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Chapter XXXIV.
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It was at the beginning of April, a few days after the meeting between Grace and Mrs. Charmond in the wood, that Fitzpiers, just returned from London, was travelling from Sherton-Abbas to Hintock in a hired carriage. In his eye there was a doubtful light, and the lines of his refined face showed a vague disquietude. He appeared now like one of those who impress the beholder1 as having suffered wrong in being born.
His position was in truth gloomy, and to his appreciative2 mind it seemed even gloomier than it was. His practice had been slowly dwindling3 of late, and now threatened to die out altogether, the irrepressible old Dr. Jones capturing patients up to Fitzpiers’s very door. Fitzpiers knew only too well the latest and greatest cause of his unpopularity; and yet, so illogical is man, the second branch of his sadness grew out of a remedial measure proposed for the first — a letter from Felice Charmond imploring4 him not to see her again. To bring about their severance5 still more effectually, she added, she had decided6 during his absence upon almost immediate7 departure for the Continent.
The time was that dull interval8 in a woodlander’s life which coincides with great activity in the life of the woodland itself — a period following the close of the winter tree-cutting, and preceding the barking season, when the saps are just beginning to heave with the force of hydraulic9 lifts inside all the trunks of the forest.
Winterborne’s contract was completed, and the plantations10
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1 beholder | |
n.观看者,旁观者 | |
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adj.有鉴赏力的,有眼力的;感激的 | |
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3 dwindling | |
adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 ) | |
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4 imploring | |
恳求的,哀求的 | |
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5 severance | |
n.离职金;切断 | |
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6 decided | |
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7 immediate | |
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8 interval | |
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9 hydraulic | |
adj.水力的;水压的,液压的;水力学的 | |
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10 plantations | |
n.种植园,大农场( plantation的名词复数 ) | |
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11 deserted | |
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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12 attenuated | |
v.(使)变细( attenuate的过去式和过去分词 );(使)变薄;(使)变小;减弱 | |
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13 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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14 mere | |
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15 glided | |
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16 twigs | |
细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 ) | |
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17 sitting-room | |
n.(BrE)客厅,起居室 | |
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18 descending | |
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19 solitary | |
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20 hearth | |
n.壁炉炉床,壁炉地面 | |
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21 rattled | |
慌乱的,恼火的 | |
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22 accurately | |
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23 desultorily | |
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24 casement | |
n.竖铰链窗;窗扉 | |
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25 beech | |
n.山毛榉;adj.山毛榉的 | |
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26 tinkling | |
n.丁当作响声 | |
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27 sunder | |
v.分开;隔离;n.分离,分开 | |
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28 descended | |
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29 supplementary | |
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30 considerably | |
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31 contemplated | |
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32 discord | |
n.不和,意见不合,争论,(音乐)不和谐 | |
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33 manor | |
n.庄园,领地 | |
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34 rein | |
n.疆绳,统治,支配;vt.以僵绳控制,统治 | |
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35 unnatural | |
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36 hitched | |
(免费)搭乘他人之车( hitch的过去式和过去分词 ); 搭便车; 攀上; 跃上 | |
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37 bough | |
n.大树枝,主枝 | |
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38 browsing | |
v.吃草( browse的现在分词 );随意翻阅;(在商店里)随便看看;(在计算机上)浏览信息 | |
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39 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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40 extremity | |
n.末端,尽头;尽力;终极;极度 | |
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41 ambling | |
v.(马)缓行( amble的现在分词 );从容地走,漫步 | |
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42 biding | |
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43 testily | |
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44 determined | |
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45 positively | |
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46 exasperating | |
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47 ailing | |
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48 clump | |
n.树丛,草丛;vi.用沉重的脚步行走 | |
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49 precursor | |
n.先驱者;前辈;前任;预兆;先兆 | |
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50 boughs | |
大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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51 investigation | |
n.调查,调查研究 | |
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52 gilding | |
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53 structural | |
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54 counteract | |
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55 pervaded | |
v.遍及,弥漫( pervade的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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56 repose | |
v.(使)休息;n.安息 | |
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57 incited | |
刺激,激励,煽动( incite的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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58 justified | |
a.正当的,有理的 | |
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59 abrupt | |
adj.突然的,意外的;唐突的,鲁莽的 | |
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60 privately | |
adv.以私人的身份,悄悄地,私下地 | |
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61 plunging | |
adj.跳进的,突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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62 mare | |
n.母马,母驴 | |
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63 laborer | |
n.劳动者,劳工 | |
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64 inquiry | |
n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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65 oversight | |
n.勘漏,失察,疏忽 | |
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66 winding | |
n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈 | |
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67 descried | |
adj.被注意到的,被发现的,被看到的 | |
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68 chestnut | |
n.栗树,栗子 | |
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69 galloped | |
(使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事 | |
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70 friskily | |
adv.活泼地,闹着玩地 | |
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71 friendliness | |
n.友谊,亲切,亲密 | |
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72 hypocrisy | |
n.伪善,虚伪 | |
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73 posture | |
n.姿势,姿态,心态,态度;v.作出某种姿势 | |
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74 stunned | |
adj. 震惊的,惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词 | |
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75 conjecturable | |
可推测的,可猜想的 | |
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76 sprightliness | |
n.愉快,快活 | |
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77 flask | |
n.瓶,火药筒,砂箱 | |
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78 exertion | |
n.尽力,努力 | |
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79 contrived | |
adj.不自然的,做作的;虚构的 | |
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80 withers | |
马肩隆 | |
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