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我在美国时有几位印度朋友,有的好,有的坏,有的不好也不坏。环境常将我置于一个有幸能为他们效劳的位置上,我替他们找工作,给他们提供住宿,若有必要还给他们饭吃。我得承认,他们都非常感恩戴德,实际上他们这样总光顾我倒使我的日子很难过。他们中有两个是圣人—若是我知道圣人是怎样的。尤其是卡普特,人们有天早晨发现他的喉咙被人割了一个大口子。那是在格林威治村的一所小房子里,人们有一天早上发现他一丝不挂地瘫在床上,被人割开了一个大口子。时至今日还没有搞清楚他究竟是被人谋杀的还是自杀的,不过这也无关紧要……

In America I had a number of Hindu friends, some good, some bad, some indifferent. Circumstances had placed me in a position where fortunately I could be of aid to them; I secured jobs for them, I harbored them, and I fed them when necessary. They were very grateful, I must say; so much so, in fact that they made my life miserable1 with their attentions. Two of them were saints, if I know what a saint is; particularly Gupte who was found one morning with his throat cut from ear to ear. In a little boarding house in Greenwich Village he was found one morning stretched out stark3 naked on the bed, his flute4 beside him, and his throat gashed5, as I say, from ear to ear. It was never discovered whether he had been murdered or whether he had committed suicide. But that's neither here nor there…

 

我回想起我在纳南塔蒂的住所的一连串往事,我在想这一切是多么奇怪—我竟把纳南塔蒂全忘了,直到那天我躺在塞尔街上一家寒伦的旅馆里才又重新记起他来。我睡在铁床上,想到自己成了一个毫无用处、毫无价值的人,一个无足轻重的人,这时暮地眼前闪现出这几个字:无足轻重的人。我们在纽约就是这样叫他的—无足轻重的人,”无足轻重先生”。

I'm thinking back to the chain of circumstances which has brought me finally to Nanantatee's place. Thinking how strange it is that I should have forgotten all about Nanantatee until the other day when lying in a shabby hotel room on the Rue6 Cels. I'm lying there on the iron bed thinking what a zero I have become, what a cipher7, what a nullity, when bango! out pops the word: NONENTITY8! That's what we called him in New York – Nonentity. Mister Nonentity.

 

  我睡在那套豪华房间的地板上,纳南塔蒂在纽约期间便住在这儿。他在扮演一个乐善好施者的角色,给了我两条盖上浑身发痒的毯子,原先是盖在马身上的。我就蜡缩在里面,躺在落满尘土的地板上。一天里的每一小时都有零活可干—假如我蠢到呆在屋里不出门的田地。早晨他粗暴地唤醒我,叫我替他预备午饭吃的蔬菜:葱头、大蒜、豆子等等。他的朋友凯皮告诫我不要吃这些东西,说它们不好。好坏又有什么关系?吃的!这才是最要紧的。为了一点点吃的我十分乐意用一把破扫帚清扫他的地毯,替他洗衣服,一俟他吃完饭就拣起掉在地上的残渣吃下去。自从我来了他已变得绝对讲究干净—现在一切都得掸灰,椅子一定得按规定的样子摆好,钟一定得按时敲响,卫生间也一定得好好冲洗…… 真没有见过比他更古怪的印度人,而且他还小气得要命!待摆脱他的控制以后我要好好嘲笑他一顿。可我现在是囚犯,是一个没有社会地位的贱民,一个不可接触的人……若是我到晚上还没有赶回来盖上马盖的毯子睡觉,我一回来他便会说,”嗬,原来你还没有死?我还以为你已经死掉了呢。”

I'm lying on the floor now in that gorgeous suite9 of rooms he boasted of when he was in New York. Nanantatee is playing the good Samaritan; he has given me a pair of itchy blankets, horse blankets they are, in which I curl up on the dusty floor. There are little jobs to do every hour of the day – that is, if I am foolish enough to remain indoors. In the morning he wakes me rudely in order to have me prepare the vegetables for his lunch: onions, garlic, beans, etc. His friend, Kepi, warns me not to eat the food – he says it's bad. Bad or good what difference? Food! That's all that matters. For a little food I am quite willing to sweep his carpets with a broken broom, to wash his clothes and to scrape the crumbs10 off the floor as soon as he has finished eating. He's become absolutely immaculate since my arrival: everything has to be dusted now, the chairs must be arranged a certain way, the clock must ring, the toilet must flush properly… A crazy Hindu if ever there was one! And parsimonious11 as a string bean. I'll have a great laugh over it when I get out of his clutches, but just now I'm a prisoner, a man without caste, an untouchable…If I fail to come back at night and roll up in the horse blankets he says to me on arriving: "Oh, so you didn't die then? I thought you had died."

