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The Serious Discourse1 of Clym with His Cousin
Throughout this period Yeobright had more or less pondered on his duty to his cousin Thomasin. He could not help feeling that it would be a pitiful waste of sweet material if the tender-natured thing should be doomed2 from this early stage of her life onwards to dribble3 away her winsome4 qualities on lonely gorse and fern. But he felt this as an economist5 merely, and not as a lover. His passion for Eustacia had been a sort of conserve7 of his whole life, and he had nothing more of that supreme8 quality left to bestow9. So far the obvious thing was not to entertain any idea of marriage with Thomasin, even to oblige her.
But this was not all. Years ago there had been in his mother's mind a great fancy about Thomasin and himself. It had not positively10 amounted to a desire, but it had always been a favourite dream. That they should be man and wife in good time, if the happiness of neither were endangered thereby11, was the fancy in question. So that what course save one was there now left for any son who reverenced12 his mother's memory as Yeobright did? It is an unfortunate fact that any particular whim13 of parents, which might have been
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discourse
n.论文,演说;谈话;话语;vi.讲述,著述
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doomed
命定的
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dribble
v.点滴留下,流口水;n.口水
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winsome
n.迷人的,漂亮的
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economist
n.经济学家,经济专家,节俭的人
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mere
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
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conserve
vt.保存,保护,节约,节省,守恒,不灭
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supreme
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
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bestow
v.把…赠与,把…授予;花费
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positively
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实
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thereby
adv.因此,从而
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reverenced
v.尊敬,崇敬( reverence的过去式和过去分词 );敬礼
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whim
n.一时的兴致,突然的念头;奇想,幻想
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dispersed
adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的
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sublimated
v.(使某物质)升华( sublimate的过去式和过去分词 );使净化;纯化
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fiat
n.命令,法令,批准;vt.批准,颁布
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conscientious
adj.审慎正直的,认真的,本着良心的
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decry
v.危难,谴责
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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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contemplate
vt.盘算,计议;周密考虑;注视,凝视
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wedded
adj.正式结婚的;渴望…的,执著于…的v.嫁,娶,(与…)结婚( wed的过去式和过去分词 )
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corpse
n.尸体,死尸
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graveyard
n.坟场
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vocation
n.职业,行业
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itinerant
adj.巡回的;流动的
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futures
n.期货,期货交易
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guardian
n.监护人;守卫者,保护者
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perplexed
adj.不知所措的
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blandly
adv.温和地,殷勤地
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petulantly
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astute
adj.机敏的,精明的
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concealing
v.隐藏,隐瞒,遮住( conceal的现在分词 )
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pouted
v.撅(嘴)( pout的过去式和过去分词 )
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rebellious
adj.造反的,反抗的,难控制的
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vexed
adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论
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disconsolately
adv.悲伤地,愁闷地;哭丧着脸
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persevering
a.坚忍不拔的
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abruptly
adv.突然地,出其不意地
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discretion
n.谨慎;随意处理
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contrive
vt.谋划,策划;设法做到;设计,想出
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burlesque
v.嘲弄,戏仿;n.嘲弄,取笑,滑稽模仿
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covenant
n.盟约,契约;v.订盟约
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descended
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
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scrutinized
v.仔细检查,详审( scrutinize的过去式和过去分词 )
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amends
n. 赔偿
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isolated
adj.与世隔绝的
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weird
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
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serial
n.连本影片,连本电视节目;adj.连续的
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austere
adj.艰苦的;朴素的,朴实无华的;严峻的
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artistic
adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的