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Chapter 55
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At eleven o'clock that night, having secured a bed at one of the hotels and telegraphed his address to his father immediately on his arrival, he walked out into the streets of Sandbourne. It was too late to call on or inquire for any one, and he reluctantly postponed1 his purpose till the morning. But he could not retire to rest just yet.

This fashionable watering-place, with its eastern and its western stations, its piers2, its groves3 of pines, its promenades4, and its covered gardens, was, to Angel Clare, like a fairy place suddenly created by the stroke of a wand, and allowed to get a little dusty. An outlying eastern tract5 of the enormous Egdon Waste was close at hand, yet on the very verge6 of that tawny7 piece of antiquity8 such a glittering novelty as this pleasure city had chosen to spring up. Within the space of a mile from its outskirts9 every irregularity of the soil was prehistoric10, every channel an undisturbed British trackway; not a sod having been turned there since the days of the Czars. Yet the exotic had grown here, suddenly as the prophet's gourd11; and had drawn12 hither Tess.

By the midnight lamps he went up and down the winding13 ways of this new world in an old one, and could discern between the trees and against the stars the lofty roofs, chimneys, gazebos, and towers of the numerous fanciful residences of which the place was composed. It was a city of detached mansions14; a Mediterranean15 lounging-place on the English Channel; and as seen now by night it seemed even more imposing16 than it was.

The sea was near at hand, but not intrusive17; it murmured, and he thought it was the pines; the pines murmured in precisely18 the same tones, and he thought they were the sea.

Where could Tess possibly be, a cottage-girl, his young wife, amidst all this wealth and fashion? The more he pondered the more was he puzzled. Were there any cows to milk here? There certainly were no fields to till. She was most probably engaged to do something in one of these large houses; and he sauntered along, looking at the chamber-windows and their lights going out one by one; and wondered which of them might be hers.

Conjecture19 was useless, and just after twelve o'clock he entered and went to bed. Before putting out his light he re-read Tess's impassioned letter. Sleep, however, he could not, - so near her, yet so far from her - and he continually lifted the window-blind and regarded the backs of the opposite houses, and wondered behind which of the sashes she reposed20 at that moment.

He might almost as well have sat up all night. In the morning he arose at seven, and shortly after went out, taking the direction of the chief post-office. At the door he met an intelligent postman coming out with letters for the morning delivery.

`Do you know the address of a Mrs Clare?' asked Angel.

The postman shook his head.

Then, remembering that she would have been likely to continue the use of her maiden21 name, Clare said--

`Or a Miss Durbeyfield?

`Durbeyfield?'

This also was strange to the postman addressed.

`There's visitors coming and going every day, as you know, sir,' he said; `and without the name of the house 'tis impossible to find 'em.'

One of his comrades hastening out at that moment, the name was repeated to him.

`I know no name of Durbeyfield; but there is the name of d'Urberville at The Herons,' said the second.

`That's it!' cried Clare, pleased to think that she had reverted22 to the real pronunciation. `What place is The Herons?'

`A stylish23 lodging-house. 'Tis all lodging-houses here, bless 'ee.'

Clare received directions how to find the house, and hastened thither24, arriving with the milkman. The Herons, though an ordinary villa25, stood in its own grounds, and was certainly the last place in which one would have expected to find lodgings26, so private was its appearance. If poor Tess was a servant here, as he feared, she would go to the back-door to that milkman, and he was inclined to go thither also. However, in his doubts he turned to the front, and rang.

The hour being early the landlady27 herself opened the door.

Clare inquired for Teresa d'Urberville or Durbeyfield.

`Mrs d'Urberville?'

`Yes.'

Tess, then, passed as a married woman, and he felt glad, even though she had not adopted his name.

`Will you kindly28 tell her that a relative is anxious to see her?'

`It is rather early. What name shall I give, sir?'

`Angel.'

`Mr Angel?'

`No; Angel. It is my Christian29 name. She'll understand.'

`I'll see if she is awake.'

