PART 2 CHAPTER 25

PART 2 CHAPTER

25

I ’M SCARCELY ABLE TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NIGHT AND day, submerged as I am in

a nightmare that regularly ambushes¹ me now. Every sound reminds me of the past. Even the

creek², my beloved creek below the house, is driving me mad. It assaults my hearing as it spills

over its banks, flooded with rains from the fall hurricane off the distant Virginia coast. Clapping

my hands over my ears makes the torment⁴ no less. The creek in its passage is chillingly similar

to waves beating against Pea Patch Island, where I was imprisoned⁵ for thirteen months.

After a six-day hike from Spotsylvania, union soldiers prodded⁶ us into cavernous freight cars

waiting in Washington. The cries of wounded men drowned out the thrum of spinning metal

wheels as we rolled first toward Baltimore, and then to the union Fort McHenry. There, blue-

uniformed officials stood behind wooden tables and piles of documents. With a sharp thwack of

a red rubber stamp, they changed our identities from soldier to prisoner.

A packet steamboat that stank⁷ of recently transported livestock⁸ was moored⁹ at the end of a

long dock jutting¹⁰ out from Fort McHenry. Our little group, along with hundreds of others, was

forced into the lower hold. The space was foul¹¹ with manure¹². Envy gnawed¹³ at me as our

Confederate officers boarded in a separate line headed for upper decks where there was fresh air.

We were packed together upright, not able to even crouch¹⁴, for a twelve-hour journey in an

airless enclosure with the rank scent¹⁵ of human illness everywhere. Beards and Jim Blue, already

in ill health from lack of nourishment¹⁶, were overwhelmed. Tears involuntarily drained from

Beards’ eyes.

“Boys, step aside or you’ll be fouler¹⁷ than you already are,” he muttered weakly and swayed.

John Bibb, Jim Blue, and I strained away, but there wasn’t an extra inch to spare. As those near

Beards cringed, splatters of vomit¹⁸ added another indignity¹⁹ to our clay and bloodstained rags. By

now, I was largely indifferent to unpleasant body fluids—from my own chronic²⁰ diarrhea to

liquids from others’ bodies. Being transported in an animal packet steamer struck me as an

appropriate continuation of the foot soldier’s life. I prayed we weren’t headed to slaughter²¹,

surely the previous passengers’ fate.

When the boat began to sway more heavily from side to side, we knew we’d left the river and

had entered the broad and turgid Chesapeake Bay. Exhaustion²², injuries, and jolting²³ waves would

have toppled many by this time but for the pressure of bodies on all sides. Men around me

fainted, and Bibb was one of them. I supported his weight, his arm limply across my shoulder

and my hand on his belt. It was a small price for what I owed him. The ever-present moaning

and stench of seasickness²⁴ made this leg of the journey interminable, until we finally entered the

mouth of the mile-wide Delaware River. There we were herded²⁵ off a gangplank to our future

home.

Wobbly-legged, I stepped onto an island of barely reclaimed²⁷ swamp. Before us loomed²⁸ a

high- walled brick and granite²⁹ fortress³⁰, crowned by one hundred cannons³¹. Our company of

common prisoners, however, would never see the inside of that pentagonal structure. Stretching

before it was an immense twelve-foot-high wooden pen, capped by a walkway on which blue-

uniformed men patrolled with weapons. This was where we were herded.

High on the wall, three officers stood, waiting for the hundreds of new prisoners to surge

through the gate and fill the square below. The commanding general, a man named Schoepf,

nervously³² toyed with the medals on his blue jacket, revealing the white handkerchief stuffed in

his cuff³³. His pants were crisply pressed and without stains. He withdrew the handkerchief and

held it to his nose as he waited for the crowd to settle. Then, with a thick European accent, he

introduced himself and his two deputies. “You’ll answer to different commanders now. I’m

charged, along with my two deputies, Captain George W. Ahl and Sergeant³⁴ Abraham Wolf,

with the execution of President Lincoln’s orders. You will unwaveringly follow them. Any

violation³⁵ of prison regulations, and you will pay the price.” He paused and took stock of the

scraggly crowd. “But if you heed³⁶ my warnings well, you’ll have no trouble here.” His shiny

boots thumped³⁷ across the walkway to a ladder leading down to the separate officers’ pen, as he

left his underlings to oversee³⁸ us. I felt an urge to better see what these men were made of.

“Excuse me. Coming through,” I muttered as I pushed through the crowd standing³⁹ nearest the

wall.

Maybe it was my height or bold movement, but I attracted Ahl’s notice as I finally stood

beneath him. I was close enough to see that his shirt strained across his bulging⁴⁰ stomach and

remnants of former meals marred⁴¹ his trousers. His army jacket was sloppily⁴² thrown across both

bulky shoulders, and he gripped the crooked⁴³ handle of a cane³ in his right hand. I could also see

the glinting, soulless eyes that revealed the true man. When I looked up, those eyes locked on

mine and fiercely glowered⁴⁴. I glared back, refusing to look away. A current of fear rippled⁴⁵

through me from head to toe, and I shuddered⁴⁶.

Separated into groups of one hundred, we filed through a crude door in one of the two very

long, flimsily constructed wooden barracks that stretched along the sides of the pen. Inside were

tiered, six-foot wide shelves on which lay rows of thin wool blankets. The guards commanded

us to empty our pockets and what rucksacks men still carried onto the rough wooden boards.

They then confiscated⁴⁷ everything we’d brought with us, including any extra clothes. Beards

nudged my arm. “We better pray we’re home by winter. I bet a cold wind blows off the water

through these plank²⁶ walls.” He gestured to the daylight streaming between the boards.

“It’s mid-May. We’ll be gone by then,” I said. We’d all heard that the system of prisoner

trades meant incarceration⁴⁸ for only three months or so.

