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"And what if there has been a search already? What if I find them in my room?"

But here was his room. Nothing and no one in it. No one had peeped in. Even Nastasya had not touched it. But heavens! how could he have left all those things in the hole?

He rushed to the corner, slipped his hand under the paper, pulled the things out and lined his pockets with them. There were eight articles in all: two little boxes with ear-rings or something of the sort, he hardly looked to see; then four small leather cases. There was a chain, too, merely wrapped in newspaper and something else in newspaper, that looked like a decoration. . . . He put them all in the different pockets of his overcoat, and the remaining pocket of his trousers, trying to conceal2 them as much as possible. He took the purse, too. Then he went out of his room, leaving the door open. He walked quickly and resolutely3, and though he felt shattered, he had his senses about him. He was afraid of pursuit, he was afraid that in another half-hour, another quarter of an hour perhaps, instructions would be issued for his pursuit, and so at all costs, he must hide all traces before then. He must clear everything up while he still had some strength, some reasoning power left him. . . . Where was he to go?

That had long been settled: "Fling them into the canal, and all traces hidden in the water, the thing would be at an end." So he had decided5 in the night of his delirium6 when several times he had had the impulse to get up and go away, to make haste, and get rid of it all. But to get rid of it, turned out to be a very difficult task. He wandered along the bank of the Ekaterininsky Canal for half an hour or more and looked several times at the steps running down to the water, but he could not think of carrying out his plan; either rafts stood at the steps' edge, and women were washing clothes on them, or boats were moored7 there, and people were swarming8 everywhere. Moreover he could be seen and noticed from the banks on all sides; it would look suspicious for a man to go down on purpose, stop, and throw something into the water. And what if the boxes were to float instead of sinking? And of course they would. Even as it was, everyone he met seemed to stare and look round, as if they had nothing to do but to watch him. "Why is it, or can it be my fancy?" he thought.

At last the thought struck him that it might be better to go to the Neva. There were not so many people there, he would be less observed, and it would be more convenient in every way, above all it was further off. He wondered how he could have been wandering for a good half- hour, worried and anxious in this dangerous past without thinking of it before. And that half-hour he had lost over an irrational9 plan, simply because he had thought of it in delirium! He had become extremely absent and forgetful and he was aware of it. He certainly must make haste.

He walked towards the Neva along V---- Prospect10, but on the way another idea struck him. "Why to the Neva? Would it not be better to go somewhere far off, to the Islands again, and there hide the things in some solitary11 place, in a wood or under a bush, and mark the spot perhaps?" And though he felt incapable12 of clear judgment13, the idea seemed to him a sound one. But he was not destined14 to go there. For coming out of V---- Prospect towards the square, he saw on the left a passage leading between two blank walls to a courtyard. On the right hand, the blank unwhitewashed wall of a four-storied house stretched far into the court; on the left, a wooden hoarding15 ran parallel with it for twenty paces into the court, and then turned sharply to the left. Here was a deserted16 fenced-off place where rubbish of different sorts was lying. At the end of the court, the corner of a low, smutty, stone shed, apparently17 part of some workshop, peeped from behind the hoarding. It was probably a carriage builder's or carpenter's shed; the whole place from the entrance was black with coal dust. Here would be the place to throw it, he thought. Not seeing anyone in the yard, he slipped in, and at once saw near the gate a sink, such as is often put in yards where there are many workmen or cab-drivers; and on the hoarding above had been scribbled18 in chalk the time-honoured witticism19, "Standing20 here strictly21 forbidden." This was all the better, for there would be nothing suspicious about his going in. "Here I could throw it all in a heap and get away!"

Looking round once more, with his hand already in his pocket, he noticed against the outer wall, between the entrance and the sink, a big unhewn stone, weighing perhaps sixty pounds. The other side of the wall was a street. He could hear passers-by, always numerous in that part, but he could not be seen from the entrance, unless someone came in from the street, which might well happen indeed, so there was need of haste.

He bent22 down over the stone, seized the top of it firmly in both hands, and using all his strength turned it over. Under the stone was a small hollow in the ground, and he immediately emptied his pocket into it. The purse lay at the top, and yet the hollow was not filled up. Then he seized the stone again and with one twist turned it back, so that it was in the same position again, though it stood a very little higher. But he scraped the earth about it and pressed it at the edges with his foot. Nothing could be noticed.

Then he went out, and turned into the square. Again an intense, almost unbearable23 joy overwhelmed him for an instant, as it had in the police-office. "I have buried my tracks! And who, who can think of looking under that stone? It has been lying there most likely ever since the house was built, and will lie as many years more. And if it were found, who would think of me? It is all over! No clue!" And he laughed. Yes, he remembered that he began laughing a thin, nervous noiseless laugh, and went on laughing all the time he was crossing the square. But when he reached the K---- Boulevard where two days before he had come upon that girl, his laughter suddenly ceased. Other ideas crept into his mind. He felt all at once that it would be loathsome24 to pass that seat on which after the girl was gone, he had sat and pondered, and that it would be hateful, too, to meet that whiskered policeman to whom he had given the twenty copecks: "Damn him!"

He walked, looking about him angrily and distractedly. All his ideas now seemed to be circling round some single point, and he felt that there really was such a point, and that now, now, he was left facing that point--and for the first time, indeed, during the last two months.

"Damn it all!" he thought suddenly, in a fit of ungovernable fury. "If it has begun, then it has begun. Hang the new life! Good Lord, how stupid it is! . . . And what lies I told to-day! How despicably I fawned25 upon that wretched Ilya Petrovitch! But that is all folly26! What do I care for them all, and my fawning27 upon them! It is not that at all! It is not that at all!"

Suddenly he stopped; a new utterly28 unexpected and exceedingly simple question perplexed29 and bitterly confounded him.

"If it all has really been done deliberately30 and not idiotically, if I really had a certain and definite object, how is it I did not even glance into the purse and don't know what I had there, for which I have undergone these agonies, and have deliberately undertaken this base, filthy31 degrading business? And here I wanted at once to throw into the water the purse together with all the things which I had not seen either . . . how's that?"

Yes, that was so, that was all so. Yet he had known it all before, and it was not a new question for him, even when it was decided in the night without hesitation32 and consideration, as though so it must be, as though it could not possibly be otherwise. . . . Yes, he had known it all, and understood it all; it surely had all been settled even yesterday at the moment when he was bending over the box and pulling the jewel-cases out of it. . . . Yes, so it was.

"It is because I am very ill," he decided grimly at last, "I have been worrying and fretting33 myself, and I don't know what I am doing. . . . Yesterday and the day before yesterday and all this time I have been worrying myself. . . . I shall get well and I shall not worry. . . . But what if I don't get well at all? Good God, how sick I am of it all!"

He walked on without resting. He had a terrible longing34 for some distraction35, but he did not know what to do, what to attempt. A new overwhelming sensation was gaining more and more mastery over him every moment; this was an immeasurable, almost physical, repulsion for everything surrounding him, an obstinate36, malignant37 feeling of hatred38. All who met him were loathsome to him--he loathed39 their faces, their movements, their gestures. If anyone had addressed him, he felt that he might have spat40 at him or bitten him. . . .

He stopped suddenly, on coming out on the bank of the Little Neva, near the bridge to Vassilyevsky Ostrov. "Why, he lives here, in that house," he thought, "why, I have not come to Razumihin of my own accord! Here it's the same thing over again. . . . Very interesting to know, though; have I come on purpose or have I simply walked here by chance? Never mind, I said the day before yesterday that I would go and see him the day /after/; well, and so I will! Besides I really cannot go further now."

He went up to Razumihin's room on the fifth floor.

The latter was at home in his garret, busily writing at the moment, and he opened the door himself. It was four months since they had seen each other. Razumihin was sitting in a ragged41 dressing-gown, with slippers42 on his bare feet, unkempt, unshaven and unwashed. His face showed surprise.

"Is it you?" he cried. He looked his comrade up and down; then after a brief pause, he whistled. "As hard up as all that! Why, brother, you've cut me out!" he added, looking at Raskolnikov's rags. "Come sit down, you are tired, I'll be bound."

