Part 5 Book 1 Chapter 21 The Heroes

All at once, the drum beat the charge.

The attack was a hurricane. On the evening before, in the darkness,the barricade¹ had been approached silently, as by a boa. Now, in broad daylight, in that widening street, surprise was decidedly impossible, rude force had, moreover, been unmasked, the cannon² had begun the roar, the army hurled³ itself on the barricade. Fury now became skill. A powerful detachment of infantry⁴ of the line, broken at regular intervals⁵, by the National Guard and the Municipal Guard on foot, and supported by serried⁶ masses which could be heard though not seen, debauched into the street at a run, with drums beating, trumpets⁷ braying⁸, bayonets levelled, the sappers at their head, and, imperturbable⁹ under the projectiles¹⁰, charged straight for the barricade with the weight of a brazen¹¹ beam against a wall.

The wall held firm.

The insurgents¹³ fired impetuously. The barricade once scaled had a mane of lightning flashes. The assault was so furious, that for one moment, it was inundated¹⁴ with assailants; but it shook off the soldiers as the lion shakes off the dogs, and it was only covered with besiegers as the cliff is covered with foam¹⁵, to re-appear, a moment later, beetling¹⁶, black and formidable.

The column, forced to retreat, remained massed in the street, unprotected but terrible, and replied to the redoubt with a terrible discharge of musketry. Any one who has seen fireworks will recall the sheaf formed of interlacing lightnings which is called a bouquet¹⁷. Let the reader picture to himself this bouquet, no longer vertical¹⁸ but horizontal, bearing a bullet, buck-shot or a biscaien at the tip of each one of its jets of flame, and picking off dead men one after another from its clusters of lightning. The barricade was underneath¹⁹ it.

On both sides, the resolution was equal. The bravery exhibited there was almost barbarous and was complicated with a sort of heroic ferocity which began by the sacrifice of self.

This was the epoch²⁰ when a National Guardsman fought like a Zouave. The troop wished to make an end of it, insurrection was desirous of fighting. The acceptance of the death agony in the flower of youth and in the flush of health turns intrepidity²¹ into frenzy²². In this fray²³, each one underwent the broadening growth of the death hour. The street was strewn with corpses²⁴.

The barricade had Enjolras at one of its extremities²⁵ and Marius at the other. Enjolras, who carried the whole barricade in his head, reserved and sheltered himself; three soldiers fell, one after the other, under his embrasure, without having even seen him; Marius fought unprotected. He made himself a target. He stood with more than half his body above the breastworks. There is no more violent prodigal²⁶ than the avaricious²⁷ man who takes the bit in his teeth; there is no man more terrible in action than a dreamer. Marius was formidable and pensive²⁸. In battle he was as in a dream. One would have pronounced him a phantom²⁹ engaged in firing a gun.

The insurgents' cartridges³⁰ were giving out; but not their sarcasms³¹. In this whirlwind of the sepulchre in which they stood, they laughed.

Courfeyrac was bare-headed.

"What have you done with your hat?" Bossuet asked him.

Courfeyrac replied:

"They have finally taken it away from me with cannon-balls."

Or they uttered haughty³² comments.

"Can any one understand," exclaimed Feuilly bitterly, "those men,--[and he cited names, well-known names, even celebrated³³ names, some belonging to the old army]--who had promised to join us, and taken an oath to aid us, and who had pledged their honor to it, and who are our generals, and who abandon us!"

And Combeferre restricted himself to replying with a grave smile.

"There are people who observe the rules of honor as one observes the stars, from a great distance."

The interior of the barricade was so strewn with torn cartridges that one would have said that there had been a snowstorm.

The assailants had numbers in their favor; the insurgents had position. They were at the top of a wall, and they thundered point-blank upon the soldiers tripping over the dead and wounded and entangled³⁴ in the escarpment. This barricade, constructed as it was and admirably buttressed³⁵, was really one of those situations where a handful of men hold a legion in check. Nevertheless, the attacking column, constantly recruited and enlarged under the shower of bullets,drew inexorably nearer, and now, little by little, step by step, but surely, the army closed in around the barricade as the vice³⁶ grasps the wine-press.

One assault followed another. The horror of the situation kept increasing.