He was shown into the front room - the dining-room - and looked out through the spring curtains at the little lawn, and the rhododendrons and other shrubs30 upon it. Obviously her position was by no means so bad as he had feared, and it crossed his mind that she must somehow have claimed and sold the jewels to attain31 it. He did not blame her for one moment. Soon his sharpened ear detected footsteps upon the stairs, at which his heart thumped32 so painfully that he could hardly stand firm. `Dear me! what will she think of me, so altered as I am!' he said to himself; and the door opened.

Tess appeared on the threshold - not at all as he had expected to see her - bewilderingly otherwise, indeed. Her great natural beauty was, if not heightened, rendered more obvious by her attire33. She was loosely wrapped in a cashmere dressing-gown of gray-white, embroidered35 in half-mourning tints36, and she wore slippers37 of the same hue38. Her neck rose out of a frill of down, and her well-remembered cable of dark-brown hair was partially39 coiled up in a mass at the back of her head and partly hanging on her shoulder - the evident result of haste.

He had held out his arms, but they had fallen again to his side; for she had not come forward, remaining still in the opening of the doorway40. Mere34 yellow skeleton that he was now he felt the contrast between them, and thought his appearance distasteful to her.

`Tess!' he said huskily, `can you forgive me for going away? Can't you - come to me? How do you get to be - like this?'

`It is too late,' said she, her voice sounding hard through the room, her eyes shining unnaturally41.

`I did not think rightly of you - I did not see you as you were!' he continued to plead. `I have learnt to since, dearest Tessy mine!'

`Too late, too late!' she said, waving her hand in the impatience42 of a person whose tortures cause every instant to seem an hour. `Don't come close to me, Angel! No - you must not. Keep away.'

`But don't you love me, my dear wife, because I have been so pulled down by illness? You are not so fickle43 - I am come on purpose for you - my mother and father will welcome you now!'

`Yes - O, yes, yes! But I say, I say it is too late.' She seemed to feel like a fugitive44 in a dream, who tries to move away, but cannot. `Don't you know all - don't you know it? Yet how do you come here if you do not know?'

`I inquired here and there, and I found the way.'

`I waited and waited for you,' she went on, her tones suddenly resuming their old fluty pathos45. `But you did not come! And I wrote to you, and you did not come! He kept on saying you would never come any more, and that I was a foolish woman. He was very kind to me, and to mother, and to all of us after father's death. He--'

`I don't understand.'

`He has won me back to him.'

Clare looked at her keenly, then, gathering46 her meaning, flagged like one plague-stricken, and his glance sank; it fell on her hands, which, once rosy47, were now white and more delicate.

She continued--

`He is upstairs. I hate him now, because he told me a lie - that you would not come again; and you have come! These clothes are what he's put upon me: I didn't care what he did wi' me! But - will you go away, Angel, please, and never come any more?'

They stood fixed48, their baffled hearts looking out of their eyes with a joylessness pitiful to see. Both seemed to implore49 something to shelter them from reality.

`Ah - it is my fault!' said Clare.

But he could not get on. Speech was as inexpressive as silence. But he had a vague consciousness of one thing, though it was not clear to him till later; that his original Tess had spiritually ceased to recognize the body before him as hers - allowing it to drift, like a corpse50 upon the current, in a direction dissociated from its living will.

A few instants passed, and he found that Tess was gone. His face grew colder and more shrunken as he stood concentrated on the moment, and a minute or two after he found himself in the street, walking along he did not know whither.
 

  当晚十一点钟,克莱尔一到桑德波恩,就立即找了一家旅馆,安排好睡觉的地方,打电报把自己的地址告诉了父亲,然后出门走到街上。这时候拜访什么人或打听什么人已经太晚了,他只好无可奈何地把寻找苔丝的事推迟到明天早晨。不过他仍然不肯回去休息。
  这是一个东西两头都有火车站的时髦人物常去的海滨胜地,它的突堤、成片的松林、散步的场所、带棚架的花园,在安琪尔·克莱尔眼里,就像是用魔杖一挥突然创造出来的神话世界,不过地面上有一层薄薄的沙土。在附近,是广大的爱敦荒原东部向外突出的地带,爱敦荒原是古老的,然而就在黄褐色的那一部分的边缘,一个辉煌新颖的娱乐城市突然出现了。在它的郊外一英里的范围内,起伏不平的土壤保持着洪荒以来的特点,每一条道路仍然是当年不列颠人踩出来的;自从凯撒时代以来①,那儿的土地一寸也没有翻动过。然而这种外来的风物就像先知的蓖麻一样②,已经在这儿生长起来了,并且还把苔丝吸引到了这儿。
  
