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A manuscript document sent to Scotland Yard by the master of the Emma Jane fishingtrawler
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A manuscript document sent to Scotland Yard by the master of the Emma Jane fishingtrawler
From my earliest youth I realized that my nature was a mass of contradic-tions. I have, to begin with, an incurably1 romantic imagination. The prac-tice of throwing a bottle into the sea with an important document insidewas one that never failed to thrill me when reading adventure stories as achild. It thrills me still—and for that reason I have adopted this course—writing my confession2, enclosing it in a bottle, sealing the latter, and cast-ing it into the waves. There is, I suppose, a hundred to one chance that myconfession may be found—and then (or do I flatter myself?) a hitherto un-solved murder mystery will be explained.
I was born with other traits besides my romantic fancy. I have a definitesadistic delight in seeing or causing death. I remember experiments withwasps — with various garden pests… From an early age I knew verystrongly the lust4 to kill.
But side by side with this went a contradictory5 trait—a strong sense ofjustice. It is abhorrent6 to me that an innocent person or creature shouldsuffer or die by any act of mine. I have always felt strongly that rightshould prevail.
It may be understood—I think a psychologist would understand—thatwith my mental make-up being what it was, I adopted the law as a profes-sion. The legal profession satisfied nearly all my instincts.
Crime and its punishment has always fascinated me. I enjoy readingevery kind of detective story and thriller7. I have devised for my ownprivate amusement the most ingenious ways of carrying out a murder.
When in due course I came to preside over a court of law, that othersecret instinct of mine was encouraged to develop. To see a wretchedcriminal squirming in the dock, suffering the tortures of the damned, ashis doom8 came slowly and slowly nearer, was to me an exquisite9 pleasure.
Mind you, I took no pleasure in seeing an innocent man there. On at leasttwo occasions I stopped cases where to my mind the accused was palpablyinnocent, directing the jury that there was no case. Thanks, however, tothe fairness and efficiency of our police force, the majority of the accusedpersons who have come before me to be tried for murder, have beenguilty.
I will say here that such was the case with the man Edward Seton. Hisappearance and manner were misleading and he created a good impres-sion on the jury. But not only the evidence, which was clear, though un-spectacular, but my own knowledge of criminals told me without anydoubt that the man had actually committed the crime with which he wascharged, the brutal11 murder of an elderly woman who trusted him.
I have a reputation as a hanging judge, but that is unfair. I have alwaysbeen strictly12 just and scrupulous13 in my summing up of a case.
All I have done is to protect the jury against the emotional effect of emo-tional appeals by some of our more emotional counsel. I have drawn14 theirattention to the actual evidence.
For some years past I have been aware of a change within myself, alessening of control—a desire to act instead of to judge.
I have wanted—let me admit it frankly—to commit a murder myself. I re-cognized this as the desire of the artist to express himself! I was, or couldbe, an artist in crime! My imagination, sternly checked by the exigenciesof my profession, waxed secretly to colossal15 force.
I must—I must—I must—commit a murder! And what is more, it must beno ordinary murder! It must be a fantastical crime — something stu-pendous—out of the common! In that one respect, I have still, I think, anadolescent’s imagination.
I wanted something theatrical16, impossible!
I wanted to kill…Yes, I wanted to kill…
But — incongruous as it may seem to some — I was restrained andhampered by my innate17 sense of justice. The innocent must not suffer.
And then, quite suddenly, the idea came to me—started by a chance re-mark uttered during casual conversation. It was a doctor to whom I wastalking—some ordinary undistinguished GP. He mentioned casually18 howoften murder must be committed which the law was unable to touch.
And he instanced a particular case—that of an old lady, a patient of hiswho had recently died. He was, he said, himself convinced that her deathwas due to the withholding19 of a restorative drug by a married couple whoattended on her and who stood to benefit very substantially by her death.
That sort of thing, he explained, was quite impossible to prove, but he wasnevertheless quite sure of it in his own mind. He added that there weremany cases of a similar nature going on all the time—cases of deliberatemurder—and all quite untouchable by the law.
That was the beginning of the whole thing. I suddenly saw my wayclear. And I determined20 to commit not one murder, but murder on agrand scale.
