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    Down the avenue there came to them, with the opening of thedoor, the voice of Owen's motor. It was the signal whichhad interrupted their first talk, and again, instinctively,they drew apart at the sound. Without a word Darrow turnedback into the room, while Sophy Viner went down the stepsand walked back alone toward the court.

  At luncheon1 the presence of the surgeon, and the non-appearance of Madame de Chantelle--who had excused herselfon the plea of a headache--combined to shift theconversational centre of gravity; and Darrow, under shelterof the necessarily impersonal2 talk, had time to adjust hisdisguise and to perceive that the others were engaged in thesame re-arrangement. It was the first time that he had seenyoung Leath and Sophy Viner together since he had learned oftheir engagement; but neither revealed more emotion thanbefitted the occasion. It was evident that Owen was deeplyunder the girl's charm, and that at the least sign from herhis bliss3 would have broken bounds; but her reticence4 wasjustified by the tacitly recognized fact of Madame deChantelle's disapproval5. This also visibly weighed onAnna's mind, making her manner to Sophy, if no less kind,yet a trifle more constrained6 than if the moment of finalunderstanding had been reached. So Darrow interpreted thetension perceptible under the fluent exchange ofcommonplaces in which he was diligently7 sharing. But he wasmore and more aware of his inability to test the moralatmosphere about him: he was like a man in fever testinganother's temperature by the touch.

  After luncheon Anna, who was to motor the surgeon home,suggested to Darrow that he should accompany them. Effie wasalso of the party; and Darrow inferred that Anna wished togive her step-son a chance to be alone with his betrothed8.

  On the way back, after the surgeon had been left at hisdoor, the little girl sat between her mother and Darrow, andher presence kept their talk from taking a personal turn.

  Darrow knew that Mrs. Leath had not yet told Effie of therelation in which he was to stand to her. The prematuredivulging of Owen's plans had thrown their own into thebackground, and by common consent they continued, in thelittle girl's presence, on terms of an informalfriendliness.

  The sky had cleared after luncheon, and to prolong theirexcursion they returned by way of the ivy-mantled ruin whichwas to have been the scene of the projected picnic. Thiscircuit brought them back to the park gates not long beforesunset, and as Anna wished to stop at the lodge9 for news ofthe injured child Darrow left her there with Effie andwalked on alone to the house. He had the impression thatshe was slightly surprised at his not waiting for her; buthis inner restlessness vented10 itself in an intense desirefor bodily movement. He would have liked to walk himselfinto a state of torpor11; to tramp on for hours through themoist winds and the healing darkness and come backstaggering with fatigue12 and sleep. But he had no pretextfor such a flight, and he feared that, at such a moment, hisprolonged absence might seem singular to Anna.

  As he approached the house, the thought of her nearnessproduced a swift reaction of mood. It was as if an intenservision of her had scattered13 his perplexities like morningmists. At this moment, wherever she was, he knew he wassafely shut away in her thoughts, and the knowledge madeevery other fact dwindle14 away to a shadow. He and she lovedeach other, and their love arched over them open and ampleas the day: in all its sunlit spaces there was no cranny fora fear to lurk15. In a few minutes he would be in her presenceand would read his reassurance16 in her eyes. And presently,before dinner, she would contrive17 that they should have anhour by themselves in her sitting-room18, and he would sit bythe hearth19 and watch her quiet movements, and the way thebluish lustre20 on her hair purpled a little as she bent21 abovethe fire.

  A carriage drove out of the court as he entered it, and inthe hall his vision was dispelled22 by the exceedinglysubstantial presence of a lady in a waterproof23 and a tweedhat, who stood firmly planted in the centre of a pile ofluggage, as to which she was giving involved but luciddirections to the footman who had just admitted her. Shewent on with these directions regardless of Darrow'sentrance, merely fixing her small pale eyes on him while sheproceeded, in a deep contralto voice, and a fluent Frenchpronounced with the purest Boston accent, to specify24 thedestination of her bags; and this enabled Darrow to give herback a gaze protracted25 enough to take in all the details ofher plain thick-set person, from the square sallow facebeneath bands of grey hair to the blunt boot-toes protrudingunder her wide walking skirt.