Jim Blue, Beards, and I staked places side by side on the second berth⁴⁹. Zeke Skinner and the

rest of the Augusta fellows were close by, and John Bibb claimed a spot on the tier across the

aisle⁵⁰.

These sleeping shelves were also our living accommodations. It was impossible for more

than a few to stand in the narrow aisle between. On each side, fifty men slept with heads to the

outside wall and feet to the center, shelved as common logs without bedding or even straw. The

single federal-issue blanket was little protection from the splinters and would be none at all from

the weather. I quickly learned to place half on the shelf and to wrap the other half around my

body.

Directly below the barrack floors and bisecting the pen were watery⁵¹ canals. Twice a day as

the tide rose there should have been sufficient flow to lift the waste that would then spill through

sluice⁵² gates into the river. But nine thousand overcrowded inmates⁵³ produced so much garbage

and filth⁵⁴ that the canals were clogged⁵⁵. The tides had no power to dislodge the accumulation.

They thus became incubators for slime and animalculae. Any open wound festered after canal

contact.

Luckily, in the morning’s crowd of veteran prisoners I’d spotted⁵⁶ Frank Armstrong, a member

of the 5th Virginia Infantry⁵⁷. Company D had belonged to the 5th. Several years older than I, the

stocky, curly- bearded fellow from Brownsburg had taught Sunday school classes at New

Jerusalem Church. My parents had spoken admiringly of this young man who took the Bible so

seriously, and Ma had suggested that I should emulate⁵⁹ him. This, of course, meant I stayed far

away from him, but now I approached with hand outstretched. “Frank, it’s good to see you alive

and with all your limbs. When did these Yankee devils catch up with you?”

At first his expression was blank, but then he recognized me. “I’ll be darned. Tom Smiley,

isn’t it? Praise be to the Lord, although I can’t say it’s good to see you here.” His mouth set in a

grim line. “I’ve been in this place for a month, but it feels like years.” He looked around to see if

there was a guard nearby. “Let me tell you, you have to figure this place out on your own.

Otherwise, you’ll be gunned down. There’s no second chance.”

My stomach clenched⁶⁰. “How can I avoid that fate?” I asked.

“Well, you need to know that the guards take curfew very seriously. Don’t dare mess with the

barrack lantern after 8:00 p.m. lights out. If you do, they’ll shoot you on the spot. Stay alert, take

your time and watch, and do everything the guards tell you as quickly as you can.”

He then added, “Here’s another piece of advice. Choose a second-tier bunk⁶¹, not an upper or

lower one, whatever you do. The leaky roof soaks those on top, and the ‘floor men’ on the

bottom get the canal vapors⁶² and any fluids from both tiers above.” I felt some satisfaction that,

with the exception of Tayloe, our group had chosen well. I would warn him to switch shelves.

“What about the commander and his sidekick Ahl? Ahl looks particularly dangerous.”

Frank motioned me to move even farther from others and spoke⁵⁸ softly. “Schoepf’s not so

bad. But he’s very peculiar⁶³ about health and cleanliness. Very peculiar. Fellows say he was

driven mad by the death of his infant daughter shortly before the war, before he came over from

Austro-Hungary. He blames ‘foul vapors,’ and there are surely plenty of those around here. It’s

why he’s so pale. He rarely comes outside.”

“That sounds like you don’t see much of him.”

“True. Ahl is the one who keeps an eye on us, and between you and me, he’s the one really in

control. He watches us like a hawk⁶⁴ watches mice. No one can get to Schoepf unless they go

through him, not even other officers or the guards. He and his flunkies censor⁶⁵ all mail, incoming

and outgoing.” All mistreatment, Frank believed, originated from Ahl. “I hear he gained power

over Schoepf by ratting him out to Washington as being too soft on us. Now he threatens to do it

again if the commander shows any humanity. Believe me, stay far away from Ahl for your own

good.”

“What about Sergeant Wolf?”

“He’s not any better, but he’s not as much of a threat. He’s responsible for the officers’ pen.

He’s too fond of his whiskey, which makes him meaner, but also keeps him out of action.”

“It sounds like Schoepf is the pawn⁶⁶ of his two junior officers,” I said. Frank nodded.

After the boys and I claimed our spots on the boards, we filed out into the vast pen. It teemed⁶⁷

with thousands of idle men standing in knots talking or squatting⁶⁸ against the walls. A gray-

haired prisoner with a wheelbarrow struggled by, parting the crowd with his burden of corpses⁶⁹

piled like so much corded lumber⁷¹. He wearily called, “Make way, make way.”

I searched for Frank and found him standing in the pen where I had left him. “What’s this?” I

asked, gesturing toward the grim scene.

“These poor souls are from the hospital. It’s in the pen over yonder by the wall. The place

overflows⁷² with men at all hours—plagued by loose bowels⁷³, measles⁷⁴, the pox, or whatever

wound gnaws⁷⁵ at them since the battlefield. Most of ’em will be dumped headfirst into trenches⁷⁶

dug by inmates across the river.” He explained that lime would break down their flesh, and then

there will be room for more of us to join them in days to come.

Not long after, Tayloe, who hadn’t followed my advice and was still berthed⁷⁷ above me,

couldn’t muster⁷⁸ out for morning drill. He murmured that he wasn’t well enough to rise. Beards

hollered out in Tayloe’s place during roll call and did so for the week that Tayloe lay wasting of

what looked like typhus pneumonia⁷⁹. He turned a deaf ear to our pleas to visit the surgeon’s

window in the pen wall where, once a day, men waited in long queues for a consultation⁸⁰.

“That damn doctor dispenses⁸¹ nothing but bread pills and some mysterious powder boys

swear is flour,” he said. “A stay in the hospital will surely kill me.” He breathed in gasps⁸² but

continued. “I’ll take my chances right here with you fellows.” I gently patted his arm and tried

to smile for his sake.