A childish rhyme of my infancy21 came back into my mind—the rhyme ofthe ten little soldier boys. It had fascinated me as a child of two—the inex-orable diminishment—the sense of inevitability22.
I began, secretly, to collect victims…
I will not take up space here by going into details of how this was ac-complished. I had a certain routine line of conversation which I employedwith nearly every one I met—and the results I got were really surprising.
During the time I was in a nursing home I collected the case of Dr Arm-strong—a violently teetotal Sister who attended on me being anxious toprove to me the evils of drink by recounting to me a case many years agoin hospital when a doctor under the influence of alcohol had killed a pa-tient on whom he was operating. A careless question as to where the Sis-ter in question had trained, etc., soon gave me the necessary data. Itracked down the doctor and the patient mentioned without difficulty.
A conversation between two old military gossips in my Club put me onthe track of General Macarthur. A man who had recently returned fromthe Amazon gave me a devastating23 résumé of the activities of one PhilipLombard. An indignant memsahib in Majorca recounted the tale of thePuritan Emily Brent and her wretched servant girl. Anthony Marston I se-lected from a large group of people who had committed similar offences.
His complete callousness24 and his inability to feel any responsibility for thelives he had taken made him, I considered, a type dangerous to the com-munity and unfit to live. Ex-Inspector Blore came my way quite naturally,some of my professional brethren discussing the Landor case with free-dom and vigour25. I took a serious view of his offence. The police, as ser-vants of the law, must be of a high order of integrity. For their word is per-force believed by virtue26 of their profession.
Finally there was the case of Vera Claythorne. It was when I was cross-ing the Atlantic. At a late hour one night the sole occupants of thesmoking-room were myself and a good-looking young man called HugoHamilton.
Hugo Hamilton was unhappy. To assuage27 that unhappiness he hadtaken a considerable quantity of drink. He was in the maudlin28 confidentialstage. Without much hope of any result I automatically started my routineconversational gambit. The response was startling. I can remember hiswords now. He said:
‘You’re right. Murder isn’t what most people think—giving someone adollop of arsenic—pushing them over a cliff—that sort of stuff.’ He leanedforward, thrusting his face into mine. He said, ‘I’ve known a murderess—known her, I tell you. And what’s more I was crazy about her…God helpme, sometimes I think I still am…It’s hell, I tell you—hell. You see, she didit more or less for me…Not that I ever dreamed…Women are fiends—abso-lute fiends—you wouldn’t think a girl like that—a nice straight jolly girl—you wouldn’t think she’d do that, would you? That she’d take a kid out tosea and let it drown—you wouldn’t think a woman could do a thing likethat?’
I said to him:
‘Are you sure she did do it?’
He said and in saying it he seemed suddenly to sober up:
‘I’m quite sure. Nobody else ever thought of it. But I knew the moment Ilooked at her—when I got back—after…And she knew I knew…What shedidn’t realize was that I loved that kid…’
He didn’t say any more, but it was easy enough for me to trace back thestory and reconstruct it.
I needed a tenth victim. I found him in a man named Morris. He was ashady little creature. Amongst other things he was a dope pedlar and hewas responsible for inducing the daughter of friends of mine to take todrugs. She committed suicide at the age of twenty-one.
During all this time of search my plan had been gradually maturing inmy mind. It was now complete and the coping stone to it was an interviewI had with a doctor in Harley Street. I have mentioned that I underwent anoperation. My interview in Harley Street told me that another operationwould be useless. My medical adviser29 wrapped up the information veryprettily, but I am accustomed to getting at the truth of a statement.
I did not tell the doctor of my decision—that my death should not be aslow and protracted30 one as it would be in the course of nature. No, mydeath should take place in a blaze of excitement. I would live before I died.
And now to the actual mechanics of the crime of Soldier Island. To ac-quire the island, using the man Morris to cover my tracks, was easyenough. He was an expert in that sort of thing. Tabulating31 the informationI had collected about my prospective32 victims, I was able to concoct33 a suit-able bait for each. None of my plans miscarried. All my guests arrived atSoldier Island on the 8th of August. The party included myself.
