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The following morning, I received another note from Snow: Sartorius had left off working onthe disruptor and was getting ready for a final experiment with high-power X-rays.

"Rheya, darling, I have to pay a visit to Snow."The red dawn blazing through the window divided the room in two. We were in an area of blueshadow. Everything outside this shadow-zone was burnished1 copper2: if a book had fallen froma shelf, my ear would have listened instinctively3 for a metallic4 clang.

"It's to do with the experiment. Only I don't know what to do about it. Please understand, I'drather…""You needn't justify5 yourself, Kris. If only it doesn't go on too long.""It's bound to take a while. Look, do you think you could wait in the corridor?""I can try. But what if I lose control?""What does it feel like? I'm not asking just out of curiosity, believe me, but if we can discusshow it works you might find some way of keeping it in check."Rheya had turned pale, but she tried to explain:

"I feel afraid, not of some thing or some person—there's no focus, only a sense of being lost.

And I am terribly ashamed of myself. Then, when you come back, it stops. That's what mademe think I might have been ill.""Perhaps it's only inside this damned Station that it works. I'll make arrangements for us to getout as soon as possible.""Do you think you can?""Why not? I'm not a prisoner here. I'll have to talk it over with Snow. Have you any idea howlong you could manage to remain by yourself?""That depends…If I could hear your voice, I think might be able to hold out.""I'd rather you weren't listening. Not that I have anything to hide, but there's no telling whatSnow might say.""You needn't go on. I understand. I'll just stand close enough to hear the sound of your voice.""I'm going to the operating room to phone him. The doors will be open."Rheya nodded agreement.

I crossed the red zone. The corridor seemed dark by contrast, in spite of the lighting6. Inside theopen door of the operating room, fragments of the Dewar bottle, the last traces of the previousnight's events, gleamed from under a row of liquid oxygen containers. When I took the phoneoff the hook, the little screen lit up, and I tapped out the number of the radio-cabin. Behind thedull glass, a spot of bluish light grew, burst, and Snow was looking at me perched on the edgeof his chair.

"I got your note and I want to talk to you. Can I come over?""Yes. Right away?""Yes.""Excuse me, but are you coming alone or accompanied?""Alone."His creased7 forehead and thin, tanned face filled the screen as he leant forward to scrutinize8 methrough the convex glass. Then he appeared to reach an abrupt9 decision:

"Fine, fine, I'll be expecting you."I went back to the cabin, where I could barely make the shape of Rheya behind the curtain ofred sunlight. She was sitting in an armchair, with her hands clutching the armrests. She musthave failed to hear my footsteps, and I saw her for a moment fighting the inexplicablecompulsion that possessed10 her and wrestling with the fierce contractions11 of her entire bodywhich stopped immediately she saw me. I choked back a feeling of blind rage and pity.

We walked in silence down the long corridor with its polychromed walls; the designers hadintended the variations in color to make life more tolerable inside the armored shell of theStation. A shaft12 of red light ahead of us meant that the door of the radio-cabin was ajar, and Ilooked at Rheya. She made no attempt to return my smile, totally absorbed in her preparationsfor the coming battle with herself. Now that the ordeal13 was about to begin, her face waspinched and white. Fifteen paces from the door, she stopped, pushing me forward gently withher fingertips as I started to turn around. Suddenly I felt that Snow, the experiment, even theStation itself were not worth the agonizing14 price that Rheya was ready to pay, with myself asassistant torturer. I would have retraced15 my steps, but a shadow fell across the cabin doorway,and I hurried inside.

Snow stood facing me with the red sun behind him making a halo of purple light out of hisgrey hair. We confronted one another without speaking, and he was able to examine me at hisleisure in the sunlight that dazzled me so that I could hardly see him.

I walked past him and leaned against a tall desk bristling16 with microphones on their flexiblestalks. Snow pivoted17 slowly and went on staring at me with his habitual18 cheerless smile, inwhich there was no amusement, only overpowering fatigue19. Still with his eyes on mine, hepicked his way through the piles of objects littered about the cabin—thermic cells, instruments,spare parts for the electronic equipment—pulled a stool up against the door of a steel cabinet,and sat down.

I listened anxiously, but no sound came from the corridor. Why did Snow not speak? Theprolonged silence was becoming exasperating20.