  She submitted to this scrutiny26 with no more evidence ofsurprise than a monument examined by a tourist; but when thefate of her luggage had been settled she turned suddenly toDarrow and, dropping her eyes from his face to his feet,asked in trenchant27 accents: "What sort of boots have you goton?"Before he could summon his wits to the consideration of thisquestion she continued in a tone of suppressed indignation:

  "Until Americans get used to the fact that France is underwater for half the year they're perpetually risking theirlives by not being properly protected. I suppose you'vebeen tramping through all this nasty clammy mud as if you'dbeen taking a stroll on Boston Common."Darrow, with a laugh, affirmed his previous experience ofFrench dampness, and the degree to which he was on his guardagainst it; but the lady, with a contemptuous snort,rejoined: "You young men are all alike----"; to which sheappended, after another hard look at him: "I suppose you'reGeorge Darrow? I used to know one of your mother's cousins,who married a Tunstall of Mount Vernon Street. My name isAdelaide Painter. Have you been in Boston lately? No? I'msorry for that. I hear there have been several new housesbuilt at the lower end of Commonwealth28 Avenue and I hopedyou could tell me about them. I haven't been there forthirty years myself."Miss Painter's arrival at Givre produced the same effect asthe wind's hauling around to the north after days of languidweather. When Darrow joined the group about the tea-tableshe had already given a tingle30 to the air. Madame deChantelle still remained invisible above stairs; but Darrowhad the impression that even through her drawn31 curtains andbolted doors a stimulating32 whiff must have entered.

  Anna was in her usual seat behind the tea-tray, and SophyViner presently led in her pupil. Owen was also there,seated, as usual, a little apart from the others, andfollowing Miss Painter's massive movements and equallysubstantial utterances33 with a smile of secret intelligencewhich gave Darrow the idea of his having been in clandestineparley with the enemy. Darrow further took note that thegirl and her suitor perceptibly avoided each other; but thismight be a natural result of the tension Miss Painter hadbeen summoned to relieve.

  Sophy Viner would evidently permit no recognition of thesituation save that which it lay with Madame de Chantelle toaccord; but meanwhile Miss Painter had proclaimed her tacitsense of it by summoning the girl to a seat at her side.

  Darrow, as he continued to observe the newcomer, who wasperched on her arm-chair like a granite34 image on the edge ofa cliff, was aware that, in a more detached frame of mind,he would have found an extreme interest in studying andclassifying Miss Painter. It was not that she said anythingremarkable, or betrayed any of those unspoken perceptionswhich give significance to the most commonplace utterances.

  She talked of the lateness of her train, of an impendingcrisis in international politics, of the difficulty ofbuying English tea in Paris and of the enormities of whichFrench servants were capable; and her views on thesesubjects were enunciated36 with a uniformity of emphasisimplying complete unconsciousness of any difference in theirinterest and importance. She always applied37 to the Frenchrace the distant epithet38 of "those people", but she betrayedan intimate acquaintance with many of its members, and anencyclopaedic knowledge of the domestic habits, financialdifficulties and private complications of various persons ofsocial importance. Yet, as she evidently felt noincongruity in her attitude, so she revealed no desire toparade her familiarity with the fashionable, or indeed anysense of it as a fact to be paraded. It was evident thatthe titled ladies whom she spoke35 of as Mimi or Simone orOdette were as much "those people" to her as the bonnewho tampered41 with her tea and steamed the stamps off herletters ("when, by a miracle, I don't put them in the boxmyself.") Her whole attitude was of a vast grim toleranceof things-as-they-came, as though she had been somewonderful automatic machine which recorded facts but had notyet been perfected to the point of sorting or labellingthem.

  All this, as Darrow was aware, still fell short ofaccounting for the influence she obviously exerted on thepersons in contact with her. It brought a slight relief tohis state of tension to go on wondering, while he watchedand listened, just where the mystery lurked42. Perhaps, afterall, it was in the fact of her blank insensibility, aninsensibility so devoid43 of egotism that it had no hardnessand no grimaces44, but rather the freshness of a simplermental state. After living, as he had, as they all had, forthe last few days, in an atmosphere perpetually tremulouswith echoes and implications, it was restful and fortifyingmerely to walk into the big blank area of Miss Painter'smind, so vacuous45 for all its accumulated items, so echolessfor all its vacuity46.

