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Chapter 22
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I FELT that the train was hardly moving.

I reached Bougival at eleven.

Not one window in the house was lit. I rang, but no one answered.

It was the first time anything like this had happened. At length, the gardener appeared I entered the house.

Nanine met me with a light. I reached Marguerite's room.

'Where is your mistress?'

'Madame has gone to Paris, ' Nanine answered.

'Paris!'

'Yes, sir.'

'When?'

'An hour after you.'

'Did she leave anything for you to give me?'

'Nothing.'

Nanine left me.

'It's quite likely she was afraid, ' I thought, 'and went to Paris to see for herself whether the visit I'd said I was going to make to my father's wasn't just an excuse for having a day away from her.

'Perhaps Prudence1 wrote to her about something important, ' I said to myself when I was alone. 'But I saw Prudence as soon as I got there, and she didn't say anything to make me suppose that she'd written to Marguerite.'

Suddenly, I recalled the question Madame Duvernoy had asked me: 'So she's not coming today?' when I had told her Marguerite was ill. Simultaneously2, I remembered Prudence's embarrassed reaction when I'd stared at her after hearing her words, which had seemed to hint at a secret rendezvous3. To this was added my recollection of the tears Marguerite had wept all that day which had been pushed into the back of my mind by my father's warm welcome.

From this moment on, all of the day's events began to congregate4 around my original suspicion and rooted it so firmly in my thoughts that everything seemed to confirm it, even my father's leniency5.

Marguerite had virtually insisted that I should go to Paris. She had pretended to be calm when I suggested I should stay by her side. Had I fallen into a trap? Was Marguerite deceiving me? Had she counted on getting back in sufficiently6 good time for me to remain unaware7 of her absence, and had some chance occurrence detained her? Why had she not said anything to Nanine, or why had she not left me a note? What was the meaning of the tears, her absence, this whole mystery?

Such were the questions which, with some trepidation8, I put to myself as I stood in that empty bedroom, with my eyes fixed9 on the clock which, striking midnight, seemed to be telling me that it was too late now for me to hope to see my mistress return.

And yet, after the plans we had made, after the sacrifice which had been offered and accepted, was it likely she should be unfaithful? No. I made a conscious effort to dismiss my initial assumptions.

'The poor girl has probably found a buyer for her furniture and has gone to Paris to finalize10 the details. She didn't want to tell me beforehand because she knows that, though I may have agreed to her selling everything, for our future happiness depends on it, I don't like the idea at all. She was afraid she'd wound my pride and my scruples11 if she mentioned it. She'd much prefer to turn up again when everything is settled. It's obvious that Prudence was expecting her in connection with all this, and she gave herself away to me. Marguerite won't have been able to conclude her business today and is spending the night in her apartment, or perhaps she'll be here any minute, for she must have some idea of how anxious I am and certainly won't want to leave me to worry.

'But if that's the way of it, why the tears? She loves me of course, but I expect the poor girl couldn't help crying at the thought of giving up the luxury she's lived in up to now, for it made her happy and envied.'

I readily forgave Marguerite her regrets. I waited impatiently for her to come so that I could tell her, as I smothered12 her in kisses, that I had guessed the reason for her mysterious absence.

But the night wore on and still Marguerite did not come.

Imperceptibly, my anxiety tightened13 its hold, and gripped both my mind and my heart. Perhaps something had happened to her! Perhaps she was lying injured or ill or dead! Perhaps I would see a messenger arrive with news of some terrible accident! Perhaps the new day would find me still plunged14 in the same uncertainties15, the same fears!

The thought that Marguerite was being unfaithful to me even as I waited in the midst of the terrors unleashed16 by her absence, no longer entered my head. There had to be some good reason, independent of her will, to keep her far from me, and the more I thought about it, the more convinced I was that this reason could only be some misfortune or other. Oh, the pride of man assumes protean17 shapes!

It had just struck one. I told myself I would wait another hour and then, if Marguerite were not back by two o'clock, I would leave for Paris.

To while away the time, I looked for a book, for I dared not let myself think.

Manon Lescaut lay open on the table. It appeared to me that here and there the pages were damp, as though tears had been shed over them. After skimming through the volume, I closed it: the print made no sense through the veil of my doubts.

Time passed slowly. The sky was overcast18. Autumn rain lashed19 the windows. At times, the empty bed seemed, I thought, to resemble a grave. I felt afraid.

