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Chapter LI
The Countess was not banished1, but she felt the insecurity of her tenure2 of her brother’s hospitality. A week after this incident Isabel received a telegram from England, dated from Gardencourt and bearing the stamp of Mrs. Touchett’s authorship. “Ralph cannot last many days,” it ran, “and if convenient would like to see you. Wishes me to say that you must come only if you’ve not other duties. Say, for myself, that you used to talk a good deal about your duty and to wonder what it was; shall be curious to see whether you’ve found it out. Ralph is really dying, and there’s no other company.” Isabel was prepared for this news, having received from Henrietta Stackpole a detailed3 account of her journey to England with her appreciative4 patient. Ralph had arrived more dead than alive, but she had managed to convey him to Gardencourt, where he had taken to his bed, which, as Miss Stackpole wrote, he evidently would never leave again. She added that she had really had two patients on her hands instead of one, inasmuch as Mr. Goodwood, who had been of no earthly use, was quite as ailing5, in a different way, as Mr. Touchett. Afterwards she wrote that she had been obliged to surrender the field to Mrs. Touchett, who had just returned from America and had promptly6 given her to understand that she didn’t wish any interviewing at Gardencourt. Isabel had written to her aunt shortly after Ralph came to Rome, letting her know of his critical condition and suggesting that she should lose no time in returning to Europe. Mrs. Touchett had telegraphed an acknowledgement of this admonition, and the only further news Isabel received from her was the second telegram I have just quoted.
Isabel stood a moment looking at the latter missive; then, thrusting it into her pocket, she went straight to the door of her husband’s study. Here she again paused an instant, after which she opened the door and went in. Osmond was seated at the table near the window with a folio volume before him,
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1 banished | |
v.放逐,驱逐( banish的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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2 tenure | |
n.终身职位;任期;(土地)保有权,保有期 | |
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3 detailed | |
adj.详细的,详尽的,极注意细节的,完全的 | |
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4 appreciative | |
adj.有鉴赏力的,有眼力的;感激的 | |
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5 ailing | |
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6 promptly | |
adv.及时地,敏捷地 | |
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7 propped | |
支撑,支持,维持( prop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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8 impartial | |
adj.(in,to)公正的,无偏见的 | |
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9 brook | |
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10 negligence | |
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11 implements | |
n.工具( implement的名词复数 );家具;手段;[法律]履行(契约等)v.实现( implement的第三人称单数 );执行;贯彻;使生效 | |
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12 speck | |
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13 interfered | |
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14 perfectly | |
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15 irritable | |
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16 obstinate | |
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17 folly | |
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18 opposition | |
n.反对,敌对 | |
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19 accomplishment | |
n.完成,成就,(pl.)造诣,技能 | |
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20 justify | |
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21 malignant | |
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22 apparently | |
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23 fully | |
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24 concessions | |
n.(尤指由政府或雇主给予的)特许权( concession的名词复数 );承认;减价;(在某地的)特许经营权 | |
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25 tremor | |
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26 defiance | |
n.挑战,挑衅,蔑视,违抗 | |
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27 expressive | |
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28 expressively | |
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29 proximity | |
n.接近,邻近 | |
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30 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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31 sarcasm | |
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32 mesh | |
n.网孔,网丝,陷阱;vt.以网捕捉,啮合,匹配;vi.适合; [计算机]网络 | |
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33 refinement | |
n.文雅;高尚;精美;精制;精炼 | |
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34 disillusioned | |
a.不再抱幻想的,大失所望的,幻想破灭的 | |
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35 abode | |
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36 blasphemous | |
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37 sophistry | |
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38 throb | |
v.震颤,颤动;(急速强烈地)跳动,搏动 | |
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39 tune | |
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40 blight | |
n.枯萎病;造成破坏的因素;vt.破坏,摧残 | |
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41 renounce | |
v.放弃;拒绝承认,宣布与…断绝关系 | |
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42 contented | |
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43 hideous | |
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44 eyebrows | |
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45 enquired | |
打听( enquire的过去式和过去分词 ); 询问; 问问题; 查问 | |
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46 rupture | |
n.破裂;(关系的)决裂;v.(使)破裂 | |
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47 deliberately | |
adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地 | |
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48 fig | |
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49 faculties | |
n.能力( faculty的名词复数 );全体教职员;技巧;院 | |
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50 dispersed | |
