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From that day onward1, anarchist2 attempts followed one another every week without interruption. The victims were numerous, and almost all of them belonged to the poorer classes. These crimes roused public resentment3. It was among domestic servants, hotel-keepers, and the employees of such small shops as the Trusts still allowed to exist, that indignation burst forth5 most vehemently6. In popular districts women might be heard demanding unusual punishments for the dynamitards. (They were called by this old name, although it was hardly appropriate to them, since, to these unknown chemists, dynamite7 was an innocent material only fit to destroy ant-hills, and they considered it mere8 child’s play to explode nitro-glycerine with a cartridge9 made of fulminate of mercury.) Business ceased suddenly, and those who were least rich were the first to feel the effects. They spoke10 of doing justice themselves to the anarchists11. In the mean time the factory workers remained hostile or indifferent to violent action. They were threatened, as a result of the decline of business, with a likelihood of losing their work, or even a lock-out in all the factories. The Federation12 of Trade unions proposed a general strike as the most powerful means of influencing the employers, and the best aid that could be given to the revolutionists, but all the trades with the exception of the gilders refused to cease work.
The police made numerous arrests. Troops summoned from all parts of the National Federation protected the offices of the Trusts, the houses of the multi-millionaires, the public halls, the banks, and the big shops. A fortnight passed without a single explosion, and it was concluded that the dynamitards, in all probability but a handful of persons, perhaps even still fewer, had all been killed or captured, or that they were in hiding, or had taken flight. Confidence returned; it returned at first among the poorer classes. Two or three hundred thousand soldiers, who had been
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onward
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adj.向前的,前进的;adv.向前,前进,在先 | |
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anarchist
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n.无政府主义者 | |
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resentment
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n.怨愤,忿恨 | |
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dome
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n.圆屋顶,拱顶 | |
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vehemently
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adv. 热烈地 | |
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dynamite
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n./vt.(用)炸药(爆破) | |
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adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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cartridge
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n.弹壳,弹药筒;(装磁带等的)盒子 | |
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spoke
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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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anarchists
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无政府主义者( anarchist的名词复数 ) | |
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federation
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n.同盟,联邦,联合,联盟,联合会 | |
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ration
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lodged
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a.刺激的 | |
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reassure
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v.使放心,使消除疑虑 | |
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reassured
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adj.使消除疑虑的;使放心的v.再保证,恢复信心( reassure的过去式和过去分词) | |
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rumour
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n.谣言,谣传,传闻 | |
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rumours
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n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 );风闻;谣言;谣传 | |
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patriotic
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adj.爱国的,有爱国心的 | |
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eloquence
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n.雄辩;口才,修辞 | |
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depicted
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描绘,描画( depict的过去式和过去分词 ); 描述 | |
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serene
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adj. 安详的,宁静的,平静的 | |
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outrage
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n.暴行,侮辱,愤怒;vt.凌辱,激怒 | |
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outrages
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引起…的义愤,激怒( outrage的第三人称单数 ) | |
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adorned
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[计]被修饰的 | |
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petroleum
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n.原油,石油 | |
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intrepidity
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n.大胆,刚勇;大胆的行为 | |
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zeal
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banking
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n.银行业,银行学,金融业 | |
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fugitives
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n.亡命者,逃命者( fugitive的名词复数 ) | |
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laden
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besieged
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包围,围困,围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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fixed
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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magistrate
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n.地方行政官,地方法官,治安官 | |
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accomplices
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从犯,帮凶,同谋( accomplice的名词复数 ) | |
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confessions
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n.承认( confession的名词复数 );自首;声明;(向神父的)忏悔 | |
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magistrates
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地方法官,治安官( magistrate的名词复数 ) | |
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conjectures
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推测,猜想( conjecture的名词复数 ) | |
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emanated
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v.从…处传出,传出( emanate的过去式和过去分词 );产生,表现,显示 | |
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artillery
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n.(军)火炮,大炮;炮兵(部队) | |
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daunted
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使(某人)气馁,威吓( daunt的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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bullion
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n.金条,银条 | |
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decided
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adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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magisterial
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adj.威风的,有权威的;adv.威严地 | |
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investigation
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n.调查,调查研究 | |
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insufficient
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adj.(for,of)不足的,不够的 | |
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trampled
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踩( trample的过去式和过去分词 ); 践踏; 无视; 侵犯 | |
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tranquillity
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n. 平静, 安静 | |
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regiments
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(军队的)团( regiment的名词复数 ); 大量的人或物 | |
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hymns
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n.赞美诗,圣歌,颂歌( hymn的名词复数 ) | |
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monstrous
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adj.巨大的;恐怖的;可耻的,丢脸的 | |
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jingling
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叮当声 | |
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deserted
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adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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simplicity
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n.简单,简易;朴素;直率,单纯 | |
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cemetery
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n.坟墓,墓地,坟场 | |
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planks
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(厚)木板( plank的名词复数 ); 政纲条目,政策要点 | |
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uprooted
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v.把(某物)连根拔起( uproot的过去式和过去分词 );根除;赶走;把…赶出家园 | |
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brokers
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n.(股票、外币等)经纪人( broker的名词复数 );中间人;代理商;(订合同的)中人v.做掮客(或中人等)( broker的第三人称单数 );作为权力经纪人进行谈判;以中间人等身份安排… | |
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fidelity
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n.忠诚,忠实;精确 | |
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lighting
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n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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apparatus
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n.装置,器械;器具,设备 | |
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plunged
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v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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appalling
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adj.骇人听闻的,令人震惊的,可怕的 | |
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populous
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adj.人口稠密的,人口众多的 | |
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corps
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n.(通信等兵种的)部队;(同类作的)一组 | |
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corpses
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n.死尸,尸体( corpse的名词复数 ) | |
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epidemics
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n.流行病 | |
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survivors
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幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 ) | |
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standing
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joyous
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ascended
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v.上升,攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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delirium
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n. 神智昏迷,说胡话;极度兴奋 | |
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pious
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adj.虔诚的;道貌岸然的 | |
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passionate
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adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的 | |
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