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AFTER two or three days, when I had established myself in my room and had gone backwards1 and forwards to London several times, and had ordered all I wanted of my tradesmen, Mr Pocket and I had a long talk together. He knew more of my intended career than I knew myself, for the referred to his having been told by Mr Jaggers that I was not designed for any profession, and that I should be well enough educated for my destiny if I could `hold my own' with the average of young men in prosperous circumstances. I acquiesced2, of course, knowing nothing to the contrary.
He advised my attending certain places in London, for the acquisition of such mere3 rudiments4 as I wanted, and my investing him with the functions of explainer and director of all my studies. He hoped that with intelligent assistance I should meet with little to discourage me, and should soon be able to dispense5 with any aid but his. Through his way of saying this, and much more to similar purpose, he placed himself on confidential6 terms with me in an admirable manner; and I may state at once that he was always so zealous7 and honourable8 in fulfilling his compact with me, that he made me zealous and honourable in fulfilling mine with him. If he had shown indifference9 as a master, I have no doubt I should have returned the compliment as a pupil; he gave me no such excuse, and each of us did the other justice. Nor, did I ever regard him as having anything ludicrous about him - or anything but what was serious, honest, and good - in his tutor communication with me.

When these points were settled, and so far carried out as that I had begun to work in earnest, it occurred to me that if I could retain my bedroom in Barnard's Inn, my life would be agreeably varied11, while my manners would be none the worse for Herbert's society. Mr Pocket did not object to this arrangement, but urged that before any step could possibly be taken in it, it must be submitted to my guardian12. I felt that this delicacy13 arose out of the consideration that the plan would save Herbert some expense, so I went off to Little Britain and imparted my wish to Mr Jaggers.

`If I could buy the furniture now hired for me,' said I, `and one or two other little things, I should be quite at home there.'

`Go it!' said Mr Jaggers, with a short laugh. `I told you you'd get on. Well! How much do you want?'

I said I didn't know how much.

`Come!' retorted Mr Jaggers. `How much? Fifty pounds?'

`Oh, not nearly so much.'

`Five pounds?' said Mr Jaggers.

This was such a great fall, that I said in discomfiture14, `Oh! more than that.'

`More than that, eh!' retorted Mr Jaggers, lying in wait for me, with his hands in his pockets, his head on one side, and his eyes on the wall behind me; `how much more?'

`It is so difficult to fix a sum,' said I, hesitating.

`Come!' said Mr Jaggers. `Let's get at it. Twice five; will that do? Three times five; will that do? Four times five; will that do?'

I said I thought that would do handsomely.

`Four times five will do handsomely, will it?' said Mr Jaggers, knitting his brows. `Now, what do you make of four times five?'

`What do I make of it?'

`Ah!' said Mr Jaggers; `how much?'

`I suppose you make it twenty pounds,' said I, smiling.

`Never mind what I make it, my friend,' observed Mr Jaggers, with a knowing and contradictory15 toss of his head. `I want to know what you make it.'

`Twenty pounds, of course.'

`Wemmick!' said Mr Jaggers, opening his office door. `Take Mr Pip's written order, and pay him twenty pounds.'

This strongly marked way of doing business made a strongly marked impression on me, and that not of an agreeable kind. Mr Jaggers never laughed; but he wore great bright creaking boots, and, in poising16 himself on these boots, with his large head bent17 down and his eyebrows19 joined together, awaiting an answer, he sometimes caused the boots to creak, as if they laughed in a dry and suspicious way. As he happened to go out now, and as Wemmick was brisk and talkative, I said to Wemmick that I hardly knew what to make of Mr Jaggers's manner.

`Tell him that, and he'll take it as a compliment,' answered Wemmick; `he don't mean that you should know what to make of it. - Oh!' for I looked surprised, `it's not personal; it's professional: only professional.'

Wemmick was at his desk, lunching - and crunching20 - on a dry hard biscuit; pieces of which he threw from time to time into his slit21 of a mouth, as if he were posting them.

`Always seems to me,' said Wemmick, `as if he had set a mantrap and was watching it. Suddenly - click - you're caught!'

Without remarking that man-traps were not among the amenities22 of life, I said I supposed he was very skilful23?

`Deep,' said Wemmick, `as Australia.' Pointing with his pen at the office floor, to express that Australia was understood, for the purposes of the figure, to be symmetrically on the opposite spot of the globe. `If there was anything deeper,' added Wemmick, bringing his pen to paper, `he'd be it.'

Then, I said I supposed he had a fine business, and Wemmick said, `Ca-pi-tal!' Then I asked if there were many clerks? to which he replied:

`We don't run much into clerks, because there's only one Jaggers, and people won't have him at second-hand24. There are only four of us. Would you like to see 'em? You are one of us, as I may say.'