And when he had sunk down on the American leather sofa, which was in even worse condition than his own, Razumihin saw at once that his visitor was ill.

"Why, you are seriously ill, do you know that?" He began feeling his pulse. Raskolnikov pulled away his hand.

"Never mind," he said, "I have come for this: I have no lessons. . . . I wanted, . . . but I don't really want lessons. . . ."

"But I say! You are delirious43, you know!" Razumihin observed, watching him carefully.

"No, I am not."

Raskolnikov got up from the sofa. As he had mounted the stairs to Razumihin's, he had not realised that he would be meeting his friend face to face. Now, in a flash, he knew, that what he was least of all disposed for at that moment was to be face to face with anyone in the wide world. His spleen rose within him. He almost choked with rage at himself as soon as he crossed Razumihin's threshold.

"Good-bye," he said abruptly45, and walked to the door.

"Stop, stop! You queer fish."

"I don't want to," said the other, again pulling away his hand.

"Then why the devil have you come? Are you mad, or what? Why, this is . . . almost insulting! I won't let you go like that."

"Well, then, I came to you because I know no one but you who could help . . . to begin . . . because you are kinder than anyone-- cleverer, I mean, and can judge . . . and now I see that I want nothing. Do you hear? Nothing at all . . . no one's services . . . no one's sympathy. I am by myself . . . alone. Come, that's enough. Leave me alone."

"Stay a minute, you sweep! You are a perfect madman. As you like for all I care. I have no lessons, do you see, and I don't care about that, but there's a bookseller, Heruvimov--and he takes the place of a lesson. I would not exchange him for five lessons. He's doing publishing of a kind, and issuing natural science manuals and what a circulation they have! The very titles are worth the money! You always maintained that I was a fool, but by Jove, my boy, there are greater fools than I am! Now he is setting up for being advanced, not that he has an inkling of anything, but, of course, I encourage him. Here are two signatures of the German text--in my opinion, the crudest charlatanism46; it discusses the question, 'Is woman a human being?' And, of course, triumphantly47 proves that she is. Heruvimov is going to bring out this work as a contribution to the woman question; I am translating it; he will expand these two and a half signatures into six, we shall make up a gorgeous title half a page long and bring it out at half a rouble. It will do! He pays me six roubles the signature, it works out to about fifteen roubles for the job, and I've had six already in advance. When we have finished this, we are going to begin a translation about whales, and then some of the dullest scandals out of the second part of /Les Confessions/ we have marked for translation; somebody has told Heruvimov, that Rousseau was a kind of Radishchev. You may be sure I don't contradict him, hang him! Well, would you like to do the second signature of '/Is woman a human being?/' If you would, take the German and pens and paper--all those are provided, and take three roubles; for as I have had six roubles in advance on the whole thing, three roubles come to you for your share. And when you have finished the signature there will be another three roubles for you. And please don't think I am doing you a service; quite the contrary, as soon as you came in, I saw how you could help me; to begin with, I am weak in spelling, and secondly48, I am sometimes utterly adrift in German, so that I make it up as I go along for the most part. The only comfort is, that it's bound to be a change for the better. Though who can tell, maybe it's sometimes for the worse. Will you take it?"

Raskolnikov took the German sheets in silence, took the three roubles and without a word went out. Razumihin gazed after him in astonishment49. But when Raskolnikov was in the next street, he turned back, mounted the stairs to Razumihin's again and laying on the table the German article and the three roubles, went out again, still without uttering a word.

"Are you raving50, or what?" Razumihin shouted, roused to fury at last. "What farce51 is this? You'll drive me crazy too . . . what did you come to see me for, damn you?"

"I don't want . . . translation," muttered Raskolnikov from the stairs.

"Then what the devil do you want?" shouted Razumihin from above. Raskolnikov continued descending52 the staircase in silence.

"Hey, there! Where are you living?"

No answer.

"Well, confound you then!"

But Raskolnikov was already stepping into the street. On the Nikolaevsky Bridge he was roused to full consciousness again by an unpleasant incident. A coachman, after shouting at him two or three times, gave him a violent lash44 on the back with his whip, for having almost fallen under his horses' hoofs53. The lash so infuriated him that he dashed away to the railing (for some unknown reason he had been walking in the very middle of the bridge in the traffic). He angrily clenched54 and ground his teeth. He heard laughter, of course.

"Serves him right!"

"A pickpocket55 I dare say."

"Pretending to be drunk, for sure, and getting under the wheels on purpose; and you have to answer for him."

"It's a regular profession, that's what it is."

But while he stood at the railing, still looking angry and bewildered after the retreating carriage, and rubbing his back, he suddenly felt someone thrust money into his hand. He looked. It was an elderly woman in a kerchief and goatskin shoes, with a girl, probably her daughter wearing a hat, and carrying a green parasol.

"Take it, my good man, in Christ's name."

He took it and they passed on. It was a piece of twenty copecks. From his dress and appearance they might well have taken him for a beggar asking alms in the streets, and the gift of the twenty copecks he doubtless owed to the blow, which made them feel sorry for him.

He closed his hand on the twenty copecks, walked on for ten paces, and turned facing the Neva, looking towards the palace. The sky was without a cloud and the water was almost bright blue, which is so rare in the Neva. The cupola of the cathedral, which is seen at its best from the bridge about twenty paces from the chapel56, glittered in the sunlight, and in the pure air every ornament57 on it could be clearly distinguished58. The pain from the lash went off, and Raskolnikov forgot about it; one uneasy and not quite definite idea occupied him now completely. He stood still, and gazed long and intently into the distance; this spot was especially familiar to him. When he was attending the university, he had hundreds of times--generally on his way home--stood still on this spot, gazed at this truly magnificent spectacle and almost always marvelled59 at a vague and mysterious emotion it roused in him. It left him strangely cold; this gorgeous picture was for him blank and lifeless. He wondered every time at his sombre and enigmatic impression and, mistrusting himself, put off finding the explanation of it. He vividly60 recalled those old doubts and perplexities, and it seemed to him that it was no mere1 chance that he recalled them now. It struck him as strange and grotesque61, that he should have stopped at the same spot as before, as though he actually imagined he could think the same thoughts, be interested in the same theories and pictures that had interested him . . . so short a time ago. He felt it almost amusing, and yet it wrung62 his heart. Deep down, hidden far away out of sight all that seemed to him now--all his old past, his old thoughts, his old problems and theories, his old impressions and that picture and himself and all, all. . . . He felt as though he were flying upwards63, and everything were vanishing from his sight. Making an unconscious movement with his hand, he suddenly became aware of the piece of money in his fist. He opened his hand, stared at the coin, and with a sweep of his arm flung it into the water; then he turned and went home. It seemed to him, he had cut himself off from everyone and from everything at that moment.

Evening was coming on when he reached home, so that he must have been walking about six hours. How and where he came back he did not remember. Undressing, and quivering like an overdriven horse, he lay down on the sofa, drew his greatcoat over him, and at once sank into oblivion. . . .

It was dusk when he was waked up by a fearful scream. Good God, what a scream! Such unnatural64 sounds, such howling, wailing65, grinding, tears, blows and curses he had never heard.

