpretty, and to feel ashamed of Peepy and myself too; but, on thewhole, I hope I am better-tempered than I was, and more forgivingto Ma.”

  The poor girl, trying so hard, said it from her heart, andtouched mine. “Caddy, my love,” I replied, “I begin to have a greataffection for you, and I hope we shall become friends.” “Oh, doyou?” cried Caddy; “how happy that would make me!” “My dearCaddy,” said I, “let us be friends from this time, and let us oftenhave a chat about these matters, and try to find the right waythrough them.” Caddy was overjoyed. I said everything I could, inmy old-fashioned way, to comfort and encourage her; and I wouldnot have objected to old Mr Turveydrop, that day, for any smallerconsideration than a settlement on his daughter-in-law.

  By this time we were come to Mr Krook’s, whose private doorstood open. There was a bill, pasted on the door-post, announcinga room to let on the second floor. It reminded Caddy to tell me aswe proceeded upstairs, that there had been a sudden death there,and an inquest; and that our little friend had been ill of the fright.

  The door and window of the vacant room being open, we lookedin. It was the room with the dark door, to which Miss Flite hadsecretly directed my attention when I was last in the house. A sadand desolate102 place it was; a gloomy, sorrowful place, that gave mea strange sensation of mournfulness and even dread23. “You lookpale,” said Caddy, when we came out, “and cold!” I felt as if theroom had chilled me.

  We had walked slowly, while we were talking; and my Guardianand Ada were here before us. We found them in Miss Flite’sgarret. They were looking at the birds, while a medical gentlemanwho was so good as to attend Miss Flite with much solicitude103 andcompassion, spoke104 with her cheerfully by the fire.

  “I have finished my professional visit,” he said coming forward.

  “Miss Flite is much better, and may appear in Court (as her mindis set upon it) tomorrow. She has been greatly missed there, Iunderstand.”

  Miss Flite received the compliment with complacency, anddropped a general curtsey to us.

  “Honoured, indeed,” said she, “by another visit from the Wardsin Jarndyce! Ve-ry happy to receive Jarndyce of Bleak105 Housebeneath my humble106 roof!” with a special curtsey. “Fitz-Jarndyce,my dear;” she had bestowed107 that name on Caddy, it appeared, andalways called her by it; “a double welcome!”

  “Has she been very ill?” asked Mr Jarndyce of the gentlemanwhom we had found in attendance on her. She answered forherself directly, though he had put the question in a whisper.

  “O decidedly unwell! O very unwell indeed,” she said,confidentially. “Not pain, you know―trouble. Not bodily so muchas nervous, nervous! The truth is,” in a subdued108 voice andtrembling, “we have had death here. There was poison in thehouse. I am very susceptible109 to such horrid110 things. It frightenedme. Only Mr Woodcourt knows how much. My physician, MrWoodcourt!” with great stateliness. “The Wards3 in Jarndyce―Jarndyce of Bleak House―Fitz-Jarndyce!”

  “Miss Flite―” said Mr Woodcourt, in a grave kind of voice, as ifhe were appealing to her while speaking to us; and laying his handgently on her arm; “Miss Flite describes her illness with her usualaccuracy. She was alarmed by an occurrence in the house whichmight have alarmed a stronger person, and was made ill by thedistress and agitation111. She brought me here, in the first hurry ofthe discovery, though too late for me to be of any use to theunfortunate man. I have compensated112 myself for thatdisappointment by coming here since, and being of some small useto her.

  “The kindest physician in the college,” whispered Miss Flite tome. “I expect a judgement. On the day of Judgement. And shallthen confer estates.”

  “She will be as well, in a day or two,” said Mr Woodcourt,looking at her with an observant smile, “as she ever will be. Inother words, quite well of course. Have you heard of her goodfortune?”

  “Most extraordinary!” said Miss Flite, smiling brightly. “Younever heard of such a thing, my dear! Every Saturday,Conversation Kenge, or Guppy (Clerk to Conversation K.), placesin my hand a paper of shillings. Shillings. I assure you! Always thesame number in the paper. Always one for every day in the week.

  Now you know, really! So well-timed, is it not? Ye-es! Fromwhence do these papers come, you say? That is the great question.

  Naturally. Shall I tell you what I think? I think,” said Miss Flite,drawing herself back with a very shrewd look, and shaking herright forefinger113 in a most significant manner, “that the LordChancellor, aware of the length of time during which the GreatSeal has been open, (for it has been open a long time!) forwardsthem. Until the Judgement I expect, is given. Now that’s verycreditable, you know. To confess in that way that he is a little slowfor human life. So delicate! Attending Court the other day―Iattend it regularly―with my documents―I taxed him with it, andhe almost confessed. That is, I smiled at him from my bench, andhe smiled at me from his bench. But it’s great good fortune, is itnot? And Fitz-Jarndyce lays the money out for me to greatadvantage. O, I assure you to the greatest advantage!”

  I congratulated her (as she addressed herself to me) upon thisfortunate addition to her income, and wished her a longcontinuance of it. I did not speculate upon the source from whichit came, or wonder whose humanity was so considerate. MyGuardian stood before me contemplating115 the birds, and I had noneed to look beyond him.

  “And what do you call these little fellows, ma’am?” said he inhis pleasant voice. “Have they any names?”

  “I can answer for Miss Flite that they have,” said I, “for shepromised to tell us what they were. Ada remembers?”

  Ada remembered very well.

  “Did I?” said Miss Flite―“who’s that at my door? What are youlistening at my door for, Krook?”

