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CHAPTER VII. THE SISTER OF CHARITY.
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FARMER RODEL’S house was once more full of life. “Barefoot,” for so they continued to call Amrie, was helpful everywhere, and soon made herself beloved by all in the family. She could tell the young wife, who was a stranger in the village, what had been the customs of the house, and taught her to conform to the peculiarities1 of her nearest relatives. She knew how to render little services to the old farmer, who grumbled2 all day, and could not forgive himself, for having so early given up the farm. She represented to him, how much better his daughter-in-law really was, than she knew how to show; and then, when scarcely at the end of a year, the first child came, Amrie showed so much joy, and so much cleverness, in every emergency, that all in the house were full of her praise; but, after the manner of people, who are always more ready to find fault, with the smallest mistake, than to give praise for goodness.
 
But Amrie expected nothing, and she knew so[93] well when to take the child to its grandfather, and when to take it away again, that he should have only pleasure therein. When she took it to show him its first tooth, the old farmer said,—
 
“I would make you a present of a sixpence, for the pleasure you have given me. But stay, the one you stole from me on the wedding-day,—now, you may honestly keep it.”
 
In the mean time, Mariann was not forgotten, although it was very difficult to soften3, and bring her round again. She said she would have nothing more to do with Barefoot, whose new master would not allow her to continue the intercourse4 with Mariann, especially to take the child there, fearing, as they said, “that the witch might do him an injury.” It needed great skill and patience, to overcome this aversion. But at last, it succeeded. Yes, little Barefoot knew how to bring it about, so that at last, Farmer Rodel visited Mariann many times. This was looked upon as a real miracle by the whole village. The visits were soon again stopped, for Mariann on one occasion said,—
 
“I am now near seventy years old, and have done very well, without the friendship of any great farmer. It is not worth while for me to change now.”
 
Dami also wished, very naturally, to be often with his sister; but this the young farmer would not suffer, for he said, not without justice,—
 
“That he should have to feed this big, growing[94] youth. In such a house, he could not prevent the servants from sometimes giving him something to eat.” He also forbade his coming on Sunday afternoons to visit his sister. Dami had, in the mean time, anticipated the comfort of being in so well-stored a home, and his mouth watered to be there, if only as a servant. The stone-mason’s was a hungry life. Barefoot had much to overcome. “He must remember,” she said, “that this was his second craft, and that he must persevere5; it was a mistake to think he would gain any thing by changing. If good fortune came, it would come where he was, or not at all.” Dami was for a time silenced, and so great was the influence of Amrie, and so natural the care she took of her brother, that he was always called, “Little Barefoot’s Dami,” as though he were her son, rather than her brother, although a whole head taller than his sister. Meantime, he did not appear to be subject to her. Indeed, he often fretted6 about it, that he was not esteemed7 as much as his sister, because he had not her tongue. This dissatisfaction with himself and his position, was always poured out first upon Amrie. She bore it patiently, and while he, outwardly and ostentatiously, showed that she must submit to him, she evidently gained still more respect and consideration. Every one said, “how good it was of Barefoot to do so much for her brother, and to put up with his bad treatment, while she worked for him as a mother would for[95] her child.” In fact, she washed and sewed for him during the night, so that he was always the neatest-dressed boy in the village. The two pairs of welted shoes that she received every half-year, as a part of her wages, she exchanged with the shoemaker for a pair for Dami, and went barefoot herself. On Sunday, only, was she seen going to church with shoes. Barefoot was much grieved that Dami had become, they knew not how, the common centre for all the jokes and ridicule8 of the village. She blamed him severely9, and told him he should not suffer it. But, he answered, “she might prevent it, he could not.” This was impossible, and it did not seriously displease10 Dami to be so treated. It wounded him, sometimes, when all in the village laughed at him, and those younger than himself took liberties with him, but it vexed11 him much more not to be noticed by any one, and this led him to make a fool of himself, and expose himself to perpetual ridicule.
 
With Barefoot, on the contrary, the danger was that she would become the Hermit12 that Mariann had always predicted she would be. She had once a solitary13 playmate and confidante, the daughter of Mathew the coal-burner; but this girl had for some years worked in a factory in Alsatia, and nothing more was heard of her. Barefoot lived so much within herself, that she was not reckoned among the young people of the village. She was friendly and talkative with those of her own age, but Brown[96] Mariann was her only confidante. Thus because Amrie lived so apart from others, she had no influence upon the relation which Dami held to others, who, however much he was joked and laughed at, must always cling to companions, and could never bear to be alone like his sister.
 
At this time, Dami suddenly made himself quite free, and one pleasant Sunday showed his sister the earnest money he had received. He had hired himself as farm-servant to Scheckennarr of Hirlingen.
 
