选择字号:【大】【中】【小】 | 关灯
护眼
|
关注小说网官方公众号(noveltingroom),原版名著免费领。
The next morning she was glad and proud that she had not yielded to a scare. For he was most strangely and obviously better. He had slept heavily, and she had slept a little. True that Daniel was condemned1 to death! Leaving Daniel to his fate, she was conscious of joy springing in her heart. How absurd to have asked herself: "Will he ever come down those stairs again?"!
A message reached her from the forgotten shop during the morning, that Mr. Lawton had called to see Mr. Povey. Already Samuel had wanted to arise, but she had forbidden it in the tone of a woman who is dangerous, and Samuel had been very reasonable. He now said that Mr. Lawton must be asked up. She glanced round the bedroom. It was 'done'; it was faultlessly correct as a sick chamber2. She agreed to the introduction into it of the man from another sphere, and after a preliminary minute she left the two to talk together. This visit of young Lawton's was a dramatic proof of Samuel's importance, and of the importance of the matter in hand. The august occasion demanded etiquette3, and etiquette said that a wife should depart from her husband when he had to transact4 affairs beyond the grasp of a wife.
The idea of a petition to the Home Secretary took shape at this interview, and before the day was out it had spread over the town and over the Five Towns, and it was in the Signal. The Signal spoke5 of Daniel Povey as 'the condemned man.' And the phrase startled the whole district into an indignant agitation6 for his reprieve7. The district woke up to the fact that a Town Councillor, a figure in the world, an honest tradesman of unspotted character, was cooped solitary8 in a little cell at Stafford, waiting to be hanged by the neck till he was dead. The district determined
收听单词发音
1
condemned
adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的
动词condemn的过去式和过去分词
2
chamber
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所
3
etiquette
n.礼仪,礼节;规矩
4
transact
v.处理;做交易;谈判
5
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
6
agitation
n.搅动;搅拌;鼓动,煽动
7
reprieve
n.暂缓执行(死刑);v.缓期执行;给…带来缓解
8
solitary
adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士
9
determined
adj.坚定的;有决心的
10
prosecution
n.起诉,告发,检举,执行,经营
11
felons
n.重罪犯( felon的名词复数 );瘭疽;甲沟炎;指头脓炎
12
monstrous
adj.巨大的;恐怖的;可耻的,丢脸的
13
inevitable
adj.不可避免的,必然发生的
14
partisans
游击队员( partisan的名词复数 ); 党人; 党羽; 帮伙
15
crumbled
(把…)弄碎, (使)碎成细屑( crumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 衰落; 坍塌; 损坏
16
ostracism
n.放逐;排斥
17
platitudes
n.平常的话,老生常谈,陈词滥调( platitude的名词复数 );滥套子
18
despatch
n./v.(dispatch)派遣;发送;n.急件;新闻报道
19
petitioners
n.请求人,请愿人( petitioner的名词复数 );离婚案原告
20
consecrated
adj.神圣的,被视为神圣的v.把…奉为神圣,给…祝圣( consecrate的过去式和过去分词 );奉献
21
penal
adj.刑罚的;刑法上的
22
chapels
n.小教堂, (医院、监狱等的)附属礼拜堂( chapel的名词复数 );(在小教堂和附属礼拜堂举行的)礼拜仪式
23
verge
n.边,边缘;v.接近,濒临
24
inertia
adj.惰性,惯性,懒惰,迟钝
25
sacrosanct
adj.神圣不可侵犯的
26
canvass
v.招徕顾客,兜售;游说;详细检查,讨论
27
canvasser
n.挨户推销商品的推销员
28
remarkable
adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的
29
civic
adj.城市的,都市的,市民的,公民的
30
aged
adj.年老的,陈年的
31
sundry
adj.各式各样的,种种的
32
extraordinarily
adv.格外地;极端地
33
validly
正当地,妥当地
34
intoxicated
喝醉的,极其兴奋的
35
considerably
adv.极大地;相当大地;在很大程度上
36
virtue
n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力
37
humane
adj.人道的,富有同情心的
38
celebrated
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
39
stratum
n.地层,社会阶层
40
havoc
n.大破坏,浩劫,大混乱,大杂乱
41
commuted
通勤( commute的过去式和过去分词 ); 减(刑); 代偿
42
commute
vi.乘车上下班;vt.减(刑);折合;n.上下班交通
43
sleepless
adj.不睡眠的,睡不著的,不休息的
44
confidential
adj.秘(机)密的,表示信任的,担任机密工作的
45
provocation
n.激怒,刺激,挑拨,挑衅的事物,激怒的原因
46
utterly
adv.完全地,绝对地
47
inadequate
adj.(for,to)不充足的,不适当的
48
supreme
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
49
apron
n.围裙;工作裙
50
requiem
n.安魂曲,安灵曲
51
wring
n.扭绞;v.拧,绞出,扭
52
bosom
n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的
53
puffed
adj.疏松的v.使喷出( puff的过去式和过去分词 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧
54
protrude
v.使突出,伸出,突出
55
spine
n.脊柱,脊椎;(动植物的)刺;书脊
56
backwards
adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地
57
majesty
n.雄伟,壮丽,庄严,威严;最高权威,王权
58
desolating
毁坏( desolate的现在分词 ); 极大地破坏; 使沮丧; 使痛苦
59
dirge
n.哀乐,挽歌,庄重悲哀的乐曲
60
pall
v.覆盖,使平淡无味;n.柩衣,棺罩;棺材;帷幕
61
judicially
依法判决地,公平地
62
chilly
adj.凉快的,寒冷的
63
apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
64
ornamented
adj.花式字体的v.装饰,点缀,美化( ornament的过去式和过去分词 )
65
vaults
n.拱顶( vault的名词复数 );地下室;撑物跳高;墓穴
66
intervals
n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息
67
punctuated
v.(在文字中)加标点符号,加标点( punctuate的过去式和过去分词 );不时打断某事物
68
lengthened
(时间或空间)延长,伸长( lengthen的过去式和过去分词 )
69
reiterated
反复地说,重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )
70
rabble
n.乌合之众,暴民;下等人
71
callous
adj.无情的,冷淡的,硬结的,起老茧的
72
injustice
n.非正义,不公正,不公平,侵犯(别人的)权利
73
casually
adv.漠不关心地,无动于衷地,不负责任地
74
slurred
含糊地说出( slur的过去式和过去分词 ); 含糊地发…的声; 侮辱; 连唱
75
professing
声称( profess的现在分词 ); 宣称; 公开表明; 信奉
76
culminated
v.达到极点( culminate的过去式和过去分词 )
77
demonstration
n.表明,示范,论证,示威
78
gathering
n.集会,聚会,聚集
79
agitated
adj.被鼓动的,不安的
80
resounding
adj. 响亮的
81
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
82
disperse
vi.使分散;使消失;vt.分散;驱散
83
crammed
adj.塞满的,挤满的;大口地吃;快速贪婪地吃v.把…塞满;填入;临时抱佛脚( cram的过去式)
84
quench
vt.熄灭,扑灭;压制
85
funereal
adj.悲哀的;送葬的
86
forth
adv.向前;向外,往外
87
enveloped
v.包围,笼罩,包住( envelop的过去式和过去分词 )
88
equilibrium
n.平衡,均衡,相称,均势,平静
89
gutter
n.沟,街沟,水槽,檐槽,贫民窟
90
enacting
制定(法律),通过(法案)( enact的现在分词 )
91
judicious
adj.明智的,明断的,能作出明智决定的