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FROM the side of the hill, which was here steep and stony1 a spout2 of gravel3 was dislodged, and fell rattling4 and bounding through the trees. My eyes turned instinctively5 in the direction, and I saw a figure leap with great rapidity behind the trunk of a pine. What it was, whether bear or man c monkey, I could in no wise tell. It seemed dark and shaggy; more I knew not. But the terror of this new apparition6 brought me to a stand.

I was now, it seemed, cut off upon both sides; behind m the murderers, before me this lurking7 nondescript. An immediately I began to prefer the dangers that I knew to those I knew not. Silver himself appeared less terrible in contract with this creature of the woods, and I turned on my heel, and looking sharply behind me over my shoulder, began to retract8 my steps in the direction of the boats.

Instantly the figure reappeared, and, making a wide circuit began to head me off. I was tired, at any rate; but had I bee as fresh as when I rose, I could see it was in vain for me to contend in speed with such an adversary9. From trunk to trunk the creature flitted like a deer, running manlike on two legs but unlike any man that I had ever seen, stooping almost double as it ran. Yet a man it was, I could no longer be in doubt about that.

I began to recall what I had heard of cannibals. I was within an ace10 of calling for help. But the mere11 fact that he was man, however wild, had somewhat reassured12 me, and my fear of Silver began to revive in proportion. I stood still, therefore and cast about for some method of escape; and as I was so thinking, the recollection of my pistol flashed into my mind. As soon as I remembered I was not defenceless, courage glowed again in my heart; and I set my face resolutely13 for this man of the island, and walked briskly towards him.

He was concealed14 by this time, behind another tree trunk but he must have been watching me closely, for as soon as I began to move in his direction he reappeared and took a step to meet me. Then he hesitated, drew back, came forward again, and at last, to my wonder and confusion, threw himself on his knees and held out his clasped hands in supplication15.

At that I once more stopped.

`Who are you?' I asked.

`Ben Gunn,' he answered, and his voice sounded hoarse16 and awkward, like a rusty17 lock. `I'm poor Ben Gunn, I am; and I haven't spoke18 with a Christian19 these three years.'

I could now see that he was a white man like myself, and that his features were even pleasing. His skin, wherever it was exposed, was burnt by the sun; even his lips were black; and his fair eyes looked quite startling in so dark a face. Of all the beggar-men that I had seen or fancied, he was the chief for raggedness21. He was clothed with tatters of old ship's canvas and old sea cloth; and this extraordinary patchwork22 was all held together by a system of the most various and incongruous fastenings, brass23 buttons, bits of stick, and loops of tarry gaskin. About his waist he wore an old brass-buckled leather belt, which was the one thing solid in his whole accoutrement.

`Three years!' I cried.

`Were you shipwrecked?'

`Nay, mate,' said he - `marooned24.'

I had heard the word, and I knew it stood for a horrible kind of punishment common enough among the buccaneers, in which the offender25 is put ashore26 with a little powder and shot, and left behind on some desolate27 and distant island.

`Marooned three years agone,' he continued, `and lived on goats since then, and berries, and oysters28. Wherever a man is, says I, a man can do for himself. But, mate, my heart is sore for Christian diet. You mightn't happen to have a piece of cheese about you, now? No? Well, many's the long night I've dreamed of cheese - toasted, mostly - and woke up again, and here I were.'

`If ever I can get aboard again,' said I, `you shall have cheese by the stone.'

All this time he had been feeling the stuff of my jacket, smoothing my hands, looking at my boots, and generally, in the intervals30 of his speech, showing a childish pleasure in the presence of a fellow-creature. But at my last words he perked32 up into a kind of startled slyness.

`If ever you can get aboard again, says you?' he repeated

`Why, now, who's to hinder you?'

`Not you, I know,' was my reply.

`And right you was,' he cried. `Now you - what do you call yourself, mate?'

`Jim,' I told him.

`Jim, Jim,' says he, quite pleased apparently33. `Well, now, Jim, I've lived that rough as you'd be ashamed to hear of. Now, for instance, you wouldn't think I had had a pious34 mother - to look at me?' he asked.

`Why, no, not in particular,' I answered.