“Had you told me,” said Barefoot, “I had found a better service for you. I would have given you a letter to Farmer Landfried’s wife, of Allgäu, and they would have treated you like a son of the house.”
 
“Oh! say nothing about that,” said Dami. “It is now nearly thirteen years that she has owed me a pair of leather breeches she promised me. Don’t you recollect14 it,—when we were little, and thought if we knocked, father and mother would open the door? Do not speak of the farmer’s wife,—who knows whether reminded with a word, she would remember us? Who knows whether she is alive?”
 
“Yes, she lives yet. She is a relation of our family, and is often mentioned there. She has married all her children, except one son, who will have the farm.”
 
“Now, you would disgust me with my new service,” complained Dami, “and tell me I could[97] have had a better. Is that right?” His voice trembled.
 
“Oh! do not be so tender-hearted,” said Barefoot. “What have I said against your good fortune? You remind me of the time when the geese bit you. I will only say, keep to that which thou hast, and take care that you remain in one place. It will not do to be like the cuckoo, and sleep every night upon a different tree. I could have another place. But I will not change. I have succeeded in making this one comfortable. Look,—he who is every minute changing, is treated like a stranger. They do not make him a home, because they know that to-morrow morning he will be gone.”
 
“I do not need your sermons,” said Dami, turning angrily away. “To me you are always harsh, but to all the rest of the world gentle.”
 
“Because you are my brother,” said Amrie laughing; and now she coaxed15 the obstinate17 boy.
 
There was, indeed, a strange difference between the brother and sister. Dami was sometimes humble18 as a beggar, and then suddenly proud, while Barefoot, though always good-natured and obliging, was sustained by an inward pride, that with all her readiness to serve, she never laid aside.
 
She succeeded in pacifying19 her brother, and said,—
 
“Look, something has just occurred to me; but you must first promise to be good, for upon a bad[98] heart that coat must not lie. Farmer Rodel has yet the clothes of our father. You are so large, that they will just suit, and give you a respectable appearance when you enter the farm-yard with the other servants; they will see that you have had honest parents.”
 
Dami was consoled, and in spite of many obstacles, for old Rodel would not at first give up the clothes, Barefoot brought him at length to comply. Then she took Dami into her own chamber20, where he must immediately put on the coat and waistcoat. He struggled against it, but what she had once decided21 upon must be done! The hat only, he would not have, but when the coat was on, she laid her hand upon his shoulder and said,—
 
“So, now thou art my brother and my father—and now the coat goes, as at first, over the field; but there is a new man within it. See, Dami! Thou hast the noblest Sunday dress in the world. Hold it in honor. Be therein as honest as was our blessed father!”
 
She could say no more, but laying her head upon the shoulder of her brother, her tears fell upon the newly recovered dress of the father.
 
“You say that I am tender-hearted,” complained Dami—“but you are far more so.”
 
In fact, Barefoot was quickly and deeply affected22 by every thing; her heart was of the tenderest emotion, but she was at the same time strong, and[99] light-hearted as a child. She was, as Mariann had remarked at her first sleeping under the roof, of the quickest sensibility. Waking and sleeping, laughing and weeping, went hand in hand. Every experience and every emotion was deeply felt, but it was quickly over; and she was herself again.
 
She continued to weep.
 
“You give me a heavy heart,” whimpered Dami, “and it was heavy enough before, that I must go to find a home among strangers. You should have cheered me—instead of so——so——”
 
“Honest thinking is the best cheering,” said Barefoot—“that does not make one sad. But you are right. You have enough to bear, and a single pound laid upon a heavy load may break one down. I have been stupid; but come, I will see what the sun has to say, when the father stands again before it. No, that was not what I meant to say. Come—now you shall know where we must go to take leave. If you were only going a very short distance, you must still go to this place to take leave. I am also sad enough, that I shall have you no longer with me. No—I mean that I shall be no longer with you. I would not govern you as people say. Yes, yes! old Mariann is right. Alone is a terrible word. We do not at first learn its full meaning. So long as you were there, across the street,—even if I was a whole week without seeing you,—what did that matter? I could see you at any moment, and that[100] was as well as though we had been together,—but now? Ah! well; you will not be out of the world. But I pray thee take care of thyself. Do not come to any harm. And if you tear your clothes, send them to me; I will still sew and mend for you. Now come,—now we will go to the—to the churchyard!”
 
Dami opposed this, and again, with the excuse that he was sad enough already, and that it would only make him worse, Barefoot yielded this point also. He took off his father’s clothes, and she packed them in the sack that she had once worn as a mantle23 when she took care of the geese, and upon which remained the name of her father. She charged Dami to send it back to her by the first opportunity.
 
