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That day the Nautilus crossed a singular part of the Atlantic Ocean. No one can be ignorant of the existence of a current of warm water known by the name of the Gulf1 Stream. After leaving the Gulf of Florida, we went in the direction of Spitzbergen. But before entering the Gulf of Mexico, about 45" of N. lat., this current divides into two arms, the principal one going towards the coast of Ireland and Norway, whilst the second bends to the south about the height of the Azores; then, touching2 the African shore, and describing a lengthened3 oval, returns to the Antilles. This second arm--it is rather a collar than an arm--surrounds with its circles of warm water that portion of the cold, quiet, immovable ocean called the Sargasso Sea, a perfect lake in the open Atlantic: it takes no less than three years for the great current to pass round it. Such was the region the Nautilus was now visiting, a perfect meadow, a close carpet of seaweed, fucus, and tropical berries, so thick and so compact that the stem of a vessel4 could hardly tear its way through it. And Captain Nemo, not wishing to entangle5 his screw in this herbaceous mass, kept some yards beneath the surface of the waves. The name Sargasso comes from the Spanish word "sargazzo" which signifies kelp. This kelp, or berry-plant, is the principal formation of this immense bank. And this is the reason why these plants unite in the peaceful basin of the Atlantic. The only explanation which can be given, he says, seems to me to result from the experience known to all the world. Place in a vase some fragments of cork6 or other floating body, and give to the water in the vase a circular movement, the scattered7 fragments will unite in a group in the centre of the liquid surface, that is to say, in the part least agitated8. In the phenomenon we are considering, the Atlantic is the vase, the Gulf Stream the circular current, and the Sargasso Sea the central point at which the floating bodies unite.

I share Maury's opinion, and I was able to study the phenomenon in the very midst, where vessels9 rarely penetrate10. Above us floated products of all kinds, heaped up among these brownish plants; trunks of trees torn from the Andes or the Rocky Mountains, and floated by the Amazon or the Mississippi; numerous wrecks11, remains12 of keels, or ships' bottoms, side-planks stove in, and so weighted with shells and barnacles that they could not again rise to the surface. And time will one day justify13 Maury's other opinion, that these substances thus accumulated for ages will become petrified14 by the action of the water and will then form inexhaustible coal-mines-a precious reserve prepared by far-seeing Nature for the moment when men shall have exhausted15 the mines of continents. In the midst of this inextricable mass of plants and sea weed, I noticed some charming pink halcyons16 and actiniae, with their long tentacles17 trailing after them, and medusae, green, red, and blue. All the day of the 22nd of February we passed in the Sargasso Sea, where such fish as are partial to marine18 plants find abundant nourishment19. The next, the ocean had returned to its accustomed aspect. From this time for nineteen days, from the 23rd of February to the 12th of March, the Nautilus kept in the middle of the Atlantic, carrying us at a constant speed of a hundred leagues in twenty-four hours. Captain Nemo evidently intended accomplishing his submarine programme, and I imagined that he intended, after doubling Cape20 Horn, to return to the Australian seas of the Pacific. Ned Land had cause for fear. In these large seas, void of islands, we could not attempt to leave the boat. Nor had we any means of opposing Captain Nemo's will. Our only course was to submit; but what we could neither gain by force nor cunning, I liked to think might be obtained by persuasion21. This voyage ended, would he not consent to restore our liberty, under an oath never to reveal his existence?--an oath of honour which we should have religiously kept. But we must consider
that delicate question with the Captain. But was I free to claim this liberty? Had he not himself said from the beginning, in the firmest manner, that the secret of his life exacted from him our lasting22 imprisonment23 on board the Nautilus? And would not my four months' silence appear to him a tacit acceptance of our situation? And would not a return to the subject result in raising suspicions which might be hurtful to our projects, if at some future time a favourable24 opportunity offered to return to them?

