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Donald Lindsay was prostrated¹ by a stroke of apoplexy on Thursday, April 3. It was surmised² that the immediate³ cause was mental. He arrived home apparently⁴ physically⁵ well, but in a state of what, for him, was a state of unusual agitation⁶. As a rule he was a dour⁷ man; much given to silence; self-contained. At that time there was staying at Cloverlea, with his daughter Nora, a school-friend, Elaine Harding. During lunch both girls were struck by his unusual talkativeness. Often during a meal he would hardly open his lips for any other purpose except eating and drinking. That morning he talked volubly to both girls on all sorts of subjects. After lunch Nora said laughingly to Elaine--

"I wonder what's the matter with papa. I don't know when I remember him so conversational⁸."

He put in no appearance at tea; but as that was a common occurrence his absence went unnoticed. When, however, the gong having sounded for dinner, the girls were waiting for him in the drawing-room, and still he did not come, Nora sent a servant to his dressing-room to inquire if he would be long. The man returned to say that his master was neither in his dressing-room nor his bedroom; that he had spent the afternoon in his study, from which no one had seen him issue; that the study door was locked, and knockings went unheeded. Nora, opening a French window in the drawing-room, went along the terrace towards the study.

The study opened on to the terrace. It had two long windows. At neither of them were the blinds down or the curtains drawn⁹. It was elicited
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1 prostrated

v.使俯伏，使拜倒( prostrate的过去式和过去分词 )；（指疾病、天气等）使某人无能为力

参考例句：

He was prostrated by the loss of his wife. 他因丧妻而忧郁。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

They prostrated themselves before the emperor. 他们拜倒在皇帝的面前。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 surmised

v.臆测，推断( surmise的过去式和过去分词 )；揣测；猜想

参考例句：

From the looks on their faces, I surmised that they had had an argument. 看他们的脸色，我猜想他们之间发生了争执。

From his letter I surmised that he was unhappy. 我从他的信中推测他并不快乐。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 immediate

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。

We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

4 apparently

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。

He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 physically

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。

Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

6 agitation

n.搅动；搅拌；鼓动，煽动

参考例句：

Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores.小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。

These materials require constant agitation to keep them in suspension.这些药剂要经常搅动以保持悬浮状态。

7 dour

adj.冷酷的，严厉的；（岩石）嶙峋的；顽强不屈

参考例句：

They were exposed to dour resistance.他们遭受到顽强的抵抗。

She always pretends to be dour,in fact,she's not.她总表现的不爱讲话，事实却相反。

8 conversational

adj.对话的，会话的

参考例句：

The article is written in a conversational style.该文是以对话的形式写成的。

She values herself on her conversational powers.她常夸耀自己的能言善辩。

9 drawn

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。

Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

10 elicited

引出，探出( elicit的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

Threats to reinstate the tax elicited jeer from the Opposition. 恢复此项征税的威胁引起了反对党的嘲笑。

The comedian's joke elicited applause and laughter from the audience. 那位滑稽演员的笑话博得观众的掌声和笑声。

11 flicker

vi./n.闪烁，摇曳，闪现

参考例句：

There was a flicker of lights coming from the abandoned house.这所废弃的房屋中有灯光闪烁。

At first,the flame may be a small flicker,barely shining.开始时，光辉可能是微弱地忽隐忽现，几乎并不灿烂。

12 positively

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。

The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

13 Flared

adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的动词flare的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

The match flared and went out. 火柴闪亮了一下就熄了。

The fire flared up when we thought it was out. 我们以为火已经熄灭，但它突然又燃烧起来。

14 housekeeper

n.管理家务的主妇，女管家

参考例句：

A spotless stove told us that his mother is a diligent housekeeper.炉子清洁无瑕就表明他母亲是个勤劳的主妇。

She is an economical housekeeper and feeds her family cheaply.她节约持家，一家人吃得很省。

15 pane

n.窗格玻璃，长方块

参考例句：

He broke this pane of glass.他打破了这块窗玻璃。

Their breath bloomed the frosty pane.他们呼出的水气，在冰冷的窗玻璃上形成一层雾。

16 exclamation

n.感叹号，惊呼，惊叹词

参考例句：

He could not restrain an exclamation of approval.他禁不住喝一声采。

The author used three exclamation marks at the end of the last sentence to wake up the readers.作者在文章的最后一句连用了三个惊叹号，以引起读者的注意。

