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It seemed that this garden, created in olden days to conceal1 wanton mysteries, had been transformed and become fitted to shelter chaste2 mysteries. There were no longer either arbors, or bowling3 greens, or tunnels, or grottos4; there was a magnificent, dishevelled obscurity falling like a veil over all. Paphos had been made over into Eden. It is impossible to say what element of repentance5 had rendered this retreat wholesome6. This flower-girl now offered her blossom to the soul. This coquettish garden, formerly7 decidedly compromised, had returned to virginity and modesty9. A justice assisted by a gardener, a goodman who thought that he was a continuation of Lamoignon, and another goodman who thought that he was a continuation of Lenotre, had turned it about, cut, ruffled10, decked, moulded it to gallantry; nature had taken possession of it once more, had filled it with shade, and had arranged it for love.

There was, also, in this solitude11, a heart which was quite ready. Love had only to show himself; he had here a temple composed of verdure, grass, moss12, the sight of birds, tender shadows, agitated13 branches, and a soul made of sweetness, of faith, of candor14, of hope, of aspiration15, and of illusion.

Cosette had left the convent when she was still almost a child; she was a little more than fourteen, and she was at the "ungrateful age"; we have already said, that with the exception of her eyes, she was homely16 rather than pretty; she had no ungraceful feature, but she was awkward, thin, timid and bold at once, a grown-up little girl, in short.

Her education was finished, that is to say, she has been taught religion, and even and above all, devotion; then "history," that is to say the thing that bears that name in convents, geography, grammar, the participles, the kings of France, a little music, a little drawing, etc.; but in all other respects she was utterly18 ignorant, which is a great charm and a great peril19. The soul of a young girl should not be left in the dark; later on, mirages20 that are too abrupt21 and too lively are formed there, as in a dark chamber22. She should be gently and discreetly23 enlightened, rather with the reflection of realities than with their harsh and direct light. A useful and graciously austere24 half-light which dissipates puerile25 fears and obviates26 falls. There is nothing but the maternal27 instinct, that admirable intuition composed of the memories of the virgin8 and the experience of the woman, which knows how this half-light is to be created and of what it should consist.

Nothing supplies the place of this instinct. All the nuns28 in the world are not worth as much as one mother in the formation of a young girl's soul.

Cosette had had no mother. She had only had many mothers, in the plural29.

As for Jean Valjean, he was, indeed, all tenderness, all solicitude30; but he was only an old man and he knew nothing at all.

Now, in this work of education, in this grave matter of preparing a woman for life, what science is required to combat that vast ignorance which is called innocence31!

Nothing prepares a young girl for passions like the convent. The convent turns the thoughts in the direction of the unknown. The heart, thus thrown back upon itself, works downward within itself,since it cannot overflow32, and grows deep, since it cannot expand. Hence visions, suppositions, conjectures33, outlines of romances, a desire for adventures, fantastic constructions, edifices34 built wholly in the inner obscurity of the mind, sombre and secret abodes35 where the passions immediately find a lodgement as soon as the open gate permits them to enter. The convent is a compression which, in order to triumph over the human heart, should last during the whole life.

On quitting the convent, Cosette could have found nothing more sweet and more dangerous than the house in the Rue37 Plumet. It was the continuation of solitude with the beginning of liberty; a garden that was closed, but a nature that was acrid38, rich, voluptuous,and fragrant39; the same dreams as in the convent, but with glimpses of young men; a grating, but one that opened on the street.

Still, when she arrived there, we repeat, she was only a child. Jean Valjean gave this neglected garden over to her. "Do what you like with it," he said to her. This amused Cosette; she turned over all the clumps40 and all the stones, she hunted for "beasts"; she played in it, while awaiting the time when she would dream in it; she loved this garden for the insects that she found beneath her feet amid the grass, while awaiting the day when she would love it for the stars that she would see through the boughs41 above her head.