During the nineteen days mentioned above, no incident of any kind happened to signalise our voyage. I saw little of the Captain; he was at work. In the library I often found his books left open, especially those on natural history. My work on submarine depths, conned25 over by him, was covered with marginal notes, often contradicting my theories and systems; but the Captain contented26 himself with thus purging27 my work; it was very rare for him to discuss it with me. Sometimes I heard the melancholy28 tones of his organ; but only at night, in the midst of the deepest obscurity, when the Nautilus slept upon the deserted29 ocean. During this part of our voyage we sailed whole days on the surface of the waves. The sea seemed abandoned. A few sailing-vessels, on the road to India, were making for the Cape of Good Hope. One day we were followed by the boats of a whaler, who, no doubt, took us for some enormous whale of great price; but Captain Nemo did not wish the worthy30 fellows to lose their time and trouble, so ended the chase by plunging31 under the water. Our navigation continued until the 13th of March; that day the Nautilus was employed in taking soundings, which greatly interested me. We had then made about 13,000 leagues since our departure from the high seas of the Pacific. The bearings gave us 45" 37' S. lat., and 37" 53' W. long. It was the same water in which Captain Denham of the Herald32 sounded 7,000 fathoms33 without finding the bottom. There, too, Lieutenant34 Parker, of the American frigate35 Congress, could not touch the bottom with 15,140 fathoms. Captain Nemo intended seeking the bottom of the ocean by a diagonal sufficiently36 lengthened by means of lateral37 planes placed at an angle of 45" with the water-line of the Nautilus. Then the screw set to work at its maximum speed, its four blades beating the waves with in describable force. Under this powerful pressure, the hull38 of the Nautilus quivered like a sonorous39 chord and sank regularly under the water. At 7,000 fathoms I saw some blackish tops rising from the
midst of the waters; but these summits might belong to high mountains like the Himalayas or Mont Blanc, even higher; and the depth of the abyss remained incalculable. The Nautilus descended40 still lower, in spite of the great pressure. I felt the steel plates tremble at the fastenings of the bolts; its bars bent41, its partitions groaned42; the windows of the saloon seemed to curve under the pressure of the waters. And this firm structure would doubtless have yielded, if, as its Captain had said, it had not been capable of resistance like a solid block. We had attained43 a depth of 16,000 yards (four leagues), and the sides of the Nautilus then bore a pressure of 1,600 atmospheres, that is to say, 3,200 lb. to each square two-fifths of an inch of its surface. "What a situation to be in!" I exclaimed. "To overrun these deep regions where man has never trod! Look, Captain, look at these magnificent rocks, these uninhabited grottoes, these lowest receptacles of the globe, where life is no longer possible! What unknown sights are here! Why should we be unable to preserve a remembrance of them?" "Would you like to carry away more than the remembrance?" said Captain Nemo. "What do you mean by those words?" "I mean to say that nothing is easier than to make a photographic view of this submarine region." I had not time to express my surprise at this new proposition, when, at Captain Nemo's call, an objective was brought into the saloon. Through the widely-opened panel, the liquid mass was bright with electricity, which was distributed with such uniformity that not a shadow, not a gradation, was to be seen in our manufactured light. The Nautilus remained motionless, the force of its screw subdued44 by the inclination45 of its planes: the instrument was propped46 on the bottom of the oceanic site, and in a few seconds we had obtained a perfect negative.

But, the operation being over, Captain Nemo said, "Let us go up; we must not abuse our position, nor expose the Nautilus too long to such great pressure." "Go up again!" I exclaimed. "Hold well on." I had not time to understand why the Captain cautioned me thus, when I was thrown forward on to the carpet. At a signal from the Captain, its screw was shipped, and its blades raised vertically47; the Nautilus shot into the air like a balloon, rising with stunning48 rapidity, and cutting the mass of waters with a sonorous agitation49. Nothing was visible; and in four minutes it had shot through the four leagues which separated it from the ocean, and, after emerging like a flying-fish, fell, making the waves rebound50 to an enormous height.

