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CHAPTER THE EIGHTH Sir Isaac as Petruchio 1 2
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Twice had Sir Isaac come near to betraying the rapid and extensive preparations for the subjugation1 of his wife, that he hid behind his silences. He hoped that their estrangement2 might be healed by a certain display of strength and decision. He still refused to let himself believe that all this trouble that had arisen between them, this sullen3 insistence4 upon unbecoming freedoms of intercourse5 and movement, this questioning spirit and a gaucherie of manner that might almost be mistaken for an aversion from his person, were due to any essential evil in her nature; he clung almost passionately6 to the alternative that she was the victim of those gathering7 forces of discontent, of that interpretation8 which can only be described as decadent9 and that veracity10 which can only be called immodest, that darken the intellectual skies of our time, a sweet thing he held her still though touched by corruption11, a prey12 to "idees," "idees" imparted from the poisoned mind of her sister, imbibed13 from the carelessly edited columns of newspapers, from all too laxly
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subjugation
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n.镇压,平息,征服 | |
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estrangement
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n.疏远,失和,不和 | |
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sullen
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adj.愠怒的,闷闷不乐的,(天气等)阴沉的 | |
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insistence
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n.坚持;强调;坚决主张 | |
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intercourse
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n.性交;交流,交往,交际 | |
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passionately
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ad.热烈地,激烈地 | |
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gathering
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n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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interpretation
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n.解释,说明,描述;艺术处理 | |
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decadent
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adj.颓废的,衰落的,堕落的 | |
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veracity
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n.诚实 | |
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corruption
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n.腐败,堕落,贪污 | |
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prey
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n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨 | |
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imbibed
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v.吸收( imbibe的过去式和过去分词 );喝;吸取;吸气 | |
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censored
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受审查的,被删剪的 | |
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expressive
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epithet
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n.(用于褒贬人物等的)表述形容词,修饰语 | |
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isolate
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vt.使孤立,隔离 | |
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acquiescence
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n.默许;顺从 | |
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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luncheon
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n.午宴,午餐,便宴 | |
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strand
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vt.使(船)搁浅,使(某人)困于(某地) | |
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catering
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n. 给养 | |
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proceeding
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n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报 | |
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sleepless
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adj.不睡眠的,睡不著的,不休息的 | |
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mid
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adj.中央的,中间的 | |
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concealing
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v.隐藏,隐瞒,遮住( conceal的现在分词 ) | |
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elation
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n.兴高采烈,洋洋得意 | |
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joyous
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adj.充满快乐的;令人高兴的 | |
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liquidation
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n.清算,停止营业 | |
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memorandum
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n.备忘录,便笺 | |
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crumpled
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adj. 弯扭的, 变皱的 动词crumple的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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alterations
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conversion
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n.转化,转换,转变 | |
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whitewash
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v.粉刷,掩饰;n.石灰水,粉刷,掩饰 | |
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imminent
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adj.即将发生的,临近的,逼近的 | |
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defiance
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n.挑战,挑衅,蔑视,违抗 | |
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descended
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a.为...后裔的,出身于...的 | |
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adj.不祥的,可怕的,装腔作势的 | |
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noted
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adj.著名的,知名的 | |
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n.(失事飞机等的)残骸,破坏,毁坏 | |
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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determined
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irony
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n.反语,冷嘲;具有讽刺意味的事,嘲弄 | |
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humiliation
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n.羞辱 | |
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momentary
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lapse
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n.过失,流逝,失效,抛弃信仰,间隔;vi.堕落,停止,失效,流逝;vt.使失效 | |
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dubious
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adj.怀疑的,无把握的;有问题的,靠不住的 | |
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aprons
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围裙( apron的名词复数 ); 停机坪,台口(舞台幕前的部份) | |
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scurrying
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v.急匆匆地走( scurry的现在分词 ) | |
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