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NECESSARY meditations1 on the actual, including the mean bread-and-cheese question, dissipated the phantasmal for a while, and compelled Jude to smother2 high thinkings under immediate3 needs. He had to get up, and seek for work, manual work; the only kind deemed by many of its professors to be work at all.
Passing out into the streets on this errand he found that the colleges had treacherously4 changed their sympathetic countenances5: some were pompous6; some had put on the look of family vaults7 above ground; something barbaric loomed8 in the masonries of all. The spirits of the great men had disappeared.
The numberless architectural pages around him he read, naturally, less as an artist-critic of their forms than as an artizan and comrade of the dead handicraftsmen whose muscles had actually executed those forms. He examined the mouldings, stroked them as one who knew their beginning, said they were difficult or easy in the working, had taken little or much time, were trying to the arm, or convenient to the tool.
What at night had been perfect and ideal was by day the more or less defective9 real. Cruelties, insults, had, he perceived, been inflicted10 on the aged11 erections. The condition of several moved him as he would have been moved by maimed sentient12
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meditations
默想( meditation的名词复数 ); 默念; 沉思; 冥想
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smother
vt./vi.使窒息;抑制;闷死;n.浓烟;窒息
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immediate
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
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treacherously
背信弃义地; 背叛地; 靠不住地; 危险地
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countenances
n.面容( countenance的名词复数 );表情;镇静;道义支持
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pompous
adj.傲慢的,自大的;夸大的;豪华的
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vaults
n.拱顶( vault的名词复数 );地下室;撑物跳高;墓穴
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loomed
v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近
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defective
adj.有毛病的,有问题的,有瑕疵的
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inflicted
把…强加给,使承受,遭受( inflict的过去式和过去分词 )
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aged
adj.年老的,陈年的
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sentient
adj.有知觉的,知悉的;adv.有感觉能力地
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sloughing
v.使蜕下或脱落( slough的现在分词 );舍弃;除掉;摒弃
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crumbling
adj.摇摇欲坠的
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renovation
n.革新,整修
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chisels
n.凿子,錾子( chisel的名词复数 );口凿
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likeness
n.相像,相似(之处)
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abraded
adj.[医]刮擦的v.刮擦( abrade的过去式和过去分词 );(在精神方面)折磨(人);消磨(意志、精神等);使精疲力尽
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lichened
adj.长满地衣的,长青苔的
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poetical
adj.似诗人的;诗一般的;韵文的;富有诗意的
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shafts
n.轴( shaft的名词复数 );(箭、高尔夫球棒等的)杆;通风井;一阵(疼痛、害怕等)
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pinnacles
顶峰( pinnacle的名词复数 ); 顶点; 尖顶; 小尖塔
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standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
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disdain
n.鄙视,轻视;v.轻视,鄙视,不屑
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disarray
n.混乱,紊乱,凌乱
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worthy
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
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dignified
a.可敬的,高贵的
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vice
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
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logic
n.逻辑(学);逻辑性
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reverence
n.敬畏,尊敬,尊严;Reverence:对某些基督教神职人员的尊称;v.尊敬,敬畏,崇敬
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disturbance
n.动乱,骚动;打扰,干扰;(身心)失调
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precarious
adj.不安定的,靠不住的;根据不足的
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mingled
混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系]
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busts
半身雕塑像( bust的名词复数 ); 妇女的胸部; 胸围; 突击搜捕
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gargoyles
n.怪兽状滴水嘴( gargoyle的名词复数 )
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habitual
adj.习惯性的;通常的,惯常的
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cloisters
n.(学院、修道院、教堂等建筑的)走廊( cloister的名词复数 );回廊;修道院的生活;隐居v.隐退,使与世隔绝( cloister的第三人称单数 )
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mallet
n.槌棒
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artistically
adv.艺术性地
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inmates
n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )
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persistent
adj.坚持不懈的,执意的;持续的
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akin
adj.同族的,类似的
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creases
(使…)起折痕,弄皱( crease的第三人称单数 ); (皮肤)皱起,使起皱纹
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pane
n.窗格玻璃,长方块
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inevitable
adj.不可避免的,必然发生的
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panes
窗玻璃( pane的名词复数 )
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promptly
adv.及时地,敏捷地
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zest
n.乐趣;滋味,风味;兴趣
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undertakings
企业( undertaking的名词复数 ); 保证; 殡仪业; 任务
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applied
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
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consternation
n.大为吃惊,惊骇
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landlady
n.女房东,女地主
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chamber
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所
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curtailing
v.截断,缩短( curtail的现在分词 )
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encumbered
v.妨碍,阻碍,拖累( encumber的过去式和过去分词 )
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disastrous
adj.灾难性的,造成灾害的;极坏的,很糟的
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reeked
v.发出浓烈的臭气( reek的过去式和过去分词 );散发臭气;发出难闻的气味 (of sth);明显带有(令人不快或生疑的跡象)
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spire
n.(教堂)尖顶,尖塔,高点
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dome
n.圆屋顶,拱顶
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resounded
v.(指声音等)回荡于某处( resound的过去式和过去分词 );产生回响;(指某处)回荡着声音
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stimulants
n.兴奋剂( stimulant的名词复数 );含兴奋剂的饮料;刺激物;激励物
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enthusiasts
n.热心人,热衷者( enthusiast的名词复数 )
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inquiries
n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 );疑问;探究;打听
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nervously
adv.神情激动地,不安地
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previously
adv.以前,先前(地)
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distressed
痛苦的
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warehouse
n.仓库;vt.存入仓库
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beheld
v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟
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entirely
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
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stationery
n.文具;(配套的)信笺信封
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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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softened
(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰
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zinc
n.锌;vt.在...上镀锌
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scroll
n.卷轴,纸卷;(石刻上的)漩涡
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illuminating
a.富于启发性的,有助阐明的
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Christian
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
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fixed
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
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honourable
adj.可敬的;荣誉的,光荣的
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antipathies
反感( antipathy的名词复数 ); 引起反感的事物; 憎恶的对象; (在本性、倾向等方面的)不相容
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stimulated
a.刺激的
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waggon
n.运货马车,运货车;敞篷车箱
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hoisting
起重,提升
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obstructing
阻塞( obstruct的现在分词 ); 堵塞; 阻碍; 阻止
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dubbed
v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 );把…称为;配音;复制
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rusticity
n.乡村的特点、风格或气息
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contrived
adj.不自然的,做作的;虚构的
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solitude
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方
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precipitate
adj.突如其来的;vt.使突然发生;n.沉淀物
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affected
adj.不自然的,假装的
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tragic
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的
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adverse
adj.不利的;有害的;敌对的,不友好的
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intensified
v.(使)增强, (使)加剧( intensify的过去式和过去分词 )
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mutual
adj.相互的,彼此的;共同的,共有的
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kinsman
n.男亲属
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kindly
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地