I opened the door. I listened, but heard nothing save the sound of the wind in the trees. No carriage rattled20 by on the road outside. Half past struck lugubriously21 from the church tower.

I had reached the point where I was afraid that someone would come. I felt that only misfortune would come seeking me out at such an hour and in such dismal22 weather.

It struck two. I waited a little longer. Only the regular, rhythmic23 ticking of the clock disturbed the silence.

At length, I left the room. Even the most trivial object in it had assumed that air of gloom which an anxious and lonely heart lends to everything around it.

In the next room, I found Nanine asleep over her needle work. The creaking of the door woke her, and she asked me if her mistress had returned.

'No, but if she does, you will say that I couldn't stand the worry and that I've gone to Paris.'

'At this time of night?'

'Yes.'

'But how will you get there? You won't find a carriage now.'

'I'll walk.'

'But it's raining.'

'So?'

'Madame will be back, or if she's not, there'll still be time in the morning to go and see what's kept her. You'll get yourself murdered on the way.'

'There's no danger of that, my dear Nanine. I'll see you tomorrow.'

She was a good girl and went to get my coat. She helped me on with it, offered to run round and wake the widow Arnould to enquire24 whether it would be possible to order a carriage. But I said no. I was certain that her efforts, which might in any case come to nothing, would waste more time than it would take for me to get half way there.

Besides, I needed air, needed to tire myself physically25 as a way of working off the agitation26 which gripped me.

I took the key to the apartment in the rue27 d'Antin and, saying goodbye to Nanine who came with me as far as the gates, I left.

At first, I set off at a run, but the ground was wet with the recent rain, and I tired quickly. After running for half an hour, I was forced to stop. I was bathed in perspiration28. I recovered my breath and went on. The night was so dark that I went in constant fear of colliding with one of the trees lining29 the road which, as they loomed30 up unexpectedly, looked like enormous ghosts bearing down on me.

I encountered one or two waggoner's carts, but soon left them behind.

A barouche passed making for Bougival at a fast trot31. As it drew level with me, my hopes rose that Marguerite was inside.

I stopped and shouted: 'Marguerite! Marguerite!'

But no one answered and the barouche continued on its way. I watched it go, and then set off again.

It took me two hours to get to the Barriere de l'Etoile.

The sight of Paris revived me, and I ran down the long avenue which I had walked along so often.

That night, no one was walking along it.

It was like an avenue in a dead city.

Day was just beginning to break.

When I reached the rue d'Antin, the great city was already beginning to stir before waking.

The clock of the church of Saint- Roch was striking five when I entered the building where Marguerite lived.

I flung my name at the porter, who had got enough twenty-franc tips out of me to know I was quite entitled to call on Mademoiselle Gautier at five in the morning.

In this way, I got past him unimpeded.

I could have asked him if Marguerite was at home. But he might have replied that she wasn't, and I preferred to keep my doubts for another two minutes. While there was doubt there was hope.

I listened at her door, trying to detect a sound or a movement.

But there was nothing. The silence of the country seemed to extend as far as here.

I unlocked the door and went inside.

All the curtains were tightly closed.

I drew back those in the dining- room and made for the bedroom. I pushed the door open.

I leaped on the curtain cord and pulled it savagely32.

The curtains opened. A faint glimmer33 of light pierced the gloom and I ran over to the bed.

It was empty!

I opened all the doors one after another. I looked in all the rooms.

There was no one there.

I thought I would go out of my mind.

I went into the dressing-room, opened the window and called several times to Prudence.

Madame Duvernoy's window remained shut.

Then I went down to the porter's lodge34 and asked him if Mademoiselle Gautier had been to her apartment the previous day.

'Yes, ' the man said, 'with Madame Duvernoy.'

'She left no word for me?'

'No.'

'Do you know what they did afterwards?'

'They got into a carriage.'

'What sort of carriage?'

'A gentleman's brougham.'

What could it all mean?

I rang at the house next door.

'Who are you wanting, sir?' the porter asked as he opened the door to me.

'Madame Duvernoy.'

'She's not back.'

'Are you sure?'

'Yes, sir. There's even a letter that was delivered yesterday evening that I haven't had chance to give her.'

And the man showed me a letter at which I glanced mechanically.

I recognized Marguerite's handwriting.

