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Part 2 Chapter 43
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Who, hearing the foregoing discourse1 of Don Quixote, would not have set him down for a person of great good sense and greater rectitude of purpose? But, as has been frequently observed in the course of this great history, he only talked nonsense when he touched on chivalry2, and in discussing all other subjects showed that he had a clear and unbiassed understanding; so that at every turn his acts gave the lie to his intellect, and his intellect to his acts; but in the case of these second counsels that he gave Sancho he showed himself to have a lively turn of humour, and displayed conspicuously3 his wisdom, and also his folly4.

Sancho listened to him with the deepest attention, and endeavoured to fix his counsels in his memory, like one who meant to follow them and by their means bring the full promise of his government to a happy issue. Don Quixote, then, went on to say:

“With regard to the mode in which thou shouldst govern thy person and thy house, Sancho, the first charge I have to give thee is to be clean, and to cut thy nails, not letting them grow as some do, whose ignorance makes them fancy that long nails are an ornament5 to their hands, as if those excrescences they neglect to cut were nails, and not the talons6 of a lizard-catching kestrel — a filthy7 and unnatural8 abuse.

“Go not ungirt and loose, Sancho; for disordered attire9 is a sign of an unstable10 mind, unless indeed the slovenliness11 and slackness is to he set down to craft, as was the common opinion in the case of Julius Caesar.

“Ascertain cautiously what thy office may be worth; and if it will allow thee to give liveries to thy servants, give them respectable and serviceable, rather than showy and gay ones, and divide them between thy servants and the poor; that is to say, if thou canst clothe six pages, clothe three and three poor men, and thus thou wilt12 have pages for heaven and pages for earth; the vainglorious13 never think of this new mode of giving liveries.

“Eat not garlic nor onions, lest they find out thy boorish14 origin by the smell; walk slowly and speak deliberately15, but not in such a way as to make it seem thou art listening to thyself, for all affectation is bad.

“Dine sparingly and sup more sparingly still; for the health of the whole body is forged in the workshop of the stomach.

“Be temperate16 in drinking, bearing in mind that wine in excess keeps neither secrets nor promises.

“Take care, Sancho, not to chew on both sides, and not to eruct in anybody’s presence.”

“Eruct!” said Sancho; “I don’t know what that means.”

“To eruct, Sancho,” said Don Quixote, “means to belch17, and that is one of the filthiest18 words in the Spanish language, though a very expressive19 one; and therefore nice folk have had recourse to the Latin, and instead of belch say eruct, and instead of belches20 say eructations; and if some do not understand these terms it matters little, for custom will bring them into use in the course of time, so that they will be readily understood; this is the way a language is enriched; custom and the public are all-powerful there.”

“In truth, senor,” said Sancho, “one of the counsels and cautions I mean to bear in mind shall be this, not to belch, for I’m constantly doing it.”

“Eruct, Sancho, not belch,” said Don Quixote.

“Eruct, I shall say henceforth, and I swear not to forget it,” said Sancho.

“Likewise, Sancho,” said Don Quixote, “thou must not mingle21 such a quantity of proverbs in thy discourse as thou dost; for though proverbs are short maxims22, thou dost drag them in so often by the head and shoulders that they savour more of nonsense than of maxims.”

“God alone can cure that,” said Sancho; “for I have more proverbs in me than a book, and when I speak they come so thick together into my mouth that they fall to fighting among themselves to get out; that’s why my tongue lets fly the first that come, though they may not be pat to the purpose. But I’ll take care henceforward to use such as befit the dignity of my office; for ‘in a house where there’s plenty, supper is soon cooked,’ and ‘he who binds23 does not wrangle,’ and ‘the bell-ringer’s in a safe berth,’ and ‘giving and keeping require brains.’”

“That’s it, Sancho!” said Don Quixote; “pack, tack24, string proverbs together; nobody is hindering thee! ‘My mother beats me, and I go on with my tricks.’ I am bidding thee avoid proverbs, and here in a second thou hast shot out a whole litany of them, which have as much to do with what we are talking about as ‘over the hills of Ubeda.’ Mind, Sancho, I do not say that a proverb aptly brought in is objectionable; but to pile up and string together proverbs at random25 makes conversation dull and vulgar.