  His hope of a word with Anna before dinner was dispelled byher rising to take Miss Painter up to Madame de Chantelle;and he wandered away to his own room, leaving Owen and MissViner engaged in working out a picture-puzzle for Effie.

  Madame de Chantelle--possibly as the result of her friend'sministrations--was able to appear at the dinner-table,rather pale and pink-nosed, and casting tenderly reproachfulglances at her grandson, who faced them with imperviousserenity; and the situation was relieved by the fact thatMiss Viner, as usual, had remained in the school-room withher pupil.

  Darrow conjectured48 that the real clash of arms would nottake place till the morrow; and wishing to leave the fieldopen to the contestants49 he set out early on a solitary50 walk.

  It was nearly luncheon-time when he returned from it andcame upon Anna just emerging from the house. She had on herhat and jacket and was apparently51 coming forth29 to seek him,for she said at once: "Madame de Chantelle wants you to goup to her.""To go up to her? Now?""That's the message she sent. She appears to rely on you todo something." She added with a smile: "Whatever it is,let's have it over!"Darrow, through his rising sense of apprehension52, wonderedwhy, instead of merely going for a walk, he had not jumpedinto the first train and got out of the way till Owen'saffairs were finally settled.

  "But what in the name of goodness can I do?" he protested,following Anna back into the hall.

  "I don't know. But Owen seems so to rely on you, too----""Owen! Is HE to be there?""No. But you know I told him he could count on you.""But I've said to your mother-in-law all I could.""Well, then you can only repeat it."This did not seem to Darrow to simplify his case as much asshe appeared to think; and once more he had a movement ofrecoil. "There's no possible reason for my being mixed upin this affair!"Anna gave him a reproachful glance. "Not the fact thatI am?" she reminded him; but even this only stiffened53 hisresistance.

  "Why should you be, either--to this extent?"The question made her pause. She glanced about the hall, asif to be sure they had it to themselves; and then, in alowered voice: "I don't know," she suddenly confessed; "but,somehow, if THEY'RE not happy I feel as if we shouldn'tbe.""Oh, well--" Darrow acquiesced54, in the tone of the man whoperforce yields to so lovely an unreasonableness55. Escapewas, after all, impossible, and he could only resign himselfto being led to Madame de Chantelle's door.

  Within, among the bric-a-brac and furbelows, he found MissPainter seated in a redundant56 purple armchair with theincongruous air of a horseman bestriding a heavy mount.

  Madame de Chantelle sat opposite, still a little wan47 anddisordered under her elaborate hair, and clasping thehandkerchief whose visibility symbolized57 her distress58. Onthe young man's entrance she sighed out a plaintive59 welcome,to which she immediately appended: "Mr. Darrow, I can't helpfeeling that at heart you're with me!"The directness of the challenge made it easier for Darrow toprotest, and he reiterated60 his inability to give an opinionon either side.

  "But Anna declares you have--on hers!"He could not restrain a smile at this faint flaw in animpartiality so scrupulous61. Every evidence of feminineinconsequence in Anna seemed to attest62 her deeper subjectionto the most inconsequent of passions. He had certainlypromised her his help--but before he knew what he waspromising.

  He met Madame de Chantelle's appeal by replying: "If therewere anything I could possibly say I should want it to be inMiss Viner's favour.""You'd want it to be--yes! But could you make it so?""As far as facts go, I don't see how I can make it eitherfor or against her. I've already said that I know nothingof her except that she's charming.""As if that weren't enough--weren't all there OUGHT tobe!" Miss Painter put in impatiently. She seemed to addressherself to Darrow, though her small eyes were fixed63 on herfriend.

  "Madame de Chantelle seems to imagine," she pursued, "that ayoung American girl ought to have a dossier--a police-record, or whatever you call it: what those awful women inthe streets have here. In our country it's enough to knowthat a young girl's pure and lovely: people don'timmediately ask her to show her bank-account and hervisiting-list."Madame de Chantelle looked plaintively64 at her sturdymonitress. "You don't expect me not to ask if she's got afamily?""No; nor to think the worse of her if she hasn't. The factthat she's an orphan65 ought, with your ideas, to be a merit.

  You won't have to invite her father and mother to Givre!""Adelaide--Adelaide!" the mistress of Givre lamented66.