The brother and sister walked on together, till a Hirlingen wagon24 came through the village. Dami hailed it, and packed his bundle upon it. Then he went hand in hand with his sister out of the village, while Barefoot sought to cheer him.
 
“Do you remember the riddle25 I gave you about the oven?”
 
“No!”
 
“Think,—what is the best thing about an oven? Try to remember.”
 
“No!”
 
“The best thing about an oven is, that it does not eat its own bread.”
 
“Yes, yes, you can be merry, you can stay at home.”
 
[101]“It is your own wish. You can also be merry if you do right.” She went with her brother, till she came to Holder26 Common. There, by the wild pear-tree, she said,—
 
“Here we will take leave. God protect thee—and fear no devil.”
 
They shook hands heartily27. Then Dami went on to Hirlingen, and Barefoot turned back to the village. Not till she got to the foot of the hill, where Dami could not see her, did she venture to raise her apron28 to her eyes, to dry the tears that rolled down her cheeks. Then she cried aloud, “God forgive me for saying what I did, about being alone. I thank thee, O God! that thou hast given me a brother. Leave him only to me as long as I live!”
 
As she came into the village, how empty it seemed to her, and in the twilight29 when she rocked the Rodel children to sleep, she could not bring a single song to her lips, although she usually sang like the lark30. She could not help thinking, “Where now is my brother; what are they saying to him; how do they receive him;” and yet she could not imagine how it was. She would have hastened after him to tell them all how good he was, and that they must be good to him. Then she consoled herself with thinking that no one could entirely31, and at all times, protect another, and she hoped it would be good for Dami to have to take care of himself.
 
[102]It was already night. She went into her chamber, bathed herself anew, braided her hair, and dressed herself freshly, as though it were morning, and with this extraordinary renewing of the day, it seemed as though she began a fresh morning.
 
When all in the house were asleep, she went over to Mariann, and sat long hours by her bed, in the dark room. They talked to each other of the feeling of having one away in the wide world, who was yet a part of one’s self. Not till Mariann was asleep did Barefoot slip away. But first she took the pail, and brought water for the old woman, and laid the wood in order upon the hearth32, so that in the morning she would only need to kindle33 the fire. Then she went home.
 
What is that generosity34 which consists in spending money? It is a power given into our hands to be again diffused35, and afterwards abdicated36. It is far otherwise with that original faculty37 which is a part of ourselves. To part with this, is to give a part of our life, and perhaps a part of all that remains38 to us. The hours of rest, and the freedom of Sunday, were all that Barefoot could call her own, and these she sacrificed to Mariann. She permitted herself to be blamed and scolded if any thing crossed the old woman’s peculiarities, never allowing herself to think or to say,—
 
“How can you scold me when I give you all I possess?” Indeed she was not conscious that she was making a sacrifice, only on Sunday evenings,[103] when she sat in the solitude39 before the house, and heard for the thousandth time, “What a brave young fellow John had been on Sunday;” and when the young men and girls of the village went by singing all manner of songs, then would she become aware that she was sacrificing her own amusement, and she would sing softly to herself the songs the others were singing in earnest. But when she looked at Mariann she was silent, and thought to herself that it was well Dami was not in the village. He was no longer the butt40 of their scorn, and when he returned he would certainly be a young fellow whom all would respect.
 
On winter evenings, when, at Farmer Rodel’s, there was spinning and singing, Barefoot would venture to sing with them, and although she had a clear, high voice, she always took the second part. Rose, the farmer’s unmarried sister, who was a year older than Barefoot, sang always the first part, and it was understood, as a matter of course, that Barefoot’s voice must help hers. Rose was a proud, imperious person, who looked upon and treated Amrie almost like a beast of burden, but less before people than in secret; and as, in the whole village, Amrie was considered of the greatest service,—the person who kept every thing in the farmer’s establishment in complete order,—it was the principal concern of Rose to glorify41 herself by telling people how much patience was necessary to get along with Barefoot; how[104] the goose-girl in every thing imitated her; and how she bore with her merely out of compassion42, and that she might not expose herself to others.
 
One great object of banter43, and of not always well-chosen jokes, was Barefoot’s shoes. She continued to go barefoot, or in winter only she wore low-cut peasant’s boots; yet she took every half-year the customary addition to her wages, of two pairs of welted shoes. They stood upon a shelf in her chamber, while Amrie bore herself as proudly as though she wore them all at the same time. Her shoes numbered six pairs, since Dami left her. They were filled with straw, and from time to time oiled to keep them soft.
 
