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Chapter 16 Tom-all-Alone's
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My Lady Dedlock is restless, very restless. The astonishedfashionable intelligence hardly knows where to have her. To-dayshe is at Chesney Wold; yesterday she was at her house in town; to-morrow she may be abroad, for anything the fashionable intelligencecan with confidence predict. Even Sir Leicester's gallantry hassome trouble to keep pace with her. It would have more but thathis other faithful ally, for better and for worse--the gout--dartsinto the old oak bedchamber at Chesney Wold and grips him by bothlegs.

  Sir Leicester receives the gout as a troublesome demon1, but still ademon of the patrician2 order. All the Dedlocks, in the direct maleline, through a course of time during and beyond which the memoryof man goeth not to the contrary, have had the gout. It can beproved, sir. Other men's fathers may have died of the rheumatismor may have taken base contagion3 from the tainted4 blood of the sickvulgar, but the Dedlock family have communicated somethingexclusive even to the levelling process of dying by dying of theirown family gout. It has come down through the illustrious linelike the plate, or the pictures, or the place in Lincolnshire. Itis among their dignities. Sir Leicester is perhaps not whollywithout an impression, though he has never resolved it into words,that the angel of death in the discharge of his necessary dutiesmay observe to the shades of the aristocracy, "My lords andgentlemen, I have the honour to present to you another Dedlockcertified to have arrived per the family gout."Hence Sir Leicester yields up his family legs to the familydisorder as if he held his name and fortune on that feudal5 tenure6.

  He feels that for a Dedlock to be laid upon his back andspasmodically twitched7 and stabbed in his extremities8 is a libertytaken somewhere, but he thinks, "We have all yielded to this; itbelongs to us; it has for some hundreds of years been understoodthat we are not to make the vaults9 in the park interesting on moreignoble terms; and I submit myself to the compromise.

  And a goodly show he makes, lying in a flush of crimson10 and gold inthe midst of the great drawing-room before his favourite picture ofmy Lady, with broad strips of sunlight shining in, down the longperspective, through the long line of windows, and alternating withsoft reliefs of shadow. Outside, the stately oaks, rooted for agesin the green ground which has never known ploughshare, but wasstill a chase when kings rode to battle with sword and shield androde a-hunting with bow and arrow, bear witness to his greatness.

  Inside, his forefathers11, looking on him from the walls, say, "Eachof us was a passing reality here and left this coloured shadow ofhimself and melted into remembrance as dreamy as the distant voicesof the rooks now lulling12 you to rest," and hear their testimony13 tohis greatness too. And he is very great this day. And woe14 toBoythorn or other daring wight who shall presumptuously15 contest aninch with him!

  My Lady is at present represented, near Sir Leicester, by herportrait. She has flitted away to town, with no intention ofremaining there, and will soon flit hither again, to the confusionof the fashionable intelligence. The house in town is not preparedfor her reception. It is muffled16 and dreary17. Only one Mercury inpowder gapes18 disconsolate19 at the hall-window; and he mentioned lastnight to another Mercury of his acquaintance, also accustomed togood society, that if that sort of thing was to last--which itcouldn't, for a man of his spirits couldn't bear it, and a man ofhis figure couldn't be expected to bear it--there would be noresource for him, upon his honour, but to cut his throat!

  What connexion can there be between the place in Lincolnshire, thehouse in town, the Mercury in powder, and the whereabout of Jo theoutlaw with the broom, who had that distant ray of light upon himwhen he swept the churchyard-step? What connexion can there havebeen between many people in the innumerable histories of this worldwho from opposite sides of great gulfs have, nevertheless, beenvery curiously20 brought together!

  Jo sweeps his crossing all day long, unconscious of the link, ifany link there be. He sums up his mental condition when asked aquestion by replying that he "don't know nothink." He knows thatit's hard to keep the mud off the crossing in dirty weather, andharder still to live by doing it. Nobody taught him even thatmuch; he found it out.

  Jo lives--that is to say, Jo has not yet died--in a ruinous placeknown to the like of him by the name of Tom-all-Alone's. It is ablack, dilapidated street, avoided by all decent people, where thecrazy houses were seized upon, when their decay was far advanced,by some bold vagrants21 who after establishing their own possessiontook to letting them out in lodgings22. Now, these tumblingtenements contain, by night, a swarm23 of misery24. As on the ruinedhuman wretch25 vermin parasites26 appear, so these ruined shelters havebred a crowd of foul27 existence that crawls in and out of gaps inwalls and boards; and coils itself to sleep, in maggot numbers,where the rain drips in; and comes and goes, fetching and carryingfever and sowing more evil in its every footprint than Lord Coodle,and Sir Thomas Doodle, and the Duke of Foodle, and all the finegentlemen in office, down to Zoodle, shall set right in fivehundred years--though born expressly to do it.