  "Lucretia Mary," the other returned--and Darrow spared aninstant's amusement to the quaint39 incongruity40 of the name--"you know you sent for Mr. Darrow to refute me; and how canhe, till he knows what I think?""You think it's perfectly67 simple to let Owen marry a girl weknow nothing about?""No; but I don't think it's perfectly simple to preventhim."The shrewdness of the answer increased Darrow's interest inMiss Painter. She had not hitherto struck him as being aperson of much penetration68, but he now felt sure that hergimlet gaze might bore to the heart of any practicalproblem.

  Madame de Chantelle sighed out her recognition of thedifficulty.

  "I haven't a word to say against Miss Viner; but she'sknocked about so, as it's called, that she must have beenmixed up with some rather dreadful people. If only Owencould be made to see that--if one could get at a few facts,I mean. She says, for instance, that she has a sister; butit seems she doesn't even know her address!""If she does, she may not want to give it to you. I daresaythe sister's one of the dreadful people. I've no doubt thatwith a little time you could rake up dozens of them: haveher 'traced', as they call it in detective stories. I don'tthink you'd frighten Owen, but you might: it's naturalenough he should have been corrupted69 by those foreign ideas.

  You might even manage to part him from the girl; but youcouldn't keep him from being in love with her. I saw thatwhen I looked them over last evening. I said to myself:

  'It's a real old-fashioned American case, as sweet and soundas home-made bread.' Well, if you take his loaf away fromhim, what are you going to feed him with instead? Which ofyour nasty Paris poisons do you think he'll turn to?

  Supposing you succeed in keeping him out of a really badmess--and, knowing the young man as I do, I rather thinkthat, at this crisis, the only way to do it would be tomarry him slap off to somebody else--well, then, who, may Iask, would you pick out? One of your sweet Frenchingenues, I suppose? With as much mind as a minnow and asmuch snap as a soft-boiled egg. You might hustle70 him intothat kind of marriage; I daresay you could--but if I knowOwen, the natural thing would happen before the first babywas weaned.""I don't know why you insinuate71 such odious72 things againstOwen!""Do you think it would be odious of him to return to hisreal love when he'd been forcibly parted from her? At anyrate, it's what your French friends do, every one of them!

  Only they don't generally have the grace to go back to anold love; and I believe, upon my word, Owen would!"Madame de Chantelle looked at her with a mixture of awe73 andexultation. "Of course you realize, Adelaide, that insuggesting this you're insinuating74 the most shocking thingsagainst Miss Viner?""When I say that if you part two young things who are dyingto be happy in the lawful75 way it's ten to one they'll cometogether in an unlawful one? I'm insinuating shocking thingsagainst YOU, Lucretia Mary, in suggesting for a momentthat you'll care to assume such a responsibility before yourMaker. And you wouldn't, if you talked things straight outwith him, instead of merely sending him messages through amiserable sinner like yourself!"Darrow expected this assault on her adopted creed76 to provokein Madame de Chantelle an explosion of pious77 indignation;but to his surprise she merely murmured: "I don't know whatMr. Darrow'll think of you!""Mr. Darrow probably knows his Bible as well as I do," MissPainter calmly rejoined; adding a moment later, without theleast perceptible change of voice or expression: "I supposeyou've heard that Gisele de Folembray's husband accuses herof being mixed up with the Duc d'Arcachon in that businessof trying to sell a lot of imitation pearls to Mrs. HomerPond, the Chicago woman the Duke's engaged to? It seems thejeweller says Gisele brought Mrs. Pond there, and gottwenty-five per cent--which of course she passed on tod'Arcachon. The poor old Duchess is in a fearful state--soafraid her son'll lose Mrs. Pond! When I think that Giseleis old Bradford Wagstaff's grand-daughter, I'm thankful he'ssafe in Mount Auburn!"