I took the letter.

It was addressed like this: 'To Madame Duvernoy, to be given to Monsieur Duval.'

'This letter is for me, ' I told the porter, and I showed him the address.

'Are you Monsieur Duval?' the man answered.

'Yes.'

'Now I recognize you. You often come here to see Madame Duvernoy.'

As soon as I was in the street, I broke open the seal on the letter.

Had lightning struck at my feet, I would not have been more appalled35 than by what I read.

'By the time you read this, Armand, I shall be another man's mistress. Consequently, all is finished between us.

Go back to your father, my dear. Go and see your sister. She's a pure young woman who knows nothing of all our miseries36. With her, you will very quickly forget what you have suffered at the hands of a fallen creature named Marguerite Gautier who, for an instant, you truly loved and who stands in your debt for the only happy moments in her life which, she hopes, will not last much longer.'

When I reached the end, I thought I was going out of my mind.

For a moment, I was genuinely afraid that I would collapse37 on to the cobbles of the street. My eyes clouded over and the blood pulsated38 in my temples.

After a while, I recovered something of my composure and looked around me in astonishment39 as I saw other people going about their lives without pausing over my unhappiness.

I was not strong enough by myself to bear the blow which Marguerite had dealt me.

Then I recalled that my father was there in the same city as myself, that I could be with him in ten minutes and that, whatever the reason for my sorrows, he would share them.

I ran like a madman, like a thief, all the way to the Hotel de Paris. The key was in the door of my father's apartment. I let myself in.

He was reading.

Judging by the small show of surprise which he displayed when he saw me, you might have thought that he had been expecting me.

I flung myself into his arms without a word, gave him Marguerite's letter and, sliding to the floor at his bedside, wept long, bitter tears.


我觉得火车开得太慢,仿佛不在走一样。
十一点钟我到了布吉瓦尔。

那座房子所有的窗户都没有亮光,我拉铃,没有人回答。

这样的事我还是第一次遇到。后来总算园丁出来了,我走了进去。

纳尼娜拿着灯向我走来。我走进了玛格丽特的卧室。

“太太呢?”

“太太到巴黎去了,”纳尼娜回答我说。

“到巴黎去了?”

“是的,先生。”

“什么时候去的?”

“您走后一个小时。”

“她没有什么东西留给我吗?”

“没有。”

纳尼娜离开我走了。

“她可能有什么疑虑,”我想,“也许是到巴黎去证实我对她说的去看父亲的事究竟是不是一个借口,为的是得到一天自由。

“或者是普律当丝有什么重要事情写信给她了,”当剩下我一个人的时候我心里想:“但是在我去巴黎的时候已经见到过普律当丝,在她跟我的谈话里面我一点也听不出她曾给玛格丽特写过信。”

突然我想起了当我对迪韦尔诺瓦太太说玛格丽特不舒服时,她问了我一句话:“那么她今天不来了吗?”这句话似乎泄露了她们有约会,同时我又想起了在她讲完这句话我望她的时候,她的神色很尴尬。我又回忆起玛格丽特整天眼泪汪汪,后来因为我父亲接待我很殷勤,我就把这些事给忘了。

想到这里,这天发生的一切事情都围绕着我的第一个怀疑打转,使我的疑心越来越重。所有一切,一直到父亲对我的慈祥态度都证实了我的怀疑。

玛格丽特几乎是逼着我到巴黎去的,我一提出要留在她身边,她就假装平静下来。我是不是落入了圈套?玛格丽特是在欺骗我吗?她是不是本来打算要及时回来,不让我发现她曾经离开过,但由于发生了意外的事把她拖住了呢?为什么她什么也没对纳尼娜说,又不给我写几个字呢?这些眼泪,她的出走,这些神秘莫测的事究竟是什么意思呢?