Then there burst forth³⁷ on that heap of paving-stones, in that Rue³⁸ de la Chanvrerie, a battle worthy³⁹ of a wall of Troy. These haggard, ragged⁴⁰, exhausted⁴¹ men, who had had nothing to eat for four and twenty hours, who had not slept, who had but a few more rounds to fire, who were fumbling⁴² in their pockets which had been emptied of cartridges, nearly all of whom were wounded, with head or arm bandaged with black and blood-stained linen⁴³, with holes in their clothes from which the blood trickled⁴⁴, and who were hardly armed with poor guns and notched⁴⁵ swords, became Titans. The barricade was ten times attacked, approached, assailed⁴⁶, scaled, and never captured.

In order to form an idea of this struggle, it is necessary to imagine fire set to a throng⁴⁷ of terrible courages, and then to gaze at the conflagration⁴⁸. It was not a combat, it was the interior of a furnace; there mouths breathed the flame; there countenances⁴⁹ were extraordinary. The human form seemed impossible there, the combatants flamed forth there, and it was formidable to behold⁵¹ the going and coming in that red glow of those salamanders of the fray.

The successive and simultaneous scenes of this grand slaughter⁵² we renounce⁵³ all attempts at depicting⁵⁴. The epic⁵⁵ alone has the right to fill twelve thousand verses with a battle.

One would have pronounced this that hell of Brahmanism, the most redoubtable⁵⁶ of the seventeen abysses, which the Veda calls the Forest of Swords.

They fought hand to hand, foot to foot, with pistol shots, with blows of the sword, with their fists, at a distance, close at hand, from above, from below, from everywhere, from the roofs of the houses, from the windows of the wine-shop, from the cellar windows, whither some had crawled. They were one against sixty.

The facade⁵⁷ of Corinthe, half demolished⁵⁸, was hideous⁵⁹. The window, tattooed⁶⁰ with grape-shot, had lost glass and frame and was nothing now but a shapeless hole, tumultuously blocked with paving-stones.

Bossuet was killed; Feuilly was killed; Courfeyrac was killed; Combeferre, transfixed by three blows from a bayonet in the breast at the moment when he was lifting up a wounded soldier, had only time to cast a glance to heaven when he expired.

Marius, still fighting, was so riddled⁶¹ with wounds, particularly in the head, that his countenance⁵⁰ disappeared beneath the blood, and one would have said that his face was covered with a red kerchief.

Enjolras alone was not struck. When he had no longer any weapon, he reached out his hands to right and left and an insurgent¹² thrust some arm or other into his fist. All he had left was the stumps⁶² of four swords; one more than Francois I. at Marignan. Homer says: "Diomedes cuts the throat of Axylus, son of Teuthranis, who dwelt in happy Arisba; Euryalus, son of Mecistaeus, exterminates⁶³ Dresos and Opheltios, Esepius, and that Pedasus whom the naiad Abarbarea bore to the blameless Bucolion; Ulysses overthrows⁶⁴ Pidytes of Percosius; Antilochus, Ablerus; Polypaetes, Astyalus; Polydamas, Otos, of Cyllene; and Teucer, Aretaon. Meganthios dies under the blows of Euripylus' pike. Agamemnon, king of the heroes, flings to earth Elatos, born in the rocky city which is laved by the sounding river Satnois." In our old poems of exploits, Esplandian attacks the giant marquis Swantibore with a cobbler's shoulder-stick of fire, and the latter defends himself by stoning the hero with towers which he plucks up by the roots. Our ancient mural frescoes⁶⁵ show us the two Dukes of Bretagne and Bourbon, armed, emblazoned and crested⁶⁶ in war-like guise⁶⁷, on horseback and approaching each other, their battle-axes in hand, masked with iron, gloved with iron, booted with iron, the one caparisoned in ermine, the other draped in azure⁶⁸: Bretagne with his lion between the two horns of his crown, Bourbon helmeted with a monster fleur de lys on his visor. But, in order to be superb, it is not necessary to wear, like Yvon, the ducal morion, to have in the fist, like Esplandian, a living flame, or, like Phyles, father of Polydamas, to have brought back from Ephyra a good suit of mail, a present from the king of men, Euphetes; it suffices to give one's life for a conviction or a loyalty⁶⁹. This ingenuous⁷⁰ little soldier, yesterday a peasant of Bauce or Limousin, who prowls with his clasp-knife by his side, around the children's nurses in the Luxembourg garden, this pale young student bent⁷¹ over a piece of anatomy⁷² or a book, a blond youth who shaves his beard with scissors,--take both of them, breathe upon them with a breath of duty, place them face to face in the Carrefour Boucherat or in the blind alley⁷³ Planche-Mibray, and let the one fight for his flag, and the other for his ideal, and let both of them imagine that they are fighting for their country; the struggle will be colossal⁷⁴; and the shadow which this raw recruit and this sawbones in conflict will produce in that grand epic field where humanity is striving, will equal the shadow cast by Megaryon, King of Lycia, tiger-filled, crushing in his embrace the immense body of Ajax, equal to the gods.