17 huddled

挤在一起（huddle的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。

We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。

18 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。

19 charred

v.把…烧成炭( char的过去式)；烧焦

参考例句：

the charred remains of a burnt-out car 被烧焦的轿车残骸

The intensity of the explosion is recorded on the charred tree trunks. 那些烧焦的树干表明爆炸的强烈。来自《简明英汉词典》

20 hearth

n.壁炉炉床，壁炉地面

参考例句：

She came and sat in a chair before the hearth.她走过来，在炉子前面的椅子上坐下。

She comes to the hearth,and switches on the electric light there.她走到壁炉那里，打开电灯。

21 wholesale

n.批发；adv.以批发方式；vt.批发，成批出售

参考例句：

The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物，以零售价卖出。

Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。

22 recurred

再发生，复发( recur的过去式和过去分词 )；治愈

参考例句：

Old memories constantly recurred to him. 往事经常浮现在他的脑海里。

She always winced when he recurred to the subject of his poems. 每逢他一提到他的诗作的时候，她总是有点畏缩。

23 partially

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。

The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

24 remarkable

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。

These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

25 sufficiently

adv.足够地，充分地

参考例句：

It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。

The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。

26 stertorous

adj.打鼾的

参考例句：

Mrs. Tremaine grew more and more worried at his pallid face and stertorous breathing.屈里曼太太看他那苍白的脸色和急促的喘气，倒越来越担心。

Her breathing became loud and stertorous.她的呼吸变成很响的呼噜声。

27 regained

复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 )；赢回；重回；复至某地

参考例句：

The majority of the people in the world have regained their liberty. 世界上大多数人已重获自由。

She hesitated briefly but quickly regained her poise. 她犹豫片刻，但很快恢复了镇静。

28 mere

adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。

It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

29 fully

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。

They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

30 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。

31 constrained

adj.束缚的,节制的

参考例句：

The evidence was so compelling that he felt constrained to accept it. 证据是那样的令人折服，他觉得不得不接受。

I feel constrained to write and ask for your forgiveness. 我不得不写信请你原谅。

32 anguish

n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦，烦恼

参考例句：

She cried out for anguish at parting.分手时，她由于痛苦而失声大哭。

The unspeakable anguish wrung his heart.难言的痛苦折磨着他的心。

33 possessed

adj.疯狂的；拥有的，占有的

参考例句：

He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。

He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。

34 strenuously

adv.奋发地，费力地

参考例句：

The company has strenuously defended its decision to reduce the workforce. 公司竭力为其裁员的决定辩护。

She denied the accusation with some warmth, ie strenuously, forcefully. 她有些激动，竭力否认这一指责。

35 thatch

vt.用茅草覆盖…的顶部；n.茅草(屋)

参考例句：

They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch.他们点着一支火把，放火烧了小教堂的茅草屋顶。

They topped off the hut with a straw thatch. 他们给小屋盖上茅草屋顶。

36 sociable

adj.好交际的，友好的，合群的

参考例句：

Roger is a very sociable person.罗杰是个非常好交际的人。

Some children have more sociable personalities than others.有些孩子比其他孩子更善于交际。

37 scribbling

n.乱涂[写]胡[乱]写的文章[作品]v.潦草的书写( scribble的现在分词 )；乱画；草草地写；匆匆记下

参考例句：

Once the money got into the book, all that remained were some scribbling. 折子上的钱只是几个字！来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

McMug loves scribbling. Mama then sent him to the Kindergarten. 麦唛很喜欢写字，妈妈看在眼里，就替他报读了幼稚园。来自互联网

38 unduly

adv.过度地，不适当地

参考例句：

He did not sound unduly worried at the prospect.他的口气听上去对前景并不十分担忧。

He argued that the law was unduly restrictive.他辩称法律的约束性有些过分了。

39 gracefully

ad.大大方方地；优美地

参考例句：

She sank gracefully down onto a cushion at his feet. 她优雅地坐到他脚旁的垫子上。

The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line. 新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

40 longing

n.（for）渴望

参考例句：

Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。

His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。

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1 prostrated
v.使俯伏，使拜倒( prostrate的过去式和过去分词 )；（指疾病、天气等）使某人无能为力
参考例句：
He was prostrated by the loss of his wife. 他因丧妻而忧郁。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》 They prostrated themselves before the emperor. 他们拜倒在皇帝的面前。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 surmised
v.臆测，推断( surmise的过去式和过去分词 )；揣测；猜想
参考例句：
From the looks on their faces, I surmised that they had had an argument. 看他们的脸色，我猜想他们之间发生了争执。 From his letter I surmised that he was unhappy. 我从他的信中推测他并不快乐。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 immediate
adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的
参考例句：
His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。 We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

