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CHAPTER XII. ROYAL OBSEQUIES.
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On the following morning the town of Kazonndé presented an aspect of unwonted desolation. Awe-struck at the event of the previous evening, the natives had all shut themselves up in their huts. That a monarch1 who was to be assumed as of divine origin should perish with one of his ministers by so horrible a death was a thing wholly unparalleled in their experience. Some of the elder part of the community remembered having taken part in certain cannibal preparations, and were aware that the cremation2 of a human body is no easy matter, yet here was a case in which two men had been all but utterly3 consumed without any extraneous4 application. Here was a mystery that baffled all their comprehension.
Old Alvez had also retired5 to the seclusion6 of his own residence; having been warned by Negoro that he would probably be held responsible for the occurrence, he deemed it prudent7 to keep in retirement8. Meanwhile Negoro industriously9 circulated the report that the king's death had been brought about by supernatural means reserved by the great Manitoo solely10 for his elect, and that it was sacred fire that had proceeded from his body. The superstitious11 natives readily received this version of the affair, and at once proceeded to honour Moené Loonga with funeral rites
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1 monarch | |
n.帝王,君主,最高统治者 | |
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2 cremation | |
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3 utterly | |
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4 extraneous | |
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5 retired | |
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6 seclusion | |
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7 prudent | |
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8 retirement | |
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9 industriously | |
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10 solely | |
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11 superstitious | |
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12 rites | |
仪式,典礼( rite的名词复数 ) | |
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13 worthy | |
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14 conspicuously | |
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15 entailed | |
使…成为必要( entail的过去式和过去分词 ); 需要; 限定继承; 使必需 | |
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16 expenditure | |
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17 authenticated | |
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18 semblance | |
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19 forestalled | |
v.先发制人,预先阻止( forestall的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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20 reins | |
感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带 | |
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21 celebrated | |
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22 opposition | |
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23 supremacy | |
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24 sufficiently | |
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25 brook | |
n.小河,溪;v.忍受,容让 | |
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26 affluent | |
adj.富裕的,富有的,丰富的,富饶的 | |
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27 immediate | |
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28 thoroughly | |
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29 rascal | |
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30 dungeon | |
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31 derived | |
vi.起源;由来;衍生;导出v.得到( derive的过去式和过去分词 );(从…中)得到获得;源于;(从…中)提取 | |
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32 fetters | |
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33 penetrated | |
adj. 击穿的,鞭辟入里的 动词penetrate的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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34 morsel | |
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35 miseries | |
n.痛苦( misery的名词复数 );痛苦的事;穷困;常发牢骚的人 | |
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36 instinctively | |
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37 persecutor | |
n. 迫害者 | |
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38 determined | |
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39 vouchsafe | |
v.惠予,准许 | |
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40 brutal | |
adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的 | |
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41 persevered | |
v.坚忍,坚持( persevere的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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42 vindictive | |
adj.有报仇心的,怀恨的,惩罚的 | |
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43 Portuguese | |
n.葡萄牙人;葡萄牙语 | |
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44 seaman | |
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45 ashore | |
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46 drawn | |
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47 exasperated | |
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48 countenance | |
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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49 forth | |
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50 avenged | |
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51 sneered | |
讥笑,冷笑( sneer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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52 malicious | |
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53 brute | |
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54 survivor | |
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55 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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56 villain | |
n.反派演员,反面人物;恶棍;问题的起因 | |
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57 liberate | |
v.解放,使获得自由,释出,放出;vt.解放,使获自由 | |
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58 hubbub | |
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59 considerably | |
adv.极大地;相当大地;在很大程度上 | |
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60 swollen | |
adj.肿大的,水涨的;v.使变大,肿胀 | |
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61 slumber | |
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62 contemplating | |
深思,细想,仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 ); 注视,凝视; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑,沉思,苦思冥想 | |
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63 liberated | |
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64 contrived | |
adj.不自然的,做作的;虚构的 | |
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65 whining | |
n. 抱怨,牢骚 v. 哭诉,发牢骚 | |
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66 underneath | |
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67 scented | |
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68 dictated | |
v.大声讲或读( dictate的过去式和过去分词 );口授;支配;摆布 | |
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69 proscribed | |
v.正式宣布(某事物)有危险或被禁止( proscribe的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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70 miraculous | |
adj.像奇迹一样的,不可思议的 | |
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71 ordained | |
v.任命(某人)为牧师( ordain的过去式和过去分词 );授予(某人)圣职;(上帝、法律等)命令;判定 | |
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72 remains | |
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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73 commemorate | |
vt.纪念,庆祝 | |
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74 corpse | |
n.尸体,死尸 | |
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75 consigned | |
v.把…置于(令人不快的境地)( consign的过去式和过去分词 );把…托付给;把…托人代售;丟弃 | |
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76 charred | |
v.把…烧成炭( char的过去式);烧焦 | |
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77 effigy | |
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78 costly | |
adj.昂贵的,价值高的,豪华的 | |
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79 affixed | |
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80 uproar | |
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81 perfectly | |
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82 deafening | |
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83 boisterous | |
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84 muskets | |
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85 mingled | |
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86 dealers | |
n.商人( dealer的名词复数 );贩毒者;毒品贩子;发牌者 | |
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87 swell | |
vi.膨胀,肿胀;增长,增强 | |
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88 doomed | |
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89 teeming | |
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90 lining | |
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91 torrent | |
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92 destined | |
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93 frightful | |
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94 slaughterous | |
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95 cataract | |
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96 shrieks | |
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97 evoking | |
产生,引起,唤起( evoke的现在分词 ) | |
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98 refinement | |
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99 trickle | |
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100 trench | |
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101 frantic | |
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102 steadily | |
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