  ①公元前五十五和五十四两年,罗马大将凯撒曾率领部队两次入侵不列颠。
  ②参见《圣经·约拿书》第四章第六节;上帝安排一棵蓖麻,使蓖麻在一日之内长得高过先知约拿,拿影儿遮住他的头,救他脱离苦楚。

  这个新世界是从旧世界中诞生出来的,克莱尔借着半夜的街灯,在它蜿蜒曲折的道路上来回走着;他能够在星光里看见掩映在树木中的高耸的屋顶、烟囱、凉亭和塔楼,因为这个地方是由无数新奇的建筑物组成的。它是一座由独立式大厦构成的城市;是坐落在英吉利海峡上的一处地中海休闲胜地;现在从黑夜里看上去,比平时更加显得雄伟壮观。
  大海就在附近,但是没有不谐调的感觉:大海传来阵阵涛声,他听了以为是松林发出的涛声;松林发出的涛声和海涛完全一样,他以为听见的是海涛。
  在这座富丽时髦的城市里,他年轻的妻子苔丝、一个乡下姑娘,会在什么地方呢?他越是思考,越是疑惑,这儿是不是有奶牛需要挤奶呢?这儿肯定没有需要耕种的土地。她最大的可能是被某个大户人家雇去干活。他往前走着,瞧着一个个房间的窗户,窗户里的灯光也一个接一个地熄灭了,但是他不知道苔丝究竟在哪一个房间里。
  猜想是毫无用处的,十二点刚过,他就回到旅馆,上床睡觉了。他在熄灯之前,又把苔丝那封感情热烈的信重新读了一遍。但是,他一点睡意也没有,——他离她是这么近,可是又离她那么远——他不停地把百叶窗打开,向对面那些房子的背后打量,想知道这时候苔丝睡在哪一个窗户的后面。
  整整一个夜晚,他差不多都是坐着度过的。他在第二天早上七点钟就起了床,不一会儿就走出旅馆,向邮政总局走去。他在邮政总局门口碰见一个伶俐的邮差,拿着信从邮局走出来,去送早班信。
  “你知道一个叫克莱尔夫人的人的地址吗?”安琪尔问。
  那个邮差摇了摇头。
  克莱尔接着想到她可能还在继续使用没有结婚以前的姓,又问——
  “或者一个叫德北菲尔德小姐的人?”
  “德北菲尔德?”
  这个邮差还是不知道。
  “先生,你知道,观光的人每天有来的也有走的,”他说;“要是不知道他们的住址,你是不可能找到他们的。”
  就在那个时候,又有一个邮差急急忙忙从邮局里走出来,克莱尔又向他问了一遍。
  “我不知道姓德北菲尔德的;但是有一个姓德贝维尔的,住在苍鹭。”第二个邮差说。
  “不错!”克莱尔心想苔丝用了她本来的姓了,心里一喜,大声喊着说。“苍鹭在什么地方?”
  “苍鹭是一家时髦的公寓。上帝啊,这儿可遍地都是公寓呀。”
  克莱尔向他们问了怎样寻找那家公寓的路,就急急忙忙地去找那家公寓,他找到那家公寓的时候,送牛奶的也到了那儿。苍鹭虽然是一座普通的别墅,但是它有自己单独的院子,看样子是一处私人住宅,想找公寓的人肯定是没有人找到这儿来的。他心里想,可怜的苔丝恐怕在这儿当女仆,要是那样的话,她就会到后门那儿去接牛奶,因此他也想到那儿去,不过他犹豫了一会儿,还是转身走到前门,按了门铃。
  当时时间还早,女房东自己出来把门开了。克莱尔就向她打听苔瑞莎·德贝维尔或者德北菲尔德。
  “德贝维尔夫人?”
  “是的。”
  那么,苔丝还是表明了自己结了婚的身分了,他感到高兴,尽管她没有接受他的姓。
  “能不能请你告诉她,就说有一个亲戚想见她?”
  “现在还太早。那么我告诉她什么名字呢,先生?”
  “安琪尔。”
  “安琪尔?”
  “不是天使的安琪尔;那是我的名字,她会明白的。”
  “我去看看她是不是醒了。”