  Twice lately there has been a crash and a cloud of dust, like thespringing of a mine, in Tom-all-Alone's; and each time a house hasfallen. These accidents have made a paragraph in the newspapersand have filled a bed or two in the nearest hospital. The gapsremain, and there are not unpopular lodgings among the rubbish. Asseveral more houses are nearly ready to go, the next crash in Tom-all-Alone's may be expected to be a good one.

  This desirable property is in Chancery, of course. It would be aninsult to the discernment of any man with half an eye to tell himso. Whether "Tom" is the popular representative of the originalplaintiff or defendant28 in Jarndyce and Jarndyce, or whether Tomlived here when the suit had laid the street waste, all alone,until other settlers came to join him, or whether the traditionaltitle is a comprehensive name for a retreat cut off from honestcompany and put out of the pale of hope, perhaps nobody knows.

  Certainly Jo don't know.

  "For I don't," says Jo, "I don't know nothink."It must be a strange state to be like Jo! To shuffle30 through thestreets, unfamiliar31 with the shapes, and in utter darkness as tothe meaning, of those mysterious symbols, so abundant over theshops, and at the corners of streets, and on the doors, and in thewindows! To see people read, and to see people write, and to seethe32 postmen deliver letters, and not to have the least idea of allthat language--to be, to every scrap33 of it, stone blind and dumb!

  It must be very puzzling to see the good company going to thechurches on Sundays, with their books in their hands, and to think(for perhaps Jo DOES think at odd times) what does it all mean, andif it means anything to anybody, how comes it that it means nothingto me? To be hustled34, and jostled, and moved on; and really tofeel that it would appear to be perfectly35 true that I have nobusiness here, or there, or anywhere; and yet to be perplexed36 bythe consideration that I AM here somehow, too, and everybodyoverlooked me until I became the creature that I am! It must be astrange state, not merely to be told that I am scarcely human (asin the case of my offering myself for a witness), but to feel it ofmy own knowledge all my life! To see the horses, dogs, and cattlego by me and to know that in ignorance I belong to them and not tothe superior beings in my shape, whose delicacy37 I offend! Jo'sideas of a criminal trial, or a judge, or a bishop38, or a govemment,or that inestimable jewel to him (if he only knew it) theConstitution, should be strange! His whole material and immateriallife is wonderfully strange; his death, the strangest thing of all.

  Jo comes out of Tom-all-Alone's, meeting the tardy39 morning which isalways late in getting down there, and munches40 his dirty bit ofbread as he comes along. His way lying through many streets, andthe houses not yet being open, he sits down to breakfast on thedoor-step of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel inForeign Parts and gives it a brush when he has finished as anacknowledgment of the accommodation. He admires the size of theedifice and wonders what it's all about. He has no idea, poorwretch, of the spiritual destitution42 of a coral reef in the Pacificor what it costs to look up the precious souls among the coco-nutsand bread-fruit.

  He goes to his crossing and begins to lay it out for the day. Thetown awakes; the great tee-totum is set up for its daily spin andwhirl; all that unaccountable reading and writing, which has beensuspended for a few hours, recommences. Jo and the other loweranimals get on in the unintelligible43 mess as they can. It ismarket-day. The blinded oxen, over-goaded, over-driven, neverguided, run into wrong places and are beaten out, and plunge44 red-eyed and foaming45 at stone walls, and often sorely hurt theinnocent, and often sorely hurt themselves. Very like Jo and hisorder; very, very like!

  A band of music comes and plays. Jo listens to it. So does a dog--a drover's dog, waiting for his master outside a butcher's shop,and evidently thinking about those sheep he has had upon his mindfor some hours and is happily rid of. He seems perplexedrespecting three or four, can't remember where he left them, looksup and down the street as half expecting to see them astray,suddenly pricks46 up his ears and remembers all about it. Athoroughly vagabond dog, accustomed to low company and public-houses; a terrific dog to sheep, ready at a whistle to scamper47 overtheir backs and tear out mouthfuls of their wool; but an educated,improved, developed dog who has been taught his duties and knowshow to discharge them. He and Jo listen to the music, probablywith much the same amount of animal satisfaction; likewise as toawakened association, aspiration48, or regret, melancholy49 or joyfulreference to things beyond the senses, they are probably upon apar. But, otherwise, how far above the human listener is thebrute!

  Turn that dog's descendants wild, like Jo, and in a very few yearsthey will so degenerate50 that they will lose even their bark--butnot their bite.