And then, she loved her father, that is to say, Jean Valjean, with all her soul, with an innocent filial passion which made the goodman a beloved and charming companion to her. It will be remembered that M. Madeleine had been in the habit of reading a great deal. Jean Valjean had continued this practice; he had come to converse42 well; he possessed43 the secret riches and the eloquence44 of a true and humble45 mind which has spontaneously cultivated itself. He retained just enough sharpness to season his kindness; his mind was rough and his heart was soft. During their conversations in the Luxembourg, he gave her explanations of everything, drawing on what he had read, and also on what he had suffered. As she listened to him, Cosette's eyes wandered vaguely46 about.

This simple man sufficed for Cosette's thought, the same as the wild garden sufficed for her eyes. When she had had a good chase after the butterflies, she came panting up to him and said: "Ah! How I have run!" He kissed her brow.

Cosette adored the goodman. She was always at his heels. Where Jean Valjean was, there happiness was.Jean Valjean lived neither in the pavilion nor the garden; she took greater pleasure in the paved back courtyard, than in the enclosure filled with flowers, and in his little lodge36 furnished with straw-seated chairs than in the great drawing-room hung with tapestry47, against which stood tufted easy-chairs. Jean Valjean sometimes said to her, smiling at his happiness in being importuned48: "Do go to your own quarters! Leave me alone a little!"

She gave him those charming and tender scoldings which are so graceful17 when they come from a daughter to her father.

"Father, I am very cold in your rooms; why don't you have a carpet here and a stove?"

"Dear child, there are so many people who are better than I and who have not even a roof over their heads."

"Then why is there a fire in my rooms, and everything that is needed?"

"Because you are a woman and a child."

"Bah! must men be cold and feel uncomfortable?"

"Certain men."

"That is good, I shall come here so often that you will be obliged to have a fire."

And again she said to him:--

"Father, why do you eat horrible bread like that?"

"Because, my daughter."

"Well, if you eat it, I will eat it too."

Then, in order to prevent Cosette eating black bread, Jean Valjean ate white bread.

Cosette had but a confused recollection of her childhood. She prayed morning and evening for her mother whom she had never known. The Thenardiers had remained with her as two hideous49 figures in a dream. She remembered that she had gone "one day, at night," to fetch water in a forest. She thought that it had been very far from Paris. It seemed to her that she had begun to live in an abyss, and that it was Jean Valjean who had rescued her from it. Her childhood produced upon her the effect of a time when there had been nothing around her but millepeds, spiders, and serpents. When she meditated50 in the evening, before falling asleep, as she had not a very clear idea that she was Jean Valjean's daughter, and that he was her father, she fancied that the soul of her mother had passed into that good man and had come to dwell near her.

When he was seated, she leaned her cheek against his white hair, and dropped a silent tear, saying to herself: "Perhaps this man is my mother."

Cosette, although this is a strange statement to make, in the profound ignorance of a girl brought up in a convent,-- maternity51 being also absolutely unintelligible52 to virginity,-- had ended by fancying that she had had as little mother as possible. She did not even know her mother's name. Whenever she asked Jean Valjean, Jean Valjean remained silent. If she repeated her question, he responded with a smile. Once she insisted; the smile ended in a tear.

This silence on the part of Jean Valjean covered Fantine with darkness.

Was it prudence53? Was it respect? Was it a fear that he should deliver this name to the hazards of another memory than his own?

So long as Cosette had been small, Jean Valjean had been willing to talk to her of her mother; when she became a young girl, it was impossible for him to do so. It seemed to him that he no longer dared. Was it because of Cosette? Was it because of Fantine? He felt a certain religious horror at letting that shadow enter Cosette's thought; and of placing a third in their destiny. The more sacred this shade was to him, the more did it seem that it was to be feared. He thought of Fantine, and felt himself overwhelmed with silence.