  克莱尔被带进了前厅,也就是餐厅,他从弹簧窗帘的缝中向外看去,只见外面有一个小草坪,上面长着一丛丛杜鹃和别的灌木。显然,她的处境决不是像他担心的那样糟糕了,心里突然想,她一定是想法把那些珠宝取出来卖了过这种日子的。他一时也没有责备她的意思。不久,他敏锐的耳朵听到楼上响起了脚步声,这脚步好像踩在他的心上,使他的心咚咚直跳,难受得都快站不稳了。“天哪!我现在变成了这个样子,她会怎样看我呢!”他对自己说;房门打开了。
  苔丝在门口出现了——完全不是他预先想象的样子——的确和他想象的相反,这使他困惑不解了。她本来是一种天然的美丽,穿上那一身服装,如果说不是更美了,那也是更加显眼了。她身上穿一件宽松的浅灰色开司米晨衣,上面绣着颜色素净的花样,脚上穿的拖鞋也是浅灰色的。她的脖子四周是一圈晨衣的细绒褶边,她那一头他现在还记忆犹新的深棕色头发,一半挽在头上,一半披在肩上——那显然是她匆忙下楼的缘故。
  他伸出胳膊要去拥抱她,但是他又把胳膊放了下来,因为她还仍然站在门口,没有向他走过来。他现在只剩下了一副枯黄的骨架,因此他觉得他们的差别太大了,认为他的样子让苔丝讨厌了。
  “苔丝,”他说话的声音已经沙哑了,“我抛开了你,你能原谅我吗?你能不能——走过来?你是怎样生活的——像这样生活的?”
  “太晚了,”她说,她的冷酷的声音在房间里响着,她的眼神也不自然地闪着。
  “从前我错怪你了——我不是把你看成本来的你!”他继续恳求说。“我最亲爱的苔丝,我后来知道错了!”
  “太晚了,太晚了!”她大声说,摆着手,就像一个忍受痛苦的人再也无法忍受了,觉得一分钟似乎就是一个小时。“不要走到我的跟前来,安琪尔!不——你不能走过来。你走开吧。”
  “不过,我亲爱的妻子,是不是因为我病成了这个样子的缘故你才不爱我了?你可不是一个反复无常的人——我是专门来找你的——我的父母现在都欢迎你了!”
  “是的——啊,是的,是的!不过我说过,我说的是太晚了。”
  苔丝的感觉似乎像是一个在梦中逃难的人,只想逃走,却又无法逃走。“难道你还不知道一切吗?你还不知道吗?如果你不知道,你又是怎样找到这儿来的?”
  “我到处打听,才知道你在这儿。”
  “我等你等了又等。”她继续说,说话的时候又突然恢复了从前的凄婉音调。“但是你没有回来啊!我给你写信,你还是不回来!他也不断地跟我说,你再也不会回来了,说我是一个傻女人。他对我很好,对我的母亲也好,在我的父亲死后他对我家里所有的人都好。他——”
  “我不懂你说的话。”
  “他又骗得我跟了他呀。”
  克莱尔猛看了她一眼,明白了她话的意思,就像得了瘟疫一样瘫痪下来,目光也低垂下去,落在了她的一双手上,那双手过去是玫瑰色的,现在变白了,更加娇嫩了。
  她继续说——
  “他在楼上,我现在恨死他了,因为他骗了我——说你不会回来了,可是你却回来了!这身衣服也是他要我穿上的:他要怎么样,我都不在乎了!不过,安琪尔,请你走开吧,再也不要到这儿来了,好不好?”
  他们两个人呆呆地站着,张惶失措,两双眼睛含着悲伤,让人看了难过。两个人都似乎在乞求什么,好让自己躲藏起来,逃避开现实。
  “啊——都是我的错!”克莱尔说。
  但是他说不下去了。那个时候,说与不说,都一样表达不出自己的思想。不过他还是模模糊糊地意识到一件事情,尽管他这种意识当时不太清楚,后来他才想明白。那种意识就是,苔丝在精神上已经不承认站在他面前的肉体是她自己的了——她的肉体像河流里的一具死尸,她让它随波逐流,正在朝脱离了她的生命意志的方向漂去。
  过了一会儿,他发现苔丝已经走了。他全神贯注地站了一会儿,他的脸变得越来越冷漠,越来越憔悴;又过了一两分钟,他走到了街上,连自己也不知道在向什么地方走去。