 

  他明知我一文不名,可还是每天都告诉我他刚刚在附近找到了廉价出租的房间。我说,”可你知道,我还租不起一个房间呢。”

  这时他便像中国佬那样眨眨眼毫不在意他说,”哦,对了,我忘了你没有钱。我总是忘事儿,安德里……不过等电报来了……等莫娜小姐给你寄来钱,那时你就跟我去找个房间,好吗?”话音未落他便又力劝我愿住多久就住多久—“六个月……七个月……你在这儿对我帮助很大。”

And though he knows I'm absolutely penniless he tells me every day about some cheap room he has just discovered in the neighborhood. "But I can't take a room yet, you know that," I say.

And then, blinking his eyes like a Chink, he answers smoothly12: "Oh, yes, I forgot that you had no money. I am always forgetting, Endree… But when the cable comes… when Miss Mona sends you the money, then you will come with me to look for a room, eh?" And in the next breath he urges me to stay as long as I wish – "six months … seven months, Endree … you are very good for me here."

 

  纳南塔蒂是一个我在美国时从未为之效劳过的印度人,他自称是一个有钱的商人,一个珠宝商,在巴黎拉斐特大街有一套豪华房子,在孟买有一座别墅,在大吉岭又有一所带游廊的房子。我一眼便看出他是一个笨蛋,不过笨蛋有时却具有聚起一大笔财富的天赋。我当时不知道他曾在纽约给旅馆老板留下两只大珠子抵帐,我觉得好笑的是,这个小个儿一度曾在纽约那家旅馆大厅里摇来晃去,他拄着乌木手杖,将侍者挥来斥去、为客人订午饭、使唤茶房去买戏票,按天租用出租车……这时他衣袋里却一文钱都没有。他只有脖子上挂的那一串大珍珠,把这些珠子一个个卖了换钱用。我还觉得好笑的是他常傻气十足地拍拍我的背,感谢我对那伙印度人还不错—“他们都是很聪明的人,非常聪明!”他还告诉我某位好心的神会报答我的善举。现在回想起来,我才明白为什么这些聪明的印度人—有一回当我建议他们向纳南塔蒂借五美元时,他们都吃吃地笑。

Nanantatee is one of the Hindus I never did anything for in America. He represented himself to me as a wealthy merchant, a pearl merchant, with a luxurious13 suite of rooms on the Rue Lafayette, Paris, a villa2 in Bombay, a bungalow14 in Darjeeling. I could see from first glance that he was a half-wit, but then half wits sometimes have the genius to amass15 a fortune. I didn't know that he paid his hotel bill in New York by leaving a couple of fat pearls in the proprietor's hands. It seems amusing to me now that this little duck once swaggered about the lobby of that hotel in New York with an ebony cane16, bossing the bellhops around, ordering luncheons17 for his guests, calling up the porter for theater tickets, renting a taxi by the day, etc., etc., all without a sou in his pocket. Just a string of fat pearls around his neck which he cashed one by one as time wore on. And the fatuous18 way he used to pat me on the back, thank me for being so good to the Hindu boys – "they are all very intelligent boys, Endree … very intelligent!" Telling me that the good lord so-and-so would repay me for my kindness. That explains now why they used to giggle19 so, these intelligent Hindu boys, when I suggested that they touch Nanantatee for a five spot.