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1 luncheon V8az4     
n.午宴,午餐,便宴
参考例句:
  • We have luncheon at twelve o'clock.我们十二点钟用午餐。
  • I have a luncheon engagement.我午饭有约。
2 impersonal Ck6yp     
adj.无个人感情的,与个人无关的,非人称的
参考例句:
  • Even his children found him strangely distant and impersonal.他的孩子们也认为他跟其他人很疏远,没有人情味。
  • His manner seemed rather stiff and impersonal.他的态度似乎很生硬冷淡。
3 bliss JtXz4     
n.狂喜,福佑,天赐的福
参考例句:
  • It's sheer bliss to be able to spend the day in bed.整天都可以躺在床上真是幸福。
  • He's in bliss that he's won the Nobel Prize.他非常高兴,因为获得了诺贝尔奖金。
4 reticence QWixF     
n.沉默,含蓄
参考例句:
  • He breaks out of his normal reticence and tells me the whole story.他打破了平时一贯沈默寡言的习惯,把事情原原本本都告诉了我。
  • He always displays a certain reticence in discussing personal matters.他在谈论个人问题时总显得有些保留。
5 disapproval VuTx4     
n.反对,不赞成
参考例句:
  • The teacher made an outward show of disapproval.老师表面上表示不同意。
  • They shouted their disapproval.他们喊叫表示反对。
6 constrained YvbzqU     
adj.束缚的,节制的
参考例句:
  • The evidence was so compelling that he felt constrained to accept it. 证据是那样的令人折服,他觉得不得不接受。
  • I feel constrained to write and ask for your forgiveness. 我不得不写信请你原谅。
7 diligently gueze5     
ad.industriously;carefully
参考例句:
  • He applied himself diligently to learning French. 他孜孜不倦地学法语。
  • He had studied diligently at college. 他在大学里勤奋学习。
8 betrothed betrothed     
n. 已订婚者 动词betroth的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • She is betrothed to John. 她同约翰订了婚。
  • His daughter was betrothed to a teacher. 他的女儿同一个教师订了婚。
9 lodge q8nzj     
v.临时住宿,寄宿,寄存,容纳;n.传达室,小旅馆
参考例句:
  • Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗?
  • I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。
10 vented 55ee938bf7df64d83f63bc9318ecb147     
表达,发泄(感情,尤指愤怒)( vent的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He vented his frustration on his wife. 他受到挫折却把气发泄到妻子身上。
  • He vented his anger on his secretary. 他朝秘书发泄怒气。
11 torpor CGsyG     
n.迟钝;麻木;(动物的)冬眠
参考例句:
  • The sick person gradually falls into a torpor.病人逐渐变得迟钝。
  • He fell into a deep torpor.他一下子进入了深度麻痹状态。
12 fatigue PhVzV     
n.疲劳,劳累
参考例句:
  • The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
  • I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。
13 scattered 7jgzKF     
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
参考例句:
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
14 dwindle skxzI     
v.逐渐变小(或减少)
参考例句:
  • The factory's workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred.工厂雇员总数已经从4,000多人减少到几百人。
  • He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority.他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。
15 lurk J8qz2     
n.潜伏,潜行;v.潜藏,潜伏,埋伏
参考例句:
  • Dangers lurk in the path of wilderness.在这条荒野的小路上隐伏着危险。
  • He thought he saw someone lurking above the chamber during the address.他觉得自己看见有人在演讲时潜藏在会议厅顶上。
16 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。
17 contrive GpqzY     
vt.谋划,策划;设法做到;设计,想出
参考例句:
  • Can you contrive to be here a little earlier?你能不能早一点来?
  • How could you contrive to make such a mess of things?你怎么把事情弄得一团糟呢?
18 sitting-room sitting-room     
n.(BrE)客厅,起居室
参考例句:
  • The sitting-room is clean.起居室很清洁。
  • Each villa has a separate sitting-room.每栋别墅都有一间独立的起居室。
19 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。
20 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。
21 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。
22 dispelled 7e96c70e1d822dbda8e7a89ae71a8e9a     
v.驱散,赶跑( dispel的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • His speech dispelled any fears about his health. 他的发言消除了人们对他身体健康的担心。
  • The sun soon dispelled the thick fog. 太阳很快驱散了浓雾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