`Ah, well,' said he, `but I had - remarkable35 pious. And I was a civil, pious boy, and could rattle36 off my catechism that fast, as you couldn't tell one word from another. And here's what it come to, Jim, and it begun with chuck-farthen on the blessed grave-stones! That's what it begun with, but went further'n that; and so my mother told me, and predicked the whole, she did, the pious woman! But it were Providence37 that put me here. I've thought it all out in this here lonely island, and I'm back on piety38. You don't catch me tasting rum so much; but just a thimbleful for luck, of course, the first chance I have. I'm bound I'll be good, and I see the way to. And, Jim' - looking all round him, and lowering his voice to a whisper - I'm rich.'

I now felt sure that the poor fellow had gone crazy in his solitude39, and I suppose I must have shown the feeling in my face, for he repeated the statement hotly:--

`Rich! rich! I says. And I'll tell you what: I'll make a man of you, Jim. Ah, Jim, you'll bless your stars, you will, you was the first that found me!'

And at this there came suddenly a lowering shadow over his face; and he tightened40 his grasp upon my hand, and raised a forefinger41 threateningly before my eyes.

`Now, Jim, you tell me true: that ain't Flint's ship?' he asked.

At this I had a happy inspiration. I began to believe that I had found an ally, and I answered him at once.

`It's not Flint's ship, and Flint is dead; but I'll tell you true, as you ask me - there are some of Flint's hands aboard; worse luck for the rest of us.'

`Not a man - with one - leg?' he gasped42.

`Silver?' I asked.

`Ah, Silver!' says he; `that were his name.'

`He's the cook; and the ringleader, too.'

He was still holding me by the wrist, and at that he gave it quite a wring43.

`If you was sent by Long John,' he said, `I'm as good as pork, and I know it. But where was you, do you suppose?'

I had made my mind up in a moment, and by way of answer told him the whole story of our voyage, and the predicament in which we found ourselves. He heard me with the keenest interest, and when I had done he patted me on the head.

`You're a good lad, Jim,' he said; `and you're all in a clove44 hitch45 ain't you? Well, you just put your trust in Ben Gunn - Ben Gunn's the man to do it. Would you think it likely, now, that your squire46 would prove a liberal-minded one in case of help - him being in a clove hitch, as you remark?'

I told him the squire was the most liberal of men.

`Ay, but you see,' returned Ben Gunn, `I didn't mean giving me a gate to keep, and a shuit of livery clothes, and such; that's not my mark, Jim. What I mean is, would he be likely to come down to the toon of, say one thousand pounds out of money that's as good as a man's own already?'

`I am sure he would,' said I. `As it was, all hands were to share.'

`And a passage home?' he added, with a look of great shrewdness.

`Why,' I cried, `the squire's a gentleman. And, besides, if we got rid of the others, we should want you to help work the vessel47 home.'

`Ah,' said he, `so you would.' And he seemed very much relieved.

`Now, I'll tell you what,' he went on. `So much I'll tell you, and no more. I were in Flint's ship when he buried the treasure; he and six along - six strong seamen48. They were ashore nigh on a week, and us standing49 off and on in the old Walrus50. One fine day up went the signal, and here come Flint by himself in a little boat, and his head done up in a blue scarf. The sun was getting up, and mortal whit20 he looked about the cut-water. But, there he was, you mind, and the six all dead - dead and buried. How he done it, not a man aboard us could make out. It was battle murder, and sudden death, leastways - him against six Billy Bones was the mate; Long John, he was quartermaster and they asked him where the treasure was. ``Ah,'' say he, ``you can go ashore, if you like, and stay,'' he says ``but as for the ship, she'll beat up for more, by thunder!'' That's what he said.

`Well, I was in another ship three years back, and we sighted this island. ``Boys,'' said I, ``here's Flint's treasure let's land and find it.'' The cap'n was displeased51 at that; but my messmates were all of a mind, and landed. Twelve days they looked for it, and every day they had the worse word for me, until one fine morning all hands went aboard. ``As for you, Benjamin Gunn,'' says they, here's a musket,'' they says, ``and a spade, and pick-axe. You can stay here, and find Flint's money for yourself,'' they says.

`Well, Jim, three years have I been here, and not a bite of Christian diet from that day to this. But now, you look here; look at me. Do I look like a man before the mast? No, says you. Nor I weren't, neither, I says.'

And with that he winked52 and pinched me hard.

`Just you mention them words to your squire, Jim' - he went on: `Nor he weren't, neither - that's the words. Three years he were the man of this island, light and dark, fair and rain; and sometimes he would, maybe, think upon a prayer (says you), and sometimes he would, maybe, think of his old mother, so be as she's alive (you'll say); but the most part of Gunn's time (this is what you'll say) - the most part of his time Was took up with another matter. And then you'll give him a nip, like I do.'