Barefoot was now completely grown up; not very tall, but well-proportioned, strong, and active. She always dressed herself in poor materials, but neatly44 and gracefully45, for taste is the ornament47 of poverty, that costs nothing, and that cannot be purchased. But as Farmer Rodel held it for the honor of his family, he insisted, on Sundays, that she should put on a better dress to be seen by the village. After church, Amrie quickly changed it again, and went to sit with Mariann in her every-day working-dress, or she stood over her flowers, which she cherished in pots at her garret-window, where pinks and the Rose Mariè flourished admirably. Although she had taken from them many grafts48 to plant upon the graves of her parents, they always doubled their growth afterwards.[105] The pinks, indeed, hung down in pretty spiral tufts to the arbor-walk that went round the whole house. The wide, inclined, straw-roof of the house, formed an excellent protection for the flowers. Barefoot never failed, when a warm summer shower fell, to carry her flower-pots into the garden and leave them near the rain-softened, motherly earth; in particular a little Rose Mariè, that grew in an extremely graceful46 manner, like a little tree. Barefoot would close her right hand, and strike the palm of the other hand over it, and say to herself,—“when the wedding of my nearest friend comes,—yes, when my Dami is married, then I will lay thee out.” Another thought, one at which she would have blushed in her sleep, sent the red blood to her cheeks as she bent49 over the Rose Mariè. She drew in her breath as though there met her a faint perfume from the future. But she would not suffer the thought to dwell a moment; wildly and hastily thrusting the rose behind the other larger plants, so that she could not see it, she closed the window.
 
An alarm-bell sounded! “Fire! at Schecken’s in Hirlingen!” they soon cried. The fire-engine was drawn50 out, and Barefoot went upon it, and the firemen following.
 
“My Dami! my Dami!” she cried inwardly, all the way; but it was day, and people are not burnt in the day-time. And, in fact, as they reached Hirlingen, the house was already burnt to the ground.[106] At some distance from the house stood Dami, in an orchard51, fastening two beautiful well-formed horses to a tree; while all around were collected horses, oxen, cows, and heifers.
 
Barefoot got down, exclaiming, “Thank God, thou art safe.” She ran to her brother, but he would not speak to her, and with both hands laid upon the neck of the horse, he concealed53 his face.
 
“What is the matter? Why do you not speak? Have you met with any injury?”
 
“Not I—but the fire!”
 
“What has happened, then?”
 
“All my things are burnt; my clothes and the little money I had saved. I have nothing now but the clothes I have on.”
 
“And our father’s clothes, are they burnt?”
 
“Were they fire-proof?” asked Dami angrily. “How can you ask such foolish questions?”
 
Barefoot could scarcely help weeping at her brother’s unkindness, but she felt quickly that misfortunes naturally make one harsh and bitter, and she merely said,—
 
“Well, thank God that your life is spared. The loss of our father’s clothes can never be repaired, but they would at length have been worn out—then, so—or so—” and she wept.
 
“All thy tattle is a cat’s-paw,” said Dami, and kept stroking the horses. “Here I stand as God made me. If the horses could speak, they would tell a different story. But I was born to[107] ill luck, however well I do, it is of no use, and yet—” He could say no more—his voice failed him.
 
“What then has happened?” asked Amrie.
 
“The horses, cows, and oxen—yes, all, not a hoof54 of them has been burnt—the swine alone we could not save. Look! the horse there above tore my shirt as I drew him out of the stall; the near-handed horse would not have hurt me—he knows me! Ei! thou knowest me, Humple? Ei! we know each other.” The horse thus spoken to, laid his head over the neck of the other, and looked earnestly at Dami, who continued,—
 
“When I went joyfully55 to inform the farmer that I had saved all the animals, he said, ‘That was nothing to him; they were all insured, and he should have been paid more than their worth.’ Then I thought to myself, ‘Is it nothing that the innocent animals should all be burnt? Is life nothing when one is paid?’ The farmer must have guessed my thoughts, for he asked, ‘You have, of course, saved your clothes and things?’ ‘No!’ I answered, ‘not a thread, for I sprang into the stable first.’”
 
“The more fool you,” he said.
 
“‘How?’ I asked, ‘for if you were insured, and the animals would have been paid for, my clothes must also be paid for; the clothes also of my late father, fourteen florins, my watch, and my pipe.’”
 
[108]“Your pipe is smoked out,” he said; “my things were insured, but not those of my servants.”
 
“I answered, ‘That is to be seen; I will try what the law can do.’”
 
“Oh!” said he, “if that is your sort, you may go at once. He who begins a lawsuit56, has given warning. I would have given you a couple of florins, but now not a penny. Now be off!”
 
“And here I am; now I think I might take this near-handed horse with me. I saved his life, and he would willingly come with me. But I have not learnt to steal, and I cannot help myself thus. The best thing I can do is to spring into that water and drown myself. I can never come to any thing, and can never help myself again.”
 
