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Chapter 31
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Yesterday was bright, calm, and frosty. I went to the Heights as I proposed; my housekeeper1 entreated2 me to bear a little note from her to her young lady, and I did not refuse, for the worthy3 woman was not conscious of anything odd in her request. The front door stood open, but the jealous gate was fastened, as at my last visit; I knocked, and invoked4 Earnshaw from among the garden beds; he unchained it, and I entered. The fellow is as handsome a rustic5 as need be seen. I took particular notice of him this time; but then he does his best, apparently6, to make the least of his advantages.

I asked if Mr Heathcliff were at home? He answered, No; but he would be in at dinner time. It was eleven o'clock, and I announced my intention of going in and waiting for him, at which he immediately flung down his tools and accompanied me, in the office of watchdog, not as a substitute for the host.

We entered together; Catherine was there, making herself useful in preparing some vegetables for the approaching meal; she looked more sulky and less spirited than when I had seen her first. She hardly raised her eyes to notice me, and continued her employment with the same disregard to common forms of politeness as before; never returning my bow and good morning by the slightest acknowledgment.

`She does not seem so amiable7', I thought, `as Mrs Dean would persuade me to believe. She's a beauty, it is true; but not an angel.'

Earnshaw surlily bid her remove her things to the kitchen. `Remove them yourself,' she said, pushing them from her as soon as she had done; and retiring to a stool by the window, where she began to carve figures of birds and beasts out of the turnip8 parings in her lap. I approached her, pretending to desire a view of the garden; and, as I fancied, adroitly9 dropped Mrs Dean's note on to her knee, unnoticed by Hareton--but she asked aloud, `What is that?' and chucked it off.

`A letter from your old acquaintance, the housekeeper at the Grange,' I answered; annoyed at her exposing my kind deed, and fearful lest it should be imagined a missive of my own. She would gladly have gathered it up at this information, but Hareton beat her; he seized and put it in his waistcoat, saying Mr Heathcliff should look at it first. Thereat, Catherine silently turned her face from us, and, very stealthily, drew out her pocket handkerchief and applied10 it to her eyes; and her cousin, after struggling a while to keep down his softer feelings, pulled out the letter and flung it on the floor beside her, as ungraciously as he could. Catherine caught and perused11 it eagerly; then she but a few questions to me concerning the inmates12, rational and irrational13, of her former home; and gazing towards the hills, murmured in soliloquy:

`I should like to be riding Minny down there! I should like to be climbing up there! Oh! I'm tired--I'm stalled, Hareton!' And she leant her pretty head back against the sill, with half a yawn and half a sigh, and lapsed14 into an aspect of abstracted sadness: neither caring nor knowing whether we remarked her.

`Mrs Heathcliff,' I said, after sitting some time mute, `you are not aware that I am an acquaintance of yours? so intimate that I think it strange you won't come and speak to me. My housekeeper never wearies of talking about and praising you; and she'll be greatly disappointed if I return with no news of or from you, except that you received her letter and said nothing!'

She appeared to wonder at this speech, and asked:

`Does Ellen like you?'

`Yes, very well,' I replied unhesitatingly.

`You must tell her,' she continued, `that I would answer her letter, but l have no materials for writing: not even a book from which I might tear a leaf.'

`No books!' I exclaimed. `How do you contrive15 to live here without them? if l may take the liberty to inquire. Though provided with a large library, I'm frequently very dull at the Grange; take my books away, and I should be desperate!'

`I was always reading, when I had them,' said Catherine; `and Mr Heathcliff never reads; so he took it into his head to destroy my books. I have not had a glimpse of one for weeks. Only once, I searched through Joseph's store of theology, to his great irritation16; and once, Hareton, I came upon a secret stock in your room--some Latin and Greek, and some tales and poetry: all old friends. I brought the last here--and you gathered them, as a magpie17 gathers silver spoons, for the mere18 love of stealing! They are of no use to you; or else you concealed19 them in the bad spirit that as you cannot enjoy them nobody else shall. Perhaps your envy counselled Mr Heathcliff to rob me of my treasures? But I've most of them written on my brain and printed in my heart, and you cannot deprive me of those!'

Earnshaw blushed crimson20 when his cousin made this revelation of his private literary accumulations, and stammered21 an indignant denial of her accusations22.'

`Mr Hareton is desirous of increasing his amount of knowledge,' I said, coming to his rescue. `He is not envious23 but emulous of your attainments24. He'll be a clever scholar in a few years.'