And he pinched me again in the most confidential53 manner.

`Then,' he continued - `then you'll up, and you'll say this: - Gunn is a good man (you'll say), and he puts a precious sight more confidence - a precious sight, mind that - in a gen'leman born than in these gen'lemen of fortune, having been one himself.'

`Well,' I said, `I don't understand one word that you've been saying. But that's neither here nor there; for how am I to get on board?'

`Ah,' said he, `that's the hitch, for sure. Well, there's my boat, that I made with my two hands. I keep her under the white rock. If the worst come to the worst, we might try that after dark. Hi!' he broke out, `what's that?'

For just then, although the sun had still an hour or two to run, all the echoes of the island awoke and bellowed54 to the thunder of a cannon55.

`They have begun to fight!' I cried. `Follow me.'

And I began to run towards the anchorage, my terrors all forgotten; while, close at my side, the marooned man in his goatskins trotted56 easily and lightly.

`Left, left,' says he; `keep to your left hand, mate Jim! Under the trees with you! Theer's where I killed my first goat. They don't come down here now; they're all mast-headed on them mountings for the fear of Benjamin Gunn. Ah! and there's the cemetery57' - cemetery, he must have meant. `You see the mounds58? I come here and prayed, nows and thens, when I thought maybe a Sunday would be about doo. It weren't quite a chapel59, but it seemed more solemn like; and then, says you, Ben Gunn was short-handed - no chapling, nor so much as a Bible and a flag, you says.'

So he kept talking as I ran, neither expecting nor receiving any answer.

The cannon-shot was followed, after a considerable interval31, by a volley of small arms.

Another pause, and then, not a quarter of a mile in front of me, I beheld60 the Union Jack29 flutter in the air above a wood.


从陡峭而多石的这一侧的小丘上头,扑籁籁地掉下来一堆沙砾,穿过树木纷纷落下来。我的眼睛本能地向那个方向转去,我看到有一个身影飞快地向松树树干后面跳去。它究竟为何物,是熊。是人、还是猿猴,我怎么也说不上来。它看上去黑乎乎、毛茸茸的;更多的我就不知道了。但是这个新出现的吓人的东西使我停了下来。

现在看来我是腹背受敌;在我身后是杀人凶手,在我前面是这个隐蔽的怪物。立刻我意识到,与其遭遇未知的危险,莫不如去面对已知的危险。同树林里这个活物比起来,西尔弗他本人也不那么可怕了,于是我转过身去,一边敏锐地关注着我的身后,开始向划子停泊的地方折回我的脚步。

那个身影立刻又出现了,并且绕了一个大弯,开始拦住了我的路。不管怎么说,我累了,但是我也看得出,即使我像刚动身时那样精力充沛,对我来说,与这样一个对手比速度也是徒劳的。这个家伙像头鹿似地在树干之间跳跃,像人似地用两条腿跑,但和我见过的任何人都不同,当它跑时,身子弯得头几乎要触着地。然而它确实是个人,对此我已不再怀疑了。

我开始回想起我听说过的食人番来。我差一点就要喊救命了。但他毕竟是个人,虽然是个野人,这一点多少使我安心些。同时我对西尔弗的恐惧重又复活了。因此,我便站住了,一边想着如何逃跑;当我正这么想着的时候,我摹地想起我还有支手铣。一想到我并非毫无抵抗能力,我心中又重新生出了勇气,于是我决心面对这个岛上的人,迈着轻快的步子向他走去。

这回他躲在另一棵树的树干后面,但是他一定一直在密切地关注着我,因为一旦我开始向他那边迈步,他便出现了,向我这边迈出了一步。接着他犹豫了,又向后退回去,然后又上前,最后,令我既吃惊又困惑的是,他跪到了地上,十指交叉着向前伸出,一副哀求的样子。

这使我再次停下了。

“你是谁?”我问。

“本·葛恩,”他答道,他的声音听起来沙哑而生涩,像把生锈的锁。“我是可怜的本·葛恩,是的;我已经有三年没跟人说话啦。”

现在我已看出,他是个和我一样的白人,并且他的长相还蛮好看。他裸露着的皮肤都被太阳晒黑了,甚至他的嘴唇都是黑的;在这样黑的一张脸上,他的明亮的眼睛着实使人吃惊。在所有我见过或想像出来的乞丐中,他是穿得最破烂的。他穿着船上的旧帆布和防水布的碎片缀成的衣服,这件不同寻常的鹑衣全都是用一系列各不相同、极不协调的栓结物连缀到一块儿的,如铜扣、小细棍以及涂了柏油的束帆索环儿。在他的腰间系着一条旧的带钢扣的皮带,那是他全身上下最结实的一样东西了。

“三年!”我叫道。“是船只失事了吗?”