23 waterproof Ogvwp     
n.防水材料;adj.防水的;v.使...能防水
参考例句:
  • My mother bought me a waterproof watch.我妈妈给我买了一块防水手表。
  • All the electronics are housed in a waterproof box.所有电子设备都储放在一个防水盒中。
24 specify evTwm     
vt.指定,详细说明
参考例句:
  • We should specify a time and a place for the meeting.我们应指定会议的时间和地点。
  • Please specify what you will do.请你详述一下你将做什么。
25 protracted 7bbc2aee17180561523728a246b7f16b     
adj.拖延的;延长的v.拖延“protract”的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • The war was protracted for four years. 战争拖延了四年。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • We won victory through protracted struggle. 经过长期的斗争,我们取得了胜利。 来自《简明英汉词典》
26 scrutiny ZDgz6     
n.详细检查,仔细观察
参考例句:
  • His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好,但是经不起仔细检查。
  • Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。
27 trenchant lmowg     
adj.尖刻的,清晰的
参考例句:
  • His speech was a powerful and trenchant attack against apartheid.他的演说是对种族隔离政策强有力的尖锐的抨击。
  • His comment was trenchant and perceptive.他的评论既一针见血又鞭辟入里。
28 commonwealth XXzyp     
n.共和国,联邦,共同体
参考例句:
  • He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
  • Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。
29 forth Hzdz2     
adv.向前;向外,往外
参考例句:
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
30 tingle tJzzu     
vi.感到刺痛,感到激动;n.刺痛,激动
参考例句:
  • The music made my blood tingle.那音乐使我热血沸腾。
  • The cold caused a tingle in my fingers.严寒使我的手指有刺痛感。
31 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。
32 stimulating ShBz7A     
adj.有启发性的,能激发人思考的
参考例句:
  • shower gel containing plant extracts that have a stimulating effect on the skin 含有对皮肤有益的植物精华的沐浴凝胶
  • This is a drug for stimulating nerves. 这是一种兴奋剂。
33 utterances e168af1b6b9585501e72cb8ff038183b     
n.发声( utterance的名词复数 );说话方式;语调;言论
参考例句:
  • John Maynard Keynes used somewhat gnomic utterances in his General Theory. 约翰·梅纳德·凯恩斯在其《通论》中用了许多精辟言辞。 来自辞典例句
  • Elsewhere, particularly in his more public utterances, Hawthorne speaks very differently. 在别的地方,特别是在比较公开的谈话里,霍桑讲的话则完全不同。 来自辞典例句
34 granite Kyqyu     
adj.花岗岩,花岗石
参考例句:
  • They squared a block of granite.他们把一块花岗岩加工成四方形。
  • The granite overlies the older rocks.花岗岩躺在磨损的岩石上面。
35 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。
36 enunciated 2f41d5ea8e829724adf2361074d6f0f9     
v.(清晰地)发音( enunciate的过去式和过去分词 );确切地说明
参考例句:
  • She enunciated each word slowly and carefully. 她每个字都念得又慢又仔细。
  • His voice, cold and perfectly enunciated, switched them like a birch branch. 他的话口气冰冷,一字一板,有如给了他们劈面一鞭。 来自辞典例句
37 applied Tz2zXA     
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
参考例句:
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
38 epithet QZHzY     
n.(用于褒贬人物等的)表述形容词,修饰语
参考例句:
  • In "Alfred the Great","the Great"is an epithet.“阿尔弗雷德大帝”中的“大帝”是个称号。
  • It is an epithet that sums up my feelings.这是一个简洁地表达了我思想感情的形容词。
39 quaint 7tqy2     
adj.古雅的,离奇有趣的,奇怪的
参考例句:
  • There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里,有很多小巷。
  • They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。
40 incongruity R8Bxo     
n.不协调,不一致
参考例句:
  • She smiled at the incongruity of the question.面对这样突兀的问题,她笑了。
  • When the particular outstrips the general,we are faced with an incongruity.当特别是超过了总的来讲,我们正面临着一个不协调。
41 tampered 07b218b924120d49a725c36b06556000     
v.窜改( tamper的过去式 );篡改;(用不正当手段)影响;瞎摆弄
参考例句:
  • The records of the meeting had been tampered with. 会议记录已被人擅自改动。 来自辞典例句
  • The old man's will has been tampered with. 老人的遗嘱已被窜改。 来自辞典例句
42 lurked 99c07b25739e85120035a70192a2ec98     
vi.潜伏,埋伏(lurk的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • The murderers lurked behind the trees. 谋杀者埋伏在树后。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Treachery lurked behind his smooth manners. 他圆滑姿态的后面潜伏着奸计。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
