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Just then another young man, one of those who fetched their provisions from the village, came up and said, “Do you know what is going on in the village, comrades?”

“How could we know it?” replied one of them.

“Well, then, you must know,” continued the young man, “this morning that famous student-shepherd called Chrysostom died, and it is rumoured1 that he died of love for that devil of a village girl the daughter of Guillermo the Rich, she that wanders about the wolds here in the dress of a shepherdess.”

“You mean Marcela?” said one.

“Her I mean,” answered the goatherd; “and the best of it is, he has directed in his will that he is to be buried in the fields like a Moor2, and at the foot of the rock where the Cork-tree spring is, because, as the story goes (and they say he himself said so), that was the place where he first saw her. And he has also left other directions which the clergy3 of the village say should not and must not be obeyed because they savour of paganism. To all which his great friend Ambrosio the student, he who, like him, also went dressed as a shepherd, replies that everything must be done without any omission4 according to the directions left by Chrysostom, and about this the village is all in commotion5; however, report says that, after all, what Ambrosio and all the shepherds his friends desire will be done, and to-morrow they are coming to bury him with great ceremony where I said. I am sure it will be something worth seeing; at least I will not fail to go and see it even if I knew I should not return to the village tomorrow.”

“We will do the same,” answered the goatherds, “and cast lots to see who must stay to mind the goats of all.”

“Thou sayest well, Pedro,” said one, “though there will be no need of taking that trouble, for I will stay behind for all; and don’t suppose it is virtue6 or want of curiosity in me; it is that the splinter that ran into my foot the other day will not let me walk.”

“For all that, we thank thee,” answered Pedro.

Don Quixote asked Pedro to tell him who the dead man was and who the shepherdess, to which Pedro replied that all he knew was that the dead man was a wealthy gentleman belonging to a village in those mountains, who had been a student at Salamanca for many years, at the end of which he returned to his village with the reputation of being very learned and deeply read. “Above all, they said, he was learned in the science of the stars and of what went on yonder in the heavens and the sun and the moon, for he told us of the cris of the sun and moon to exact time.”

“Eclipse it is called, friend, not cris, the darkening of those two luminaries,” said Don Quixote; but Pedro, not troubling himself with trifles, went on with his story, saying, “Also he foretold7 when the year was going to be one of abundance or estility.”

“Sterility, you mean,” said Don Quixote.

“Sterility or estility,” answered Pedro, “it is all the same in the end. And I can tell you that by this his father and friends who believed him grew very rich because they did as he advised them, bidding them ‘sow barley8 this year, not wheat; this year you may sow pulse and not barley; the next there will be a full oil crop, and the three following not a drop will be got.’”

“That science is called astrology,” said Don Quixote.

“I do not know what it is called,” replied Pedro, “but I know that he knew all this and more besides. But, to make an end, not many months had passed after he returned from Salamanca, when one day he appeared dressed as a shepherd with his crook10 and sheepskin, having put off the long gown he wore as a scholar; and at the same time his great friend, Ambrosio by name, who had been his companion in his studies, took to the shepherd’s dress with him. I forgot to say that Chrysostom, who is dead, was a great man for writing verses, so much so that he made carols for Christmas Eve, and plays for Corpus Christi, which the young men of our village acted, and all said they were excellent. When the villagers saw the two scholars so unexpectedly appearing in shepherd’s dress, they were lost in wonder, and could not guess what had led them to make so extraordinary a change. About this time the father of our Chrysostom died, and he was left heir to a large amount of property in chattels11 as well as in land, no small number of cattle and sheep, and a large sum of money, of all of which the young man was left dissolute owner, and indeed he was deserving of it all, for he was a very good comrade, and kind-hearted, and a friend of worthy12 folk, and had a countenance13 like a benediction14. Presently it came to be known that he had changed his dress with no other object than to wander about these wastes after that shepherdess Marcela our lad mentioned a while ago, with whom the deceased Chrysostom had fallen in love. And I must tell you now, for it is well you should know it, who this girl is; perhaps, and even without any perhaps, you will not have heard anything like it all the days of your life, though you should live more years than sarna.”

“Say Sarra,” said Don Quixote, unable to endure the goatherd’s confusion of words.

“The sarna lives long enough,” answered Pedro; “and if, senor, you must go finding fault with words at every step, we shall not make an end of it this twelvemonth.”