  The day changes as it wears itself away and becomes dark anddrizzly. Jo fights it out at his crossing among the mud andwheels, the horses, whips, and umbrellas, and gets but a scanty51 sumto pay for the unsavoury shelter of Tom-all-Alone's. Twilightcomes on; gas begins to start up in the shops; the lamplighter,with his ladder, runs along the margin52 of the pavement. A wretchedevening is beginning to close in.

  In his chambers53 Mr. Tulkinghorn sits meditating54 an application tothe nearest magistrate55 to-morrow morning for a warrant. Gridley, adisappointed suitor, has been here to-day and has been alarming.

  We are not to be put in bodily fear, and that ill-conditionedfellow shall be held to bail56 again. From the ceiling,foreshortened Allegory, in the person of one impossible Romanupside down, points with the arm of Samson (out of joint57, and anodd one) obtrusively58 toward the window. Why should Mr.

  Tulkinghorn, for such no reason, look out of window? Is the handnot always pointing there? So he does not look out of window.

  And if he did, what would it be to see a woman going by? There arewomen enough in the world, Mr. Tulkinghorn thinks--too many; theyare at the bottom of all that goes wrong in it, though, for thematter of that, they create business for lawyers. What would it beto see a woman going by, even though she were going secretly? Theyare all secret. Mr. Tulkinghorn knows that very well.

  But they are not all like the woman who now leaves him and hishouse behind, between whose plain dress and her refined mannerthere is something exceedingly inconsistent. She should be anupper servant by her attire59, yet in her air and step, though bothare hurried and assumed--as far as she can assume in the muddystreets, which she treads with an unaccustomed foot--she is a lady.

  Her face is veiled, and still she sufficiently60 betrays herself tomake more than one of those who pass her look round sharply.

  She never turns her head. Lady or servant, she has a purpose inher and can follow it. She never turns her head until she comes tothe crossing where Jo plies61 with his broom. He crosses with herand begs. Still, she does not turn her head until she has landedon the other side. Then she slightly beckons62 to him and says,"Come here!"Jo follows her a pace or two into a quiet court.

  "Are you the boy I've read of in the papers?" she asked behind herveil.

  "I don't know," says Jo, staring moodily63 at the veil, "nothinkabout no papers. I don't know nothink about nothink at all.""Were you examined at an inquest?""I don't know nothink about no--where I was took by the beadle, doyou mean?" says Jo. "Was the boy's name at the inkwhich Jo?""Yes.""That's me!" says Jo.

  "Come farther up.""You mean about the man?" says Jo, following. "Him as wos dead?""Hush64! Speak in a whisper! Yes. Did he look, when he was living,so very ill and poor?""Oh, jist!" says Jo.

  "Did he look like--not like YOU?" says the woman with abhorrence65.

  "Oh, not so bad as me," says Jo. "I'm a reg'lar one I am! Youdidn't know him, did you?""How dare you ask me if I knew him?""No offence, my lady," says Jo with much humility66, for even he hasgot at the suspicion of her being a lady.

  "I am not a lady. I am a servant.""You are a jolly servant!" says Jo without the least idea of sayinganything offensive, merely as a tribute of admiration67.

  "Listen and be silent. Don't talk to me, and stand farther fromme! Can you show me all those places that were spoken of in theaccount I read? The place he wrote for, the place he died at, theplace where you were taken to, and the place where he was buried?

  Do you know the place where he was buried?"Jo answers with a nod, having also nodded as each other place wasmentioned.

  "Go before me and show me all those dreadful places. Stop oppositeto each, and don't speak to me unless I speak to you. Don't lookback. Do what I want, and I will pay you well."Jo attends closely while the words are being spoken; tells them offon his broom-handle, finding them rather hard; pauses to considertheir meaning; considers it satisfactory; and nods his ragged68 head.

  "I'm fly," says Jo. "But fen29 larks69, you know. Stow hooking it!""What does the horrible creature mean?" exclaims the servant,recoiling from him.

  "Stow cutting away, you know!" says Jo.

  "I don't understand you. Go on before! I will give you more moneythan you ever had in your life."Jo screws up his mouth into a whistle, gives his ragged head a rub,takes his broom under his arm, and leads the way, passing deftlywith his bare feet over the hard stones and through the mud andmire.

  Cook's Court. Jo stops. A pause.

  "Who lives here?""Him wot give him his writing and give me half a bull," says Jo ina whisper without looking over his shoulder.

  "Go on to the next."Krook's house. Jo stops again. A longer pause.

  "Who lives here?""HE lived here," Jo answers as before.

