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CHAPTER IV
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The following December, a day or two before Christmas, Mrs. Fellmer and her son were walking up and down the broad gravel1 path which bordered the east front of the house. Till within the last half-hour the morning had been a drizzling2 one, and they had just emerged for a short turn before luncheon3.
‘You see, dear mother,’ the son was saying, ‘it is the peculiarity4 of my position which makes her appear to me in such a desirable light. When you consider how I have been crippled at starting, how my life has been maimed; that I feel anything like publicity5 distasteful, that I have ye no political ambition, and that my chief aim and hope lie in the education of the little thing Annie has left me, you must see how desirable a wife like Miss Halborough would be, to prevent my becoming a mere6 vegetable.’
‘If you adore her, I suppose you must have her!’ replied his mother with dry indirectness. ‘But you’ll find that she will not be content to live on here as you do, giving her whole mind to a young child.’
‘That’s just where we differ. Her very disqualification, that of being a nobody, as you call it, is her recommendation in my eyes. Her lack of influential7 connections limits her ambition. From what I know of her, a life in this place is all that she would wish for. She would never care to go outside the park-gates if it were necessary to stay within.’
‘Being in love with her, Albert, and meaning to marry her, you invent your practical reasons to make the case respectable. Well, do as you will; I have no authority over you, so why should you consult me? You mean to propose on this very occasion, no doubt. Don’t you, now?’
‘By no means. I am merely
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1 gravel | |
n.砂跞;砂砾层;结石 | |
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2 drizzling | |
下蒙蒙细雨,下毛毛雨( drizzle的现在分词 ) | |
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3 luncheon | |
n.午宴,午餐,便宴 | |
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4 peculiarity | |
n.独特性,特色;特殊的东西;怪癖 | |
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5 publicity | |
n.众所周知,闻名;宣传,广告 | |
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6 mere | |
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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7 influential | |
adj.有影响的,有权势的 | |
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8 revolving | |
adj.旋转的,轮转式的;循环的v.(使)旋转( revolve的现在分词 );细想 | |
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9 mighty | |
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10 determined | |
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11 affected | |
adj.不自然的,假装的 | |
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12 squire | |
n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅 | |
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13 abode | |
n.住处,住所 | |
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14 subdued | |
adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词 | |
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15 fatigue | |
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16 exultation | |
n.狂喜,得意 | |
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17 offender | |
n.冒犯者,违反者,犯罪者 | |
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18 promising | |
adj.有希望的,有前途的 | |
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19 untoward | |
adj.不利的,不幸的,困难重重的 | |
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20 doomed | |
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21 dwelling | |
n.住宅,住所,寓所 | |
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22 contemplating | |
深思,细想,仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 ); 注视,凝视; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑,沉思,苦思冥想 | |
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23 maternal | |
adj.母亲的,母亲般的,母系的,母方的 | |
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24 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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25 inevitable | |
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26 gaol | |
n.(jail)监狱;(不加冠词)监禁;vt.使…坐牢 | |
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27 exertion | |
n.尽力,努力 | |
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28 disastrously | |
ad.灾难性地 | |
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29 prospects | |
n.希望,前途(恒为复数) | |
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30 auspicious | |
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31 curt | |
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32 conveyance | |
n.(不动产等的)转让,让与;转让证书;传送;运送;表达;(正)运输工具 | |
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33 satire | |
n.讽刺,讽刺文学,讽刺作品 | |
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34 lurked | |
vi.潜伏,埋伏(lurk的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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35 paternal | |
adj.父亲的,像父亲的,父系的,父方的 | |
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36 attire | |
v.穿衣,装扮[同]array;n.衣着;盛装 | |
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37 inquiry | |
n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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38 retraced | |
v.折回( retrace的过去式和过去分词 );回忆;回顾;追溯 | |
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39 dubiously | |
adv.可疑地,怀疑地 | |
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40 footpath | |
n.小路,人行道 | |
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41 mead | |
n.蜂蜜酒 | |
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42 embittered | |
v.使怨恨,激怒( embitter的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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43 vessel | |
n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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44 banishing | |
v.放逐,驱逐( banish的现在分词 ) | |
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45 pretence | |
n.假装,作假;借口,口实;虚伪;虚饰 | |
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46 writhed | |
(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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47 positively | |
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实 | |
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48 demolish | |
v.拆毁(建筑物等),推翻(计划、制度等) | |
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49 lawful | |
adj.法律许可的,守法的,合法的 | |
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50 tardy | |
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51 amends | |
n. 赔偿 | |
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52 triumphantly | |
ad.得意洋洋地;得胜地;成功地 | |
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53 conservatory | |
n.温室,音乐学院;adj.保存性的,有保存力的 | |
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54 blot | |
vt.弄脏(用吸墨纸)吸干;n.污点,污渍 | |
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55 weir | |
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56 hoarsely | |
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57 winking | |
n.瞬眼,目语v.使眼色( wink的现在分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮 | |
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58 affixed | |
adj.[医]附着的,附着的v.附加( affix的过去式和过去分词 );粘贴;加以;盖(印章) | |
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59 simultaneously | |
adv.同时发生地,同时进行地 | |
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60 brink | |
n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘,边沿 | |
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61 waggons | |
四轮的运货马车( waggon的名词复数 ); 铁路货车; 小手推车 | |
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62 ripples | |
逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 ) | |
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63 exhausted | |
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的 | |
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64 joyful | |
adj.欢乐的,令人欢欣的 | |
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65 preoccupied | |
adj.全神贯注的,入神的;被抢先占有的;心事重重的v.占据(某人)思想,使对…全神贯注,使专心于( preoccupy的过去式) | |
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66 joviality | |
n.快活 | |
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67 gasp | |
n.喘息,气喘;v.喘息;气吁吁他说 | |
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