“Pardon me, friend,” said Don Quixote; “but, as there is such a difference between sarna and Sarra, I told you of it; however, you have answered very rightly, for sarna lives longer than Sarra: so continue your story, and I will not object any more to anything.”

“I say then, my dear sir,” said the goatherd, “that in our village there was a farmer even richer than the father of Chrysostom, who was named Guillermo, and upon whom God bestowed15, over and above great wealth, a daughter at whose birth her mother died, the most respected woman there was in this neighbourhood; I fancy I can see her now with that countenance which had the sun on one side and the moon on the other; and moreover active, and kind to the poor, for which I trust that at the present moment her soul is in bliss16 with God in the other world. Her husband Guillermo died of grief at the death of so good a wife, leaving his daughter Marcela, a child and rich, to the care of an uncle of hers, a priest and prebendary in our village. The girl grew up with such beauty that it reminded us of her mother’s , which was very great, and yet it was thought that the daughter’s would exceed it; and so when she reached the age of fourteen to fifteen years nobody beheld17 her but blessed God that had made her so beautiful, and the greater number were in love with her past redemption. Her uncle kept her in great seclusion18 and retirement19, but for all that the fame of her great beauty spread so that, as well for it as for her great wealth, her uncle was asked, solicited20, and importuned21, to give her in marriage not only by those of our town but of those many leagues round, and by the persons of highest quality in them. But he, being a good Christian22 man, though he desired to give her in marriage at once, seeing her to be old enough, was unwilling23 to do so without her consent, not that he had any eye to the gain and profit which the custody24 of the girl’s property brought him while he put off her marriage; and, faith, this was said in praise of the good priest in more than one set in the town. For I would have you know, Sir Errant, that in these little villages everything is talked about and everything is carped at, and rest assured, as I am, that the priest must be over and above good who forces his parishioners to speak well of him, especially in villages.”

“That is the truth,” said Don Quixote; “but go on, for the story is very good, and you, good Pedro, tell it with very good grace.”

“May that of the Lord not be wanting to me,” said Pedro; “that is the one to have. To proceed; you must know that though the uncle put before his niece and described to her the qualities of each one in particular of the many who had asked her in marriage, begging her to marry and make a choice according to her own taste, she never gave any other answer than that she had no desire to marry just yet, and that being so young she did not think herself fit to bear the burden of matrimony. At these, to all appearance, reasonable excuses that she made, her uncle ceased to urge her, and waited till she was somewhat more advanced in age and could mate herself to her own liking25. For, said he — and he said quite right — parents are not to settle children in life against their will. But when one least looked for it, lo and behold26! one day the demure27 Marcela makes her appearance turned shepherdess; and, in spite of her uncle and all those of the town that strove to dissuade28 her, took to going a-field with the other shepherd-lasses of the village, and tending her own flock. And so, since she appeared in public, and her beauty came to be seen openly, I could not well tell you how many rich youths, gentlemen and peasants, have adopted the costume of Chrysostom, and go about these fields making love to her. One of these, as has been already said, was our deceased friend, of whom they say that he did not love but adore her. But you must not suppose, because Marcela chose a life of such liberty and independence, and of so little or rather no retirement, that she has given any occasion, or even the semblance29 of one, for disparagement30 of her purity and modesty31; on the contrary, such and so great is the vigilance with which she watches over her honour, that of all those that court and woo her not one has boasted, or can with truth boast, that she has given him any hope however small of obtaining his desire. For although she does not avoid or shun32 the society and conversation of the shepherds, and treats them courteously33 and kindly34, should any one of them come to declare his intention to her, though it be one as proper and holy as that of matrimony, she flings him from her like a catapult. And with this kind of disposition35 she does more harm in this country than if the plague had got into it, for her affability and her beauty draw on the hearts of those that associate with her to love her and to court her, but her scorn and her frankness bring them to the brink36 of despair; and so they know not what to say save to proclaim her aloud cruel and hard-hearted, and other names of the same sort which well describe the nature of her character; and if you should remain here any time, senor, you would hear these hills and valleys resounding37 with the laments38 of the rejected ones who pursue her. Not far from this there is a spot where there are a couple of dozen of tall beeches39, and there is not one of them but has carved and written on its smooth bark the name of Marcela, and above some a crown carved on the same tree as though her lover would say more plainly that Marcela wore and deserved that of all human beauty. Here one shepherd is sighing, there another is lamenting40; there love songs are heard, here despairing elegies41. One will pass all the hours of the night seated at the foot of some oak or rock, and there, without having closed his weeping eyes, the sun finds him in the morning bemused and bereft42 of sense; and another without relief or respite43 to his sighs, stretched on the burning sand in the full heat of the sultry summer noontide, makes his appeal to the compassionate44 heavens, and over one and the other, over these and all, the beautiful Marcela triumphs free and careless. And all of us that know her are waiting to see what her pride will come to, and who is to be the happy man that will succeed in taming a nature so formidable and gaining possession of a beauty so supreme45. All that I have told you being such well-established truth, I am persuaded that what they say of the cause of Chrysostom’s death, as our lad told us, is the same. And so I advise you, senor, fail not to be present to-morrow at his burial, which will be well worth seeing, for Chrysostom had many friends, and it is not half a league from this place to where he directed he should be buried.”