 

  我现在纳闷的是,这位好心的某某神将如何报答我的善举。我不过只是这个又肥又矮的家伙的奴仆,得时刻听从他的吩咐,他这儿需要我—这是他当面告诉我的。一走到便盆旁他便嚷道,”安德里,请给我拿一壶水来,我要擦一把。”这位纳南塔蒂从不愿用手纸,想必这是同他的宗教信仰相抵触的吧。他不用手纸,却要一壶水和一块破布。他还挺娇嫩,这个又肥又矮的家伙。有时我正在喝一杯他扔进一片玫瑰花瓣的淡茶,他来了,冲着我的脸放一个响屁。他从来不会说”对不起”!他的古吉拉特语词典上想必没有这句话。

Curious now how the good lord so and so is requiting20 me for my benevolence21. I'm nothing but a slave to this fat little duck. I'm at his beck and call continually. He needs me here – he tells me so to my face. When he goes to the crap can he shouts: "Endree, bring me a pitcher22 of water, please. I must wipe myself." He wouldn't think of using toilet paper, Nanantatee. Must be against his religion. No, he calls for a pitcher of water and a rag. He's delicate, the fat little duck. Sometimes when I'm drinking a cup of pale tea in which he has dropped a rose leaf he comes alongside of me and lets a loud fart, right in my face. He never says "Excuse me!" The word must be missing from his Gujarati dictionary.

 

  我来到纳南塔蒂的公寓这天他正在作沐浴仪式,也就是说,他正站在一只脏水钵上努力把一只弯曲的胳膊伸到颈后,钵边摆着一只铜高脚杯,那是他用来换水的。他要我在沐浴仪式期间别出声,于是我便按他的吩咐一声不响地坐着,看他歌唱、祈祷,不时朝水钵吐水,这就是他在纽约时谈到的那套豪华房间了!拉斐特大街!我觉得这就是纽约的一条主要街道,我只想到住在这条街上的百万富翁和珠宝商人。当你在大洋另一边时,拉斐特大街听起来满不错。同样,当你在大洋这一边时纽约的第五大道也不赖。人们简直想象不出这些漂亮街道上的垃圾是多么吓人,可是不管怎么说我终于来到这儿,坐在拉斐特大街上的这套豪华公寓里了,而这个疯疯癫癫、胳膊弯曲的家伙正在举行清洗自己的仪式。我坐的那把椅子是破的,床也散了架,墙纸破烂不堪,床下一只打开的箱子里塞满了脏衣服。从我坐的地方一眼便可看到下面那个穷酸的院子,拉斐特大街的贵族就是坐在那儿抽陶土制的烟斗的。纳南塔蒂唱赞美诗时我不禁想象他在大吉岭的那所带游廊的房子是什么样子的,因为他一换衣服和祷告起来便没完没了。

The day I arrived at Nanantatee's apartment he was in the act of performing his ablutions, that is to say, he was standing23 over a dirty bowl trying to work his crooked24 arm around toward the back of his neck. Beside the bowl was a brass25 goblet26 which he used to change the water. He requested me to be silent during the ceremony. I sat there silently, as I was bidden, and watched him as he sang and prayed and spat27 now and then into the wash bowl. So this is the wonderful suite of rooms he talked about in New York. The Rue Lafayette! It sounded like an important street to me back there in New York. I thought only millionaires and pearl merchants inhabited the street. It sounds wonderful, the Rue Lafayette, when you're on the other side of the water. So does Fifth Avenue, when you're over here. One can't imagine what dumps there are on these swell28 streets. Anyway, here I am at last, sitting in the gorgeous suite of rooms on the Rue Lafayette. And this crazy duck with his crooked arm is going through the ritual of washing himself. The chair on which I'm sitting is broken, the bedstead is falling apart, the wallpaper is in tatters, there is an open valise under the bed crammed29 with dirty wash. From where I sit I can glance at the miserable courtyard down below where the aristocracy of the Rue Lafayette sit and smoke their clay pipes. I wonder now, as he chants the doxology, what that bungalow in Darjeeling looks like. It's interminable, his chanting and praying.

 

  纳南培蒂对我解释说,他必须按照这种规定的方式沐浴,这是他所信仰的宗教要求的。不过到星期日他便在一只锡澡盆里洗澡,他说神灵看到会眨眼睛的。穿好衣服后他便走到碗橱前,跪在摆在第三层上的一个小神像前,一遍遍背诵那些别人听不懂的祷告词。他说,如果你每天都这样祷告便什么事都不会出。

He explains to me that he is obliged to wash in a certain prescribed way – his religion demands it. But on Sundays he takes a bath in the tin tub – the Great I AM will wink30 at that, he says. When he's dressed he goes to the cupboard, kneels before a little idol31 on the third shelf, and repeats the mumbo jumbo. If you pray like that every day, he says, nothing will happen to you.