As the days passed, we helplessly listened while he moaned feverishly⁸⁴ on the boards above.

Five of us sneaked⁸⁵ bits of our cornbread and meat to share, but he pushed them away as his

fever mounted. There was nothing to do but pray he wouldn’t suffer for long. In the meantime,

he lay in a puddle⁸⁶ of excrement⁸⁷ and vomit. Nights were the worst. He thrashed his arms about

and called out words in a ragged⁸⁸ voice that none of us could understand. “Tayloe, what is it?”

I’d ask, hoping to ease his discomfort⁸⁹. But if he responded, it was only to moan in the dark. We

took turns dipping a rag in tepid⁹⁰ water and holding it to his forehead, but he remained clammy

and feverish⁸³. Finally, on the sixth day in the late afternoon, Zeke, who had been resting below,

noticed there was an unnatural⁹¹ silence from Tayloe’s shelf.

“Tayloe, Tayloe, answer me,” he called out. When there was no sound, he pulled himself up

to Tayloe’s level and held his hand beneath Tayloe’s nostrils⁹². No breath crossed his fingers. A

palm to Tayloe’s chest told Zeke what he dreaded⁹³. He ran into the yard where I was squatting in

the shade of the wall.

“I think Tayloe is gone,” he choked out. “Come see for yourself. I can’t feel a heartbeat.”

I leaped to my feet, crossed the barrack threshold, and stood next to the pale body curled on

the shelf. Zeke was right. The whites of Tayloe’s eyes were visible under half-closed lids and his

mouth gaped⁹⁴ open. When I put my head to Tayloe’s chest, there was nothing. Pulling up the dry

flesh of his lid, his eye stared unblinking at a place far beyond my reach. I paused for a moment,

my hand on his shoulder, and looked long at what was left of my friend so that I might never

forget. During those days as barely more than children in Staunton, neither of us could have

predicted his death this way.

This was different from Sam’s dying. The blood drained from my face, and my knees were

weak. Throbbing⁹⁵ pain behind my eyes made my head feel huge. But deep feelings of loss had

been out of reach ever since we’d laid Sam in the ground. Zeke yelled to the other boys in our

company to come in from the yard. We stood in a wordless row before Tayloe’s body, each of

us forming an inner farewell. Beards and I finally eased his emaciated⁹⁶ corpse⁷⁰ down from the

boards, wrapped it in his blanket, and bade it farewell as the wheelbarrow man hauled it away. I

spent the afternoon slumped⁹⁷ against the pen wall with my head in my hands until the dinner

signal was given.

Three weeks had passed since our arrival, and the prison was due for a visit from the Federal

health inspectors⁹⁸. Schoepf was obsessed⁹⁹ with demonstrating that he ran a clean operation. Two

days before inspection¹⁰⁰, Ahl appeared on the wall above the pen. “All men muster out of the

barracks!” he hollered.

We poured out of the doors and waited in the yard from the time the sun was highest and

hottest until it was mercifully lower in the sky. Guards trooped in with mops and buckets

sloshing with lye soap, and then with buckets of whitewash¹⁰¹ and brushes. Afterward¹⁰², we were

marched to the river where, under the close watch of rifle-toting guards, we scrubbed off months

of grime and stink¹⁰³, as well as more than a few lice. It was a glorious time. I’ll never forget the

sensation of glistening¹⁰⁴ hair and a scrubbed body.

On the tenth of June, after an early morning visit to the sinks, Beards returned to the barracks

to rouse Jim Blue and me with a rumor¹⁰⁵ he’d heard in the yard.

“Hey you fellows, wake up. There’s going to be a big announcement before morning drill.

Men are already out in the pen. Do you think Old Abe or Jeff Davis, either one, has come to his

senses about our release? That prisoner trades are starting up?”

Bibb propped¹⁰⁶ himself up on his elbows, suddenly alert. “Lord, could it be true?”

We sprang to our feet and lined up behind other stragglers for the usual eight o’clock drill.

After roll call, Captain Ahl and Sergeant Wolf appeared above on the wall. We maintained our

lines, each man savoring¹⁰⁷ images of homecoming. With a smirk¹⁰⁸ at our upturned faces, Ahl then

recited loudly from an order clutched in his hand.

“I hereby inform all enlisted¹⁰⁹ prisoners of Fort Delaware that as of today, anyone who risks

public health by committing a ‘nuisance’ in or about the barracks will be given three verbal

warnings to cease, and then will be shot or die by bayonet. This directive is straight from

Commander Schoepf and will henceforth be known as Special Order Number 157.” The sun

gleamed white off the official paper as he read it. At the conclusion, his lips twisted as he

relished¹¹¹ the effect of his announcement.

Oh, how I suddenly hated this man. Rage and resentment¹¹² made my chest feel it might

explode. Straight from Commander Schoepf. Right? In my mind, Ahl no longer just represented

evil stupidity. He became everything I despised about the past three years. Now it had boiled

down to something smaller than the greed of Confederate legislators and their cronies but was

no less threatening. This petty minded, cruel man had us completely under his thumb. The

helplessness of it made me lightheaded. To my mind, this newest injustice¹¹³ reeked¹¹⁴ of Ahl, not

Schoepf.

Astonishment¹¹⁵ surged through the crowd. Next to me, a fellow leaning on a wooden crutch¹¹⁶

muttered under his breath, “That goddamned Schoepf!” A wave of profanities swept through the

pen.

“Do you all, every one of you, understand me?” Ahl continued. “Guards will be reminded of

Special Order Number 157 every day before they stand duty. Every single day. It is your

responsibility as prisoners never to forget it.” Fellows spat¹¹⁷ more oaths under their breath, while

others stared hopelessly at the ground. Zeke’s ire pulsated¹¹⁸ across his pinched face as he stared

upward at Ahl. The man felt the heat of Zeke’s hatred¹¹⁹ and glared back, taking his measure and

storing it away. Ahl’s eyes then fell on me, standing next to Zeke, and lingered. Once again, I

stared him down.

