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CHAPTER XXXI
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In spite of this little mishap1, which did me no great harm, there was a marked improvement in my affairs in every way. I had a better room, various friends—Wood, McCord, Rodenberger, Hazard, Bellairs, a new reporter by the name of Johnson, another by the name of Walden Root, a nephew of the senator—and the growing consideration if not admiration2 of many of the newspaper men of the city. Among them I was beginning to be looked upon as a man of some importance, and the proof of it was that from time to time I found myself being discussed in no mild way. From now on I noticed that my noble Wood, whom I had so much looked up to at first, began to take me about with him to one or more Chinese restaurants of the most beggarly description in the environs of the downtown section, which same he had discovered and with the proprietors3 of which he was on the best of terms. They were really hang-outs for crooks4 and thieves and disreputable tenderloin characters generally (such was the beginning of the Chinese restaurant in America), but not so to Wood. He had the happy faculty5 of persuading himself that there was something vastly mysterious and superior about the entire Chinese race, and after introducing me to many of his new laundry friends he proceeded to assure me of the existence of some huge Chinese organization known as the Six Companies which, so far as I could make out from hearing him talk, was slowly but surely (and secretly, of course) getting control of the entire habitable globe. It had complete control of great financial and constructive6 ventures here, there and everywhere, and supplied on order thousands of Chinese laborers7 to any one who desired them, anywhere. And this organization ruled them with a rod of iron, cutting their throats and burying them head down in a bucket of rice when they failed to perform their bounden duties and transferring their remains
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1 mishap | |
n.不幸的事,不幸;灾祸 | |
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2 admiration | |
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3 proprietors | |
n.所有人,业主( proprietor的名词复数 ) | |
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4 crooks | |
n.骗子( crook的名词复数 );罪犯;弯曲部分;(牧羊人或主教用的)弯拐杖v.弯成钩形( crook的第三人称单数 ) | |
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5 faculty | |
n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员 | |
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7 laborers | |
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8 remains | |
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9 coffins | |
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10 potentates | |
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君主,帝王( monarch的名词复数 ) | |
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12 rites | |
仪式,典礼( rite的名词复数 ) | |
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13 sanctuaries | |
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14 mere | |
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15 patois | |
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16 outlaws | |
歹徒,亡命之徒( outlaw的名词复数 ); 逃犯 | |
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17 originality | |
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18 jotting | |
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19 scraps | |
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20 sloppy | |
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21 sanity | |
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22 arabesque | |
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23 grotesque | |
adj.怪诞的,丑陋的;n.怪诞的图案,怪人(物) | |
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24 utterly | |
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25 deductions | |
扣除( deduction的名词复数 ); 结论; 扣除的量; 推演 | |
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26 sane | |
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27 wayfarers | |
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28 grafting | |
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29 grafted | |
移植( graft的过去式和过去分词 ); 嫁接; 使(思想、制度等)成为(…的一部份); 植根 | |
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30 weird | |
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31 crackers | |
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32 ambling | |
v.(马)缓行( amble的现在分词 );从容地走,漫步 | |
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33 wraiths | |
n.幽灵( wraith的名词复数 );(传说中人在将死或死后不久的)显形阴魂 | |
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34 distinguished | |
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35 props | |
小道具; 支柱( prop的名词复数 ); 支持者; 道具; (橄榄球中的)支柱前锋 | |
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36 comedian | |
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37 narrated | |
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38 physically | |
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39 prelude | |
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40 aroma | |
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41 evoke | |
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42 poignant | |
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43 genially | |
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44 transcribe | |
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45 knack | |
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46 sodden | |
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47 bums | |
n. 游荡者,流浪汉,懒鬼,闹饮,屁股 adj. 没有价值的,不灵光的,不合理的 vt. 令人失望,乞讨 vi. 混日子,以乞讨为生 | |
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48 vile | |
adj.卑鄙的,可耻的,邪恶的;坏透的 | |
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49 viler | |
adj.卑鄙的( vile的比较级 );可耻的;极坏的;非常讨厌的 | |
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50 materialistic | |
a.唯物主义的,物质享乐主义的 | |
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51 joint | |
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合 | |
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52 determined | |
adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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53 wrought | |
v.引起;以…原料制作;运转;adj.制造的 | |
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54 flute | |
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55 minor | |
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修 | |
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56 hideous | |
adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的 | |
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57 interfere | |
v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰 | |
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58 minion | |
n.宠仆;宠爱之人 | |
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59 chatter | |
vi./n.喋喋不休;短促尖叫;(牙齿)打战 | |
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60 subdued | |
adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词 | |
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61 slumbers | |
睡眠,安眠( slumber的名词复数 ) | |
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62 isle | |
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63 champagne | |
n.香槟酒;微黄色 | |
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64 reigning | |
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65 robin | |
n.知更鸟,红襟鸟 | |
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66 hood | |
n.头巾,兜帽,覆盖;v.罩上,以头巾覆盖 | |
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67 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 | |
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68 abetted | |
v.教唆(犯罪)( abet的过去式和过去分词 );煽动;怂恿;支持 | |
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69 destined | |
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70 iconoclast | |
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71 mythical | |
adj.神话的;虚构的;想像的 | |
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72 cantankerous | |
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73 inquisitive | |
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74 disposition | |
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75 dissuaded | |
劝(某人)勿做某事,劝阻( dissuade的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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76 maiden | |
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77 repented | |
对(自己的所为)感到懊悔或忏悔( repent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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78 feverishly | |
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79 lyrics | |
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80 relish | |
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81 plausible | |
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82 prospective | |
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83 worthy | |
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84 fable | |
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85 nervously | |
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