 

  那位不知名的好心神灵绝不会忘记一个听话的仆人。接着他让我看那条扭曲的胳膊,是在一次出租车事故中撞的,那天他无疑忽略了这套完整的又唱又跳的仪式。他的胳膊活像一只破损的指南针,早已不再是一条胳膊,却成了加上一条胫骨的指关节了。自从这条胳膊修好后他的胳肢窝里就长出一对肿胀的腺体—又肥又小的腺体,同狗的睾丸一模一样。在为自己的痛苦而哀叹的同时他突然又想起医生曾推荐过一个较为宽松的食谱,于是马上恳求我坐下来拟一份有大量鱼肉的菜单。”还有,牡蛎怎么样,安德里?可以用它做小菜。”可是这一切不过只是叫我发馋而已,他根本就不打算替自己买牡蜗、肉、鱼,至少我在这儿期间他不会买。眼下我们得靠吃小扁豆和米饭摄取营养,还有存在顶楼上的各种于货,连上星期买的奶油他也不肯浪费。他炼奶油时散发出的气味叫人受不了,从前他一炼奶油我就得先逃出去,现在倒可以坚持下来了。若是我受不了,把吃到肚里的东西都吐出来,他才高兴哩,那样他可以把我吐出的东西和干面包、发霉的奶酪以及用不新鲜的牛奶加发臭的奶油做的小油饼干一起储存在碗柜里。

The good lord what's his name never forgets an obedient servant. And then he shows me the crooked arm which he got in a taxi accident on a day doubtless when he had neglected to rehearse the complete song and dance. His arm looks like a broken compass; it's not an arm any more, but a knucklebone with a shank attached. Since the arm has been repaired he has developed a pair of swollen32 glands33 in the armpit – fat little glands, exactly like a dog's testicles. While bemoaning34 his plight35 he remembers suddenly that the doctor had recommended a more liberal diet. He begs me at once to sit down and make up a menu with plenty of fish and meat. "And what about oysters36, Endree – for le petit frère?" But all this is only to make an impression on me. He hasn't the slightest intention of buying himself oysters, or meat, or fish. Not as long as I am there, at least. For the time being we are going to nourish ourselves on lentils and rice and all the dry foods he has stored away in the attic37. And the butter he bought last week, that won't go to waste either. When he commences to cure the butter the smell is unbearable38. I used to run out at first, when he started frying the butter, but now I stick it out. He'd be only too delighted if he could make me vomit39 up my meal – that would be something else to put away in the cupboard along with the dry bread and the moldy40 cheese and the little grease cakes that he makes himself out of the stale milk and the rancid butter.

 

  看来过去五年来他屁事都没干过,一分钱的买卖也没做成,他的生意全完蛋了。他同我谈起印度洋里的珍珠—可以指望凭它过一辈子的大珍珠。他说阿拉伯人把这门生意给毁了,同时每天都向那个某某神祷告,这使他仍抱有一线希望。他跟这位神交情不错,明白如何哄骗他,如何从他那儿骗几个钱用。这全然是一种商业交往,作为每天橱柜前那番恭维话的交换,他得到一份豆子和大蒜,更不用说腋窝里那对肿胀的睾丸了。他坚信最终一切都会变得圆满,那些珠子有朝一日仍会卖出去,也许再过五年,也许再过二十年—等布玛鲁姆神乐意的时候。

For the last five years, so it seems, he hasn't done a stroke of work, hasn't turned over a penny. Business has gone to smash. He talks to me about pearls in the Indian ocean – big fat ones on which you can live for a lifetime. The Arabs are ruining the business, he says. But meanwhile he prays to the lord so and so every day, and that sustains him. He's on a marvelous footing with the deity41: knows just how to cajole him, how to wheedle42 a few sous out of him. It's a pure commercial relationship. In exchange for the flummery before the cabinet every day he gets his ration43 of beans and garlic, to say nothing of the swollen testicles under his arm. He is confident that everything will turn out well in the end. The pearls will sell again some day, maybe five years hence, maybe twenty – when the Lord Boomaroom wishes it.