He could never have imagined such brutality66, such frenzy67. In terror he sat up in bed, almost swooning with agony. But the fighting, wailing and cursing grew louder and louder. And then to his intense amazement68 he caught the voice of his landlady69. She was howling, shrieking70 and wailing, rapidly, hurriedly, incoherently, so that he could not make out what she was talking about; she was beseeching71, no doubt, not to be beaten, for she was being mercilessly beaten on the stairs. The voice of her assailant was so horrible from spite and rage that it was almost a croak72; but he, too, was saying something, and just as quickly and indistinctly, hurrying and spluttering. All at once Raskolnikov trembled; he recognised the voice--it was the voice of Ilya Petrovitch. Ilya Petrovitch here and beating the landlady! He is kicking her, banging her head against the steps--that's clear, that can be told from the sounds, from the cries and the thuds. How is it, is the world topsy-turvy? He could hear people running in crowds from all the storeys and all the staircases; he heard voices, exclamations73, knocking, doors banging. "But why, why, and how could it be?" he repeated, thinking seriously that he had gone mad. But no, he heard too distinctly! And they would come to him then next, "for no doubt . . . it's all about that . . . about yesterday. . . . Good God!" He would have fastened his door with the latch74, but he could not lift his hand . . . besides, it would be useless. Terror gripped his heart like ice, tortured him and numbed75 him. . . . But at last all this uproar76, after continuing about ten minutes, began gradually to subside77. The landlady was moaning and groaning78; Ilya Petrovitch was still uttering threats and curses. . . . But at last he, too, seemed to be silent, and now he could not be heard. "Can he have gone away? Good Lord!" Yes, and now the landlady is going too, still weeping and moaning . . . and then her door slammed. . . . Now the crowd was going from the stairs to their rooms, exclaiming, disputing, calling to one another, raising their voices to a shout, dropping them to a whisper. There must have been numbers of them--almost all the inmates79 of the block. "But, good God, how could it be! And why, why had he come here!"

Raskolnikov sank worn out on the sofa, but could not close his eyes. He lay for half an hour in such anguish80, such an intolerable sensation of infinite terror as he had never experienced before. Suddenly a bright light flashed into his room. Nastasya came in with a candle and a plate of soup. Looking at him carefully and ascertaining81 that he was not asleep, she set the candle on the table and began to lay out what she had brought--bread, salt, a plate, a spoon.

"You've eaten nothing since yesterday, I warrant. You've been trudging82 about all day, and you're shaking with fever."

"Nastasya . . . what were they beating the landlady for?"

She looked intently at him.

"Who beat the landlady?"

"Just now . . . half an hour ago, Ilya Petrovitch, the assistant superintendent83, on the stairs. . . . Why was he ill-treating her like that, and . . . why was he here?"

Nastasya scrutinised him, silent and frowning, and her scrutiny84 lasted a long time. He felt uneasy, even frightened at her searching eyes.

"Nastasya, why don't you speak?" he said timidly at last in a weak voice.

"It's the blood," she answered at last softly, as though speaking to herself.

"Blood? What blood?" he muttered, growing white and turning towards the wall.

Nastasya still looked at him without speaking.

"Nobody has been beating the landlady," she declared at last in a firm, resolute4 voice.

He gazed at her, hardly able to breathe.

"I heard it myself. . . . I was not asleep . . . I was sitting up," he said still more timidly. "I listened a long while. The assistant superintendent came. . . . Everyone ran out on to the stairs from all the flats."

"No one has been here. That's the blood crying in your ears. When there's no outlet85 for it and it gets clotted86, you begin fancying things. . . . Will you eat something?"

He made no answer. Nastasya still stood over him, watching him.

"Give me something to drink . . . Nastasya."

She went downstairs and returned with a white earthenware87 jug88 of water. He remembered only swallowing one sip89 of the cold water and spilling some on his neck. Then followed forgetfulness.

 

“要是已经搜查过了,那该如何是好?要是刚好在家里碰到他们去搜查,又该怎么办呢?”

不过,这就是他的房间。没发生任何事情,一个人也没有;谁也没来察看过。连娜斯塔西娅也没碰过他的东西。可是,上帝啊!不久前他怎么能把这些东西藏在这个窟窿里?

他赶紧跑到墙角落里,伸手到墙纸后面,把东西全掏出来,装到衣袋里。原来一共有八件:两个小盒子,装的是耳环或这一类的东西,——他没细看;还有四个精制山羊皮的小匣子。一条链子,就这么用报纸包着。还有个用报纸包着的东西,好像是勋章……

他把这些东西分别装在大衣口袋和裤子上仍然保留着的右边那个口袋里,尽可能装得不惹人注意。和那些东西一起,他也拿了那个钱袋。然后从屋里出去了,这一次甚至让房门完全敞着。

他走得很快,脚步坚定,虽然感觉到全身疲乏无力,但神智是清醒的。他担心有人追赶,担心再过半个钟头或一刻钟,大概就会发出监视他的指示;所以无论如何得在此以前消灭一切痕迹。趁多少还有点儿力气,还能思考的时候,得赶快把事情办完……去哪里呢?

这已经早就决定了:“把所有东西都扔到运河里,不留下任何痕迹,那么事情就全完了。”昨天夜里,还在梦呓中的时候,他就这样决定了,他记得,当时有好几次他竭力想要起来,跑出去:“快,赶快,把所有东西统统扔掉”。但要扔掉,原来是很困难的。

他在叶卡捷琳娜运河堤岸上徘徊了已经约摸半个钟头了,也许还不止半个钟头,有好几次他仔细看看所碰到的岸边斜坡。但是要实现自己的意图,却是连想也不要去想:要么是有木筏停靠在岸边,还有些女人在木筏上洗衣服,要么是停靠着一些小船,到处熙熙攘攘,人头攒动,而且从堤岸上,从四面八方,到处都可以看到,注意到:有一个人故意下去,站下来,把什么东西扔到水里,这是很可疑的。万一小匣子不沉下去,而在水面上漂流呢?当然是这样。人人都会看到。就是不扔东西,大家都已经这样瞅着他了,碰到的人都要仔细打量他,好像他们就只注意他一个人似的。“为什么会这样呢,还是,也许是我自己觉得如此吧,”他想。

最后,他忽然想到,去涅瓦河边是不是会好些呢?那里人少些,也不大惹人注意,无论如何比较合适,而主要是离这儿远一些。他突然觉得奇怪:他怎么能满腹忧虑,提心吊胆,在这危险的地方徘徊了整整半个钟头,而不能早点儿想出这个主意!为干一件冒冒失失的事浪费了整整半个钟头,这都是因为,这一轻率的决定是在梦中,在谵妄状态中作出的!他变得太心不在焉和健忘了,他知道这一点。毫无疑问,得赶快去!

他沿着B大街往涅瓦河走去;但是在路上突然又有一个想法进入他的脑海:“干吗要去涅瓦河?干吗要扔到水里?到一个很远很远的地方去,就是去群岛也可以,在那儿随便什么地方,找个偏僻的去处,在森林里,把这些东西都埋在一棵树底下,或者灌木丛下,而且记住这棵树,这样是不是更好呢?”虽然他感觉到,这时候他不能明确、合理地把一切都考虑得十分周到,但是他觉得这个想法准错不了。

但是命中注定他不会到达群岛,发生的却是另一回事:他从B大街走到广场,突然看到左首有一个院子的入口,院子四周的围墙上完全没有门窗。一进大门,毗邻一幢四层楼房的一道没有粉刷过、也没有门窗的墙壁,从右面一直延伸到院子里很远的地方。左面,也是一进大门,与那道没有门窗的围墙平行,还有一道板墙,深入院子约二十来步,然后又折往左边。这是一个荒凉、僻静、与外部隔绝的地方,里面堆着些不知是什么材料。再往里去,院子深处,板墙后露出一座熏黑了的、低矮难看的建筑物的一角,显然是个什么作坊的一部分。这儿大概是个什么作坊,制造马车的,或者是五金制品装配场,或者是什么其他这一类的作坊;到处,几乎从一进大门,到处都是大量黑煤灰。“哈,这真是个扔东西的好地方,扔下就走!”他不由得想。他发现院子里一个人也没有,于是走进大门,刚好看到,紧靠大门口,板墙边有一条斜沟(在有许多工厂工人、劳动组合的工匠、马车夫等的这种房子里,常常有这样的斜沟),斜沟上方,就在板墙上,用粉笔写着一句在这种场合常见的俏皮话:“次(此)处金(禁)止站立”①。所以,这真是妙极了,来这儿站一会儿,是不会引起任何怀疑的。“在这儿把所有东西随便扔到垃圾堆里,然后就走!”