I cleared my throat:

"When will you and Sartorius be ready?""We can start today, but the recording21 will take some time.""Recording? You mean the encephalogram?""Yes, you agreed. Is anything wrong?""No, nothing."Another lengthening22 silence. Snow broke it: "Did you have something to tell me?""She knows," I whispered.

He frowned, but I had the impression that he was not really surprised. Then why pretend? I lostall desire to confide23 in him. All the same, I had to be honest:

"She started to suspect after our meeting in the library. My behavior, various other indications.

Then she found Gibarian's tape-recorder and played back the tape."Snow sat intent and unmoving. Standing24 by the desk, my view of the corridor was blocked bythe half-open door. I lowered my voice again:

"Last night, while I was asleep, she tried to kill herself, She drank liquid oxygen…" There wasa sound of rustling25, like papers stirred by the wind. I stopped and listened for something in thecorridor, but the noise did not come from there. A mouse in the cabin? Out of the question, thiswas Solaris. I stole a glance at Snow. "Go on," he said calmly.

"It didn't work, of course. Anyway, she knows who she is.""Why tell me?"I was taken aback for an instant, then I stammered26 out: "So as to inform you, to keep you up todate on the situation…""I warned you.""You mean you knew?" My voice rose involuntarily.

"What you have just told me? Of course not. But I explained the position. When it arrives, thevisitor is almost blank—only a ghost made up of memories and vague images dredged out ofits…source. The longer it stays with you, the more human it becomes. It also becomes moreindependent, up to a certain point. And the longer that goes on, the more difficult it gets…"Snow broke off, looked me up and down, and went on reluctantly: "Does she knoweverything?""Yes, I've just told you.""Everything? Does she know that she came once before, and that you…""No!""Listen Kelvin," he smiled ruefully, "if that's how it is, what do you want to do—leave theStation?""Yes.""With her?"The silence while he considered his reply also revealed something else. Again, fromsomewhere close, and without being able to pin it down, I heard the same faint rustling in thecabin, as if through a thin partition.

Snow shifted on his stool.

"All right. Why look at me like that? Do you think I would stand in your way? You can do asyou like, Kelvin. We're in enough trouble already without putting pressure on each other. Iknow it will be a hopeless job to convince you, but there's something I have to say: you aredoing all you can to stay human in an inhuman27 situation. Noble it may be, but it isn't going toget you anywhere. And I'm not so sure about it being noble—not if it's idiotic28 at the same time.

But that's your affair. Let's get back to the point. You renege on the experiment and take heraway with you. Has it struck you that you'll only be embarking29 on a different kind ofexperiment?""What do you mean? If you want to know whether she can manage it, as long as I'm with her, Idon't see…" I trailed to a halt.

Snow sighed:

"All of us have our heads in the sand, Kelvin, and we know it. There's no need to put on airs.""I'm not putting anything on.""I'm sorry, I didn't want to offend you. I take back the airs, but I still think that you are playingthe ostrich30 game—and a particularly dangerous version. You deceive yourself, you deceiveher, and you chase your own tail. Do you know the necessary conditions for stabilizing31 aneutrino field?""No, nor do you. Nor does anyone.""Exactly. All we know is that the structure is inherently unstable32, and can only be maintainedby means of a continuous energy input33. Sartorius told me that. This energy creates a rotatingstabilization field. Now, does that energy come from outside the 'visitor,' or is it generatedinternally? You see the difference?""Yes. If it is external, she…"Snow finished the sentence for me:

"Away from Solaris, the structure disintegrates34. It's only a theory, of course, but one that youcan verify, since you have already set up an experiment. The vehicle you launched is still inorbit. In my spare moments, I've even calculated its trajectory35. You can take off, intercept36, andfind out what happened to the passenger…""You're out of your mind," I yelled.

"You think so? And what if we brought the shuttle down again? No problem—it's on remotecontrol. We'll bring it out of orbit, and…""Shut up!""That won't do either? There's another method, a very simple one. It doesn't involve bringingthe shuttle down, only establishing radio contact. If she's alive, she'll reply, and…""The oxygen would have run out days ago.""She may not need it. Shall we try?""Snow…Snow…"He mimicked37 my intonation38 angrily:

"Kelvin…Kelvin…Think, just a little. Are you a man or not? Who are you trying to please?