“I will make a point of it,” said Don Quixote, “and I thank you for the pleasure you have given me by relating so interesting a tale.”

“Oh,” said the goatherd, “I do not know even the half of what has happened to the lovers of Marcela, but perhaps to-morrow we may fall in with some shepherd on the road who can tell us; and now it will be well for you to go and sleep under cover, for the night air may hurt your wound, though with the remedy I have applied46 to you there is no fear of an untoward47 result.”

Sancho Panza, who was wishing the goatherd’s loquacity48 at the devil, on his part begged his master to go into Pedro’s hut to sleep. He did so, and passed all the rest of the night in thinking of his lady Dulcinea, in imitation of the lovers of Marcela. Sancho Panza settled himself between Rocinante and his ass9, and slept, not like a lover who had been discarded, but like a man who had been soundly kicked.

 

这时,又来了一个从村里送粮食来的小伙子。他说:

“伙计们,你们知道村里的事吗?”

“我们怎么会知道。”一个牧羊人说。

“你们知道吗?”小伙子说,“那个有名的学究牧人克里索斯托莫今天早晨死了。人们私下说,他是因为爱上了财主吉列尔莫的女儿马塞拉而死的。那个小妖精常扮成牧羊姑娘在旷野里走动。”

“你是说为了马塞拉?”有人问。

“就是她,”小伙子说,“好在他已立下遗嘱,要把他像摩尔人那样埋在野外,还得是在栓皮槠树旁边的石头脚下。据传,他说过那是他第一次看到马塞拉的地方。他还要求了其它事情,镇上的牧师们说不能照办,也不应该照办,估计是些邪恶的事情。可他的老朋友安布罗西奥跟他一样是个学究,也是牧人,却要全都按照他的吩咐办,村上对此议论纷纷。据说,最后还是得按照克里索斯托莫和他那几个牧人朋友的意志办。明天,他们要到我刚才说的那个地方大张旗鼓地安葬。

这事我可得看看,即使明天赶不回去,我也得去。”

“我们也去,”那群牧羊人说,“现在咱们抓阄吧,看明天谁留下来看羊。”

“说得对,佩德罗,”一个牧羊人说,“不过别抓阄了,我留下来看羊。倒不是我心眼好或者不想去看,我这只脚那天被树杈扎了一下,走不得路。”

“那我们得谢谢你。”佩德罗说。

唐吉诃德请求佩德罗告诉他,死者是什么人,那个牧羊姑娘又是什么人。佩德罗回答说,据他所知,死者是山那边一个地方的富豪子弟,在萨拉曼卡读了很多年书,据说学成回乡时已是博学多才,满腹经纶。听说他最了解的是星星的学问,还有太阳和月亮在天上的事。他能准确地告诉我们什么时候太阳失、月亮失。”

“那叫日蚀、月蚀,朋友,是那两个发光天体被遮住了。”

唐吉诃德说。

佩德罗不在意这些,接着说:

“他还能算出哪年是丰年,哪年是‘黄年’。”

“你大概是说荒年吧,朋友。”唐吉诃德说。

“荒年或黄年,”佩德罗说,“就是那意思。据说他父亲和那些听他话的朋友们都发了财。那些人都听他的。他常告诉那些人:‘今年该种大麦,不要种小麦;或今年种鹰嘴豆,不能种大麦;来年油料大丰收,以后三年油料无收。’”