  After a silence he is asked, "In which room?""In the back room up there. You can see the winder from thiscorner. Up there! That's where I see him stritched out. This isthe public-ouse where I was took to.""Go on to the next!"It is a longer walk to the next, but Jo, relieved of his firstsuspicions, sticks to the forms imposed upon him and does not lookround. By many devious70 ways, reeking71 with offence of many kinds,they come to the little tunnel of a court, and to the gas-lamp(lighted now), and to the iron gate.

  "He was put there," says Jo, holding to the bars and looking in.

  "Where? Oh, what a scene of horror!""There!" says Jo, pointing. "Over yinder. Arnong them piles ofbones, and close to that there kitchin winder! They put him werynigh the top. They was obliged to stamp upon it to git it in. Icould unkiver it for you with my broom if the gate was open.

  That's why they locks it, I s'pose," giving it a shake. "It'salways locked. Look at the rat!" cries Jo, excited. "Hi! Look!

  There he goes! Ho! Into the ground!"The servant shrinks into a corner, into a corner of that hideousarchway, with its deadly stains contaminating her dress; andputting out her two hands and passionately72 telling him to keep awayfrom her, for he is loathsome73 to her, so remains74 for some moments.

  Jo stands staring and is still staring when she recovers herself.

  "Is this place of abomination consecrated75 ground?""I don't know nothink of consequential76 ground," says Jo, stillstaring.

  "Is it blessed?""Which?" says Jo, in the last degree amazed.

  "Is it blessed?""I'm blest if I know," says Jo, staring more than ever; "but Ishouldn't think it warn't. Blest?" repeats Jo, something troubledin his mind. "It an't done it much good if it is. Blest? Ishould think it was t'othered myself. But I don't know nothink!"The servant takes as little heed41 of what he says as she seems totake of what she has said herself. She draws off her glove to getsome money from her purse. Jo silently notices how white and smallher hand is and what a jolly servant she must be to wear suchsparkling rings.

  She drops a piece of money in his hand without touching77 it, andshuddering as their hands approach. "Now," she adds, "show me thespot again!"Jo thrusts the handle of his broom between the bars of the gate,and with his utmost power of elaboration, points it out. Atlength, looking aside to see if he has made himself intelligible,he finds that he is alone.

  His first proceeding78 is to hold the piece of money to the gas-lightand to be overpowered at finding that it is yellow--gold. His nextis to give it a one-sided bite at the edge as a test of itsquality. His next, to put it in his mouth for safety and to sweepthe step and passage with great care. His job done, he sets offfor Tom-all-Alone's, stopping in the light of innumerable gas-lampsto produce the piece of gold and give it another one-sided bite asa reassurance79 of its being genuine.

  The Mercury in powder is in no want of society to-night, for myLady goes to a grand dinner and three or four balls. Sir Leicesteris fidgety down at Chesney Wold, with no better company than thegoat; he complains to Mrs. Rouncewell that the rain makes such amonotonous pattering on the terrace that he can't read the papereven by the fireside in his own snug80 dressing-room.

  "Sir Leicester would have done better to try the other side of thehouse, my dear," says Mrs. Rouncewell to Rosa. "His dressing-roomis on my Lady's side. And in all these years I never heard thestep upon the Ghost's Walk more distinct than it is to-night!"