诺第留斯号行驶的方向没有改变。所以,再回到欧洲海岸去的所有希望暂时都要抛弃了。尼摩船长仍是把船头指向南方。他带我们到哪里去?我不敢设想。

这一天,诺第留斯号走过了大西洋很新奇的一部分海面。大家知道大西洋中有那名为“漩流”的大暖流存在。暖流从佛罗里达湾出未,向斯勃齐堡湾流去。但在流入墨西哥湾之前,在北纬44度左右,暖流分为两支:主流奔向爱尔兰和挪威海岸,支流弯折向南,与阿棱尔群岛在同一纬度,然后抵达非洲海岸,画一个长长的椭圆形,回到安的列斯群岛。

可是,这条第二支流一一与其说是手臂般的支流,不如说是项圈一般的环流一形成许多暖流圈,把这部分冰冷、平静和不动的大西洋围绕起来,名为萨尔加斯海。这是大西洋中的真正湖沼,大暖流的水要绕这湖一周,非三年的时间不成。

萨尔加斯海,严格说起来,那海水遮覆了整个广大的大西洋洲。某些作家甚至承认,那些散布在这海面的无数草叶,是从这古代大陆的草地分出来的。情况可能是这样,就是这些草叶植物,昆布、海带和黑角菜之类,是来自欧洲和美洲海岸,被大西洋暖流一直带到这边海中来的。

此刻诺第留斯号走的地方就是上面说的这个海,是真正的一片草场,是昆布、海带、黑角菜、热带海葡萄形成的很厚、很密、很紧凑的地毯,船头要费很大力量才能把它冲开。

所以,尼摩船长不愿把他的机轮纠缠在这草叶堆里面,他让船在水面下几米深的水层中行驶。

萨尔加斯这个名字出自西班牙语,意思是海藻。这海藻是浮水藻,或承湾藻,主要构成这广大的草叶海面。根据《地球自然地理》的作者、科学家莫利的意见,这些海产植物为什么在大西洋这一带平静海水中齐集团结起来,理由是这样。

他说:“我们可以拿出来的说明,我以为就是从人人都知道的一种经验所得到的结果。把软木塞碎片或其他浮体的碎片放进一盆水中,使盆中的水作圆形的运动,我们就看见那些分散的碎片成群地聚在水面的中心,即最不受激动的部分。在现在我们留意的这个现象中,那盆是大西洋,暖流是圆形的水流,萨尔加斯海是浮体齐来团聚的中心。”我赞同莫利的意见,我又可以在这普通船只很难达到的特殊环境中,研究这种现象。在我们头上,浮着从各处漂来的物在这些紫黑色的草叶中间堆积着的,有从安第斯基山脉拔下来、由亚马逊河或密西西比河浮来的大树干,门。无数遇难船的残骸,龙骨或舱底的剩余,破损的船板,上面堆满蛤阶和荷茗儿贝,十分沉重,不可能再浮上洋面来。

3月22日整天,船都在萨尔加斯海中行驶,喜欢吃海产植物和介壳类的鱼类,在这里可以找到丰富的食粮。第二天,大西洋又恢复经常看见的面貌了。

自此以后,从2月23日至3月12日十丸天中,诺第留斯号在大西洋中间,带着我们走的经常速度为每二十四小时,一百里。尼摩船长很显然要完成他海底周游的计划;我并不怀疑他绕过了合恩角后,打算再回到太平洋的南极海来所以尼德·兰的惧怕是有理由的。在这些海面上,没有岛屿,逃走的企图是不用再想了。要反对尼摩船长的意志,更没有什么方法;唯一的办法就是服从。因为一件不可能从强力或计谋得到的事情,我喜欢想,或者是可以用说服的方法得到的。这次旅行结束后,尼摩船长有我们发誓不泄露他的生活秘密的保证,难道还不让我们自由吗?这是拿名誉来担保的誓言,我们必然遵守。不过这个微妙问题需要跟船长商谈。那我去要求恢复自由,是不是合适,受欢匹呢?他本人在当初不是已正式说过,他的生活的秘密,是需要我们永远禁闭在诺第留斯号船上来得到保证吗?四个月来,我对于这事的沉默,在他看来,不就是我对于自己所处地位的默认吗?又来讨论这个问题,结果恐怕是引起他为疑虑,以致将来有好机会到来,我们要实行逃走计划的时候,岂不更加困难了吗?所有这些理由,在我心中翻来覆去,就是细加较量,慎重考虑,也不能决定,我提出来和康塞尔谈,他跟我一样,很是为难。总之,虽然我不很容易失望:但我明白我重见世人的机会是一天一天减少了,特别是在尼摩船长大胆向大西洋南方奔驰的时候!