Through the darkness, he vaguely perceived something which appeared to have its finger on its lips. Had all the modesty which had been in Fantine, and which had violently quitted her during her lifetime, returned to rest upon her after her death, to watch in indignation over the peace of that dead woman, and in its shyness, to keep her in her grave? Was Jean Valjean unconsciously submitting to the pressure? We who believe in death, are not among the number who will reject this mysterious explanation.

Hence the impossibility of uttering, even for Cosette, that name of Fantine.

One day Cosette said to him:--

"Father, I saw my mother in a dream last night. She had two big wings. My mother must have been almost a saint during her life."

"Through martyrdom," replied Jean Valjean.

However, Jean Valjean was happy.

When Cosette went out with him, she leaned on his arm, proud and happy, in the plenitude of her heart. Jean Valjean felt his heart melt within him with delight, at all these sparks of a tenderness so exclusive, so wholly satisfied with himself alone. The poor man trembled, inundated54 with angelic joy; he declared to himself ecstatically that this would last all their lives; he told himself that he really had not suffered sufficiently55 to merit so radiant a bliss56, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted him to be loved thus, he, a wretch57, by that innocent being.

 

这园子,当初曾被用来掩盖邪恶的秘密,后来似乎已变得适合于庇护纯洁的秘密了。那里已没有了摇篮、浅草地、花棚、石窟,而只是一片郁郁葱葱、了无修饰、处处笼罩在绿荫中的胜地了。帕福斯①已恢复了伊甸园的原来面目。不知道是一种什么悔恨心情圣化了这块清静土。这个献花女现在只向灵魂献出她的花朵了。这个俏丽的园子,从前曾严重地被玷污,如今又回到幽娴贞静的处女状态。一个主席在一个园丁的帮助下,一个自以为是拉莫瓦尼翁②的后继者的某甲和一个自以为是勒诺特尔③的后继者的某乙,把它拿来扭,剪,揉,修饰,打扮,以图博取美人的欢心,大自然却把它收回,使它变得葱茏幽静,适合于正常的爱。

①帕福斯(Paphos),塞浦路斯岛上一城市,以城里的维纳斯女神庙著名。

②拉莫瓦尼翁(ChrétienAFrancoisdeLamoignon,1644?709),巴黎法院第一任院长之子,布瓦洛曾称赞过他的别墅。

③勒诺特尔(LeNoFtre,1613?700),法国园林设计家。 

在这荒园里,也有了一颗早已准备好了的心。爱随时都可以出现,它在这里已有了一座由青林、绿草、苔藓、鸟雀的叹息、柔和的阴影、摇曳的树枝所构成的寺庙和一个由柔情、信念、诚意、希望、志愿和幻想所构成的灵魂。

珂赛特离开修院时,几乎还是个孩子,她才十四岁零一点,并且是在那种“不讨好”的年纪里,我们说过,她除了一双眼睛以外,不但不标致,而且还有点丑,不过也没有什么不顺眼的地方,只显得有些笨拙、瘦弱、既不大方,同时又莽撞,总之,是个大孩子的模样。

她的教育已经结束,就是说,她上宗教课,甚至,尤其是,也学会了祈祷,还有“历史”,也就是修院中人这样称呼的那种东西:地理、语法、分词、法国的历代国王、一点音乐、画一个鼻子,等等,此外什么也不懂,这是种惹人爱的地方,但也是一种危险。一个小姑娘的心灵不能让它蒙昧无知,否则日后她心灵里会出现过分突然、过分强烈的影象,正如照相机的暗室那样。它应当慢慢地、适度地逐渐接触光明,应当先接触实际事物的反映,而不是那种直接、生硬的光线。半明的光,严肃而温和的光,对解除幼稚的畏惧心情和防止堕落是有好处的。只有慈母的本能,含有童贞时期的回忆和婚后妇女的经验的那种令人信服的直觉,才知道怎样并用什么来产生这种半明的光。任何东西都不能替代这种本能。在培养一个少女的心灵方面,世界上所有的修女也比不上一个母亲。

珂赛特不曾有过母亲,只有过许许多多的嬷嬷。

至于冉阿让,他心里有的是种种慈爱和种种关怀,但他究竟只是个啥也不懂的老人。

而在这种教育里,在这种为一个女性迎接人生作好准备的严肃事业里,得用多少真知灼见来向这个被称作天真的极其愚昧的状态进行斗争!