I accepted the offer. When Mr Wemmick had put all the biscuit into the post, and had paid me my money from a cash-box in a safe, the key of which safe he kept somewhere down his back and produced from his coat-collar like an iron pigtail, we went up-stairs. The house was dark and shabby, and the greasy25 shoulders that had left their mark in Mr Jaggers's room, seemed to have been shuffling26 up and down the staircase for years. In the front first floor, a clerk who looked something between a publican and a rat-catcher - a large pale puffed27 swollen28 man - was attentively29 engaged with three or four people of shabby appearance, whom he treated as unceremoniously as everybody seemed to be treated who contributed to Mr Jaggers's coffers. `Getting evidence together,' said Mr Wemmick, as we came out, `for the Bailey.' In the room over that, a little flabby terrier of a clerk with dangling30 hair (his cropping seemed to have been forgotten when he was a puppy) was similarly engaged with a man with weak eyes, whom Mr Wemmick presented to me as a smelter who kept his pot always boiling, and who would melt me anything I pleased - and who was in an excessive white-perspiration, as if he had been trying his art on himself. In a back room, a high-shouldered man with a faceache tied up in dirty flannel31, who was dressed in old black clothes that bore the appearance of having been waxed, was stooping over his work of making fair copies of the notes of the other two gentlemen, for Mr Jaggers's own use.

This was all the establishment. When we went down-stairs again, Wemmick led me into my guardian's room, and said, `This you've seen already.'

`Pray,' said I, as the two odious32 casts with the twitchy leer upon them caught my sight again, `whose likenesses are those?'

`These?' said Wemmick, getting upon a chair, and blowing the dust off the horrible heads before bringing them down. `These are two celebrated33 ones. Famous clients of ours that got us a world of credit. This chap (why you must have come down in the night and been peeping into the inkstand, to get this blot34 upon your eyebrow18, you old rascal35!) murdered his master, and, considering that he wasn't brought up to evidence, didn't plan it badly.'

`Is it like him?' I asked, recoiling36 from the brute37, as Wemmick spat38 upon his eyebrow and gave it a rub with his sleeve.

`Like him? It's himself, you know. The cast was made in Newgate, directly after he was taken down. You had a particular fancy for me, hadn't you, Old Artful?' said Wemmick. He then explained this affectionate apostrophe, by touching39 his brooch representing the lady and the weeping willow40 at the tomb with the urn10 upon it, and saying, `Had it made for me, express!'

`Is the lady anybody?' said I.

`No,' returned Wemmick. `Only his game. (You liked your bit of game, didn't you?) No; deuce a bit of a lady in the case, Mr Pip, except one - and she wasn't of this slender ladylike sort, and you wouldn't have caught her looking after this urn - unless there was something to drink in it.' Wemmick's attention being thus directed to his brooch, he put down the cast, and polished the brooch with his pocket-handkerchief.

`Did that other creature come to the same end?' I asked. `He has the same look.'

`You're right,' said Wemmick; `it's the genuine look. Much as if one nostril41 was caught up with a horsehair and a little fish-hook. Yes, he came to the same end; quite the natural end here, I assure you. He forged wills, this blade did, if he didn't also put the supposed testators to sleep too. You were a gentlemanly Cove42, though' (Mr Wemmick was again apostrophizing), `and you said you could write Greek. Yah, Bounceable! What a liar43 you were!I never met such a liar as you!' Before putting his late friend on his shelf again, Wemmick touched the largest of his mourning rings and said, `Sent out to buy it for me, only the day before.'

While he was putting up the other cast and coming down from the chair, the thought crossed my mind that all his personal jewellery was derived44 from like sources. As he had shown no diffidence on the subject, I ventured on the liberty of asking him the question, when he stood before me, dusting his hands.

`Oh yes,' he returned, `these are all gifts of that kind. One brings another, you see; that's the way of it. I always take 'em. They're curiosities. And they're property. They may not be worth much, but, after all, they're property and portable. It don't signify to you with your brilliant look-out, but as to myself, my guidingstar always is, "Get hold of portable property".'

When I had rendered homage45 to this light, he went on to say, in a friendly manner:

`If at any odd time when you have nothing better to do, you wouldn't mind coming over to see me at Walworth, I could offer you a bed, and I should consider it an honour. I have not much to show you; but such two or three curiosities as I have got, you might like to look over; and I am fond of a bit of garden and a summer-house.'

I said I should be delighted to accept his hospitality.

`Thankee,' said he; `then we'll consider that it's to come off, when convenient to you. Have you dined with Mr Jaggers yet?'

`Not yet.'