“那叫占星学。”唐吉诃德说。

“我不知道叫什么,”佩德罗说,“不过我知道,这些东西他都懂,而且懂得比这还多。简单地说,他从萨拉曼卡回来没几个月,有一天,突然脱下了他上学时穿的长服,换上牧人的衣服,还拿着牧杖,披上了羊皮袄。他那个叫安布罗西奥的好朋友,原来和他是同学,也同他一起打扮成牧人的样子。我还忘了说,那个死去的克里索斯托莫还是个编民谣的能手哩。他编的关于耶稣诞生的村夫谣①和圣诞节的剧目,由我们村里的小伙子们演出后,大家都说好极了。所以,村里人看到两个学生忽然穿上了牧人的衣服,都很惊讶,猜不透他们为什么要莫名其妙地换上这身打扮。那个时候,克里索斯托莫的父亲已经死了。他继承了大量财产,有动产和不动产,有数量不少的大大小小牲畜,有大量的钱,他全继承了,这确实是他应得的。他与人相处得很好,很随和,好人都喜欢他,他还有一副慈善的面孔。后来人们才明白,他扮成牧人就是为了在野外追求那个牧羊姑娘马塞拉。可怜的克里索斯托莫早已爱上了她。现在我想告诉你,你也该知道这个姑娘是谁了。也许,或者根本不用也许,你这辈子也不会听说这样的事情,即使你活得比萨尔纳还长。”

“应该说萨拉②。”唐吉诃德说。他简直忍受不了牧羊人说话如此颠三倒四。

①西班牙的一种民谣,一般以耶稣降生为题材,在圣诞节期间演唱。

②《圣经·旧约》中亚伯拉罕的妻子,终年127岁。但前一句小伙子说的萨尔纳并非指她,而是巴斯克语“老家伙”的意思。

“萨尔纳活得就够长了。”佩德罗说,“大人,要是我一边说您一边给我挑错,咱们恐怕一年也讲不完。”

“请原谅,朋友,”唐吉诃德说,“因为萨尔纳和萨拉的区别太大了,所以我才说。不过你说得很对,萨尔纳比萨拉活得长。你接着讲,我再也不给你挑错了。”

“我说,亲爱的大人,”牧羊人说,“在我们村里有个农夫,比克里索斯托莫的父亲还阔气,他叫吉列尔莫。上帝不仅赐予他大量财产,还赐给他一个女儿。孩子的母亲在生产时死了。她是我们这一带最好的女人。我现在似乎还能看到她那张脸,一边有个太阳,一边有个月亮。她善于理财,而且还是穷人的朋友。所以,我觉得她正在另一个世界里与上帝同在。她的丈夫吉列尔莫为失去这样的好妻子而悲痛得死了,把女儿马塞拉,那个有钱的姑娘,留给了她的一个当神甫的叔叔。她叔叔就在我们村任职。

“小女孩越长越漂亮,让我们想起她的母亲。她的母亲也很美,可是人们觉得她比母亲更美。她长到十四五岁的时候,凡是见到她的人无不称赞上帝把她培育得如此漂亮。还有更多的人爱上了她,整天魂不守舍。她的叔叔对她看管得很严。尽管如此,她的美貌,还有巨富,不仅名扬我们村,而且传到了方圆数十里之外很多富人家那儿。他们请求、乞求并纠缠她叔叔,要娶她为妻。她叔叔呢,确实是个好基督徒,后来看她到了结婚的年龄,也愿意让她嫁人,可是一定要事先征得她的同意,倒不是因为他照看着马塞拉的财产,想图点便宜,故意拖延她的婚期。村里不少人也的确是这么说的,都称赞他是位好神甫。我应该告诉你,游侠大人,在这种小地方,人们什么都说,什么都议论。你想想,我也这么想,一个神甫能够让他的教民们都说他好,特别是在村里,那么他一定是个特别好的神甫。”

“是这样,”唐吉诃德说,“你再接着讲。这事很有意思,而你呢,有意思的佩德罗,讲得也很有趣。”

“大人觉得有趣就行了,这对我很重要。你知道,后来她叔叔向她介绍了一个个求婚小伙子的情况,让她任意挑选一个。可她只是回答说还不想结婚,说觉得自己还小,还不能够承担起家庭的担子。这些话听起来很对,她叔叔也就不再坚持了,想等她年龄再大些,能够自己选择伴侣再说。她叔叔常说,他说得很对,做父母的不应该让儿女们违心地结婚。