“But I have something, and I will help you,” said Barefoot.
 
“No, that I’ll do no longer—no longer live upon you. You also have to work hard.”
 
Barefoot succeeded in consoling her brother, so that he consented to go home with her. But scarcely had they gone a hundred steps, when the favorite horse, having broken loose, came trotting57 after them. Dami had to drive the animal he loved so much back with stones.
 
Dami was so ashamed of his ill luck, that he was unwilling58 to see any one; for it is the peculiarity59 of weak natures that they cannot feel any strength in themselves; when outwardly overcome, they[109] are conquered inwardly—they look upon ill success as a sign of their own weakness, and if they cannot conceal52 that, they conceal themselves.
 
At the first houses of the village Dami stopped. Mariann sent him a coat of her husband’s, who had been shot; but Dami felt an unconquerable repugnance60 to putting it on. Barefoot, who had praised her father’s coat as something sacred and holy, now found good reasons to prove that there was nothing in a coat—that nothing could adhere to it from its former wearer.
 
Mathew, the charcoal61-burner, who lived not far from Mariann, took Dami to help him in his wood-splitting and coal-burning. To Dami this secluded62 life was most welcome; he was waiting only till he could be drafted for a soldier; then he would enlist63 for life, and remain always a soldier. “In the army,” he said, “is justice and order, and no man has trouble from his own family; food and clothing are provided, and when war comes, a soldier’s sudden death is always the best.”
 
This was the way he talked when Barefoot came on Sundays to the charcoal kiln64 to see him, and brought him food, and tobacco for his pipe. She would often teach him how he could cook better food at the wood-coals, and little puddings, that he could himself prepare. But Dami would only have things just as they happened, and insisted,[110] although he might have improved his housekeeping, upon living wretchedly, till the time when he would shine out as a soldier. Barefoot opposed this eternal looking forward to a coming time, and letting the present slip away. She knew that Dami indulged that secret idleness which consisted in self-pity, and this she thought would end in his becoming good-for-nothing. Only with the utmost exertion65 could she induce him to buy himself an axe16 out of his own earnings66. This was his father’s, which Mathew had bought at the sale of Josenhans’ effects.
 
Barefoot often returned almost despairing from the forest. This did not last long. The inward trust, and native courageous67 gayety, which belonged to her disposition68, expressed itself voluntarily in cheerful songs forever upon her lips; and those who did not know her history would never have remarked that Barefoot had now or ever a single sorrow. The cheerfulness that arose from an involuntary consciousness that her duty was well performed, and all her leisure devoted69 to the comfort of Mariann and Dami, impressed upon her countenance70 a constant joyousness71. None in the house laughed as gayly as Barefoot. Old Rodel said her laugh was just like the song of the quail72. She was always so helpful and respectful to him, that he gave her to understand that he should remember her in his will. Barefoot did not trouble herself nor expect much from this. She[111] relied upon nothing but the wages, which were justly hers, and whatever she performed beyond this for others, she did from benevolence73 and a generous disposition. Was not this to be a true Sister of Charity?
 