“不,朋友,”他说——“是被放逐的。”

我听过这个字眼,我因此知道这是海盗中相当普通但是可怕的一种惩罚手段,只给受罚者一点弹药,然后将他甩在某个遥远的荒岛上。

“是三年前被放逐的,”他继续说道,“从那以后,就以山羊为生,还有浆果和牡蛎。要我说,人到哪儿都能自谋生路。但是,朋友,我一心向往文明人的饮食。你现在身上是否碰巧带着块干酪?没有?哎,多少个长夜我都梦见干酪——多半是烤好的——等梦醒了,我还是在这儿。”

“要是我还能回到船上,”我说,“你就会有成堆的干酪吃。”

说话间他一直在抚摸我衣服的料子,抚摸我光滑的手,观赏我的鞋,总之,在他说话的间歇里,对于一个同类的出现,他表现出了一种孩子气的高兴。但是听了我最后的话,他抬起头来,露出一种吃惊和狡黠的神气。

“要是你还能回到船上,你是这么说的吗?”他重复道。“怎么,现在谁在阻拦你吗?”

“我知道不是你。”我答道。

“你说得对,”他叫道。“那么你——你叫什么名字,朋友?”

“吉姆。”我告诉他。

“吉姆,吉姆,”他说,显然很高兴。“你瞧,吉姆,我过的这种苦日子连你听了都会害臊。嗯,比方说吧,你瞧我这副模样,不会想到我有个信神的母亲吧?”

“噢,不,没专门想过。”我答道。

“啊,好吧,”他说,“但是我有的——我的母亲非常的虔诚。我也曾经是个有礼貌的、信神的孩子,我可以把教义背得那么快,以至于你连字句都无法分辨出来。而这会儿我却到了这个地步,吉姆,这都是从我在那该死的墓石上扔铜板赌博开始的!就是玩这个起的头,但是越走越远。我母亲早就告诫过我,她全都预料到了,这个虔诚的女人!把我放到这儿是天意如此。我在这个孤岛上全都仔细想过了,我又皈依上帝了。你可别引诱我喝太多的郎姆酒,不过可以为了祝好运而喝那么一点点,当然,要是有机会的话。我已决定一心向善,我也知道怎么办。而且,吉姆,”他边环顾四周边压低嗓子说——“我发财了。”

现在我觉得这个可怜的人在孤独的生活中有些精神失常了,我猜想我一定把这感觉流露到脸上了,因为他又热切地重复了一遍:

“我发财了!发财了!我跟你说。我还可以告诉你:我会把你变成一个真正的男子汉,吉姆。啊,吉姆,你该庆幸吉星高照,你真是幸运,你是第一个找到我的人!”

说着,他的脸上突然掠过一道阴影,接着他紧紧地抓住了我的手,还竖起一根食指在我的眼前比划着。

“听着,吉姆,你得给我讲实话:那是弗林特的船吗?”他问道。

听了这话,我欢欣鼓舞。我开始相信我找到了一个盟友,于是我立刻答复了他。

“那不是弗林特的船,弗林特已经死了。但是我跟你讲实话,就像你要求的那样——船上有些弗林特的部下;我们其余这些人遭殃了。”

“有没有一个——一条腿的人?”他倒抽了口气问道。

“西尔弗?”我问。

“啊,西尔弗!”他说,“就是这个名字。”

“他是厨子,也是他们的头子。”

他仍握着我的手腕,听了我的话,他又用力地扭了一下。

“要是你是高个子约翰派来的,”他说,“我就完了,这一点我是知道的。但你想你现在处境怎样?”

我立即打定主意,在回答时顺便把我们航行的整个经过以及我们现在的处境都告诉了他。他津津有味地听完了我的叙述,当我说完时,他拍了拍我的脑袋。

“你是个好孩子,吉姆,”他说,“可是你们全都上了圈套了,是不是?好吧,你信任本·葛恩好了——我本·葛恩会给你们帮忙。呢,要是有人能救你们的乡绅摆脱圈套,你认为他在报答援助方面会不会慷慨——就像你对他评论的那样?”