 

  “等买卖又兴隆了,你替我写信就会得到百分之十的利润。不过你先得写封信看看我们是不是能从印度赊帐,等答复得六个月,也许七个月……印度的船开得太慢。”这家伙一点儿时间概念都没有,有时我问他睡得好不好,他便说,”哦,好,安德里,睡得好极了……有时候我三天睡了九十二个钟头。”

"And when the business goes, Endree, you will get ten per cent – for writing the letters. But first Endree, you must write the letter to find out if we can get credit from India. It will take about six months for an answer, maybe seven months … the boats are not fast in India." He has no conception of time at all, the little duck. When I ask him if he has slept well he will say: "Ah, yes, Endree, I sleep very well … I sleep sometimes ninety two hours in three days."

 

  早上他通常很虚弱,什么事也于不了。他的胳膊!那可怜的、歪七扭八的、丁字形的胳膊!有时看到他把它扭着伸到颈后我便纳闷他怎样把它再放回原处。若不是他腆着一个大肚子,他便会令我忆起梅德尔多马戏团里的一个专作柔体表演的杂技演员,只需要再摔断一条腿就行。每当他见我扫地毯,见到我扬起一大团灰尘,他就像一个小矮人一样咯咯叫开了。”好!干得好极了。现在我要捡起那些难扫的东西了。”这话是说我漏掉了一点灰尘,这是他礼貌地挖苦人的方式。

Mornings he is usually too weak to do any work. His arm! That poor broken crutch44 of an arm! I wonder sometimes when I see him twisting it around the back of his neck how he will ever get it into place again. If it weren't for that little paunch he carries he'd remind me of one of those contortionists at the Cirque Medrano. All he needs is to break a leg. When he sees me sweeping45 the carpet, when he sees what a cloud of dust I raise, he begins to cluck like a pygmy. "Good! Very good, Endree. And now I will pick up the knots." That means that there are a few crumbs of dust which I have overlooked; it is a polite way he has of being sarcastic46.


