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MR. JAMES HARTHOUSE, 'going in' for his adopted party, soon began to score. With the aid of a little more coaching for the political sages1, a little more genteel listlessness for the general society, and a tolerable management of the assumed honesty in dishonesty, most effective and most patronized of the polite deadly sins, he speedily came to be considered of much promise. The not being troubled with earnestness was a grand point in his favour, enabling him to take to the hard Fact fellows with as good a grace as if he had been born one of the tribe, and to throw all other tribes overboard, as conscious hypocrites.
'Whom none of us believe, my dear Mrs. Bounderby, and who do not believe themselves. The only difference between us and the professors of virtue4 or benevolence5, or philanthropy - never mind the name - is, that we know it is all meaningless, and say so; while they know it equally and will never say so.'
Why should she be shocked or warned by this reiteration6? It was not so unlike her father's principles, and her early training, that it need startle her. Where was the great difference between the two schools, when each chained her down to material realities, and inspired her with no faith in anything else? What was there in her soul for James Harthouse to destroy, which Thomas Gradgrind had nurtured7 there in its state of innocence8!
It was even the worse for her at this pass, that in her mind - implanted there before her eminently9 practical father began to form it - a struggling disposition10 to believe in a wider and nobler humanity than she had ever heard of, constantly strove with doubts and resentments11. With doubts, because the
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sages
n.圣人( sage的名词复数 );智者;哲人;鼠尾草(可用作调料)
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ass
n.驴;傻瓜,蠢笨的人
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profess
v.声称,冒称,以...为业,正式接受入教,表明信仰
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virtue
n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力
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benevolence
n.慈悲,捐助
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reiteration
n. 重覆, 反覆, 重说
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nurtured
养育( nurture的过去式和过去分词 ); 培育; 滋长; 助长
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innocence
n.无罪;天真;无害
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eminently
adv.突出地;显著地;不寻常地
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disposition
n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署
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resentments
(因受虐待而)愤恨,不满,怨恨( resentment的名词复数 )
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aspiration
n.志向,志趣抱负;渴望;(语)送气音;吸出
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justification
n.正当的理由;辩解的理由
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onward
adj.向前的,前进的;adv.向前,前进,在先
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ruffled
adj. 有褶饰边的, 起皱的
动词ruffle的过去式和过去分词
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honourable
adj.可敬的;荣誉的,光荣的
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gorgon
n.丑陋女人,蛇发女怪
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remarkably
ad.不同寻常地,相当地
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devoted
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的
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gusty
adj.起大风的
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deserted
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的
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spotted
adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的
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stationary
adj.固定的,静止不动的
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softening
变软,软化
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mellowed
(使)成熟( mellow的过去式和过去分词 ); 使色彩更加柔和,使酒更加醇香
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rustic
adj.乡村的,有乡村特色的;n.乡下人,乡巴佬
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hawthorn
山楂
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situated
adj.坐落在...的,处于某种境地的
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improvident
adj.不顾将来的,不节俭的,无远见的
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supreme
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
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snug
adj.温暖舒适的,合身的,安全的;v.使整洁干净,舒适地依靠,紧贴;n.(英)酒吧里的私房
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humility
n.谦逊,谦恭
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bullied
adj.被欺负了v.恐吓,威逼( bully的过去式和过去分词 )
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belied
v.掩饰( belie的过去式和过去分词 );证明(或显示)…为虚假;辜负;就…扯谎
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lodging
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍
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retirement
n.退休,退职
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esteem
n.尊敬,尊重;vt.尊重,敬重;把…看作
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remarkable
adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的
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lighting
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光
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pretence
n.假装,作假;借口,口实;虚伪;虚饰
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sordid
adj.肮脏的,不干净的,卑鄙的,暗淡的
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incapable
adj.无能力的,不能做某事的
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proceeding
n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报
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rigid
adj.严格的,死板的;刚硬的,僵硬的
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awakening
n.觉醒,醒悟 adj.觉醒中的;唤醒的
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lighter
n.打火机,点火器;驳船;v.用驳船运送;light的比较级
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expressive
adj.表现的,表达…的,富于表情的
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acquit
vt.宣判无罪;(oneself)使(自己)表现出
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helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
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candidly
adv.坦率地,直率而诚恳地
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gliding
v. 滑翔
adj. 滑动的
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confide
v.向某人吐露秘密
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worthy
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
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esteemed
adj.受人尊敬的v.尊敬( esteem的过去式和过去分词 );敬重;认为;以为
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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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confiding
adj.相信人的,易于相信的v.吐露(秘密,心事等)( confide的现在分词 );(向某人)吐露(隐私、秘密等)
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abruptly
adv.突然地,出其不意地
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bluff
v.虚张声势,用假象骗人;n.虚张声势,欺骗
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deficient
adj.不足的,不充份的,有缺陷的
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delicacy
n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴
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allusion
n.暗示,间接提示
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apprehension
n.理解,领悟;逮捕,拘捕;忧虑
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gratitude
adj.感激,感谢
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vice
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
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venial
adj.可宽恕的;轻微的
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suffused
v.(指颜色、水气等)弥漫于,布满( suffuse的过去式和过去分词 )
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concealed
a.隐藏的,隐蔽的
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aspire
vi.(to,after)渴望,追求,有志于
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extricating
v.使摆脱困难,脱身( extricate的现在分词 )
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moss
n.苔,藓,地衣
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stammered
v.结巴地说出( stammer的过去式和过去分词 )
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mere
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
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carving
n.雕刻品,雕花
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inscribing
v.写,刻( inscribe的现在分词 )
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slashing
adj.尖锐的;苛刻的;鲜明的;乱砍的v.挥砍( slash的现在分词 );鞭打;割破;削减
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misanthropical
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privately
adv.以私人的身份,悄悄地,私下地
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admiration
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕
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sullenly
不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地
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ascended
v.上升,攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 )
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confidential
adj.秘(机)密的,表示信任的,担任机密工作的
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disorder
n.紊乱,混乱;骚动,骚乱;疾病,失调
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groan
vi./n.呻吟,抱怨;(发出)呻吟般的声音
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rosebuds
蔷薇花蕾,妙龄少女,初入社交界的少女( rosebud的名词复数 )
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scattered
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
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persuasively
adv.口才好地;令人信服地
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coax
v.哄诱,劝诱,用诱哄得到,诱取
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unnatural
adj.不自然的;反常的
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ornamental
adj.装饰的;作装饰用的;n.装饰品;观赏植物
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inclination
n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好
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thoroughly
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地
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affected
adj.不自然的,假装的
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eyelids
n.眼睑( eyelid的名词复数 );眼睛也不眨一下;不露声色;面不改色
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albeit
conj.即使;纵使;虽然
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precepts
n.规诫,戒律,箴言( precept的名词复数 )
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doctrines
n.教条( doctrine的名词复数 );教义;学说;(政府政策的)正式声明
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dismally
adv.阴暗地,沉闷地
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desperately
adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地
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languor
n.无精力,倦怠
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lessen
vt.减少,减轻;缩小
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asunder
adj.分离的,化为碎片
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alas
int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等)