  The old man of the house, pushing it open before him,appeared there with his fur-cap in his hand, and his cat at hisheels.

  “I warn’t listening, Miss Flite,” he said. “I was going to give arap with my knuckles116, only you’re so quick!”

  “Make your cat go down. Drive her away!” the old lady angrilyexclaimed.

  “Bah, bah!―There ain’t no danger, gentlefolks,” said Mr Krook,looking slowly and sharply from one to another, until he hadlooked at all of us; “she’d never offer at the birds when I was here,unless I told her to it.”

  “You will excuse my landlord,” said the old lady with adignified air. “M, quite M! What do you want, Krook, when I havecompany?”

  “Hi!” said the old man. “You know I am the Chancellor114.”

  “Well?” returned Miss Flite. “What of that?”

  “For the Chancellor,” said the old man with a chuckle117, “not tobe acquainted with a Jarndyce is queer, ain’t it, Miss Flite?

  Mightn’t I take the liberty?―Your servant, sir. I know Jarndyceand Jarndyce a’most as well as you do, sir. I knowed old SquireTom, sir. I never to my knowledge see you afore though, not evenin Court. Yet, I go there a mortal sight of times in the course of theyear, taking one day with another.”

  “I never go there,” said Mr Jarndyce (which he never did onany consideration). “I would sooner go―somewhere else.”

  “Would you, though?” returned Krook, grinning. “You’rebearing hard upon my noble and learned brother in your meaning,sir; though perhaps it is but nat’ral in a Jarndyce. The burnt child,sir! What, you’re looking at my lodger’s birds, Mr Jarndyce?” Theold man had come by little and little into the room, until he nowtouched my Guardian with his elbow, and looked close up into hisface with his spectacled eyes. “It’s one of her strange ways, thatshe’ll never tell the names of these birds if she can help it, thoughshe named ’em all.” This was in a whisper. “Shall I run ’em over,Flite?” he asked aloud, winking118 at us and pointing at her as sheturned away, affecting to sweep the grate.

  “If you like,” she answered hurriedly.

  The old man, looking up at the cages, after another look at us,went through the list.

  “Hope, Joy, Youth, Peace, Rest, Life, Dust, Ashes, Waste, Want,Ruin, Despair, Madness, Death, Cunning, Folly119, Words, Wigs,Rags, Sheepskin, Plunder120, Precedent121, Jargon122, Gammon, andSpinach. That’s the whole collection,” said the old man, “allcooped up together, by my noble and learned brother.”

  “This is a bitter wind!” muttered my Guardian.

  “When my noble and learned brother gives his Judgement,they’re to be let go free,” said Krook, winking at us again. “Andthen,” he added, whispering and grinning, “if that ever was tohappen―which it won’t―the birds that have never been cagedwould kill ’em.”

  “If ever the wind was in the east,” said my Guardian,pretending to look out of the window for a weathercock, “I thinkit’s there today!”

  We found it very difficult to get away from the house. It was notMiss Flite who detained us; she was as reasonable a little creaturein consulting the convenience of others, as there possibly could be.

  It was Mr Krook. He seemed unable to detach himself from MrJarndyce. If he had been linked to him, he could hardly haveattended him more closely. He proposed to show us his Court ofChancery, and all the strange medley123 it contained; during thewhole of our inspection124 (prolonged by himself) he kept close to MrJarndyce, and sometimes detained him, under one pretence125 orother, until we had passed on, as if he were tormented126 by aninclination to enter upon some secret subject, which he could notmake up his mind to approach. I cannot imagine a countenanceand manner more singularly expressive127 of caution and indecision,and a perpetual impulse to do something he could not resolve toventure on, than Mr Krook was, that day. His watchfulness128 of myGuardian was incessant129. He rarely removed his eyes from his face.

  If he went on beside him, he observed him with the slyness of anold white fox. If he went before he looked back. When we stoodstill, he got opposite to him, and drawing his hand across andacross his open mouth with a curious expression of a sense ofpower, and turning up his eyes, and lowering his grey eyebrowsuntil they appeared to be shut, seemed to scan every lineament ofhis face.

  At last, having been (always attended by the cat) all over thehouse, and having seen the whole stock of miscellaneous lumber,which was certainly curious, we came into the back part of theshop. Here, on the head of an empty barrel stood on end, were anink-bottle, some old stumps130 of pens, and some dirty playbills; and,against the wall, were pasted several large printed alphabets inseveral plain hands.

  “What are you doing here?” asked my Guardian.

  “Trying to learn myself to read and write,” said Krook.

  “And how do you get on?”

  “Slow. Bad,” returned the old man, impatiently. “It’s hard atmy time of life.”

  “It would be easier to be taught by some one,” said myGuardian.

  “Ay, but they might teach me wrong!” returned the old man,with a wonderfully suspicious flash of his eye. “I don’t know what Imay have lost, by not being learnd afore. I wouldn’t like to loseanything by being learnd wrong now.”

  “Wrong?” said my Guardian, with his good-humoured smile.

  “Who do you suppose would teach you wrong?”

  “I don’t know, Mr Jarndyce of Bleak House!” replied the oldman, turning up his spectacles on his forehead, and rubbing hishands. “I don’t suppose as anybody would―but I’d rather trust myown self than another!”