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1 miserable g18yk     
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
参考例句:
  • It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他,这是可耻的。
  • Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
2 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。
3 stark lGszd     
adj.荒凉的;严酷的;完全的;adv.完全地
参考例句:
  • The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
  • He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。
4 flute hj9xH     
n.长笛;v.吹笛
参考例句:
  • He took out his flute, and blew at it.他拿出笛子吹了起来。
  • There is an extensive repertoire of music written for the flute.有很多供长笛演奏的曲目。
5 gashed 6f5bd061edd8e683cfa080a6ce77b514     
v.划伤,割破( gash的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He gashed his hand on a sharp piece of rock. 他的手在一块尖石头上划了一个大口子。
  • He gashed his arm on a piece of broken glass. 他的胳膊被玻璃碎片划了一个大口子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 rue 8DGy6     
n.懊悔,芸香,后悔;v.后悔,悲伤,懊悔
参考例句:
  • You'll rue having failed in the examination.你会悔恨考试失败。
  • You're going to rue this the longest day that you live.你要终身悔恨不尽呢。
7 cipher dVuy9     
n.零;无影响力的人;密码
参考例句:
  • All important plans were sent to the police in cipher.所有重要计划均以密码送往警方。
  • He's a mere cipher in the company.他在公司里是个无足轻重的小人物。
8 nonentity 2HZxr     
n.无足轻重的人
参考例句:
  • She was written off then as a political nonentity.她当时被认定是成不了气候的政坛小人物。
  • How could such a nonentity become chairman of the company? 这样的庸才怎么能当公司的董事长?
9 suite MsMwB     
n.一套(家具);套房;随从人员
参考例句:
  • She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。
  • That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。
10 crumbs crumbs     
int. (表示惊讶)哎呀 n. 碎屑 名词crumb的复数形式
参考例句:
  • She stood up and brushed the crumbs from her sweater. 她站起身掸掉了毛衣上的面包屑。
  • Oh crumbs! Is that the time? 啊,天哪!都这会儿啦?
11 parsimonious RLNxp     
adj.吝啬的,质量低劣的
参考例句:
  • Many scrollbars are quite parsimonious in doling out information to users.很多滚动条都很吝啬,给用户传递的信息太少。
  • His parsimonious nature did not permit him to enjoy any luxuries.他那吝啬的本性不容许他享受任何奢侈品。
12 smoothly iiUzLG     
adv.平滑地,顺利地,流利地,流畅地
参考例句:
  • The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作,所以工作进展顺利。
  • Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。
13 luxurious S2pyv     
adj.精美而昂贵的;豪华的
参考例句:
  • This is a luxurious car complete with air conditioning and telephone.这是一辆附有空调设备和电话的豪华轿车。
  • The rich man lives in luxurious surroundings.这位富人生活在奢侈的环境中。
14 bungalow ccjys     
n.平房,周围有阳台的木造小平房
参考例句:
  • A bungalow does not have an upstairs.平房没有上层。
  • The old couple sold that large house and moved into a small bungalow.老两口卖掉了那幢大房子,搬进了小平房。
15 amass tL5ya     
vt.积累,积聚
参考例句:
  • How had he amassed his fortune?他是如何积累财富的呢?
  • The capitalists amass great wealth by exploiting workers.资本家剥削工人而积累了巨额财富。
16 cane RsNzT     
n.手杖,细长的茎,藤条;v.以杖击,以藤编制的
参考例句:
  • This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。
  • English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。
17 luncheons a54fcd0f618a2f163b765373cce1a40e     
n.午餐,午宴( luncheon的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Edith Helm was not invited to these intimate luncheons. 伊迪丝·赫尔姆没有被邀请出度反映亲密关系的午餐会。
  • The weekly luncheons became a regular institution. 这每周一次午餐变成了一种经常的制度。
18 fatuous 4l0xZ     
adj.愚昧的;昏庸的
参考例句:
  • He seems to get pride in fatuous remarks.说起这番蠢话来他似乎还挺得意。
  • After his boring speech for over an hour,fatuous speaker waited for applause from the audience.经过超过一小时的烦闷的演讲,那个愚昧的演讲者还等着观众的掌声。
19 giggle 4eNzz     
n.痴笑,咯咯地笑;v.咯咯地笑着说
参考例句:
  • Both girls began to giggle.两个女孩都咯咯地笑了起来。
  • All that giggle and whisper is too much for me.我受不了那些咯咯的笑声和交头接耳的样子。
20 requiting 65c6db09c2409ac36b798db0cd66cca7     
v.报答( requite的现在分词 );酬谢;回报;报复
参考例句:
  • Even normal racing produces enormous straining, requiting the helmet to protect the neck and spine. 甚至是一般的赛车运动都会产生极大的张力,这就要求头盔能保护颈部和脊椎。 来自互联网
  • When given a problem requiting multiplication or division, the computer solves it by adding or subtracting. 当给计算机一道要求用乘法或除法求解的题时,它能用加法或减法解出。 来自互联网
21 benevolence gt8zx     
n.慈悲,捐助
参考例句:
  • We definitely do not apply a policy of benevolence to the reactionaries.我们对反动派决不施仁政。
  • He did it out of pure benevolence. 他做那件事完全出于善意。
22 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。
23 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。
24 crooked xvazAv     
adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的
