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There was nothing striking in the appearance of Chun Ah Chun. He was rather undersized, as Chinese go, and the Chinese narrow shoulders and spareness of flesh were his. The average tourist, casually1 glimpsing him on the streets of Honolulu, would have concluded that he was a good-natured little Chinese, probably the proprietor2 of a prosperous laundry or tailorshop. In so far as good nature and prosperity went, the judgment3 would be correct, though beneath the mark; for Ah Chun was as good-natured as he was prosperous, and of the latter no man knew a tithe4 the tale. It was well known that he was enormously wealthy, but in his case “enormous” was merely the symbol for the unknown.
Ah Chun had shrewd little eyes, black and beady and so very little that they were like gimlet-holes. But they were wide apart, and they sheltered under a forehead that was patently the forehead of a thinker. For Ah Chun had his problems, and had had them all his life. Not that he ever worried over them. He was essentially5 a philosopher, and whether as coolie, or multi-millionaire and master of many men, his poise6 of soul was the same. He lived always in the high equanimity7 of spiritual repose8, undeterred by good fortune, unruffled by ill fortune. All things went well with him, whether they were blows from the overseer in the cane9 field or a slump10 in the price of sugar when he owned those cane fields himself. Thus, from the
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plantation
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n.种植园,大农场 | |
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superintendent
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toiling
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bankruptcy
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monopolized
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孤儿( orphan的名词复数 ) | |
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acorn
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移植( graft的过去式和过去分词 ); 嫁接; 使(思想、制度等)成为(…的一部份); 植根 | |
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conglomerate
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progeny
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n.棘手( delicacy的名词复数 );精致;精美的食物;周到 | |
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credence
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philosophic
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mansion
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spacious
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rambling
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condemnation
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extravagantly
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ransoms
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付赎金救人,赎金( ransom的名词复数 ) | |
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expended
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mariner
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n.水手号不载人航天探测器,海员,航海者 | |
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schooner
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n.纵帆船 | |
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eldest
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Oxford
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n.牛津(英国城市) | |
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garnishment
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n.装饰,装饰品 | |
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chaste
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adj.贞洁的;有道德的;善良的;简朴的 | |
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voluptuous
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disastrously
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美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
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complacent
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slippers
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n. 拖鞋 | |
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civilians
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平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓 | |
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阳台,走廊( veranda的名词复数 ) | |
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eligible
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refinement
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paragon
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scrupulous
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rigidity
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memorandum
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v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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监护人( guardian的名词复数 ); 保护者,维护者 | |
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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