突然袭击的战鼓敲响了。

飓风式的猛攻。昨夜在黑暗中，街垒好象被一条蟒蛇悄悄地靠近了。现在大白天，在敞开的大街上，奇袭肯定是不可能的；此外，强大的兵力已经暴露。大炮已开始狂吼，军队向街垒猛冲。狂怒现在成为巧妙的技能。一支强大的步兵呈战列纵队，在相当的距离内，平均地安插在国民自卫军和保安警察队之间，并有无数听得到看不见的人作后盾，向大街跑步冲来，他们擂起战鼓，吹着军号，刺刀平端，工兵开路，在枪林弹雨中沉着前进，直抵街垒，象根铜柱那样把重量压在一堵墙上。

这堵墙顶住了。

起义者激烈地开火。街垒出现了人在上面竞相攀登的场面，它有着一簇象鬃毛样披散的火光。攻打是如此猛烈，一时间四周全是进攻者；就象狮子对付群狗，街垒摆脱了这些士兵，它被围攻者覆盖着，只不过象浪花冲击悬崖一样，不一会儿，又重新露出黑色的巨大峭壁。

纵队被迫退却后又在街上密集，他们已没有掩护，但很可怖，他们用骇人的排枪向棱堡还击。见过烟火的人将会记起那种称之为礼花的交叉着的火光，试想这簇礼花不是垂直而是横着的，每束火花顶端有一颗实心弹、一颗大粒霰弹或一颗散子弹，在一连串的电闪雷鸣中撒播着死亡。街垒正处在它的下方。

双方的决心是相等的。勇敢在这里近于野蛮，并夹杂着某种残酷的英雄行为，这首先是来自自我牺牲的精神。在那个时代国民自卫军打起仗来就象轻步兵一样。军队要结束这场战争，起义者却要继续战斗。在年轻力壮的时候去接受死亡，这使大无畏的精神变为疯狂。混战中的每一个人都感到了最后时刻所赐予的至高无上的形象。街上堆满了尸体。

街垒的一头是安灼拉，另一头是马吕斯。安灼拉关心整个街垒，他等待战机，暂作隐蔽；三个士兵看都没有看到他，就在他的枪孔前接连倒下。马吕斯则是不加掩护地作战，成了众矢之的。他从棱堡顶上露出大半截身子。一个吝啬的人在发狂时可以千金一掷，在所不惜，但也没有比一个冥想者行动起来更可怕的了。马吕斯既极其可怕又沉思不醒。他在战斗中的动作如同在梦里一样，看起来好象是一个鬼魂在打枪。

被包围者的子弹逐渐耗尽，他们的嘲讽却还没有枯竭。在这座坟墓的旋风中，他们还是嬉笑自如。

古费拉克光着脑袋。

“你把帽子弄哪儿去了？”博须埃问他。

古费拉克回答：

“他们老开炮给轰掉了。”

或者他们还态度傲慢地评论一番。

“真不明白这些人，”弗以伊辛酸地喊着（他念着一些名字，有些甚至很有名，一些过去军界中的人士），“他们答应来参加并发誓帮助我们，他们曾以荣誉担保，他们是我们的将军，可是却抛弃了我们！”

公白飞只报以庄严的微笑：

“有些人遵守荣誉信条，好比人们观察①星星，隔着老远的距离。”

①此处“遵守”与“观察”法语是同一个词：observer。

街垒的内部撒满炸开的弹片，就象下了一场雪。

进攻者人数众多，起义者地势优越。起义者在一堵高墙上很近地瞄准那些在尸体和伤兵间踉跄前进或在陡坡上跌脚绊手的士兵。这街垒筑得这样牢固真令人叹服，真不愧是一个固守的阵地，少数人就可阻挡一个军团。可是随时在补充人员并在枪林弹雨中不断增援的突击纵队无情地迫近了，现在正在一点点、一步步、但有把握地前进，象是压榨机的螺丝在拧紧，军队逐渐逼近街垒。