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①这样的斜沟本是让人小便的,“此处禁止站立”的意思是“禁止小便”,所以说是一句“俏皮话”。

他又朝四下里看了看,已经把手伸进口袋里,突然在外面那道围墙旁边,大门和斜沟之间一俄尺宽的那块空地里,发现了一块没加工过的大石头,大约有一普特①半重,紧靠着临街的石墙。墙外就是大街,人行道,可以听到行人匆匆行走的脚步声,这里总是有不少行人;可是大门外谁也看不到他,除非有人从街上进来,不过这是很可能的,因此得赶快行动。

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①一普特等于一六·三八千克。

他弯下腰,双手紧紧抱住石头上端,使出全身力气把石头翻转过来。石头底下形成了一个不大的坑:他立刻掏出口袋里的东西,全都扔进这个坑里。钱袋丢在了最上边,而坑里还有空余的地方。然后他又抱住石头,只一滚,就把它滚回原来那个方向,刚好落到原处,只不过稍稍高出了一点儿。不过他扒了些泥土堆到石头边上,又用脚把边上踩实。什么也看不出来了。

于是他走出来,往广场上走去。有一瞬间他心中又充满了几乎无法抑制的强烈喜悦,就跟不久前在警察局里的情况一样。“罪证消失了!有谁,有谁会想到来搜查这块石头底下呢?也许从盖房子的时候起,这块石头就放在这儿了,而且还要在这儿放上许多年。即使被人找到:谁能想到我呢?一切都结束了!罪证没有了!”于是他笑了起来。是的,后来他记起,他笑了,这笑是神经质的,不是拖长声音的哈哈大笑,而是无声的笑,不过笑的时间很久,穿过广场的这段时间里他一直在笑。但是当他来到K林荫大道,就是前天遇到那个姑娘的地方,他的笑突然停止了。另外一些想法钻进了他的脑子。他突然觉得,现在他怕打那条长椅子旁边走过,那里让他十分反感,而那天,那个姑娘走了以后,他曾坐在那条长椅子上东想西想,想了好久,他也害怕再碰到那个小胡子,那会使他心情沉重,当时他曾把二十戈比交给了小胡子:“叫他见鬼去吧!”

他一边走,一边心不在焉地、气愤地望着四周。现在他的全部思想都围绕着一个主要问题旋转,——他自己也感觉到,这当真是个主要问题,而现在,正是现在,他正独自面对这一主要问题,——而且这甚至是这两个月来的第一次。

“让这一切都见鬼去吧!”愤恨如潮水般涌上心头,盛怒之下,他想。“好,开始了,那就开始吧,让它见鬼去,让新的生活见鬼去吧!上帝啊,这是多么愚蠢!……今天我说了多少谎,干了多少卑鄙的事情!不久前我曾多么卑鄙地讨好这个最可恶的伊利亚·彼特罗维奇,跟他一道演戏啊!不过,这也是胡说八道!我才瞧不起他们,瞧不起他们大家,也为我讨好他们和演戏感到可耻!完全不是这么回事!完全不是这么回事!……”

他突然站住了;一个完全出乎意外又异常简单的新问题一下子把他弄糊涂了,而且在痛苦地折磨他:

“如果做这一切当真是有意识的,而不是一时糊涂,如果你当真有明确和坚定不移的目的,那么为什么直到现在你连看都没看过那个钱袋,也不知道你弄到了多少钱,不知道你为了什么忍受这些痛苦,为了什么有意识地去干这样卑鄙、丑恶和下流的事情?不是吗,你想立刻把它,把钱袋,连同那些东西一起丢到水里,而你看也没看那是些什么……这是怎么回事呢?”

是的,是这样的;一切的确如此。不过,这些以前他也知道,对他来说,这完全不是什么新问题;昨天夜里决定把一切都扔到水里去的时候,他是毫不犹豫、毫不怀疑地作出决定的,仿佛这是理所当然,仿佛不可能不是这样……不错,这一切他都知道,这一切他都记得;而且几乎是昨天,他蹲在那个箱子旁边,从里面拖出一个个小匣子的时候,就在那个时候,这就已经决定了……

不是这样吗!……

“这是因为我病得很重,”最后他忧郁地断定,“我自寻苦恼,自己折磨自己,连自己也不知道在做什么……昨天,前天,所有这些时间里我一直在折磨自己……等我恢复健康……就不会再折磨自己了……可是我是完全不能恢复健康的了,怎么办?上帝啊!这一切让我多么厌烦了啊!……”他毫不停顿地走着。他很想设法分散一下注意力,但是他不知道该怎么办,该采取什么办法。一种无法克服的前所未有的感觉控制了他,而且这感觉几乎一分钟比一分钟强烈:这是对所遇到的一切、对周围一切事物极端厌恶的一种感觉,几乎是肉体上感觉得到的一种厌恶,而且这感觉是顽强的,充满了愤恨和憎恶。所有遇到的人,他都觉得是丑恶的,他们的脸,他们走路的姿势,一举一动,他都觉得可恶。他简直想往什么人的脸上啐口唾沫,似乎,如果有人跟他说话,不管是谁,他都会咬他一口……

当他走到小涅瓦河堤岸上的时候,他突然在瓦西利耶夫斯基岛一座桥旁站住了。“瞧,他就住在这儿,住在这所房子里,”他想。“这是怎么回事,我好像自己走到拉祖米欣这儿来了!又像那时候,那一次一样……不过这倒很有意思,是我主动来的呢,还是无意中走到了这里?反正一样;前天……我说过……等干完那件事以后,第二天再来,有什么呢,这不是来了!似乎我现在也不能去……”

他上五楼去找拉祖米欣。

拉祖米欣在家,在他那间小屋里,这时他正在工作,在写什么,亲自来给他开了门。他们有三个多月没见面了。拉祖米欣穿一件已经破烂不堪的睡衣,赤脚穿着便鞋,头发乱蓬蓬的,脸没刮过,也没洗过。他脸上流露出惊讶的神情。

“你怎么了?”他从头到脚细细打量进来的同学,叫喊起来;接着沉默了一会儿,吹了吹口哨。

“莫非情况这么糟吗?可你,老兄,论穿戴,往常你可是比我们大家都强啊,”他瞅着拉斯科利尼科夫那身褴褛的衣服,又加上一句。“你坐啊,大概累了吧!”当拉斯科利尼科夫躺倒在比他自己的沙发更差的漆布面土耳其式沙发上的时候,拉祖米欣突然看出,他的客人有病。

“您病得很严重,你知道吗?”他要摸他的脉搏;拉斯科利尼科夫把手挣开了。

“用不着……”他说,“我来……是这么回事:教书的工作,我已经没有了……我想要……不过,我根本不需要教课……”

“你知道吗?你在说胡话!”凝神细心观察他的拉祖米欣说。

“不,我不是说胡话……”拉斯科利尼科夫从沙发上站了起来。他上楼来找拉祖米欣的时候,并没想到必然要面对面地会见拉祖米欣。现在,已经是根据自己的经验,他刹时间想到,目前他最不愿面对面地会见世界上的任何人。他满腔怒火突然爆发。一跨进拉祖米欣家的门坎,由于痛恨自己,他气得几乎喘不过气来。

“再见!”他突然说,于是往门口走去。

“喂,你等一等,等一等,怪人!”

“用不着!……”拉斯科利尼科夫重复说,又把手挣开了。

“那么干吗要来!你发傻了,还是怎么的?……几乎让人感到难堪。这样我不放你走!”

“好,那么你听着:我来找你,是因为,除了你,我不认识旁的能帮助我的人……帮助我开始……因为你比他们大家的心肠都好,也就是说比他们聪明,能够全面地考虑……可现在我看到,我什么也不需要,你听到吗,完全不需要……任何人的帮助和同情……我自己……独自个儿……好,够了!别管我!”