`And he wants me to sink into a dunce, meantime,' answered Catherine. `Yes, I hear him trying to spell and read to himself, and pretty blunders he makes! I wish you would repeat Chevy Chase as you did yesterday: it was extremely funny. I heard you; and I heard you turning over the dictionary to seek out the hard words, and then cursing because you couldn't read their explanations!'

The young man evidently thought it too bad that he should be laughed at for his ignorance, and then laughed at for trying to remove it. I had a similar notion; and, remembering Mrs Dean's anecdote25 of his first attempt at enlightening the darkness in which he had been reared, I observed:

`But, Mrs Heathcliff, we have each had a commencement, and each stumbled and tottered26 on the threshold; had our teachers scorned instead of aiding us, we should stumble and totter27 yet.'

`Oh!' she replied, `I don't wish to limit his acquirements: still, he has no right to appropriate what is mine, and make it ridiculous to me with his vile28 mistakes and mispronunciations! Those books, both prose and verse, were consecrated29 to me by other associations; and I hate to have them debased and profaned30 in his mouth! Besides, of all, he has selected my favourite pieces that I love the most to repeat, as if out of deliberate malice31.'

Hareton's chest heaved in silence a minute: he laboured under a severe sense of mortification32 and wrath33, which it was no easy task to suppress. I rose, and, from a gentlemanly idea of relieving his embarrassment34, took up my station in the doorway35, surveying the external prospect36 as I stood. He followed my example, and left the room; but presently reappeared, bearing half a dozen volumes in his hands, which he threw into Catherine's lap, exclaiming:

`Take them! I never want to hear, or read, or think of them again!'

`I won't have them now,' she answered. `I shall connect them with you, and hate them.'

She opened one that had obviously been often turned over, and read a portion in the drawling tone of a beginner; then laughed, and threw it from her. `And listen,' she continued provokingly, commencing a verse of an old ballad37 in the same fashion.

But his self-love would endure no further torment38: I heard, and not altogether disapprovingly39, a manual check given to her saucy40 tongue. The little wretch41 had done her utmost to hurt her cousin s sensitive though uncultivated feelings, and a physical argument was the only mode he had of balancing the account, and repaying its effects on the inflicter42. He afterwards gathered the books and hurled43 them on the fire. I read in his countenance44 what anguish45 it was to offer that sacrifice to spleen. I fancied that as they consumed, he recalled the pleasure they had already imparted, and the triumph and ever-increasing pleasure he had anticipated from them; and I fancied I guessed the incitement46 to his secret studies also. He had been content with daily labour and rough animal enjoyments47, till Catherine crossed his path. Shame at her scorn, and hope of her approval, were his first prompters to higher pursuits; and, instead of guarding him from one and winning him to the other, his endeavours to rise himself had produced just the contrary result.

`Yes; that's all the good that such a brute48 as you can get from them!' cried Catherine, sucking her damaged lip, and watching the conflagration49 with indignant eyes.

`You'd better hold your tongue, now,' he answered fiercely.

And his agitation50 precluding51 further speech, he advanced hastily to the entrance, where I made way for him to pass. But ere he had crossed the doorstones, Mr Heathcliff, coming up the causeway, encountered him, and laying hold of his shoulder, asked:

"What's to do now, my lad?'

`Naught, naught,' he said, and broke away to enjoy his grief and anger in solitude52.

Heathcliff gazed after him, and sighed.

`It will be odd if I thwart53 myself,' he muttered, unconscious that I was behind him. `But when I look for his father in his face, I find her every day more. How the devil is he so like? I can hardly bear to see him.'

He bent54 his eyes to the ground, and walked moodily55 in. There was a restless, anxious expression in his countenance I had never remarked there before; and he looked sparer in person. His daughter-in-law, on perceiving him through the window, immediately escaped to the kitchen, so that I remained alone.

`I'm glad to see you out of doors again, Mr Lockwood,' he said, in reply to my greeting; `from selfish motives56 partly: I don't think I could readily supply your loss in this desolation. I've wondered more than once what brought you here.

`An idle whim57, I fear, sir,' was my answer; `or else an idle whim is going to spirit me away. I shall set out for London, next week; and I must give you warning that I feel no disposition58 to retain Thrushcross Grange beyond the twelve months I agreed to rent it. 1 believe I shall not live there any more.'

`Oh, indeed; you're tired of being banished59 from the world, are you?' he said. `But if you be coming to plead off paying for a place you won't occupy, your journey is useless: I never relent in exacting60 my due from anyone.'