突击连续不断，恐怖越加强烈。

于是在这堆铺路石上，在这条麻厂街上，展开了一场堪与特洛伊之战相比的搏斗。这些形容憔悴、衣衫破烂、疲惫不堪的人，十四小时不进食，没合眼，只剩下几发子弹可供射击，现在正摸着没有子弹的空口袋；他们几乎都受了伤，头或手臂都用发黑的血污的布条包扎着，衣服的破洞中流出鲜血，有的武器只是管坏枪和旧而钝的刀，但却要成为巨人提坦了。街垒曾十次受到围困、攻打、攀登，但始终未被占领。

要对这次战斗有个概念，我们可以想象在一堆可怕的勇士身上点起火来，再来观看这场火灾。这不是一场战斗，这是一个火炉的炉膛。他们的嘴在吞吐火焰，他们的脸非常奇特。这已不再是人的形态；战士们浑身是火；见到这些在混战的红焰中来往的火蛇真是令人胆战心惊。对双方同时进行的连续不断的大规模杀戮场面，我们将不予描述，因为只有长篇的英雄史诗才有权用一万二千行诗句来叙述一次战斗。

简直就象婆罗门教的地狱，十七种地狱中最可怕的一种，在《吠陀》①中被称为剑林。

肉搏开始了，短兵相接，用手枪射击，长刀砍，拳头打，远处，近处，从上面，从下面，到处皆是，从屋顶，从酒店窗口，几个人钻进了地下室，从通气洞射击。这是一对六十的悬殊战。科林斯的门面已毁去一半，形状很丑。窗上弹痕累累，玻璃和窗框都已不在，只是一个畸形的洞而已，用铺路石乱七八糟地堵着。博须埃被杀死了，弗以伊被杀死了，古费拉克被杀死了，若李被杀死了，公白飞正在扶起一个伤兵时被刺刀刺了三下，刺穿了胸，只朝天望了一眼就气绝了。

马吕斯继续战斗，浑身是伤，尤其是头部，满面鲜血，好象盖了一块红手帕。

安灼拉是唯一没有受伤的。他没有了武器，就左右伸手，有个起义者随便放一把刀在他手里。他的四把剑只剩下了断片，比弗朗索瓦一世②在马林雅诺还多一把。

①《吠陀》（Véda），印度最古的宗教文献和文学作品的总称。

②弗朗索瓦一世（FrancoisIer，1494-1547），法国国王，一五一五年至一五四七年在位。一五一五年在意大利马林雅诺城战胜瑞士人。

荷马说：“狄俄墨得斯扼杀了住在欢乐的阿利斯巴的特脱拉尼斯的儿子阿希勒；墨西斯特的儿子于利亚除掉了特来梭斯、奥菲提奥斯、埃赛普以及河神阿巴巴莱和无可非难的布科里奥怀孕后生下的儿子贝达希斯；乌利西斯推翻了贝谷斯的毕弟特；安提罗科推翻阿培来；波里波特斯推翻阿斯第耶；波里达马斯推翻西兰的奥多斯；透克洛斯推翻阿埃达翁。梅冈提奥斯死在欧里毕勒的标枪下。阿伽门农，英雄之王，打翻了生长在波涛滚滚的沙特诺以斯河所灌溉的悬崖城市中的埃拉多斯。”①在我们古代的英雄史诗中埃斯勃朗第安用两头冒火的利刃攻打巨人斯汪蒂坡尔侯爵，侯爵拔起城楼向这位骑士掷去自卫。我们的古老壁画中可以见到布列塔尼和波旁两个武装了的公爵，他们带着徽章和战盔，骑着马，握着战斧，戴着铁面罩，穿着铁靴，戴着铁手套，一匹马披着银鼠马衣，另一匹裹着蓝呢；布列塔尼那一位在冠冕的两角之间有他的狮子为记，波旁的那一位在铁盔帽舌上装饰着一大朵百合花。其实要表示堂皇，不需要象伊奉那样戴着公爵的高顶盔，象埃斯勃朗第安那样，举着一个火炬，或象波里达马斯的父亲费来斯那样，从埃非尔带回欧菲特王的礼物棗一副好甲胄，这只需为一个信仰或为了尽忠献出生命就够了。这个天真的小士兵，昨天还是博斯或里摩日的农民，腰间别着菜刀，在卢森堡公园孩子们的保姆周围徘徊，这个年轻的学生，面色苍白，专心解剖或看一本书，一个用剪刀剪胡子的金发少年，把他们两人集合在一起，向他们鼓吹一下责任心，把他们带到布什拉街口或在卜朗什－米勃雷死胡同内面对面站着，使一个为了自己的旗帜、另一个为了理想而战，让双方都认为是在为祖国而战；斗争将很激烈，这两个对抗着的步兵和外科医生，他们投在人类斗争的大战场上的影子可与多虎的里西君王美加莱在和伟大的与神明相等的埃阿斯②肉博时所投的影子相媲美。