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1 peculiarities 84444218acb57e9321fbad3dc6b368be     
n. 特质, 特性, 怪癖, 古怪
参考例句:
  • the cultural peculiarities of the English 英国人的文化特点
  • He used to mimic speech peculiarities of another. 他过去总是模仿别人讲话的特点。
2 grumbled ed735a7f7af37489d7db1a9ef3b64f91     
抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声
参考例句:
  • He grumbled at the low pay offered to him. 他抱怨给他的工资低。
  • The heat was sweltering, and the men grumbled fiercely over their work. 天热得让人发昏,水手们边干活边发着牢骚。
3 soften 6w0wk     
v.(使)变柔软;(使)变柔和
参考例句:
  • Plastics will soften when exposed to heat.塑料适当加热就可以软化。
  • This special cream will help to soften up our skin.这种特殊的护肤霜有助于使皮肤变得柔软。
4 intercourse NbMzU     
n.性交;交流,交往,交际
参考例句:
  • The magazine becomes a cultural medium of intercourse between the two peoples.该杂志成为两民族间文化交流的媒介。
  • There was close intercourse between them.他们过往很密。
5 persevere MMCxH     
v.坚持,坚忍,不屈不挠
参考例句:
  • They are determined to persevere in the fight.他们决心坚持战斗。
  • It is strength of character enabled him to persevere.他那坚强的性格使他能够坚持不懈。
6 fretted 82ebd7663e04782d30d15d67e7c45965     
焦躁的,附有弦马的,腐蚀的
参考例句:
  • The wind whistled through the twigs and fretted the occasional, dirty-looking crocuses. 寒风穿过枯枝,有时把发脏的藏红花吹刮跑了。 来自英汉文学
  • The lady's fame for hitting the mark fretted him. 这位太太看问题深刻的名声在折磨着他。
7 esteemed ftyzcF     
adj.受人尊敬的v.尊敬( esteem的过去式和过去分词 );敬重;认为;以为
参考例句:
  • The art of conversation is highly esteemed in France. 在法国十分尊重谈话技巧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He esteemed that he understood what I had said. 他认为已经听懂我说的意思了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 ridicule fCwzv     
v.讥讽,挖苦;n.嘲弄
参考例句:
  • You mustn't ridicule unfortunate people.你不该嘲笑不幸的人。
  • Silly mistakes and queer clothes often arouse ridicule.荒谬的错误和古怪的服装常会引起人们的讪笑。
9 severely SiCzmk     
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
参考例句:
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
10 displease BtXxC     
vt.使不高兴,惹怒;n.不悦,不满,生气
参考例句:
  • Not wishing to displease her,he avoided answering the question.为了不惹她生气,他对这个问题避而不答。
  • She couldn't afford to displease her boss.她得罪不起她的上司。
11 vexed fd1a5654154eed3c0a0820ab54fb90a7     
adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论
参考例句:
  • The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls. 会议花了几天的时间讨论边境关卡这个难题。
  • He was vexed at his failure. 他因失败而懊恼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
12 hermit g58y3     
n.隐士,修道者;隐居
参考例句:
  • He became a hermit after he was dismissed from office.他被解职后成了隐士。
  • Chinese ancient landscape poetry was in natural connections with hermit culture.中国古代山水诗与隐士文化有着天然联系。
13 solitary 7FUyx     
adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士
参考例句:
  • I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
  • The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际,显得十分壮美。
14 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。
15 coaxed dc0a6eeb597861b0ed72e34e52490cd1     
v.哄,用好话劝说( coax的过去式和过去分词 );巧言骗取;哄劝,劝诱
参考例句:
  • She coaxed the horse into coming a little closer. 她哄着那匹马让它再靠近了一点。
  • I coaxed my sister into taking me to the theatre. 我用好话哄姐姐带我去看戏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
16 axe 2oVyI     
n.斧子;v.用斧头砍,削减
参考例句:
  • Be careful with that sharp axe.那把斧子很锋利,你要当心。
  • The edge of this axe has turned.这把斧子卷了刃了。
17 obstinate m0dy6     
adj.顽固的,倔强的,不易屈服的,较难治愈的
参考例句:
  • She's too obstinate to let anyone help her.她太倔强了,不会让任何人帮她的。
  • The trader was obstinate in the negotiation.这个商人在谈判中拗强固执。
18 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。
19 pacifying 6bba1514be412ac99ea000a5564eb242     
使(某人)安静( pacify的现在分词 ); 息怒; 抚慰; 在(有战争的地区、国家等)实现和平
参考例句:
  • The papers put the emphasis on pacifying rather than suppressing the protesters. 他们强调要安抚抗议者而不是动用武力镇压。
  • Hawthorn products have the function of pacifying the stomach and spleen, and promoting digestion. 山楂制品,和中消食。
20 chamber wnky9     
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所
参考例句:
  • For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说,牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
  • The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
21 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
22 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的,假装的
参考例句:
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
23 mantle Y7tzs     
n.斗篷,覆罩之物,罩子;v.罩住,覆盖,脸红
参考例句:
  • The earth had donned her mantle of brightest green.大地披上了苍翠欲滴的绿色斗篷。