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1 postponed 9dc016075e0da542aaa70e9f01bf4ab1     
vt.& vi.延期,缓办,(使)延迟vt.把…放在次要地位;[语]把…放在后面(或句尾)vi.(疟疾等)延缓发作(或复发)
参考例句:
  • The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
  • The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。
2 piers 97df53049c0dee20e54484371e5e225c     
n.水上平台( pier的名词复数 );(常设有娱乐场所的)突堤;柱子;墙墩
参考例句:
  • Most road bridges have piers rising out of the vally. 很多公路桥的桥墩是从河谷里建造起来的。 来自辞典例句
  • At these piers coasters and landing-craft would be able to discharge at all states of tide. 沿岸航行的海船和登陆艇,不论潮汐如何涨落,都能在这种码头上卸载。 来自辞典例句
3 groves eb036e9192d7e49b8aa52d7b1729f605     
树丛,小树林( grove的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The early sun shone serenely on embrowned groves and still green fields. 朝阳宁静地照耀着已经发黄的树丛和还是一片绿色的田地。
  • The trees grew more and more in groves and dotted with old yews. 那里的树木越来越多地长成了一簇簇的小丛林,还点缀着几棵老紫杉树。
4 promenades e9e1a7b588956115c398fd8f01ebb0bf     
n.人行道( promenade的名词复数 );散步场所;闲逛v.兜风( promenade的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • He often promenades his wife along the Thames Embankment. 他常常带太太沿着泰晤士河堤防散步。 来自辞典例句
  • Stoas lined marketplaces and sanctuaries and formed places of Business and public promenades. 柱廊围绕在市场和神庙的四周,是交易和公众散步的场所。 来自互联网
5 tract iJxz4     
n.传单,小册子,大片(土地或森林)
参考例句:
  • He owns a large tract of forest.他拥有一大片森林。
  • He wrote a tract on this subject.他曾对此写了一篇短文。
6 verge gUtzQ     
n.边,边缘;v.接近,濒临
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。
  • She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。
7 tawny tIBzi     
adj.茶色的,黄褐色的;n.黄褐色
参考例句:
  • Her black hair springs in fine strands across her tawny,ruddy cheek.她的一头乌发分披在健康红润的脸颊旁。
  • None of them noticed a large,tawny owl flutter past the window.他们谁也没注意到一只大的、褐色的猫头鹰飞过了窗户。
8 antiquity SNuzc     
n.古老;高龄;古物,古迹
参考例句:
  • The museum contains the remains of Chinese antiquity.博物馆藏有中国古代的遗物。
  • There are many legends about the heroes of antiquity.有许多关于古代英雄的传说。
9 outskirts gmDz7W     
n.郊外,郊区
参考例句:
  • Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
  • They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
10 prehistoric sPVxQ     
adj.(有记载的)历史以前的,史前的,古老的
参考例句:
  • They have found prehistoric remains.他们发现了史前遗迹。
  • It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment.这儿倒像是在展览古老的电子设备。
11 gourd mfWxh     
n.葫芦
参考例句:
  • Are you going with him? You must be out of your gourd.你和他一块去?你一定是疯了。
  • Give me a gourd so I can bail.把葫芦瓢给我,我好把水舀出去。
12 drawn MuXzIi     
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
参考例句:
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
13 winding Ue7z09     
n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈
参考例句:
  • A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
  • The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。
14 mansions 55c599f36b2c0a2058258d6f2310fd20     
n.宅第,公馆,大厦( mansion的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Fifth Avenue was boarded up where the rich had deserted their mansions. 第五大道上的富翁们已经出去避暑,空出的宅第都已锁好了门窗,钉上了木板。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Oh, the mansions, the lights, the perfume, the loaded boudoirs and tables! 啊,那些高楼大厦、华灯、香水、藏金收银的闺房还有摆满山珍海味的餐桌! 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