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51 encompassed | |
v.围绕( encompass的过去式和过去分词 );包围;包含;包括 | |
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52 possessed | |
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53 supreme | |
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54 eliciting | |
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55 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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56 doorway | |
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57 heterogeneous | |
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58 dreariness | |
沉寂,可怕,凄凉 | |
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59 awfully | |
adv.可怕地,非常地,极端地 | |
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60 embarrassment | |
n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫 | |
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61 odious | |
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62 agile | |
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63 extinction | |
n.熄灭,消亡,消灭,灭绝,绝种 | |
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64 prospect | |
n.前景,前途;景色,视野 | |
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65 countenance | |
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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66 grimace | |
v.做鬼脸,面部歪扭 | |
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67 picturesque | |
adj.美丽如画的,(语言)生动的,绘声绘色的 | |
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68 mere | |
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69 hesitation | |
n.犹豫,踌躇 | |
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70 exasperating | |
adj. 激怒的 动词exasperate的现在分词形式 | |
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71 joyous | |
adj.充满快乐的;令人高兴的 | |
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72 favourable | |
adj.赞成的,称赞的,有利的,良好的,顺利的 | |
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73 caressingly | |
爱抚地,亲切地 | |
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74 sufficiently | |
adv.足够地,充分地 | |
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75 wan | |
(wide area network)广域网 | |
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76 undertaking | |
n.保证,许诺,事业 | |
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77 hatred | |
n.憎恶,憎恨,仇恨 | |
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78 gulf | |
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂 | |
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79 cleave | |
v.(clave;cleaved)粘着,粘住;坚持;依恋 | |
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80 vows | |
誓言( vow的名词复数 ); 郑重宣布,许愿 | |
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81 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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82 exultant | |
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83 fascination | |
n.令人着迷的事物,魅力,迷恋 | |
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84 scruples | |
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85 miserable | |
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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86 portentous | |
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87 perversity | |
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88 anticlimax | |
n.令人扫兴的结局;突降法 | |
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89 horrid | |
adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的 | |
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90 heeded | |
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91 lucidly | |
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92 frankly | |
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93 rendering | |
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94 virtue | |
n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力 | |
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95 exhausted | |
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96 confession | |
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97 kindle | |
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98 sinister | |
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99 renounced | |
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100 discomfiture | |
n.崩溃;大败;挫败;困惑 | |
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101 discordantly | |
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102 repented | |
对(自己的所为)感到懊悔或忏悔( repent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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103 drawn | |
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104 idiotic | |
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105 wares | |
n. 货物, 商品 | |
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106 unpacked | |
v.从(包裹等)中取出(所装的东西),打开行李取出( unpack的过去式和过去分词 );拆包;解除…的负担;吐露(心事等) | |
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107 wince | |
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108 tragically | |
adv. 悲剧地,悲惨地 | |
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109 tangible | |
adj.有形的,可触摸的,确凿的,实际的 | |
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110 horrified | |
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111 vile | |
adj.卑鄙的,可耻的,邪恶的;坏透的 | |
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112 irreproachable | |
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113 propriety | |
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114 determined | |
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115 carnival | |
n.嘉年华会,狂欢,狂欢节,巡回表演 | |
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116 bruised | |
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117 scant | |
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118 abruptly | |
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119 ruffle | |
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120 gratitude | |
adj.感激,感谢 | |
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121 penetration | |
n.穿透,穿人,渗透 | |
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122 wailed | |
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123 resentment | |
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