  • The mountain was covered with a mantle of snow.山上覆盖着一层雪。
24 wagon XhUwP     
n.四轮马车,手推车,面包车;无盖运货列车
参考例句:
  • We have to fork the hay into the wagon.我们得把干草用叉子挑进马车里去。
  • The muddy road bemired the wagon.马车陷入了泥泞的道路。
25 riddle WCfzw     
n.谜,谜语,粗筛;vt.解谜,给…出谜,筛,检查,鉴定,非难,充满于;vi.出谜
参考例句:
  • The riddle couldn't be solved by the child.这个谜语孩子猜不出来。
  • Her disappearance is a complete riddle.她的失踪完全是一个谜。
26 holder wc4xq     
n.持有者,占有者;(台,架等)支持物
参考例句:
  • The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
  • That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。
27 heartily Ld3xp     
adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很
参考例句:
  • He ate heartily and went out to look for his horse.他痛快地吃了一顿,就出去找他的马。
  • The host seized my hand and shook it heartily.主人抓住我的手,热情地和我握手。
28 apron Lvzzo     
n.围裙;工作裙
参考例句:
  • We were waited on by a pretty girl in a pink apron.招待我们的是一位穿粉红色围裙的漂亮姑娘。
  • She stitched a pocket on the new apron.她在新围裙上缝上一只口袋。
29 twilight gKizf     
n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期
参考例句:
  • Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
  • Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。
30 lark r9Fza     
n.云雀,百灵鸟;n.嬉戏,玩笑;vi.嬉戏
参考例句:
  • He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.他认为把云雀关在笼子里太残忍了。
  • She lived in the village with her grandparents as cheerful as a lark.她同祖父母一起住在乡间非常快活。
31 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。
32 hearth n5by9     
n.壁炉炉床,壁炉地面
参考例句:
  • She came and sat in a chair before the hearth.她走过来,在炉子前面的椅子上坐下。
  • She comes to the hearth,and switches on the electric light there.她走到壁炉那里,打开电灯。
33 kindle n2Gxu     
v.点燃,着火
参考例句:
  • This wood is too wet to kindle.这木柴太湿点不着。
  • A small spark was enough to kindle Lily's imagination.一星光花足以点燃莉丽的全部想象力。
34 generosity Jf8zS     
n.大度,慷慨,慷慨的行为
参考例句:
  • We should match their generosity with our own.我们应该像他们一样慷慨大方。
  • We adore them for their generosity.我们钦佩他们的慷慨。
35 diffused 5aa05ed088f24537ef05f482af006de0     
散布的,普及的,扩散的
参考例句:
  • A drop of milk diffused in the water. 一滴牛奶在水中扩散开来。
  • Gases and liquids diffused. 气体和液体慢慢混合了。
36 abdicated 0bad74511c43ab3a11217d68c9ad162b     
放弃(职责、权力等)( abdicate的过去式和过去分词 ); 退位,逊位
参考例句:
  • He abdicated in favour of his son. 他把王位让给了儿子。
  • King Edward Ⅷ abdicated in 1936 to marry a commoner. 国王爱德华八世于1936年退位与一个平民结婚。
37 faculty HhkzK     
n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员
参考例句:
  • He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
  • He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。
38 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。
39 solitude xF9yw     
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方
参考例句:
  • People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
  • They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。
40 butt uSjyM     
n.笑柄;烟蒂;枪托;臀部;v.用头撞或顶
参考例句:
  • The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
  • He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。
41 glorify MeNzm     
vt.颂扬,赞美,使增光,美化
参考例句:
  • Politicians have complained that the media glorify drugs.政治家们抱怨媒体美化毒品。
  • We are all committed to serving the Lord and glorifying His name in the best way we know.我们全心全意敬奉上帝,竭尽所能颂扬他的美名。
42 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。
43 banter muwzE     
n.嘲弄,戏谑;v.取笑,逗弄,开玩笑
参考例句:
  • The actress exchanged banter with reporters.女演员与记者相互开玩笑。
  • She engages in friendly banter with her customers.她常和顾客逗乐。
44 neatly ynZzBp     
adv.整洁地,干净地,灵巧地,熟练地
参考例句:
  • Sailors know how to wind up a long rope neatly.水手们知道怎样把一条大绳利落地缠好。
  • The child's dress is neatly gathered at the neck.那孩子的衣服在领口处打着整齐的皱褶。
45 gracefully KfYxd     
ad.大大方方地;优美地
参考例句:
  • She sank gracefully down onto a cushion at his feet. 她优雅地坐到他脚旁的垫子上。
  • The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line. 新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
46 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。
47 ornament u4czn     
v.装饰,美化;n.装饰,装饰物
参考例句:
  • The flowers were put on the table for ornament.花放在桌子上做装饰用。
  • She wears a crystal ornament on her chest.她的前胸戴了一个水晶饰品。
48 grafts acb4d221b27075a2e8300f0d66dc63f5     
移植( graft的名词复数 ); 行贿; 接穗; 行贿得到的利益
参考例句:
  • He's gone to London for skin grafts on his thighs. 他去伦敦做大腿植皮手术了。
  • Her burns were treated with skin grafts. 她的烧伤是用植皮方法进行治疗的。
49 bent QQ8yD     
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
参考例句:
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
