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CHAP: IX. HARRIET AND LOVAT AT SEA IN MARRIAGE
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When a sincere man marries a wife, he has one or two courses open to him, which he can pursue with that wife. He can propose to himself to be (a) the lord and master who is honoured and obeyed, (b) the perfect lover, (c) the true friend and companion. Of these (a) is now rather out of date. The lord and master has been proved, by most women quite satisfactorily, to be no more than a grown-up child, and his arrogance1 is to be tolerated just as a little boy’s arrogance is tolerated, because it is rather amusing, and up to a certain point becoming. The case of (b), the perfect lover, is the crux2 of all ideal marriage to-day. But alas3, not even the lord and master turns out such a fiasco as does the perfect lover, ninety-nine times out of a hundred. The perfect-lover marriage ends usually in a quite ghastly anti-climax, divorce and horrors and the basest vituperation. Alas for the fact, as compared with the ideal. A marriage of the perfect-lover type is bound either to end in catastrophe4, or to slide away towards (a) or (c). It must either revert5 to a mild form of the lord-and-master marriage, and a wise woman, who knows the sickeningness of catastrophes6 and the ridiculous futility7 of second shots at the perfect-love paradise, often wisely pushes the marriage back gradually into one of the little bays or creeks8 of this Pacific ocean of marriage, lord-and-masterdom. Not that either party really believes in the lordship of man. But you’ve got to get into still water some time or other. The perfect-love business inevitably9 turns out to be a wildly stormy strait, like the Straits of Magellan, where two fierce and opposing currents meet and there is the devil of a business trying to keep the bark of marriage, with the flag of perfect-love at the mast, from dashing on a rock or
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arrogance
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n.傲慢,自大 | |
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crux
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alas
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int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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catastrophe
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n.大灾难,大祸 | |
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revert
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v.恢复,复归,回到 | |
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catastrophes
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n.灾祸( catastrophe的名词复数 );灾难;不幸事件;困难 | |
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futility
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n.无用 | |
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creeks
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inevitably
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foundering
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v.创始人( founder的现在分词 ) | |
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hovers
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鸟( hover的第三人称单数 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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benediction
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n.祝福;恩赐 | |
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consummated
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founders
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steers
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n.阉公牛,肉用公牛( steer的名词复数 )v.驾驶( steer的第三人称单数 );操纵;控制;引导 | |
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repose
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v.(使)休息;n.安息 | |
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dependence
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n.依靠,依赖;信任,信赖;隶属 | |
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woe
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n.悲哀,苦痛,不幸,困难;int.用来表达悲伤或惊慌 | |
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wondrous
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adj.令人惊奇的,奇妙的;adv.惊人地;异乎寻常地;令人惊叹地 | |
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bosom
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supreme
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adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的 | |
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populous
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steering
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n.操舵装置 | |
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fabulously
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难以置信地,惊人地 | |
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lone
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steered
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forth
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technically
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frigate
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funnel
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vessels
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spun
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v.纺,杜撰,急转身 | |
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behold
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blizzard
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tattered
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jaws
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adj.不可靠的,有暗藏的危险的;adj.背叛的,背信弃义的 | |
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cynical
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adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的,不信世道向善的 | |
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unstable
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adj.不稳定的,易变的 | |
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chasms
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裂缝( chasm的名词复数 ); 裂口; 分歧; 差别 | |
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batter
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v.接连重击;磨损;n.牛奶面糊;击球员 | |
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battered
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adj.磨损的;v.连续猛击;磨损 | |
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thither
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adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的 | |
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wasteful
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adj.(造成)浪费的,挥霍的 | |
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swell
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vi.膨胀,肿胀;增长,增强 | |
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funnels
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漏斗( funnel的名词复数 ); (轮船,火车等的)烟囱 | |
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dominant
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adj.支配的,统治的;占优势的;显性的;n.主因,要素,主要的人(或物);显性基因 | |
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utterly
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adv.完全地,绝对地 | |
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extinction
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n.熄灭,消亡,消灭,灭绝,绝种 | |
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bliss
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n.狂喜,福佑,天赐的福 | |
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deferred
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adj.延期的,缓召的v.拖延,延缓,推迟( defer的过去式和过去分词 );服从某人的意愿,遵从 | |
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consort
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v.相伴;结交 | |
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divination
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perch
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determined
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obstinate
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adj.顽固的,倔强的,不易屈服的,较难治愈的 | |
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humble
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winding
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reverence
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n.敬畏,尊敬,尊严;Reverence:对某些基督教神职人员的尊称;v.尊敬,敬畏,崇敬 | |
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awe
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perfectly
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亲密( intimacy的名词复数 ); 密切; 亲昵的言行; 性行为 | |
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n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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adj.与世隔绝的 | |
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stunt
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ascendancy
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n.统治权,支配力量 | |
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prancing
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arrogantly
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adv.傲慢地 | |
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n.赞美诗,圣歌,颂歌( hymn的名词复数 ) | |
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salvation
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pricks
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刺痛( prick的名词复数 ); 刺孔; 刺痕; 植物的刺 | |
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majesty
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n.雄伟,壮丽,庄严,威严;最高权威,王权 | |
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