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CHAPTER VI DEVELOPMENTS
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The appetite grows by what it feeds upon, says the proverb, and this is indubitably true of extra work. No matter what the auxiliary1 business may be, or how sorely it may press upon the over-burdened body and mind, it gradually becomes a necessity, reckoned upon as an essential part of the income, and impossible to be done without. That such work is an evil of the first magnitude cannot be gainsaid2 by any thinking man. Unless of course it be, as sometimes happens, in the nature of a recreation, but even then what home life can the man have who is absent at work from breakfast time until nearly midnight? And what justice can he do his legitimate3 employer, who after all has the best right to his chief energies.
It may be said that if men were only paid a sufficient wage for the work they do during the day they would not seek evening employment, but such a statement would be very difficult to prove, since what is sufficient for one is not for another. And some men have a mania4 for work, begrudge5 themselves necessary sleep and food time, not because they need the money, but because they want it. The best that can be said for the practice is that it is far better than spending every evening in the vicious atmosphere of a saloon bar or public billiard-room, as so many workers do under the plea of recreation. But both are bad for the man practising them, making him prematurely6 old, and robbing him of all real enjoyment7 of life.
And yet how great is the excuse for the poorly paid clerk, who, having married and seeing his children coming all too quickly, is at his wit's end to know how to meet his ever growing expenses upon a non-expanding salary. I know for a fact that an enormous majority of the married clerks and salesmen of London live the life of slaves to those whom they love, toiling8
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1 auxiliary | |
adj.辅助的,备用的 | |
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2 gainsaid | |
v.否认,反驳( gainsay的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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3 legitimate | |
adj.合法的,合理的,合乎逻辑的;v.使合法 | |
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4 mania | |
n.疯狂;躁狂症,狂热,癖好 | |
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5 begrudge | |
vt.吝啬,羡慕 | |
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6 prematurely | |
adv.过早地,贸然地 | |
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7 enjoyment | |
n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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8 toiling | |
长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的现在分词 ); 艰难缓慢地移动,跋涉 | |
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9 ridicule | |
v.讥讽,挖苦;n.嘲弄 | |
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10 quill | |
n.羽毛管;v.给(织物或衣服)作皱褶 | |
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11 scruple | |
n./v.顾忌,迟疑 | |
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12 hideous | |
adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的 | |
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13 monstrous | |
adj.巨大的;恐怖的;可耻的,丢脸的 | |
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14 entreated | |
恳求,乞求( entreat的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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15 trifling | |
adj.微不足道的;没什么价值的 | |
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16 craved | |
渴望,热望( crave的过去式 ); 恳求,请求 | |
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17 canvassing | |
v.(在政治方面)游说( canvass的现在分词 );调查(如选举前选民的)意见;为讨论而提出(意见等);详细检查 | |
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18 touting | |
v.兜售( tout的现在分词 );招揽;侦查;探听赛马情报 | |
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19 dread | |
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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20 dressing | |
n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料 | |
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21 lamenting | |
adj.悲伤的,悲哀的v.(为…)哀悼,痛哭,悲伤( lament的现在分词 ) | |
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22 fully | |
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地 | |
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23 aptitude | |
n.(学习方面的)才能,资质,天资 | |
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24 noted | |
adj.著名的,知名的 | |
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25 canvasser | |
n.挨户推销商品的推销员 | |
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26 portfolios | |
n.投资组合( portfolio的名词复数 );(保险)业务量;(公司或机构提供的)系列产品;纸夹 | |
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27 subscribe | |
vi.(to)订阅,订购;同意;vt.捐助,赞助 | |
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28 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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29 speculative | |
adj.思索性的,暝想性的,推理的 | |
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30 determined | |
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31 prospect | |
n.前景,前途;景色,视野 | |
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32 dormant | |
adj.暂停活动的;休眠的;潜伏的 | |
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33 flair | |
n.天赋,本领,才华;洞察力 | |
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34 possessed | |
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35 plied | |
v.使用(工具)( ply的过去式和过去分词 );经常供应(食物、饮料);固定往来;经营生意 | |
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36 prospective | |
adj.预期的,未来的,前瞻性的 | |
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37 maker | |
n.制造者,制造商 | |