最能使少女具备发生狂热感情的条件的莫过于修院。修院把人的思想转向未知的世界。被压抑了的心,它无法扩展,便向内挖掘,无法开放,便钻向深处。因而产生种种幻象,种种迷信,种种猜测,种种空中楼阁,种种向往中的奇遇,种种怪诞的构思,种种全部建造在心灵黑暗处的海市蜃楼,种种狂情热爱一旦闯进铁栏门便立即定居下来的那些隐蔽和秘密的处所。修院为了驾驭人心,便对人心加以终生的钳制。

对于初离修院的珂赛特来说,再没有比卜吕梅街这所房子更美好,也更危险的了。这是狐寂的继续,也是自由的开始;一个关闭了的园子,却又有浓郁、畅茂、伤情、芳美的自然景物;心里仍怀着修院中那些梦想,却又能偶然瞥见一些少年男子的身影;有一道铁栏门,却又临街。

不过,我们重复一下,当她来到这里时,她还只是个孩子。冉阿让把荒园交付给她,说道:“你想在这里干啥就干啥。”珂赛特大为高兴,她翻动所有的草丛和石块,找“虫子”,她在那里玩耍,还没到触景生情的时候,她爱这园子,是因为她能在草中脚下找到昆虫,而不是为能从树枝中抬头望见星光。此外,她爱她的父亲,就是说,冉阿让,她以她的整个灵魂爱着他,以儿女孝亲的天真热情待这老人,把他作为自己一心依恋的伴侣。我们记得,马德兰先生读过不少书,冉阿让仍不断阅读,他因而获得谈话的能力。他知识丰富,有一个谦虚、真诚、有修养的人从自我教育中得来的口才。他还保留了一点点刚够调节他的厚道的粗糙性子,这是个举动粗鲁而心地善良的人。在卢森堡公园里,当他俩并坐交谈时,他常从书本知识和亲身磨难中汲取资料,对一切问题作出详尽的解释。珂赛特一面细听,一面望空怀想。

这个淳朴的人能使珂赛特的思想感到满足,正如这个荒园在游戏方面使她满意一样。当她追够了蝴蝶,喘吁吁地跑到他身边说:“啊!我再也跑不动了!”他便在她额头上亲一个吻。

珂赛特极爱这老人。她随时跟在他后面。冉阿让待在哪儿,哪儿便有幸福。冉阿让既不住楼房,也不住在园子里,她便感到那长满花草的园子不如后面的那个石板院子好,那间张挂壁衣、靠墙摆着软垫围椅的大客厅也不如那间只有两张麦秸椅的小屋好。有时,冉阿让因被她纠缠而高兴,便带笑说:“还不到你自己的屋子里去!让我一个人好好歇一会吧!”

这时,她便向他提出那种不顾父女尊卑、娇憨动人、极有风趣的责问:

“爹,我在您屋子里冻得要死了!您为什么不在这儿铺块地毯放个火炉呀?”

“亲爱的孩子,多少人比我强多了,可他们头上连块瓦片也没有呢。”

“那么,我屋子里为什么生着火,啥也不缺呢?”

“因为你是个女人,并且是个孩子。”

“不对!难道男人便应当挨冻受饿吗?”

“某些男人。”

“好吧,那么我以后要时时刻刻待在这儿,让您非生火不可。”

她还对他这样说:

“爹,您为什么老吃这种坏面包?”