参考例句:
  • He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指,示意我们到他那儿去。
  • You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。
25 brass DWbzI     
n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器
参考例句:
  • Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
  • Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。
26 goblet S66yI     
n.高脚酒杯
参考例句:
  • He poured some wine into the goblet.他向高脚酒杯里倒了一些葡萄酒。
  • He swirled the brandy around in the huge goblet.他摇晃着高脚大玻璃杯使里面的白兰地酒旋动起来。
27 spat pFdzJ     
n.口角,掌击;v.发出呼噜呼噜声
参考例句:
  • Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
  • There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。
28 swell IHnzB     
vi.膨胀,肿胀;增长,增强
参考例句:
  • The waves had taken on a deep swell.海浪汹涌。
  • His injured wrist began to swell.他那受伤的手腕开始肿了。
29 crammed e1bc42dc0400ef06f7a53f27695395ce     
adj.塞满的,挤满的;大口地吃;快速贪婪地吃v.把…塞满;填入;临时抱佛脚( cram的过去式)
参考例句:
  • He crammed eight people into his car. 他往他的车里硬塞进八个人。
  • All the shelves were crammed with books. 所有的架子上都堆满了书。
30 wink 4MGz3     
n.眨眼,使眼色,瞬间;v.眨眼,使眼色,闪烁
参考例句:
  • He tipped me the wink not to buy at that price.他眨眼暗示我按那个价格就不要买。
  • The satellite disappeared in a wink.瞬息之间,那颗卫星就消失了。
31 idol Z4zyo     
n.偶像,红人,宠儿
参考例句:
  • As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子,他是父母的宠儿。
  • Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。
32 swollen DrcwL     
adj.肿大的,水涨的;v.使变大,肿胀
参考例句:
  • Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着,她的双腿已经肿了。
  • A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她,她的手臂肿起来了。
33 glands 82573e247a54d4ca7619fbc1a5141d80     
n.腺( gland的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • a snake's poison glands 蛇的毒腺
  • the sebaceous glands in the skin 皮脂腺
34 bemoaning 1ceaeec29eac15496a4d93c997b604c3     
v.为(某人或某事)抱怨( bemoan的现在分词 );悲悼;为…恸哭;哀叹
参考例句:
  • They sat bemoaning the fact that no one would give them a chance. 他们坐着埋怨别人不肯给他们一个机会。
  • The rest were disappointed, miserable creatures in unwarm beds, tearfully bemoaning their fate. 剩下那些不幸的人,失望的人在不温暖的被窝里悲泣自己的命运。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
35 plight 820zI     
n.困境,境况,誓约,艰难;vt.宣誓,保证,约定
参考例句:
  • The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
  • She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。
36 oysters 713202a391facaf27aab568d95bdc68f     
牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good. 我们今晚没有牡蛎供应。但小龙虾是非常好。
  • She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon. 她端出一盘滚烫的烤牡蛎和咸肉。
37 attic Hv4zZ     
n.顶楼,屋顶室
参考例句:
  • Leakiness in the roof caused a damp attic.屋漏使顶楼潮湿。
  • What's to be done with all this stuff in the attic?顶楼上的材料怎么处理?
38 unbearable alCwB     
adj.不能容忍的;忍受不住的
参考例句:
  • It is unbearable to be always on thorns.老是处于焦虑不安的情况中是受不了的。
  • The more he thought of it the more unbearable it became.他越想越觉得无法忍受。
39 vomit TL9zV     
v.呕吐,作呕;n.呕吐物,吐出物
参考例句:
  • They gave her salty water to make her vomit.他们给她喝盐水好让她吐出来。
  • She was stricken by pain and began to vomit.她感到一阵疼痛,开始呕吐起来。
40 moldy Q1gya     
adj.发霉的
参考例句:
  • She chucked the moldy potatoes in the dustbin.她把发霉的土豆扔进垃圾箱。
  • Oranges can be kept for a long time without going moldy.橙子可以存放很长时间而不腐烂。
41 deity UmRzp     
n.神,神性;被奉若神明的人(或物)
参考例句:
  • Many animals were seen as the manifestation of a deity.许多动物被看作神的化身。
  • The deity was hidden in the deepest recesses of the temple.神藏在庙宇壁龛的最深处。
42 wheedle kpuyX     
v.劝诱,哄骗
参考例句:
  • I knew he was trying to wheedle me into being at his beck and call.我知道这是他拉拢我,好让我俯首贴耳地为他效劳。
  • They tried to wheedle her into leaving the house.他们想哄骗她离开这屋子。
43 ration CAxzc     
n.定量(pl.)给养,口粮;vt.定量供应
参考例句:
  • The country cut the bread ration last year.那个国家去年削减面包配给量。
  • We have to ration the water.我们必须限量用水。
44 crutch Lnvzt     
n.T字形拐杖;支持,依靠,精神支柱
参考例句:
  • Her religion was a crutch to her when John died.约翰死后,她在精神上依靠宗教信仰支撑住自己。
  • He uses his wife as a kind of crutch because of his lack of confidence.他缺乏自信心,总把妻子当作主心骨。
45 sweeping ihCzZ4     
adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的
参考例句:
  • The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
  • Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗?
46 sarcastic jCIzJ     
adj.讥讽的,讽刺的,嘲弄的
参考例句:
  • I squashed him with a sarcastic remark.我说了一句讽刺的话把他给镇住了。
  • She poked fun at people's shortcomings with sarcastic remarks.她冷嘲热讽地拿别人的缺点开玩笑。


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