“When thou ridest on horseback, do not go lolling with thy body on the back of the saddle, nor carry thy legs stiff or sticking out from the horse’s belly26, nor yet sit so loosely that one would suppose thou wert on Dapple; for the seat on a horse makes gentlemen of some and grooms27 of others.

“Be moderate in thy sleep; for he who does not rise early does not get the benefit of the day; and remember, Sancho, diligence is the mother of good fortune, and indolence, its opposite, never yet attained28 the object of an honest ambition.

“The last counsel I will give thee now, though it does not tend to bodily improvement, I would have thee carry carefully in thy memory, for I believe it will be no less useful to thee than those I have given thee already, and it is this — never engage in a dispute about families, at least in the way of comparing them one with another; for necessarily one of those compared will be better than the other, and thou wilt be hated by the one thou hast disparaged29, and get nothing in any shape from the one thou hast exalted30.

“Thy attire shall be hose of full length, a long jerkin, and a cloak a trifle longer; loose breeches by no means, for they are becoming neither for gentlemen nor for governors.

“For the present, Sancho, this is all that has occurred to me to advise thee; as time goes by and occasions arise my instructions shall follow, if thou take care to let me know how thou art circumstanced.”

“Senor,” said Sancho, “I see well enough that all these things your worship has said to me are good, holy, and profitable; but what use will they be to me if I don’t remember one of them? To be sure that about not letting my nails grow, and marrying again if I have the chance, will not slip out of my head; but all that other hash, muddle31, and jumble32 — I don’t and can’t recollect33 any more of it than of last year’s clouds; so it must be given me in writing; for though I can’t either read or write, I’ll give it to my confessor, to drive it into me and remind me of it whenever it is necessary.”

“Ah, sinner that I am!” said Don Quixote, “how bad it looks in governors not to know how to read or write; for let me tell thee, Sancho, when a man knows not how to read, or is left-handed, it argues one of two things; either that he was the son of exceedingly mean and lowly parents, or that he himself was so incorrigible34 and ill-conditioned that neither good company nor good teaching could make any impression on him. It is a great defect that thou labourest under, and therefore I would have thee learn at any rate to sign thy name.” “I can sign my name well enough,” said Sancho, “for when I was steward35 of the brotherhood36 in my village I learned to make certain letters, like the marks on bales of goods, which they told me made out my name. Besides I can pretend my right hand is disabled and make some one else sign for me, for ‘there’s a remedy for everything except death;’ and as I shall be in command and hold the staff, I can do as I like; moreover, ‘he who has the alcalde for his father — ,’ and I’ll be governor, and that’s higher than alcalde. Only come and see! Let them make light of me and abuse me; ‘they’ll come for wool and go back shorn;’ ‘whom God loves, his house is known to Him;’ ‘the silly sayings of the rich pass for saws in the world;’ and as I’ll be rich, being a governor, and at the same time generous, as I mean to be, no fault will he seen in me. ‘Only make yourself honey and the flies will suck you;’ ‘as much as thou hast so much art thou worth,’ as my grandmother used to say; and ‘thou canst have no revenge of a man of substance.’”

“Oh, God’s curse upon thee, Sancho!” here exclaimed Don Quixote; “sixty thousand devils fly away with thee and thy proverbs! For the last hour thou hast been stringing them together and inflicting37 the pangs38 of torture on me with every one of them. Those proverbs will bring thee to the gallows39 one day, I promise thee; thy subjects will take the government from thee, or there will be revolts among them. Tell me, where dost thou pick them up, thou booby? How dost thou apply them, thou blockhead? For with me, to utter one and make it apply properly, I have to sweat and labour as if I were digging.”

“By God, master mine,” said Sancho, “your worship is making a fuss about very little. Why the devil should you be vexed40 if I make use of what is my own? And I have got nothing else, nor any other stock in trade except proverbs and more proverbs; and here are three just this instant come into my head, pat to the purpose and like pears in a basket; but I won’t repeat them, for ‘sage41 silence is called Sancho.’”

“That, Sancho, thou art not,” said Don Quixote; “for not only art thou not sage silence, but thou art pestilent prate42 and perversity43; still I would like to know what three proverbs have just now come into thy memory, for I have been turning over mine own — and it is a good one — and none occurs to me.”