`I'm coming to plead off nothing about it,' I exclaimed, considerably61 irritated. `Should you wish it, I'll settle with you now,' and I drew my notebook from my pocket.

`No, no,' he replied coolly; `you'll leave sufficient behind to cover your debts, if you fail to return: I'm not in such a hurry. Sit down and take your dinner with us; a guest that is safe from repeating his visit can generally be made welcome. Catherine, bring the things in: where are you?'

Catherine reappeared, bearing a tray of knives and forks.

`You may get your dinner with Joseph,' muttered Heathcliff aside, `and remain in the kitchen till he is gone.'

She obeyed his directions very punctually: perhaps she had no temptation to transgress62. Living among clowns and misanthropists, she probably cannot appreciate a better class of people when she meets them.

With Mr Heathcliff, grim and saturnine63, on the one hand, and Hareton, absolutely dumb, on the other, I made a somewhat cheerless meal, and bid adieu early. I would have departed by the back way, to get a last glimpse of Catherine and annoy old Joseph; but Hareton received orders to lead up my horse, and my host himself escorted me to the door, so I could not fulfil my wish.

`How dreary64 life gets over in that house!' l reflected, while riding down the road. `What a realization65 of something more romantic than a fairy tale it would have been for Mrs Linton Heathcliff, had she and I struck up an attachment66, as her good nurse desired, and migrated together into the stirring atmosphere of the town!'


昨天晴朗,恬静而寒冷。我照我原来的打算到山庄去了:我的管家求我代她捎个短信给她的小姐,我没有拒绝,因为这个可尊敬的女人并不觉得她的请求有什么奇怪。前门开着,可是像我上次拜访一样,那专为提防外人的栅门是拴住的:我敲了门,把恩萧从花圃中引出来了;他解开了门链,我走进去。这个家伙作为一个乡下人是够漂亮的。这次我特别注意他,可是显然他却一点也不会利用他的优点。

我问希刺克厉夫先生是否在家?他回答说,不在;但他在吃饭时会在家的。那时是十一点钟了,我就宣称我打算进去等他;他听了就立刻丢下他的工具,陪我进去,并不是代表主人,而是执行看家狗的职务而已。

我们一同进去;凯瑟琳在那儿,正在预备蔬菜为午饭时吃,这样她也算是在出力了;她比我第一次见她时显得更阴郁些也更没精神。她简直没抬眼睛看我,像以前一样的不顾一般形式的礼貌,始终没稍微点下头来回答我的鞠躬和问候早安。

“她看来并不怎么讨人喜欢。”我想,“不像丁太太想使我相信的那样。她是个美人,的确,但不是个天使。”

恩萧执拗地叫她将蔬菜搬到厨房去。“你自己搬吧。”她说,她一弄完就把那些一推;而且在窗前的一张凳子上坐下来,在那儿她用她怀中的萝卜皮开始刻些鸟兽形。我走近她,假装想看看花园景致,而且,依我看来,很灵巧地把丁太太的短笺丢在她的膝盖上了,并没让哈里顿注意到——可是她大声问:“那是什么?”而冷笑着把它丢开了。

“你的老朋友,田庄管家,写来的信。”我回答,对于她揭穿我的好心的行为颇感烦恼,深怕她把这当作是我自己的信了。她听了这话本可以高兴地拾起它来,可是哈里顿胜过了她。他抓到手,塞在他的背心口袋里,说希刺克厉夫先生得先看看。于是,凯瑟琳默默地转过脸去,而且偷偷地掏出她的手绢,擦着她的眼睛;她的表哥,在为压下他的软心肠挣扎了一番之后,又把信抽出来,十分不客气地丢在她旁边的地板上。凯瑟琳拿到了,热切地读着;然后,她时而清楚时而糊涂地问我几句关于她从前的家的情况;并且呆望着那些小山,喃喃自语着:

“我多想骑着敏妮到那儿去!我多想爬上去!啊!我厌倦了——我给关起来啦,哈里顿!”她将她那漂亮的头仰靠在窗台上,一半是打哈欠,一半是叹息,沉入一种茫然的悲哀状态;不管,也不知道我们是否注意她。

“希刺克厉夫夫人,”我默坐了一会之后说,“你还不知道我是你的一个熟人吧?我对你很感亲切,我认为你不肯过来跟我说话是奇怪的。我的管家从不嫌烦的说起你,还称赞你;如果我回去没有带回一点关于你或是你给她的消息,只说你收到了她的信,而且没说什么,她将要非常失望的!”