15 Mediterranean ezuzT     
adj.地中海的;地中海沿岸的
参考例句:
  • The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
  • Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。
16 imposing 8q9zcB     
adj.使人难忘的,壮丽的,堂皇的,雄伟的
参考例句:
  • The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
  • He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。
17 intrusive Palzu     
adj.打搅的;侵扰的
参考例句:
  • The cameras were not an intrusive presence.那些摄像机的存在并不令人反感。
  • Staffs are courteous but never intrusive.员工谦恭有礼却从不让人感到唐突。
18 precisely zlWzUb     
adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地
参考例句:
  • It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
  • The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。
19 conjecture 3p8z4     
n./v.推测,猜测
参考例句:
  • She felt it no use to conjecture his motives.她觉得猜想他的动机是没有用的。
  • This conjecture is not supported by any real evidence.这种推测未被任何确切的证据所证实。
20 reposed ba178145bbf66ddeebaf9daf618f04cb     
v.将(手臂等)靠在某人(某物)上( repose的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Mr. Cruncher reposed under a patchwork counterpane, like a Harlequin at home. 克朗彻先生盖了一床白衲衣图案的花哨被子,像是呆在家里的丑角。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
  • An old man reposed on a bench in the park. 一位老人躺在公园的长凳上。 来自辞典例句
21 maiden yRpz7     
n.少女,处女;adj.未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的
参考例句:
  • The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女。
  • The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.这架飞机明天首航。
22 reverted 5ac73b57fcce627aea1bfd3f5d01d36c     
恢复( revert的过去式和过去分词 ); 重提; 回到…上; 归还
参考例句:
  • After the settlers left, the area reverted to desert. 早期移民离开之后,这个地区又变成了一片沙漠。
  • After his death the house reverted to its original owner. 他死后房子归还给了原先的主人。
23 stylish 7tNwG     
adj.流行的,时髦的;漂亮的,气派的
参考例句:
  • He's a stylish dresser.他是个穿着很有格调的人。
  • What stylish women are wearing in Paris will be worn by women all over the world.巴黎女性时装往往会引导世界时装潮流。
24 thither cgRz1o     
adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的
参考例句:
  • He wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate.他逛来逛去找玩伴。
  • He tramped hither and thither.他到处流浪。
25 villa xHayI     
n.别墅,城郊小屋
参考例句:
  • We rented a villa in France for the summer holidays.我们在法国租了一幢别墅消夏。
  • We are quartered in a beautiful villa.我们住在一栋漂亮的别墅里。
26 lodgings f12f6c99e9a4f01e5e08b1197f095e6e     
n. 出租的房舍, 寄宿舍
参考例句:
  • When he reached his lodgings the sun had set. 他到达公寓房间时,太阳已下山了。
  • I'm on the hunt for lodgings. 我正在寻找住所。
27 landlady t2ZxE     
n.女房东,女地主
参考例句:
  • I heard my landlady creeping stealthily up to my door.我听到我的女房东偷偷地来到我的门前。
  • The landlady came over to serve me.女店主过来接待我。
28 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。
29 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。
30 shrubs b480276f8eea44e011d42320b17c3619     
灌木( shrub的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The gardener spent a complete morning in trimming those two shrubs. 园丁花了整个上午的时间修剪那两处灌木林。
  • These shrubs will need more light to produce flowering shoots. 这些灌木需要更多的光照才能抽出开花的新枝。
31 attain HvYzX     
vt.达到,获得,完成
参考例句:
  • I used the scientific method to attain this end. 我用科学的方法来达到这一目的。
  • His painstaking to attain his goal in life is praiseworthy. 他为实现人生目标所下的苦功是值得称赞的。
32 thumped 0a7f1b69ec9ae1663cb5ed15c0a62795     
v.重击, (指心脏)急速跳动( thump的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Dave thumped the table in frustration . 戴夫懊恼得捶打桌子。
  • He thumped the table angrily. 他愤怒地用拳捶击桌子。
33 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。
34 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。
35 embroidered StqztZ     
adj.绣花的
参考例句:
  • She embroidered flowers on the cushion covers. 她在这些靠垫套上绣了花。
  • She embroidered flowers on the front of the dress. 她在连衣裙的正面绣花。
36 tints 41fd51b51cf127789864a36f50ef24bf     
色彩( tint的名词复数 ); 带白的颜色; (淡色)染发剂; 痕迹
参考例句:
  • leaves with red and gold autumn tints 金秋时节略呈红黄色的树叶
  • The whole countryside glowed with autumn tints. 乡间处处呈现出灿烂的秋色。
37 slippers oiPzHV     
n. 拖鞋
参考例句:
  • a pair of slippers 一双拖鞋
  • He kicked his slippers off and dropped on to the bed. 他踢掉了拖鞋,倒在床上。
38 hue qdszS     
n.色度;色调;样子
参考例句:
  • The diamond shone with every hue under the sun.金刚石在阳光下放出五颜六色的光芒。
  • The same hue will look different in different light.同一颜色在不同的光线下看起来会有所不同。
39 partially yL7xm     
adv.部分地,从某些方面讲
参考例句:
  • The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
  • The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静,宵禁部分解除。
40 doorway 2s0xK     
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径
参考例句:
  • They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
  • Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。
41 unnaturally 3ftzAP     
adv.违反习俗地;不自然地;勉强地;不近人情地
参考例句:
  • Her voice sounded unnaturally loud. 她的嗓音很响亮,但是有点反常。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Her eyes were unnaturally bright. 她的眼睛亮得不自然。 来自《简明英汉词典》
42 impatience OaOxC     
n.不耐烦,急躁
参考例句:
  • He expressed impatience at the slow rate of progress.进展缓慢,他显得不耐烦。
  • He gave a stamp of impatience.他不耐烦地跺脚。
43 fickle Lg9zn     
adj.(爱情或友谊上)易变的,不坚定的
参考例句:
  • Fluctuating prices usually base on a fickle public's demand.物价的波动往往是由于群众需求的不稳定而引起的。
  • The weather is so fickle in summer.夏日的天气如此多变。
44 fugitive bhHxh     
adj.逃亡的,易逝的;n.逃犯,逃亡者
参考例句:
  • The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
  • The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。
45 pathos dLkx2     
n.哀婉,悲怆
参考例句:
  • The pathos of the situation brought tears to our eyes.情况令人怜悯,看得我们不禁流泪。
  • There is abundant pathos in her words.她的话里富有动人哀怜的力量。
46 gathering ChmxZ     
n.集会,聚会,聚集
参考例句:
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
47 rosy kDAy9     
adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的
参考例句:
  • She got a new job and her life looks rosy.她找到一份新工作,生活看上去很美好。
  • She always takes a rosy view of life.她总是对生活持乐观态度。
48 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。
49 implore raSxX     
vt.乞求,恳求,哀求
参考例句:
  • I implore you to write. At least tell me you're alive.请给我音讯,让我知道你还活着。
  • Please implore someone else's help in a crisis.危险时请向别人求助。
50 corpse JYiz4     
n.尸体,死尸
参考例句:
  • What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
  • The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。


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