  These answers, and his manner, were strange enough to causemy Guardian to inquire of Mr Woodcourt, as we all walked acrossLincoln’s Inn together, whether Mr Krook were really, as hislodger represented him, deranged131? The young surgeon replied,no, he had seen no reason to think so. He was exceedinglydistrustful, as ignorance usually was, and he was always more orless under the influence of raw gin; of which he drank greatquantities, and of which he and his back-shop, as we might haveobserved, smelt132 strongly; but he did not think him mad, as yet.

  On our way home, I so conciliated Peepy’s affections by buyinghim a windmill and two flour-sacks, that he would suffer nobodyelse to take off his hat and gloves, and would sit nowhere but at myside. Caddy sat upon the other side of me, next to Ada, to whomwe imparted the whole history of the engagement as soon as wegot back. We made much of Caddy, and Peepy too; and Caddybrightened exceedingly; and my Guardian was as merry as wewere; and we were all very happy indeed; until Caddy went homeat night in a hackney-coach, with Peepy fast asleep, but holdingtight to the windmill.

  I have forgotten to mention―at least I have not mentioned―that Mr Woodcourt was the same dark young surgeon whom wehad met at Mr Badger’s. Or, that Mr Jarndyce invited him todinner that day. Or, that he came. Or, that when they were allgone, and I said to Ada, “Now, my darling, let us have a little talkabout Richard!” Ada laughed and said― But, I don’t think it matters what my darling said. She was always merry.