“可是谁也没想到,有一天,娇贵的马塞拉成了牧羊姑娘。她叔叔和村里所有人都劝她别这样,可是她不听,和村里其他牧羊女一起去了野外。这回她亮了相,她的美貌让人看见了。我也说不清有多少小伙子、贵族和农夫都换上了克里索斯托莫那样的衣服,到野外追求她。其中一个,我刚才说过,就是我们那位死者。人们说,他对马塞拉不是爱,而是崇拜。你不要以为马塞拉在那种自由自在的、很少约束或根本没有约束的日子里,可能放松对自己品行的要求,相反,她对保持自己的名誉十分注意,不给所有讨好她、追求她的人一点儿如愿的希望,所以那些人也无法向别人夸口。她并不回避和牧羊人作伴、谈话,对他们既有礼貌又友好。可一旦发现其中任何一个人有企图,哪怕是最正经、最神圣的求婚,她就立刻把那人甩掉。她这种脾气给人的伤害太大了,就好比她给人们带来了瘟疫。她漂亮可爱,吸引了那些想向她献殷勤并得到她青睐的人的心,可是她的蔑视和指责却又让那些人绝望。他们不知道该如何对马塞拉讲,只能说她狠心、忘恩负义及其它诸如此类的话。这些话完全反映了马塞拉的性格。

“如果你在这里呆一天,大人,你就会看到,在田野里,回荡着那些绝望者的叹息。离这儿不太远有个地方,长着几十棵山毛榉树,光滑的树皮上无不刻写着马塞拉的名字。在某个名字上端,还刻着一个王冠,似乎她的追求者在说,马塞拉正戴着它,世上所有美女中只有她当之无愧。

“这儿有个牧人在叹息,那儿有个牧人在抱怨;那边是情歌,这边是哀歌。有的人在圣栎树或大石头脚下彻夜不眠,任思绪遨游,直到第二天早晨太阳升起;有的人在夏天炽热的中午躺在灼人的沙土上,不停地叹息,向仁慈的老天诉说心中的哀怨。这个、那个、那边、这边,马塞拉轻轻松松地得胜了。我们所有认识她的人都在等待她的高傲何时休止,看谁有福气能驯服她这种可怕的脾气,享受到她的极度美丽。我讲的这些都是确凿的事实,我也可以理解那个小伙子说的克里索斯托莫为何而死了。所以,我劝你,大人,明天去参加他的葬礼,应该去看看,克里索斯托莫有很多朋友,而且埋葬他的地方离这儿只有半西里远。”

“我会考虑的,”唐吉诃德说,“感谢你给我讲了这样一个有趣的故事。”

“噢,”牧羊人说,“有关马塞拉那些情人的事,我知道的还不足一半呢。不过,明天也许咱们能在野外碰到个把牧人给我们讲讲。现在,你还是到屋里睡觉吧,夜露对你的伤口不好。你的伤口上了药,不用怕,不会有什么事的。”