We had recently suspected that Schoepf was wary¹²⁰ of men relieving themselves at the

doorways¹²¹ of the barracks because the guards’ warnings had grown increasing harsh. But now

there would be serious consequences for men with raw wounds, amputated limbs, and serious

illnesses who had trouble walking the narrow, board pathways across the muddy pen in the

black night. The boards ran about seven hundred feet before reaching the bridges leading to

privies¹²² or “sinks.” These were nothing more than planks¹²³ with side-by-side round holes sawn in

them, set out over shallow water too low for the tide to wash away daily droppings. Meals of

decayed meat, often covered with green flies, insured the spindly bridges and pathways were

constantly lined with men shifting from foot to foot. Understandably, all of us preferred to

stumble half asleep to tend to our needs just beyond a barrack exit.

That very day, a man from our barrack committed a “nuisance” on the bank of the Delaware

River. Zeke and Beards had newly befriended him in the pen and joined in with others pitching

a bar of soap back and forth¹¹⁰ in a slippery game of catch during the monthly bath. He was

nineteen-year-old Wilbur Sparks from Madison, Virginia. I think he’d joined the army only

recently, although he’d suffered some wounds in that time. A raw scar traveled across his nose

and forehead. While the others waited for Beards to chase after the bobbing piece of soap,

Wilbur stepped onto the sand, and turning his back, relieved himself. A guard screamed for him

to halt, but the boy, unable to stop the flow midstream, hollered over his shoulder that the guard

was “a Yankee son of a bitch.” The bathing group burst apart, guessing the guard’s angry

response. The guard raised his rifle and took direct aim. The hapless fellow tumbled onto the

sand, his pants flapping open below the bloody¹²⁴ exit wound in his belly¹²⁵. He died quickly. This

was a sobering demonstration¹²⁶ of Schoepf’s obsession¹²⁷, Ahl’s application of it, and another

incident to feed Zeke’s and my wrath¹²⁸.

1 ambushes   

n.埋伏( ambush的名词复数 )；伏击；埋伏着的人；设埋伏点v.埋伏( ambush的第三人称单数 )；埋伏着

参考例句：

• He was a specialist in ambushes, he said, and explained his tactics. 他说自己是埋伏战斗方面的专家，并讲述了他的战术。 来自互联网
• It makes ambushes rather fun. 它使得埋伏战术非常有趣。 来自互联网

2 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

3 cane   

n.手杖，细长的茎，藤条；v.以杖击，以藤编制的

参考例句：

• This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。
• English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。

4 torment   

n.折磨；令人痛苦的东西(人)；vt.折磨；纠缠

参考例句：

• He has never suffered the torment of rejection.他从未经受过遭人拒绝的痛苦。
• Now nothing aggravates me more than when people torment each other.没有什么东西比人们的互相折磨更使我愤怒。

5 imprisoned   

下狱，监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
• They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。

6 prodded   

v.刺，戳( prod的过去式和过去分词 )；刺激；促使；（用手指或尖物）戳

参考例句：

• She prodded him in the ribs to wake him up. 她用手指杵他的肋部把他叫醒。
• He prodded at the plate of fish with his fork. 他拿叉子戳弄着那盘鱼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 stank   

n. (英)坝，堰，池塘 动词stink的过去式

参考例句：

• Her breath stank of garlic. 她嘴里有股大蒜味。
• The place stank of decayed fish. 那地方有烂鱼的臭味。

8 livestock   

n.家畜，牲畜

参考例句：

• Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
• The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。

9 moored   

adj. 系泊的 动词moor的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London. 该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
• We shipped (the) oars and moored alongside the bank. 我们收起桨，把船泊在岸边。

10 jutting   

v.（使）突出( jut的现在分词 )；伸出；（从…）突出；高出

参考例句：

• The climbers rested on a sheltered ledge jutting out from the cliff. 登山者在悬崖的岩棚上休息。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soldier saw a gun jutting out of some bushes. 那士兵看见丛林中有一枝枪伸出来。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

11 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

12 manure   

n.粪，肥，肥粒；vt.施肥

参考例句：

• The farmers were distributing manure over the field.农民们正在田间施肥。
• The farmers used manure to keep up the fertility of their land.农夫们用粪保持其土质的肥沃。

13 gnawed   

咬( gnaw的过去式和过去分词 )； （长时间） 折磨某人； （使）苦恼； （长时间）危害某事物

参考例句：

• His attitude towards her gnawed away at her confidence. 他对她的态度一直在削弱她的自尊心。
• The root of this dead tree has been gnawed away by ants. 这棵死树根被蚂蚁唼了。

14 crouch   

v.蹲伏，蜷缩，低头弯腰；n.蹲伏

参考例句：

• I crouched on the ground.我蹲在地上。
• He crouched down beside him.他在他的旁边蹲下来。

15 scent   

n.气味，香味，香水，线索，嗅觉；v.嗅，发觉

参考例句：

• The air was filled with the scent of lilac.空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。
• The flowers give off a heady scent at night.这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。

16 nourishment   

n.食物，营养品；营养情况

参考例句：

• Lack of proper nourishment reduces their power to resist disease.营养不良降低了他们抵抗疾病的能力。
• He ventured that plants draw part of their nourishment from the air.他大胆提出植物从空气中吸收部分养分的观点。

17 fouler   

adj.恶劣的( foul的比较级 )；邪恶的；难闻的；下流的

参考例句：

• The fairer the paper, the fouler the blot. 纸愈白，污愈显。 来自互联网
• He that falls into dirt, the longer he stays there, the fouler he is. 陷入泥的人，待的时间越长，身上越脏。 来自互联网