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1 resolute 2sCyu     
adj.坚决的,果敢的
参考例句:
  • He was resolute in carrying out his plan.他坚决地实行他的计划。
  • The Egyptians offered resolute resistance to the aggressors.埃及人对侵略者作出坚决的反抗。
2 persevering AltztR     
a.坚忍不拔的
参考例句:
  • They will only triumph by persevering in their struggle against natural calamities. 他们只有坚持与自然灾害搏斗,才能取得胜利。
  • Success belongs to the persevering. 胜利属于不屈不挠的人。
3 wards 90fafe3a7d04ee1c17239fa2d768f8fc     
区( ward的名词复数 ); 病房; 受监护的未成年者; 被人照顾或控制的状态
参考例句:
  • This hospital has 20 medical [surgical] wards. 这所医院有 20 个内科[外科]病房。
  • It was a big constituency divided into three wards. 这是一个大选区,下设三个分区。
4 guardian 8ekxv     
n.监护人;守卫者,保护者
参考例句:
  • The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
  • The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。
5 dame dvGzR0     
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。
6 den 5w9xk     
n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室
参考例句:
  • There is a big fox den on the back hill.后山有一个很大的狐狸窝。
  • The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into tiger's den.不入虎穴焉得虎子。
7 cultivation cnfzl     
n.耕作,培养,栽培(法),养成
参考例句:
  • The cultivation in good taste is our main objective.培养高雅情趣是我们的主要目标。
  • The land is not fertile enough to repay cultivation.这块土地不够肥沃,不值得耕种。
8 proceedings Wk2zvX     
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报
参考例句:
  • He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
  • to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
9 ramification 4tXyD     
n.分枝,分派,衍生物
参考例句:
  • Public relation of police is a ramification of modern public relations.警察公共关系是现代公共关系的衍生物。
  • An apple tree,after going through a long time ramification and sprouting,finally fruited.一棵苹果树经过漫长的分枝抽叶终于结果了。
10 oyster w44z6     
n.牡蛎;沉默寡言的人
参考例句:
  • I enjoy eating oyster; it's really delicious.我喜欢吃牡蛎,它味道真美。
  • I find I fairly like eating when he finally persuades me to taste the oyster.当他最后说服我尝尝牡蛎时,我发现我相当喜欢吃。
11 contradictory VpazV     
adj.反驳的,反对的,抗辩的;n.正反对,矛盾对立
参考例句:
  • The argument is internally contradictory.论据本身自相矛盾。
  • What he said was self-contradictory.他讲话前后不符。
12 bishop AtNzd     
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。
13 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
14 deficient Cmszv     
adj.不足的,不充份的,有缺陷的
参考例句:
  • The crops are suffering from deficient rain.庄稼因雨量不足而遭受损害。
  • I always have been deficient in selfconfidence and decision.我向来缺乏自信和果断。
15 brazen Id1yY     
adj.厚脸皮的,无耻的,坚硬的
参考例句:
  • The brazen woman laughed loudly at the judge who sentenced her.那无耻的女子冲着给她判刑的法官高声大笑。
  • Some people prefer to brazen a thing out rather than admit defeat.有的人不愿承认失败,而是宁肯厚着脸皮干下去。
16 specimens 91fc365099a256001af897127174fcce     
n.样品( specimen的名词复数 );范例;(化验的)抽样;某种类型的人
参考例句:
  • Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon. 宇航员从月球带回了岩石标本。
  • The traveler brought back some specimens of the rocks from the mountains. 那位旅行者从山上带回了一些岩石标本。 来自《简明英汉词典》
17 retired Njhzyv     
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
参考例句:
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
18 munching 3bbbb661207569e6c6cb6a1390d74d06     
v.用力咀嚼(某物),大嚼( munch的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • He was munching an apple. 他在津津有味地嚼着苹果。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Munching the apple as he was, he had an eye for all her movements. 他虽然啃着苹果,但却很留神地监视着她的每一个动作。 来自辞典例句
19 abruptness abruptness     
n. 突然,唐突
参考例句:
  • He hid his feelings behind a gruff abruptness. 他把自己的感情隐藏在生硬鲁莽之中。
  • Suddenly Vanamee returned to himself with the abruptness of a blow. 伐那米猛地清醒过来,象挨到了当头一拳似的。
20 soothing soothing     
adj.慰藉的;使人宽心的;镇静的
参考例句:
  • Put on some nice soothing music.播放一些柔和舒缓的音乐。
  • His casual, relaxed manner was very soothing.他随意而放松的举动让人很快便平静下来。
21 detest dm0zZ     
vt.痛恨,憎恶
参考例句:
  • I detest people who tell lies.我恨说谎的人。
  • The workers detest his overbearing manner.工人们很讨厌他那盛气凌人的态度。
22 harp UlEyQ     
n.竖琴;天琴座
参考例句:
  • She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
  • He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。
23 dread Ekpz8     
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧
参考例句:
  • We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
  • Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。
24 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
参考例句:
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
25 scrambling cfea7454c3a8813b07de2178a1025138     
v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞
参考例句:
  • Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发,冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》
26 ambling 83ee3bf75d76f7573f42fe45eaa3d174     
v.(马)缓行( amble的现在分词 );从容地走,漫步
参考例句:
  • At that moment the tiger commenced ambling towards his victim. 就在这时,老虎开始缓步向它的猎物走去。 来自辞典例句
  • Implied meaning: drinking, ambling, the people who make golf all relatively succeed. 寓意:喝酒,赌博,打高尔夫的人都比较成功。 来自互联网
27 determined duszmP     
adj.坚定的;有决心的
参考例句:
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
28 miserable g18yk     
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
参考例句:
  • It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他,这是可耻的。
  • Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
29 softening f4d358268f6bd0b278eabb29f2ee5845     
变软,软化
参考例句:
  • Her eyes, softening, caressed his face. 她的眼光变得很温柔了。它们不住地爱抚他的脸。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
  • He might think my brain was softening or something of the kind. 他也许会觉得我婆婆妈妈的,已经成了个软心肠的人了。
30 conditional BYvyn     
adj.条件的,带有条件的
参考例句:
  • My agreement is conditional on your help.你肯帮助我才同意。
  • There are two forms of most-favored-nation treatment:conditional and unconditional.最惠国待遇有两种形式:有条件的和无条件的。
31 abruptly iINyJ     
adv.突然地,出其不意地
参考例句:
  • He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
  • I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。
32 widower fe4z2a     
n.鳏夫
参考例句:
  • George was a widower with six young children.乔治是个带著六个小孩子的鳏夫。
  • Having been a widower for many years,he finally decided to marry again.丧偶多年后,他终于决定二婚了。
33 emphatic 0P1zA     
adj.强调的,着重的;无可置疑的,明显的
参考例句:
  • Their reply was too emphatic for anyone to doubt them.他们的回答很坚决,不容有任何人怀疑。
  • He was emphatic about the importance of being punctual.他强调严守时间的重要性。
34 afflicted aaf4adfe86f9ab55b4275dae2a2e305a     
使受痛苦,折磨( afflict的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease. 全国40%左右的人口患有这种疾病。
  • A terrible restlessness that was like to hunger afflicted Martin Eden. 一阵可怕的、跟饥饿差不多的不安情绪折磨着马丁·伊登。
35 compassion 3q2zZ     
n.同情,怜悯
参考例句:
  • He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
  • Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。
36 agitate aNtzi     
vi.(for,against)煽动,鼓动;vt.搅动
参考例句:
  • They sent agents to agitate the local people.他们派遣情报人员煽动当地的民众。
  • All you need to do is gently agitate the water with a finger or paintbrush.你只需要用手指或刷子轻轻地搅动水。
37 sob HwMwx     
n.空间轨道的轰炸机;呜咽,哭泣
参考例句:
  • The child started to sob when he couldn't find his mother.孩子因找不到他妈妈哭了起来。
  • The girl didn't answer,but continued to sob with her head on the table.那个女孩不回答,也不抬起头来。她只顾低声哭着。
38 celebrated iwLzpz     
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
参考例句:
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
39 deport aw2x6     
vt.驱逐出境
参考例句:
  • We deport aliens who slip across our borders.我们把偷渡入境的外国人驱逐出境。
  • More than 240 England football fans are being deported from Italy following riots last night.昨晚的骚乱发生后有240多名英格兰球迷被驱逐出意大利。
40 hesitation tdsz5     
n.犹豫,踌躇
参考例句:
  • After a long hesitation, he told the truth at last.踌躇了半天,他终于直说了。
  • There was a certain hesitation in her manner.她的态度有些犹豫不决。
41 acceded c4280b02966b7694640620699b4832b0     
v.(正式)加入( accede的过去式和过去分词 );答应;(通过财产的添附而)增加;开始任职
参考例句:
  • He acceded to demands for his resignation. 他同意要他辞职的要求。
  • They have acceded to the treaty. 他们已经加入了那个条约。 来自《简明英汉词典》
42 sufficiently 0htzMB     
adv.足够地,充分地
参考例句:
  • It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
  • The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。
43 dingy iu8xq     
adj.昏暗的,肮脏的
参考例句:
  • It was a street of dingy houses huddled together. 这是一条挤满了破旧房子的街巷。
  • The dingy cottage was converted into a neat tasteful residence.那间脏黑的小屋已变成一个整洁雅致的住宅。
44 busts c82730a2a9e358c892a6a70d6cedc709     
半身雕塑像( bust的名词复数 ); 妇女的胸部; 胸围; 突击搜捕
参考例句:
  • Dey bags swells up and busts. 那奶袋快胀破了。
  • Marble busts all looked like a cemetery. 大理石的半身象,简直就象是坟山。
45 resounding zkCzZC     
adj. 响亮的
参考例句:
  • The astronaut was welcomed with joyous,resounding acclaim. 人们欢声雷动地迎接那位宇航员。
  • He hit the water with a resounding slap. 他啪的一声拍了一下水。
46 cane RsNzT     
n.手杖,细长的茎,藤条;v.以杖击,以藤编制的
参考例句:
  • This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。
  • English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。
47 intervals f46c9d8b430e8c86dea610ec56b7cbef     
n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息
参考例句:
  • The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴,有阵雨。
  • Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。
48 instructor D6GxY     
n.指导者,教员,教练
参考例句:
  • The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
  • The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。
49 fiddle GgYzm     
n.小提琴;vi.拉提琴;不停拨弄,乱动
参考例句:
  • She plays the fiddle well.她小提琴拉得好。
  • Don't fiddle with the typewriter.不要摆弄那架打字机了。
50 kit D2Rxp     
n.用具包,成套工具;随身携带物
参考例句:
  • The kit consisted of about twenty cosmetic items.整套工具包括大约20种化妆用品。
  • The captain wants to inspect your kit.船长想检查你的行装。
51 amiable hxAzZ     
adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的
参考例句:
  • She was a very kind and amiable old woman.她是个善良和气的老太太。
  • We have a very amiable companionship.我们之间存在一种友好的关系。
52 entreated 945bd967211682a0f50f01c1ca215de3     
恳求,乞求( entreat的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • They entreated and threatened, but all this seemed of no avail. 他们时而恳求,时而威胁,但这一切看来都没有用。
  • 'One word,' the Doctor entreated. 'Will you tell me who denounced him?' “还有一个问题,”医生请求道,“你可否告诉我是谁告发他的?” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
53 countenance iztxc     
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同
参考例句:
  • At the sight of this photograph he changed his countenance.他一看见这张照片脸色就变了。
  • I made a fierce countenance as if I would eat him alive.我脸色恶狠狠地,仿佛要把他活生生地吞下去。
54 tinkled a75bf1120cb6e885f8214e330dbfc6b7     