Morris was already accounted for. He suffered from indigestion. Beforeleaving London I gave him a capsule to take last thing at night which had,I said, done wonders for my own gastric34 juices. He accepted unhesitatingly—the man was a slight hypochondriac. I had no fear that he would leaveany compromising documents or memoranda36 behind. He was not thatsort of man.
The order of death upon the island had been subjected by me to specialthought and care. There were, I considered, amongst my guests, varyingdegrees of guilt10. Those whose guilt was the lightest should, I decided37, passout first, and not suffer the prolonged mental strain and fear that themore cold-blooded offenders38 were to suffer.
Anthony Marston and Mrs Rogers died first, the one instantaneously theother in a peaceful sleep. Marston, I recognized, was a type born withoutthat feeling of moral responsibility which most of us have. He was amoral—pagan. Mrs Rogers, I had no doubt, had acted very largely under the in-fluence of her husband.
I need not describe closely how those two met their deaths. The policewill have been able to work that out quite easily. Potassium cyanide is eas-ily obtained by householders for putting down wasps3. I had some in mypossession and it was easy to slip it into Marston’s almost empty glass dur-ing the tense period after the gramophone recital39.
I may say that I watched the faces of my guests closely during that in-dictment and I had no doubt whatever, after my long court experience,that one and all were guilty.
During recent bouts40 of pain, I had been ordered a sleeping draught—Chloral Hydrate. It had been easy for me to suppress this until I had alethal amount in my possession. When Rogers brought up some brandyfor his wife, he set it down on a table and in passing that table I put thestuff into the brandy. It was easy, for at that time suspicion had not begunto set in.
General Macarthur met his death quite painlessly. He did not hear mecome up behind him. I had, of course, to choose my time for leaving theterrace very carefully, but everything was successful.
As I had anticipated, a search was made of the island and it was dis-covered that there was no one on it but our seven selves. That at once cre-ated an atmosphere of suspicion. According to my plan I should shortlyneed an ally. I selected Dr Armstrong for that part. He was a gullible41 sortof man, he knew me by sight and reputation and it was inconceivable tohim that a man of my standing42 should actually be a murderer! All his sus-picions were directed against Lombard and I pretended to concur43 in these.
I hinted to him that I had a scheme by which it might be possible to trapthe murderer into incriminating himself.
Though a search had been made of everyone’s room, no search had asyet been made of the persons themselves. But that was bound to comesoon.
I killed Rogers on the morning of August 10th. He was chopping sticksfor lighting44 the fire and did not hear me approach. I found the key to thedining-room door in his pocket. He had locked it the night before.
In the confusion attending the finding of Rogers’ body I slipped intoLombard’s room and abstracted his revolver. I knew that he would haveone with him—in fact I had instructed Morris to suggest as much when heinterviewed him.
At breakfast I slipped my last dose of chloral into Miss Brent’s coffeewhen I was refilling her cup. We left her in the dining-room. I slipped inthere a little while later—she was nearly unconscious and it was easy toinject a strong solution of cyanide into her. The bumble bee business wasreally rather childish—but somehow, you know, it pleased me. I liked ad-hering as closely as possible to my nursery rhyme.
Immediately after this what I had already foreseen happened—indeed Ibelieve I suggested it myself. We all submitted to a rigorous search. I hadsafely hidden away the revolver, and had no more cyanide or chloral inmy possession.
It was then that I intimated to Armstrong that we must carry our planinto effect. It was simply this—I must appear to be the next victim. Thatwould perhaps rattle45 the murderer—at any rate once I was supposed to bedead I could move about the house and spy upon the unknown murderer.
Armstrong was keen on the idea. We carried it out that evening. A littleplaster of red mud on the forehead—the red curtain and the wool and thestage was set. The lights of the candles were very flickering46 and uncertainand the only person who would examine me closely was Armstrong.
It worked perfectly47. Miss Claythorne screamed the house down whenshe found the seaweed which I had thoughtfully arranged in her room.
They all rushed up, and I took up my pose of a murdered man.
The effect on them when they found me was all that could be desired.
Armstrong acted his part in the most professional manner. They carriedme upstairs and laid me on my bed. Nobody worried about me, they wereall too deadly scared and terrified of each other.