`Well,' said Wemmick, `he'll give you wine, and good wine. I'll give you punch, and not bad punch. and now I'll tell you something. When you go to dine with Mr Jaggers, look at his housekeeper46.'

`Shall I see something very uncommon47?'

`Well,' said Wemmick, `you'll see a wild beast tamed. Not so very uncommon, you'll tell me. I reply, that depends on the original wildness of the beast, and the amount of taming. It won't lower your opinion of Mr Jaggers's powers. Keep your eye on it.'

I told him I would do so, with all the interest and curiosity that his preparation awakened48. As I was taking my departure, he asked me if I would like to devote five minutes to seeing Mr Jaggers `at it?'

For several reasons, and not least because I didn't clearly know what Mr Jaggers would be found to be `at,' I replied in the affirmative. We dived into the City, and came up in a crowded policecourt, where a blood-relation (in the murderous sense) of the deceased with the fanciful taste in brooches, was standing49 at the bar, uncomfortably chewing something; while my guardian had a woman under examination or cross-examination - I don't know which - and was striking her, and the bench, and everybody present, with awe50. If anybody, of whatsoever51 degree, said a word that he didn't approve of, he instantly required to have it `taken down.' If anybody wouldn't make an admission, he said, `I'll have it out of you!' and if anybody made an admission, he said, `Now I have got you!' the magistrates52 shivered under a single bite of his finger. Thieves and thieftakers hung in dread53 rapture54 on his words, and shrank when a hair of his eyebrows turned in their direction. Which side he was on, I couldn't make out, for he seemed to me to be grinding the whole place in a mill; I only know that when I stole out on tiptoe, he was not on the side of the bench; for, he was making the legs of the old gentleman who presided, quite convulsive under the table, by his denunciations of his conduct as the representative of British law and justice in that chair that day.

 

两三天之后,我已把自己的房间安置停当。我来来回回到伦敦市内去过几次,所需要的东西已向各有关商行订购,也都已经送来了。鄱凯特先生和我已作过一次长谈。他对于我未来的前途比我自己还清楚,他说贾格斯先生已经告诉他我的情况,所以我的学习不是为了寻求工作,而是接受教育,其教育的良好程度要和有钱人家子弟的一般情况差不多,以和我未来的命运相称。自然,对于这些我没有反对意见,也就是默认了。

他建议我先到伦敦几处地方去跑跑,可以获得一些我所缺乏的基本知识。现在他已受权在所有的功课方面对我进行讲解、指导。他希望他能够明智地帮助我,使我不至于遇到麻烦的问题。他相信要不了多久,我就完全可以由他一人指导学习了。说了这些之后,他又说了不少类似的话。他对我开门见山,以诚相待,措辞美妙,我立刻也向他表达了我的思想。既然他在履行合同时对我那么热情认真、诚实可靠,自然我在履行和他所定的合同时也会同样热情认真、诚实可靠。如果作为老师他对我表示冷漠,无疑作为学生,我也会运用冷漠回敬老师;他既然并未给我以口实,两人相互之间自也是各不相负。在教与学的过程之中,我感到在他身上没有一点荒唐可笑的地方,他给我的感觉是那么严肃认真、诚实可靠。慈祥善良。

有关学习方面的问题达成协议后,我便开始努力并付诸于实现。我又想到,假使我能在巴纳德旅馆保留一个房间,我的生活便会更加丰富多彩,再说,和赫伯特住在一起,在待人接物方面也会有所长进。鄱凯特先生并不反对这种安排,但他告诫我,在做任何事之前,都必须去请示一下我的监护人。我感到他考虑得十分周到,因为实现了这个计划也可为赫伯特节省点开支,于是我到了小不列颠街,把我的想法告诉贾格斯先生。

“假使我能够把租的一套家具买下来,”我对他说道,“再买上一两件别的小东西,我住在那里会是够舒服的了。”

“去买!”贾格斯先生不高兴地笑了一声,“我早就告诉过你,你的费用会大起来的。现在怎么样,你要多少钱?”

我说我不知道要多少钱。

“说吧!”贾格斯先生紧逼道,“要多少?五十镑行吗?”

“哦,用不着那么多。”

“五镑怎么样?”贾格斯先生说道。

这真是从天上掉到了地下,我被弄得狼狈不堪。“哦,要比五镑多些!”我只得说道。

“比五镑多些,嗯!”贾格斯先生说道,在等我回答。他两手插在口袋中,头歪向一边,眼睛望着我背后的墙。“你究竟要多少?”

“很难确准一个数字。”我感到踌躇地说道。

“得了,得了!”贾格斯先生说道,“让我们来算一下,两个五镑行不行?三个五镑行不行?四个五镑行不行?”

