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At these warm words Winterborne was not less dazed than he was moved in heart. The novelty of the avowal1 rendered what it carried with it inapprehensible by him in its entirety.
Only a few short months ago completely estranged2 from this family — beholding3 Grace going to and fro in the distance, clothed with the alienating4 radiance of obvious superiority, the wife of the then popular and fashionable Fitzpiers, hopelessly outside his social boundary down to so recent a time that flowers then folded were hardly faded yet — he was now asked by that jealously guarding father of hers to take courage — to get himself ready for the day when he should be able to claim her.
The old times came back to him in dim procession. How he had been snubbed; how Melbury had despised his Christmas party; how that sweet, coy Grace herself had looked down upon him and his household arrangements, and poor Creedle’s contrivances!
Well, he could not believe it. Surely the adamantine barrier of marriage with another could not be pierced like this! It did violence to custom. Yet a new law might do anything. But was it at all within the bounds of probability that a woman who, over and above her own attainments5, had been accustomed to those of a cultivated professional man, could ever be the wife of such as he?
Since the date of his rejection6 he had almost grown to see the reasonableness of that treatment. He had said to himself again and again that her father was right; that the poor ceorl, Giles Winterborne, would never have been able to make such a dainty girl happy. Yet, now that she had stood in a position farther removed from his own than at first, he was asked to prepare to woo her. He was full of doubt.
Nevertheless, it was not in him to show backwardness. To act so promptly7 as Melbury desired him to act seemed, indeed, scarcely wise, because of the
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1 avowal | |
n.公开宣称,坦白承认 | |
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2 estranged | |
adj.疏远的,分离的 | |
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3 beholding | |
v.看,注视( behold的现在分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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4 alienating | |
v.使疏远( alienate的现在分词 );使不友好;转让;让渡(财产等) | |
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5 attainments | |
成就,造诣; 获得( attainment的名词复数 ); 达到; 造诣; 成就 | |
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6 rejection | |
n.拒绝,被拒,抛弃,被弃 | |
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7 promptly | |
adv.及时地,敏捷地 | |
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8 uncertainty | |
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9 extravagant | |
adj.奢侈的;过分的;(言行等)放肆的 | |
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10 cynical | |
adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的,不信世道向善的 | |
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11 conjecture | |
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12 anomalous | |
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13 tenterhooks | |
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14 ardor | |
n.热情,狂热 | |
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15 oblivious | |
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16 supervision | |
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17 ardent | |
adj.热情的,热烈的,强烈的,烈性的 | |
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18 stationary | |
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19 marvel | |
vi.(at)惊叹vt.感到惊异;n.令人惊异的事 | |
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20 laboring | |
n.劳动,操劳v.努力争取(for)( labor的现在分词 );苦干;详细分析;(指引擎)缓慢而困难地运转 | |
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21 docile | |
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22 expediency | |
n.适宜;方便;合算;利己 | |
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23 surmised | |
v.臆测,推断( surmise的过去式和过去分词 );揣测;猜想 | |
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24 soothed | |
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25 perturbed | |
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26 entity | |
n.实体,独立存在体,实际存在物 | |
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27 descended | |
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28 annoyance | |
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29 fretted | |
焦躁的,附有弦马的,腐蚀的 | |
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30 mortifying | |
adj.抑制的,苦修的v.使受辱( mortify的现在分词 );伤害(人的感情);克制;抑制(肉体、情感等) | |
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31 specks | |
n.眼镜;斑点,微粒,污点( speck的名词复数 ) | |
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32 smeared | |
弄脏; 玷污; 涂抹; 擦上 | |
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33 lichen | |
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34 boughs | |
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35 plantations | |
n.种植园,大农场( plantation的名词复数 ) | |
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36 vats | |
varieties 变化,多样性,种类 | |
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37 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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38 propriety | |
n.正当行为;正当;适当 | |
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39 reverently | |
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40 judgment | |
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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41 wont | |
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42 averse | |
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43 proceedings | |
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44 frail | |
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45 phantom | |
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46 obstructions | |
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47 abjured | |
v.发誓放弃( abjure的过去式和过去分词 );郑重放弃(意见);宣布撤回(声明等);避免 | |
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48 beheld | |
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49 embarrassment | |
n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫 | |
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50 formerly | |
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51 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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52 publicity | |
n.众所周知,闻名;宣传,广告 | |
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53 extinction | |
n.熄灭,消亡,消灭,灭绝,绝种 | |
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54 deserted | |
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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55 obtrusiveness | |
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56 scrutiny | |
n.详细检查,仔细观察 | |
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57 aisles | |
n. (席位间的)通道, 侧廊 | |
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58 perfectly | |
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59 lurking | |
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60 scarlet | |
n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的 | |
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61 pulsation | |
n.脉搏,悸动,脉动;搏动性 | |
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62 intercourse | |
n.性交;交流,交往,交际 | |
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63 modesty | |
n.谦逊,虚心,端庄,稳重,羞怯,朴素 | |
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64 inevitable | |
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65 heeded | |
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66 momentary | |
adj.片刻的,瞬息的;短暂的 | |
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67 apparatus | |
n.装置,器械;器具,设备 | |
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68 cursory | |
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69 criticise | |
v.批评,评论;非难 | |
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70 deity | |
n.神,神性;被奉若神明的人(或物) | |
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71 displeased | |
a.不快的 | |
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72 betokened | |
v.预示,表示( betoken的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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73 premature | |
adj.比预期时间早的;不成熟的,仓促的 | |
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74 remonstrance | |
n抗议,抱怨 | |
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75 hitch | |
v.免费搭(车旅行);系住;急提;n.故障;急拉 | |
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76 catching | |
adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住 | |
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77 interval | |
n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息 | |
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78 solicitor | |
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79 meek | |
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80 humane | |
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81 proprieties | |
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82 straightforward | |
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83 frankly | |
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84 prosaic | |
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85 solitude | |
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方 | |
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86 discretion | |
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87 tavern | |
n.小旅馆,客栈;小酒店 | |
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88 scrupulously | |
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89 humble | |
adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低 | |
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90 misgiving | |
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91 parlor | |
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92 advertising | |
n.广告业;广告活动 a.广告的;广告业务的 | |
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93 imbibed | |
v.吸收( imbibe的过去式和过去分词 );喝;吸取;吸气 | |
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94 possessed | |
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95 luxurious | |
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96 humiliated | |
感到羞愧的 | |
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97 apprenticeship | |
n.学徒身份;学徒期 | |
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98 determined | |
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99 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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100 mincing | |
adj.矫饰的;v.切碎;切碎 | |
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101 distress | |
n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛 | |
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102 pathos | |
n.哀婉,悲怆 | |
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103 discourse | |
n.论文,演说;谈话;话语;vi.讲述,著述 | |
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104 trotted | |
小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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