在我上面说的这十丸天期间内,我们旅行中没有发生什么特别意外事件。我很少看见船长。他工作忙。在图书室里面,我时常看见有些书,特别是生物科学的书,他翻开摆在那里。我的关于海底秘密的著作,他翻阅了,在书边上写满批注,有时驳斥我的理论和我的系统。但船长仅只是这样清除我书中的不正确部分,他很少跟我讨论某些问题。

有时,我听到大风琴发出抑郁沉闷的声调,他弹奏时,富有表情,不过他单在夜间弹奏,在最秘密的黑暗中间,当诺第留斯号沉睡在荒漠的海洋中间的时候。

在这部分的旅行中,我们整天在水面上航行。海好像是被人造弃了的一样。只有几艘帆船,运货物到印度,向好望角驶去。一天,我们被一只捕鲸船的小艇追逐,他们一定认为我们的船是价值很大的巨大鲸鱼。但尼摩船长不愿使那些勇敢的打鱼人白费时间和气力,他叫船潜入水中,结束了他们的追逐。这个意外事件使尼德·兰发生浓厚兴趣。

我想,加拿大人对我们这条钢板鲸鱼没有被打鱼人的鱼叉叉死,心中一定觉得很可惜,我想我大概没有想错。

康塞尔和我在这个期间所观察到的鱼类,跟我门在别的纬度下研究过的,并没有多大差别。主要是那种可怕的软骨鱼属中的一些鱼,它们分为三个亚属,一共不下三十二带条纹的鲛鱼,五米长,扁扁的头比身躯还大,尾鳍作圆形,背上有七条平行斜下的黑色大带:其次是珠子鲛鱼,灰色,鳃间穿有七个孔,单有一个脊鳍,长在身上中间部份。

又有大海狗走过,从前人们曾把它当做贪食凶恶的海鱼。

一队一队漂亮的疯魔海猪,整整有好几天陪着我们。

它们五六条一群,像狼在乡间那样。它们的身子长三米,上面黑色,下面红白色,带有很罕见的小斑点。

这次鱼类观察终于结束,康塞尔把一大群飞鱼加以分类。看海猪猎取这些飞鱼,十分准确,再没有更新奇的了。

不管它飞走的路程远近,不管它飞出的曲线多高,就在诺第留斯号上面也扦,不幸的飞鱼老是碰到海豚的张开的嘴,把它迎接过去。这些飞鱼或是海贼飞鱼,或是鸯形鲂鲋,它们的发光的嘴当黑夜间在空中画了一条条的火线后,像流星一样潜入沉黑的水中。

一直到3月6日,我们的船都在这种情形下继续行驶。13日那一天,用诺第留斯号来作探测海底的试验,这使我十分感兴趣。

我们从太平洋的远洋中出发以来,差不多已经走了一百三千里。测定的方位是我们在南纬45度37分,西经37度53分。就是在这一带海水中,海拉尔号的邓亨船长曾投下一万四千米长的探测器,但没有达到海底。也是在这里。

英国二等战舰会议号,海军大尉已尔克投下一万五千米长的探测器,也没有达到海底。

尼摩船长决定送他的船到最深的海底,来检查一下以前多次所得的探测成绩。我准备把这次试验所得的结果完全记录下来。客厅的嵌板都打开了,船开始潜水下降的动作,一直要抵达最深的水层。

人们很可以想到,现在不是用装满储水池的方法来潜水下降了。或者这种方法不可能充分增大诺第留斯号的比重,使它一直潜到海底。而且浮上来的时候,要排除多装的水量,抽水机可能没有足够的强力来抵抗外部的压力。