Who do you want to save? Yourself? Her? And which version of her? This one or that one?

Haven't you got the guts39 to face them both? Surely you realize that you haven't thought itthrough. Let me tell you one last time, we are in a situation that is beyond morality."The rustling noise returned, and this time it sounded like nails scraping on a wall. All at once Iwas filled with a dull indifference40. I saw myself, I saw both of us, from a long way off, as ifthrough the wrong end of a telescope, and everything looked meaningless, trivial, and slightlyridiculous.

"So what do you suggest? Send up another shuttle? She would be back tomorrow. And the dayafter, and the day after that. How long do you want it to go on? What's the good of disposing ofher if she keeps returning? How would it help me, or you, or Sartorius, or the Station?""No, here's my suggestion: leave with her. You'll witness the transformation41. After a fewminutes, you'll see…""What? A monster, a demon42?""No, you'll see her die, that's all. Don't think that they are immortal—I promise you that theydie. And then what will you do? Come back…for a fresh sample?" He stared at me withbantering condescension43.

"That's enough!" I burst out, clenching44 my fists.

"Oh, I'm the one who has to be quiet? Look, I didn't start this conversation, and as far as I'mconcerned it has gone on long enough. Let me just suggest some ways for you to amuseyourself. You could scourge45 the ocean with rods, for instance. You've got it into your head thatyou're a traitor46 if you…" He waved his hand in farewell, and raised his head as if to watch animaginary ship in flight. "…and a good man if you keep her. Smiling when you feel likescreaming, and shamming47 cheerful when you want to beat your head against a wall, isn't thatbeing a traitor? What if it is not possible, here, to be anything but a traitor? What will you do?

Take it out on that bastard48 Snow, who is the cause of it all? In that case, Kelvin, you just putthe lid on the rest of your troubles by acting49 like a complete idiot!""You are talking from your own point of view. I love this girl.""Her memory, you mean?""No, herself. I told you what she tried to do. How many 'real' human beings could have thatmuch courage?""So you admit…""Don't quibble.""Right. So she loves you. And you want to love her. It isn't the same thing.""You're wrong.""I'm sorry, Kelvin, but it was your idea to spill all this. You don't love her. You do love her.

She is willing to give her life. So are you. It's touching50, it's magnificent, anything you like, butit's out of place here—it's the wrong setting. Don't you see? No, you don't want to. You aregoing around in circles to satisfy the curiosity of a power we don't understand and can't control,and she is an aspect, a periodic manifestation51 of that power. If she was…if you were beingpestered by some infatuated hag, you wouldn't think twice about packing her off, right?""I suppose so.""Well then, that probably explains why she is not a hag! You feel as if your hands are tied?

That's just it, they are!""All you are doing is adding one more theory to the millions of theories in the library. Leaveme alone Snow, she is…No, I won't say any more.""It's up to you. But remember that she is a mirror that reflects a part of your mind. If she isbeautiful, it's because your memories are. You provide the formula. You can only finish whereyou started, don't forget that.""What do you expect me to do? Send her away? I've already asked you why, and you don'tanswer.""I'll give you an answer. It was you who wanted this conversation, not me. I haven't meddledwith your affairs, and I'm not telling you what to do or what not to do. Even if I had the right, Iwould not. You come here of your own free will, and you dump it all on me. You know why?

To take the weight off your own back. Well I've experienced that weight—don't try to shut meup—and I leave you free to find your own solution. But you want opposition52. If I got in yourway, you could fight me, something tangible53, a man just like you, with the same flesh andblood. Fight me, and you could feel that you too were a man. When I don't give you the excuseto fight, you quarrel with me, or rather with yourself. The one thing you've left out is telling meyou'd die of grief if she suddenly disappeared…No, please, I've heard enough!"I countered clumsily:

"I came to tell you, because I thought you ought to know, that I intend leaving the Station withher.""Still on the same tack," Snow shrugged54. "I only offered my opinion because I realized thatyou were losing touch with reality. And the further you go, the harder you fall. Can you comeand see Sartorius around nine tomorrow morning?""Sartorius? I thought he wasn't letting anybody in. You told me you couldn't even phone him.""He seems to have reached some land of settlement. We never discuss our domestic troubles.