I had a rendezvous48 with Armstrong outside the house at a quarter totwo. I took him up a little way behind the house on the edge of the cliff. Isaid that here we could see if any one else approached us, and we shouldnot be seen from the house as the bedrooms faced the other way. He wasstill quite unsuspicious—and yet he ought to have been warned—if he hadonly remembered the words of the nursery rhyme. ‘A red herring swal-lowed one…’ He took the red herring all right.
It was quite easy. I uttered an exclamation49, leant over the cliff, told himto look, wasn’t that the mouth of a cave? He leant right over. A quick vig-orous push sent him off his balance and splash into the heaving sea below.
I returned to the house. It must have been my footfall that Blore heard. Afew minutes after I had returned to Armstrong’s room I left it, this timemaking a certain amount of noise so that someone should hear me. I hearda door open as I got to the bottom of the stairs. They must have justglimpsed my figure as I went out of the front door.
It was a minute or two before they followed me. I had gone straightround the house and in at the dining-room window which I had left open.
I shut the window and later I broke the glass. Then I went upstairs andlaid myself out again on my bed.
I calculated that they would search the house again, but I did not thinkthey would look closely at any of the corpses50, a mere51 twitch52 aside of thesheet to satisfy themselves that it was not Armstrong masquerading as abody. This is exactly what occurred.
I forgot to say that I returned the revolver to Lombard’s room. It may beof interest to someone to know where it was hidden during the search.
There was a big pile of tinned food in the larder53. I opened the bottommostof the tins—biscuits I think it contained, bedded in the revolver and re-placed the strip of adhesive54 tape.
I calculated, and rightly, that no one would think of working their waythrough a pile of apparently55 untouched foodstuffs56, especially as all the toptins were soldered57.
The red curtain I had concealed58 by laying it flat on the seat of one of thedrawing-room chairs under the chintz cover and the wool in the seat cush-ion, cutting a small hole.
And now came the moment that I had anticipated—three people whowere so frightened of each other that anything might happen—and one ofthem had a revolver. I watched them from the windows of the house. WhenBlore came up alone I had the big marble clock poised59 ready. Exit Blore…From my window I saw Vera Claythorne shoot Lombard. A daring andresourceful young woman. I always thought she was a match for him andmore. As soon as that had happened I set the stage in her bedroom.
It was an interesting psychological experiment. Would the conscious-ness of her own guilt, the state of nervous tension consequent on havingjust shot a man, be sufficient, together with the hypnotic suggestion of thesurroundings, to cause her to take her own life? I thought it would. I wasright. Vera Claythorne hanged herself before my eyes where I stood in theshadow of the wardrobe.
And now for the last stage. I came forward, picked up the chair and setit against the wall. I looked for the revolver and found it at the top of thestairs where the girl had dropped it. I was careful to preserve her finger-prints on it.
And now?
I shall finish writing this. I shall enclose it and seal it in a bottle and Ishall throw the bottle into the sea.
Why?
Yes, why?
It was my ambition to invent a murder mystery that no one could solve.
But no artist, I now realize, can be satisfied with art alone. There is anatural craving60 for recognition which cannot be gainsaid61.
I have, let me confess it in all humility62, a pitiful human wish thatsomeone should know just how clever I have been…In all this, I have assumed that the mystery of Soldier Island will remainunsolved. It may be, of course, that the police will be cleverer than I think.
There are, after all, three clues. One: the police are perfectly aware thatEdward Seton was guilty. They know, therefore, that one of the ten peopleon the island was not a murderer in any sense of the word, and it follows,paradoxically, that that person must logically be the murderer. The secondclue lies in the seventh verse of the nursery rhyme. Armstrong’s death isassociated with a ‘red herring’ which he swallowed—or rather which res-ulted in swallowing him! That is to say that at that stage of the affair somehocus-pocus is clearly indicated—and that Armstrong was deceived by itand sent to his death. That might start a promising35 line of inquiry63. For atthat period there are only four persons and of those four I am clearly theonly one likely to inspire him with confidence.
The third is symbolical64. The manner of my death marking me on theforehead. The brand of Cain.
There is, I think, little more to say.