“What can be better,” said Sancho, “than ‘never put thy thumbs between two back teeth;’ and ‘to “get out of my house” and “what do you want with my wife?” there is no answer;’ and ‘whether the pitcher44 hits the stove, or the stove the pitcher, it’s a bad business for the pitcher;’ all which fit to a hair? For no one should quarrel with his governor, or him in authority over him, because he will come off the worst, as he does who puts his finger between two back and if they are not back teeth it makes no difference, so long as they are teeth; and to whatever the governor may say there’s no answer, any more than to ‘get out of my house’ and ‘what do you want with my wife?’ and then, as for that about the stone and the pitcher, a blind man could see that. So that he ‘who sees the mote45 in another’s eye had need to see the beam in his own,’ that it be not said of himself, ‘the dead woman was frightened at the one with her throat cut;’ and your worship knows well that ‘the fool knows more in his own house than the wise man in another’s .’”

“Nay, Sancho,” said Don Quixote, “the fool knows nothing, either in his own house or in anybody else’s , for no wise structure of any sort can stand on a foundation of folly; but let us say no more about it, Sancho, for if thou governest badly, thine will he the fault and mine the shame; but I comfort myself with having done my duty in advising thee as earnestly and as wisely as I could; and thus I am released from my obligations and my promise. God guide thee, Sancho, and govern thee in thy government, and deliver me from the misgiving46 I have that thou wilt turn the whole island upside down, a thing I might easily prevent by explaining to the duke what thou art and telling him that all that fat little person of thine is nothing else but a sack full of proverbs and sauciness47.”

“Senor,” said Sancho, “if your worship thinks I’m not fit for this government, I give it up on the spot; for the mere48 black of the nail of my soul is dearer to me than my whole body; and I can live just as well, simple Sancho, on bread and onions, as governor, on partridges and capons; and what’s more, while we’re asleep we’re all equal, great and small, rich and poor. But if your worship looks into it, you will see it was your worship alone that put me on to this business of governing; for I know no more about the government of islands than a buzzard; and if there’s any reason to think that because of my being a governor the devil will get hold of me, I’d rather go Sancho to heaven than governor to hell.”

“By God, Sancho,” said Don Quixote, “for those last words thou hast uttered alone, I consider thou deservest to be governor of a thousand islands. Thou hast good natural instincts, without which no knowledge is worth anything; commend thyself to God, and try not to swerve49 in the pursuit of thy main object; I mean, always make it thy aim and fixed50 purpose to do right in all matters that come before thee, for heaven always helps good intentions; and now let us go to dinner, for I think my lord and lady are waiting for us.”

 

听了唐吉诃德这番话,谁会不把他当成一个足智多谋、识见万里的人呢?不过,就像这部巨著里记述的那样,他只是在谈论骑士道时才胡言乱语,而谈论其他事情时则头脑清晰,所以他时时表现出言行不符的情况。他对桑乔的第二部分告诫表现得更为风趣,把他的才智和疯狂都提高到了一个新的高度。桑乔全神贯注地聆听着,似乎要把这些话牢牢记住,以便遵照这些话当好总督。唐吉诃德接着说道:

“至于应该如何管好你自己和你的家,桑乔,我首先告诉你,你应该注意整洁,要剪指甲,不要像某些人那样,留着长长的指甲,还以为那样手形美,其实,那倒更像丑恶的蜥蜴的爪子了。这是个不讲卫生的陋习。

“你不要衣冠不整、邋邋遢遢的,桑乔。衣冠不整给人一种萎靡不振的印象,除非像人们说凯撒大帝那样,是故意装的。

“你要认真惦量一下你的职务的分量。如果你想给你的佣人做制服,就要做既实用又大方的,别要那种花里胡哨的,而且还要兼顾穷人。我的意思是说,假如你想给六个侍童做制服,那么你就做三套,再做另外三套给穷人,这样你在天上和人间就都有人侍候了。这种做衣服的办法,虚荣心强的人是不会办到的。

“你别吃大蒜和葱头,免得人家闻到你身上有这种味就知道你是个乡巴佬。

“你走路要慢,说话要沉稳,不过,也别声音小得像是说给自己听似的。这些都不好。

“饭要少吃,尤其是晚饭,因为身体好全都靠胃里消化得好。

“酒要少喝,别忘记酒喝得多了既容易说漏嘴,又容易误事。

“你得注意,桑乔,吃饭时不要狼吞虎咽,也不要在别人面前‘嗝儿’。”