With you, it's another matter. Will you come tomorrow morning?""All right," I grunted55.

I noticed that Snow had slipped his left hand inside the cabinet. How long had the door beenajar? Probably for some time, but in the heat of the encounter I had not registered that theposition of his hand was not natural. It was as if he was concealing56 something—or holdingsomebody's hand.

I licked my lips:

"Snow, what have you…""You'd better leave now," he said evenly.

I closed the door in the final glow of the red twilight57. Rheya was huddled58 against the wall afew paces down the corridor. She sprang to her feet at once:

"You see? I did it, Kris. I feel so much better…Perhaps it will be easier and easier…""Yes, of course…" I answered absently.

We went back to my quarters. I was still speculating about that cabinet, and what had beenhiding there, perhaps overhearing our entire conversation. My cheeks started to burn so hardthat I involuntarily passed the back of my hand over them. What an idiotic meeting! And wheredid it get us? Nowhere. But there was tomorrow morning.

An abrupt thrill of fear ran through me. My encephalogram, a complete record of the workingsof my brain, was to be beamed into the ocean in the form of radiation. What was it Snow hadsaid—would I suffer terribly if Rheya departed? An encephalogram records every mentalprocess, conscious and unconscious. If I want her to disappear, will it happen? But if I wantedto get rid of her would I also be appalled59 at the thought of her imminent60 destruction? Am Iresponsible for my unconscious? No one else is, if not myself. How stupid to agree to let themdo it. Obviously I can examine the recording before it is used, but I won't be able to decode61 it.

Nobody could. The experts can only identify general mental tendencies. For instance, they willsay that the subject is thinking about some mathematical problem, but they are unable tospecify its precise terms. They claim that they have to stick to generalizations62 because theencephalogram cannot discriminate63 among the stream of simultaneous impulses, only some ofwhich have any psychological "counterpart," and they refuse point-blank to hazard anycomment on the unconscious processes. So how could they be expected to decipher memorieswhich have been more or less repressed?

Then why was I so afraid? I had told Rheya only that morning that the experiment could notwork. If Terran neurophysiologists were incapable64 of decoding65 the recording, what chance wasthere for that great alien creature…?

Yet it had infiltrated66 my mind without my knowledge, surveyed my memory, and laid bare mymost vulnerable point. That was undeniable. Without any assistance or radiation transmissions,it had found its way through the armored shell of the Station, located me, and come away withits spoils…"Kris?" Rheya whispered.

Standing at the window with unseeing eyes, I had not noticed the coming of darkness. A thinveiling of high cloud glowed a dim silver in the light of the vanished sun, and obscured thestars.

If she disappears after the experiment, that will mean that I wanted her to disappear—that Ikilled her. No, I will not see Sartorius. They can't force me to cooperate. But I can't tell themthe truth, I'll have to dissemble and lie, and keep on doing it…Because there may be thoughts,intentions and cruel hopes in my mind of which I know nothing, because I am a murdererunawares. Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without havingexplored his own labyrinth67 of dark passages and secret chambers68, and without finding what liesbehind doorways69 that he himself has sealed. Was I to abandon Rheya there out of false shame,or because I lacked the courage?

"Kris," said Rheya, more softly still.

She was standing quite close to me now. I pretended not to hear. At that moment, I wanted toisolate myself. I had not yet resolved anything, or reached any decision. I stood motionless,looking at the dark sky and the cold stars, pale ghosts of the stars that shone on Earth. My mindwas a blank. All I had was the grim certainty of having crossed some point of no return. Irefused to admit that I was travelling towards what I could not reach. Apathy70 robbed me of thestrength even to despise myself.