18 vomit   

v.呕吐，作呕；n.呕吐物，吐出物

参考例句：

• They gave her salty water to make her vomit.他们给她喝盐水好让她吐出来。
• She was stricken by pain and began to vomit.她感到一阵疼痛，开始呕吐起来。

19 indignity   

n.侮辱，伤害尊严，轻蔑

参考例句：

• For more than a year we have suffered the indignity.在一年多的时间里,我们丢尽了丑。
• She was subjected to indignity and humiliation.她受到侮辱和羞辱。

20 chronic   

adj.(疾病)长期未愈的，慢性的；极坏的

参考例句：

• Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
• Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。

21 slaughter   

n.屠杀，屠宰；vt.屠杀，宰杀

参考例句：

• I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
• Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。

22 exhaustion   

n.耗尽枯竭，疲惫，筋疲力尽，竭尽，详尽无遗的论述

参考例句：

• She slept the sleep of exhaustion.她因疲劳而酣睡。
• His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing.他站着睡着了，显然是太累了。

23 jolting   

adj.令人震惊的

参考例句：

• 'she should be all right from the plane's jolting by now. “飞机震荡应该过了。
• This is perhaps the most jolting comment of all. 这恐怕是最令人震惊的评论。

24 seasickness   

n.晕船

参考例句：

• Europeans take melons for a preventive against seasickness. 欧洲人吃瓜作为预防晕船的方法。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He was very prone to seasickness and already felt queasy. 他快晕船了，已经感到恶心了。 来自辞典例句

25 herded   

群集，纠结( herd的过去式和过去分词 )； 放牧； （使）向…移动

参考例句：

• He herded up his goats. 他把山羊赶拢在一起。
• They herded into the corner. 他们往角落里聚集。

26 plank   

n.板条，木板，政策要点，政纲条目

参考例句：

• The plank was set against the wall.木板靠着墙壁。
• They intend to win the next election on the plank of developing trade.他们想以发展贸易的纲领来赢得下次选举。

27 reclaimed   

adj.再生的；翻造的；收复的；回收的v.开拓( reclaim的过去式和过去分词 )；要求收回；从废料中回收（有用的材料）；挽救

参考例句：

• Many sufferers have been reclaimed from a dependence on alcohol. 许多嗜酒成癖的受害者已经被挽救过来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They reclaimed him from his evil ways. 他们把他从邪恶中挽救出来。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

28 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

参考例句：

• A dark shape loomed up ahead of us. 一个黑糊糊的影子隐隐出现在我们的前面。
• The prospect of war loomed large in everyone's mind. 战事将起的庞大阴影占据每个人的心。 来自《简明英汉词典》

29 granite   

adj.花岗岩，花岗石

参考例句：

• They squared a block of granite.他们把一块花岗岩加工成四方形。
• The granite overlies the older rocks.花岗岩躺在磨损的岩石上面。

30 fortress   

n.堡垒，防御工事

参考例句：

• They made an attempt on a fortress.他们试图夺取这一要塞。
• The soldier scaled the wall of the fortress by turret.士兵通过塔车攀登上了要塞的城墙。

31 cannons   

n.加农炮，大炮，火炮( cannon的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Cannons bombarded enemy lines. 大炮轰击了敌军阵地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• One company had been furnished with six cannons. 某连队装备了六门大炮。 来自《简明英汉词典》

32 nervously   

adv.神情激动地，不安地

参考例句：

• He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇，努力忍着不哭出来。
• He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。

33 cuff   

n.袖口；手铐；护腕；vt.用手铐铐；上袖口

参考例句：

• She hoped they wouldn't cuff her hands behind her back.她希望他们不要把她反铐起来。
• Would you please draw together the snag in my cuff?请你把我袖口上的裂口缝上好吗？

34 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

35 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

36 heed   

v.注意，留意；n.注意，留心

参考例句：

• You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。
• For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。

37 thumped   

v.重击， （指心脏）急速跳动( thump的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Dave thumped the table in frustration . 戴夫懊恼得捶打桌子。
• He thumped the table angrily. 他愤怒地用拳捶击桌子。

38 oversee   

vt.监督，管理

参考例句：

• Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
• Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。

39 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

40 bulging   

膨胀； 凸出（部）； 打气； 折皱

参考例句：

• Her pockets were bulging with presents. 她的口袋里装满了礼物。
• Conscious of the bulging red folder, Nim told her,"Ask if it's important." 尼姆想到那个鼓鼓囊囊的红色文件夹便告诉她：“问问是不是重要的事。”

41 marred   

adj. 被损毁, 污损的

参考例句：

• The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans. 喝醉了的球迷行为不轨，把比赛给搅了。
• Bad diction marred the effectiveness of his speech. 措词不当影响了他演说的效果。

42 sloppily   

adv.马虎地，草率地

参考例句：

• Do things neatly, not sloppily. 办事要利落，不要拖泥带水。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Land market after behind-the-scenes plotting concern: how much land can act sloppily? 关注土地市场重重黑幕：有多少土地可以胡来？ 来自互联网

43 crooked   

adj.弯曲的；不诚实的，狡猾的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指，示意我们到他那儿去。
• You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。

44 glowered   

v.怒视( glower的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He just glowered without speaking. 他一言不发地皱眉怒视我。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He glowered at me but said nothing. 他怒视着我，却一言不发。 来自辞典例句

45 rippled   

使泛起涟漪（ripple的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The lake rippled gently. 湖面轻轻地泛起涟漪。
• The wind rippled the surface of the cornfield. 微风吹过麦田，泛起一片麦浪。

46 shuddered   

v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 )；发抖；（机器、车辆等）突然震动；颤动

参考例句：

• He slammed on the brakes and the car shuddered to a halt. 他猛踩刹车，车颤抖着停住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I shuddered at the sight of the dead body. 我一看见那尸体就战栗。 来自《简明英汉词典》

