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THE robbery at the Bank had not languished1 before, and did not cease to occupy a front place in the attention of the principal of that establishment now. In boastful proof of his promptitude and activity, as a remarkable2 man, and a self-made man, and a commercial wonder more admirable than Venus, who had risen out of the mud instead of the sea, he liked to show how little his domestic affairs abated3 his business ardour. Consequently, in the first few weeks of his resumed bachelorhood, he even advanced upon his usual display of bustle4, and every day made such a rout5 in renewing his investigations6 into the robbery, that the officers who had it in hand almost wished it had never been committed.
They were at fault too, and off the scent7. Although they had been so quiet since the first outbreak of the matter, that most people really did suppose it to have been abandoned as hopeless, nothing new occurred. No implicated8 man or woman took untimely courage, or made a self-betraying step. More remarkable yet, Stephen Blackpool could not be heard of, and the mysterious old woman remained a mystery.
Things having come to this pass, and showing no latent signs of stirring beyond it, the upshot of Mr. Bounderby's investigations was, that he resolved to hazard a bold burst. He drew up a placard, offering Twenty Pounds reward for the apprehension9 of Stephen Blackpool, suspected of complicity in the robbery of Coketown Bank on such a night; he described the said Stephen Blackpool by dress, complexion10, estimated height, and manner, as minutely as he could; he recited how he had left the town, and in what direction he had been last seen going; he had the whole printed in great black letters on a staring broadsheet; and he caused the walls to be posted with it in the dead of night, so that it should strike upon the sight of the whole population at one blow.

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长期受苦( languish的过去式和过去分词 ); 受折磨; 变得(越来越)衰弱; 因渴望而变得憔悴或闷闷不乐 | |
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adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的 | |
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减少( abate的过去式和过去分词 ); 减去; 降价; 撤消(诉讼) | |
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v.喧扰地忙乱,匆忙,奔忙;n.忙碌;喧闹 | |
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n.溃退,溃败;v.击溃,打垮 | |
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(正式的)调查( investigation的名词复数 ); 侦查; 科学研究; 学术研究 | |
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n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格 | |
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adj.缓慢的,迟缓的 | |
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devouring
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吞没( devour的现在分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光 | |
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n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧 | |
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n.织布机( loom的名词复数 )v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的第三人称单数 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近 | |
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execration
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n.诅咒,念咒,憎恶 | |
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behold
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v.看,注视,看到 | |
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traitor
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adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 );登记,招收,使入伍(或入会、入学等),参加,成为成员;记入名册;卷起,包起 | |
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n.卷轴,纸卷;(石刻上的)漩涡 | |
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专制统治者( tyrant的名词复数 ); 暴君似的人; (古希腊的)僭主; 严酷的事物 | |
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adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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majesty
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n.毒蛇;危险的人 | |
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v.潜行( sneak的过去式和过去分词 );偷偷溜走;(儿童向成人)打小报告;告状 | |
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scanty
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appellation
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n.卑怯之人,懦夫;adj.怯懦的,畏缩的 | |
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plunderer
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adj.总计的,集合的;n.总数;v.合计;集合 | |
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watchful
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adj.注意的,警惕的 | |
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adj.狂热的,热心的 | |
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weaver
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n.织布工;编织者 | |
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prodigious
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adj.惊人的,奇妙的;异常的;巨大的;庞大的 | |
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subscribed
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v.捐助( subscribe的过去式和过去分词 );签署,题词;订阅;同意 | |
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adj.顽固的,倔强的,不易屈服的,较难治愈的 | |
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v.存放( lodge的过去式和过去分词 );暂住;埋入;(权利、权威等)归属 | |
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compassion
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n.同情,怜悯 | |
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spoke
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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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shameful
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adj.可耻的,不道德的 | |
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sobbing
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<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的 | |
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growled
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assented
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scowl
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vi.(at)生气地皱眉,沉下脸,怒视;n.怒容 | |
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