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1 burnished fd53130f8c1e282780d281f960e0b9ad     
adj.抛光的,光亮的v.擦亮(金属等),磨光( burnish的过去式和过去分词 );被擦亮,磨光
参考例句:
  • The floor was spotless; the grate and fire-irons were burnished bright. 地板上没有污迹;炉栅和火炉用具擦得发亮。 来自辞典例句
  • The woods today are burnished bronze. 今天的树林是一片发亮的青铜色。 来自辞典例句
2 copper HZXyU     
n.铜;铜币;铜器;adj.铜(制)的;(紫)铜色的
参考例句:
  • The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
  • Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。
3 instinctively 2qezD2     
adv.本能地
参考例句:
  • As he leaned towards her she instinctively recoiled. 他向她靠近,她本能地往后缩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He knew instinctively where he would find her. 他本能地知道在哪儿能找到她。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 metallic LCuxO     
adj.金属的;金属制的;含金属的;产金属的;像金属的
参考例句:
  • A sharp metallic note coming from the outside frightened me.外面传来尖锐铿锵的声音吓了我一跳。
  • He picked up a metallic ring last night.昨夜他捡了一个金属戒指。
5 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?
6 lighting CpszPL     
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光
参考例句:
  • The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
  • The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
7 creased b26d248c32bce741b8089934810d7e9f     
(使…)起折痕,弄皱( crease的过去式和过去分词 ); (皮肤)皱起,使起皱纹; 皱皱巴巴
参考例句:
  • You've creased my newspaper. 你把我的报纸弄皱了。
  • The bullet merely creased his shoulder. 子弹只不过擦破了他肩部的皮肤。
8 scrutinize gDwz6     
n.详细检查,细读
参考例句:
  • Her purpose was to scrutinize his features to see if he was an honest man.她的目的是通过仔细观察他的相貌以判断他是否诚实。
  • She leaned forward to scrutinize their faces.她探身向前,端详他们的面容。
9 abrupt 2fdyh     
adj.突然的,意外的;唐突的,鲁莽的
参考例句:
  • The river takes an abrupt bend to the west.这河突然向西转弯。
  • His abrupt reply hurt our feelings.他粗鲁的回答伤了我们的感情。
10 possessed xuyyQ     
adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的
参考例句:
  • He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
  • He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。
11 contractions 322669f84f436ca5d7fcc2d36731876a     
n.收缩( contraction的名词复数 );缩减;缩略词;(分娩时)子宫收缩
参考例句:
  • Contractions are much more common in speech than in writing. 缩略词在口语里比在书写中常见得多。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Muscle contractions are powered by the chemical adenosine triphosphate(ATP ). 肌肉收缩是由化学物质三磷酸腺苷(ATP)提供动力的。 来自辞典例句
12 shaft YEtzp     
n.(工具的)柄,杆状物
参考例句:
  • He was wounded by a shaft.他被箭击中受伤。
  • This is the shaft of a steam engine.这是一个蒸汽机主轴。
13 ordeal B4Pzs     
n.苦难经历,(尤指对品格、耐力的)严峻考验
参考例句:
  • She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
  • Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。
14 agonizing PzXzcC     
adj.痛苦难忍的;使人苦恼的v.使极度痛苦;折磨(agonize的ing形式)
参考例句:
  • I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not. 我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受这个工作。
  • his father's agonizing death 他父亲极度痛苦的死
15 retraced 321f3e113f2767b1b567ca8360d9c6b9     
v.折回( retrace的过去式和过去分词 );回忆;回顾;追溯
参考例句:
  • We retraced our steps to where we started. 我们折回我们出发的地方。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • We retraced our route in an attempt to get back on the right path. 我们折返,想回到正确的路上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
16 bristling tSqyl     
a.竖立的
参考例句:
  • "Don't you question Miz Wilkes' word,'said Archie, his beard bristling. "威尔克斯太太的话,你就不必怀疑了。 "阿尔奇说。他的胡子也翘了起来。
  • You were bristling just now. 你刚才在发毛。
17 pivoted da69736312dbdb6475d7ba458b0076c1     
adj.转动的,回转的,装在枢轴上的v.(似)在枢轴上转动( pivot的过去式和过去分词 );把…放在枢轴上;以…为核心,围绕(主旨)展开
参考例句:
  • His old legs and shoulders pivoted with the swinging of the pulling. 他一把把地拉着,两条老迈的腿儿和肩膀跟着转动。 来自英汉文学 - 老人与海
  • When air is moving, the metal is pivoted on the hinge. 当空气流动时,金属板在铰链上转动。 来自辞典例句