我告诉他乡绅是最慷慨的人。

“啊,但是你要明白,”本·葛恩答道,“我不是指给我份看门的差事或一套号衣什么的,那并不是我想要的,吉姆。我的意思是,他能否愿意从那笔可说已到手的钱财里拿出,比方说一千镑,作为酬报?”

“我肯定他会的,”我说。“本来就是如此,全船的人本来都有份的。”

“还允许我搭船回家?”他又加上一句,一副鬼精灵的样子。

“当然,”我叫道,“乡绅是个绅士,并且,要是我们除掉了那些人的话,还要劳你把船开回家哩。”

“啊,”他说,“你们会这么做的。”他这才放了心。

“听着,我来给你讲是怎么回事,”他继续说道,“我要告诉你的就这些,再没有别的了。当弗林特埋宝的时候,我在他的船上。他和六个人去了——六个强壮的水手。他们在岸上停留了有一个星期光景,我们这些人呆在老‘瓦鲁斯’号上。有一天来了信号,接着弗林特自己划着划子来了,脑袋上裹着块青头巾。太阳刚刚升起,他的脸看上去一片煞白。但是,你听好,只有他还在,那六个人全死了——死了,埋了。他怎么干的,我们船上这些人谁也弄不明白。反正无非是恶斗、残杀和暴死——他一个人对付六个。比尔·彭斯是大副;高个子约翰,他是舵手;他们问他金银财宝藏在哪儿了,‘啊,’他说,‘你们想的话,可以上岸去,还可以呆在那里,’他说,‘但是至于船,要去搜罗更多的财宝哩,你们这些挨雷劈的!’他就是这么回答他们的。”

“却说三年前我在另一条船上,我们看见了这个岛。‘弟兄们,’我说,‘这里有弗林特的宝藏,咱们上岸去找找吧,’船长听了很不高兴,但是水手们都是一个心眼,船于是靠岸了。他们找了十二天,每天他们都骂我个狗血喷头,直到有一天早上,所有的水手都上船了。‘至于你,本·葛恩,’他们说,‘给你杆枪,’他们说,‘还有一把铲和一把镐。你可以留在这儿,为你自己去找弗林特的钱财吧,’他们说。”

“就这样,吉姆,三年来我就一直在这儿,从那天起到现在,没吃过一口文明人的饭菜。而现在,你看这儿,看看我。我还像是个水手吗?不像,你得说。照我说也不像。”

说时他眨巴着眼睛,并且捏了我一下。

“你只须跟你们的乡绅这么讲,吉姆,”他继续道:“他自己也说不像,的确不像——你得这么说。三年来,无论黑天白天、晴天雨天,岛上始终只有他一个人;有时,他可能会背上段祈祷文(你得说),有时,他也可能想想他的老母亲,就当她还活着(这你也得说);但是葛恩的大部分时间(这是你必须说的)——他的大部分时间都花在另一件事上。然后你就要捏他一下,就像我这样。”

说着他就又捏了我一下,神情极其诡秘。

“然后,”他接着讲道——“然后你就接着讲下去,照这么说:——葛恩是个好人(你得说),他对真正的绅士绝对信任,记着说——绝对信任,而那些幸运的大爷们则让人信不过,他以前就是他们中的一个。”

“好啦,”我说,“你说的话我一句也不明白。但是明白不明白又有什么要紧呢,要是我回不到船上去?”

“啊,”他说,“那是个麻烦,真的。这样吧,我有条小船,是我自己造出来的,我把它藏在那块白色的岩石下边了。要是到了万不得已的地步,我们天黑后可以试它一试,嘿!”他嚷道,“怎么回事?”

因为恰在此时,虽然离日落还有一两个钟头,全岛却响起了大炮轰鸣的回声。

“他们开始打上了!”我叫道,“跟我来。”

于是我开始朝着锚地跑去,把恐惧都忘在了脑后;而就在我身边,那个被放逐的破衣烂衫的水手也跟着轻松地小跑着。

“往左,往左,”他说,“一直往你左手的方向跑,吉姆朋友!往树底下跑!这是我打到第一只山羊的地方。现在它们不上这儿来啦;它们怕本杰明·葛恩,都躲到山顶上去啦。啊!那是地墓”——我想他指的是墓地。“你看到那些土堆了吗?我不时地到这里来作祈祷,当我想差不多该是礼拜天的时候。它不是什么礼拜堂,但是它看上去挺庄严;而你会说,本·葛恩缺人手呀——没有牧师,也没有《圣经》和旗呀,你会说。”