“不过请稍等一等,扫烟囱的工人①!你完全是个疯子!我的意见是,你爱怎么着就怎么着。你要知道,我也不教书了,而且教书我也看不上。不过旧货市场上有个书商,姓赫鲁维莫夫,就某一方面来说,给他干,也等于教课。现在我可不愿放弃这个工作,去换取给五个富商当家庭教师的工作。他经营出版业,出版自然科学书籍,——很有销路!单是书名就很值钱!你总是说我傻,真的,老兄,还有比我更傻的呢!现在他也在赶浪头,迎合社会思潮;他自己是一点儿也不懂,我呢,当然鼓励他。这儿有两印张多德文原作,依我看,这是极其愚蠢的招摇撞骗的玩意儿:总而言之,讨论是不是该把女人看作人?当然啦,郑重其事地证明了,女人是人。赫鲁维莫夫打算出版这本关于妇女问题的著作;我正在翻译:他要把这两印张半排成六印张,加上半页印得十分豪华漂亮的书名,每本卖半个卢布。准能卖得出去!给我的稿酬是一印张六个卢布,所以一共可以拿到十五卢布,我已经预支了六个卢布。搞完这一本,我们还要着手译一部关于鲸的书,然后又要从《Confessions》②的第二部里摘译一些最无聊的废话;有人告诉赫鲁维莫夫,似乎就某方面来说,卢梭也就是拉季舍夫③一类的人物。我当然不反对了,管它呢!喂,你愿意译《女人是不是人》的第二印张吗?愿意的话,现在就把原文拿去,笔和纸也都拿去,——这都是免费供给的——再拿三个卢布去;因为我预支的是全部译稿,第一印张和第二印张的稿费,所以三个卢布是应该归你。你译完以后,还可以拿三个卢布。还有,请你别把这看作是我对你的帮助。恰恰相反,你一进来,我就在盘算,你能在哪方面给我帮个忙了。第一,我对正字法不太了解,第二,有时我的德文简直不行,因此,我哪里是翻译啊,多半是自己写作,可以聊以自慰的是,这样会更好些。唉,谁知道呢,说不定这样不是更好,而是更糟……你干不干?”

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①因为他穿得又破又脏,像个归烟囱的工人。

②《Confessions》(《忏悔录》)是法国作家卢梭(一七一二——一七七八)的自传性作品,于一八六五年译成俄文。

③阿·尼·拉季舍夫(一七四九——一八○二),俄罗斯作家,革命家,唯物主义哲学家。

拉斯科利尼科夫默默地拿了几页德文论文,拿了三个卢布,一句话也没说就走了出去。拉祖米欣惊讶地目送着他。拉斯科利尼科夫已经来到了第一条街道上了,却突然转身回去,又上楼去找拉祖米欣,把那儿页德文原著和三个卢布都放到桌子上,又是一言不发,转身就走。

“你是发酒疯,还是怎么了!”终于大发脾气的拉祖米欣高声叫喊起来。“你干吗要演滑稽戏!连我都让你给搞糊涂了……见鬼,你干吗回来?”

“翻译……我不需要……”拉斯科利尼科夫已经在下楼梯的时候,含糊不清地说。

“那么你需要什么呢?”拉祖米欣从楼上大声嚷。拉斯科利尼科夫继续默默地往下走。

“喂,你!你住在哪里?”

没有回答。

“哼,那么你见—鬼去吧!……”

可是拉斯科利尼科夫已经到了街上。在尼古拉耶夫斯基桥上,由于遇到一件对他来说极不愉快的事,他又一次完全清醒过来。一辆四轮马车上的车夫在他背上狠狠地抽了一鞭子,因为他险些儿没让马给踩死,虽然车夫对他叫喊了三、四次,可他根本就没听见。这一鞭子打得他冒起火来,赶快跳到了栏杆边(不知为什么他在桥当中走,而那里是车行道,人不能在那里走),气得把牙齿咬得喀喀地响。当然啦,周围爆发了一阵哄笑声。

“该打!”

“是个骗子。”

“当然是假装喝醉了,故意要往车轮底下钻;你却要对他负责。”

“他们就是干这一行的,老兄,你们就是干这一行的……”

但是就在这时,就在他站在栏杆边,一直还在茫然而又愤怒地目送着渐渐远去的四轮马车,揉着背部的时候,他突然感觉到,有人往他手里塞钱。他一看,原来是一个上了年纪的商人太太,包着头巾,穿一双山羊皮皮鞋,还有一个戴着帽子、打着绿伞的姑娘和她在一起,大概是她女儿。“看在耶稣份上,收下吧,先生。”他接过了钱,她们从一旁过去了。这是一枚二十戈比的钱币。看他的衣服和他的样子,她们很可能把他当成了乞丐,当成了经常在街上讨钱的叫化子,而他得到这二十戈比,大概是多亏了挨的那一鞭子,正是这一鞭子使她们产生了恻隐之心。

他把这二十戈比攥在手里,走了十来步,转过脸去对着涅瓦河,面对皇宫①那个方向。天空中没有一丝云影,河水几乎是蔚蓝的,在涅瓦河里,这是很少见的。大教堂的圆顶光彩四射,无论站在哪里看它,都不像从桥上离钟楼二十来步远的这儿看得这样清楚,透过纯净的空气,甚至可以清晰地看出圆顶上的种种装饰。鞭打的疼痛消失了,拉斯科利尼科夫忘记了挨打的事;一个令人不安、还不十分明确的想法吸引了他的全部注意力。他站在那儿,好长时间凝神远眺;这地方他特别熟悉。以前他去大学上课的时候,常常——多半是在回家的时候,——也许有百来次,他停下来,正是站在这个地方,凝神注视着这的确是辉煌壮丽的景色,而且几乎每次都为一种模模糊糊的、他无法解释的印象感到惊讶。这壮丽的景色仿佛寒气逼人,总是会使他有一种无法解释的凄凉感觉;对他来说,这华丽的画面寂静、荒凉,令人心情颓丧……每次他都对自己这种忧郁和难以解释的印象觉得奇怪,由于不相信自己能作出满意的解释,于是就把解开这不解之谜的任务推迟到未来。现在他突然清清楚楚想起了自己从前的这些问题和困惑,而且觉得,现在他想起这些来并不是偶然的。现在他恰好站在从前站着的那个地方,仿佛当真认为现在可以像从前一样思考那些同样的问题,对以前,……还完全是不久前感兴趣的那些论题和画面同样很感兴趣,单是这一点就让他感到奇怪和不可思议了。他甚至几乎觉得有点儿好笑,而同时又感到压抑,压得胸部都觉得疼痛。他好像觉得,这全部过去,这些以前的想法,以前的任务,以前的印象,还有这全部景色,以及他自己,一切、一切……全都在下面,在他脚下隐约可见的,一个很深很深的地方。似乎他已离地飞升,不知往什么地方飞去,一切都从他眼中消失了……他用手做了个不由自主的动作,突然感觉到了拳头里攥着的那枚二十戈比的硬币。他松开手,凝神看了看那枚钱币,一挥手把它扔进水里;然后转身回家。他觉得,这时他好像是用剪刀把他与一切人和一切事物都剪断了。

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①指冬宫。

他回到家里,已经是傍晚时分,这么说,他一共走了六个钟头。他是从哪里回来,又是怎样回来的,这些他什么也不记得。他脱掉衣服,像一匹给赶得筋疲力尽的马,浑身发抖,躺到沙发上,拉过大衣盖在身上,立刻昏昏沉沉进入梦乡……

