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From the foregoing events of the winter-time let us press on to an October day, more than eight months subsequent to the parting of Clare and Tess. We discover the latter in changed conditions; instead of a bride with boxes and trunks which others bore, we see her a lonely woman with a basket and a bundle in her own porterage, as at an earlier time when she was no bride; instead of the ample means that were projected by her husband for her comfort through this probationary1 period, she can produce only a flattened2 purse.
After again leaving Marlott, her home, she had got through the spring and summer without any great stress upon her physical powers, the time being mainly spent in rendering3 light irregular service at dairy-work near Port-Bredy to the west of the Black-moor Valley, equally remote from her native place and from Talbothays. She preferred this to living on his allowance. Mentally she remained in utter stagnation4, a condition which the mechanical occupation rather fostered than checked. Her consciousness was at that other dairy, at that other season, in the presence of the tender lover who had confronted her there - he who, the moment she had grasped him to keep for her own, had disappeared like a shape in a vision.
The dairy-work lasted only till the milk began to lessen5, for she had not met with a second regular engagement as at Talbothays, but had done duty as a supernumerary only. However, as harvest was now beginning, she had simply to remove from the pasture to the stubble to find plenty Of further occupation, and this continued till harvest was done.
Of the five-and-twenty pounds which had remained to her of Clare's allowance, after deducting6 the other half of the fifty as a contribution to her parents for the trouble and expense to which she had put them, she had as vet7 spent but little. But there now followed an unfortunate interval
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probationary
试用的,缓刑的
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flattened
[医](水)平扁的,弄平的
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rendering
n.表现,描写
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stagnation
n. 停滞
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lessen
vt.减少,减轻;缩小
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deducting
v.扣除,减去( deduct的现在分词 )
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vet
n.兽医,退役军人;vt.检查
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interval
n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息
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consecrated
adj.神圣的,被视为神圣的v.把…奉为神圣,给…祝圣( consecrate的过去式和过去分词 );奉献
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disperse
vi.使分散;使消失;vt.分散;驱散
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relics
[pl.]n.遗物,遗迹,遗产;遗体,尸骸
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concealed
a.隐藏的,隐蔽的
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thatch
vt.用茅草覆盖…的顶部;n.茅草(屋)
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renewal
adj.(契约)延期,续订,更新,复活,重来
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expend
vt.花费,消费,消耗
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nominal
adj.名义上的;(金额、租金)微不足道的
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inclement
adj.严酷的,严厉的,恶劣的
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delicacy
n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴
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estrangement
n.疏远,失和,不和
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mendicant
n.乞丐;adj.行乞的
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reluctance
n.厌恶,讨厌,勉强,不情愿
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lapse
n.过失,流逝,失效,抛弃信仰,间隔;vi.堕落,停止,失效,流逝;vt.使失效
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deserted
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的
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collapse
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
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essentially
adv.本质上,实质上,基本上
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drenched
adj.湿透的;充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 );在某人(某物)上大量使用(某液体)
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persecuted
(尤指宗教或政治信仰的)迫害(~sb. for sth.)( persecute的过去式和过去分词 ); 烦扰,困扰或骚扰某人
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deluded
v.欺骗,哄骗( delude的过去式和过去分词 )
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thither
adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的
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compassion
n.同情,怜悯
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isolated
adj.与世隔绝的
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wince
n.畏缩,退避,(因痛苦,苦恼等)面部肌肉抽动;v.畏缩,退缩,退避
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rambled
(无目的地)漫游( ramble的过去式和过去分词 ); (喻)漫谈; 扯淡; 长篇大论
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obliterating
v.除去( obliterate的现在分词 );涂去;擦掉;彻底破坏或毁灭
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contingencies
n.偶然发生的事故,意外事故( contingency的名词复数 );以备万一
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hover
vi.翱翔,盘旋;徘徊;彷徨,犹豫
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decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
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eastward
adv.向东;adj.向东的;n.东方,东部
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serpentine
adj.蜿蜒的,弯曲的
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squire
n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅
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boor
n.举止粗野的人;乡下佬
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spasm
n.痉挛,抽搐;一阵发作
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anguish
n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼
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plantation
n.种植园,大农场
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plunged
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
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foliage
n.叶子,树叶,簇叶
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holly
n.[植]冬青属灌木
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deciduous
adj.非永久的;短暂的;脱落的;落叶的
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dense
a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的
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draughts
n. <英>国际跳棋
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inadequate
adj.(for,to)不充足的,不适当的
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alas
int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等)
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injustice
n.非正义,不公正,不公平,侵犯(别人的)权利
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exaction
n.强求,强征;杂税
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gasp
n.喘息,气喘;v.喘息;气吁吁他说
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boughs
大树枝( bough的名词复数 )
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prosaic
adj.单调的,无趣的
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arable
adj.可耕的,适合种植的
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dabbled
v.涉猎( dabble的过去式和过去分词 );涉足;浅尝;少量投资
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twitching
n.颤搐
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pulsating
adj.搏动的,脉冲的v.有节奏地舒张及收缩( pulsate的现在分词 );跳动;脉动;受(激情)震动
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writhing
(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 )
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brutal
adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的
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amuck
ad.狂乱地
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solely
adv.仅仅,唯一地
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propensities
n.倾向,习性( propensity的名词复数 )
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teeming
adj.丰富的v.充满( teem的现在分词 );到处都是;(指水、雨等)暴降;倾注
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miserable
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
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misery
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦
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mangled
vt.乱砍(mangle的过去式与过去分词形式)
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tangible
adj.有形的,可触摸的,确凿的,实际的
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condemnation
n.谴责; 定罪