她看来好像对这段话很惊讶,就问:

“艾伦喜欢你吗?”

“是的,很喜欢。”我毫不踌躇地回答。

“你一定要告诉她。”她接着说,“我想回她信,可是我没有写字用的东西:连一本可以撕下一张纸的书都没有。”

“没有书!”我叫着。“假如我有发问自由的话,你在这儿没有书怎么还过得下去的?虽然我有个很大的书房,我在田庄还往往很闷;要把我的书拿走,我就要拚命啦!”

“当我有书的时候,我总是看书,”凯瑟琳说,“而希刺克厉夫从来不看书;所以他就起了念头把我的书毁掉。好几个星期我没有看到一本书了。只有一次,我翻翻约瑟夫藏的宗教书,把他惹得大怒;还有一次,哈里顿,我在你屋里看到一堆秘密藏起来的书——有些拉丁文和希腊文,还有些故事和诗歌:全是老朋友。诗歌是我带来的——你把它们收起来,像喜鹊收集钥匙似的,只是爱偷而已——它们对你并没用;不然就是你恶意把它们藏起来,既然你不能享受,就叫别人也休想。或者是你出于嫉妒,给希刺克厉夫先生出主意把我的珍藏抢去吧?但是大多数的书写在我的脑子里,而且刻在我的心里,你就没法把那些从我这儿夺走!”

当他的表妹宣布了他私下收集文学书时,恩萧的脸通红,结结巴巴地,恼怒地否认对他的指控。

“哈里顿先生热望着增长他的知识。”我说,为他解围。

“他不是嫉妒你的学识,而是想与你的学识竞争。①几年内他会成为一个有才智的学者的。”

①原文是故意用这两个字,因为“嫉妒”是用“envious”,“竞争”是用“emu-lous”(见贤思齐之意),这里用来求其音近。

“同时他却要我变成一个呆瓜。”凯瑟琳回答。“是的,我听他自己试着拼音朗读,他搞出多少错来呀!但愿你再念一遍猎歌,像昨天念的那样:那是太可笑了。我听见你念的,我听见你翻字典查生字,然后咒骂着,因为你读不懂那些解释!”

这个年轻人显然觉得太糟了,他先是因为愚昧无知而被人人嘲笑,而后为了努力改掉它却又被人嘲笑。我也有类似的看法;我记起丁太太所说的关于他最初曾打算冲破他从小养成的蒙昧的轶事,我就说:

“可是,希刺克厉夫夫人,我们每人都有个开始,每个人都在门槛上跌跌爬爬。要是我们的老师只会嘲弄而不帮助我们,我们还要跌跌爬爬哩。”

“啊。”她回答,“我并不愿意限制他的成就:可是,他没有权利来把我的东西占为己有,而且用他那些讨厌的错误和不正确的读音使我觉得可笑!这些书,包括散文和诗,都由于一些别的联想,因此对于我是神圣不可侵犯的;我极不愿意这些书在他的口里被败坏亵渎!况且,他恰恰从所有的书中,选些我最爱背诵的几篇,好像是故意捣乱似的。”

哈里顿的胸膛默默地起伏了一下:他是在一种严重的屈辱与愤怒的感觉下苦斗,要压制下去是不容易的事。我站起来,出于一种想解除他的困窘的高尚念头,便站在门口,浏览外面的风景。他随着我的榜样,也离开了这间屋子;但是马上又出现了,手中捧着半打的书,他将它们扔到凯瑟琳的怀里,叫着:“拿去!我永远再不要听,不要念,也再不要想到它们啦!”

“我现在也不要了,”她回答。“我看见这些书就会联想到你,我就恨它们。”

她打开一本显然常常被翻阅的书,用一个初学者的拖长的声调念了一段,然后大笑,把书丢开。“听着。”她挑衅地说,开始用同样的腔调念一节古歌谣。

但是他的自爱使他不会再忍受更多的折磨了。我听见了,而且也不是完全不赞成,一种用手来制止她那傲慢的舌头的方法。这个小坏蛋尽力去伤害她表哥的感情,这感情虽然未经陶冶,却很敏感,体罚是他唯一向加害者清算和报复的方法。哈里顿随后就把这些书收集起来全扔到火里。我从他脸上看出来是怎样的痛苦心情,才能使他在愤怒中献上这个祭品。我猜想,在这些书焚化时,他回味着它们所给过他的欢乐,以及他从这些书中预感到一种得胜的和无止尽的欢乐的感觉。我想我也猜到了是什么在鼓励他秘密研读。他原是满足于日常劳作与粗野的牲口一样的享受的,直到凯瑟琳来到他的生活道路上才改变。因她的轻蔑而感到的羞耻,又希望得到她的赞许,这就是他力求上进的最初动机了,而他那上进的努力,既不能保护他避开轻蔑,也不能使他得到赞许,却产生了恰恰相反的结果。