天色已经完全昏暗的时候,他被一阵可怕的叫喊声惊醒了。天哪,这喊声多么吓人!这样的号哭和哀号,这样的咬牙切齿、眼泪、毒打和咒骂,这样一些极不正常的声音,他还从未听过,从未见过。他不能想象会有这样残暴的行为和这样的狂怒。他惊恐地欠起身来,坐到自己床上,一直呆呆地一动不动,痛苦万分。但打架、号哭和咒骂却越来越凶了。使他极为惊讶的是,他突然听出了女房东的声音。她哀号、尖叫,数数落落地边哭边嚷,匆忙而又急促地述说着,以致无法听清,女房东在哀求什么,——当然是哀求人家别再打她,因为有人正在楼梯上毫不留情地毒打她。由于愤恨和气得发狂,打人的人的声音听起来是那么可怕,已经只听到嘶哑的叫喊,不过打人的人还是在说什么,说得也很快,听不清楚,急急匆匆,上气不接下气。突然拉斯科利尼科夫像片树叶样簌簌发抖了:他听出了这个声音;这是伊利亚·彼特罗维奇的声音。伊利亚·彼特罗维奇在这里,而且在打女房东!他用脚踢她,把她的头用力往楼梯上撞,——这是很显然的,从响声,从哭声,从殴打的声音上都可以听得出来!这是怎么回事,天翻地覆了吗?可以听到,每层楼、每道楼梯上都挤满了人,听到人们的说话声,惊呼声,许多人上楼来,敲门,砰砰啪啪的开门关门声,大家都跑到一起来了。“可这是为什么,为什么……这怎么可能呢!”他反复说,并且认真地想,他准是完全疯了。可是,不,他听得太清楚了!……这么说,既然如此,他们马上就要到他这儿来了,“因为……没错儿,全是为了那桩事……由于昨天的……上帝啊!”他想扣上门钩,可是手抬不起来……再说,也没有用!恐惧像冰一样包围了他的心,使他痛苦异常,仿佛把他给冻僵了……不过,这阵持续了足有十来分钟的吵闹声终于渐渐平静下来了。女房东还在呻吟,还在哼,伊利亚·彼特罗维奇一直还在吓唬她,骂她……不过,好像他也终于安静下来了;喏,已经听不到声音了;“莫非他走了吗!上帝啊!”对,女房东也走了,她一直还在呻吟,还在哭……听,她的房门也砰地一声关上了……人群也散了,下楼回各人的房间里去了,——他们叹息着,争论着,互相呼唤着,有时提高声音,像是在叫喊,有时压低声音,好似窃窃私语。想必有很多人;几乎整幢房子里的人都跑来了。“不过,天哪,难道这是可能的吗!而且为什么,他为什么到这儿来呢!”

拉斯科利尼科夫浑身瘫软无力地倒到沙发上,可是已经不能合眼了;他十分痛苦地躺了约摸半个钟头,感到极端恐惧,简直无法忍受,这样的痛苦和恐惧,以前他还从未经受过。突然一道亮光照亮了他的小屋:娜斯塔西娅拿着蜡烛、端着一盘汤走了进来。她仔细看了看他,看清他没有睡觉,于是把蜡烛放到桌子上,把拿来的东西一一摆了出来:面包、盐、盘子、调羹。

“你大概从昨儿个就没吃东西了。在外面转悠了整整一天,人却在发烧。”

“娜斯塔西娅……为什么要打女房东啊?”

她留心瞅了瞅他。

“谁打女房东了?”

“刚才…………半个钟头以前,伊利亚·彼特罗维奇,警察分局的副局长,在楼梯上……他为什么这样毒打她?还有……他来干什么?……”

娜斯塔西娅一声不响,皱起眉头,细细打量着他,这样看了好久。这样细细打量他,使他感到很不愉快,甚至感到害怕。

“娜斯塔西娅,你为什么不说话?”最后,他声音微弱地、怯生生地说。

“这是血,”她终于轻轻地回答,仿佛自言自语。

“血!……什么血?……”他含糊不清地说,脸色煞白,并且往墙那边躲开一些。娜斯塔西娅继续默默地瞅着他。

“谁也没打女房东,”她又用严厉和坚定的声音说。他看着她,几乎喘不过气来。

“我亲耳听到的……我没睡,……我在坐着,”他更加忐忑不安地说。“我听了很久……副局长来了……大家都跑到楼梯上来了,从所有住房里……”

“谁也没来过。这是你身上的血在叫喊。血没处流的时候,就会凝成血块,于是就会好像看见什么,听见什么……你要吃点儿东西吗?”

他没回答。娜斯塔西娅一直站在他身边,凝神注视着他,没有走。

“给我点儿水喝……娜斯塔西尤什卡。”