4 apparently
adv.显然地；表面上，似乎
参考例句：
An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。 He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 physically
adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律
参考例句：
He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。 Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

6 agitation
n.搅动；搅拌；鼓动，煽动
参考例句：
Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores.小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。 These materials require constant agitation to keep them in suspension.这些药剂要经常搅动以保持悬浮状态。

7 dour
adj.冷酷的，严厉的；（岩石）嶙峋的；顽强不屈
参考例句：
They were exposed to dour resistance.他们遭受到顽强的抵抗。 She always pretends to be dour,in fact,she's not.她总表现的不爱讲话，事实却相反。

8 conversational
adj.对话的，会话的
参考例句：
The article is written in a conversational style.该文是以对话的形式写成的。 She values herself on her conversational powers.她常夸耀自己的能言善辩。

9 drawn
v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的
参考例句：
All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。 Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

10 elicited
引出，探出( elicit的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
Threats to reinstate the tax elicited jeer from the Opposition. 恢复此项征税的威胁引起了反对党的嘲笑。 The comedian's joke elicited applause and laughter from the audience. 那位滑稽演员的笑话博得观众的掌声和笑声。

11 flicker
vi./n.闪烁，摇曳，闪现
参考例句：
There was a flicker of lights coming from the abandoned house.这所废弃的房屋中有灯光闪烁。 At first,the flame may be a small flicker,barely shining.开始时，光辉可能是微弱地忽隐忽现，几乎并不灿烂。

12 positively
adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实
参考例句：
She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。 The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

13 Flared
adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的动词flare的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
The match flared and went out. 火柴闪亮了一下就熄了。 The fire flared up when we thought it was out. 我们以为火已经熄灭，但它突然又燃烧起来。

14 housekeeper
n.管理家务的主妇，女管家
参考例句：
A spotless stove told us that his mother is a diligent housekeeper.炉子清洁无瑕就表明他母亲是个勤劳的主妇。 She is an economical housekeeper and feeds her family cheaply.她节约持家，一家人吃得很省。

15 pane
n.窗格玻璃，长方块
参考例句：
He broke this pane of glass.他打破了这块窗玻璃。 Their breath bloomed the frosty pane.他们呼出的水气，在冰冷的窗玻璃上形成一层雾。

16 exclamation
n.感叹号，惊呼，惊叹词
参考例句：
He could not restrain an exclamation of approval.他禁不住喝一声采。 The author used three exclamation marks at the end of the last sentence to wake up the readers.作者在文章的最后一句连用了三个惊叹号，以引起读者的注意。

17 huddled
挤在一起（huddle的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。 We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。

18 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。

19 charred
v.把…烧成炭( char的过去式)；烧焦
参考例句：
the charred remains of a burnt-out car 被烧焦的轿车残骸 The intensity of the explosion is recorded on the charred tree trunks. 那些烧焦的树干表明爆炸的强烈。来自《简明英汉词典》

20 hearth
n.壁炉炉床，壁炉地面
参考例句：
She came and sat in a chair before the hearth.她走过来，在炉子前面的椅子上坐下。 She comes to the hearth,and switches on the electric light there.她走到壁炉那里，打开电灯。

21 wholesale
n.批发；adv.以批发方式；vt.批发，成批出售
参考例句：
The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物，以零售价卖出。 Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。

22 recurred
再发生，复发( recur的过去式和过去分词 )；治愈
参考例句：
Old memories constantly recurred to him. 往事经常浮现在他的脑海里。 She always winced when he recurred to the subject of his poems. 每逢他一提到他的诗作的时候，她总是有点畏缩。

23 partially
adv.部分地，从某些方面讲
参考例句：
The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。 The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

24 remarkable
adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的
参考例句：
She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。 These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

25 sufficiently
adv.足够地，充分地
参考例句：
It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。 The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。

26 stertorous
adj.打鼾的
参考例句：
Mrs. Tremaine grew more and more worried at his pallid face and stertorous breathing.屈里曼太太看他那苍白的脸色和急促的喘气，倒越来越担心。 Her breathing became loud and stertorous.她的呼吸变成很响的呼噜声。

27 regained
复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 )；赢回；重回；复至某地
参考例句：
The majority of the people in the world have regained their liberty. 世界上大多数人已重获自由。 She hesitated briefly but quickly regained her poise. 她犹豫片刻，但很快恢复了镇静。

28 mere
adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过
参考例句：
That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。 It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

29 fully
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。 They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

30 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。