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1 demon Wmdyj     
n.魔鬼,恶魔
参考例句:
  • The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。
  • He has been possessed by the demon of disease for years.他多年来病魔缠身。
2 patrician hL9x0     
adj.贵族的,显贵的;n.贵族;有教养的人;罗马帝国的地方官
参考例句:
  • The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。
  • Its patrician dignity was a picturesque sham.它的贵族的尊严只是一套华丽的伪装。
3 contagion 9ZNyl     
n.(通过接触的疾病)传染;蔓延
参考例句:
  • A contagion of fear swept through the crowd.一种恐惧感在人群中迅速蔓延开。
  • The product contagion effect has numerous implications for marketing managers and retailers.产品传染效应对市场营销管理者和零售商都有很多的启示。
4 tainted qgDzqS     
adj.腐坏的;污染的;沾污的;感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 );使污染;败坏;被污染,腐坏,败坏
参考例句:
  • The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
  • He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 feudal cg1zq     
adj.封建的,封地的,领地的
参考例句:
  • Feudal rulers ruled over the country several thousand years.封建统治者统治这个国家几千年。
  • The feudal system lasted for two thousand years in China.封建制度在中国延续了两千年之久。
6 tenure Uqjy2     
n.终身职位;任期;(土地)保有权,保有期
参考例句:
  • He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.他在担任市长的整个任期内都深得民心。
  • Land tenure is a leading political issue in many parts of the world.土地的保有权在世界很多地区是主要的政治问题。
7 twitched bb3f705fc01629dc121d198d54fa0904     
vt.& vi.(使)抽动,(使)颤动(twitch的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • Her lips twitched with amusement. 她忍俊不禁地颤动着嘴唇。
  • The child's mouth twitched as if she were about to cry. 这小孩的嘴抽动着,像是要哭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 extremities AtOzAr     
n.端点( extremity的名词复数 );尽头;手和足;极窘迫的境地
参考例句:
  • She was most noticeable, I thought, in respect of her extremities. 我觉得她那副穷极可怜的样子实在太惹人注目。 来自辞典例句
  • Winters may be quite cool at the northwestern extremities. 西北边区的冬天也可能会相当凉。 来自辞典例句
9 vaults fe73e05e3f986ae1bbd4c517620ea8e6     
n.拱顶( vault的名词复数 );地下室;撑物跳高;墓穴
参考例句:
  • It was deposited in the vaults of a bank. 它存在一家银行的保险库里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒,他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 crimson AYwzH     
n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色
参考例句:
  • She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得满脸通红。
  • Maple leaves have turned crimson.枫叶已经红了。
11 forefathers EsTzkE     
n.祖先,先人;祖先,祖宗( forefather的名词复数 );列祖列宗;前人
参考例句:
  • They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left. 它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • All of us bristled at the lawyer's speech insulting our forefathers. 听到那个律师在讲演中污蔑我们的祖先,大家都气得怒发冲冠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
12 lulling 527d7d72447246a10d6ec5d9f7d047c6     
vt.使镇静,使安静(lull的现在分词形式)
参考例句:
  • Ellen closed her eyes and began praying, her voice rising and falling, lulling and soothing. 爱伦闭上眼睛开始祷告,声音时高时低,像催眠又像抚慰。 来自飘(部分)
13 testimony zpbwO     
n.证词;见证,证明
参考例句:
  • The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
  • He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
14 woe OfGyu     
n.悲哀,苦痛,不幸,困难;int.用来表达悲伤或惊慌
参考例句:
  • Our two peoples are brothers sharing weal and woe.我们两国人民是患难与共的兄弟。
  • A man is well or woe as he thinks himself so.自认祸是祸,自认福是福。
15 presumptuously 3781745ffc2c927acee7a2b43eb220ee     
adv.自以为是地,专横地,冒失地
参考例句:
  • He shall presumptuously contest an inch with me. 他敢和我分庭抗礼,真是胆大妄为。 来自辞典例句
  • And all the people shall hear, and fear, and presumptuously. 13众百姓都要听见害怕,不再擅敢行事。 来自互联网
16 muffled fnmzel     
adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己)
参考例句:
  • muffled voices from the next room 从隔壁房间里传来的沉闷声音
  • There was a muffled explosion somewhere on their right. 在他们的右面什么地方有一声沉闷的爆炸声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
17 dreary sk1z6     
adj.令人沮丧的,沉闷的,单调乏味的
参考例句:
  • They live such dreary lives.他们的生活如此乏味。
  • She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence.她听够了那些关于酗酒和暴力的乏味故事。
18 gapes f6a9168013eb28cbdbcfe3faf0279c04     
v.目瞪口呆地凝视( gape的第三人称单数 );张开,张大
参考例句:
  • His shirt gapes open with a button missing. 他的衬衫因丢了一颗纽扣而敞开着。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Then, sometimes, the door slowly opens and gapes ajar for a moment. 有时房门会慢慢打开,敞着不动。 来自互联网
19 disconsolate OuOxR     
adj.忧郁的,不快的
参考例句:
  • He looked so disconsolate that It'scared her.他看上去情绪很坏,吓了她一跳。
  • At the dress rehearsal she was disconsolate.彩排时她闷闷不乐。
20 curiously 3v0zIc     
adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地
参考例句:
  • He looked curiously at the people.他好奇地看着那些人。
  • He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold.他迈着悄没声息的大步。他的双手出奇地冷。
21 vagrants da8ee90005c6bb9283984a3e2eab5982     
流浪者( vagrant的名词复数 ); 无业游民; 乞丐; 无赖
参考例句:
  • Police kept a close watch on the vagrants. 警察严密监视那些流浪者。
  • O Troupe of little vagrants of the world, leave your footprints in my words. 世界上的一队小小的漂泊者呀,请留下你们的足印在我的文字里。
22 lodgings f12f6c99e9a4f01e5e08b1197f095e6e     
n. 出租的房舍, 寄宿舍
参考例句:
  • When he reached his lodgings the sun had set. 他到达公寓房间时,太阳已下山了。
  • I'm on the hunt for lodgings. 我正在寻找住所。
23 swarm dqlyj     
n.(昆虫)等一大群;vi.成群飞舞;蜂拥而入
参考例句:
  • There is a swarm of bees in the tree.这树上有一窝蜜蜂。
  • A swarm of ants are moving busily.一群蚂蚁正在忙碌地搬家。
24 misery G10yi     
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦
参考例句:
  • Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
  • He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。
25 wretch EIPyl     
n.可怜的人,不幸的人;卑鄙的人
参考例句:
  • You are really an ungrateful wretch to complain instead of thanking him.你不但不谢他,还埋怨他,真不知好歹。
  • The dead husband is not the dishonoured wretch they fancied him.死去的丈夫不是他们所想象的不光彩的坏蛋。
26 parasites a8076647ef34cfbbf9d3cb418df78a08     
寄生物( parasite的名词复数 ); 靠他人为生的人; 诸虫
参考例句:
  • These symptoms may be referable to virus infection rather than parasites. 这些症状也许是由病毒感染引起的,而与寄生虫无关。
  • Kangaroos harbor a vast range of parasites. 袋鼠身上有各种各样的寄生虫。
27 foul Sfnzy     
adj.污秽的;邪恶的;v.弄脏;妨害;犯规;n.犯规
参考例句:
  • Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
  • What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气!
28 defendant mYdzW     
n.被告;adj.处于被告地位的
参考例句:
  • The judge rejected a bribe from the defendant's family.法官拒收被告家属的贿赂。
  • The defendant was borne down by the weight of evidence.有力的证据使被告认输了。
29 fen CtczNj     
n.沼泽,沼池
参考例句:
  • The willows over all the fen rippled and whitened like a field of wheat.沼泽上的柳树,随风一起一伏,泛出白光,就象一片麦田一样。
  • There is a fen around each island.每个岛屿周围有一个沼泽。
30 shuffle xECzc     
n.拖著脚走,洗纸牌;v.拖曳,慢吞吞地走
参考例句:
  • I wish you'd remember to shuffle before you deal.我希望在你发牌前记得洗牌。
  • Don't shuffle your feet along.别拖着脚步走。
31 unfamiliar uk6w4     
adj.陌生的,不熟悉的
参考例句:
  • I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
  • The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。
32 seethe QE0yt     
vi.拥挤,云集;发怒,激动,骚动
参考例句:
  • Many Indians continue to seethe and some are calling for military action against their riotous neighbour.很多印度人都处于热血沸腾的状态,很多都呼吁针对印度这个恶邻采取军事行动。
  • She seethed with indignation.她由于愤怒而不能平静。
33 scrap JDFzf     
n.碎片;废料;v.废弃,报废
参考例句:
  • A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
  • Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。
34 hustled 463e6eb3bbb1480ba4bfbe23c0484460     
催促(hustle的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • He grabbed her arm and hustled her out of the room. 他抓住她的胳膊把她推出房间。
  • The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater. 特务机关的代理人把演讲者驱逐出竞技场。
35 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。
36 perplexed A3Rz0     
adj.不知所措的
参考例句:
  • The farmer felt the cow,went away,returned,sorely perplexed,always afraid of being cheated.那农民摸摸那头牛,走了又回来,犹豫不决,总怕上当受骗。
  • The child was perplexed by the intricate plot of the story.这孩子被那头绪纷繁的故事弄得迷惑不解。
37 delicacy mxuxS     
n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴
参考例句:
  • We admired the delicacy of the craftsmanship.我们佩服工艺师精巧的手艺。
  • He sensed the delicacy of the situation.他感觉到了形势的微妙。
38 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。
39 tardy zq3wF     
adj.缓慢的,迟缓的
参考例句:
  • It's impolite to make a tardy appearance.晚到是不礼貌的。
  • The boss is unsatisfied with the tardy tempo.老板不满于这种缓慢的进度。
