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CHAPTER 47 HOBART HANGS HIMSELF
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JANUARY 18.—After this excitement I awaited the approach of day with a strange anxiety. My conscience told me that Hobart had the right to denounce me in the presence of all my fellow-passengers; yet my alarm was vain. The idea of my proceedings1 being exposed by him was quite absurd; in a moment he would himself be murdered without pity by the crew, if it should be revealed that, unknown to them, he had been living on some private store which, by clandestine2 cunning, he had reserved. But, in spite of my anxiety, I had a longing3 for day to come.
The bit of food that I had thus stolen was very small; but small as it was it had alleviated5 my hunger; and I was now tortured with remorse6, because I had not shared the meager7 morsel8 with my fellow-sufferers. Miss Herbey, Andre, his father, all had been forgotten, and from the bottom of my heart I repented9 of my cruel selfishness.
Meantime the moon rose high in the heavens, and the first streaks10 of dawn appeared. There is no twilight11 in these low latitudes12, and the full daylight came well nigh at once. I had not closed my eyes since my encounter with the steward13, and ever since the first blush of day I had
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1 proceedings | |
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报 | |
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2 clandestine | |
adj.秘密的,暗中从事的 | |
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3 longing | |
n.(for)渴望 | |
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4 alleviate | |
v.减轻,缓和,缓解(痛苦等) | |
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5 alleviated | |
减轻,缓解,缓和( alleviate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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6 remorse | |
n.痛恨,悔恨,自责 | |
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7 meager | |
adj.缺乏的,不足的,瘦的 | |
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8 morsel | |
n.一口,一点点 | |
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9 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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10 streaks | |
n.(与周围有所不同的)条纹( streak的名词复数 );(通常指不好的)特征(倾向);(不断经历成功或失败的)一段时期v.快速移动( streak的第三人称单数 );使布满条纹 | |
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11 twilight | |
n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期 | |
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12 latitudes | |
纬度 | |
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13 steward | |
n.乘务员,服务员;看管人;膳食管理员 | |
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14 labored | |
adj.吃力的,谨慎的v.努力争取(for)( labor的过去式和过去分词 );苦干;详细分析;(指引擎)缓慢而困难地运转 | |
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15 ascertain | |
vt.发现,确定,查明,弄清 | |
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16 presentiment | |
n.预感,预觉 | |
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17 impelled | |
v.推动、推进或敦促某人做某事( impel的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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18 humane | |
adj.人道的,富有同情心的 | |
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19 corpse | |
n.尸体,死尸 | |
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20 rigid | |
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21 animation | |
n.活泼,兴奋,卡通片/动画片的制作 | |
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22 pangs | |
突然的剧痛( pang的名词复数 ); 悲痛 | |
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23 assuage | |
v.缓和,减轻,镇定 | |
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24 prey | |
n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨 | |
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25 ravenous | |
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26 brutes | |
兽( brute的名词复数 ); 畜生; 残酷无情的人; 兽性 | |
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27 horrid | |
adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的 | |
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28 seclusion | |
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29 appalling | |
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30 odious | |
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31 abhorrence | |
n.憎恶;可憎恶的事 | |
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32 loathing | |
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33 concealing | |
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34 loathsome | |
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35 frightful | |
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36 hoard | |
n./v.窖藏,贮存,囤积 | |
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37 affected | |
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38 chagrin | |
n.懊恼;气愤;委屈 | |
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39 meditations | |
默想( meditation的名词复数 ); 默念; 沉思; 冥想 | |
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40 assented | |
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