“是的,那就是像你这样的一个畜生,从那些书里所能得到的一切益处!”凯瑟琳叫着,吮着她那受伤的嘴唇,用愤怒的眼睛瞅着这场火灾。

“现在你最好住嘴吧!”他凶猛地回答。

他的激动使他说不下去了。他急忙走到大门口,我让开路让他走过去。但是在他迈过门阶之前,希刺克厉夫先生走上砌道正碰见他,便抓着他的肩膀问:“这会儿干吗去,我的孩子?”

“没什么,没什么,”他说,便挣脱身子,独自去咀嚼他的悲哀和愤怒了。

希刺克厉夫在他背后凝视着他,叹了口气。

“要是我妨碍了我自己,那才古怪哩,”他咕噜着,不知道我在他背后,“但是当我在他的脸上寻找他父亲时,却一天天找到了她!见鬼!哈里顿怎么这样像她?我简直不能看他。”

他眼睛看着地面,郁郁不欢地走进去。他脸上有一种不安的、焦虑的表情,这是我以前从来没有看过的;他本人也望着消瘦些。他的儿媳妇,从窗里一看见他,马上就逃到厨房去了,所以只剩下我一个人。

“我很高兴看见你又出门了,洛克乌德先生,”他说,回答我的招呼。“一部分是出于自私的动机:我不以为我能弥补你在这荒凉地方的损失。我不止一次地纳闷奇怪,是什么缘故让你到这儿来的。”

“恐怕是一种无聊的奇想,先生,”这是我的回答,“不然就是一种无聊的奇想又要诱使我走开。下星期我要到伦敦去,我必须预先通知你,我在我约定的租期十二个月以后,无意再保留画眉田庄了。我相信我不会再在那儿住下去了。”

“啊,真的;你已经不乐意流放在尘世之外了,是吧?”他说。“可是如果你来是请求停付你所不再住的地方的租金的话,你这趟旅行是自费的:我在催讨任何人该付给我的费用的时候是从来不讲情面的。”

“我来不是请求停付什么的,”我叫起来,大为恼火了。

“如果你愿意的话我现在就跟你算,”我从口袋中取出记事簿。

“不,不,”他冷淡地回答,“如果你回不来,你要留下足够的钱来补偿你欠下的债。我不忙。坐下来,跟我们一块吃午饭吧;一个保险不再来访的客人经常是被欢迎的。凯瑟琳!开饭来,你在哪儿?”

凯琴琳又出现了,端着一盘刀叉。

你可以跟约瑟夫一块吃饭,”希刺克厉夫暗地小声说,“在厨房待着,等他走了再出来。”

她很敏捷地服从他的指示:也许她没有想违法犯规的心思。生活在蠢人和厌世者中间,她即使遇见较好的一类人,大概也不能欣赏了。

在我的一边坐的是希刺克厉夫先生,冷酷而阴沉,另一边是哈里顿,一声也不吭,我吃了一顿多少有点不愉快的饭,就早早的辞去了。我本想从后门走,以便最后看凯瑟琳一眼,还可以惹惹那老约瑟夫;可是哈里顿奉命牵了我的马来,而我的主人自己陪我到门口,因此我未能如愿。

“这家人的生活多闷人哪!”我骑着马在大路上走的时候想着。“如果林惇·希刺克厉夫夫人和我恋爱起来,正如她的好保姆所期望的,而且一块搬到城里的热闹环境中去,那对于她将是实现了一种比神话还更浪漫的事情了!”