①以上人名均系荷马史诗《伊利亚特》及《奥德赛》中之英雄。

②埃阿斯（Ajax），特洛伊战争中的希腊英雄。主将阿喀琉斯死后，埃阿斯与奥德修斯争夺阿喀琉斯的武器，奥德修斯用计取胜，埃阿斯自杀而死。

1 barricade   

n.路障，栅栏，障碍；vt.设路障挡住

参考例句：

• The soldiers make a barricade across the road.士兵在路上设路障。
• It is difficult to break through a steel barricade.冲破钢铁障碍很难。

2 cannon   

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。

3 hurled   

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》

4 infantry   

n.[总称]步兵(部队)

参考例句：

• The infantry were equipped with flame throwers.步兵都装备有喷火器。
• We have less infantry than the enemy.我们的步兵比敌人少。

5 intervals   

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。

6 serried   

adj.拥挤的；密集的

参考例句：

• The fields were mostly patches laid on the serried landscape.between crevices and small streams.农田大部分是地缝和小溪之间的条状小块。
• On the shelf are serried rows of law books and law reports.书橱上是排得密密匝匝的几排法律书籍和判例汇编。

7 trumpets   

喇叭( trumpet的名词复数 )； 小号； 喇叭形物； （尤指）绽开的水仙花

参考例句：

• A wreath was laid on the monument to a fanfare of trumpets. 在响亮的号角声中花圈被献在纪念碑前。
• A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King. 嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。

8 braying   

v.发出驴叫似的声音( bray的现在分词 )；发嘟嘟声；粗声粗气地讲话（或大笑）；猛击

参考例句：

• A donkey was braying on the hill behind the house. 房子后面的山上传来驴叫声。 来自互联网
• What's the use of her braying out such words? 她粗声粗气地说这种话有什么用呢？ 来自互联网

9 imperturbable   

adj.镇静的

参考例句：

• Thomas,of course,was cool and aloof and imperturbable.当然，托马斯沉着、冷漠，不易激动。
• Edward was a model of good temper and his equanimity imperturbable.爱德华是个典型的好性子，他总是沉着镇定。

10 projectiles   

n.抛射体( projectile的名词复数 )；（炮弹、子弹等）射弹，（火箭等）自动推进的武器

参考例句：

• These differences are connected with the strong absorption of the composite projectiles. 这些差别与复杂的入射粒子的强烈吸收有关。 来自辞典例句
• Projectiles became more important because cannons could now fire balls over hundreds or yards. 抛射体变得更加重要，因为人们已能用大炮把炮弹射到几百码的距离之外。 来自辞典例句

11 brazen   

adj.厚脸皮的，无耻的，坚硬的

参考例句：

• The brazen woman laughed loudly at the judge who sentenced her.那无耻的女子冲着给她判刑的法官高声大笑。
• Some people prefer to brazen a thing out rather than admit defeat.有的人不愿承认失败，而是宁肯厚着脸皮干下去。

12 insurgent   

adj.叛乱的，起事的；n.叛乱分子

参考例句：

• Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.法鲁克说，他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁。
• The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。

13 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

14 inundated   

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》

15 foam   

v./n.泡沫，起泡沫

参考例句：

• The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
• The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。

16 beetling   

adj.突出的，悬垂的v.快速移动( beetle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I last saw him beetling off down the road. 我上次见到他时，他正快步沿路而去。
• I saw you beetling off early at the party. 我见到你早早从宴会中离开。 来自辞典例句