“我不懂什么叫‘嗝儿’。”桑乔说。

唐吉诃德对他说:

“‘嗝儿’就是打嗝儿,桑乔,这是西班牙文里最难听的一个词,尽管它的意义很明确。所以,斯文人就选择了拉丁语,‘打嗝儿’就说‘嗝儿’。如果有些人还是不懂,那也没关系,慢慢地人们就会接受,也就容易懂了。这样可以丰富语言,要知道能够改变俗人语言的是习惯。”

“是的,大人,”桑乔说,“我应该记住您的教诲,也就是不要打嗝儿,我总是打嗝儿。”

“是‘嗝儿’,不是‘打嗝儿’。”唐吉诃德说。

“以后我就说‘嗝儿’,”桑乔说,“肯定不会忘了。”

“还有桑乔,你说话时不要总带那么多俗语。那样虽然有时显得很简练,可更多的时候却显得牵强附会,反而显得不伦不类了。”

“这就得靠上帝帮忙了,”桑乔说,“因为我知道的俗语比书上还多。我一说话它们就拥到我的嘴边,争先恐后地要往外跑,顾不上合适不合适,还没等找到合适的词就跑了出来,不过,我以后说话一定注意,要与我的重要职位相符,反正‘家里有粮,做事不慌’,‘一言既出,难以收回’,‘站着说话不腰疼’,‘别管给还是要,都得有头脑’。”

“你就是这样,桑乔,”唐吉诃德说,“一说起俗语来就一串一串的,谁也拿你没办法!仍然是‘你说你的,我该干什么还干什么’!我正在告诉你说话时少带俗语,你就马上又说出一大串来,而且内容根本不沾边!桑乔,我并不是说讲话时带俗语不好,但如果是乱用一气,就显得既无意义又粗俗了。

“你骑马的时候不要把身子往后仰,也不要直着两条腿不夹马肚子,骑马时不能像你骑驴那样吊儿郎当的。同样是骑马,有的人像骑士,有的人就像马夫。

“你不要睡懒觉,日出不起身就等于白过了一天。你注意,桑乔,勤奋是成功之母,而懒惰从来都不能完成自己的预定目标。“我要给你的最后一句忠告不是给你美化外表的,但我希望你永远记住它,我觉得它就像我刚才说的那些话一样重要。这句话就是你永远不要追问别人的家世,至少不要互相比。一比就会有高低,被比下去的人会恨你,比上来的人也不会抬举你。

“你应该穿紧身长裤,长外衣,斗篷也要长些。至于肥腿裤,千万别穿,无论是骑士还是总督都不应该穿肥腿裤。

“桑乔,我现在想起来的就是这些。以后想起什么来再告诉你,你也别忘了把你的情况告诉我。”

“大人,”桑乔说,“我知道您对我说的这些都是善意、珍贵和有益的,可是如果我无论如何也记不住,那又有什么用呢?您不让我留长指甲,让我有机会就再结婚,我都不会忘记。可是,您说了那么一大堆东西,就像过眼烟云一样,我现在记不住,以后也记不住。最好您给我写下来。不过,我又不识字。您还是等我向牧师忏悔时,把它交给牧师吧。”

“我的天啊,”唐吉诃德说,“总督不识字多不像话呀!桑乔,你该知道,如果一个人不会写字,或者不聪明,那只能说明他的父母太卑贱,或者是他太调皮捣蛋,实在不可教养。

你的差距真不小呀。我觉得你至少得学会签字。”

“签名字我倒会。”桑乔说,“我以前是我们那儿的总管,学会了写几个字母,就像货包上的标记,人家说那就是我的名字。有时我还装作右手有毛病,让别人为我代签。反正干什么都有办法对付,若是没法对付,我反正有绝对权力,想怎么办就怎么办,更何况我还有靠山呢……我是总督,比靠山还靠山,到时候就知道了。谁要想跟我捣乱,准让他搬起石头砸自己的脚。‘富在深山有远亲,富人的蠢话也成了格言’。我当了总督,就会成为富人,而且我花钱大方,我本来就打算大方,那么我就是完人了。‘人善被人欺,’我祖母常这样说,‘有根有势,无奈他何’。”