我说我想这个数目是足够了。

“四个五镑足够了,是不是?”贾格斯先生皱起眉头说道,“那么,你说四个五镑究竟是多少?”

“要我算一下?”

“嗯!”贾格斯先生说道,“你说是多少?”

“我想你算出来是二十镑吧。”我笑着对他说道。

“你不必问我计算出来是多少,我的朋友,”贾格斯先生带着洞察一切的神情,但不赞成地昂起了头说道,“我所要知道的是你计算出来的是多少。”

“自然是二十镑了。”

“温米克!”贾格斯先生打开办公室的门,说道,“让皮普先生写一张收据,付给他二十镑。”

这种特别的处理事务的方式给我留下了特别的印象,这种印象无论如何是不令人愉快的。贾格斯先生从来没有笑容,但是,他穿了一双又大又亮又吱吱嘎嘎的皮靴。在他犹豫不决地踏着靴子站在那里,歪着他的大头,眉毛皱得快靠拢起来地等待着别人的回答时,会不时地踏一下靴子,发出吱嘎声,仿佛代替了他那种怀疑而又冷漠的笑。正巧他现在出去了,而温米克倒显得很活跃、很健谈,于是我对温米克说,要想弄清贾格斯先生的态度是很难的。

“你要告诉他数字,他觉得这才符合手续,”温米克答道,“他不是一定要你算——唔,我明白了!”他发现我面露不解,于是说道,“这不是他的个性如此,这是职业习惯,仅仅是职业习惯而已。”

温米克坐在桌边吃他的午餐,咬得又干又硬的饼于嘎喳嘎喳响。他把一片一片的饼干不断地丢进他张开的细长嘴巴,就像把一封一封信丢进邮筒一样。

“我永远有种感觉,”温米克说道,“他设计了一个捕人的机关,然后站在一旁监视着,只要你稍一疏忽,咔哒一声,你就被捉住了。”

我心里认为设置捕人的陷阱是不符合处世人情的,不过我没有挑明,只说贾格斯先生怕是个很精明的人。

温米克说道:“像澳大利亚那般深奥。”他用笔指着办公室的地板来示意澳大利亚是可以理解的,因为这是一个比喻,相对地说澳大利亚正在地球的对面。“如果说还有什么东西比澳大利亚更加深奥,”温米克把笔放到纸上,补充说道,“那就是他。”

然后我又说,我想贾格斯先生的生意一定干得挺好。温米克说:“很——不——错!”我又问他这里有许多办事员吗?对这个问题,他的回答是:

“这里不需要许多办事人员,因为只有一个贾格斯先生,人们又不愿意通过间接方式和他打交道。我们一共有四个人,你要不要见见他们?你现在其实也不是外人了。”

我接受了他的盛情之邀。于是,他从衣领里掏出一根钢铁辫子似的东西,这就是收在他背上的保险箱钥匙。他用这钥匙打开了现金保险箱,从里面取出钱并交给我。这时他已经把所有的饼干一起塞进他那个邮筒似的嘴巴里,便和我一道上楼。房屋中很黑暗,又很破烂,那些在贾格斯先生房间中留下油腻腻的肩膀印的人,看来拖着缓慢的脚步在这里上上下下楼梯也有多年了,因为墙壁已被掠得油亮。二楼前部办公室里的办事员,看上去有点像酒店老板,又有些像捕鼠的人,身体长得大大的,面色苍白,而且有些浮肿。这时他正专心一致地接待着三四位外表很不体面的人,从态度上看,他对待他们很不礼貌,事实上每一位来到这里对贾格斯先生的钱柜有所贡献的人受到的都是这种待遇。温米克先生说:“他在为伦敦中央刑事法庭搜集证据。”我们走了出来。在上面一间办公室中的办事员是个小个儿,毫无生气,行动起来像一只狗,披着头发,大概在他还是小狗的时候就忘记了把毛剪短。他这时也正接待着一个人,这人的视力很差。温米克先生对我说,这个人是一个铸造假币的,他那个熔化金属的小坩锅一年到头都是烧得滚滚的,我随便有什么东西要他帮忙熔化铸造,他都会乐意的。这时,那人身上白色的汗珠正如雨下,仿佛他正在自己身上一试那熔化的高超技艺。里间办公室里有一个高耸双肩的人,可能由于面部神经痛,在脸上扎了一块肮脏的法兰绒布,穿了一件又旧又黑的衣服,看上去像涂了一层蜡,正弯腰驼背地抄写另外两位办事员先生起草的文件,都是为贾格斯先生准备的。

以上是整个律师事务所内的情况。我们又下了楼,温米克把我领到我监护人的办公室,说:“这一间你已经看过了。”

这时我看到那两个令人憎恶的头像,好像射出了凶狠的眼光。我问他:“请问一下这两个头像是谁?”