在我奔跑的时候,他就一直这么絮叨着,既没指望得到、也确实没有得到任何回答。

炮声过后,在隔了相当长的间歇之后,又是一排枪声。

又是一个间歇,这之后,我看到前面四分之一英里远的地方,英国国旗在一片树林上空迎风飘扬。


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1 stony qu1wX     
adj.石头的,多石头的,冷酷的,无情的
参考例句:
  • The ground is too dry and stony.这块地太干,而且布满了石头。
  • He listened to her story with a stony expression.他带着冷漠的表情听她讲经历。
2 spout uGmzx     
v.喷出,涌出;滔滔不绝地讲;n.喷管;水柱
参考例句:
  • Implication in folk wealth creativity and undertaking vigor spout.蕴藏于民间的财富创造力和创业活力喷涌而出。
  • This acts as a spout to drain off water during a rainstorm.在暴风雨季,这东西被用作喷管来排水。
3 gravel s6hyT     
n.砂跞;砂砾层;结石
参考例句:
  • We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path.我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
  • More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive.需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。
4 rattling 7b0e25ab43c3cc912945aafbb80e7dfd     
adj. 格格作响的, 活泼的, 很好的 adv. 极其, 很, 非常 动词rattle的现在分词
参考例句:
  • This book is a rattling good read. 这是一本非常好的读物。
  • At that same instant,a deafening explosion set the windows rattling. 正在这时,一声震耳欲聋的爆炸突然袭来,把窗玻璃震得当当地响。
5 instinctively 2qezD2     
adv.本能地
参考例句:
  • As he leaned towards her she instinctively recoiled. 他向她靠近,她本能地往后缩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He knew instinctively where he would find her. 他本能地知道在哪儿能找到她。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 apparition rM3yR     
n.幽灵,神奇的现象
参考例句:
  • He saw the apparition of his dead wife.他看见了他亡妻的幽灵。
  • But the terror of this new apparition brought me to a stand.这新出现的幽灵吓得我站在那里一动也不敢动。
7 lurking 332fb85b4d0f64d0e0d1ef0d34ebcbe7     
潜在
参考例句:
  • Why are you lurking around outside my house? 你在我房子外面鬼鬼祟祟的,想干什么?
  • There is a suspicious man lurking in the shadows. 有一可疑的人躲在阴暗中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
8 retract NWFxJ     
vt.缩回,撤回收回,取消
参考例句:
  • The criminals should stop on the precipice, retract from the wrong path and not go any further.犯罪分子应当迷途知返,悬崖勒马,不要在错误的道路上继续走下去。
  • I don't want to speak rashly now and later have to retract my statements.我不想现在说些轻率的话,然后又要收回自己说过的话。
9 adversary mxrzt     
adj.敌手,对手
参考例句:
  • He saw her as his main adversary within the company.他将她视为公司中主要的对手。
  • They will do anything to undermine their adversary's reputation.他们会不择手段地去损害对手的名誉。
10 ace IzHzsp     
n.A牌;发球得分;佼佼者;adj.杰出的
参考例句:
  • A good negotiator always has more than one ace in the hole.谈判高手总有数张王牌在手。
  • He is an ace mechanic.He can repair any cars.他是一流的机械师,什么车都会修。
11 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。
12 reassured ff7466d942d18e727fb4d5473e62a235     
adj.使消除疑虑的;使放心的v.再保证,恢复信心( reassure的过去式和过去分词)
参考例句:
  • The captain's confidence during the storm reassured the passengers. 在风暴中船长的信念使旅客们恢复了信心。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The doctor reassured the old lady. 医生叫那位老妇人放心。 来自《简明英汉词典》
13 resolutely WW2xh     
adj.坚决地,果断地
参考例句:
  • He resolutely adhered to what he had said at the meeting. 他坚持他在会上所说的话。
  • He grumbles at his lot instead of resolutely facing his difficulties. 他不是果敢地去面对困难,而是抱怨自己运气不佳。
14 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。
15 supplication supplication     
n.恳求,祈愿,哀求
参考例句:
  • She knelt in supplication. 她跪地祷求。
  • The supplication touched him home. 这个请求深深地打动了他。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
16 hoarse 5dqzA     
adj.嘶哑的,沙哑的
参考例句:
  • He asked me a question in a hoarse voice.他用嘶哑的声音问了我一个问题。
  • He was too excited and roared himself hoarse.他过于激动,嗓子都喊哑了。
17 rusty hYlxq     
adj.生锈的;锈色的;荒废了的
参考例句:
  • The lock on the door is rusty and won't open.门上的锁锈住了。
  • I haven't practiced my French for months and it's getting rusty.几个月不用,我的法语又荒疏了。
18 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。
19 Christian KVByl     
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
参考例句:
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
20 whit TgXwI     
n.一点,丝毫
参考例句:
  • There's not a whit of truth in the statement.这声明里没有丝毫的真实性。
