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Mrs Jarley’s wrath1 on first learning that she had been threatened with the indignity2 of Stocks and Penance3, passed all description. The genuine and only Jarley exposed to public scorn, jeered4 by children, and flouted5 by beadles! The delight of the Nobility and Gentry6 shorn of a bonnet7 which a Lady Mayoress might have sighed to wear, and arrayed in a white sheet as a spectacle of mortification8 and humility9! And Miss Monflathers, the audacious creature who presumed, even in the dimmest and remotest distance of her imagination, to conjure10 up the degrading picture, ‘I am a’most inclined,’ said Mrs Jarley, bursting with the fulness of her anger and the weakness of her means of revenge, ‘to turn atheist11 when I think of it!’
But instead of adopting this course of retaliation12, Mrs Jarley, on second thoughts, brought out the suspicious bottle, and ordering glasses to be set forth13 upon her favourite drum, and sinking into a chair behind it, called her satellites about her, and to them several times recounted, word for word, the
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1 wrath | |
n.愤怒,愤慨,暴怒 | |
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2 indignity | |
n.侮辱,伤害尊严,轻蔑 | |
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3 penance | |
n.(赎罪的)惩罪 | |
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4 jeered | |
v.嘲笑( jeer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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5 flouted | |
v.藐视,轻视( flout的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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6 gentry | |
n.绅士阶级,上层阶级 | |
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7 bonnet | |
n.无边女帽;童帽 | |
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8 mortification | |
n.耻辱,屈辱 | |
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9 humility | |
n.谦逊,谦恭 | |
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10 conjure | |
v.恳求,祈求;变魔术,变戏法 | |
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11 atheist | |
n.无神论者 | |
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12 retaliation | |
n.报复,反击 | |
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13 forth | |
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14 affronts | |
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15 sip | |
v.小口地喝,抿,呷;n.一小口的量 | |
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16 worthy | |
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的 | |
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17 dire | |
adj.可怕的,悲惨的,阴惨的,极端的 | |
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18 ridicule | |
v.讥讽,挖苦;n.嘲弄 | |
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19 absurdity | |
n.荒谬,愚蠢;谬论 | |
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20 philosophical | |
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21 subsided | |
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22 dreaded | |
adj.令人畏惧的;害怕的v.害怕,恐惧,担心( dread的过去式和过去分词) | |
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23 fatigued | |
adj. 疲乏的 | |
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24 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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25 gallant | |
adj.英勇的,豪侠的;(向女人)献殷勤的 | |
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26 tempted | |
v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词) | |
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27 apprehensions | |
疑惧 | |
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28 dreading | |
v.害怕,恐惧,担心( dread的现在分词 ) | |
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29 forsook | |
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30 Augmented | |
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31 hovered | |
鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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32 revert | |
v.恢复,复归,回到 | |
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33 lighter | |
n.打火机,点火器;驳船;v.用驳船运送;light的比较级 | |
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34 humble | |
adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低 | |
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35 repulse | |
n.击退,拒绝;vt.逐退,击退,拒绝 | |
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36 middle-aged | |
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37 whet | |
v.磨快,刺激 | |
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38 helping | |
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39 congregated | |
(使)集合,聚集( congregate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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40 sobbed | |
哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说 | |
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41 agitation | |
n.搅动;搅拌;鼓动,煽动 | |
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42 standing | |
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43 intercourse | |
n.性交;交流,交往,交际 | |
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44 yearned | |
渴望,切盼,向往( yearn的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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45 rambles | |
(无目的地)漫游( ramble的第三人称单数 ); (喻)漫谈; 扯淡; 长篇大论 | |
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46 mingled | |
混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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47 mutual | |
adj.相互的,彼此的;共同的,共有的 | |
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48 consolation | |
n.安慰,慰问 | |
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49 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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50 inquiries | |
n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 );疑问;探究;打听 | |
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51 stimulating | |
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52 distinguished | |
adj.卓越的,杰出的,著名的 | |
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53 effigies | |
n.(人的)雕像,模拟像,肖像( effigy的名词复数 ) | |
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54 affected | |
adj.不自然的,假装的 | |
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55 perseverance | |
n.坚持不懈,不屈不挠 | |
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56 treasury | |
n.宝库;国库,金库;文库 | |
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57 prospects | |
n.希望,前途(恒为复数) | |
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58 depressed | |
adj.沮丧的,抑郁的,不景气的,萧条的 | |
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59 stimulate | |
vt.刺激,使兴奋;激励,使…振奋 | |
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60 machinery | |
n.(总称)机械,机器;机构 | |
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61 nun | |
n.修女,尼姑 | |
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62 paralytically | |
Paralytically | |
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63 paralytic | |
adj. 瘫痪的 n. 瘫痪病人 | |
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64 admiration | |
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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65 wrought | |
v.引起;以…原料制作;运转;adj.制造的 | |
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66 discoursed | |
演说(discourse的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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67 eloquence | |
n.雄辩;口才,修辞 | |
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68 beheld | |
v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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69 positively | |
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实 | |
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70 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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71 upwards | |
adv.向上,在更高处...以上 | |
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72 deceptions | |
欺骗( deception的名词复数 ); 骗术,诡计 | |
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