40 munches 2245146664ecd694a7b79e10816ee83f     
v.用力咀嚼(某物),大嚼( munch的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • He tried to talk between munches on the sandwich. 他试图在吃三明治的当间儿讲话。 来自互联网
  • A flying squirrel munches a meal on terra firma. 一只鼯鼠在地上贪婪的咀嚼着它的食物。 来自互联网
41 heed ldQzi     
v.注意,留意;n.注意,留心
参考例句:
  • You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。
  • For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。
42 destitution cf0b90abc1a56e3ce705eb0684c21332     
n.穷困,缺乏,贫穷
参考例句:
  • The people lived in destitution. 民生凋敝。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • His drinking led him to a life of destitution. 酗酒导致他生活贫穷。 来自辞典例句
43 unintelligible sfuz2V     
adj.无法了解的,难解的,莫明其妙的
参考例句:
  • If a computer is given unintelligible data, it returns unintelligible results.如果计算机得到的是难以理解的数据,它给出的也将是难以理解的结果。
  • The terms were unintelligible to ordinary folk.这些术语一般人是不懂的。
44 plunge 228zO     
v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲
参考例句:
  • Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
  • That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。
45 foaming 08d4476ae4071ba83dfdbdb73d41cae6     
adj.布满泡沫的;发泡
参考例句:
  • He looked like a madman, foaming at the mouth. 他口吐白沫,看上去像个疯子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He is foaming at the mouth about the committee's decision. 他正为委员会的决定大发其火。 来自《简明英汉词典》
46 pricks 20f8a636f609ce805ce271cee734ba10     
刺痛( prick的名词复数 ); 刺孔; 刺痕; 植物的刺
参考例句:
  • My skin pricks sometimes. 我的皮肤有时感到刺痛。
  • You must obey the rule. It is useless for you to kick against the pricks. 你必须遵守规定,对抗对你是无益的。
47 scamper 9Tqzs     
v.奔跑,快跑
参考例句:
  • She loves to scamper through the woods of the forest.她喜欢在森林里的树林中穿梭嬉戏。
  • The flash sent the foxes scampering away.闪光惊得狐狸四处逃窜。
48 aspiration ON6z4     
n.志向,志趣抱负;渴望;(语)送气音;吸出
参考例句:
  • Man's aspiration should be as lofty as the stars.人的志气应当象天上的星星那么高。
  • Young Addison had a strong aspiration to be an inventor.年幼的爱迪生渴望成为一名发明家。
49 melancholy t7rz8     
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的
参考例句:
  • All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
  • He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.这次考试没通过,他感到很郁闷。
50 degenerate 795ym     
v.退步,堕落;adj.退步的,堕落的;n.堕落者
参考例句:
  • He didn't let riches and luxury make him degenerate.他不因财富和奢华而自甘堕落。
  • Will too much freedom make them degenerate?太多的自由会令他们堕落吗?
51 scanty ZDPzx     
adj.缺乏的,仅有的,节省的,狭小的,不够的
参考例句:
  • There is scanty evidence to support their accusations.他们的指控证据不足。
  • The rainfall was rather scanty this month.这个月的雨量不足。
52 margin 67Mzp     
n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘
参考例句:
  • We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
  • The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
53 chambers c053984cd45eab1984d2c4776373c4fe     
n.房间( chamber的名词复数 );(议会的)议院;卧室;会议厅
参考例句:
  • The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间:Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网
54 meditating hoKzDp     
a.沉思的,冥想的
参考例句:
  • They were meditating revenge. 他们在谋划进行报复。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics. 这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
55 magistrate e8vzN     
n.地方行政官,地方法官,治安官
参考例句:
  • The magistrate committed him to prison for a month.法官判处他一个月监禁。
  • John was fined 1000 dollars by the magistrate.约翰被地方法官罚款1000美元。
56 bail Aupz4     
v.舀(水),保释;n.保证金,保释,保释人
参考例句:
  • One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
  • She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
57 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
参考例句:
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
58 obtrusively 8be5784699ac41404f816a4e7d83e253     
adv.冒失地,莽撞地
参考例句:
  • He works imprudently and obtrusively, and is never a stable man. 他做事情毛头毛脑的,一点也不稳重。 来自互联网
59 attire AN0zA     
v.穿衣,装扮[同]array;n.衣着;盛装
参考例句:
  • He had no intention of changing his mode of attire.他无意改变着装方式。
  • Her attention was attracted by his peculiar attire.他那奇特的服装引起了她的注意。
60 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。
61 plies 395e5dc06de3dad858358838657ef3ca     