“这个该死的桑乔,”唐吉诃德说,“真应该让你和你的俗语见鬼去!你一口气能说半天俗语,我听着像被灌了辣椒水似的。我敢保证,你这些俗语迟早得把你送上绞刑架。你的臣民们也会因为这些俗语把你从总督的位子上赶下来,或者联合起来推翻你。告诉我,你这个白痴,你哪儿来的这么多俗语?你又是怎么会用的呢?我怎么要说一句恰当的俗语就那么费劲呢?”

“天啊,我的主人,”桑乔说,“您真不该为这区区小事大动肝火。我用的是自己的东西,这跟见不见鬼有什么关系呢?别的东西我没有,除了俗语还是俗语。现在我又想起了四句俗语,用起来恐怕再恰当不过了,可是我别再说了,‘慎言即君子’嘛。”

“你可不是君子,”唐吉诃德说,“因为你不仅不慎言,而且还到处乱说,说个不停。但即使这样,我还是想听听你现在想起来的那四句非常合适的俗语是什么。我的脑子也不错,可是想了半天,也没想出一句合适的。”

桑乔说:“‘千万别往智齿中间伸指头’,‘问你想找我老婆干什么,就是叫你滚蛋,你还有什么好说的’,‘甭管石头碰坛子还是坛子碰石头,倒霉的都是坛子’,这几句话难道不是很合适吗?难道还有什么比这些更好吗?谁也别想跟总督或者管他的人过不去,否则最后吃亏的还是他自己,这就好比你要把手指放到两个智齿中间,即便不是智齿,只是放到牙齿中间也一样。不论总督说什么也别顶嘴,就好比人家对你说‘你想找我老婆干什么?滚出我家去!’一样。至于石头碰坛子的结果,就是瞎子也能看见。所以,能够看到别人眼里有斑点的人,也应该看到自己眼里的梁木①,免得别人说‘死人还怕吊死鬼’。您很清楚,傻子在家里比聪明人在外面懂得还多。”

①参见《圣经》。“为什么看见你兄弟眼中有刺,却不想想自己眼中有梁木呢?”意指看人不看己。

“不是这样,桑乔,”唐吉诃德说,“傻子无论在家里还是在外面,都是什么也不懂,而笨人什么聪明事也办不成。咱们先不说这些吧,桑乔。你如果当不好总督,那就是你的罪孽,我的耻辱。令我宽慰的是,我已经把我应该告诉你的东西都尽我所能地如实告诉你了,这就尽到了我的义务,履行了我的诺言。让上帝指引你,桑乔,督促你当好你的总督吧。我用不着担心你把整个岛屿搞得一团糟了。我只要向公爵说明你是什么人,说这个小胖子是一个满肚子俗语和坏水的家伙,就可以问心无愧了。”

“大人,”桑乔说,“如果您觉得我不配做这个总督,我就不去了。我注重人的点滴精神胜于人的整个肉体。这个桑乔当百姓时是粗茶淡饭,当了总督也不过是个酒足饭饱,更何况若论睡觉,大人物或是小人物,富人和穷人,全都是一样哩。如果您注意到了这点,就会想起当初还是您要我当岛屿总督的,我其实对管理岛屿的事一无所知。假如因为当总督而让我去阴间,我宁愿仍做桑乔升天堂,却不愿意当个总督下地狱。”

“天啊,桑乔,”唐吉诃德说,“就凭你最后这几句话,我觉得你就应该当上千个岛屿的总督。你天性好。没有好的天性,再有心计也没用。你向上帝祈祷,保佑你实现初衷吧。我是想让你不改初衷,心想事成,老天总是扶助善良的愿望。咱们去吃饭吧,那些大人大概正等着咱们呢。”