43 devoid dZzzx     
adj.全无的,缺乏的
参考例句:
  • He is completely devoid of humour.他十分缺乏幽默。
  • The house is totally devoid of furniture.这所房子里什么家具都没有。
44 grimaces 40efde7bdc7747d57d6bf2f938e10b72     
n.(表蔑视、厌恶等)面部扭曲,鬼脸( grimace的名词复数 )v.扮鬼相,做鬼脸( grimace的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • Mr. Clark winked at the rude child making grimaces. 克拉克先生假装没有看见那个野孩子做鬼脸。 来自辞典例句
  • The most ridiculous grimaces were purposely or unconsciously indulged in. 故意或者无心地扮出最滑稽可笑的鬼脸。 来自辞典例句
45 vacuous Kiuwt     
adj.空的,漫散的,无聊的,愚蠢的
参考例句:
  • Male models are not always so vacuous as they are made out to be.男模特儿并不总像人们说的那样愚蠢。
  • His eyes looked dull,almost vacuous.他看上去目光呆滞,茫然若失。
46 vacuity PfWzNG     
n.(想象力等)贫乏,无聊,空白
参考例句:
  • Bertha thought it disconcerted him by rendering evident even to himself the vacuity of his mind. 伯莎认为这对他不利,这种情况甚至清楚地向他自己证明了他心灵的空虚。
  • Temperature and vacuity rising can enhance osmotic flux visibly. 升高温度和降低膜下游压力可明显提高膜的渗透通量。
47 wan np5yT     
(wide area network)广域网
参考例句:
  • The shared connection can be an Ethernet,wireless LAN,or wireless WAN connection.提供共享的网络连接可以是以太网、无线局域网或无线广域网。
48 conjectured c62e90c2992df1143af0d33094f0d580     
推测,猜测,猜想( conjecture的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The old peasant conjectured that it would be an unusually cold winter. 那老汉推测冬天将会异常地寒冷。
  • The general conjectured that the enemy only had about five days' supply of food left. 将军推测敌人只剩下五天的粮食给养。
49 contestants 6183e6ae4586949fe63bec42c8d3a422     
n.竞争者,参赛者( contestant的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。
  • Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。 来自《简明英汉词典》
50 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。
51 apparently tMmyQ     
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
参考例句:
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
52 apprehension bNayw     
n.理解,领悟;逮捕,拘捕;忧虑
参考例句:
  • There were still areas of doubt and her apprehension grew.有些地方仍然存疑,于是她越来越担心。
  • She is a girl of weak apprehension.她是一个理解力很差的女孩。
53 stiffened de9de455736b69d3f33bb134bba74f63     
加强的
参考例句:
  • He leaned towards her and she stiffened at this invasion of her personal space. 他向她俯过身去,这种侵犯她个人空间的举动让她绷紧了身子。
  • She stiffened with fear. 她吓呆了。
54 acquiesced 03acb9bc789f7d2955424223e0a45f1b     
v.默认,默许( acquiesce的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Senior government figures must have acquiesced in the cover-up. 政府高级官员必然已经默许掩盖真相。
  • After a lot of persuasion,he finally acquiesced. 经过多次劝说,他最终默许了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
55 unreasonableness aaf24ac6951e9ffb6e469abb174697de     
无理性; 横逆
参考例句:
  • Figure out the unreasonableness and extend the recommendation of improvement. 对发现的不合理性,提供改进建议。
  • I'd ignore every one of them now, embrace every quirk or unreasonableness to have him back. 现在,对这些事情,我情愿都视而不见,情愿接受他的每一个借口或由着他不讲道理,只要他能回来。
56 redundant Tt2yO     
adj.多余的,过剩的;(食物)丰富的;被解雇的
参考例句:
  • There are too many redundant words in this book.这本书里多余的词太多。
  • Nearly all the redundant worker have been absorbed into other departments.几乎所有冗员,都已调往其他部门任职。
57 symbolized 789161b92774c43aefa7cbb79126c6c6     
v.象征,作为…的象征( symbolize的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • For Tigress, Joy symbolized the best a woman could expect from life. 在她看,小福子就足代表女人所应有的享受。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
  • A car symbolized distinction and achievement, and he was proud. 汽车象征着荣誉和成功,所以他很自豪。 来自辞典例句
58 distress 3llzX     
n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛
参考例句:
  • Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
  • Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。