(使)发出丁当声,(使)发铃铃声( tinkle的过去式和过去分词 ); 叮当响着发出,铃铃响着报出
参考例句:
  • The sheep's bell tinkled through the hills. 羊的铃铛叮当叮当地响彻整个山区。
  • A piano tinkled gently in the background. 背景音是悠扬的钢琴声。
55 strings nh0zBe     
n.弦
参考例句:
  • He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上,随意地拨着吉他的弦。
  • She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
56 lustre hAhxg     
n.光亮,光泽;荣誉
参考例句:
  • The sun was shining with uncommon lustre.太阳放射出异常的光彩。
  • A good name keeps its lustre in the dark.一个好的名誉在黑暗中也保持它的光辉。
57 complexion IOsz4     
n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格
参考例句:
  • Red does not suit with her complexion.红色与她的肤色不协调。
  • Her resignation puts a different complexion on things.她一辞职局面就全变了。
58 wig 1gRwR     
n.假发
参考例句:
  • The actress wore a black wig over her blond hair.那个女演员戴一顶黑色假发罩住自己的金黄色头发。
  • He disguised himself with a wig and false beard.他用假发和假胡须来乔装。
59 swelled bd4016b2ddc016008c1fc5827f252c73     
增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情)
参考例句:
  • The infection swelled his hand. 由于感染,他的手肿了起来。
  • After the heavy rain the river swelled. 大雨过后,河水猛涨。
60 strapped ec484d13545e19c0939d46e2d1eb24bc     
adj.用皮带捆住的,用皮带装饰的;身无分文的;缺钱;手头紧v.用皮带捆扎(strap的过去式和过去分词);用皮带抽打;包扎;给…打绷带
参考例句:
  • Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
61 inevitably x7axc     
adv.不可避免地;必然发生地
参考例句:
  • In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去,毫无疑问是会散伙的。
  • Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。
62 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。
63 creases adfbf37b33b2c1e375b9697e49eb1ec1     
(使…)起折痕,弄皱( crease的第三人称单数 ); (皮肤)皱起,使起皱纹
参考例句:
  • She smoothed the creases out of her skirt. 她把裙子上的皱褶弄平。
  • She ironed out all the creases in the shirt. 她熨平了衬衣上的所有皱褶。
64 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。
65 condescending avxzvU     
adj.谦逊的,故意屈尊的
参考例句:
  • He has a condescending attitude towards women. 他对女性总是居高临下。
  • He tends to adopt a condescending manner when talking to young women. 和年轻女子说话时,他喜欢摆出一副高高在上的姿态。
66 conscientiously 3vBzrQ     
adv.凭良心地;认真地,负责尽职地;老老实实
参考例句:
  • He kept silent,eating just as conscientiously but as though everything tasted alike. 他一声不吭,闷头吃着,仿佛桌上的饭菜都一个味儿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She discharged all the responsibilities of a minister conscientiously. 她自觉地履行部长的一切职责。 来自《简明英汉词典》
67 accomplishment 2Jkyo     
n.完成,成就,(pl.)造诣,技能
参考例句:
  • The series of paintings is quite an accomplishment.这一系列的绘画真是了不起的成就。
  • Money will be crucial to the accomplishment of our objectives.要实现我们的目标,钱是至关重要的。
68 inquisitive s64xi     
adj.求知欲强的,好奇的,好寻根究底的
参考例句:
  • Children are usually inquisitive.小孩通常很好问。
  • A pat answer is not going to satisfy an inquisitive audience.陈腔烂调的答案不能满足好奇的听众。
69 incensed 0qizaV     
盛怒的
参考例句:
  • The decision incensed the workforce. 这个决定激怒了劳工大众。
  • They were incensed at the decision. 他们被这个决定激怒了。
70 meek x7qz9     
adj.温顺的,逆来顺受的
参考例句:
  • He expects his wife to be meek and submissive.他期望妻子温顺而且听他摆布。
  • The little girl is as meek as a lamb.那个小姑娘像羔羊一般温顺。
71 toiled 599622ddec16892278f7d146935604a3     
长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的过去式和过去分词 ); 艰难缓慢地移动,跋涉
参考例句:
  • They toiled up the hill in the blazing sun. 他们冒着炎炎烈日艰难地一步一步爬上山冈。
  • He toiled all day long but earned very little. 他整天劳碌但挣得很少。
72 confided 724f3f12e93e38bec4dda1e47c06c3b1     
v.吐露(秘密,心事等)( confide的过去式和过去分词 );(向某人)吐露(隐私、秘密等)
参考例句:
  • She confided all her secrets to her best friend. 她向她最要好的朋友倾吐了自己所有的秘密。
  • He confided to me that he had spent five years in prison. 他私下向我透露,他蹲过五年监狱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
73 deference mmKzz     
n.尊重,顺从;敬意
参考例句:
  • Do you treat your parents and teachers with deference?你对父母师长尊敬吗?
  • The major defect of their work was deference to authority.他们的主要缺陷是趋从权威。
74 veneration 6Lezu     
n.尊敬,崇拜
参考例句:
  • I acquired lasting respect for tradition and veneration for the past.我开始对传统和历史产生了持久的敬慕。
  • My father venerated General Eisenhower.我父亲十分敬仰艾森豪威尔将军。
75 pinnacle A2Mzb     
n.尖塔,尖顶,山峰;(喻)顶峰
参考例句:
  • Now he is at the very pinnacle of his career.现在他正值事业中的顶峰时期。
  • It represents the pinnacle of intellectual capability.它代表了智能的顶峰。
76 homage eQZzK     
n.尊敬,敬意,崇敬
参考例句:
  • We pay homage to the genius of Shakespeare.我们对莎士比亚的天才表示敬仰。
  • The soldiers swore to pay their homage to the Queen.士兵们宣誓效忠于女王陛下。
77 rendering oV5xD     
n.表现,描写
参考例句:
  • She gave a splendid rendering of Beethoven's piano sonata.她精彩地演奏了贝多芬的钢琴奏鸣曲。
  • His narrative is a super rendering of dialect speech and idiom.他的叙述是方言和土语最成功的运用。
78 egregiously 86810977be3c7458b9370a77b2e5edf8     
adv.过份地,卓越地
参考例句:
  • But previous Greek governments egregiously violated those limits. 但之前几届希腊政府都严重违反了这些限制。 来自互联网
79 deludes a99bed16f4c4dc9c7e4dc32b4d56be2d     
v.欺骗,哄骗( delude的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • In his work, he often deceives his superiors and deludes his subordinates. 工作中他常欺上瞒下。 来自互联网
  • Hope often deludes the foolish man. 愚人常被希望骗。 来自互联网
80 virtuous upCyI     
adj.有品德的,善良的,贞洁的,有效力的
参考例句:
  • She was such a virtuous woman that everybody respected her.她是个有道德的女性,人人都尊敬她。
  • My uncle is always proud of having a virtuous wife.叔叔一直为娶到一位贤德的妻子而骄傲。