在这个空荡荡的房间里面,我惶惶不安地想着以上这些问题。我眼睛盯着墙上的时钟,时针已指着半夜,似乎在告诉我,要想再见到我的情妇回来,时间已经太晚了。

然而,不久前我们还对今后的生活作了安排;她作出了牺牲,我也接受了。难道她真的在欺骗我吗?不会的。我竭力要丢开我刚才的那些设想。

也许这个可怜的姑娘为她的家具找到了一个买主,她到巴黎接洽去了。这件事她不想让我事前知道,因为她知道,尽管这次拍卖对于我们今后的幸福十分必要,而且我也同意了,但这对我来说总是很难堪的。她怕在向我谈这件事时会伤了我的自尊心,损害我的感情。她宁愿等一切都办妥了再跟我见面。显而易见,普律当丝就是为了这件事在等她,而且在我面前泄漏了真相。玛格丽特今天大概还不能办完这次交易,她睡在普律当丝家里,也许她一会儿就要回来了,因为她应该想到我在担忧,肯定不会把我就这样丢在这里的。

但是她为什么要流泪呢?无疑是不管她怎样爱我,这个可怜的姑娘要放弃这种奢侈生活,到底还是舍不得的。她已经过惯了这种生活,并且觉得很幸福,别人也很羡慕她。

我非常体谅玛格丽特这种留恋不舍的心情。我焦急地等着她回来,我要好好地吻吻她,并对她说,我已经猜到了她神秘地出走的原因。

然而,夜深了,玛格丽特仍旧没有回来。

我越来越感到焦虑不安,心里紧张得很。她会不会出了什么事!她是不是受伤了,病了,死了!也许我马上就要看见一个信差来通知我什么噩耗,也许一直到天亮,我仍将陷在这同样的疑惑和忧虑之中。

玛格丽特的出走使我惊慌失措,我提心吊胆地等着她,她是否会欺骗我呢?这种想法我一直没再有过。一定是有一种她作不了主的原因把她拖住了,使她不能到我这里来。我越是想,越是相信这个原因只能是某种灾祸。啊,人类的虚荣心呵!你的表现形式真是多种多样啊。

一点钟刚刚敲过,我心里想我再等她一个小时,倘使到了两点钟玛格丽特还不回来,我就动身到巴黎去。

在等待的时候,我找了一本书看,因为我不敢多想。

《玛侬·莱斯科》翻开在桌子上,我觉得书页上有好些地方似乎被泪水沾湿了。在翻看了一会以后,我把书又合上了。

由于我疑虑重重,书上的字母对我来说似乎毫无意义。

时间慢慢在流逝,天空布满了乌云,一阵秋雨抽打着玻璃窗,有时空荡荡的床铺看上去犹如一座坟墓,我害怕起来了。

我打开门,侧耳静听,除了树林里簌簌的风声以外什么也听不见。路上车辆绝迹,教堂的钟凄凉地在敲半点钟。

我倒反而怕有人来了,我觉得在这种时刻,在这种阴沉的天气,要有什么事情来找我的话,也决不会是好事。

两点钟敲过了,我稍等了一会儿,唯有那墙上时钟的单调的滴答声打破寂静的气氛。

最后我离开了这个房间,由于内心的孤独和不安,在我看来这个房间里连最小的物件也都蒙上了一层愁云。

在隔壁房间里我看到纳尼娜扑在她的活计上面睡着了。听到门响的声音,她惊醒了,问我是不是她的女主人回来了。

“不是的,不过如果她回来,您就对她说我实在放心不下,到巴黎去了。”

“现在去吗?”

“是的。”

“可怎么去呢,车子也叫不到了。”

“我走着去。”

“可是天下着雨哪!”

“那有什么关系?”

“太太要回来的,再说即使她不回来,等天亮以后再去看她是让什么事拖住了也不迟啊。您这样在路上走会被人谋害的。”

“没有危险的,我亲爱的纳尼娜,明天见。”

这位忠厚的姑娘把我的大衣找来,披在我肩上,劝我去叫醒阿尔努大娘,向她打听能不能找到一辆车子;但是我不让她去叫她,深信这是白费力气,而且这样一折腾所费的时间比我赶一半路的时间还要长。

再说我正需要新鲜的空气和肉体上的疲劳。这种肉体上的劳累可以缓和一下我现在的过度紧张的心情。

我拿了昂坦街上那所房子的钥匙,纳尼娜一直陪我到铁栅栏门口,我向她告别后就走了。

起初我是在跑步,因为地上刚被雨淋湿,泥泞难行,我觉得分外疲劳。这样跑了半个小时后,我浑身都湿透了,我不得不停了下来。我歇了一会儿又继续赶路,夜黑得伸手不见五指,我每时每刻都怕撞到路旁的树上去,这些树突然之间呈现在我眼前,活像一些向我直奔而来的高大的魔鬼。

我碰到一二辆货车,很快我就把它们甩到后面去了。

一辆四轮马车向布吉瓦尔方向疾驰而来,在它经过我面前的时候,我心头突然出现一个希望:玛格丽特就在这辆马车上。

我停下来叫道:“玛格丽特!玛格丽特!”