“不为什么,我的女儿。”

“好吧,您要吃这种,我也就吃这种。”

于是,为了不让珂赛特吃黑面包,冉阿让只好改吃白面包。

对童年珂赛特只是模模糊糊地记得一些。她回忆早上和晚上为她所不认识的母亲祈祷。德纳第夫妇在她的记忆中好象是梦里见过的两张鬼脸。她还记得“某天晚上”她曾到一个树林里去取过水。她认为那是离巴黎很远的地方。她仿佛觉得她从前生活在一个黑洞里,是冉阿让把她从那洞里救出来的。在她的印象中,她的童年是一个在她的前后左右只有蜈蚣、蜘蛛和蛇的时期。她不大明白她怎么会是冉阿让的女儿,他又怎么会是她的父亲,她在夜晚入睡前想到这些事时,她便认为她母亲的灵魂已附在这老人的身体里,来和她住在一起了。

在他坐着的时候,她常把自己的脸靠在他的白发上,悄悄掉下一滴眼泪,心里想道:“他也许就是我的母亲吧,这人!”

还有一点,说来很奇怪:珂赛特是个由修院培养出来的姑娘,知识非常贫乏,母性,更是她在童贞时期绝对无法理解的,因而她最后想到她只是尽可能少的有过母亲。这位母亲,她连名字也不知道。每次她向冉阿让问起她母亲的名字,冉阿让总是默不作声。要是她再问,他便以笑容作答。有一次,她一定要问个清楚,他那笑容便成了一眶眼泪。

冉阿让守口如瓶,芳汀这名字便也湮灭了。

这是出于谨慎小心吗?出于敬意吗?是害怕万一传到别人耳朵里也会引起一些回忆吗?

在珂赛特还小的时候,冉阿让老爱和她谈到她的母亲,当她成了大姑娘,就不能这样了。他感到他不敢谈。这是因为珂赛特呢,还是因为芳汀?他感到有种敬畏鬼神的心情使他不能让这灵魂进入珂赛特的思想,不能让一个死去的人在他们的命运中占一个第三者的地位。在他心中,那幽灵越是神圣,便越是可怕。他每次想到芳汀,便感到一种压力,使他无法开口。他仿佛看见黑暗中有个什么东西象一只按在嘴唇上的手指。芳汀原是个识羞耻的人,但在她生前,羞耻已粗暴地从她心中被迫出走了,这羞耻心是否在她死后又回到她的身上,悲愤填膺地护卫着死者的安宁,横眉怒目地在她坟墓里保护着她呢?冉阿让是不是已在不知不觉中感到这种压力呢?我们这些信鬼魂的人是不会拒绝这种神秘的解释的。因此,即使在珂赛特面前,也不可能提到芳汀这名字了。

一天,珂赛特对他说:

“爹,昨晚我在梦里看见了我的母亲。她有两个大翅膀。我母亲在她活着的时候,应当已到圣女的地位吧。”

“通过苦难。”冉阿让回答说。

然而,冉阿让是快乐的。

珂赛特和他一道出门时,她总紧靠在他的臂膀上,心里充满了自豪和幸福。冉阿让知道这种美满的温情是专属于他一个人的,感到自己心也醉了。这可怜的汉子沉浸在齐天的福分里,乐到浑身抖颤,他暗自庆幸的将能这样度此一生,他心里想他所受的苦难确还不够,不配享受这样美好的幸福,他并从灵魂的深处感谢上苍,让他这样一个毫无价值的人受到这个天真孩子如此真诚的爱戴。