50 drawn MuXzIi     
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
参考例句:
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
51 orchard UJzxu     
n.果园,果园里的全部果树,(美俚)棒球场
参考例句:
  • My orchard is bearing well this year.今年我的果园果实累累。
  • Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard.每座竹楼周围都是茂密的果园。
52 conceal DpYzt     
v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽
参考例句:
  • He had to conceal his identity to escape the police.为了躲避警方,他只好隐瞒身份。
  • He could hardly conceal his joy at his departure.他几乎掩饰不住临行时的喜悦。
53 concealed 0v3zxG     
a.隐藏的,隐蔽的
参考例句:
  • The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster. 那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。
  • I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。
54 hoof 55JyP     
n.(马,牛等的)蹄
参考例句:
  • Suddenly he heard the quick,short click of a horse's hoof behind him.突然间,他听见背后响起一阵急骤的马蹄的得得声。
  • I was kicked by a hoof.我被一只蹄子踢到了。
55 joyfully joyfully     
adv. 喜悦地, 高兴地
参考例句:
  • She tripped along joyfully as if treading on air. 她高兴地走着,脚底下轻飘飘的。
  • During these first weeks she slaved joyfully. 在最初的几周里,她干得很高兴。
56 lawsuit A14xy     
n.诉讼,控诉
参考例句:
  • They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
  • He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
57 trotting cbfe4f2086fbf0d567ffdf135320f26a     
小跑,急走( trot的现在分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走
参考例句:
  • The riders came trotting down the lane. 这骑手骑着马在小路上慢跑。
  • Alan took the reins and the small horse started trotting. 艾伦抓住缰绳,小马开始慢跑起来。
58 unwilling CjpwB     
adj.不情愿的
参考例句:
  • The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
  • His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。
59 peculiarity GiWyp     
n.独特性,特色;特殊的东西;怪癖
参考例句:
  • Each country has its own peculiarity.每个国家都有自己的独特之处。
  • The peculiarity of this shop is its day and nigth service.这家商店的特点是昼夜服务。
60 repugnance oBWz5     
n.嫌恶
参考例句:
  • He fought down a feelings of repugnance.他抑制住了厌恶感。
  • She had a repugnance to the person with whom she spoke.她看不惯这个和她谈话的人。
61 charcoal prgzJ     
n.炭,木炭,生物炭
参考例句:
  • We need to get some more charcoal for the barbecue.我们烧烤需要更多的碳。
  • Charcoal is used to filter water.木炭是用来过滤水的。
62 secluded wj8zWX     
adj.与世隔绝的;隐退的;偏僻的v.使隔开,使隐退( seclude的过去式和过去分词)
参考例句:
  • Some people like to strip themselves naked while they have a swim in a secluded place. 一些人当他们在隐蔽的地方游泳时,喜欢把衣服脱光。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • This charming cottage dates back to the 15th century and is as pretty as a picture, with its thatched roof and secluded garden. 这所美丽的村舍是15世纪时的建筑,有茅草房顶和宁静的花园,漂亮极了,简直和画上一样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
63 enlist npCxX     
vt.谋取(支持等),赢得;征募;vi.入伍
参考例句:
  • They come here to enlist men for the army.他们来这儿是为了召兵。
  • The conference will make further efforts to enlist the support of the international community for their just struggle. 会议必将进一步动员国际社会,支持他们的正义斗争。
64 kiln naQzW     
n.(砖、石灰等)窑,炉;v.烧窑
参考例句:
  • That morning we fired our first kiln of charcoal.那天上午,我们烧了我们的第一窑木炭。
  • Bricks are baked in a kiln.砖是在窑里烧成的。
65 exertion F7Fyi     
n.尽力,努力
参考例句:
  • We were sweating profusely from the exertion of moving the furniture.我们搬动家具大费气力,累得大汗淋漓。
  • She was hot and breathless from the exertion of cycling uphill.由于用力骑车爬坡,她浑身发热。
66 earnings rrWxJ     
n.工资收人;利润,利益,所得
参考例句:
  • That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
  • Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。
67 courageous HzSx7     
adj.勇敢的,有胆量的
参考例句:
  • We all honour courageous people.我们都尊重勇敢的人。
  • He was roused to action by courageous words.豪言壮语促使他奋起行动。
68 disposition GljzO     
n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署
参考例句:
  • He has made a good disposition of his property.他已对财产作了妥善处理。
  • He has a cheerful disposition.他性情开朗。
69 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。
70 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。
71 joyousness 8d1f81f5221e25f41efc37efe96e1c0a     
快乐,使人喜悦
参考例句:
  • He is, for me: sigh, prayer, joyousness. 对我来说,他就是叹息,祈祷和欢乐。
72 quail f0UzL     
n.鹌鹑;vi.畏惧,颤抖
参考例句:
  • Cowards always quail before the enemy.在敌人面前,胆小鬼们总是畏缩不前的。
  • Quail eggs are very high in cholesterol.鹌鹑蛋胆固醇含量高。
73 benevolence gt8zx     
n.慈悲,捐助
参考例句:
  • We definitely do not apply a policy of benevolence to the reactionaries.我们对反动派决不施仁政。
  • He did it out of pure benevolence. 他做那件事完全出于善意。


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