After entrusting65 my bottle and its message to the sea I shall go to myroom and lay myself down on the bed. To my eyeglasses is attached whatseems a length of fine black cord—but it is elastic66 cord. I shall lay theweight of the body on the glasses. The cord I shall loop round the door-handle and attach it, not too solidly, to the revolver. What I think will hap-pen is this.
My hand, protected with a handkerchief, will press the trigger. My handwill fall to my side, the revolver, pulled by the elastic, will recoil67 to thedoor, jarred by the door-handle it will detach itself from the elastic andfall. The elastic, released, will hang down innocently from the eyeglasseson which my body is lying. A handkerchief lying on the floor will cause nocomment whatever.
I shall be found, laid neatly68 on my bed, shot through the forehead in ac-cordance with the record kept by my fellow victims. Times of death can-not be stated with any accuracy by the time our bodies are examined.
When the sea goes down, there will come from the mainland boats andmen.
And they will find ten dead bodies and an unsolved problem on SoldierIsland.
Signed:
Lawrence Wargrave.

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1 incurably d85x2     
ad.治不好地
参考例句:
  • But young people are incurably optimistic and women have a special knack of forgetting their troubles. 可是青年人,永远朝着愉快的事情想,女人们尤其容易忘记那些不痛快。
  • For herself she wanted nothing. For father and myself she was incurably ambitious. 她为她自己并无所求,可为父亲和我,却有着无法遏制的野心。
2 confession 8Ygye     
n.自白,供认,承认
参考例句:
  • Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
  • The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。
3 wasps fb5b4ba79c574cee74f48a72a48c03ef     
黄蜂( wasp的名词复数 ); 胡蜂; 易动怒的人; 刻毒的人
参考例句:
  • There's a wasps' nest in that old tree. 那棵老树上有一个黄蜂巢。
  • We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless ones like moths. 我们不仅生活在对象蜘蛛或黄蜂这样的小虫的惧怕中,而且生活在对诸如飞蛾这样无害昆虫的惧怕中
4 lust N8rz1     
n.性(淫)欲;渴(欲)望;vi.对…有强烈的欲望
参考例句:
  • He was filled with lust for power.他内心充满了对权力的渴望。
  • Sensing the explorer's lust for gold, the chief wisely presented gold ornaments as gifts.酋长觉察出探险者们垂涎黄金的欲念,就聪明地把金饰品作为礼物赠送给他们。
5 contradictory VpazV     
adj.反驳的,反对的,抗辩的;n.正反对,矛盾对立
参考例句:
  • The argument is internally contradictory.论据本身自相矛盾。
  • What he said was self-contradictory.他讲话前后不符。
6 abhorrent 6ysz6     
adj.可恶的,可恨的,讨厌的
参考例句:
  • He is so abhorrent,saying such bullshit to confuse people.他这样乱说,妖言惑众,真是太可恶了。
  • The idea of killing animals for food is abhorrent to many people.许多人想到杀生取食就感到憎恶。
7 thriller RIhzU     
n.惊险片,恐怖片
参考例句:
  • He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
  • I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时,总带一本惊险小说看。
8 doom gsexJ     
n.厄运,劫数;v.注定,命定
参考例句:
  • The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
  • The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。
9 exquisite zhez1     
adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的
参考例句:
  • I was admiring the exquisite workmanship in the mosaic.我当时正在欣赏镶嵌画的精致做工。
  • I still remember the exquisite pleasure I experienced in Bali.我依然记得在巴厘岛所经历的那种剧烈的快感。
10 guilt 9e6xr     
n.犯罪;内疚;过失,罪责
参考例句:
  • She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
  • Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。
11 brutal bSFyb     
adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的
参考例句:
  • She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
  • They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼,骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
12 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。
13 scrupulous 6sayH     
adj.审慎的,小心翼翼的,完全的,纯粹的
参考例句:
  • She is scrupulous to a degree.她非常谨慎。
  • Poets are not so scrupulous as you are.诗人并不像你那样顾虑多。
14 drawn MuXzIi     