但是没有人回答我,马车继续赶它的路,我望着它渐渐远去,我又接着往前走。

我走了两个小时,到了星形广场①的栅栏门。

①星形广场:凯旋门四周的广场。

看到巴黎我又有了力量,我沿着那条走过无数次的长长的坡道跑了下去。

那天晚上路上连个行人也没有。

我仿佛在一个死去的城市里散步。

天色渐渐亮了。

在我抵达昂坦街的时候,这座大城市已经在蠕蠕而动,即将苏醒了。

当我走进玛格丽特家里时,圣罗克教堂的大钟正敲五点。

我把我的名字告诉了看门人,他以前拿过我好些每枚值二十法郎的金币,知道我有权在清晨五点钟到戈蒂埃小姐的家中去。

因此我顺利地进去了。

我原来可以问他玛格丽特是不是在家,但是他很可能给我一个否定的答复,而我宁愿多猜疑上几分钟,因为在猜疑的时候总还是存在一线希望。

我把耳朵贴在门上,想听出一点声音,听出一点动静来。

什么声音也没有,静得似乎跟在乡下一样。

我开门走了进去。

所有的窗帘都掩得严严实实的。

我把餐室的窗帘拉开,向卧室走去,推开卧室的门。我跳到窗帘绳跟前,使劲一拉。

窗帘拉开了,一抹淡淡的日光射了进来,我冲向卧床。

床是空的!

我把门一扇一扇地打开,察看了所有的房间。

一个人也没有。

我几乎要发疯了。

我走进梳妆间,推开窗户连声呼唤普律当丝。

迪韦尔诺瓦太太的窗户一直关闭着。

于是我下楼去问看门人,我问他戈蒂埃小姐白天是不是来过。

“来过的,”这个人回答我说,“跟迪韦尔诺瓦太太一起来的。”

“她没有留下什么话给我吗?”

“没有。”

“您知道她们后来干什么去了?”

“她们又乘马车走了。”

“什么样子的马车。”

“一辆私人四轮轿式马车。”

这一切到底是怎么回事呢?

我拉了拉隔壁房子的门铃。

“您找哪一家,先生?”看门人把门打开后问我。

“到迪韦尔诺瓦太太家里去。”

“她还没有回来。”

“您能肯定吗?”

“能,先生,这里还有她一封信,是昨天晚上送来的,我还没有交给她呢。”

看门人把一封信拿给我看,我机械地向那封信瞥了一眼。

我认出了这是玛格丽特的笔迹。

我拿过信来。

信封上写着:

烦请迪韦尔诺瓦夫人转交迪瓦尔先生。

“这封信是给我的,”我对看门人说,我把信封上的字指给他看。

“您就是迪瓦尔先生吗?”这个人问我。

“是的。”

“啊!我认识您,您经常到迪韦尔诺瓦太太家来的。”

一到街上,我就打开了这封信。

即使在我脚下响起了一个霹雷也不会比读到这封信更使我觉得惊恐的了。

在您读到这封信的时候,阿尔芒,我已经是别人的情妇了,我们之间一切都完了。

回到您父亲跟前去,我的朋友,再去看看您的妹妹,她是一个纯洁的姑娘,她不懂得我们这些人的苦难。在您妹妹的身旁,您很快就会忘记那个被人叫做玛格丽特·戈蒂埃的堕落的姑娘让您受到的痛苦。她曾经一度享受过您的爱情,这个姑娘一生中仅有的幸福时刻就是您给她的,她现在希望她的生命早点结束。