18 habitual x5Pyp     
adj.习惯性的;通常的,惯常的
参考例句:
  • He is a habitual criminal.他是一个惯犯。
  • They are habitual visitors to our house.他们是我家的常客。
19 fatigue PhVzV     
n.疲劳,劳累
参考例句:
  • The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
  • I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。
20 exasperating 06604aa7af9dfc9c7046206f7e102cf0     
adj. 激怒的 动词exasperate的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • Our team's failure is very exasperating. 我们队失败了,真是气死人。
  • It is really exasperating that he has not turned up when the train is about to leave. 火车快开了, 他还不来,实在急人。
21 recording UktzJj     
n.录音,记录
参考例句:
  • How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间?
  • I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
22 lengthening c18724c879afa98537e13552d14a5b53     
(时间或空间)延长,伸长( lengthen的现在分词 ); 加长
参考例句:
  • The evening shadows were lengthening. 残阳下的影子越拉越长。
  • The shadows are lengthening for me. 我的影子越来越长了。 来自演讲部分
23 confide WYbyd     
v.向某人吐露秘密
参考例句:
  • I would never readily confide in anybody.我从不轻易向人吐露秘密。
  • He is going to confide the secrets of his heart to us.他将向我们吐露他心里的秘密。
24 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
25 rustling c6f5c8086fbaf68296f60e8adb292798     
n. 瑟瑟声,沙沙声 adj. 发沙沙声的
参考例句:
  • the sound of the trees rustling in the breeze 树木在微风中发出的沙沙声
  • the soft rustling of leaves 树叶柔和的沙沙声
26 stammered 76088bc9384c91d5745fd550a9d81721     
v.结巴地说出( stammer的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He stammered most when he was nervous. 他一紧张往往口吃。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Barsad leaned back in his chair, and stammered, \"What do you mean?\" 巴萨往椅背上一靠,结结巴巴地说,“你是什么意思?” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
27 inhuman F7NxW     
adj.残忍的,不人道的,无人性的
参考例句:
  • We must unite the workers in fighting against inhuman conditions.我们必须使工人们团结起来反对那些难以忍受的工作条件。
  • It was inhuman to refuse him permission to see his wife.不容许他去看自己的妻子是太不近人情了。
28 idiotic wcFzd     
adj.白痴的
参考例句:
  • It is idiotic to go shopping with no money.去买东西而不带钱是很蠢的。
  • The child's idiotic deeds caused his family much trouble.那小孩愚蠢的行为给家庭带来许多麻烦。
29 embarking 7f8892f8b0a1076133045fdfbf3b8512     
乘船( embark的现在分词 ); 装载; 从事
参考例句:
  • He's embarking on a new career as a writer. 他即将开始新的职业生涯——当一名作家。
  • The campaign on which were embarking was backed up by such intricate and detailed maintenance arrangemets. 我们实施的战争,须要如此复杂及详细的维护准备。
30 ostrich T4vzg     
n.鸵鸟
参考例句:
  • Ostrich is the fastest animal on two legs.驼鸟是双腿跑得最快的动物。
  • The ostrich indeed inhabits continents.鸵鸟确实是生活在大陆上的。
31 stabilizing 37789793f41246ac9b11622dadb461ab     
n.稳定化处理[退火]v.(使)稳定, (使)稳固( stabilize的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • The disulfide bridges might then be viewed primarily as stabilizing components. 二硫桥可以被看作是初级的稳定因素。 来自辞典例句
  • These stabilizing design changes are usually not desirable for steady-state operation. 这些增加稳定性的设计改变通常不太符合稳态工作的要求。 来自辞典例句
32 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。
33 input X6lxm     
n.输入(物);投入;vt.把(数据等)输入计算机
参考例句:
  • I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
  • All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。
34 disintegrates af9a7305b194c0803ccafe9c63d1befc     
n.(使)破裂[分裂,粉碎],(使)崩溃( disintegrate的名词复数 )v.(使)破裂[分裂,粉碎],(使)崩溃( disintegrate的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • Particles rain down from the slug and it finally disintegrates. 颗粒从上面纷纷下落,最后腾涌消失。 来自辞典例句
  • When the uranium disintegrates, it changes into lead. 当铀蜕变时,它变成了铅。 来自辞典例句
35 trajectory fJ1z1     
n.弹道,轨道
参考例句:
  • It is not difficult to sketch the subsequent trajectory.很容易描绘出它们最终的轨迹。
  • The path followed by a projectile is called its trajectory.抛物体所循的路径称为它的轨道。