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1 housekeeper 6q2zxl     
n.管理家务的主妇,女管家
参考例句:
  • A spotless stove told us that his mother is a diligent housekeeper.炉子清洁无瑕就表明他母亲是个勤劳的主妇。
  • She is an economical housekeeper and feeds her family cheaply.她节约持家,一家人吃得很省。
2 entreated 945bd967211682a0f50f01c1ca215de3     
恳求,乞求( entreat的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • They entreated and threatened, but all this seemed of no avail. 他们时而恳求,时而威胁,但这一切看来都没有用。
  • 'One word,' the Doctor entreated. 'Will you tell me who denounced him?' “还有一个问题,”医生请求道,“你可否告诉我是谁告发他的?” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
3 worthy vftwB     
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
参考例句:
  • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
  • There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。
4 invoked fabb19b279de1e206fa6d493923723ba     
v.援引( invoke的过去式和过去分词 );行使(权利等);祈求救助;恳求
参考例句:
  • It is unlikely that libel laws will be invoked. 不大可能诉诸诽谤法。
  • She had invoked the law in her own defence. 她援引法律为自己辩护。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 rustic mCQz9     
adj.乡村的,有乡村特色的;n.乡下人,乡巴佬
参考例句:
  • It was nearly seven months of leisurely rustic living before Michael felt real boredom.这种悠闲的乡村生活过了差不多七个月之后,迈克尔开始感到烦闷。
  • We hoped the fresh air and rustic atmosphere would help him adjust.我们希望新鲜的空气和乡村的氛围能帮他调整自己。
6 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。
7 amiable hxAzZ     
adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的
参考例句:
  • She was a very kind and amiable old woman.她是个善良和气的老太太。
  • We have a very amiable companionship.我们之间存在一种友好的关系。
8 turnip dpByj     
n.萝卜,芜菁
参考例句:
  • The turnip provides nutrition for you.芜菁为你提供营养。
  • A turnip is a root vegetable.芜菁是根茎类植物。
9 adroitly adroitly     
adv.熟练地,敏捷地
参考例句:
  • He displayed the cigarette holder grandly on every occasion and had learned to manipulate it adroitly. 他学会了一套用手灵巧地摆弄烟嘴的动作,一有机会就要拿它炫耀一番。 来自辞典例句
  • The waitress passes a fine menu to Molly who orders dishes adroitly. 女服务生捧来菜单递给茉莉,后者轻车熟路地点菜。 来自互联网
10 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。
11 perused 21fd1593b2d74a23f25b2a6c4dbd49b5     
v.读(某篇文字)( peruse的过去式和过去分词 );(尤指)细阅;审阅;匆匆读或心不在焉地浏览(某篇文字)
参考例句:
  • I remained under the wall and perused Miss Cathy's affectionate composition. 我就留在墙跟底下阅读凯蒂小姐的爱情作品。 来自辞典例句
  • Have you perused this article? 你细读了这篇文章了吗? 来自互联网
12 inmates 9f4380ba14152f3e12fbdf1595415606     
n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》
13 irrational UaDzl     
adj.无理性的,失去理性的
参考例句:
  • After taking the drug she became completely irrational.她在吸毒后变得完全失去了理性。
  • There are also signs of irrational exuberance among some investors.在某些投资者中是存在非理性繁荣的征象的。
14 lapsed f403f7d09326913b001788aee680719d     
adj.流失的,堕落的v.退步( lapse的过去式和过去分词 );陷入;倒退;丧失
参考例句:
  • He had lapsed into unconsciousness. 他陷入了昏迷状态。
  • He soon lapsed into his previous bad habits. 他很快陷入以前的恶习中去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
15 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?
16 irritation la9zf     
n.激怒,恼怒,生气
参考例句:
  • He could not hide his irritation that he had not been invited.他无法掩饰因未被邀请而生的气恼。
  • Barbicane said nothing,but his silence covered serious irritation.巴比康什么也不说,但是他的沉默里潜伏着阴郁的怒火。
17 magpie oAqxF     
n.喜欢收藏物品的人,喜鹊,饶舌者
参考例句:
  • Now and then a magpie would call.不时有喜鹊的叫声。
  • This young man is really a magpie.这个年轻人真是饶舌。
18 mere rC1xE     
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
参考例句:
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
19 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。
20 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。
21 stammered 76088bc9384c91d5745fd550a9d81721     
v.结巴地说出( stammer的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He stammered most when he was nervous. 他一紧张往往口吃。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Barsad leaned back in his chair, and stammered, \"What do you mean?\" 巴萨往椅背上一靠,结结巴巴地说,“你是什么意思?” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