81 vehemence 2ihw1     
n.热切;激烈;愤怒
参考例句:
  • The attack increased in vehemence.进攻越来越猛烈。
  • She was astonished at his vehemence.她对他的激昂感到惊讶。
82 deporting 2951e2b42c1390b939a3a58fac02ec68     
v.将…驱逐出境( deport的现在分词 );举止
参考例句:
83 graceful deHza     
adj.优美的,优雅的;得体的
参考例句:
  • His movements on the parallel bars were very graceful.他的双杠动作可帅了!
  • The ballet dancer is so graceful.芭蕾舞演员的姿态是如此的优美。
84 eyebrows a0e6fb1330e9cfecfd1c7a4d00030ed5     
眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
  • His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。
85 degenerated 41e5137359bcc159984e1d58f1f76d16     
衰退,堕落,退化( degenerate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The march degenerated into a riot. 示威游行变成了暴动。
  • The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track. 铺好的宽阔道路渐渐变窄,成了一条崎岖不平的小径。
86 cravat 7zTxF     
n.领巾,领结;v.使穿有领结的服装,使结领结
参考例句:
  • You're never fully dressed without a cravat.不打领结,就不算正装。
  • Mr. Kenge adjusting his cravat,then looked at us.肯吉先生整了整领带,然后又望着我们。
87 favourable favourable     
adj.赞成的,称赞的,有利的,良好的,顺利的
参考例句:
  • The company will lend you money on very favourable terms.这家公司将以非常优惠的条件借钱给你。
  • We found that most people are favourable to the idea.我们发现大多数人同意这个意见。
88 weavers 55d09101fa7c612133657b412e704736     
织工,编织者( weaver的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The Navajo are noted as stockbreeders and skilled weavers, potters, and silversmiths. 纳瓦霍人以豢养家禽,技术熟练的纺织者,制陶者和银匠而著名。
  • They made out they were weavers. 他们假装是织布工人。
89 devoted xu9zka     
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的
参考例句:
  • He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
  • We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
90 bonnet AtSzQ     
n.无边女帽;童帽
参考例句:
  • The baby's bonnet keeps the sun out of her eyes.婴孩的帽子遮住阳光,使之不刺眼。
  • She wore a faded black bonnet garnished with faded artificial flowers.她戴着一顶褪了色的黑色无边帽,帽上缀着褪了色的假花。
91 allotted 5653ecda52c7b978bd6890054bd1f75f     
分配,拨给,摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • I completed the test within the time allotted . 我在限定的时间内完成了试验。
  • Each passenger slept on the berth allotted to him. 每个旅客都睡在分配给他的铺位上。
92 bonnets 8e4529b6df6e389494d272b2f3ae0ead     
n.童帽( bonnet的名词复数 );(烟囱等的)覆盖物;(苏格兰男子的)无边呢帽;(女子戴的)任何一种帽子
参考例句:
  • All the best bonnets of the city were there. 城里戴最漂亮的无边女帽的妇女全都到场了。 来自辞典例句
  • I am tempting you with bonnets and bangles and leading you into a pit. 我是在用帽子和镯子引诱你,引你上钩。 来自飘(部分)
93 benignly a1839cef72990a695d769f9b3d61ae60     
adv.仁慈地,亲切地
参考例句:
  • Everyone has to benignly help people in distress. 每一个人应让该亲切地帮助有困难的人。 来自互联网
  • This drug is benignly soporific. 这种药物具有良好的催眠效果。 来自互联网
94 recollect eUOxl     
v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得
参考例句:
  • He tried to recollect things and drown himself in them.他极力回想过去的事情而沉浸于回忆之中。
  • She could not recollect being there.她回想不起曾经到过那儿。
95 colonnade OqmzM     
n.柱廊
参考例句:
  • This colonnade will take you out of the palace and the game.这条柱廊将带你离开宫殿和游戏。
  • The terrace was embraced by the two arms of the colonnade.平台由两排柱廊环抱。
96 pious KSCzd     
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。
97 liking mpXzQ5     
n.爱好;嗜好;喜欢
参考例句:
  • The word palate also means taste or liking.Palate这个词也有“口味”或“嗜好”的意思。
  • I must admit I have no liking for exaggeration.我必须承认我不喜欢夸大其词。
98 irate na2zo     
adj.发怒的,生气
参考例句:
  • The irate animal made for us,coming at a full jump.那头发怒的动物以最快的速度向我们冲过来。
  • We have received some irate phone calls from customers.我们接到顾客打来的一些愤怒的电话
99 worthy vftwB     
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
参考例句:
  • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
  • There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。
100 entirely entirely     
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
  • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
101 muddle d6ezF     
n.困惑,混浊状态;vt.使混乱,使糊涂,使惊呆;vi.胡乱应付,混乱
参考例句:
  • Everything in the room was in a muddle.房间里每一件东西都是乱七八糟的。
  • Don't work in a rush and get into a muddle.克服忙乱现象。
102 desolate vmizO     
adj.荒凉的,荒芜的;孤独的,凄凉的;v.使荒芜,使孤寂
参考例句:
  • The city was burned into a desolate waste.那座城市被烧成一片废墟。
  • We all felt absolutely desolate when she left.她走后,我们都觉得万分孤寂。
103 solicitude mFEza     
n.焦虑
参考例句:
  • Your solicitude was a great consolation to me.你对我的关怀给了我莫大的安慰。
  • He is full of tender solicitude towards my sister.他对我妹妹满心牵挂。
104 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
105 bleak gtWz5     
adj.(天气)阴冷的;凄凉的;暗淡的
参考例句:
  • They showed me into a bleak waiting room.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室。
  • The company's prospects look pretty bleak.这家公司的前景异常暗淡。
106 humble ddjzU     
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。
107 bestowed 12e1d67c73811aa19bdfe3ae4a8c2c28     
赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • It was a title bestowed upon him by the king. 那是国王赐给他的头衔。
  • He considered himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. 他认为自己不配得到大家赋予他的荣誉。
108 subdued 76419335ce506a486af8913f13b8981d     
adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
  • I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候,我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。