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参考例句:
  • In actual fact the things I like doing are mostly wholesome.实际上我喜欢做的事大都是有助于增进身体健康的。
  • It is not wholesome to eat without washing your hands.不洗手吃饭是不卫生的。
7 formerly ni3x9     
adv.从前,以前
参考例句:
  • We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
  • This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。
8 virgin phPwj     
n.处女,未婚女子;adj.未经使用的;未经开发的
参考例句:
  • Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗?
  • There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。
9 modesty REmxo     
n.谦逊,虚心,端庄,稳重,羞怯,朴素
参考例句:
  • Industry and modesty are the chief factors of his success.勤奋和谦虚是他成功的主要因素。
  • As conceit makes one lag behind,so modesty helps one make progress.骄傲使人落后,谦虚使人进步。
10 ruffled e4a3deb720feef0786be7d86b0004e86     
adj. 有褶饰边的, 起皱的 动词ruffle的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • She ruffled his hair affectionately. 她情意绵绵地拨弄着他的头发。
  • All this talk of a strike has clearly ruffled the management's feathers. 所有这些关于罢工的闲言碎语显然让管理层很不高兴。
11 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。
12 moss X6QzA     
n.苔,藓,地衣
参考例句:
  • Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
  • He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。
13 agitated dzgzc2     
adj.被鼓动的,不安的
参考例句:
  • His answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定,回答全乱了。
  • She was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时,她十分焦虑。
14 candor CN8zZ     
n.坦白,率真
参考例句:
  • He covered a wide range of topics with unusual candor.他极其坦率地谈了许多问题。
  • He and his wife had avoided candor,and they had drained their marriage.他们夫妻间不坦率,已使婚姻奄奄一息。
15 aspiration ON6z4     
n.志向,志趣抱负;渴望;(语)送气音;吸出
参考例句:
  • Man's aspiration should be as lofty as the stars.人的志气应当象天上的星星那么高。
  • Young Addison had a strong aspiration to be an inventor.年幼的爱迪生渴望成为一名发明家。
16 homely Ecdxo     
adj.家常的,简朴的;不漂亮的
参考例句:
  • We had a homely meal of bread and cheese.我们吃了一顿面包加乳酪的家常便餐。
  • Come and have a homely meal with us,will you?来和我们一起吃顿家常便饭,好吗?
17 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。
18 utterly ZfpzM1     
adv.完全地,绝对地
参考例句:
  • Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民,把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
  • I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。
19 peril l3Dz6     
n.(严重的)危险;危险的事物
参考例句:
  • The refugees were in peril of death from hunger.难民有饿死的危险。
  • The embankment is in great peril.河堤岌岌可危。
20 mirages 63707d2009e5715d14e0761b5762a5e7     
n.海市蜃楼,幻景( mirage的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Through my half-closed eyelids I began to see mirages. 透过我半睁半闭的双眼,我看到了海市蜃楼。 来自辞典例句
  • There was for him only one trustworthy road through deceptions and mirages. 对他来说只有一条可靠的路能避开幻想和错觉。 来自辞典例句
21 abrupt 2fdyh     
adj.突然的,意外的;唐突的,鲁莽的
参考例句:
  • The river takes an abrupt bend to the west.这河突然向西转弯。
  • His abrupt reply hurt our feelings.他粗鲁的回答伤了我们的感情。
22 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。
23 discreetly nuwz8C     
ad.(言行)审慎地,慎重地
参考例句:
  • He had only known the perennial widow, the discreetly expensive Frenchwoman. 他只知道她是个永远那么年轻的寡妇,一个很会讲排场的法国女人。
  • Sensing that Lilian wanted to be alone with Celia, Andrew discreetly disappeared. 安德鲁觉得莉莲想同西莉亚单独谈些什么,有意避开了。
24 austere GeIyW     
adj.艰苦的;朴素的,朴实无华的;严峻的
参考例句:
  • His way of life is rather austere.他的生活方式相当简朴。
  • The room was furnished in austere style.这间屋子的陈设都很简单朴素。
25 puerile 70Vza     
adj.幼稚的,儿童的