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1 discourse 2lGz0     
n.论文,演说;谈话;话语;vi.讲述,著述
参考例句:
  • We'll discourse on the subject tonight.我们今晚要谈论这个问题。
  • He fell into discourse with the customers who were drinking at the counter.他和站在柜台旁的酒客谈了起来。
2 chivalry wXAz6     
n.骑士气概,侠义;(男人)对女人彬彬有礼,献殷勤
参考例句:
  • The Middle Ages were also the great age of chivalry.中世纪也是骑士制度盛行的时代。
  • He looked up at them with great chivalry.他非常有礼貌地抬头瞧她们。
3 conspicuously 3vczqb     
ad.明显地,惹人注目地
参考例句:
  • France remained a conspicuously uneasy country. 法国依然是个明显不太平的国家。
  • She figured conspicuously in the public debate on the issue. 她在该问题的公开辩论中很引人注目。
4 folly QgOzL     
n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话
参考例句:
  • Learn wisdom by the folly of others.从别人的愚蠢行动中学到智慧。
  • Events proved the folly of such calculations.事情的进展证明了这种估计是愚蠢的。
5 ornament u4czn     
v.装饰,美化;n.装饰,装饰物
参考例句:
  • The flowers were put on the table for ornament.花放在桌子上做装饰用。
  • She wears a crystal ornament on her chest.她的前胸戴了一个水晶饰品。
6 talons 322566a2ccb8410b21604b31bc6569ac     
n.(尤指猛禽的)爪( talon的名词复数 );(如爪般的)手指;爪状物;锁簧尖状突出部
参考例句:
  • The fingers were curved like talons, but they closed on empty air. 他的指头弯得像鹰爪一样,可是抓了个空。 来自英汉文学 - 热爱生命
  • The tiger has a pair of talons. 老虎有一对利爪。 来自辞典例句
7 filthy ZgOzj     
adj.卑劣的;恶劣的,肮脏的
参考例句:
  • The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories.整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。
  • You really should throw out that filthy old sofa and get a new one.你真的应该扔掉那张肮脏的旧沙发,然后再去买张新的。
8 unnatural 5f2zAc     
adj.不自然的;反常的
参考例句:
  • Did her behaviour seem unnatural in any way?她有任何反常表现吗?
  • She has an unnatural smile on her face.她脸上挂着做作的微笑。
9 attire AN0zA     
v.穿衣,装扮[同]array;n.衣着;盛装
参考例句:
  • He had no intention of changing his mode of attire.他无意改变着装方式。
  • Her attention was attracted by his peculiar attire.他那奇特的服装引起了她的注意。
10 unstable Ijgwa     
adj.不稳定的,易变的
参考例句:
  • This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.这书橱很不结实,装不了这么多书。
  • The patient's condition was unstable.那患者的病情不稳定。
11 slovenliness 3dd4c7c0144a6dd89bc42a4195e88f10     
参考例句:
  • Slovenliness is no part of religion. 邋遢并非宗教的一部分。 来自辞典例句
  • Slovenliness no part of religion. “邋遢”并非宗教的一部分。 来自互联网
12 wilt oMNz5     
v.(使)植物凋谢或枯萎;(指人)疲倦,衰弱
参考例句:
  • Golden roses do not wilt and will never need to be watered.金色的玫瑰不枯萎绝也不需要浇水。
  • Several sleepless nights made him wilt.数个不眠之夜使他憔悴。
13 vainglorious Airwq     
adj.自负的;夸大的
参考例句:
  • She is a vainglorious woman.她是个爱虚荣的女性。
  • Let us not become vainglorious,provoking one another,envying one another.不要贪图虚荣,彼此惹气,互相嫉妒。
14 boorish EdIyP     
adj.粗野的,乡巴佬的
参考例句:
  • His manner seemed rather boorish.他的举止看上去很俗气。
  • He disgusted many with his boorish behaviour.他的粗野行为让很多人都讨厌他。
15 deliberately Gulzvq     
adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地
参考例句:
  • The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
  • They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。
16 temperate tIhzd     
adj.温和的,温带的,自我克制的,不过分的
参考例句:
  • Asia extends across the frigid,temperate and tropical zones.亚洲地跨寒、温、热三带。
  • Great Britain has a temperate climate.英国气候温和。
17 belch GuazY     
v.打嗝,喷出
参考例句:
  • Cucumber makes me belch.黃瓜吃得我打嗝。
  • Plant chimneys belch out dense smoke.工厂的烟囱冒出滚滚浓烟。
18 filthiest 52ea9690200c3b6094c05f71edfe8f03     