59 plaintive z2Xz1     
adj.可怜的,伤心的
参考例句:
  • Her voice was small and plaintive.她的声音微弱而哀伤。
  • Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail.观众席里,一位老太太伤心地哭起来。
60 reiterated d9580be532fe69f8451c32061126606b     
反复地说,重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯,我一定要知道你的休假日期,"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后,波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。
61 scrupulous 6sayH     
adj.审慎的,小心翼翼的,完全的,纯粹的
参考例句:
  • She is scrupulous to a degree.她非常谨慎。
  • Poets are not so scrupulous as you are.诗人并不像你那样顾虑多。
62 attest HO3yC     
vt.证明,证实;表明
参考例句:
  • I can attest to the absolute truth of his statement. 我可以证实他的话是千真万确的。
  • These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place. 这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟。
63 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
参考例句:
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
64 plaintively 46a8d419c0b5a38a2bee07501e57df53     
adv.悲哀地,哀怨地
参考例句:
  • The last note of the song rang out plaintively. 歌曲最后道出了离别的哀怨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Birds cry plaintively before they die, men speak kindly in the presence of death. 鸟之将死,其鸣也哀;人之将死,其言也善。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
65 orphan QJExg     
n.孤儿;adj.无父母的
参考例句:
  • He brought up the orphan and passed onto him his knowledge of medicine.他把一个孤儿养大,并且把自己的医术传给了他。
  • The orphan had been reared in a convent by some good sisters.这个孤儿在一所修道院里被几个好心的修女带大。
66 lamented b6ae63144a98bc66c6a97351aea85970     
adj.被哀悼的,令人遗憾的v.(为…)哀悼,痛哭,悲伤( lament的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • her late lamented husband 她那令人怀念的已故的丈夫
  • We lamented over our bad luck. 我们为自己的不幸而悲伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
67 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。
68 penetration 1M8xw     
n.穿透,穿人,渗透
参考例句:
  • He is a man of penetration.他是一个富有洞察力的人。
  • Our aim is to achieve greater market penetration.我们的目标是进一步打入市场。
69 corrupted 88ed91fad91b8b69b62ce17ae542ff45     
(使)败坏( corrupt的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)腐化; 引起(计算机文件等的)错误; 破坏
参考例句:
  • The body corrupted quite quickly. 尸体很快腐烂了。
  • The text was corrupted by careless copyists. 原文因抄写员粗心而有讹误。
70 hustle McSzv     
v.推搡;竭力兜售或获取;催促;n.奔忙(碌)
参考例句:
  • It seems that he enjoys the hustle and bustle of life in the big city.看起来他似乎很喜欢大城市的热闹繁忙的生活。
  • I had to hustle through the crowded street.我不得不挤过拥挤的街道。
71 insinuate hbBzH     
vt.含沙射影地说,暗示
参考例句:
  • He tried to insinuate himself into the boss's favor.他设法巧妙地渐渐取得老板的欢心。
  • It seems to me you insinuate things about her.我觉得你讲起她来,总有些弦外之音。
72 odious l0zy2     
adj.可憎的,讨厌的
参考例句:
  • The judge described the crime as odious.法官称这一罪行令人发指。
  • His character could best be described as odious.他的人格用可憎来形容最贴切。
73 awe WNqzC     
n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧
参考例句:
  • The sight filled us with awe.这景色使我们大为惊叹。
  • The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
74 insinuating insinuating     
adj.曲意巴结的,暗示的v.暗示( insinuate的现在分词 );巧妙或迂回地潜入;(使)缓慢进入;慢慢伸入
参考例句:
  • Are you insinuating that I' m telling a lie ? 你这是意味着我是在说谎吗? 来自辞典例句
  • He is extremely insinuating, but it's a vulgar nature. 他好奉承拍马,那是种庸俗的品格。 来自辞典例句
75 lawful ipKzCt     
adj.法律许可的,守法的,合法的
参考例句:
  • It is not lawful to park in front of a hydrant.在消火栓前停车是不合法的。
  • We don't recognised him to be the lawful heir.我们不承认他为合法继承人。
76 creed uoxzL     
n.信条;信念,纲领
参考例句:
  • They offended against every article of his creed.他们触犯了他的每一条戒律。
  • Our creed has always been that business is business.我们的信条一直是公私分明。
77 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。


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