桑乔·潘萨已经在诅咒这个滔滔不绝的牧羊人了,现在他也请求主人到佩德罗的茅屋里去睡觉。

唐吉诃德进了茅屋,不过整夜都在模仿马塞拉情人的样子思念杜尔西内亚。桑乔·潘萨在罗西南多和他的驴之间睡觉。他睡觉不像个失意的情人,倒像个被踢得浑身是伤的人。


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adj.谣传的;传说的;风
参考例句:
  • It has been so rumoured here. 此间已有传闻。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • It began to be rumoured that the jury would be out a long while. 有人传说陪审团要退场很久。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
2 moor T6yzd     
n.荒野,沼泽;vt.(使)停泊;vi.停泊
参考例句:
  • I decided to moor near some tourist boats.我决定在一些观光船附近停泊。
  • There were hundreds of the old huts on the moor.沼地上有成百上千的古老的石屋。
3 clergy SnZy2     
n.[总称]牧师,神职人员
参考例句:
  • I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望,我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
  • All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。
4 omission mjcyS     
n.省略,删节;遗漏或省略的事物,冗长
参考例句:
  • The omission of the girls was unfair.把女孩排除在外是不公平的。
  • The omission of this chapter from the third edition was a gross oversight.第三版漏印这一章是个大疏忽。
5 commotion 3X3yo     
n.骚动,动乱
参考例句:
  • They made a commotion by yelling at each other in the theatre.他们在剧院里相互争吵,引起了一阵骚乱。
  • Suddenly the whole street was in commotion.突然间,整条街道变得一片混乱。
6 virtue BpqyH     
n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力
参考例句:
  • He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
  • You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。
7 foretold 99663a6d5a4a4828ce8c220c8fe5dccc     
v.预言,预示( foretell的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She foretold that the man would die soon. 她预言那人快要死了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Must lose one joy, by his life's star foretold. 这样注定:他,为了信守一个盟誓/就非得拿牺牲一个喜悦作代价。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
8 barley 2dQyq     
n.大麦,大麦粒
参考例句:
  • They looked out across the fields of waving barley.他们朝田里望去,只见大麦随风摇摆。
  • He cropped several acres with barley.他种了几英亩大麦。
9 ass qvyzK     
n.驴;傻瓜,蠢笨的人
参考例句:
  • He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
  • An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。
10 crook NnuyV     
v.使弯曲;n.小偷,骗子,贼;弯曲(处)
参考例句:
  • He demanded an apology from me for calling him a crook.我骂他骗子,他要我向他认错。
  • She was cradling a small parcel in the crook of her elbow.她用手臂挎着一个小包裹。
11 chattels 285ef971dc7faf3da51802efd2b18ca7     
n.动产,奴隶( chattel的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • An assignment is a total alienation of chattels personal. 动产转让是指属人动产的完全转让。 来自辞典例句
  • Alan and I, getting our chattels together, struck into another road to reassume our flight. 艾伦和我收拾好我们的财物,急匆匆地走上了另一条路,继续过我们的亡命生活。 来自辞典例句
12 worthy vftwB     
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。
13 countenance iztxc     
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。
14 benediction 6Q4y0     
n.祝福;恩赐
参考例句:
  • The priest pronounced a benediction over the couple at the end of the marriage ceremony.牧师在婚礼结束时为新婚夫妇祈求上帝赐福。
  • He went abroad with his parents' benediction.他带着父母的祝福出国去了。
15 bestowed 12e1d67c73811aa19bdfe3ae4a8c2c28     
赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • It was a title bestowed upon him by the king. 那是国王赐给他的头衔。
  • He considered himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. 他认为自己不配得到大家赋予他的荣誉。
16 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。
17 beheld beheld     
v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟
参考例句:
  • His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。 来自英汉文学 - 红字
18 seclusion 5DIzE     
n.隐遁,隔离
参考例句:
  • She liked to sunbathe in the seclusion of her own garden.她喜欢在自己僻静的花园里晒日光浴。
  • I live very much in seclusion these days.这些天我过着几乎与世隔绝的生活。
19 retirement TWoxH     
n.退休,退职
参考例句:
  • She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
  • I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。
20 solicited 42165ba3a0defc35cb6bc86d22a9f320     
v.恳求( solicit的过去式和过去分词 );(指娼妇)拉客;索求;征求
参考例句:
  • He's already solicited their support on health care reform. 他已就医疗改革问题请求他们的支持。 来自辞典例句
  • We solicited ideas from Princeton University graduates and under graduates. 我们从普林斯顿大学的毕业生与大学生中征求意见。 来自辞典例句
21 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
22 Christian KVByl     
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
参考例句:
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
23 unwilling CjpwB     
adj.不情愿的
参考例句:
  • The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
  • His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。
24 custody Qntzd     
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
参考例句:
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
25 liking mpXzQ5     