filthy(肮脏的,污秽的)的最高级形式
参考例句:
  • He had got to plunge into the filthiest of filth. 他得投到最最肮脏的污秽中去。 来自英汉文学
  • I want you to come with me, into the filthiest streets of Primordium. 我要你跟我一起去普利摩顿最阴暗的街道看一看。 来自互联网
19 expressive shwz4     
adj.表现的,表达…的,富于表情的
参考例句:
  • Black English can be more expressive than standard English.黑人所使用的英语可能比正式英语更有表现力。
  • He had a mobile,expressive,animated face.他有一张多变的,富于表情的,生动活泼的脸。
20 belches 13ddd7222339715cb6bdcac7fb133952     
n.嗳气( belch的名词复数 );喷吐;喷出物v.打嗝( belch的第三人称单数 );喷出,吐出;打(嗝);嗳(气)
参考例句:
  • A volcano belches smoke and ashes. 火山喷出黑烟和灰土。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • A volcano belches forth smoke and ashes. 火山喷出烟和尘埃。 来自互联网
21 mingle 3Dvx8     
vt.使混合,使相混;vi.混合起来;相交往
参考例句:
  • If we mingle with the crowd,we should not be noticed.如果我们混在人群中,就不会被注意到。
  • Oil will not mingle with water.油和水不相融。
22 maxims aa76c066930d237742b409ad104a416f     
n.格言,座右铭( maxim的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Courts also draw freely on traditional maxims of construction. 法院也自由吸收传统的解释准则。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
  • There are variant formulations of some of the maxims. 有些准则有多种表达方式。 来自辞典例句
23 binds c1d4f6440575ef07da0adc7e8adbb66c     
v.约束( bind的第三人称单数 );装订;捆绑;(用长布条)缠绕
参考例句:
  • Frost binds the soil. 霜使土壤凝结。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Stones and cement binds strongly. 石头和水泥凝固得很牢。 来自《简明英汉词典》
24 tack Jq1yb     
n.大头钉;假缝,粗缝
参考例句:
  • He is hammering a tack into the wall to hang a picture.他正往墙上钉一枚平头钉用来挂画。
  • We are going to tack the map on the wall.我们打算把这张地图钉在墙上。
25 random HT9xd     
adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
参考例句:
  • The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
26 belly QyKzLi     
n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛
参考例句:
  • The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
  • His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。
27 grooms b9d1c7c7945e283fe11c0f1d27513083     
n.新郎( groom的名词复数 );马夫v.照料或梳洗(马等)( groom的第三人称单数 );使做好准备;训练;(给动物)擦洗
参考例句:
  • Plender end Wilcox became joint grooms of the chambers. 普伦德和威尔科克斯成为共同的贴身侍从。 来自辞典例句
  • Egypt: Families, rather than grooms, propose to the bride. 埃及:在埃及,由新郎的家人,而不是新郎本人,向新娘求婚。 来自互联网
28 attained 1f2c1bee274e81555decf78fe9b16b2f     
(通常经过努力)实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况)
参考例句:
  • She has attained the degree of Master of Arts. 她已获得文学硕士学位。
  • Lu Hsun attained a high position in the republic of letters. 鲁迅在文坛上获得崇高的地位。
29 disparaged ff1788e428b44c5ea75417fb2d561704     
v.轻视( disparage的过去式和过去分词 );贬低;批评;非难
参考例句:
  • French-Canadian fur trappers and Sioux disparaged such country as "bad lands. " 法语的加拿大毛皮捕兽器和苏人的贬低国家作为“坏土地”。 来自互联网
  • She disparaged her student's efforts. 她轻视她的学生做出的努力。 来自互联网
30 exalted ztiz6f     
adj.(地位等)高的,崇高的;尊贵的,高尚的
参考例句:
  • Their loveliness and holiness in accordance with their exalted station.他们的美丽和圣洁也与他们的崇高地位相称。
  • He received respect because he was a person of exalted rank.他因为是个地位崇高的人而受到尊敬。
31 muddle d6ezF     
n.困惑,混浊状态;vt.使混乱,使糊涂,使惊呆;vi.胡乱应付,混乱
参考例句:
  • Everything in the room was in a muddle.房间里每一件东西都是乱七八糟的。
  • Don't work in a rush and get into a muddle.克服忙乱现象。
32 jumble I3lyi     
vt.使混乱,混杂;n.混乱;杂乱的一堆
参考例句:
  • Even the furniture remained the same jumble that it had always been.甚至家具还是象过去一样杂乱无章。
