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Casterbridge had known many military and civil episodes; many happy times, and times less happy; and now came the time of her visitation. The scourge2 of cholera3 had been laid on the suffering country, and the low-lying purlieus of this ancient borough4 had more than their share of the infliction5. Mixen Lane, in the Durnover quarter, and in Maumbry’s parish, was where the blow fell most heavily. Yet there was a certain mercy in its choice of a date, for Maumbry was the man for such an hour.
The spread of the epidemic6 was so rapid that many left the town and took lodgings8 in the villages and farms. Mr. Maumbry’s house was close to the most infected street, and he himself was occupied morn, noon, and night in endeavours to stamp out the plague and in alleviating9 the sufferings of the victims. So, as a matter of ordinary precaution, he decided10 to isolate11 his wife somewhere away from him for a while.
She suggested a village by the sea, near Budmouth Regis, and lodgings were obtained for her at Creston, a spot divided from the Casterbridge valley by a high ridge1 that gave it quite another atmosphere, though it lay no more than six miles off.
Thither12 she went. While she was rusticating
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n.山脊;鼻梁;分水岭 | |
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n.灾难,祸害;v.蹂躏 | |
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3 cholera | |
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4 borough | |
n.享有自治权的市镇;(英)自治市镇 | |
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5 infliction | |
n.(强加于人身的)痛苦,刑罚 | |
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6 epidemic | |
n.流行病;盛行;adj.流行性的,流传极广的 | |
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7 lodging | |
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍 | |
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8 lodgings | |
n. 出租的房舍, 寄宿舍 | |
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9 alleviating | |
减轻,缓解,缓和( alleviate的现在分词 ) | |
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10 decided | |
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11 isolate | |
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12 thither | |
adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的 | |
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13 rusticating | |
v.罚(大学生)暂时停学离校( rusticate的现在分词 );在农村定居 | |
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14 lieutenant | |
n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员 | |
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15 regiment | |
n.团,多数,管理;v.组织,编成团,统制 | |
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16 infantry | |
n.[总称]步兵(部队) | |
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17 heeding | |
v.听某人的劝告,听从( heed的现在分词 ) | |
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18 gnaw | |
v.不断地啃、咬;使苦恼,折磨 | |
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19 pebbles | |
[复数]鹅卵石; 沙砾; 卵石,小圆石( pebble的名词复数 ) | |
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20 ripened | |
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21 flirtation | |
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22 blithe | |
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23 inclination | |
n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好 | |
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24 promulgate | |
v.宣布;传播;颁布(法令、新法律等) | |
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25 tragic | |
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26 rumour | |
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27 jack | |
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28 positively | |
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29 oratorio | |
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30 oratorios | |
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31 farces | |
n.笑剧( farce的名词复数 );闹剧;笑剧剧目;作假的可笑场面 | |
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32 dictate | |
v.口授;(使)听写;指令,指示,命令 | |
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33 frivolity | |
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35 judgment | |
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adv.向北;n.北方的地区 | |
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