“这两个头像吗?”温米克说着便爬上椅子,先把可怕头像头上的灰拂去,然后取了下来,说道,“这是两位了不起的人物。他们是两位著名的客户,曾给我们带来极大的荣誉。这一个嘛,怎么啦?你这个老流氓,你一定在夜里偷偷下来,把头探进墨水瓶里,让墨水染上了眉毛!这个家伙谋害了他的主人,一切阴谋安排妥当,连被害尸身也没有找到。”

“这头像像他本人吗?”我问道。一听原来这是个残无人道者的头像,我吓得向后退去,而温米克却吐了一口唾沫在头像的眉毛上,又用袖口把它擦干净。

“像他吗?你知道,这就是他!这个头像是在新门监狱铸造而成的,是在他刚绞死后取的模型。喂,你这个老滑头,你对我特别有好感是不是?”温米克这般说着,一面用手摸摸自己的那枚胸针,胸针上有一位妇女的像,还有垂柳、坟墓以及墓旁的骨灰瓶,算是解释了他那种具有情感色彩的称呼,“你还为我定做了这枚胸针是不是?”

“这女人是什么人吗?”我问道。

“不是什么人,”温米克答道,“只不过是他玩的一个小花样。你不是也喜欢弄些小花样吗,是不是?这和女人没有关系,皮普先生,如果说和某个女人有关系,除非一个,不过她不像这上面的女人那么苗条,你看她也不会专门照看这个骨灰瓶,除非里面装的是美酒。”这时温米克的注意力转向了他的胸针。他把头像放了下来,掏出手帕擦亮这枚胸针。

“另一个人的结果也是这样的下场么?”我问道,“他也有相同的神情呢。”

“你说的一点不假,”温米克说道,“这是真面目。看这鼻孔里多像塞着一根马鬃和一只小鱼钩。他的确也是同样的命运;我敢说,在我们这儿有这种下场的人是不出奇的。这个人是一个花花公子,他假造遗嘱,那些被假立遗嘱的人怕也会给他弄得个长眠不醒呢!”接着温米克先生又对着头像说了起来: “噢,你这个绅士般的家伙,你说你会用希腊文写文章,你这个吹牛大王!你多么会撒谎啊!我从来没有遇到过像你这么会吹牛说谎的人!”温米克这时摸了摸他那只最大的悼念亡人的戒指,说道:“你在临死前一天还叫人买了这个东西来送给我。”然后他把这位昔日故友的头像又放回到架子上的原处。

他把另一个头像也放还原处后从椅子上爬下来。有一个疑问盘旋于我的内心,他那些私人珍宝都是这么得来的吗?当他站在我面前拍着两手的灰尘时,我想既然他并不因此而感到惭愧,我也就大着胆子向他提出了问题。

“噢,确确实实,”他答道,“这些全都是这一类的礼物。一个接一个地送给我,你看,事情就这样。既送之,则收之。这些东西不都很有意思吗,都是财产。也许价值不大,但毕竟是财产,而且是可携带的财产。对于你这个有远大前程的人来讲也许算不了什么,但是对于我来说,我的为人之道永远是,多捞财产,来者不拒。”

对他的见识我表示敬重,他便也以友好的态度继续讲下去:

“一旦你有空,而且没有别的事可做时,如不在意,不妨到伍尔华斯我家中来玩玩,还可在我家过夜,这对我来说是一种荣幸。我没有什么让你欣赏,但也有两三件古董,也许你乐意看一下。我有一座小花园,还有一座凉亭,我是很喜欢的。”

我说我非常高兴接受他的盛情邀请。

“多谢,”他说道,“那么我们就这样决定了,什么时候你感到方便,就请过来。贾格斯先生和你吃过饭没有?”

“还没有呢。”

“好吧,”温米克说道,“他会请你喝葡萄酒的,是上等葡萄酒。我就请你喝混合葡萄酒,当然不是劣等的。现在我有件事要告诉你,你什么时候到贾格斯先生家去吃饭,留意一下他的那位管家妇。”

“我会看到什么不寻常的事吗?”

“是这样,”温米克说道,“你会看到一头被驯服了的野兽。也许你会说,这不是什么不寻常的事,不过我的回答是,一切要以原有的野蛮程度,以及驯化所需花费的时间精力为衡量标准,然后你就会了解贾格斯先生的能力了。你得留神观察。”

我告诉他我会留神观察的,因为他的忠告,唤起了我内心的兴趣和好奇。我正向他道别时,他问我有否兴趣再花五分钟去看看贾格斯先生“办公”?