22 accusations 3e7158a2ffc2cb3d02e77822c38c959b     
n.指责( accusation的名词复数 );指控;控告;(被告发、控告的)罪名
参考例句:
  • There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
  • He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
23 envious n8SyX     
adj.嫉妒的,羡慕的
参考例句:
  • I don't think I'm envious of your success.我想我并不嫉妒你的成功。
  • She is envious of Jane's good looks and covetous of her car.她既忌妒简的美貌又垂涎她的汽车。
24 attainments 3f47ba9938f08311bdf016e1de15e082     
成就,造诣; 获得( attainment的名词复数 ); 达到; 造诣; 成就
参考例句:
  • a young woman of impressive educational attainments 一位学业成就斐然的年轻女子
  • He is a scholar of the highest attainments in this field. 他在这一领域是一位颇有造就的学者。
25 anecdote 7wRzd     
n.轶事,趣闻,短故事
参考例句:
  • He departed from the text to tell an anecdote.他偏离课文讲起了一则轶事。
  • It had never been more than a family anecdote.那不过是个家庭趣谈罢了。
26 tottered 60930887e634cc81d6b03c2dda74833f     
v.走得或动得不稳( totter的过去式和过去分词 );踉跄;蹒跚;摇摇欲坠
参考例句:
  • The pile of books tottered then fell. 这堆书晃了几下,然后就倒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The wounded soldier tottered to his feet. 伤员摇摇晃晃地站了起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
27 totter bnvwi     
v.蹒跚, 摇摇欲坠;n.蹒跚的步子
参考例句:
  • He tottered to the fridge,got a beer and slumped at the table.他踉跄地走到冰箱前,拿出一瓶啤酒,一屁股坐在桌边。
  • The property market is tottering.房地产市场摇摇欲坠。
28 vile YLWz0     
adj.卑鄙的,可耻的,邪恶的;坏透的
参考例句:
  • Who could have carried out such a vile attack?会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击呢?
  • Her talk was full of vile curses.她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂。
29 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》
30 profaned 51eb5b89c3789623630c883966de3e0b     
v.不敬( profane的过去式和过去分词 );亵渎,玷污
参考例句:
  • They have profaned the long upheld traditions of the church. 他们亵渎了教会长期沿袭的传统。 来自辞典例句
  • Their behaviour profaned the holy place. 他们的行为玷污了这处圣地。 来自辞典例句
31 malice P8LzW     
n.恶意,怨恨,蓄意;[律]预谋
参考例句:
  • I detected a suggestion of malice in his remarks.我觉察出他说的话略带恶意。
  • There was a strong current of malice in many of his portraits.他的许多肖像画中都透着一股强烈的怨恨。
32 mortification mwIyN     
n.耻辱,屈辱
参考例句:
  • To my mortification, my manuscript was rejected. 使我感到失面子的是:我的稿件被退了回来。
  • The chairman tried to disguise his mortification. 主席试图掩饰自己的窘迫。
33 wrath nVNzv     
n.愤怒,愤慨,暴怒
参考例句:
  • His silence marked his wrath. 他的沉默表明了他的愤怒。
  • The wrath of the people is now aroused. 人们被激怒了。
34 embarrassment fj9z8     
n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫
参考例句:
  • She could have died away with embarrassment.她窘迫得要死。
  • Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment.在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。
35 doorway 2s0xK     
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径
参考例句:
  • They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
  • Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。
36 prospect P01zn     
n.前景,前途;景色,视野
参考例句:
  • This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
  • The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
37 ballad zWozz     
n.歌谣,民谣,流行爱情歌曲
参考例句:
  • This poem has the distinctive flavour of a ballad.这首诗有民歌风味。
  • This is a romantic ballad that is pure corn.这是一首极为伤感的浪漫小曲。
38 torment gJXzd     
n.折磨;令人痛苦的东西(人);vt.折磨;纠缠
参考例句:
  • He has never suffered the torment of rejection.他从未经受过遭人拒绝的痛苦。
  • Now nothing aggravates me more than when people torment each other.没有什么东西比人们的互相折磨更使我愤怒。
39 disapprovingly 6500b8d388ebb4d1b87ab0bd19005179     
adv.不以为然地,不赞成地,非难地
参考例句:
  • When I suggested a drink, she coughed disapprovingly. 我提议喝一杯时,她咳了一下表示反对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He shook his head disapprovingly. 他摇了摇头,表示不赞成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
40 saucy wDMyK     
adj.无礼的;俊俏的;活泼的
参考例句:
  • He was saucy and mischievous when he was working.他工作时总爱调皮捣蛋。
  • It was saucy of you to contradict your father.你顶撞父亲,真是无礼。
41 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。
42 inflicter 0f541651724365b73b5ad07be02f3462     