47 confiscated   

没收，充公( confiscate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Their land was confiscated after the war. 他们的土地在战后被没收。
• The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。

48 incarceration   

n.监禁，禁闭；钳闭

参考例句：

• He hadn't changed much in his nearly three years of incarceration. 在将近三年的监狱生活中，他变化不大。 来自辞典例句
• Please, please set it free before it bursts from its long incarceration! 请你，请你将这颗心释放出来吧！否则它会因长期的禁闭而爆裂。 来自辞典例句

49 berth   

n.卧铺，停泊地，锚位；v.使停泊

参考例句：

• She booked a berth on the train from London to Aberdeen.她订了一张由伦敦开往阿伯丁的火车卧铺票。
• They took up a berth near the harbor.他们在港口附近找了个位置下锚。

50 aisle   

n.（教堂、教室、戏院等里的）过道，通道

参考例句：

• The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
• The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。

51 watery   

adj.有水的，水汪汪的；湿的，湿润的

参考例句：

• In his watery eyes there is an expression of distrust.他那含泪的眼睛流露出惊惶失措的神情。
• Her eyes became watery because of the smoke.因为烟熏，她的双眼变得泪汪汪的。

52 sluice   

n.水闸

参考例句：

• We opened the sluice and the water poured in.我们打开闸门，水就涌了进来。
• They regulate the flow of water by the sluice gate.他们用水闸门控制水的流量。

53 inmates   

n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》

54 filth   

n.肮脏，污物，污秽；淫猥

参考例句：

• I don't know how you can read such filth.我不明白你怎么会去读这种淫秽下流的东西。
• The dialogue was all filth and innuendo.这段对话全是下流的言辞和影射。

55 clogged   

（使）阻碍( clog的过去式和过去分词 )； 淤滞

参考例句：

• The narrow streets were clogged with traffic. 狭窄的街道上交通堵塞。
• The intake of gasoline was stopped by a clogged fuel line. 汽油的注入由于管道阻塞而停止了。

56 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

57 infantry   

n.[总称]步兵(部队)

参考例句：

• The infantry were equipped with flame throwers.步兵都装备有喷火器。
• We have less infantry than the enemy.我们的步兵比敌人少。

58 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

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

59 emulate   

v.努力赶上或超越，与…竞争；效仿

参考例句：

• You must work hard to emulate your sister.你必须努力工作，赶上你姐姐。
• You must look at the film and try to emulate his behavior.你们必须观看这部电影，并尽力模仿他的动作。

60 clenched   

v.紧握，抓紧，咬紧( clench的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He clenched his fists in anger. 他愤怒地攥紧了拳头。
• She clenched her hands in her lap to hide their trembling. 她攥紧双手放在腿上，以掩饰其颤抖。 来自《简明英汉词典》

61 bunk   

n.(车、船等倚壁而设的)铺位；废话

参考例句：

• He left his bunk and went up on deck again.他离开自己的铺位再次走到甲板上。
• Most economists think his theories are sheer bunk.大多数经济学家认为他的理论纯属胡说。

62 vapors   

n.水汽，水蒸气，无实质之物( vapor的名词复数 )；自夸者；幻想 [药]吸入剂 [古]忧郁（症）v.自夸，（使）蒸发( vapor的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• His emotions became vague and shifted about like vapors. 他的心情则如同一团雾气，变幻无常，捉摸不定。 来自辞典例句
• They have hysterics, they weep, they have the vapors. 他们歇斯底里，他们哭泣，他们精神忧郁。 来自辞典例句

63 peculiar   

adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的

参考例句：

• He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
• He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。

64 hawk   

n.鹰，骗子；鹰派成员

参考例句：

• The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
• The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。

65 censor   

n./vt.审查，审查员；删改

参考例句：

• The film has not been viewed by the censor.这部影片还未经审查人员审查。
• The play was banned by the censor.该剧本被查禁了。

66 pawn   

n.典当，抵押，小人物，走卒；v.典当，抵押

参考例句：

• He is contemplating pawning his watch.他正在考虑抵押他的手表。
• It looks as though he is being used as a political pawn by the President.看起来他似乎被总统当作了政治卒子。

67 teemed   

v.充满( teem的过去式和过去分词 )；到处都是；（指水、雨等）暴降；倾注

参考例句：

• The pond teemed with tadpoles. 池子里有很多蝌蚪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ideas of new plays and short stories teemed in his head. 他的脑海里装满了有关新的剧本和短篇小说的构思。 来自辞典例句

68 squatting   

v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的现在分词 )；非法擅自占用（土地或房屋）；为获得其所有权；而占用某片公共用地。

参考例句：

• They ended up squatting in the empty houses on Oxford Road. 他们落得在牛津路偷住空房的境地。
• They've been squatting in an apartment for the past two years. 他们过去两年来一直擅自占用一套公寓。 来自《简明英汉词典》

69 corpses   

n.死尸，尸体( corpse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them. 活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Overhead, grayish-white clouds covered the sky, piling up heavily like decaying corpses. 天上罩满了灰白的薄云，同腐烂的尸体似的沉沉的盖在那里。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

70 corpse   

n.尸体，死尸

参考例句：

• What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
• The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。

71 lumber   

n.木材，木料；v.以破旧东西堆满；伐木；笨重移动

参考例句：

• The truck was sent to carry lumber.卡车被派出去运木材。
• They slapped together a cabin out of old lumber.他们利用旧木料草草地盖起了一间小屋。

72 overflows   

v.溢出，淹没( overflow的第三人称单数 )；充满；挤满了人；扩展出界，过度延伸

参考例句：

• He always fills his glass till it overflows. 他总是把杯子斟得很满。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A distributary overflows its banks. 分流水溢出河岸。 来自辞典例句

