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CHAPTER II
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A man in semi-clerical dress was walking along the road which led from the railway-station into a provincial1 town. As he walked he read persistently2, only looking up once now and then to see that he was keeping on the foot track and to avoid other passengers. At those moments, whoever had known the former students at the millwright’s would have perceived that one of them, Joshua Halborough, was the peripatetic3 reader here.
What had been simple force in the youth’s face was energized4 judgment5 in the man’s. His character was gradually writing itself out in his countenance6. That he was watching his own career with deeper and deeper interest, that he continually ‘heard his days before him,’ and cared to hear little else, might have been hazarded from what was seen there. His ambitions were, in truth, passionate7, yet controlled; so that the germs of many more plans than ever blossomed to maturity8 had place in him; and forward visions were kept purposely in twilight9, to avoid distraction10.
Events so far had been encouraging. Shortly after assuming the mastership of his first school he had obtained an introduction to the Bishop11 of a diocese far from his native county, who had looked upon him as a promising
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1 provincial | |
adj.省的,地方的;n.外省人,乡下人 | |
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3 peripatetic | |
adj.漫游的,逍遥派的,巡回的 | |
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4 energized | |
v.给予…精力,能量( energize的过去式和过去分词 );使通电 | |
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5 judgment | |
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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6 countenance | |
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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7 passionate | |
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8 maturity | |
n.成熟;完成;(支票、债券等)到期 | |
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9 twilight | |
n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期 | |
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10 distraction | |
n.精神涣散,精神不集中,消遣,娱乐 | |
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11 bishop | |
n.主教,(国际象棋)象 | |
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12 promising | |
adj.有希望的,有前途的 | |
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13 ordination | |
n.授任圣职 | |
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14 capes | |
碎谷; 斗篷( cape的名词复数 ); 披肩; 海角; 岬 | |
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15 construing | |
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16 dreary | |
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17 doctrine | |
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18 decided | |
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19 softened | |
(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰 | |
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20 stipend | |
n.薪贴;奖学金;养老金 | |
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21 contrive | |
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22 accomplished | |
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23 upwards | |
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24 fervidly | |
adv.热情地,激情地 | |
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25 expounded | |
论述,详细讲解( expound的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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26 lapsed | |
adj.流失的,堕落的v.退步( lapse的过去式和过去分词 );陷入;倒退;丧失 | |
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27 solely | |
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28 warriors | |
武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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29 elastic | |
n.橡皮圈,松紧带;adj.有弹性的;灵活的 | |
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30 margins | |
边( margin的名词复数 ); 利润; 页边空白; 差数 | |
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31 preservation | |
n.保护,维护,保存,保留,保持 | |
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32 extraneous | |
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33 appendage | |
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34 Oxford | |
n.牛津(英国城市) | |
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35 blighted | |
adj.枯萎的,摧毁的 | |
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36 hush | |
int.嘘,别出声;n.沉默,静寂;v.使安静 | |
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37 panes | |
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38 loomed | |
v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近 | |
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39 arid | |
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40 choir | |
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41 incessant | |
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42 ascetic | |
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43 fustian | |
n.浮夸的;厚粗棉布 | |
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44 battered | |
adj.磨损的;v.连续猛击;磨损 | |
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45 brass | |
n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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46 earrings | |
n.耳环( earring的名词复数 );耳坠子 | |
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47 awe | |
n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧 | |
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48 withdrawal | |
n.取回,提款;撤退,撤军;收回,撤销 | |
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49 intercept | |
vt.拦截,截住,截击 | |
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50 clump | |
n.树丛,草丛;vi.用沉重的脚步行走 | |
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51 buxom | |
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52 apparently | |
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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53 victuals | |
n.食物;食品 | |
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54 fully | |
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地 | |
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55 testimony | |
n.证词;见证,证明 | |
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56 reverence | |
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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57 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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58 strapping | |
adj. 魁伟的, 身材高大健壮的 n. 皮绳或皮带的材料, 裹伤胶带, 皮鞭 动词strap的现在分词形式 | |
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59 determined | |
adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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60 expatiating | |
v.详述,细说( expatiate的现在分词 ) | |
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61 propounded | |
v.提出(问题、计划等)供考虑[讨论],提议( propound的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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62 sculptor | |
n.雕刻家,雕刻家 | |
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63 secondly | |
adv.第二,其次 | |
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64 humility | |
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65 relinquish | |
v.放弃,撤回,让与,放手 | |
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