由于各种原因,至少由于我不十分了解贾格斯先生究竟在办什么公,所以我的回答是肯定的。我们赶进城,来到一处相当拥挤的违警罪法庭,见到一位生前对胸针特别稀奇的死者的血亲正在法庭上听候审理(当然这里的血亲是指在杀人流血方面关系密切之人),嘴里在不舒服地咀嚼着什么东西。这时我的监护人正在审问一位妇女,或者说在盘问她——我不知道该用什么词更好——这就使得这女人、法官老爷们、以及每一个在场的人都诚惶诚恐。如果有人,不管他的级别地位有多高,只要说一句贾格斯听不顺耳的话,他便立刻要人把话“记下来”。如果有人不认罪他便说:“我自有方法从他身上挖出供词!”如果有人认罪,他又会说:“看,我已经把你供词挖出来了!”他只要一咬手指,那些司法官们便吓得发抖。无论是做贼的,还是捉贼的都在恐怖中专心地听他的每一个词,只要他的一根眼睫毛对着他们的方向动了一下,他们便会心惊肉跳。我这位监护人究竟在为谁说话,我无法弄清;在我看来,他在这里折磨着所有的人。我只知道,在我跪着脚出来时,他不是在为法官们讲话,因为他指责当时正在主持审问的一位老法官,说他的行为表明他不能代表不列颠的法律坐在主审席上,使得老法官在审判桌下的双腿直抖。