73 bowels   

n.肠，内脏，内部；肠( bowel的名词复数 )；内部，最深处

参考例句：

• Salts is a medicine that causes movements of the bowels. 泻盐是一种促使肠子运动的药物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cabins are in the bowels of the ship. 舱房设在船腹内。 来自《简明英汉词典》

74 measles   

n.麻疹，风疹，包虫病，痧子

参考例句：

• The doctor is quite definite about Tom having measles.医生十分肯定汤姆得了麻疹。
• The doctor told her to watch out for symptoms of measles.医生叫她注意麻疹出现的症状。

75 gnaws   

咬( gnaw的第三人称单数 )； （长时间） 折磨某人； （使）苦恼； （长时间）危害某事物

参考例句：

• Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth. 时间，它的利齿可咬碎万物，但对真理却无能为力。
• The water gnaws at the shoreline. 海水侵蚀海岸线。

76 trenches   

深沟，地沟( trench的名词复数 )； 战壕

参考例句：

• life in the trenches 第一次世界大战期间的战壕生活
• The troops stormed the enemy's trenches and fanned out across the fields. 部队猛攻敌人的战壕，并在田野上呈扇形散开。

77 berthed   

v.停泊( berth的过去式和过去分词 )；占铺位

参考例句：

• The ship is berthed at Southampton. 船停泊在南安普敦。
• We berthed our ship at dusk. 黄昏时分我们在泊位停船。 来自辞典例句

78 muster   

v.集合，收集，鼓起，激起；n.集合，检阅，集合人员，点名册

参考例句：

• Go and muster all the men you can find.去集合所有你能找到的人。
• I had to muster my courage up to ask him that question.我必须鼓起勇气向他问那个问题。

79 pneumonia   

n.肺炎

参考例句：

• Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
• Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。

80 consultation   

n.咨询；商量；商议；会议

参考例句：

• The company has promised wide consultation on its expansion plans.该公司允诺就其扩展计划广泛征求意见。
• The scheme was developed in close consultation with the local community.该计划是在同当地社区密切磋商中逐渐形成的。

81 dispenses   

v.分配，分与；分配( dispense的第三人称单数 )；施与；配（药）

参考例句：

• The machine dispenses a range of drinks and snacks. 这台机器发售各种饮料和小吃。
• This machine dispenses coffee. 这台机器发售咖啡。 来自《简明英汉词典》

82 gasps   

v.喘气( gasp的第三人称单数 )；喘息；倒抽气；很想要

参考例句：

• He leant against the railing, his breath coming in short gasps. 他倚着栏杆，急促地喘气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• My breaths were coming in gasps. 我急促地喘起气来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

83 feverish   

adj.发烧的，狂热的，兴奋的

参考例句：

• He is too feverish to rest.他兴奋得安静不下来。
• They worked with feverish haste to finish the job.为了完成此事他们以狂热的速度工作着。

84 feverishly   

adv. 兴奋地

参考例句：

• Feverishly he collected his data. 他拼命收集资料。
• The company is having to cast around feverishly for ways to cut its costs. 公司迫切须要想出各种降低成本的办法。

85 sneaked   

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

参考例句：

• I sneaked up the stairs. 我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。
• She sneaked a surreptitious glance at her watch. 她偷偷看了一眼手表。

86 puddle   

n.(雨)水坑，泥潭

参考例句：

• The boy hopped the mud puddle and ran down the walk.这个男孩跳过泥坑，沿着人行道跑了。
• She tripped over and landed in a puddle.她绊了一下，跌在水坑里。

87 excrement   

n.排泄物，粪便

参考例句：

• The cage smelled of excrement.笼子里粪臭熏人。
• Clothing can also become contaminated with dust,feathers,and excrement.衣着则会受到微尘、羽毛和粪便的污染。

88 ragged   

adj.衣衫褴褛的，粗糙的，刺耳的

参考例句：

• A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。
• Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣烂衫意味着贫穷。

89 discomfort   

n.不舒服，不安，难过，困难，不方便

参考例句：

• One has to bear a little discomfort while travelling.旅行中总要忍受一点不便。
• She turned red with discomfort when the teacher spoke.老师讲话时她不好意思地红着脸。

90 tepid   

adj.微温的，温热的，不太热心的

参考例句：

• She bent her mouth to the tap and drank the tepid water.她把嘴伸到水龙头底下去喝那微温的水。
• Her feet firmly planted on the tepid rough brick of the floor.她一双脚稳固地立在微温而粗糙的砖地上。

91 unnatural   

adj.不自然的；反常的

参考例句：

• Did her behaviour seem unnatural in any way?她有任何反常表现吗？
• She has an unnatural smile on her face.她脸上挂着做作的微笑。

92 nostrils   

鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Her nostrils flared with anger. 她气得两个鼻孔都鼓了起来。
• The horse dilated its nostrils. 马张大鼻孔。

93 dreaded   

adj.令人畏惧的；害怕的v.害怕，恐惧，担心( dread的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The dreaded moment had finally arrived. 可怕的时刻终于来到了。
• He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital. 他害怕非得在医院过圣诞节不可。 来自《用法词典》

94 gaped   

v.目瞪口呆地凝视( gape的过去式和过去分词 )；张开，张大

参考例句：

• A huge chasm gaped before them. 他们面前有个巨大的裂痕。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The front door was missing. A hole gaped in the roof. 前门不翼而飞，屋顶豁开了一个洞。 来自辞典例句

95 throbbing   

a. 跳动的,悸动的

参考例句：

• My heart is throbbing and I'm shaking. 我的心在猛烈跳动，身子在不住颤抖。
• There was a throbbing in her temples. 她的太阳穴直跳。