当我念到最后一句话时,我觉得我快要神经错乱了。

有一忽儿我真怕要倒在街上了。我眼前一片云雾,热血在我太阳穴里突突地跳动。

后来我稍许清醒了一些,我环视着周围,看到别人并不关心我的不幸,他们还是照常生活,我真奇怪透了。

我一个人可承受不了玛格丽特给我的打击。

于是我想到了我父亲正与我在同一个城市,十分钟后我就可以到他身边了,而且他会分担我的痛苦,不管这种痛苦是什么原因造成的。

我像个疯子、像个小偷似的奔跑着,一直跑到巴黎旅馆,看见我父亲的房门上插着钥匙,我开门走了进去。

他在看书。

看到我出现在他面前,他并不怎么惊奇,仿佛正在等着我似的。

我一句话也不说就倒在他怀抱里,我把玛格丽特的信递给他,听任自己跌倒在他的床前,我热泪纵横地嚎啕大哭起来。


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1 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。
2 simultaneously 4iBz1o     
adv.同时发生地,同时进行地
参考例句:
  • The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
  • The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。
3 rendezvous XBfzj     
n.约会,约会地点,汇合点;vi.汇合,集合;vt.使汇合,使在汇合地点相遇
参考例句:
  • She made the rendezvous with only minutes to spare.她还差几分钟时才来赴约。
  • I have a rendezvous with Peter at a restaurant on the harbour.我和彼得在海港的一个餐馆有个约会。
4 congregate jpEz5     
v.(使)集合,聚集
参考例句:
  • Now they can offer a digital place for their readers to congregate and talk.现在他们可以为读者提供一个数字化空间,让读者可以聚集和交谈。
  • This is a place where swans congregate.这是个天鹅聚集地。
5 leniency I9EzM     
n.宽大(不严厉)
参考例句:
  • udges are advised to show greater leniency towards first-time offenders.建议法官对初犯者宽大处理。
  • Police offer leniency to criminals in return for information.警方给罪犯宽大处理以换取情报。
6 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。
7 unaware Pl6w0     
a.不知道的,未意识到的
参考例句:
  • They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
  • I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。
8 trepidation igDy3     
n.惊恐,惶恐
参考例句:
  • The men set off in fear and trepidation.这群人惊慌失措地出发了。
  • The threat of an epidemic caused great alarm and trepidation.流行病猖獗因而人心惶惶。
9 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
参考例句:
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
10 finalize otRzVH     
v.落实,定下来
参考例句:
  • Let us finalize tonight.让我们今天晚上干完
  • 。At the same time,industrial designers work with engineers to finalize components and assembly.同时,工业设计师和工程师一道来完成部件和组装部分的工作。
11 scruples 14d2b6347f5953bad0a0c5eebf78068a     
n.良心上的不安( scruple的名词复数 );顾虑,顾忌v.感到于心不安,有顾忌( scruple的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • I overcame my moral scruples. 我抛开了道德方面的顾虑。
  • I'm not ashamed of my scruples about your family. They were natural. 我并未因为对你家人的顾虑而感到羞耻。这种感觉是自然而然的。 来自疯狂英语突破英语语调
12 smothered b9bebf478c8f7045d977e80734a8ed1d     
(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制
参考例句:
  • He smothered the baby with a pillow. 他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。
  • The fire is smothered by ashes. 火被灰闷熄了。
13 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。
14 plunged 06a599a54b33c9d941718dccc7739582     
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
参考例句:
  • The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
  • She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳,从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
15 uncertainties 40ee42d4a978cba8d720415c7afff06a     
无把握( uncertainty的名词复数 ); 不确定; 变化不定; 无把握、不确定的事物
参考例句:
  • One of the uncertainties of military duty is that you never know when you might suddenly get posted away. 任军职不稳定的因素之一是你永远不知道什么时候会突然被派往它处。
  • Uncertainties affecting peace and development are on the rise. 影响和平与发展的不确定因素在增加。 来自汉英非文学 - 十六大报告
16 unleashed unleashed     
v.把(感情、力量等)释放出来,发泄( unleash的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press. 政府的提案引发了新闻界的抗议浪潮。
  • The full force of his rage was unleashed against me. 他把所有的怒气都发泄在我身上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
17 protean QBOyN     
adj.反复无常的;变化自如的
参考例句:
  • Sri Lanka is a protean and wonderful paradise.斯里兰卡是一个千变万化和精彩万分的人间天堂。
  • He is a protean stylist who can move from blues to ballads and grand symphony.他风格多变,从布鲁斯、乡村音乐到雄壮的交响乐都能驾驭。
18 overcast cJ2xV     
adj.阴天的,阴暗的,愁闷的;v.遮盖,(使)变暗,包边缝;n.覆盖,阴天
参考例句:
  • The overcast and rainy weather found out his arthritis.阴雨天使他的关节炎发作了。
  • The sky is overcast with dark clouds.乌云满天。