她下去了,两分钟后,用一个带把的白瓷杯端了一杯水回来;他已经记不得以后的事了。他只记得,他喝了一口冷水,把杯里的水都洒到了胸膛上。以后就失去了知觉。


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1 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。
2 conceal DpYzt     
v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽
参考例句:
  • He had to conceal his identity to escape the police.为了躲避警方,他只好隐瞒身份。
  • He could hardly conceal his joy at his departure.他几乎掩饰不住临行时的喜悦。
3 resolutely WW2xh     
adj.坚决地,果断地
参考例句:
  • He resolutely adhered to what he had said at the meeting. 他坚持他在会上所说的话。
  • He grumbles at his lot instead of resolutely facing his difficulties. 他不是果敢地去面对困难,而是抱怨自己运气不佳。
4 resolute 2sCyu     
adj.坚决的,果敢的
参考例句:
  • He was resolute in carrying out his plan.他坚决地实行他的计划。
  • The Egyptians offered resolute resistance to the aggressors.埃及人对侵略者作出坚决的反抗。
5 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
6 delirium 99jyh     
n. 神智昏迷,说胡话;极度兴奋
参考例句:
  • In her delirium, she had fallen to the floor several times. 她在神志不清的状态下几次摔倒在地上。
  • For the next nine months, Job was in constant delirium.接下来的九个月,约伯处于持续精神错乱的状态。
7 moored 7d8a41f50d4b6386c7ace4489bce8b89     
adj. 系泊的 动词moor的过去式和过去分词形式
参考例句:
  • The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London. 该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
  • We shipped (the) oars and moored alongside the bank. 我们收起桨,把船泊在岸边。
8 swarming db600a2d08b872102efc8fbe05f047f9     
密集( swarm的现在分词 ); 云集; 成群地移动; 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去
参考例句:
  • The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。
  • The beach is swarming with bathers. 海滩满是海水浴的人。
9 irrational UaDzl     
adj.无理性的,失去理性的
参考例句:
  • After taking the drug she became completely irrational.她在吸毒后变得完全失去了理性。
  • There are also signs of irrational exuberance among some investors.在某些投资者中是存在非理性繁荣的征象的。
10 prospect P01zn     
n.前景,前途;景色,视野
参考例句:
  • This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
  • The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
11 solitary 7FUyx     
adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士
参考例句:
  • I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
  • The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际,显得十分壮美。
12 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。
13 judgment e3xxC     
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见
参考例句:
  • The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
  • He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
14 destined Dunznz     
adj.命中注定的;(for)以…为目的地的
参考例句:
  • It was destined that they would marry.他们结婚是缘分。
  • The shipment is destined for America.这批货物将运往美国。
15 hoarding wdwzA     
n.贮藏;积蓄;临时围墙;囤积v.积蓄并储藏(某物)( hoard的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • After the war, they were shot for hoarding. 战后他们因囤积而被枪决。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Actually he had two unused ones which he was hoarding up. 其实他还藏了两片没有用呢。 来自英汉文学
16 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。
17 apparently tMmyQ     
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
参考例句:
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
18 scribbled de374a2e21876e209006cd3e9a90c01b     
v.潦草的书写( scribble的过去式和过去分词 );乱画;草草地写;匆匆记下
参考例句:
  • She scribbled his phone number on a scrap of paper. 她把他的电话号码匆匆写在一张小纸片上。
  • He scribbled a note to his sister before leaving. 临行前,他给妹妹草草写了一封短信。
19 witticism KIeyn     
n.谐语,妙语
参考例句:
  • He tries to lighten his lectures with an occasional witticism.他有时想用俏皮话使课堂活跃。
  • His witticism was as sharp as a marble.他的打趣话十分枯燥无味。
20 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。
21 strictly GtNwe     
adv.严厉地,严格地;严密地
参考例句:
  • His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
  • The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。
22 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。
23 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。
24 loathsome Vx5yX     
adj.讨厌的,令人厌恶的
参考例句:
  • The witch hid her loathsome face with her hands.巫婆用手掩住她那张令人恶心的脸。
  • Some people think that snakes are loathsome creatures.有些人觉得蛇是令人憎恶的动物。
25 fawned e0524baa230d9db2cea3c53dc99ba3f6     
v.(尤指狗等)跳过来往人身上蹭以示亲热( fawn的过去式和过去分词 );巴结;讨好
参考例句:
  • The dog fawned on [upon] the boy. 那条狗向那少年摇尾乞怜。 来自辞典例句
  • The lion, considering him attentively, and remembering his former friend, fawned upon him. 狮子将他仔细地打量了一番,记起他就是从前的那个朋友,于是亲昵地偎在他身旁。 来自辞典例句
26 folly QgOzL     
n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话
参考例句:
  • Learn wisdom by the folly of others.从别人的愚蠢行动中学到智慧。
  • Events proved the folly of such calculations.事情的进展证明了这种估计是愚蠢的。
27 fawning qt7zLh     
adj.乞怜的,奉承的v.(尤指狗等)跳过来往人身上蹭以示亲热( fawn的现在分词 );巴结;讨好
参考例句:
  • The servant worn a fawning smile. 仆人的脸上露出一种谄笑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Then, what submission, what cringing and fawning, what servility, what abject humiliation! 好一个低眉垂首、阿谀逢迎、胁肩谄笑、卑躬屈膝的场面! 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
28 utterly ZfpzM1     
adv.完全地,绝对地
参考例句:
  • Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民,把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
  • I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。
29 perplexed A3Rz0     
adj.不知所措的
参考例句:
  • The farmer felt the cow,went away,returned,sorely perplexed,always afraid of being cheated.那农民摸摸那头牛,走了又回来,犹豫不决,总怕上当受骗。
  • The child was perplexed by the intricate plot of the story.这孩子被那头绪纷繁的故事弄得迷惑不解。
30 deliberately Gulzvq     
adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地
参考例句:
  • The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
  • They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。
31 filthy ZgOzj     
adj.卑劣的;恶劣的,肮脏的
参考例句:
  • The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories.整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。
  • You really should throw out that filthy old sofa and get a new one.你真的应该扔掉那张肮脏的旧沙发,然后再去买张新的。
32 hesitation tdsz5     
n.犹豫,踌躇
参考例句:
  • After a long hesitation, he told the truth at last.踌躇了半天,他终于直说了。
  • There was a certain hesitation in her manner.她的态度有些犹豫不决。
33 fretting fretting     
n. 微振磨损 adj. 烦躁的, 焦虑的
参考例句:
  • Fretting about it won't help. 苦恼于事无补。
  • The old lady is always fretting over something unimportant. 那位老妇人总是为一些小事焦虑不安。
34 longing 98bzd     
n.(for)渴望
参考例句:
  • Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
  • His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。
35 distraction muOz3l     
n.精神涣散,精神不集中,消遣,娱乐
参考例句:
  • Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注,不能有丝毫分神。
  • Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。
36 obstinate m0dy6     
adj.顽固的,倔强的,不易屈服的,较难治愈的
参考例句:
  • She's too obstinate to let anyone help her.她太倔强了,不会让任何人帮她的。
  • The trader was obstinate in the negotiation.这个商人在谈判中拗强固执。
37 malignant Z89zY     
adj.恶性的,致命的;恶意的,恶毒的
参考例句:
  • Alexander got a malignant slander.亚历山大受到恶意的诽谤。
  • He started to his feet with a malignant glance at Winston.他爬了起来,不高兴地看了温斯顿一眼。
38 hatred T5Gyg     
n.憎恶,憎恨,仇恨
参考例句:
  • He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
  • The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。
39 loathed dbdbbc9cf5c853a4f358a2cd10c12ff2     
v.憎恨,厌恶( loathe的过去式和过去分词 );极不喜欢
参考例句:
  • Baker loathed going to this red-haired young pup for supplies. 面包师傅不喜欢去这个红头发的自负的傻小子那里拿原料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Therefore, above all things else, he loathed his miserable self! 因此,他厌恶不幸的自我尤胜其它! 来自英汉文学 - 红字
40 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。
41 ragged KC0y8     
adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的
参考例句:
  • A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。
  • Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣烂衫意味着贫穷。
42 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。
43 delirious V9gyj     
adj.不省人事的,神智昏迷的
参考例句:
  • He was delirious,murmuring about that matter.他精神恍惚,低声叨念着那件事。
  • She knew that he had become delirious,and tried to pacify him.她知道他已经神志昏迷起来了,极力想使他镇静下来。
44 lash a2oxR     
v.系牢;鞭打;猛烈抨击;n.鞭打;眼睫毛
参考例句:
  • He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
  • With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。
45 abruptly iINyJ     
adv.突然地,出其不意地
参考例句:
  • He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
  • I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。
46 charlatanism cb7af87a3565d90c92b2aa7880b69953     
n.庸医术,庸医的行为
参考例句:
  • There is no philosophy in the period between Kant and myself; only mere University charlatanism. 在康德和我自己之间的这一时期,没有哲学家,仅有大学庸医而已。 来自互联网
  • They also bared the basic charlatanism underlying all of the Chiang regime's tactics. 这些事实也暴露了蒋政权各种手法的卑鄙本质。 来自互联网
47 triumphantly 9fhzuv     
ad.得意洋洋地;得胜地;成功地
参考例句:
  • The lion was roaring triumphantly. 狮子正在发出胜利的吼叫。
  • Robert was looking at me triumphantly. 罗伯特正得意扬扬地看着我。
48 secondly cjazXx     
adv.第二,其次
参考例句:
  • Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二,动脑筋提出自己的见解。
  • Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次,需要确定所作用的载荷。
49 astonishment VvjzR     
n.惊奇,惊异
参考例句:
  • They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
  • I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。
50 raving c42d0882009d28726dc86bae11d3aaa7     
adj.说胡话的;疯狂的,怒吼的;非常漂亮的;令人醉心[痴心]的v.胡言乱语(rave的现在分词)n.胡话;疯话adv.胡言乱语地;疯狂地
参考例句:
  • The man's a raving lunatic. 那个男子是个语无伦次的疯子。
  • When I told her I'd crashed her car, she went stark raving bonkers. 我告诉她我把她的车撞坏了时,她暴跳如雷。
51 farce HhlzS     
n.闹剧,笑剧,滑稽戏;胡闹
参考例句:
  • They played a shameful role in this farce.他们在这场闹剧中扮演了可耻的角色。
  • The audience roared at the farce.闹剧使观众哄堂大笑。
52 descending descending     
n. 下行 adj. 下降的
参考例句:
  • The results are expressed in descending numerical order . 结果按数字降序列出。
  • The climbers stopped to orient themselves before descending the mountain. 登山者先停下来确定所在的位置,然后再下山。
53 hoofs ffcc3c14b1369cfeb4617ce36882c891     
n.(兽的)蹄,马蹄( hoof的名词复数 )v.(兽的)蹄,马蹄( hoof的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • The stamp of the horse's hoofs on the wooden floor was loud. 马蹄踏在木头地板上的声音很响。 来自辞典例句
  • The noise of hoofs called him back to the other window. 马蹄声把他又唤回那扇窗子口。 来自辞典例句
54 clenched clenched     
v.紧握,抓紧,咬紧( clench的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He clenched his fists in anger. 他愤怒地攥紧了拳头。
  • She clenched her hands in her lap to hide their trembling. 她攥紧双手放在腿上,以掩饰其颤抖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
55 pickpocket 8lfzfN     
n.扒手;v.扒窃
参考例句:
  • The pickpocket pinched her purse and ran away.扒手偷了她的皮夹子跑了。
  • He had his purse stolen by a pickpocket.他的钱包被掏了。
56 chapel UXNzg     
n.小教堂,殡仪馆
参考例句:
  • The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
  • She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午,她在小教堂的演出,可以说是登峰造极。
57 ornament u4czn     
v.装饰,美化;n.装饰,装饰物
参考例句:
  • The flowers were put on the table for ornament.花放在桌子上做装饰用。
  • She wears a crystal ornament on her chest.她的前胸戴了一个水晶饰品。
58 distinguished wu9z3v     
adj.卓越的,杰出的,著名的
参考例句:
  • Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
  • A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。
59 marvelled 11581b63f48d58076e19f7de58613f45     
v.惊奇,对…感到惊奇( marvel的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • I marvelled that he suddenly left college. 我对他突然离开大学感到惊奇。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I marvelled at your boldness. 我对你的大胆感到惊奇。 来自《简明英汉词典》
60 vividly tebzrE     
adv.清楚地,鲜明地,生动地
参考例句:
  • The speaker pictured the suffering of the poor vividly.演讲者很生动地描述了穷人的生活。
  • The characters in the book are vividly presented.这本书里的人物写得栩栩如生。
61 grotesque O6ryZ     
adj.怪诞的,丑陋的;n.怪诞的图案,怪人(物)
参考例句:
  • His face has a grotesque appearance.他的面部表情十分怪。
  • Her account of the incident was a grotesque distortion of the truth.她对这件事的陈述是荒诞地歪曲了事实。
62 wrung b11606a7aab3e4f9eebce4222a9397b1     
绞( wring的过去式和过去分词 ); 握紧(尤指别人的手); 把(湿衣服)拧干; 绞掉(水)
参考例句:
  • He has wrung the words from their true meaning. 他曲解这些字的真正意义。
  • He wrung my hand warmly. 他热情地紧握我的手。
63 upwards lj5wR     
adv.向上,在更高处...以上
参考例句:
  • The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
  • The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。
64 unnatural 5f2zAc     
adj.不自然的;反常的
参考例句:
  • Did her behaviour seem unnatural in any way?她有任何反常表现吗?
  • She has an unnatural smile on her face.她脸上挂着做作的微笑。
65 wailing 25fbaeeefc437dc6816eab4c6298b423     
v.哭叫,哀号( wail的现在分词 );沱
参考例句:
  • A police car raced past with its siren wailing. 一辆警车鸣着警报器飞驰而过。
  • The little girl was wailing miserably. 那小女孩难过得号啕大哭。
66 brutality MSbyb     
n.野蛮的行为,残忍,野蛮
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。
  • a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军
67 frenzy jQbzs     
n.疯狂,狂热,极度的激动
参考例句:
  • He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。
  • They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。
68 amazement 7zlzBK     
n.惊奇,惊讶
参考例句:
  • All those around him looked at him with amazement.周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
  • He looked at me in blank amazement.他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。
69 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。
70 shrieking abc59c5a22d7db02751db32b27b25dbb     
v.尖叫( shriek的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd. 拳击运动员听见观众的喊叫就来劲儿了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They were all shrieking with laughter. 他们都发出了尖锐的笑声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
71 beseeching 67f0362f7eb28291ad2968044eb2a985     
adj.恳求似的v.恳求,乞求(某事物)( beseech的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • She clung to her father, beseeching him for consent. 她紧紧挨着父亲,恳求他答应。 来自辞典例句
  • He casts a beseeching glance at his son. 他用恳求的眼光望着儿子。 来自辞典例句
72 croak yYLzJ     
vi.嘎嘎叫,发牢骚
参考例句:
  • Everyone seemed rather out of sorts and inclined to croak.每个人似乎都有点不对劲,想发发牢骚。
  • Frogs began to croak with the rainfall.蛙随着雨落开始哇哇叫。
73 exclamations aea591b1607dd0b11f1dd659bad7d827     
n.呼喊( exclamation的名词复数 );感叹;感叹语;感叹词
参考例句:
  • The visitors broke into exclamations of wonder when they saw the magnificent Great Wall. 看到雄伟的长城,游客们惊叹不已。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • After the will has been read out, angry exclamations aroused. 遗嘱宣读完之后,激起一片愤怒的喊声。 来自辞典例句
74 latch g2wxS     
n.门闩,窗闩;弹簧锁
参考例句:
  • She laid her hand on the latch of the door.她把手放在门闩上。
  • The repairman installed an iron latch on the door.修理工在门上安了铁门闩。
75 numbed f49681fad452b31c559c5f54ee8220f4     
v.使麻木,使麻痹( numb的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • His mind has been numbed. 他已麻木不仁。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He was numbed with grief. 他因悲伤而昏迷了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
76 uproar LHfyc     
n.骚动,喧嚣,鼎沸
参考例句:
  • She could hear the uproar in the room.她能听见房间里的吵闹声。
  • His remarks threw the audience into an uproar.他的讲话使听众沸腾起来。
77 subside OHyzt     
vi.平静,平息;下沉,塌陷,沉降
参考例句:
  • The emotional reaction which results from a serious accident takes time to subside.严重事故所引起的情绪化的反应需要时间来平息。
  • The controversies surrounding population growth are unlikely to subside soon.围绕着人口增长问题的争论看来不会很快平息。
78 groaning groaning     
adj. 呜咽的, 呻吟的 动词groan的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • She's always groaning on about how much she has to do. 她总抱怨自己干很多活儿。
  • The wounded man lay there groaning, with no one to help him. 受伤者躺在那里呻吟着,无人救助。
79 inmates 9f4380ba14152f3e12fbdf1595415606     
n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》
80 anguish awZz0     
n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼
参考例句:
  • She cried out for anguish at parting.分手时,她由于痛苦而失声大哭。
  • The unspeakable anguish wrung his heart.难言的痛苦折磨着他的心。
81 ascertaining e416513cdf74aa5e4277c1fc28aab393     
v.弄清,确定,查明( ascertain的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • I was ascertaining whether the cellar stretched out in front or behind. 我当时是要弄清楚地下室是朝前还是朝后延伸的。 来自辞典例句
  • The design and ascertaining of permanent-magnet-biased magnetic bearing parameter are detailed introduced. 并对永磁偏置磁悬浮轴承参数的设计和确定进行了详细介绍。 来自互联网
82 trudging f66543befe0044651f745d00cf696010     
vt.& vi.跋涉,吃力地走(trudge的现在分词形式)
参考例句:
  • There was a stream of refugees trudging up the valley towards the border. 一队难民步履艰难地爬上山谷向着边境走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Two mules well laden with packs were trudging along. 两头骡子驮着沉重的背包,吃力地往前走。 来自辞典例句
83 superintendent vsTwV     
n.监督人,主管,总监;(英国)警务长
参考例句:
  • He was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of Foreign Trade.他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监。
  • He decided to call the superintendent of the building.他决定给楼房管理员打电话。
84 scrutiny ZDgz6     
n.详细检查,仔细观察
参考例句:
  • His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好,但是经不起仔细检查。
  • Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。
85 outlet ZJFxG     
n.出口/路;销路;批发商店;通风口;发泄
参考例句:
  • The outlet of a water pipe was blocked.水管的出水口堵住了。
  • Running is a good outlet for his energy.跑步是他发泄过剩精力的好方法。
86 clotted 60ef42e97980d4b0ed8af76ca7e3f1ac     
adj.凝结的v.凝固( clot的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • scones and jam with clotted cream 夹有凝脂奶油和果酱的烤饼
  • Perspiration clotted his hair. 汗水使他的头发粘在一起。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
87 earthenware Lr5xL     
n.土器,陶器
参考例句:
  • She made sure that the glassware and earthenware were always spotlessly clean.她总是把玻璃器皿和陶器洗刷得干干净净。
  • They displayed some bowls of glazed earthenware.他们展出了一些上釉的陶碗。
88 jug QaNzK     
n.(有柄,小口,可盛水等的)大壶,罐,盂
参考例句:
  • He walked along with a jug poised on his head.他头上顶着一个水罐,保持着平衡往前走。
  • She filled the jug with fresh water.她将水壶注满了清水。
89 sip Oxawv     
v.小口地喝,抿,呷;n.一小口的量
参考例句:
  • She took a sip of the cocktail.她啜饮一口鸡尾酒。
  • Elizabeth took a sip of the hot coffee.伊丽莎白呷了一口热咖啡。


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