v.使用(工具)( ply的第三人称单数 );经常供应(食物、饮料);固定往来;经营生意
参考例句:
  • The ship plies between London and Sydney. 这船常航行于伦敦与悉尼之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The bus plies from the station to the hotel. 这辆公共汽车往来于车站和旅馆之间。 来自辞典例句
62 beckons 93df57d1c556d8200ecaa1eec7828aa1     
v.(用头或手的动作)示意,召唤( beckon的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • He sent his ships wherever profit beckons. 他将船队派往赢利的那些地方。 来自辞典例句
  • I believe history beckons again. 我认为现在历史又在召唤了。 来自辞典例句
63 moodily 830ff6e3db19016ccfc088bb2ad40745     
adv.喜怒无常地;情绪多变地;心情不稳地;易生气地
参考例句:
  • Pork slipped from the room as she remained staring moodily into the distance. 阿宝从房间里溜了出来,留她独个人站在那里瞪着眼睛忧郁地望着远处。 来自辞典例句
  • He climbed moodily into the cab, relieved and distressed. 他忧郁地上了马车,既松了一口气,又忧心忡忡。 来自互联网
64 hush ecMzv     
int.嘘,别出声;n.沉默,静寂;v.使安静
参考例句:
  • A hush fell over the onlookers.旁观者们突然静了下来。
  • Do hush up the scandal!不要把这丑事声张出去!
65 abhorrence Vyiz7     
n.憎恶;可憎恶的事
参考例句:
  • This nation has an abhorrence of terrrorism.这个民族憎恶恐怖主义。
  • It is an abhorrence to his feeling.这是他深恶痛绝的事。
66 humility 8d6zX     
n.谦逊,谦恭
参考例句:
  • Humility often gains more than pride.谦逊往往比骄傲收益更多。
  • His voice was still soft and filled with specious humility.他的声音还是那么温和,甚至有点谦卑。
67 admiration afpyA     
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕
参考例句:
  • He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
  • We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。
68 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。
69 larks 05e5fd42fbbb0fa8ae0d9a20b6f3efe1     
n.百灵科鸟(尤指云雀)( lark的名词复数 );一大早就起床;鸡鸣即起;(因太费力而不想干时说)算了v.百灵科鸟(尤指云雀)( lark的第三人称单数 );一大早就起床;鸡鸣即起;(因太费力而不想干时说)算了
参考例句:
  • Maybe if she heard the larks sing she'd write. 玛丽听到云雀的歌声也许会写信的。 来自名作英译部分
  • But sure there are no larks in big cities. 可大城市里哪有云雀呢。” 来自名作英译部分
70 devious 2Pdzv     
adj.不坦率的,狡猾的;迂回的,曲折的
参考例句:
  • Susan is a devious person and we can't depend on her.苏姗是个狡猾的人,我们不能依赖她。
  • He is a man who achieves success by devious means.他这个人通过不正当手段获取成功。
71 reeking 31102d5a8b9377cf0b0942c887792736     
v.发出浓烈的臭气( reek的现在分词 );散发臭气;发出难闻的气味 (of sth);明显带有(令人不快或生疑的跡象)
参考例句:
  • I won't have you reeking with sweat in my bed! 我就不许你混身臭汗,臭烘烘的上我的炕! 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
  • This is a novel reeking with sentimentalism. 这是一本充满着感伤主义的小说。 来自辞典例句
72 passionately YmDzQ4     
ad.热烈地,激烈地
参考例句:
  • She could hate as passionately as she could love. 她能恨得咬牙切齿,也能爱得一往情深。
  • He was passionately addicted to pop music. 他酷爱流行音乐。
73 loathsome Vx5yX     
adj.讨厌的,令人厌恶的
参考例句:
  • The witch hid her loathsome face with her hands.巫婆用手掩住她那张令人恶心的脸。
  • Some people think that snakes are loathsome creatures.有些人觉得蛇是令人憎恶的动物。
74 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
参考例句:
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
75 consecrated consecrated     
adj.神圣的,被视为神圣的v.把…奉为神圣,给…祝圣( consecrate的过去式和过去分词 );奉献
参考例句:
  • The church was consecrated in 1853. 这座教堂于1853年祝圣。
  • They consecrated a temple to their god. 他们把庙奉献给神。 来自《简明英汉词典》
76 consequential caQyq     
adj.作为结果的,间接的;重要的
参考例句:
  • She was injured and suffered a consequential loss of earnings.她受了伤因而收入受损。
  • This new transformation is at least as consequential as that one was.这一新的转变至少和那次一样重要。
77 touching sg6zQ9     
adj.动人的,使人感伤的
参考例句:
  • It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
  • His letter was touching.他的信很感人。
78 proceeding Vktzvu     
n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报
参考例句:
  • This train is now proceeding from Paris to London.这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
  • The work is proceeding briskly.工作很有生气地进展着。
79 reassurance LTJxV     
n.使放心,使消除疑虑
参考例句:
  • He drew reassurance from the enthusiastic applause.热烈的掌声使他获得了信心。
  • Reassurance is especially critical when it comes to military activities.消除疑虑在军事活动方面尤为关键。
80 snug 3TvzG     
adj.温暖舒适的,合身的,安全的;v.使整洁干净,舒适地依靠,紧贴;n.(英)酒吧里的私房
参考例句:
  • He showed us into a snug little sitting room.他领我们走进了一间温暖而舒适的小客厅。
  • She had a small but snug home.她有个小小的但很舒适的家。


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