  • He did not seem a whit concerned.他看来毫不在乎。
21 raggedness a3341ea89ad1d763beb6e9467f643c54     
破烂,粗糙
参考例句:
22 patchwork yLsx6     
n.混杂物;拼缝物
参考例句:
  • That proposal is nothing else other than a patchwork.那个建议只是一个大杂烩而已。
  • She patched new cloth to the old coat,so It'seemed mere patchwork. 她把新布初到那件旧上衣上,所以那件衣服看上去就象拼凑起来的东西。
23 brass DWbzI     
n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器
参考例句:
  • Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
  • Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。
24 marooned 165d273e31e6a1629ed42eefc9fe75ae     
adj.被围困的;孤立无援的;无法脱身的
参考例句:
  • During the storm we were marooned in a cabin miles from town. 在风暴中我们被围困在离城数英里的小屋内。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks. 埃文河决堤的时候,有5对夫妇被困在了他们的房车里。 来自辞典例句
25 offender ZmYzse     
n.冒犯者,违反者,犯罪者
参考例句:
  • They all sued out a pardon for an offender.他们请求法院赦免一名罪犯。
  • The authorities often know that sex offenders will attack again when they are released.当局一般都知道性犯罪者在获释后往往会再次犯案。
26 ashore tNQyT     
adv.在(向)岸上,上岸
参考例句:
  • The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前,孩子们就上岸了。
  • He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。
27 desolate vmizO     
adj.荒凉的,荒芜的;孤独的,凄凉的;v.使荒芜,使孤寂
参考例句:
  • The city was burned into a desolate waste.那座城市被烧成一片废墟。
  • We all felt absolutely desolate when she left.她走后,我们都觉得万分孤寂。
28 oysters 713202a391facaf27aab568d95bdc68f     
牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good. 我们今晚没有牡蛎供应。但小龙虾是非常好。
  • She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon. 她端出一盘滚烫的烤牡蛎和咸肉。
29 jack 53Hxp     
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
参考例句:
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
30 intervals f46c9d8b430e8c86dea610ec56b7cbef     
n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息
参考例句:
  • The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴,有阵雨。
  • Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。
31 interval 85kxY     
n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息
参考例句:
  • The interval between the two trees measures 40 feet.这两棵树的间隔是40英尺。
  • There was a long interval before he anwsered the telephone.隔了好久他才回了电话。
32 perked 6257cbe5d4a830c7288630659113146b     
(使)活跃( perk的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)增值; 使更有趣
参考例句:
  • The recent demand for houses has perked up the prices. 最近对住房的需求使房价上涨了。
  • You've perked up since this morning. 你今天上午精神就好多了。
33 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。
34 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。
35 remarkable 8Vbx6     
adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的
参考例句:
  • She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
  • These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
36 rattle 5Alzb     
v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓
参考例句:
  • The baby only shook the rattle and laughed and crowed.孩子只是摇着拨浪鼓,笑着叫着。
  • She could hear the rattle of the teacups.她听见茶具叮当响。
37 providence 8tdyh     
n.深谋远虑,天道,天意;远见;节约;上帝
参考例句:
  • It is tempting Providence to go in that old boat.乘那艘旧船前往是冒大险。
  • To act as you have done is to fly in the face of Providence.照你的所作所为那样去行事,是违背上帝的意志的。
38 piety muuy3     
n.虔诚,虔敬
参考例句:
  • They were drawn to the church not by piety but by curiosity.他们去教堂不是出于虔诚而是出于好奇。
  • Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness.经验使我们看到虔诚与善意之间有着巨大的区别。
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 tightened bd3d8363419d9ff838bae0ba51722ee9     
收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)变紧; (使)绷紧; 加紧
参考例句:
  • The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
  • His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机,然后又松开了。
41 forefinger pihxt     
n.食指
参考例句:
  • He pinched the leaf between his thumb and forefinger.他将叶子捏在拇指和食指之间。
  • He held it between the tips of his thumb and forefinger.他用他大拇指和食指尖拿着它。