加害者,惩罚者
参考例句:
43 hurled 16e3a6ba35b6465e1376a4335ae25cd2     
v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂
参考例句:
  • He hurled a brick through the window. 他往窗户里扔了块砖。
  • The strong wind hurled down bits of the roof. 大风把屋顶的瓦片刮了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
44 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。
45 anguish awZz0     
n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼
参考例句:
  • She cried out for anguish at parting.分手时,她由于痛苦而失声大哭。
  • The unspeakable anguish wrung his heart.难言的痛苦折磨着他的心。
46 incitement 4114f37f5337a7296283079efe923dad     
激励; 刺激; 煽动; 激励物
参考例句:
  • incitement to racial hatred 种族仇恨的挑起
  • Interest is an incitement to study. 兴趣刺激学习。
47 enjoyments 8e942476c02b001997fdec4a72dbed6f     
愉快( enjoyment的名词复数 ); 令人愉快的事物; 享有; 享受
参考例句:
  • He is fond of worldly enjoyments. 他喜爱世俗的享乐。
  • The humanities and amenities of life had no attraction for him--its peaceful enjoyments no charm. 对他来说,生活中的人情和乐趣并没有吸引力——生活中的恬静的享受也没有魅力。
48 brute GSjya     
n.野兽,兽性
参考例句:
  • The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute.侵略军简直象一群野兽。
  • That dog is a dangerous brute.It bites people.那条狗是危险的畜牲,它咬人。
49 conflagration CnZyK     
n.建筑物或森林大火
参考例句:
  • A conflagration in 1947 reduced 90 percent of the houses to ashes.1947年的一场大火,使90%的房屋化为灰烬。
  • The light of that conflagration will fade away.这熊熊烈火会渐渐熄灭。
50 agitation TN0zi     
n.搅动;搅拌;鼓动,煽动
参考例句:
  • Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores.小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。
  • These materials require constant agitation to keep them in suspension.这些药剂要经常搅动以保持悬浮状态。
51 precluding d7908282dbbeb2db141afce55c3ebd81     
v.阻止( preclude的现在分词 );排除;妨碍;使…行不通
参考例句:
52 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。
53 thwart wIRzZ     
v.阻挠,妨碍,反对;adj.横(断的)
参考例句:
  • We must thwart his malevolent schemes.我们决不能让他的恶毒阴谋得逞。
  • I don't think that will thwart our purposes.我认为那不会使我们的目的受到挫折。
54 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。
55 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
56 motives 6c25d038886898b20441190abe240957     
n.动机,目的( motive的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
  • His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。
57 whim 2gywE     
n.一时的兴致,突然的念头;奇想,幻想
参考例句:
  • I bought the encyclopedia on a whim.我凭一时的兴致买了这本百科全书。
  • He had a sudden whim to go sailing today.今天他突然想要去航海。
58 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。
59 banished b779057f354f1ec8efd5dd1adee731df     
v.放逐,驱逐( banish的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later. 他被流放到澳大利亚,五年后在那里去世。
  • He was banished to an uninhabited island for a year. 他被放逐到一个无人居住的荒岛一年。 来自《简明英汉词典》
60 exacting VtKz7e     
adj.苛求的,要求严格的
参考例句:
  • He must remember the letters and symbols with exacting precision.他必须以严格的精度记住每个字母和符号。
  • The public has been more exacting in its demands as time has passed.随着时间的推移,公众的要求更趋严格。
61 considerably 0YWyQ     
adv.极大地;相当大地;在很大程度上
参考例句:
  • The economic situation has changed considerably.经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
  • The gap has narrowed considerably.分歧大大缩小了。
62 transgress vqWyY     
vt.违反,逾越
参考例句:
  • Your words must't transgress the local laws .你的言辞不能违反当地法律。
  • No one is permitted to have privileges to transgress the law. 不允许任何人有超越法律的特权。
63 saturnine rhGyi     
adj.忧郁的,沉默寡言的,阴沉的,感染铅毒的
参考例句:
  • The saturnine faces of the judges.法官们那阴沉的脸色。
  • He had a rather forbidding,saturnine manner.他的举止相当乖戾阴郁。
64 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。
65 realization nTwxS     
n.实现;认识到,深刻了解
参考例句:
  • We shall gladly lend every effort in our power toward its realization.我们将乐意为它的实现而竭尽全力。
  • He came to the realization that he would never make a good teacher.他逐渐认识到自己永远不会成为好老师。
66 attachment POpy1     
n.附属物,附件;依恋;依附
参考例句:
  • She has a great attachment to her sister.她十分依恋她的姐姐。
  • She's on attachment to the Ministry of Defense.她现在隶属于国防部。


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