参考例句:
  • The story is simple,even puerile.故事很简单,甚至有些幼稚。
  • Concert organisers branded the group's actions as puerile.音乐会的组织者指称该乐队的行为愚蠢幼稚。
26 obviates d7fa676d68bdd5d830d6843ea9557767     
v.避免,消除(贫困、不方便等)( obviate的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • This new evidence obviates the need for any further enquiries. 这项新证据排除了继续调查的必要。
  • The new road obviates the need to drive through the town. 有了新路,车辆不必再穿行市区了。 来自辞典例句
27 maternal 57Azi     
adj.母亲的,母亲般的,母系的,母方的
参考例句:
  • He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
  • The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。
28 nuns ce03d5da0bb9bc79f7cd2b229ef14d4a     
n.(通常指基督教的)修女, (佛教的)尼姑( nun的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Ah Q had always had the greatest contempt for such people as little nuns. 小尼姑之流是阿Q本来视如草芥的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Nuns are under vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. 修女须立誓保持清贫、贞洁、顺从。 来自辞典例句
29 plural c2WzP     
n.复数;复数形式;adj.复数的
参考例句:
  • Most plural nouns in English end in's '.英语的复数名词多以s结尾。
  • Here you should use plural pronoun.这里你应该用复数代词。
30 solicitude mFEza     
n.焦虑
参考例句:
  • Your solicitude was a great consolation to me.你对我的关怀给了我莫大的安慰。
  • He is full of tender solicitude towards my sister.他对我妹妹满心牵挂。
31 innocence ZbizC     
n.无罪;天真;无害
参考例句:
  • There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
  • The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。
32 overflow fJOxZ     
v.(使)外溢,(使)溢出;溢出,流出,漫出
参考例句:
  • The overflow from the bath ran on to the floor.浴缸里的水溢到了地板上。
  • After a long period of rain,the river may overflow its banks.长时间的下雨天后,河水可能溢出岸来。
33 conjectures 8334e6a27f5847550b061d064fa92c00     
推测,猜想( conjecture的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • That's weighing remote military conjectures against the certain deaths of innocent people. 那不过是牵强附会的军事假设,而现在的事实却是无辜者正在惨遭杀害,这怎能同日而语!
  • I was right in my conjectures. 我所猜测的都应验了。
34 edifices 26c1bcdcaf99b103a92f85d17e87712e     
n.大建筑物( edifice的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • They complain that the monstrous edifices interfere with television reception. 他们抱怨说,那些怪物般的庞大建筑,干扰了电视接收。 来自辞典例句
  • Wealthy officials and landlords built these queer edifices a thousand years ago. 有钱的官吏和地主在一千年前就修建了这种奇怪的建筑物。 来自辞典例句
35 abodes 9bcfa17ac7c6f4bca1df250af70f2ea6     
住所( abode的名词复数 ); 公寓; (在某地的)暂住; 逗留
参考例句:
  • Now he begin to dig near the abodes front legs. 目前他开端挖马前腿附近的土了。
  • They built a outstanding bulk of abodes. 她们盖了一大批房屋。
36 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。
37 rue 8DGy6     
n.懊悔,芸香,后悔;v.后悔,悲伤,懊悔
参考例句:
  • You'll rue having failed in the examination.你会悔恨考试失败。
  • You're going to rue this the longest day that you live.你要终身悔恨不尽呢。
38 acrid TJEy4     
adj.辛辣的,尖刻的,刻薄的
参考例句:
  • There is an acrid tone to your remarks.你说这些话的口气带有讥刺意味。
  • The room was filled with acrid smoke.房里充满刺鼻的烟。
39 fragrant z6Yym     
adj.芬香的,馥郁的,愉快的
参考例句:
  • The Fragrant Hills are exceptionally beautiful in late autumn.深秋的香山格外美丽。
  • The air was fragrant with lavender.空气中弥漫薰衣草香。
40 clumps a9a186997b6161c6394b07405cf2f2aa     
n.(树、灌木、植物等的)丛、簇( clump的名词复数 );(土、泥等)团;块;笨重的脚步声v.(树、灌木、植物等的)丛、簇( clump的第三人称单数 );(土、泥等)团;块;笨重的脚步声
参考例句:
  • These plants quickly form dense clumps. 这些植物很快形成了浓密的树丛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The bulbs were over. All that remained of them were clumps of brown leaves. 这些鳞茎死了,剩下的只是一丛丛的黃叶子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