尼摩船长决定这样探测海底,即使用船侧的纵斜机板,使它与诺第留斯号的浮标线成四十五度角,然后沿着一条充分引伸的对角线潜下去。这样安排好后,”推进器开到最大的速度,它的四重机叶猛烈搅打海水,这情景简直难以形容。

在这强大力量的推送下,诺第留斯号的船壳像一根咚咚震响的绳索一样,全部抖动,很规律地潜入水中。船长和我在客厅中守候,我们眼盯着那移动得很快的压力表的指针。不久就超过了那大部分鱼类可以生活居住的水层。有些鱼类只能生活在海水或河水的上层,其他数量较少的鱼类又时常住在相当深的水中。在后一种鱼类中,我看到六孔海豚,有六个呼吸口,望远镜鱼,有望远镜一般的巨大眼睛,带甲刀板鱼,这鱼有灰色的前胸鳍和黑色的后胸鳍,有淡红色的骨片胸甲保护,最后,榴弹鱼,生活在一千二百米的深处,顶着一百二十度的大气压力。

我问尼摩船长,他是不是曾在更深的水层观察过鱼类。

他回答我:

“鱼类吗?很少很少。但在目前这一阶段人们对于科学又推测到些什么?人们知道了什么?”

“船长,人们所知道的情形是这样。人们知道,深入到海洋下的最底层,植物比动物更不容易生长,更快地绝迹。

人们知道,在还可以碰到一些生物的水层,任何一种海产植物也没有了。人们知道,有生活在二千米水深的肩挂贝,牡蛎类,两极探险英雄麦克·格林托克。曾在北极海中二千五百米深处,采得一个星贝。人们知道,英国皇家海军猛犬号的船员从二千六百二十英尺,即一海里多的深处,采得一个海星。尼摩船长,您或者会对我说,人们实是一无所知吧?"“教授,”船长回答,“不,我不能这样不客气,不过,我要问您,您怎样解释这些生物可以在这样深的水层生活呢?”

”我用两个理由来解释,”我回答,“第一,因为那些上下垂直往来的水流,由海水的不同咸度和不同密度决定,发生一种运动,足以维持海百合和海星一类的原始基本生活。"“对。”船长说。

“其次,因为氧是生命的基础,人们知道,氧溶解在海水中,并不因水深而减少,反因水深而增加,而底下水层的压力又把它压缩了。”

“啊!人们知道这事吗?”尼摩船长回答,语气有点惊异。"那么,教授,人们当然知道,因为这是事实。我还要说,鱼类的缥子,当鱼是在水面上捕得的,里面藏有的氮多于氧,但从水深处捉到它们时就相反,氧多于氮。这也是证明您所说的这一点是对的。现在我们继续做我们的观察我的眼光盯在压力表上面。表指六千米的深处。我们下沉开始以来有一小时了。诺第留斯号跟它的纵斜机板溜下去,老是往下沉。汪洋无物的海水显得十分透明;这种透亮性简直无法形容。再过一小时后,我们到一万三千米,即三里又四分之一深了,但人们还没有感到就要抵达海底。

但是,到了一万四千米的时候,我看见带黑色的尖顶从海水中间露出来。不过这些尖顶可能是属于跟喜马拉雅山或白山①一样高或更高的山的峰顶,下面的深渊还是深不可测。

诺第留斯号虽然受到强大压力,但仍然继续下降。我感觉它的钢板在螺旬·衔接的地方都颤动了,“白的方格铁板有些弯起来了,它的中间隔板发出悲鸣了,客厅的玻璃窗受海水的压力好像要凹陷了。如果这架坚固的机器,不像它的船长所说过的,坚硬得像一大块实铁:那它一定早就要垮了。

在掠过那些敞在水底下的岩石斜坡的时候,我仍然看到~些介铪类、蛇虫类、活的刺虫类,以及某种海星。

但不入,动物生活的这些最后代表也不见了,在三里下了面,诺第留斯号就超过了海底生物可以生存的界限了,像气球上升到不可以呼吸的空气外层那样。我们到了一万六千米,四里的深度,诺第留斯号身上这时是顶着一千六百大气压的压力,即它身上每平方厘米顶着一千六百公斤的重量。

“多么新奇的地方!”我喊道,“走进这人类从没有到过的最深处来!船长,请看那些宏伟的岩石,那些没有居民的岩洞,那些地球的最深收容所,不可能有生命存在的地方!

