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Chapter XXXIX.
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All night did Winterborne think over that unsatisfactory ending of a pleasant time, forgetting the pleasant time itself. He feared anew that they could never be happy together, even should she be free to choose him. She was accomplished1; he was unrefined. It was the original difficulty, which he was too sensitive to recklessly ignore, as some men would have done in his place.
He was one of those silent, unobtrusive beings who want little from others in the way of favor or condescension2, and perhaps on that very account scrutinize3 those others’ behavior too closely. He was not versatile4, but one in whom a hope or belief which had once had its rise, meridian5, and decline seldom again exactly recurred6, as in the breasts of more sanguine7 mortals. He had once worshipped her, laid out his life to suit her, wooed her, and lost her. Though it was with almost the same zest8, it was with not quite the same hope, that he had begun to tread the old tracks again, and allowed himself to be so charmed with her that day.
Move another step towards her he would not. He would even repulse9 her — as a tribute to conscience. It would be sheer sin to let her prepare a pitfall10 for her happiness not much smaller than the first by inveigling11 her into a union with such as he. Her poor father was now blind to these subtleties
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1 accomplished | |
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的 | |
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2 condescension | |
n.自以为高人一等,贬低(别人) | |
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3 scrutinize | |
n.详细检查,细读 | |
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4 versatile | |
adj.通用的,万用的;多才多艺的,多方面的 | |
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5 meridian | |
adj.子午线的;全盛期的 | |
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6 recurred | |
再发生,复发( recur的过去式和过去分词 ); 治愈 | |
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7 sanguine | |
adj.充满希望的,乐观的,血红色的 | |
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8 zest | |
n.乐趣;滋味,风味;兴趣 | |
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9 repulse | |
n.击退,拒绝;vt.逐退,击退,拒绝 | |
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10 pitfall | |
n.隐患,易犯的错误;陷阱,圈套 | |
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11 inveigling | |
v.诱骗,引诱( inveigle的现在分词 ) | |
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12 subtleties | |
细微( subtlety的名词复数 ); 精细; 巧妙; 细微的差别等 | |
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13 formerly | |
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14 beheld | |
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15 solicitous | |
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16 embarrassment | |
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17 lessened | |
减少的,减弱的 | |
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18 tenor | |
n.男高音(歌手),次中音(乐器),要旨,大意 | |
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19 solicitor | |
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20 estranged | |
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21 postscript | |
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22 paternal | |
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23 longing | |
n.(for)渴望 | |
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24 brink | |
n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘,边沿 | |
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25 craving | |
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26 vitality | |
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27 trifling | |
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28 perversity | |
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29 touching | |
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30 estranging | |
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31 determined | |
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32 annulled | |
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33 rustic | |
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34 premises | |
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35 tantalized | |
v.逗弄,引诱,折磨( tantalize的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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36 orchard | |
n.果园,果园里的全部果树,(美俚)棒球场 | |
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37 plantation | |
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38 reminder | |
n.提醒物,纪念品;暗示,提示 | |
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39 reticence | |
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40 breach | |
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41 canopy | |
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42 perusal | |
n.细读,熟读;目测 | |
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43 discomfiture | |
n.崩溃;大败;挫败;困惑 | |
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44 sufficiently | |
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45 apparently | |
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46 doomed | |
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47 tragical | |
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48 engendered | |
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49 renounce | |
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50 tiffs | |
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51 thickets | |
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52 blighting | |
使凋萎( blight的现在分词 ); 使颓丧; 损害; 妨害 | |
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53 extemporized | |
v.即兴创作,即席演奏( extemporize的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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54 chiding | |
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55 scarlet | |
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56 soften | |
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57 liking | |
n.爱好;嗜好;喜欢 | |
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58 premature | |
adj.比预期时间早的;不成熟的,仓促的 | |
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59 verge | |
n.边,边缘;v.接近,濒临 | |
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60 resolutely | |
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61 primitive | |
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62 valiantly | |
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63 agonizing | |
adj.痛苦难忍的;使人苦恼的v.使极度痛苦;折磨(agonize的ing形式) | |
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64 simplicity | |
n.简单,简易;朴素;直率,单纯 | |
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65 implicit | |
a.暗示的,含蓄的,不明晰的,绝对的 | |
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66 ordinances | |
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67 perfectly | |
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68 wedded | |
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69 stammered | |
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70 mere | |
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71 sobbed | |
哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说 | |
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72 undo | |
vt.解开,松开;取消,撤销 | |
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73 enacted | |
制定(法律),通过(法案)( enact的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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74 testimony | |
n.证词;见证,证明 | |
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75 fluster | |
adj.慌乱,狼狈,混乱,激动 | |
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76 conjectures | |
推测,猜想( conjecture的名词复数 ) | |
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77 misgiving | |
n.疑虑,担忧,害怕 | |
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78 descended | |
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79 heed | |
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80 hoarsely | |
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81 withdrawn | |
vt.收回;使退出;vi.撤退,退出 | |
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82 cadence | |
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83 bent | |
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84 fixed | |
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85 deluded | |
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86 dignified | |
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87 distressed | |
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88 solitude | |
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方 | |
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89 chamber | |
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90 dominant | |
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91 contemn | |
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