109 susceptible 4rrw7     
adj.过敏的,敏感的;易动感情的,易受感动的
参考例句:
  • Children are more susceptible than adults.孩子比成人易受感动。
  • We are all susceptible to advertising.我们都易受广告的影响。
110 horrid arozZj     
adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的
参考例句:
  • I'm not going to the horrid dinner party.我不打算去参加这次讨厌的宴会。
  • The medicine is horrid and she couldn't get it down.这种药很难吃,她咽不下去。
111 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。
112 compensated 0b0382816fac7dbf94df37906582be8f     
补偿,报酬( compensate的过去式和过去分词 ); 给(某人)赔偿(或赔款)
参考例句:
  • The marvelous acting compensated for the play's weak script. 本剧的精彩表演弥补了剧本的不足。
  • I compensated his loss with money. 我赔偿他经济损失。
113 forefinger pihxt     
n.食指
参考例句:
  • He pinched the leaf between his thumb and forefinger.他将叶子捏在拇指和食指之间。
  • He held it between the tips of his thumb and forefinger.他用他大拇指和食指尖拿着它。
114 chancellor aUAyA     
n.(英)大臣;法官;(德、奥)总理;大学校长
参考例句:
  • They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
  • He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
115 contemplating bde65bd99b6b8a706c0f139c0720db21     
深思,细想,仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 ); 注视,凝视; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑,沉思,苦思冥想
参考例句:
  • You're too young to be contemplating retirement. 你考虑退休还太年轻。
  • She stood contemplating the painting. 她站在那儿凝视那幅图画。
116 knuckles c726698620762d88f738be4a294fae79     
n.(指人)指关节( knuckle的名词复数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝v.(指人)指关节( knuckle的第三人称单数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝
参考例句:
  • He gripped the wheel until his knuckles whitened. 他紧紧握住方向盘,握得指关节都变白了。
  • Her thin hands were twisted by swollen knuckles. 她那双纤手因肿大的指关节而变了形。 来自《简明英汉词典》
117 chuckle Tr1zZ     
vi./n.轻声笑,咯咯笑
参考例句:
  • He shook his head with a soft chuckle.他轻轻地笑着摇了摇头。
  • I couldn't suppress a soft chuckle at the thought of it.想到这个,我忍不住轻轻地笑起来。
118 winking b599b2f7a74d5974507152324c7b8979     
n.瞬眼,目语v.使眼色( wink的现在分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮
参考例句:
  • Anyone can do it; it's as easy as winking. 这谁都办得到,简直易如反掌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The stars were winking in the clear sky. 星星在明亮的天空中闪烁。 来自《简明英汉词典》
119 folly QgOzL     
n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话
参考例句:
  • Learn wisdom by the folly of others.从别人的愚蠢行动中学到智慧。
  • Events proved the folly of such calculations.事情的进展证明了这种估计是愚蠢的。
120 plunder q2IzO     
vt.劫掠财物,掠夺;n.劫掠物,赃物;劫掠
参考例句:
  • The thieves hid their plunder in the cave.贼把赃物藏在山洞里。
  • Trade should not serve as a means of economic plunder.贸易不应当成为经济掠夺的手段。
121 precedent sSlz6     
n.先例,前例;惯例;adj.在前的,在先的
参考例句:
  • Is there a precedent for what you want me to do?你要我做的事有前例可援吗?
  • This is a wonderful achievement without precedent in Chinese history.这是中国历史上亘古未有的奇绩。
122 jargon I3sxk     
n.术语,行话
参考例句:
  • They will not hear critics with their horrible jargon.他们不愿意听到评论家们那些可怕的行话。
  • It is important not to be overawed by the mathematical jargon.要紧的是不要被数学的术语所吓倒.
123 medley vCfxg     
n.混合
参考例句:
  • Today's sports meeting doesn't seem to include medley relay swimming.现在的运动会好象还没有混合接力泳这个比赛项目。
  • China won the Men's 200 metres Individual Medley.中国赢得了男子200米个人混合泳比赛。
124 inspection y6TxG     
n.检查,审查,检阅
参考例句:
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
  • The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
125 pretence pretence     
n.假装,作假;借口,口实;虚伪;虚饰
参考例句:
  • The government abandoned any pretence of reform. 政府不再装模作样地进行改革。
  • He made a pretence of being happy at the party.晚会上他假装很高兴。
126 tormented b017cc8a8957c07bc6b20230800888d0     
饱受折磨的
参考例句:
  • The knowledge of his guilt tormented him. 知道了自己的罪责使他非常痛苦。
  • He had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy. 他彻夜未眠,深受嫉妒的折磨。
127 expressive shwz4     
adj.表现的,表达…的,富于表情的
参考例句:
  • Black English can be more expressive than standard English.黑人所使用的英语可能比正式英语更有表现力。
  • He had a mobile,expressive,animated face.他有一张多变的,富于表情的,生动活泼的脸。
128 watchfulness 2ecdf1f27c52a55029bd5400ce8c70a4     
警惕,留心; 警觉(性)
参考例句:
  • The escort and the universal watchfulness had completely isolated him. 护送和普遍一致的监视曾经使他完全孤立。
  • A due watchfulness on the movements of the enemy was maintained. 他们对敌人的行动还是相当警惕的。
129 incessant WcizU     
adj.不停的,连续的
参考例句:
  • We have had incessant snowfall since yesterday afternoon.从昨天下午开始就持续不断地下雪。
  • She is tired of his incessant demands for affection.她厌倦了他对感情的不断索取。
130 stumps 221f9ff23e30fdcc0f64ec738849554c     
(被砍下的树的)树桩( stump的名词复数 ); 残肢; (板球三柱门的)柱; 残余部分
参考例句:
  • Rocks and stumps supplied the place of chairs at the picnic. 野餐时石头和树桩都充当了椅子。
  • If you don't stir your stumps, Tom, you'll be late for school again. 汤姆,如果你不快走,上学又要迟到了。
131 deranged deranged     
adj.疯狂的
参考例句:
  • Traffic was stopped by a deranged man shouting at the sky.一名狂叫的疯子阻塞了交通。
  • A deranged man shot and killed 14 people.一个精神失常的男子开枪打死了14人。
132 smelt tiuzKF     
v.熔解,熔炼;n.银白鱼,胡瓜鱼
参考例句:
  • Tin is a comparatively easy metal to smelt.锡是比较容易熔化的金属。
  • Darby was looking for a way to improve iron when he hit upon the idea of smelting it with coke instead of charcoal.达比一直在寻找改善铁质的方法,他猛然想到可以不用木炭熔炼,而改用焦炭。


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