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A WALK IN A WORKHOUSE
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ON a certain Sunday, I formed one of the congregation assembled in the chapel1 of a large metropolitan2 Workhouse. With the exception of the clergyman and clerk, and a very few officials, there were none but paupers4 present. The children sat in the galleries; the women in the body of the chapel, and in one of the side aisles5; the men in the remaining aisle6. The service was decorously performed, though the sermon might have been much better adapted to the comprehension and to the circumstances of the hearers. The usual supplications were offered, with more than the usual significancy in such a place, for the fatherless children and widows, for all sick persons and young children, for all that were desolate7 and oppressed, for the comforting and helping8 of the weak-hearted, for the raising-up of them that had fallen; for all that were in danger, necessity, and tribulation9. The prayers of the congregation were desired ‘for several persons in the various wards10 dangerously ill;’ and others who were recovering returned their thanks to Heaven.
Among this congregation, were some evil-looking young women, and beetle-browed young men; but not many — perhaps that kind of characters kept away. Generally, the faces (those of the children excepted) were depressed12 and subdued13, and wanted colour. Aged
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chapel
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n.小教堂,殡仪馆 | |
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metropolitan
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n.贫民,被救济者,穷人 | |
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n.穷人( pauper的名词复数 );贫民;贫穷 | |
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n.(教堂、教室、戏院等里的)过道,通道 | |
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n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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tribulation
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n.苦难,灾难 | |
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区( ward的名词复数 ); 病房; 受监护的未成年者; 被人照顾或控制的状态 | |
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n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开 | |
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adj.沮丧的,抑郁的,不景气的,萧条的 | |
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subdued
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adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词 | |
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aged
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mumbling
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含糊地说某事,叽咕,咕哝( mumble的现在分词 ) | |
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lame
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winking
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withered
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adj. 枯萎的,干瘪的,(人身体的部分器官)因病萎缩的或未发育良好的 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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crouching
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drooping
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adj. 下垂的,无力的 动词droop的现在分词 | |
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weird
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adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的 | |
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bonnet
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pauperism
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n.有被救济的资格,贫困 | |
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fangless
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Fangless | |
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humane
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conscientious
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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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sobbing
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<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的 | |
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wringing
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utterance
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chuckling
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prettily
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perfectly
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noted
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redress
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infinitely
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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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felon
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imputation
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recollecting
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infamous
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adj.声名狼藉的,臭名昭著的,邪恶的 | |
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vividly
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engender
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robust
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apparently
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heartily
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adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很 | |
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rampant
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adj.(植物)蔓生的;狂暴的,无约束的 | |
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shrouds
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n.裹尸布( shroud的名词复数 );寿衣;遮蔽物;覆盖物v.隐瞒( shroud的第三人称单数 );保密 | |
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aspirations
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强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 ); 志向; 发送气音; 发 h 音 | |
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lodging
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n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍 | |
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kennel
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formerly
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divers
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pounce
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shuffling
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chambers
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sullen
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indifference
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paralytically
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interferes
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spectral
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subside
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hoarse
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flannel
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