36 intercept G5rx7     
vt.拦截,截住,截击
参考例句:
  • His letter was intercepted by the Secret Service.他的信被特工处截获了。
  • Gunmen intercepted him on his way to the airport.持枪歹徒在他去机场的路上截击了他。
37 mimicked mimicked     
v.(尤指为了逗乐而)模仿( mimic的过去式和过去分词 );酷似
参考例句:
  • He mimicked her upper-class accent. 他模仿她那上流社会的腔调。 来自辞典例句
  • The boy mimicked his father's voice and set everyone off laughing. 男孩模仿他父亲的嗓音,使大家都大笑起来。 来自辞典例句
38 intonation ubazZ     
n.语调,声调;发声
参考例句:
  • The teacher checks for pronunciation and intonation.老师在检查发音和语调。
  • Questions are spoken with a rising intonation.疑问句是以升调说出来的。
39 guts Yraziv     
v.狼吞虎咽,贪婪地吃,飞碟游戏(比赛双方每组5人,相距15码,互相掷接飞碟);毁坏(建筑物等)的内部( gut的第三人称单数 );取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 );内脏;消化道的下段;肠
参考例句:
  • I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed. 鱼若已收拾干净,我只需烧一下即可。
  • Barbara hasn't got the guts to leave her mother. 巴巴拉没有勇气离开她妈妈。 来自《简明英汉词典》
40 indifference k8DxO     
n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎
参考例句:
  • I was disappointed by his indifference more than somewhat.他的漠不关心使我很失望。
  • He feigned indifference to criticism of his work.他假装毫不在意别人批评他的作品。
41 transformation SnFwO     
n.变化;改造;转变
参考例句:
  • Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
  • He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。
42 demon Wmdyj     
n.魔鬼,恶魔
参考例句:
  • The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。
  • He has been possessed by the demon of disease for years.他多年来病魔缠身。
43 condescension JYMzw     
n.自以为高人一等,贬低(别人)
参考例句:
  • His politeness smacks of condescension. 他的客气带有屈尊俯就的意味。
  • Despite its condescension toward the Bennet family, the letter begins to allay Elizabeth's prejudice against Darcy. 尽管这封信对班纳特家的态度很高傲,但它开始消除伊丽莎白对达西的偏见。
44 clenching 1c3528c558c94eba89a6c21e9ee245e6     
v.紧握,抓紧,咬紧( clench的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • I'll never get used to them, she thought, clenching her fists. 我永远也看不惯这些家伙,她握紧双拳,心里想。 来自飘(部分)
  • Clenching her lips, she nodded. 她紧闭着嘴唇,点点头。 来自辞典例句
45 scourge FD2zj     
n.灾难,祸害;v.蹂躏
参考例句:
  • Smallpox was once the scourge of the world.天花曾是世界的大患。
  • The new boss was the scourge of the inefficient.新老板来了以后,不称职的人就遭殃了。
46 traitor GqByW     
n.叛徒,卖国贼
参考例句:
  • The traitor was finally found out and put in prison.那个卖国贼终于被人发现并被监禁了起来。
  • He was sold out by a traitor and arrested.他被叛徒出卖而被捕了。
47 shamming 77223e52bb7c47399a6741f7e43145ff     
假装,冒充( sham的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • He is not really ill, he is shamming. 他不是生病,他在装病。
  • He is only shamming. 他只是假装罢了。
48 bastard MuSzK     
n.坏蛋,混蛋;私生子
参考例句:
  • He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
  • There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。
49 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
参考例句:
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
50 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。
51 manifestation 0RCz6     
n.表现形式;表明;现象
参考例句:
  • Her smile is a manifestation of joy.她的微笑是她快乐的表现。
  • What we call mass is only another manifestation of energy.我们称之为质量的东西只是能量的另一种表现形态。
52 opposition eIUxU     
n.反对,敌对
参考例句:
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
53 tangible 4IHzo     
adj.有形的,可触摸的,确凿的,实际的
参考例句:
  • The policy has not yet brought any tangible benefits.这项政策还没有带来任何实质性的好处。
  • There is no tangible proof.没有确凿的证据。
54 shrugged 497904474a48f991a3d1961b0476ebce     
vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀,什么也没说。
  • She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩,装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
55 grunted f18a3a8ced1d857427f2252db2abbeaf     
(猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说
参考例句:
  • She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page. 她只咕哝了一声,继续看书,不屑抬起头来看一眼。