  • The things in the drawer were all in a jumble.抽屉里的东西很杂乱。
33 recollect eUOxl     
v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得
参考例句:
  • He tried to recollect things and drown himself in them.他极力回想过去的事情而沉浸于回忆之中。
  • She could not recollect being there.她回想不起曾经到过那儿。
34 incorrigible nknyi     
adj.难以纠正的,屡教不改的
参考例句:
  • Because he was an incorrigible criminal,he was sentenced to life imprisonment.他是一个死不悔改的罪犯,因此被判终生监禁。
  • Gamblers are incorrigible optimists.嗜赌的人是死不悔改的乐天派。
35 steward uUtzw     
n.乘务员,服务员;看管人;膳食管理员
参考例句:
  • He's the steward of the club.他是这家俱乐部的管理员。
  • He went around the world as a ship's steward.他当客船服务员,到过世界各地。
36 brotherhood 1xfz3o     
n.兄弟般的关系,手中情谊
参考例句:
  • They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
  • They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。
37 inflicting 1c8a133a3354bfc620e3c8d51b3126ae     
把…强加给,使承受,遭受( inflict的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。
  • It's impossible to do research without inflicting some pain on animals. 搞研究不让动物遭点罪是不可能的。
38 pangs 90e966ce71191d0a90f6fec2265e2758     
突然的剧痛( pang的名词复数 ); 悲痛
参考例句:
  • She felt sudden pangs of regret. 她突然感到痛悔不已。
  • With touching pathos he described the pangs of hunger. 他以极具感伤力的笔触描述了饥饿的痛苦。
39 gallows UfLzE     
n.绞刑架,绞台
参考例句:
  • The murderer was sent to the gallows for his crimes.谋杀犯由于罪大恶极被处以绞刑。
  • Now I was to expiate all my offences at the gallows.现在我将在绞刑架上赎我一切的罪过。
40 vexed fd1a5654154eed3c0a0820ab54fb90a7     
adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论
参考例句:
  • The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls. 会议花了几天的时间讨论边境关卡这个难题。
  • He was vexed at his failure. 他因失败而懊恼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
41 sage sCUz2     
n.圣人,哲人;adj.贤明的,明智的
参考例句:
  • I was grateful for the old man's sage advice.我很感激那位老人贤明的忠告。
  • The sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.这位哲人是百代之师。
42 prate hSaz7     
v.瞎扯,胡说
参考例句:
  • Listen to him prating on about nothing.听他瞎唠叨。
  • If the hen does not prate,she will not lay.母鸡不唠叨不下蛋。
43 perversity D3kzJ     
n.任性;刚愎自用
参考例句:
  • She's marrying him out of sheer perversity.她嫁给他纯粹是任性。
  • The best of us have a spice of perversity in us.在我们最出色的人身上都有任性的一面。
44 pitcher S2Gz7     
n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐;(棒球)投手
参考例句:
  • He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
  • Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。
45 mote tEExV     
n.微粒;斑点
参考例句:
  • Seeing the mote in one's neighbor's eye,but not the beam in one's own.能看见别人眼里的尘埃,看不见自己眼里的木头。
  • The small mote on her forehead distinguishes her from her twin sister.她额头上的这个小斑点是她与其双胞胎妹妹的区别。
46 misgiving tDbxN     
n.疑虑,担忧,害怕
参考例句:
  • She had some misgivings about what she was about to do.她对自己即将要做的事情存有一些顾虑。
  • The first words of the text filled us with misgiving.正文开头的文字让我们颇为担心。
47 sauciness 1bdb03e68bdc196cd2e330cb2b8fa04c     
n.傲慢,鲁莽
参考例句:
48 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。
49 swerve JF5yU     
v.突然转向,背离;n.转向,弯曲,背离
参考例句:
  • Nothing will swerve him from his aims.什么也不能使他改变目标。
  • Her car swerved off the road into a 6ft high brick wall.她的车突然转向冲出了马路,撞向6英尺高的一面砖墙。
50 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。


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