这是从没有人知道的壮丽凤景,为什么我们只能把它们保存在记忆中呢?”

“教授,”尼摩船长问我,“您想得出比仅仅放在记忆中更高明的办法吗?”

“您这话的意思是什么呢?”

“我的意思是说,在这海底深处,拍照是再没有更容易的了!”

我简直来不及向他表示这新提议使我发生的惊奇,由于尼摩船长的吩咐,立即有一架照相机拿到厅中来。从敞开的嵌板望去,海水周围受电光照耀,显得非常清楚。我们的人工光线没有任何阴暗、任何晕淡不匀的地方。对于这种性质的照相,就是太阳光恐怕也没有这种光线便利;诺第留斯号在它的推进机的力量下,受它纵斜机板斜度的管制,停住不动。照相机于是对准海洋底下的风景拍摄,没有几秒钟,我们就得到了极端清楚的底版。

我现在拿出来的是正面的阳版底片。人们在照片上看到那些从来没有受过天上照来的光线的原始基本岩石,那些形成地球的坚强基础的底层花岗石,那些在大石堆中空出来的深幽岩洞,那些清楚得无可比拟的侧影,它们的轮廓作黑色的线条,像某些佛兰蒙画家①的画笔所绘出来的一样。在更远一点的地方,是横在边际的山脉,有一道波纹弯曲的美丽线条,作为这幅风景的底层远景。我不可能描写这一群平滑、黝黑、光泽、没有薛苔、没有斑点的岩石,它削成离奇古怪的形状,并且牢固地矗立在细沙形成的地毯上,沙受曳光的照耀,闪闪发亮。

可是,尼摩船长照完了相,对我说:

“教授,我们上去吧。不要过久地停留在这个地方,也不要让诺第留斯号过久地顶住这样的压力。”

“我们上去。”我回答。

“您好好地站稳。”

我还没有时间来理解尼摩船长为什么要这样劝告我,我就被摔在地毯上了。

船上的推进器,由于船长发的信号,跟发动机连结起来,它的纵斜机板垂直地竖立起来,诺第留斯号就像气球飞在空中一样,闪电般的迅速上升。它分开海水,发出响亮的颤声。所有详细情景都不可能看见。四分钟的时间,它就越过了分开它和洋面的四里的距离,同时又跟飞鱼一样,跳出水面,它把海水拍打得飞溅到惊人的高度,随后又落到水面上来。