  • She grunted some incomprehensible reply. 她咕噜着回答了些令人费解的话。
56 concealing 0522a013e14e769c5852093b349fdc9d     
v.隐藏,隐瞒,遮住( conceal的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Despite his outward display of friendliness, I sensed he was concealing something. 尽管他表现得友善,我还是感觉到他有所隐瞒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • SHE WAS BREAKING THE COMPACT, AND CONCEALING IT FROM HIM. 她违反了他们之间的约定,还把他蒙在鼓里。 来自英汉文学 - 三万元遗产
57 twilight gKizf     
n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期
参考例句:
  • Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
  • Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。
58 huddled 39b87f9ca342d61fe478b5034beb4139     
挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
  • We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。
59 appalled ec524998aec3c30241ea748ac1e5dbba     
v.使惊骇,使充满恐惧( appall的过去式和过去分词)adj.惊骇的;丧胆的
参考例句:
  • The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
  • They were appalled by the reports of the nuclear war. 他们被核战争的报道吓坏了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
60 imminent zc9z2     
adj.即将发生的,临近的,逼近的
参考例句:
  • The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
  • The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。
61 decode WxYxg     
vt.译(码),解(码)
参考例句:
  • All he had to do was decode it and pass it over.他需要做的就是将它破译然后转给他人。
  • The secret documents were intercepted and decoded.机密文件遭截获并被破译。
62 generalizations 6a32b82d344d5f1487aee703a39bb639     
一般化( generalization的名词复数 ); 普通化; 归纳; 概论
参考例句:
  • But Pearlson cautions that the findings are simply generalizations. 但是波尔森提醒人们,这些发现是简单的综合资料。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 大脑与疾病
  • They were of great service in correcting my jejune generalizations. 他们纠正了我不成熟的泛泛之论,帮了我大忙。
63 discriminate NuhxX     
v.区别,辨别,区分;有区别地对待
参考例句:
  • You must learn to discriminate between facts and opinions.你必须学会把事实和看法区分出来。
  • They can discriminate hundreds of colours.他们能分辨上百种颜色。
64 incapable w9ZxK     
adj.无能力的,不能做某事的
参考例句:
  • He would be incapable of committing such a cruel deed.他不会做出这么残忍的事。
  • Computers are incapable of creative thought.计算机不会创造性地思维。
65 decoding b888b2fd35f4dd1fafb025cc18212418     
n.译码,解码v.译(码),解(码)( decode的现在分词 );分析及译解电子信号
参考例句:
  • We cannot add any other memory to this system without further decoding. 如果不增加译码,就不能使系统的存贮容量有任何扩展。 来自辞典例句
  • Examples using the 8250 will be presented in hardware section to clarify full-decoding schemes. 在硬件一节中有应用说明全译码方案8250的例子。 来自辞典例句
66 infiltrated ac8114e28673476511d54b771cab25a1     
adj.[医]浸润的v.(使)渗透,(指思想)渗入人的心中( infiltrate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The headquarters had been infiltrated by enemy spies. 总部混入了敌方特务。
  • Many Chinese idioms have infiltrated into the Japanese language. 许多中国成语浸透到日语中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
67 labyrinth h9Fzr     
n.迷宫;难解的事物;迷路
参考例句:
  • He wandered through the labyrinth of the alleyways.他在迷宫似的小巷中闲逛。
  • The human mind is a labyrinth.人的心灵是一座迷宫。
68 chambers c053984cd45eab1984d2c4776373c4fe     
n.房间( chamber的名词复数 );(议会的)议院;卧室;会议厅
参考例句:
  • The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间:Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网
69 doorways 9f2a4f4f89bff2d72720b05d20d8f3d6     
n.门口,门道( doorway的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The houses belched people; the doorways spewed out children. 从各家茅屋里涌出一堆一堆的人群,从门口蹦出一群一群小孩。 来自辞典例句
  • He rambled under the walls and doorways. 他就顺着墙根和门楼遛跶。 来自辞典例句
70 apathy BMlyA     
n.漠不关心,无动于衷;冷淡
参考例句:
  • He was sunk in apathy after his failure.他失败后心恢意冷。
  • She heard the story with apathy.她听了这个故事无动于衷。


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