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Chapter XII
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Chapter XII
She put the letter into her pocket and offered her visitor a smile of welcome, exhibiting no trace of discomposure and half surprised at her coolness.
“They told me you were out here,” said Lord Warburton; “and as there was no one in the drawing-room and it’s really you that I wish to see, I came out with no more ado.”
Isabel had got up; she felt a wish, for the moment, that he should not sit down beside her. “I was just going indoors.”
“Please don’t do that; it’s much jollier here; I’ve ridden over from Lockleigh; it’s a lovely day.” His smile was peculiarly friendly and pleasing, and his whole person seemed to emit that radiance of good-feeling and good fare which had formed the charm of the girl’s first impression of him. It surrounded him like a zone of fine June weather.
“We’ll walk about a little then,” said Isabel, who could not divest1 herself of the sense of an intention on the part of her visitor and who wished both to elude2 the intention and to satisfy her curiosity about it. It had flashed upon her vision once before, and it had given her on that occasion, as we know, a certain alarm. This alarm was composed of several elements, not all of which were disagreeable; she had indeed spent some days in analysing them and had succeeded in separating the pleasant part of the idea of Lord Warburton’s “making up” to her from the painful. It may appear to some readers that the young lady was both precipitate3 and unduly4 fastidious; but the latter of these facts, if the charge be true, may serve to exonerate5 her from the discredit6 of the former. She was not eager to convince herself that a territorial7 magnate, as she had heard Lord Warburton called, was
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1 divest | |
v.脱去,剥除 | |
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4 unduly | |
adv.过度地,不适当地 | |
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5 exonerate | |
v.免除责任,确定无罪 | |
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6 discredit | |
vt.使不可置信;n.丧失信义;不信,怀疑 | |
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7 territorial | |
adj.领土的,领地的 | |
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8 smitten | |
猛打,重击,打击( smite的过去分词 ) | |
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9 admiration | |
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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10 aggression | |
n.进攻,侵略,侵犯,侵害 | |
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11 affront | |
n./v.侮辱,触怒 | |
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12 eminence | |
n.卓越,显赫;高地,高处;名家 | |
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13 sublime | |
adj.崇高的,伟大的;极度的,不顾后果的 | |
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14 loomed | |
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15 appreciation | |
n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨 | |
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16 bestow | |
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17 persuasive | |
adj.有说服力的,能说得使人相信的 | |
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18 sufficiently | |
adv.足够地,充分地 | |
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19 folly | |
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20 severely | |
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地 | |
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21 virtue | |
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22 displease | |
vt.使不高兴,惹怒;n.不悦,不满,生气 | |
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23 generic | |
adj.一般的,普通的,共有的 | |
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24 archer | |
n.射手,弓箭手 | |
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25 justifies | |
证明…有理( justify的第三人称单数 ); 为…辩护; 对…作出解释; 为…辩解(或辩护) | |
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26 perversity | |
n.任性;刚愎自用 | |
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27 subside | |
vi.平静,平息;下沉,塌陷,沉降 | |
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28 rosebud | |
n.蔷薇花蕾,妙龄少女 | |
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29 abstained | |
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30 discredited | |
不足信的,不名誉的 | |
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31 embellished | |
v.美化( embellish的过去式和过去分词 );装饰;修饰;润色 | |
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32 inspection | |
n.检查,审查,检阅 | |
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33 remarkable | |
adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的 | |
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34 perfectly | |
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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35 judicious | |
adj.明智的,明断的,能作出明智决定的 | |
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36 sifted | |
v.筛( sift的过去式和过去分词 );筛滤;细查;详审 | |
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37 steadily | |
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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38 taunt | |
n.辱骂,嘲弄;v.嘲弄 | |
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39 determined | |
adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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40 elation | |
n.兴高采烈,洋洋得意 | |
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41 delightful | |
adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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42 reminder | |
n.提醒物,纪念品;暗示,提示 | |
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43 agitated | |
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44 tranquil | |
adj. 安静的, 宁静的, 稳定的, 不变的 | |
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45 thumper | |
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46 exuberance | |
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47 modesty | |
n.谦逊,虚心,端庄,稳重,羞怯,朴素 | |
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48 outright | |
adv.坦率地;彻底地;立即;adj.无疑的;彻底的 | |
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49 suspense | |
n.(对可能发生的事)紧张感,担心,挂虑 | |
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50 averred | |
v.断言( aver的过去式和过去分词 );证实;证明…属实;作为事实提出 | |
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51 beguiled | |
v.欺骗( beguile的过去式和过去分词 );使陶醉;使高兴;消磨(时间等) | |
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52 countenance | |
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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53 prospects | |
n.希望,前途(恒为复数) | |
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54 spoke | |
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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55 perverse | |
adj.刚愎的;坚持错误的,行为反常的 | |
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56 disposition | |
n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署 | |
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57 fragrance | |
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58 loyalty | |
n.忠诚,忠心 | |
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59 deferred | |
adj.延期的,缓召的v.拖延,延缓,推迟( defer的过去式和过去分词 );服从某人的意愿,遵从 | |
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60 miserable | |
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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61 accounting | |
n.会计,会计学,借贷对照表 | |
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62 melancholy | |
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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63 compassion | |
n.同情,怜悯 | |
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64 possessed | |
adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的 | |
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65 faculty | |
n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员 | |
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66 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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67 thoroughly | |
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地 | |
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68 agitating | |
搅动( agitate的现在分词 ); 激怒; 使焦虑不安; (尤指为法律、社会状况的改变而)激烈争论 | |
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69 implement | |
n.(pl.)工具,器具;vt.实行,实施,执行 | |
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70 affected | |
adj.不自然的,假装的 | |
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71 discomforts | |
n.不舒适( discomfort的名词复数 );不愉快,苦恼 | |
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72 anodyne | |
n.解除痛苦的东西,止痛剂 | |
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73 injustice | |
n.非正义,不公正,不公平,侵犯(别人的)权利 | |
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74 pang | |
n.剧痛,悲痛,苦闷 | |
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75 irresistibly | |
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76 fabulous | |
adj.极好的;极为巨大的;寓言中的,传说中的 | |
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77 isolation | |
n.隔离,孤立,分解,分离 | |
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78 interfered | |
v.干预( interfere的过去式和过去分词 );调停;妨碍;干涉 | |
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79 liking | |
n.爱好;嗜好;喜欢 | |
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80 logic | |
n.逻辑(学);逻辑性 | |
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81 inflict | |
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82 criticise | |
v.批评,评论;非难 | |
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83 meditation | |
n.熟虑,(尤指宗教的)默想,沉思,(pl.)冥想录 | |
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84 vow | |
n.誓(言),誓约;v.起誓,立誓 | |
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