96 emaciated   

adj.衰弱的，消瘦的

参考例句：

• A long time illness made him sallow and emaciated.长期患病使他面黄肌瘦。
• In the light of a single candle,she can see his emaciated face.借着烛光，她能看到他的被憔悴的面孔。

97 slumped   

大幅度下降，暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 )； 沉重或突然地落下[倒下]

参考例句：

• Sales have slumped this year. 今年销售量锐减。
• The driver was slumped exhausted over the wheel. 司机伏在方向盘上，疲惫得睡着了。

98 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

99 obsessed   

adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的

参考例句：

• He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
• The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。

100 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

101 whitewash   

v.粉刷，掩饰；n.石灰水，粉刷，掩饰

参考例句：

• They tried hard to whitewash themselves.他们力图粉饰自己。
• What he said was a load of whitewash.他所说的是一大堆粉饰之词。

102 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

103 stink   

vi.发出恶臭；糟透，招人厌恶；n.恶臭

参考例句：

• The stink of the rotten fish turned my stomach.腐烂的鱼臭味使我恶心。
• The room has awful stink.那个房间散发着难闻的臭气。

104 glistening   

adj.闪耀的，反光的v.湿物闪耀，闪亮( glisten的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼里闪着晶莹的泪花。
• Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼睛中的泪水闪着柔和的光。 来自《用法词典》

105 rumor   

n.谣言，谣传，传说

参考例句：

• The rumor has been traced back to a bad man.那谣言经追查是个坏人造的。
• The rumor has taken air.谣言流传开了。

106 propped   

支撑，支持，维持( prop的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He sat propped up in the bed by pillows. 他靠着枕头坐在床上。
• This fence should be propped up. 这栅栏该用东西支一支。

107 savoring   

v.意味，带有…的性质( savor的现在分词 )；给…加调味品；使有风味；品尝

参考例句：

• Cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most. 烹饪当然很好，但他最享受的是闻到的各种味道。 来自互联网
• She sat there for a moment, savoring the smell of the food. 她在那儿坐了一会儿，品尝这些食物的香味。 来自互联网

108 smirk   

n.得意地笑；v.傻笑；假笑着说

参考例句：

• He made no attempt to conceal his smirk.他毫不掩饰自鸣得意的笑容。
• She had a selfsatisfied smirk on her face.她脸上带着自鸣得意的微笑。

109 enlisted   

adj.应募入伍的v.（使）入伍， （使）参军( enlist的过去式和过去分词 )；获得（帮助或支持）

参考例句：

• enlisted men and women 男兵和女兵
• He enlisted with the air force to fight against the enemy. 他应募加入空军对敌作战。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

110 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

111 relished   

v.欣赏( relish的过去式和过去分词 )；从…获得乐趣；渴望

参考例句：

• The chaplain relished the privacy and isolation of his verdant surroundings. 牧师十分欣赏他那苍翠的环境所具有的幽雅恬静，与世隔绝的气氛。 来自辞典例句
• Dalleson relished the first portion of the work before him. 达尔生对眼前这工作的前半部分满有兴趣。 来自辞典例句

112 resentment   

n.怨愤，忿恨

参考例句：

• All her feelings of resentment just came pouring out.她一股脑儿倾吐出所有的怨恨。
• She cherished a deep resentment under the rose towards her employer.她暗中对她的雇主怀恨在心。

113 injustice   

n.非正义，不公正，不公平，侵犯（别人的）权利

参考例句：

• They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
• All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。

114 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）

参考例句：

• His breath reeked of tobacco. 他满嘴烟臭味。
• His breath reeked of tobacco. 他满嘴烟臭味。 来自《简明英汉词典》

115 astonishment   

n.惊奇，惊异

参考例句：

• They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
• I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。

116 crutch   

n.T字形拐杖；支持，依靠，精神支柱

参考例句：

• Her religion was a crutch to her when John died.约翰死后，她在精神上依靠宗教信仰支撑住自己。
• He uses his wife as a kind of crutch because of his lack of confidence.他缺乏自信心，总把妻子当作主心骨。

117 spat   

n.口角，掌击；v.发出呼噜呼噜声

参考例句：

• Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
• There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。

118 pulsated   

v.有节奏地舒张及收缩( pulsate的过去式和过去分词 )；跳动；脉动；受（激情）震动

参考例句：

• A regular rhythm pulsated in our ears. 一种平均的节奏在我们耳边颤动着。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The city pulsated with music and excitement. 这个城市随着音乐和激情而脉动。 来自互联网

119 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

120 wary   

adj.谨慎的，机警的，小心的

参考例句：

• He is wary of telling secrets to others.他谨防向他人泄露秘密。
• Paula frowned,suddenly wary.宝拉皱了皱眉头，突然警惕起来。

121 doorways   

n.门口，门道( doorway的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The houses belched people; the doorways spewed out children. 从各家茅屋里涌出一堆一堆的人群，从门口蹦出一群一群小孩。 来自辞典例句
• He rambled under the walls and doorways. 他就顺着墙根和门楼遛跶。 来自辞典例句

122 privies   

n.有利害关系的人( privy的名词复数 )；厕所

参考例句：

123 planks   

（厚）木板( plank的名词复数 )； 政纲条目，政策要点

参考例句：

• The house was built solidly of rough wooden planks. 这房子是用粗木板牢固地建造的。
• We sawed the log into planks. 我们把木头锯成了木板。

124 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

125 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

126 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

127 obsession   

n.困扰，无法摆脱的思想(或情感)

参考例句：

• I was suffering from obsession that my career would be ended.那时的我陷入了我的事业有可能就此终止的困扰当中。
• She would try to forget her obsession with Christopher.她会努力忘记对克里斯托弗的迷恋。

128 wrath   

n.愤怒，愤慨，暴怒

参考例句：

• His silence marked his wrath. 他的沉默表明了他的愤怒。
• The wrath of the people is now aroused. 人们被激怒了。