19 lashed 4385e23a53a7428fb973b929eed1bce6     
adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥
参考例句:
  • The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
  • The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
20 rattled b4606e4247aadf3467575ffedf66305b     
慌乱的,恼火的
参考例句:
  • The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
  • Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里,窗户都格格作响。
21 lugubriously 117fb830ab48560ef86b5dbc3e2a7b1e     
参考例句:
  • His mirth hoarse and ghastly, like a raven's and the sick wolf joined him, howling lugubriously. 他的笑声粗厉可怕,跟乌鸦的怪叫一样,而那条病狼也随着他,一阵阵地惨嗥。 来自互联网
22 dismal wtwxa     
adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的
参考例句:
  • That is a rather dismal melody.那是一支相当忧郁的歌曲。
  • My prospects of returning to a suitable job are dismal.我重新找到一个合适的工作岗位的希望很渺茫。
23 rhythmic rXexv     
adj.有节奏的,有韵律的
参考例句:
  • Her breathing became more rhythmic.她的呼吸变得更有规律了。
  • Good breathing is slow,rhythmic and deep.健康的呼吸方式缓慢深沉而有节奏。
24 enquire 2j5zK     
v.打听,询问;调查,查问
参考例句:
  • She wrote to enquire the cause of the delay.她只得写信去询问拖延的理由。
  • We will enquire into the matter.我们将调查这事。
25 physically iNix5     
adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律
参考例句:
  • He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服,心绪也很乱。
  • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
26 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。
27 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。
28 perspiration c3UzD     
n.汗水;出汗
参考例句:
  • It is so hot that my clothes are wet with perspiration.天太热了,我的衣服被汗水湿透了。
  • The perspiration was running down my back.汗从我背上淌下来。
29 lining kpgzTO     
n.衬里,衬料
参考例句:
  • The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
  • Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。
30 loomed 9423e616fe6b658c9a341ebc71833279     
v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近
参考例句:
  • A dark shape loomed up ahead of us. 一个黑糊糊的影子隐隐出现在我们的前面。
  • The prospect of war loomed large in everyone's mind. 战事将起的庞大阴影占据每个人的心。 来自《简明英汉词典》
31 trot aKBzt     
n.疾走,慢跑;n.老太婆;现成译本;(复数)trots:腹泻(与the 连用);v.小跑,快步走,赶紧
参考例句:
  • They passed me at a trot.他们从我身边快步走过。
  • The horse broke into a brisk trot.马突然快步小跑起来。
32 savagely 902f52b3c682f478ddd5202b40afefb9     
adv. 野蛮地,残酷地
参考例句:
  • The roses had been pruned back savagely. 玫瑰被狠狠地修剪了一番。
  • He snarled savagely at her. 他向她狂吼起来。
33 glimmer 5gTxU     
v.发出闪烁的微光;n.微光,微弱的闪光
参考例句:
  • I looked at her and felt a glimmer of hope.我注视她,感到了一线希望。
  • A glimmer of amusement showed in her eyes.她的眼中露出一丝笑意。
34 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。
35 appalled ec524998aec3c30241ea748ac1e5dbba     
v.使惊骇,使充满恐惧( appall的过去式和过去分词)adj.惊骇的;丧胆的
参考例句:
  • The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
  • They were appalled by the reports of the nuclear war. 他们被核战争的报道吓坏了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
36 miseries c95fd996533633d2e276d3dd66941888     
n.痛苦( misery的名词复数 );痛苦的事;穷困;常发牢骚的人
参考例句:
  • They forgot all their fears and all their miseries in an instant. 他们马上忘记了一切恐惧和痛苦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • I'm suffering the miseries of unemployment. 我正为失业而痛苦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
37 collapse aWvyE     
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
参考例句:
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
38 pulsated 95224f170ed11afe31a824fc8ecb8670     
v.有节奏地舒张及收缩( pulsate的过去式和过去分词 );跳动;脉动;受(激情)震动
参考例句:
  • A regular rhythm pulsated in our ears. 一种平均的节奏在我们耳边颤动着。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The city pulsated with music and excitement. 这个城市随着音乐和激情而脉动。 来自互联网
39 astonishment VvjzR     
n.惊奇,惊异
参考例句:
  • They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
  • I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。


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