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38 pervades | |
v.遍及,弥漫( pervade的第三人称单数 ) | |
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39 judicious | |
adj.明智的,明断的,能作出明智决定的 | |
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40 amiable | |
adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的 | |
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41 imperative | |
n.命令,需要;规则;祈使语气;adj.强制的;紧急的 | |
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42 vowing | |
起誓,发誓(vow的现在分词形式) | |
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43 ominous | |
adj.不祥的,不吉的,预兆的,预示的 | |
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44 hilarity | |
n.欢乐;热闹 | |
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45 behold | |
v.看,注视,看到 | |
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46 beholding | |
v.看,注视( behold的现在分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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47 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 | |
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48 gilt | |
adj.镀金的;n.金边证券 | |
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49 bungling | |
adj.笨拙的,粗劣的v.搞糟,完不成( bungle的现在分词 );笨手笨脚地做;失败;完不成 | |
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50 retrospect | |
n.回顾,追溯;v.回顾,回想,追溯 | |
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51 impatience | |
n.不耐烦,急躁 | |
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52 optimist | |
n.乐观的人,乐观主义者 | |
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53 trepidation | |
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54 favourably | |
adv. 善意地,赞成地 =favorably | |
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55 cramping | |
图像压缩 | |
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56 kindly | |
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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57 judgment | |
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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58 odds | |
n.让步,机率,可能性,比率;胜败优劣之别 | |
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59 collapse | |
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷 | |
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60 monotonous | |
adj.单调的,一成不变的,使人厌倦的 | |
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61 luncheon | |
n.午宴,午餐,便宴 | |
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62 interval | |
n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息 | |
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63 wares | |
n. 货物, 商品 | |
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64 gilder | |
镀金工人 | |
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65 gratis | |
adj.免费的 | |
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66 steadily | |
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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67 innate | |
adj.天生的,固有的,天赋的 | |
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68 conscientiously | |
adv.凭良心地;认真地,负责尽职地;老老实实 | |
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69 intercourse | |
n.性交;交流,交往,交际 | |
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70 undoubtedly | |
adv.确实地,无疑地 | |
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71 persuasion | |
n.劝说;说服;持有某种信仰的宗派 | |
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72 gathering | |
n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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73 secondly | |
adv.第二,其次 | |
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74 jealousy | |
n.妒忌,嫉妒,猜忌 | |
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75 entirely | |
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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76 tract | |
n.传单,小册子,大片(土地或森林) | |
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77 trumpeting | |
大声说出或宣告(trumpet的现在分词形式) | |
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78 forth | |
adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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79 virtues | |
美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
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80 virtue | |
n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力 | |
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81 peril | |
n.(严重的)危险;危险的事物 | |
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82 Christian | |
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒 | |
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83 temperament | |
n.气质,性格,性情 | |
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84 diabolical | |
adj.恶魔似的,凶暴的 | |
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85 binding | |
有约束力的,有效的,应遵守的 | |
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86 pittance | |
n.微薄的薪水,少量 | |
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87 recipient | |
a.接受的,感受性强的 n.接受者,感受者,容器 | |
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88 strenuous | |
adj.奋发的,使劲的;紧张的;热烈的,狂热的 | |
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89 cemetery | |
n.坟墓,墓地,坟场 | |
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90 doctrine | |
n.教义;主义;学说 | |
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91 procure | |
vt.获得,取得,促成;vi.拉皮条 | |
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92 scrupulous | |
adj.审慎的,小心翼翼的,完全的,纯粹的 | |
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93 confession | |
n.自白,供认,承认 | |
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94 miraculous | |
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95 abjectly | |
凄惨地; 绝望地; 糟透地; 悲惨地 | |
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