n.爱好;嗜好;喜欢
参考例句:
  • The word palate also means taste or liking.Palate这个词也有“口味”或“嗜好”的意思。
  • I must admit I have no liking for exaggeration.我必须承认我不喜欢夸大其词。
26 behold jQKy9     
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。
27 demure 3mNzb     
adj.严肃的;端庄的
参考例句:
  • She's very demure and sweet.她非常娴静可爱。
  • The luscious Miss Wharton gave me a demure but knowing smile.性感迷人的沃顿小姐对我羞涩地会心一笑。
28 dissuade ksPxy     
v.劝阻,阻止
参考例句:
  • You'd better dissuade him from doing that.你最好劝阻他别那样干。
  • I tried to dissuade her from investing her money in stocks and shares.我曾设法劝她不要投资于股票交易。
29 semblance Szcwt     
n.外貌,外表
参考例句:
  • Her semblance of anger frightened the children.她生气的样子使孩子们感到害怕。
  • Those clouds have the semblance of a large head.那些云的形状像一个巨大的人头。
30 disparagement dafe893b656fbd57b9a512d2744fd14a     
n.轻视,轻蔑
参考例句:
  • He was humble and meek, filled with self-disparagement and abasement. 他谦卑、恭顺,满怀自我贬斥与压抑。 来自互联网
  • Faint praise is disparagement. 敷衍勉强的恭维等于轻蔑。 来自互联网
31 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。
32 shun 6EIzc     
vt.避开,回避,避免
参考例句:
  • Materialists face truth,whereas idealists shun it.唯物主义者面向真理,唯心主义者则逃避真理。
  • This extremist organization has shunned conventional politics.这个极端主义组织有意避开了传统政治。
33 courteously 4v2z8O     
adv.有礼貌地,亲切地
参考例句:
  • He courteously opened the door for me.他谦恭有礼地为我开门。
  • Presently he rose courteously and released her.过了一会,他就很客气地站起来,让她走开。
34 kindly tpUzhQ     
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地
参考例句:
  • Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
  • A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。
35 disposition GljzO     
n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署
参考例句:
  • He has made a good disposition of his property.他已对财产作了妥善处理。
  • He has a cheerful disposition.他性情开朗。
36 brink OWazM     
n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘,边沿
参考例句:
  • The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
  • The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。
37 resounding zkCzZC     
adj. 响亮的
参考例句:
  • The astronaut was welcomed with joyous,resounding acclaim. 人们欢声雷动地迎接那位宇航员。
  • He hit the water with a resounding slap. 他啪的一声拍了一下水。
38 laments f706f3a425c41502d626857197898b57     
n.悲恸,哀歌,挽歌( lament的名词复数 )v.(为…)哀悼,痛哭,悲伤( lament的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • In the poem he laments the destruction of the countryside. 在那首诗里他对乡村遭到的破坏流露出悲哀。
  • In this book he laments the slight interest shown in his writings. 在该书中他慨叹人们对他的著作兴趣微弱。 来自辞典例句
39 beeches 7e2b71bc19a0de701aebe6f40b036385     
n.山毛榉( beech的名词复数 );山毛榉木材
参考例句:
  • The beeches, oaks and chestnuts all belong to the same family. 山毛榉树、橡树和栗子树属于同科树种。 来自互联网
  • There are many beeches in this wood. 这片树林里有许多山毛榉。 来自互联网
40 lamenting 6491a9a531ff875869932a35fccf8e7d     
adj.悲伤的,悲哀的v.(为…)哀悼,痛哭,悲伤( lament的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Katydids were lamenting fall's approach. 蝈蝈儿正为秋天临近而哀鸣。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Lamenting because the papers hadn't been destroyed and the money kept. 她正在吃后悔药呢,后悔自己没有毁了那张字条,把钱昧下来! 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡
41 elegies 57b43181c824384d42359857e8b63906     
n.哀歌,挽歌( elegy的名词复数 )
参考例句:
42 bereft ndjy9     
adj.被剥夺的
参考例句:
  • The place seemed to be utterly bereft of human life.这个地方似乎根本没有人烟。
  • She was bereft of happiness.她失去了幸福。
43 respite BWaxa     
n.休息,中止,暂缓
参考例句:
  • She was interrogated without respite for twenty-four hours.她被不间断地审问了二十四小时。
  • Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite.贬值只能让经济得到暂时的缓解。
44 compassionate PXPyc     
adj.有同情心的,表示同情的
参考例句:
  • She is a compassionate person.她是一个有同情心的人。
  • The compassionate judge gave the young offender a light sentence.慈悲的法官从轻判处了那个年轻罪犯。
45 supreme PHqzc     
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
参考例句:
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
46 applied Tz2zXA     
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
参考例句:
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
47 untoward Hjvw1     
adj.不利的,不幸的,困难重重的
参考例句:
  • Untoward circumstances prevent me from being with you on this festive occasion.有些不幸的事件使我不能在这欢庆的时刻和你在一起。
  • I'll come if nothing untoward happens.我要是没有特殊情况一定来。
48 loquacity 5b29ac87968845fdf1d5affa34596db3     
n.多话,饶舌
参考例句:
  • I was victimized the whole evening by his loquacity. 整个晚上我都被他的吵嚷不休所困扰。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The nervous loquacity and opinionation of the Zenith Athletic Club dropped from them. 泽尼斯运动俱乐部里的那种神经质的健谈和自以为是的态度从他们身上消失了。 来自辞典例句


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