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1 gulf 1e0xp     
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
参考例句:
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
2 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。
3 lengthened 4c0dbc9eb35481502947898d5e9f0a54     
(时间或空间)延长,伸长( lengthen的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The afternoon shadows lengthened. 下午影子渐渐变长了。
  • He wanted to have his coat lengthened a bit. 他要把上衣放长一些。
4 vessel 4L1zi     
n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管
参考例句:
  • The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
  • You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
5 entangle DjnzO     
vt.缠住,套住;卷入,连累
参考例句:
  • How did Alice manage to entangle her hair so badly in the brambles?爱丽丝是怎么把头发死死地缠在荆棘上的?
  • Don't entangle the fishing lines.不要让钓鱼线缠在一起。
6 cork VoPzp     
n.软木,软木塞
参考例句:
  • We heard the pop of a cork.我们听见瓶塞砰的一声打开。
  • Cork is a very buoyant material.软木是极易浮起的材料。
7 scattered 7jgzKF     
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
参考例句:
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
8 agitated dzgzc2     
adj.被鼓动的,不安的
参考例句:
  • His answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定,回答全乱了。
  • She was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时,她十分焦虑。
9 vessels fc9307c2593b522954eadb3ee6c57480     
n.血管( vessel的名词复数 );船;容器;(具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的)人
参考例句:
  • The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
10 penetrate juSyv     
v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解
参考例句:
  • Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East.西方观念逐渐传入东方。
  • The sunshine could not penetrate where the trees were thickest.阳光不能透入树木最浓密的地方。
11 wrecks 8d69da0aee97ed3f7157e10ff9dbd4ae     
n.沉船( wreck的名词复数 );(事故中)遭严重毁坏的汽车(或飞机等);(身体或精神上)受到严重损伤的人;状况非常糟糕的车辆(或建筑物等)v.毁坏[毁灭]某物( wreck的第三人称单数 );使(船舶)失事,使遇难,使下沉
参考例句:
  • The shores are strewn with wrecks. 海岸上满布失事船只的残骸。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • My next care was to get together the wrecks of my fortune. 第二件我所关心的事就是集聚破产后的余财。 来自辞典例句
12 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
参考例句:
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
13 justify j3DxR     
vt.证明…正当(或有理),为…辩护
参考例句:
  • He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
  • Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗?
14 petrified 2e51222789ae4ecee6134eb89ed9998d     
adj.惊呆的;目瞪口呆的v.使吓呆,使惊呆;变僵硬;使石化(petrify的过去式和过去分词)
参考例句:
  • I'm petrified of snakes. 我特别怕蛇。
  • The poor child was petrified with fear. 这可怜的孩子被吓呆了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
15 exhausted 7taz4r     
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的
参考例句:
  • It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长,到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
  • Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。
16 halcyons 4435989402e595563c5257ff5d77a356     
n.翡翠鸟(halcyon的复数形式)
参考例句:
17 tentacles de6ad1cd521db1ee7397e4ed9f18a212     
n.触手( tentacle的名词复数 );触角;触须;触毛
参考例句:
  • Tentacles of fear closed around her body. 恐惧的阴影笼罩着她。
  • Many molluscs have tentacles. 很多软体动物有触角。 来自《简明英汉词典》
18 marine 77Izo     
adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵
参考例句:
  • Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
19 nourishment Ovvyi     
n.食物,营养品;营养情况
参考例句:
  • Lack of proper nourishment reduces their power to resist disease.营养不良降低了他们抵抗疾病的能力。
  • He ventured that plants draw part of their nourishment from the air.他大胆提出植物从空气中吸收部分养分的观点。
20 cape ITEy6     
n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风
参考例句:
  • I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
  • She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
21 persuasion wMQxR     
n.劝说;说服;持有某种信仰的宗派
参考例句:
  • He decided to leave only after much persuasion.经过多方劝说,他才决定离开。
  • After a lot of persuasion,she agreed to go.经过多次劝说后,她同意去了。
22 lasting IpCz02     
adj.永久的,永恒的;vbl.持续,维持
参考例句:
  • The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
  • We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。
23 imprisonment I9Uxk     
n.关押,监禁,坐牢
参考例句:
  • His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
  • He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for committing bigamy.他因为犯重婚罪被判入狱一年。
24 favourable favourable     
adj.赞成的,称赞的,有利的,良好的,顺利的
参考例句:
  • The company will lend you money on very favourable terms.这家公司将以非常优惠的条件借钱给你。
  • We found that most people are favourable to the idea.我们发现大多数人同意这个意见。
25 conned a0132dc3e7754a1685b731008a313dea     
adj.被骗了v.指挥操舵( conn的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Lynn felt women had been conned. 林恩觉得女人们受骗了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He was so plausible that he conned everybody. 他那么会花言巧语,以至于骗过了所有的人。 来自辞典例句
26 contented Gvxzof     
adj.满意的,安心的,知足的
参考例句:
  • He won't be contented until he's upset everyone in the office.不把办公室里的每个人弄得心烦意乱他就不会满足。
  • The people are making a good living and are contented,each in his station.人民安居乐业。
27 purging 832cd742d18664512602b0ae7fec22be     
清洗; 清除; 净化; 洗炉
参考例句:
  • You learned the dry-mouthed, fear-purged, purging ecstasy of battle. 你体会到战斗中那种使人嘴巴发干的,战胜了恐惧并排除其他杂念的狂喜。
  • Purging databases, configuring, and making other exceptional requests might fall into this category. 比如清空数据库、配置,以及其他特别的请求等都属于这个类别。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
28 melancholy t7rz8     
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的
参考例句:
  • All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
  • He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.这次考试没通过,他感到很郁闷。
29 deserted GukzoL     
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的
参考例句:
  • The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
  • The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。
30 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。
31 plunging 5fe12477bea00d74cd494313d62da074     
adj.跳进的,突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
参考例句:
  • War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering. 战祸复发,生灵涂炭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • He is plunging into an abyss of despair. 他陷入了绝望的深渊。 来自《简明英汉词典》
32 herald qdCzd     
vt.预示...的来临,预告,宣布,欢迎
参考例句:
  • In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
  • Dawn is the herald of day.曙光是白昼的先驱。
33 fathoms eef76eb8bfaf6d8f8c0ed4de2cf47dcc     
英寻( fathom的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The harbour is four fathoms deep. 港深为四英寻。
  • One bait was down forty fathoms. 有个鱼饵下沉到四十英寻的深处。
34 lieutenant X3GyG     
n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员
参考例句:
  • He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
  • He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官,递上了一张简短的便条进去。
35 frigate hlsy4     
n.护航舰,大型驱逐舰
参考例句:
  • An enemy frigate bore down on the sloop.一艘敌驱逐舰向这只护航舰逼过来。
  • I declare we could fight frigate.我敢说我们简直可以和一艘战舰交战。
36 sufficiently 0htzMB     
adv.足够地,充分地
参考例句:
  • It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
  • The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。
37 lateral 83ey7     
adj.侧面的,旁边的
参考例句:
  • An airfoil that controls lateral motion.能够控制横向飞行的机翼。
  • Mr.Dawson walked into the court from a lateral door.道森先生从一个侧面的门走进法庭。
38 hull 8c8xO     
n.船身;(果、实等的)外壳;vt.去(谷物等)壳
参考例句:
  • The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard.船体的外表面非常坚硬。
  • The boat's hull has been staved in by the tremendous seas.小船壳让巨浪打穿了。
39 sonorous qFMyv     
adj.响亮的,回响的;adv.圆润低沉地;感人地;n.感人,堂皇
参考例句:
  • The sonorous voice of the speaker echoed round the room.那位演讲人洪亮的声音在室内回荡。
  • He has a deep sonorous voice.他的声音深沉而洪亮。
40 descended guQzoy     
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
参考例句:
  • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
  • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
41 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。
42 groaned 1a076da0ddbd778a674301b2b29dff71     
v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦
参考例句:
  • He groaned in anguish. 他痛苦地呻吟。
  • The cart groaned under the weight of the piano. 大车在钢琴的重压下嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
43 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。
44 subdued 76419335ce506a486af8913f13b8981d     
adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
  • I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候,我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。
45 inclination Gkwyj     
n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好
参考例句:
  • She greeted us with a slight inclination of the head.她微微点头向我们致意。
  • I did not feel the slightest inclination to hurry.我没有丝毫着急的意思。
46 propped 557c00b5b2517b407d1d2ef6ba321b0e     
支撑,支持,维持( prop的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He sat propped up in the bed by pillows. 他靠着枕头坐在床上。
  • This fence should be propped up. 这栅栏该用东西支一支。
47 vertically SfmzYG     
adv.垂直地
参考例句:
  • Line the pages for the graph both horizontally and vertically.在这几页上同时画上横线和竖线,以便制作图表。
  • The human brain is divided vertically down the middle into two hemispheres.人脑从中央垂直地分为两半球。
48 stunning NhGzDh     
adj.极好的;使人晕倒的
参考例句:
  • His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
  • The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。
49 agitation TN0zi     
n.搅动;搅拌;鼓动,煽动
参考例句:
  • Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores.小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。
  • These materials require constant agitation to keep them in suspension.这些药剂要经常搅动以保持悬浮状态。
50 rebound YAtz1     
v.弹回;n.弹回,跳回
参考例句:
  • The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
  • Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。


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