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Whether the utilitarian1 or the intuitive theory of the moral sense be upheld, it is beyond question that there are a few subtle-souled persons with whom the absolute gratuitousness2 of an act of reparation is an inducement to perform it; while exhortation3 as to its necessity would breed excuses for leaving it undone4. The case of Mr. Millborne and Mrs. Frankland particularly illustrated5 this, and perhaps something more.
There were few figures better known to the local crossing-sweeper than Mr. Millborne’s, in his daily comings and goings along a familiar and quiet London street, where he lived inside the door marked eleven, though not as householder. In age he was fifty at least, and his habits were as regular as those of a person can be who has no occupation but the study of how to keep himself employed. He turned almost always to the right on getting to the end of his street, then he went onward6 down Bond Street to his club, whence he returned by precisely7 the same course about six o’clock, on foot; or, if he went to dine, later on in a cab. He was known to be a man of some means, though apparently8 not wealthy. Being a bachelor he seemed to prefer his present mode of living as a lodger9 in Mrs. Towney’s best rooms, with the use of furniture which he had bought ten times over in rent during his tenancy, to having a house of his own.
None among his acquaintance tried to know him well, for his manner and moods did not excite curiosity or deep friendship. He was not a man who seemed to have anything on his mind, anything to
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1 utilitarian | |
adj.实用的,功利的 | |
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2 gratuitousness | |
n.gratuitous(免费的,无偿的,无报酬的,不收酬劳的)的变形 | |
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3 exhortation | |
n.劝告,规劝 | |
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4 undone | |
a.未做完的,未完成的 | |
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5 illustrated | |
adj. 有插图的,列举的 动词illustrate的过去式和过去分词 | |
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6 onward | |
adj.向前的,前进的;adv.向前,前进,在先 | |
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7 precisely | |
adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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8 apparently | |
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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9 lodger | |
n.寄宿人,房客 | |
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10 conceal | |
v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽 | |
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11 ailment | |
n.疾病,小病 | |
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12 vow | |
n.誓(言),誓约;v.起誓,立誓 | |
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13 discomfort | |
n.不舒服,不安,难过,困难,不方便 | |
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14 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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15 attentively | |
adv.聚精会神地;周到地;谛;凝神 | |
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16 vividly | |
adv.清楚地,鲜明地,生动地 | |
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17 entanglement | |
n.纠缠,牵累 | |
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18 pricking | |
刺,刺痕,刺痛感 | |
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19 specimen | |
n.样本,标本 | |
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20 encumbered | |
v.妨碍,阻碍,拖累( encumber的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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21 pecuniary | |
adj.金钱的;金钱上的 | |
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22 unearthing | |
发掘或挖出某物( unearth的现在分词 ); 搜寻到某事物,发现并披露 | |
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23 temperament | |
n.气质,性格,性情 | |
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24 casually | |
adv.漠不关心地,无动于衷地,不负责任地 | |
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25 worthy | |
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的 | |
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26 solicitor | |
n.初级律师,事务律师 | |
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27 rectify | |
v.订正,矫正,改正 | |
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28 dire | |
adj.可怕的,悲惨的,阴惨的,极端的 | |
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29 purely | |
adv.纯粹地,完全地 | |
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