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1 backwards BP9ya     
adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地
参考例句:
  • He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
  • All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。
2 acquiesced 03acb9bc789f7d2955424223e0a45f1b     
v.默认,默许( acquiesce的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Senior government figures must have acquiesced in the cover-up. 政府高级官员必然已经默许掩盖真相。
  • After a lot of persuasion,he finally acquiesced. 经过多次劝说,他最终默许了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 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。
4 rudiments GjBzbg     
n.基础知识,入门
参考例句:
  • He has just learned the rudiments of Chinese. 他学汉语刚刚入门。
  • You do not seem to know the first rudiments of agriculture. 你似乎连农业上的一点最起码的常识也没有。
5 dispense lZgzh     
vt.分配,分发;配(药),发(药);实施
参考例句:
  • Let us dispense the food.咱们来分发这食物。
  • The charity has been given a large sum of money to dispense as it sees fit.这个慈善机构获得一大笔钱,可自行适当分配。
6 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。
7 zealous 0MOzS     
adj.狂热的,热心的
参考例句:
  • She made zealous efforts to clean up the classroom.她非常热心地努力清扫教室。
  • She is a zealous supporter of our cause.她是我们事业的热心支持者。
8 honourable honourable     
adj.可敬的;荣誉的,光荣的
参考例句:
  • I don't think I am worthy of such an honourable title.这样的光荣称号,我可担当不起。
  • I hope to find an honourable way of settling difficulties.我希望设法找到一个体面的办法以摆脱困境。
9 indifference k8DxO     
n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎
参考例句:
  • I was disappointed by his indifference more than somewhat.他的漠不关心使我很失望。
  • He feigned indifference to criticism of his work.他假装毫不在意别人批评他的作品。
10 urn jHaya     
n.(有座脚的)瓮;坟墓;骨灰瓮
参考例句:
  • The urn was unearthed entire.这只瓮出土完整无缺。
  • She put the big hot coffee urn on the table and plugged it in.她将大咖啡壶放在桌子上,接上电源。
11 varied giIw9     
adj.多样的,多变化的
参考例句:
  • The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
  • The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。
12 guardian 8ekxv     
n.监护人;守卫者,保护者
参考例句:
  • The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
  • The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。
13 delicacy mxuxS     
n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴
参考例句:
  • We admired the delicacy of the craftsmanship.我们佩服工艺师精巧的手艺。
  • He sensed the delicacy of the situation.他感觉到了形势的微妙。
14 discomfiture MlUz6     
n.崩溃;大败;挫败;困惑
参考例句:
  • I laughed my head off when I heard of his discomfiture. 听到别人说起他的狼狈相,我放声大笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Without experiencing discomfiture and setbacks,one can never find truth. 不经过失败和挫折,便找不到真理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
15 contradictory VpazV     
adj.反驳的,反对的,抗辩的;n.正反对,矛盾对立
参考例句:
  • The argument is internally contradictory.论据本身自相矛盾。
  • What he said was self-contradictory.他讲话前后不符。
16 poising 1ba22ac05fda8b114f961886f6659529     
使平衡( poise的现在分词 ); 保持(某种姿势); 抓紧; 使稳定
参考例句:
  • The dynamic poising of the watch-balance enhances the performance of each movement. 腕表平衡摆轮的动态性能决定了机芯的性能。
  • Also has the poising action to the blood sugar. 对血糖还具有双向平衡作用。
17 bent QQ8yD     
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
参考例句:
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
18 eyebrow vlOxk     
n.眉毛,眉
参考例句:
  • Her eyebrow is well penciled.她的眉毛画得很好。
  • With an eyebrow raised,he seemed divided between surprise and amusement.他一只眉毛扬了扬,似乎既感到吃惊,又觉有趣。
19 eyebrows a0e6fb1330e9cfecfd1c7a4d00030ed5     
眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
  • His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。
20 crunching crunching     
v.嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼( crunch的现在分词 );嘎吱作响;(快速大量地)处理信息;数字捣弄
参考例句:
  • The horses were crunching their straw at their manger. 这些马在嘎吱嘎吱地吃槽里的草。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The dog was crunching a bone. 狗正嘎吱嘎吱地嚼骨头。 来自《简明英汉词典》
21 slit tE0yW     
n.狭长的切口;裂缝;vt.切开,撕裂
参考例句:
  • The coat has been slit in two places.这件外衣有两处裂开了。
  • He began to slit open each envelope.他开始裁开每个信封。
22 amenities Bz5zCt     
n.令人愉快的事物;礼仪;礼节;便利设施;礼仪( amenity的名词复数 );便利设施;(环境等的)舒适;(性情等的)愉快
参考例句:
  • The campsite is close to all local amenities. 营地紧靠当地所有的便利设施。
  • Parks and a theatre are just some of the town's local amenities. 公园和戏院只是市镇娱乐设施的一部分。 来自《简明英汉词典》
23 skilful 8i2zDY     
(=skillful)adj.灵巧的,熟练的
参考例句:
  • The more you practise,the more skilful you'll become.练习的次数越多,熟练的程度越高。
  • He's not very skilful with his chopsticks.他用筷子不大熟练。
24 second-hand second-hand     
adj.用过的,旧的,二手的
参考例句:
  • I got this book by chance at a second-hand bookshop.我赶巧在一家旧书店里买到这本书。
  • They will put all these second-hand goods up for sale.他们将把这些旧货全部公开出售。
25 greasy a64yV     
adj. 多脂的,油脂的
参考例句:
  • He bought a heavy-duty cleanser to clean his greasy oven.昨天他买了强力清洁剂来清洗油污的炉子。
  • You loathe the smell of greasy food when you are seasick.当你晕船时,你会厌恶油腻的气味。
26 shuffling 03b785186d0322e5a1a31c105fc534ee     
adj. 慢慢移动的, 滑移的 动词shuffle的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • Don't go shuffling along as if you were dead. 别像个死人似地拖着脚走。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Some one was shuffling by on the sidewalk. 外面的人行道上有人拖着脚走过。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
27 puffed 72b91de7f5a5b3f6bdcac0d30e24f8ca     
adj.疏松的v.使喷出( puff的过去式和过去分词 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧
参考例句:
  • He lit a cigarette and puffed at it furiously. 他点燃了一支香烟,狂吸了几口。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He felt grown-up, puffed up with self-importance. 他觉得长大了,便自以为了不起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
28 swollen DrcwL     
adj.肿大的,水涨的;v.使变大,肿胀
参考例句:
  • Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着,她的双腿已经肿了。
  • A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她,她的手臂肿起来了。
29 attentively AyQzjz     
adv.聚精会神地;周到地;谛;凝神
参考例句:
  • She listened attentively while I poured out my problems. 我倾吐心中的烦恼时,她一直在注意听。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She listened attentively and set down every word he said. 她专心听着,把他说的话一字不漏地记下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
30 dangling 4930128e58930768b1c1c75026ebc649     
悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口
参考例句:
  • The tooth hung dangling by the bedpost, now. 结果,那颗牙就晃来晃去吊在床柱上了。
  • The children sat on the high wall,their legs dangling. 孩子们坐在一堵高墙上,摇晃着他们的双腿。
31 flannel S7dyQ     
n.法兰绒;法兰绒衣服
参考例句:
  • She always wears a grey flannel trousers.她总是穿一条灰色法兰绒长裤。
  • She was looking luscious in a flannel shirt.她穿着法兰绒裙子,看上去楚楚动人。
32 odious l0zy2     
adj.可憎的,讨厌的
参考例句:
  • The judge described the crime as odious.法官称这一罪行令人发指。
  • His character could best be described as odious.他的人格用可憎来形容最贴切。
33 celebrated iwLzpz     
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 blot wtbzA     
vt.弄脏(用吸墨纸)吸干;n.污点,污渍
参考例句:
  • That new factory is a blot on the landscape.那新建的工厂破坏了此地的景色。
  • The crime he committed is a blot on his record.他犯的罪是他的履历中的一个污点。
35 rascal mAIzd     
n.流氓;不诚实的人
参考例句:
  • If he had done otherwise,I should have thought him a rascal.如果他不这样做,我就认为他是个恶棍。
  • The rascal was frightened into holding his tongue.这坏蛋吓得不敢往下说了。
36 recoiling 6efc6419f5752ebc2e0d555d78bafc15     
v.畏缩( recoil的现在分词 );退缩;报应;返回
参考例句:
  • Some of the energy intended for the photon is drained off by the recoiling atom. 原来给予光子的能量有一部分为反冲原子所消耗。 来自辞典例句
  • A second method watches for another effect of the recoiling nucleus: ionization. 探测器使用的第二种方法,是观察反冲原子核的另一种效应:游离。 来自互联网
37 brute GSjya     
n.野兽,兽性
参考例句:
  • The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute.侵略军简直象一群野兽。
  • That dog is a dangerous brute.It bites people.那条狗是危险的畜牲,它咬人。
38 spat pFdzJ     
n.口角,掌击;v.发出呼噜呼噜声
参考例句:
  • Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
  • There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。
39 touching sg6zQ9     
adj.动人的,使人感伤的
参考例句:
  • It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
  • His letter was touching.他的信很感人。
40 willow bMFz6     
n.柳树
参考例句:
  • The river was sparsely lined with willow trees.河边疏疏落落有几棵柳树。
  • The willow's shadow falls on the lake.垂柳的影子倒映在湖面上。
41 nostril O0Iyn     
n.鼻孔
参考例句:
  • The Indian princess wore a diamond in her right nostril.印弟安公主在右鼻孔中戴了一颗钻石。
  • All South American monkeys have flat noses with widely spaced nostril.所有南美洲的猴子都有平鼻子和宽大的鼻孔。
42 cove 9Y8zA     
n.小海湾,小峡谷
参考例句:
  • The shore line is wooded,olive-green,a pristine cove.岸边一带林木蓊郁,嫩绿一片,好一个山外的小海湾。
  • I saw two children were playing in a cove.我看到两个小孩正在一个小海湾里玩耍。
43 liar V1ixD     
n.说谎的人
参考例句:
  • I know you for a thief and a liar!我算认识你了,一个又偷又骗的家伙!
  • She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。
44 derived 6cddb7353e699051a384686b6b3ff1e2     
vi.起源;由来;衍生;导出v.得到( derive的过去式和过去分词 );(从…中)得到获得;源于;(从…中)提取
参考例句:
  • Many English words are derived from Latin and Greek. 英语很多词源出于拉丁文和希腊文。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He derived his enthusiasm for literature from his father. 他对文学的爱好是受他父亲的影响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
45 homage eQZzK     
n.尊敬,敬意,崇敬
参考例句:
  • We pay homage to the genius of Shakespeare.我们对莎士比亚的天才表示敬仰。
  • The soldiers swore to pay their homage to the Queen.士兵们宣誓效忠于女王陛下。
46 housekeeper 6q2zxl     
n.管理家务的主妇,女管家
参考例句:
  • A spotless stove told us that his mother is a diligent housekeeper.炉子清洁无瑕就表明他母亲是个勤劳的主妇。
  • She is an economical housekeeper and feeds her family cheaply.她节约持家,一家人吃得很省。
47 uncommon AlPwO     
adj.罕见的,非凡的,不平常的
参考例句:
  • Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago.这些看法在30年前很常见。
  • Phil has uncommon intelligence.菲尔智力超群。
48 awakened de71059d0b3cd8a1de21151c9166f9f0     
v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到
参考例句:
  • She awakened to the sound of birds singing. 她醒来听到鸟的叫声。
  • The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation. 公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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 awe WNqzC     
n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧
参考例句:
  • The sight filled us with awe.这景色使我们大为惊叹。
  • The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
51 whatsoever Beqz8i     
adv.(用于否定句中以加强语气)任何;pron.无论什么
参考例句:
  • There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
  • All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样,你就怎样对人。
52 magistrates bbe4eeb7cda0f8fbf52949bebe84eb3e     
地方法官,治安官( magistrate的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • to come up before the magistrates 在地方法院出庭
  • He was summoned to appear before the magistrates. 他被传唤在地方法院出庭。
53 dread Ekpz8     
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧
参考例句:
  • We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
  • Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。
54 rapture 9STzG     
n.狂喜;全神贯注;着迷;v.使狂喜
参考例句:
  • His speech was received with rapture by his supporters.他的演说受到支持者们的热烈欢迎。
  • In the midst of his rapture,he was interrupted by his father.他正欢天喜地,被他父亲打断了。


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