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
参考例句:
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
15 colossal sbwyJ     
adj.异常的,庞大的
参考例句:
  • There has been a colossal waste of public money.一直存在巨大的公款浪费。
  • Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.那座城市里的一些高层建筑很庞大。
16 theatrical pIRzF     
adj.剧场的,演戏的;做戏似的,做作的
参考例句:
  • The final scene was dismayingly lacking in theatrical effect.最后一场缺乏戏剧效果,叫人失望。
  • She always makes some theatrical gesture.她老在做些夸张的手势。
17 innate xbxzC     
adj.天生的,固有的,天赋的
参考例句:
  • You obviously have an innate talent for music.你显然有天生的音乐才能。
  • Correct ideas are not innate in the mind.人的正确思想不是自己头脑中固有的。
18 casually UwBzvw     
adv.漠不关心地,无动于衷地,不负责任地
参考例句:
  • She remarked casually that she was changing her job.她当时漫不经心地说要换工作。
  • I casually mentioned that I might be interested in working abroad.我不经意地提到我可能会对出国工作感兴趣。
19 withholding 7eXzD6     
扣缴税款
参考例句:
  • She was accused of withholding information from the police. 她被指控对警方知情不报。
  • The judge suspected the witness was withholding information. 法官怀疑见证人在隐瞒情况。
20 determined duszmP     
adj.坚定的;有决心的
参考例句:
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
21 infancy F4Ey0     
n.婴儿期;幼年期;初期
参考例句:
  • He came to England in his infancy.他幼年时期来到英国。
  • Their research is only in its infancy.他们的研究处于初级阶段。
22 inevitability c7Pxd     
n.必然性
参考例句:
  • Evolutionism is normally associated with a belief in the inevitability of progress. 进化主义通常和一种相信进步不可避免的看法相联系。
  • It is the tide of the times, an inevitability of history. 这是时代的潮流,历史的必然。
23 devastating muOzlG     
adj.毁灭性的,令人震惊的,强有力的
参考例句:
  • It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
  • Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
24 callousness callousness     
参考例句:
  • He remembered with what callousness he had watched her. 他记得自己以何等无情的态度瞧着她。 来自辞典例句
  • She also lacks the callousness required of a truly great leader. 她还缺乏一个真正伟大领袖所应具备的铁石心肠。 来自辞典例句
25 vigour lhtwr     
(=vigor)n.智力,体力,精力
参考例句:
  • She is full of vigour and enthusiasm.她有热情,有朝气。
  • At 40,he was in his prime and full of vigour.他40岁时正年富力强。
26 virtue BpqyH     
n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力
参考例句:
  • He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
  • You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。
27 assuage OvZzP     
v.缓和,减轻,镇定
参考例句:
  • The medicine is used to assuage pain.这种药用来止痛。
  • Your messages of cheer should assuage her suffering.你带来的这些振奋人心的消息一定能减轻她的痛苦。
28 maudlin NBwxQ     
adj.感情脆弱的,爱哭的
参考例句:
  • He always becomes maudlin after he's had a few drinks.他喝了几杯酒后总是变得多愁善感。
  • She continued in the same rather maudlin tone.她继续用那种颇带几分伤感的语调说话。
29 adviser HznziU     
n.劝告者,顾问
参考例句:
  • They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
  • Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
30 protracted 7bbc2aee17180561523728a246b7f16b     
adj.拖延的;延长的v.拖延“protract”的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • The war was protracted for four years. 战争拖延了四年。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • We won victory through protracted struggle. 经过长期的斗争,我们取得了胜利。 来自《简明英汉词典》
31 tabulating ed759cf435b380e0e10c8c3658f2a56d     
把(数字、事实)列成表( tabulate的现在分词 ); 制表
参考例句:
  • The Census Office did not finish tabulating the results until 1888. 直到1888年,人口普查办公室才完成统计数字表格。
  • By 1890 a revolutionary electrical tabulating system was available. 到了1890年,一种具有革命意义的电动制表装置投入使用。
32 prospective oR7xB     
adj.预期的,未来的,前瞻性的
参考例句:
  • The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.这篇报道应该对其他潜在的购买者起到警示作用。
  • They have all these great activities for prospective freshmen.这会举办各种各样的活动来招待未来的新人。
33 concoct vOoz0     
v.调合,制造
参考例句:
  • I gave her a tip on how to concoct a new kind of soup.我教她配制一种新汤的诀窍。
  • I began to concoct explanations of my own.我开始思考自己的解释。
34 gastric MhnxW     