41 boughs 95e9deca9a2fb4bbbe66832caa8e63e0     
大树枝( bough的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The green boughs glittered with all their pearls of dew. 绿枝上闪烁着露珠的光彩。
  • A breeze sighed in the higher boughs. 微风在高高的树枝上叹息着。
42 converse 7ZwyI     
vi.谈话,谈天,闲聊;adv.相反的,相反
参考例句:
  • He can converse in three languages.他可以用3种语言谈话。
  • I wanted to appear friendly and approachable but I think I gave the converse impression.我想显得友好、平易近人些,却发觉给人的印象恰恰相反。
43 possessed xuyyQ     
adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的
参考例句:
  • He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
  • He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。
44 eloquence 6mVyM     
n.雄辩;口才,修辞
参考例句:
  • I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts.恐怕我的雄辩也无补于事实了。
  • The people were charmed by his eloquence.人们被他的口才迷住了。
45 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。
46 vaguely BfuzOy     
adv.含糊地,暖昧地
参考例句:
  • He had talked vaguely of going to work abroad.他含糊其词地说了到国外工作的事。
  • He looked vaguely before him with unseeing eyes.他迷迷糊糊的望着前面,对一切都视而不见。
47 tapestry 7qRy8     
n.挂毯,丰富多采的画面
参考例句:
  • How about this artistic tapestry and this cloisonne vase?这件艺术挂毯和这个景泰蓝花瓶怎么样?
  • The wall of my living room was hung with a tapestry.我的起居室的墙上挂着一块壁毯。
48 importuned a70ea4faef4ef6af648a8c3c86119e1f     
v.纠缠,向(某人)不断要求( importune的过去式和过去分词 );(妓女)拉(客)
参考例句:
  • The boy importuned the teacher to raise his mark. 那个男孩纠缠着老师给他提分(数)。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • He importuned me for a position in my office. 他不断地要求我在我的办事处给他一个位置。 来自辞典例句
49 hideous 65KyC     
adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的
参考例句:
  • The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare.整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
  • They're not like dogs,they're hideous brutes.它们不像狗,是丑陋的畜牲。
50 meditated b9ec4fbda181d662ff4d16ad25198422     
深思,沉思,冥想( meditate的过去式和过去分词 ); 内心策划,考虑
参考例句:
  • He meditated for two days before giving his answer. 他在作出答复之前考虑了两天。
  • She meditated for 2 days before giving her answer. 她考虑了两天才答复。
51 maternity kjbyx     
n.母性,母道,妇产科病房;adj.孕妇的,母性的
参考例句:
  • Women workers are entitled to maternity leave with full pay.女工产假期间工资照发。
  • Trainee nurses have to work for some weeks in maternity.受训的护士必须在产科病房工作数周。
52 unintelligible sfuz2V     
adj.无法了解的,难解的,莫明其妙的
参考例句:
  • If a computer is given unintelligible data, it returns unintelligible results.如果计算机得到的是难以理解的数据,它给出的也将是难以理解的结果。
  • The terms were unintelligible to ordinary folk.这些术语一般人是不懂的。
53 prudence 9isyI     
n.谨慎,精明,节俭
参考例句:
  • A lack of prudence may lead to financial problems.不够谨慎可能会导致财政上出现问题。
  • The happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.幸运者都把他们的成功归因于谨慎或功德。
54 inundated b757ab1facad862c244d283c6bf1f666     
v.淹没( inundate的过去式和过去分词 );(洪水般地)涌来;充满;给予或交予(太多事物)使难以应付
参考例句:
  • We have been inundated with offers of help. 主动援助多得使我们应接不暇。
  • We have been inundated with every bit of information imaginable. 凡是想得到的各种各样的信息潮水般地向我们涌来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
55 sufficiently 0htzMB     
adv.足够地,充分地
参考例句:
  • It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
  • The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。
56 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。
57 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。


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