17 bouquet   

n.花束，酒香

参考例句：

• This wine has a rich bouquet.这种葡萄酒有浓郁的香气。
• Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。

18 vertical   

adj.垂直的，顶点的，纵向的；n.垂直物，垂直的位置

参考例句：

• The northern side of the mountain is almost vertical.这座山的北坡几乎是垂直的。
• Vertical air motions are not measured by this system.垂直气流的运动不用这种系统来测量。

19 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

20 epoch   

n.(新)时代；历元

参考例句：

• The epoch of revolution creates great figures.革命时代造就伟大的人物。
• We're at the end of the historical epoch,and at the dawn of another.我们正处在一个历史时代的末期，另一个历史时代的开端。

21 intrepidity   

n.大胆，刚勇；大胆的行为

参考例句：

• I threw myself into class discussions, attempting to dazzle him with my intelligence and intrepidity. 我全身心投入班级讨论，试图用我的智慧和冒险精神去赢得他的钦佩。 来自互联网
• Wolf totem is a novel about wolves intrepidity, initiation, strong sense of kindred and group spirit. 《狼图腾》是一部描写蒙古草原狼无畏、积极进取、强烈家族意识和团队精神的小说。 来自互联网

22 frenzy   

n.疯狂，狂热，极度的激动

参考例句：

• He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。
• They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。

23 fray   

v.争吵；打斗；磨损，磨破；n.吵架；打斗

参考例句：

• Why should you get involved in their fray?你为什么要介入他们的争吵呢？
• Tempers began to fray in the hot weather.大热天脾气烦燥。

24 corpses   

n.死尸，尸体( corpse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them. 活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Overhead, grayish-white clouds covered the sky, piling up heavily like decaying corpses. 天上罩满了灰白的薄云，同腐烂的尸体似的沉沉的盖在那里。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

25 extremities   

n.端点( extremity的名词复数 )；尽头；手和足；极窘迫的境地

参考例句：

• She was most noticeable, I thought, in respect of her extremities. 我觉得她那副穷极可怜的样子实在太惹人注目。 来自辞典例句
• Winters may be quite cool at the northwestern extremities. 西北边区的冬天也可能会相当凉。 来自辞典例句

26 prodigal   

adj.浪费的，挥霍的，放荡的

参考例句：

• He has been prodigal of the money left by his parents.他已挥霍掉他父母留下的钱。
• The country has been prodigal of its forests.这个国家的森林正受过度的采伐。

27 avaricious   

adj.贪婪的，贪心的

参考例句：

• I call on your own memory as witness:remember we have avaricious hearts.假使你想要保证和证明，你可以回忆一下我们贪婪的心。
• He is so avaricious that we call him a blood sucker.他如此贪婪，我们都叫他吸血鬼。

28 pensive   

a.沉思的,哀思的,忧沉的

参考例句：

• He looked suddenly sombre,pensive.他突然看起来很阴郁，一副忧虑的样子。
• He became so pensive that she didn't like to break into his thought.他陷入沉思之中,她不想打断他的思路。

29 phantom   

n.幻影，虚位，幽灵；adj.错觉的，幻影的，幽灵的

参考例句：

• I found myself staring at her as if she were a phantom.我发现自己瞪大眼睛看着她，好像她是一个幽灵。
• He is only a phantom of a king.他只是有名无实的国王。

30 cartridges   

子弹( cartridge的名词复数 )； （打印机的）墨盒； 录音带盒； （唱机的）唱头

参考例句：

• computer consumables such as disks and printer cartridges 如磁盘、打印机墨盒之类的电脑耗材
• My new video game player came with three game cartridges included. 我的新电子游戏机附有三盘游戏带。

31 sarcasms   

n.讥讽，讽刺，挖苦( sarcasm的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Bertha frowned, finding it difficult to repress the sarcasms that rose to her lips. 伯莎皱起眉头，她觉得要把溜到嘴边的挖苦话咽下去是件难事。 来自辞典例句
• But as a general rule Bertha checked the sarcasms that constantly rose to her tongue. 然而总的说来，伯莎堵住不断涌到她嘴边的冷嘲热讽。 来自辞典例句

32 haughty   

adj.傲慢的，高傲的

参考例句：

• He gave me a haughty look and walked away.他向我摆出傲慢的表情后走开。
• They were displeased with her haughty airs.他们讨厌她高傲的派头。