adj.胃的
参考例句:
  • Miners are a high risk group for certain types of gastric cancer.矿工是极易患某几种胃癌的高风险人群。
  • That was how I got my gastric trouble.我的胃病就是这么得的。
35 promising BkQzsk     
adj.有希望的,有前途的
参考例句:
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
36 memoranda c8cb0155f81f3ecb491f3810ce6cbcde     
n. 备忘录, 便条 名词memorandum的复数形式
参考例句:
  • There were memoranda, minutes of meetings, officialflies, notes of verbal di scussions. 有备忘录,会议记录,官方档案,口头讨论的手记。
  • Now it was difficult to get him to address memoranda. 而现在,要他批阅备忘录都很困难。
37 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。
38 offenders dee5aee0bcfb96f370137cdbb4b5cc8d     
n.冒犯者( offender的名词复数 );犯规者;罪犯;妨害…的人(或事物)
参考例句:
  • Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders. 判处长期徒刑可对违法者起到强有力的威慑作用。
  • Purposeful work is an important part of the regime for young offenders. 使从事有意义的劳动是管理少年犯的重要方法。
39 recital kAjzI     
n.朗诵,独奏会,独唱会
参考例句:
  • She is going to give a piano recital.她即将举行钢琴独奏会。
  • I had their total attention during the thirty-five minutes that my recital took.在我叙述的35分钟内,他们完全被我吸引了。
40 bouts 2abe9936190c45115a3f6a38efb27c43     
n.拳击(或摔跤)比赛( bout的名词复数 );一段(工作);(尤指坏事的)一通;(疾病的)发作
参考例句:
  • For much of his life he suffered from recurrent bouts of depression. 他的大半辈子反复发作抑郁症。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • It was one of fistiana's most famous championship bouts. 这是拳击界最有名的冠军赛之一。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
41 gullible zeSzN     
adj.易受骗的;轻信的
参考例句:
  • The swindlers had roped into a number of gullible persons.骗子们已使一些轻信的人上了当。
  • The advertisement is aimed at gullible young women worried about their weight.这则广告专门针对担心自己肥胖而易受骗的年轻女士。
42 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。
43 concur CnXyH     
v.同意,意见一致,互助,同时发生
参考例句:
  • Wealth and happiness do not always concur.财富与幸福并非总是并存的。
  • I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done.我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。
44 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。
45 rattle 5Alzb     
v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓
参考例句:
  • The baby only shook the rattle and laughed and crowed.孩子只是摇着拨浪鼓,笑着叫着。
  • She could hear the rattle of the teacups.她听见茶具叮当响。
46 flickering wjLxa     
adj.闪烁的,摇曳的,一闪一闪的
参考例句:
  • The crisp autumn wind is flickering away. 清爽的秋风正在吹拂。
  • The lights keep flickering. 灯光忽明忽暗。
47 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
48 rendezvous XBfzj     
n.约会,约会地点,汇合点;vi.汇合,集合;vt.使汇合,使在汇合地点相遇
参考例句:
  • She made the rendezvous with only minutes to spare.她还差几分钟时才来赴约。
  • I have a rendezvous with Peter at a restaurant on the harbour.我和彼得在海港的一个餐馆有个约会。
49 exclamation onBxZ     
n.感叹号,惊呼,惊叹词
参考例句:
  • He could not restrain an exclamation of approval.他禁不住喝一声采。
  • The author used three exclamation marks at the end of the last sentence to wake up the readers.作者在文章的最后一句连用了三个惊叹号,以引起读者的注意。
50 corpses 2e7a6f2b001045a825912208632941b2     
n.死尸,尸体( corpse的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them. 活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Overhead, grayish-white clouds covered the sky, piling up heavily like decaying corpses. 天上罩满了灰白的薄云,同腐烂的尸体似的沉沉的盖在那里。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
51 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。
52 twitch jK3ze     
v.急拉,抽动,痉挛,抽搐;n.扯,阵痛,痉挛
参考例句:
  • The smell made my dog's nose twitch.那股气味使我的狗的鼻子抽动着。
  • I felt a twitch at my sleeve.我觉得有人扯了一下我的袖子。
53 larder m9tzb     
n.食物贮藏室,食品橱
参考例句:
  • Please put the food into the larder.请将您地食物放进食物柜内。
  • They promised never to raid the larder again.他们答应不再随便开食橱拿东西吃了。
54 adhesive CyVzV     
n.粘合剂;adj.可粘着的,粘性的
参考例句:
  • You'll need a strong adhesive to mend that chair. 你需要一种粘性很强的东西来修理那把椅子。
  • Would you give me an adhesive stamp?请给我一枚带胶邮票好吗?