42 gasped e6af294d8a7477229d6749fa9e8f5b80     
v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要
参考例句:
  • She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
  • People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
43 wring 4oOys     
n.扭绞;v.拧,绞出,扭
参考例句:
  • My socks were so wet that I had to wring them.我的袜子很湿,我不得不拧干它们。
  • I'll wring your neck if you don't behave!你要是不规矩,我就拧断你的脖子。
44 clove TwtzJh     
n.丁香味
参考例句:
  • If tired,smell a whiff of clove oil and it will wake you up.如果疲倦,闻上一点丁香油将令人清醒。
  • A sweet-smell comes from roses and clove trees.丁香与玫瑰的香味扑鼻而来。
45 hitch UcGxu     
v.免费搭(车旅行);系住;急提;n.故障;急拉
参考例句:
  • They had an eighty-mile journey and decided to hitch hike.他们要走80英里的路程,最后决定搭便车。
  • All the candidates are able to answer the questions without any hitch.所有报考者都能对答如流。
46 squire 0htzjV     
n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅
参考例句:
  • I told him the squire was the most liberal of men.我告诉他乡绅是世界上最宽宏大量的人。
  • The squire was hard at work at Bristol.乡绅在布里斯托尔热衷于他的工作。
47 vessel 4L1zi     
n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管
参考例句:
  • The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
  • You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
48 seamen 43a29039ad1366660fa923c1d3550922     
n.海员
参考例句:
  • Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather. 有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
  • In the storm, many seamen wished they were on shore. 在暴风雨中,许多海员想,要是他们在陆地上就好了。
49 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
50 walrus hMSzp     
n.海象
参考例句:
  • He is the queer old duck with the knee-length gaiters and walrus mustache.他穿着高及膝盖的皮护腿,留着海象般的八字胡,真是个古怪的老家伙。
  • He seemed hardly to notice the big walrus.他几乎没有注意到那只大海象。
51 displeased 1uFz5L     
a.不快的
参考例句:
  • The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了,瞪了我一眼。
  • He was displeased about the whole affair. 他对整个事情感到很不高兴。
52 winked af6ada503978fa80fce7e5d109333278     
v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮
参考例句:
  • He winked at her and she knew he was thinking the same thing that she was. 他冲她眨了眨眼,她便知道他的想法和她一样。
  • He winked his eyes at her and left the classroom. 他向她眨巴一下眼睛走出了教室。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
53 confidential MOKzA     
adj.秘(机)密的,表示信任的,担任机密工作的
参考例句:
  • He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
  • We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。
54 bellowed fa9ba2065b18298fa17a6311db3246fc     
v.发出吼叫声,咆哮(尤指因痛苦)( bellow的过去式和过去分词 );(愤怒地)说出(某事),大叫
参考例句:
  • They bellowed at her to stop. 他们吼叫着让她停下。
  • He bellowed with pain when the tooth was pulled out. 当牙齿被拔掉时,他痛得大叫。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
55 cannon 3T8yc     
n.大炮,火炮;飞机上的机关炮
参考例句:
  • The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
  • The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。
56 trotted 6df8e0ef20c10ef975433b4a0456e6e1     
小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走
参考例句:
  • She trotted her pony around the field. 她骑着小马绕场慢跑。
  • Anne trotted obediently beside her mother. 安妮听话地跟在妈妈身边走。
57 cemetery ur9z7     
n.坟墓,墓地,坟场
参考例句:
  • He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
  • His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。
58 mounds dd943890a7780b264a2a6c1fa8d084a3     
土堆,土丘( mound的名词复数 ); 一大堆
参考例句:
  • We had mounds of tasteless rice. 我们有成堆成堆的淡而无味的米饭。
  • Ah! and there's the cemetery' - cemetery, he must have meant. 'You see the mounds? 啊,这就是同墓,”——我想他要说的一定是公墓,“看到那些土墩了吗?
59 chapel UXNzg     
n.小教堂,殡仪馆
参考例句:
  • The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
  • She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午,她在小教堂的演出,可以说是登峰造极。
60 beheld beheld     
v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟
参考例句:
  • His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。 来自英汉文学 - 红字


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