33 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

34 entangled   

adj.卷入的；陷入的；被缠住的；缠在一起的v.使某人（某物/自己）缠绕，纠缠于（某物中），使某人（自己）陷入（困难或复杂的环境中）( entangle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The bird had become entangled in the wire netting. 那只小鸟被铁丝网缠住了。
• Some military observers fear the US could get entangled in another war. 一些军事观察家担心美国会卷入另一场战争。 来自《简明英汉词典》

35 buttressed   

v.用扶壁支撑，加固( buttress的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The court buttressed its decision. 法院支持自己的判决。 来自辞典例句
• The emotional appeal was buttressed with solid and specific policy details. 情感的感召有坚实的和详细的政策细节支持。 来自互联网

36 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

37 forth   

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。

38 rue   

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。

39 worthy   

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。

40 ragged   

adj.衣衫褴褛的，粗糙的，刺耳的

参考例句：

• A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。
• Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣烂衫意味着贫穷。

41 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

42 fumbling   

n. 摸索,漏接 v. 摸索,摸弄,笨拙的处理

参考例句：

• If he actually managed to the ball instead of fumbling it with an off-balance shot. 如果他实际上设法拿好球而不是fumbling它。50-balance射击笨拙地和迅速地会开始他的岗位移动，经常这样结束。
• If he actually managed to secure the ball instead of fumbling it awkwardly an off-balance shot. 如果他实际上设法拿好球而不是fumbling它。50-50提议有时。他从off-balance射击笨拙地和迅速地会开始他的岗位移动，经常这样结束。

43 linen   

n.亚麻布，亚麻线，亚麻制品；adj.亚麻布制的，亚麻的

参考例句：

• The worker is starching the linen.这名工人正在给亚麻布上浆。
• Fine linen and cotton fabrics were known as well as wool.精细的亚麻织品和棉织品像羊毛一样闻名遐迩。

44 trickled   

v.滴( trickle的过去式和过去分词 )；淌；使)慢慢走；缓慢移动

参考例句：

• Blood trickled down his face. 血从他脸上一滴滴流下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The tears trickled down her cheeks. 热泪一滴滴从她脸颊上滚下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

45 notched   

a.有凹口的，有缺口的

参考例句：

• Torino notched up a 2-1 win at Lazio. 都灵队以2 比1 赢了拉齐奧队。
• He notched up ten points in the first five minutes of the game. 他在比赛开始后的五分钟里得了十分。

46 assailed   

v.攻击( assail的过去式和过去分词 )；困扰；质问；毅然应对

参考例句：

• He was assailed with fierce blows to the head. 他的头遭到猛烈殴打。
• He has been assailed by bad breaks all these years. 这些年来他接二连三地倒霉。 来自《用法词典》

47 throng   

n.人群，群众；v.拥挤，群集

参考例句：

• A patient throng was waiting in silence.一大群耐心的人在静静地等着。
• The crowds thronged into the mall.人群涌进大厅。

48 conflagration   

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。

49 countenances   

n.面容( countenance的名词复数 )；表情；镇静；道义支持

参考例句：

• 'stood apart, with countenances of inflexible gravity, beyond what even the Puritan aspect could attain." 站在一旁，他们脸上那种严肃刚毅的神情，比清教徒们还有过之而无不及。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
• The light of a laugh never came to brighten their sombre and wicked countenances. 欢乐的光芒从来未照亮过他们那阴郁邪恶的面孔。 来自辞典例句

50 countenance   

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。

51 behold   

v.看，注视，看到

参考例句：

• The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
• The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。

52 slaughter   

n.屠杀，屠宰；vt.屠杀，宰杀

参考例句：

• I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
• Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。

53 renounce   

v.放弃；拒绝承认，宣布与…断绝关系

参考例句：

• She decided to renounce the world and enter a convent.她决定弃绝尘世去当修女。
• It was painful for him to renounce his son.宣布与儿子脱离关系对他来说是很痛苦的。

54 depicting   

描绘，描画( depict的现在分词 )； 描述

参考例句：

• a painting depicting the Virgin and Child 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画
• The movie depicting the battles and bloodshed is bound to strike home. 这部描写战斗和流血牺牲的影片一定会取得预期效果。

55 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。

56 redoubtable   

adj.可敬的；可怕的

参考例句：

• He is a redoubtable fighter.他是一位可敬的战士。
• Whose only defense is their will and redoubtable spirit.他们唯一的国防是他们的意志和可怕的精神。