55 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。
56 foodstuffs 574623767492eb55a85c5be0d7d719e7     
食物,食品( foodstuff的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Imports of foodstuffs accounted for a small proportion of total imports. 食物进口仅占总进口额的一小部份。
  • Many basic foodstuffs, such as bread and milk, are tax-free. 许多基本食物如牛奶和面包是免税的。
57 soldered 641d7a7a74ed6d1ff12b165dd1ac2540     
v.(使)焊接,焊合( solder的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Three lead wires are soldered to the anchor terminals. 在固定接线端子上焊有三根导线。 来自辞典例句
  • He soldered the broken wires together. 他将断了的电线焊接起来。 来自辞典例句
58 concealed 0v3zxG     
a.隐藏的,隐蔽的
参考例句:
  • The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster. 那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。
  • I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。
59 poised SlhzBU     
a.摆好姿势不动的
参考例句:
  • The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋,准备俯冲。
  • Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张,手悬在电话机上。
60 craving zvlz3e     
n.渴望,热望
参考例句:
  • a craving for chocolate 非常想吃巧克力
  • She skipped normal meals to satisfy her craving for chocolate and crisps. 她不吃正餐,以便满足自己吃巧克力和炸薯片的渴望。
61 gainsaid b5d43bcf4e49370d7329497b289452c8     
v.否认,反驳( gainsay的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Its logical reasoning cannot be gainsaid. 合乎逻辑的推理是不容否定的。 来自互联网
62 humility 8d6zX     
n.谦逊,谦恭
参考例句:
  • Humility often gains more than pride.谦逊往往比骄傲收益更多。
  • His voice was still soft and filled with specious humility.他的声音还是那么温和,甚至有点谦卑。
63 inquiry nbgzF     
n.打听,询问,调查,查问
参考例句:
  • Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
  • The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
64 symbolical nrqwT     
a.象征性的
参考例句:
  • The power of the monarchy in Britain today is more symbolical than real. 今日英国君主的权力多为象徵性的,无甚实际意义。
  • The Lord introduces the first symbolical language in Revelation. 主说明了启示录中第一个象徵的语言。
65 entrusting 1761636a2dc8b6bfaf11cc7207551342     
v.委托,托付( entrust的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • St. Clare had just been entrusting Tom with some money, and various commissions. 圣?克莱亚刚交给汤姆一笔钱,派他去办几件事情。 来自辞典例句
  • The volume of business does not warrant entrusting you with exclusive agency at present. 已完成的营业额还不足以使我方目前委托你方独家代理。 来自外贸英语口语25天快训
66 elastic Tjbzq     
n.橡皮圈,松紧带;adj.有弹性的;灵活的
参考例句:
  • Rubber is an elastic material.橡胶是一种弹性材料。
  • These regulations are elastic.这些规定是有弹性的。
67 recoil GA4zL     
vi.退却,退缩,畏缩
参考例句:
  • Most people would recoil at the sight of the snake.许多人看见蛇都会向后退缩。
  • Revenge may recoil upon the person who takes it.报复者常会受到报应。
68 neatly ynZzBp     
adv.整洁地,干净地,灵巧地,熟练地
参考例句:
  • Sailors know how to wind up a long rope neatly.水手们知道怎样把一条大绳利落地缠好。
  • The child's dress is neatly gathered at the neck.那孩子的衣服在领口处打着整齐的皱褶。


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