57 facade   

n.(建筑物的)正面，临街正面；外表

参考例句：

• The entrance facade consists of a large full height glass door.入口正面有一大型全高度玻璃门。
• If you look carefully,you can see through Bob's facade.如果你仔细观察，你就能看穿鲍勃的外表。

58 demolished   

v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光

参考例句：

• The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
• They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。

59 hideous   

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。

60 tattooed   

v.刺青，文身( tattoo的过去式和过去分词 )；连续有节奏地敲击；作连续有节奏的敲击

参考例句：

• He had tattooed his wife's name on his upper arm. 他把妻子的名字刺在上臂上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sailor had a heart tattooed on his arm. 那水兵在手臂上刺上一颗心。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

61 riddled   

adj.布满的；充斥的；泛滥的v.解谜，出谜题(riddle的过去分词形式)

参考例句：

• The beams are riddled with woodworm. 这些木梁被蛀虫蛀得都是洞。
• The bodies of the hostages were found riddled with bullets. 在人质的尸体上发现了很多弹孔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

62 stumps   

（被砍下的树的）树桩( stump的名词复数 )； 残肢； （板球三柱门的）柱； 残余部分

参考例句：

• Rocks and stumps supplied the place of chairs at the picnic. 野餐时石头和树桩都充当了椅子。
• If you don't stir your stumps, Tom, you'll be late for school again. 汤姆，如果你不快走，上学又要迟到了。

63 exterminates   

n.消灭，根绝( exterminate的名词复数 )v.消灭，根绝( exterminate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He exterminates some species on a large scale, but favours the multiplication of others. 他使有些物种大批消亡，却造成有利条件使另外一些物种成倍地增加。 来自互联网

64 overthrows   

n.推翻，终止，结束( overthrow的名词复数 )v.打倒，推翻( overthrow的第三人称单数 )；使终止

参考例句：

• Newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic. 1851年，新选出来的法国总统查尔斯·路易斯·波拿巴推翻了第二次共和。 来自互联网
• With unexpected innovative elements, the Next Step overthrows your knowledge for percussion! 意想不到的创新元素，颠覆你对打击乐的印象。 来自互联网

65 frescoes   

n.壁画( fresco的名词复数 )；温壁画技法，湿壁画

参考例句：

• The Dunhuang frescoes are gems of ancient Chinese art. 敦煌壁画是我国古代艺术中的瑰宝。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The frescoes in these churches are magnificent. 这些教堂里的壁画富丽堂皇。 来自《简明英汉词典》

66 crested   

adj.有顶饰的，有纹章的，有冠毛的v.到达山顶（或浪峰）( crest的过去式和过去分词 )；到达洪峰，达到顶点

参考例句：

• a great crested grebe 凤头䴙䴘
• The stately mansion crested the hill. 庄严的大厦位于山顶。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

67 guise   

n.外表，伪装的姿态

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors.他们假装成视察员进了学校。
• The thief came into the house under the guise of a repairman.那小偷扮成个修理匠进了屋子。

68 azure   

adj.天蓝色的，蔚蓝色的

参考例句：

• His eyes are azure.他的眼睛是天蓝色的。
• The sun shone out of a clear azure sky.清朗蔚蓝的天空中阳光明媚。

69 loyalty   

n.忠诚，忠心

参考例句：

• She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
• His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。

70 ingenuous   

adj.纯朴的，单纯的；天真的；坦率的

参考例句：

• Only the most ingenuous person would believe such a weak excuse!只有最天真的人才会相信这么一个站不住脚的借口！
• With ingenuous sincerity,he captivated his audience.他以自己的率真迷住了观众。

71 bent   

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。

72 anatomy   

n.解剖学，解剖；功能，结构，组织

参考例句：

• He found out a great deal about the anatomy of animals.在动物解剖学方面，他有过许多发现。
• The hurricane's anatomy was powerful and complex.对飓风的剖析是一项庞大而复杂的工作。

73 alley   

n.小巷，胡同；小径，小路

参考例句：

• We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
• The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。

74 colossal   

adj.异常的，庞大的

参考例句：

• There has been a colossal waste of public money.一直存在巨大的公款浪费。
• Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.那座城市里的一些高层建筑很庞大。