选择字号:【大】【中】【小】 | 关灯
护眼
|
CHAPTER III
关注小说网官方公众号(noveltingroom),原版名著免费领。
It was at Madge Singleton’s rooms that the details of Joan’s entry into journalistic London were arranged. “The Coming of Beauty,” was Flora1 Lessing’s phrase for designating the event. Flora Lessing, known among her associates as “Flossie,” was the girl who at Cambridge had accidentally stumbled upon the explanation of Joan’s influence. In appearance she was of the Fluffy2 Ruffles3 type, with childish innocent eyes, and the “unruly curls” beloved of the Family Herald4 novelist. At the first, these latter had been the result of a habit of late rising and consequent hurried toilet operations; but on the discovery that for the purposes of her profession they possessed5 a market value they had been sedulously6 cultivated. Editors of the old order had ridiculed7 the idea of her being of any use to them, when two years previously8 she had, by combination of cheek and patience, forced herself into their sanctum; had patted her paternally9 upon her generally ungloved hand, and told her to go back home and get some honest, worthy10 young man to love and cherish her.
It was Carleton of the Daily Dispatch group who had first divined her possibilities. With a swift glance on his way through, he had picked her out from a line of depressed-looking men and women ranged against the wall of the dark entrance passage; and with a snap of his fingers had beckoned
点击收听单词发音
1 flora | |
n.(某一地区的)植物群 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
2 fluffy | |
adj.有绒毛的,空洞的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
3 ruffles | |
褶裥花边( ruffle的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
4 herald | |
vt.预示...的来临,预告,宣布,欢迎 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
5 possessed | |
adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
6 sedulously | |
ad.孜孜不倦地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
7 ridiculed | |
v.嘲笑,嘲弄,奚落( ridicule的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
8 previously | |
adv.以前,先前(地) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
9 paternally | |
adv.父亲似地;父亲一般地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
10 worthy | |
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
11 beckoned | |
v.(用头或手的动作)示意,召唤( beckon的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
12 pointed | |
adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
13 spoke | |
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 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
14 engrossed | |
adj.全神贯注的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
15 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
16 apparently | |
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
17 curt | |
adj.简短的,草率的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
18 immediate | |
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
19 abruptly | |
adv.突然地,出其不意地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
20 transpired | |
(事实,秘密等)被人知道( transpire的过去式和过去分词 ); 泄露; 显露; 发生 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
21 journalism | |
n.新闻工作,报业 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
22 mere | |
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
23 musingly | |
adv.沉思地,冥想地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
24 platitude | |
n.老生常谈,陈词滥调 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
25 benevolently | |
adv.仁慈地,行善地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
26 alterations | |
n.改动( alteration的名词复数 );更改;变化;改变 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
27 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
28 simplicity | |
n.简单,简易;朴素;直率,单纯 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
29 piquant | |
adj.辛辣的,开胃的,令人兴奋的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
30 celebrities | |
n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
31 gender | |
n.(生理上的)性,(名词、代词等的)性 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
32 confided | |
v.吐露(秘密,心事等)( confide的过去式和过去分词 );(向某人)吐露(隐私、秘密等) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
33 stony | |
adj.石头的,多石头的,冷酷的,无情的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
34 knack | |
n.诀窍,做事情的灵巧的,便利的方法 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
35 sitting-room | |
n.(BrE)客厅,起居室 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
36 chambers | |
n.房间( chamber的名词复数 );(议会的)议院;卧室;会议厅 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
37 allurements | |
n.诱惑( allurement的名词复数 );吸引;诱惑物;有诱惑力的事物 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
38 grumbled | |
抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
39 civilizing | |
v.使文明,使开化( civilize的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
40 irrelevantly | |
adv.不恰当地,不合适地;不相关地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
41 irritation | |
n.激怒,恼怒,生气 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
42 supremely | |
adv.无上地,崇高地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
43 defiance | |
n.挑战,挑衅,蔑视,违抗 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
44 serene | |
adj. 安详的,宁静的,平静的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
45 puckered | |
v.(使某物)起褶子或皱纹( pucker的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
46 crouching | |
v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
47 tragic | |
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
48 massacres | |
大屠杀( massacre的名词复数 ); 惨败 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
49 misery | |
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
50 trumpet | |
n.喇叭,喇叭声;v.吹喇叭,吹嘘 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
51 retired | |
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
52 attics | |
n. 阁楼 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
53 landlady | |
n.女房东,女地主 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
54 awe | |
n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
55 dowdy | |
adj.不整洁的;过旧的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
56 contemptible | |
adj.可鄙的,可轻视的,卑劣的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
57 tempt | |
vt.引诱,勾引,吸引,引起…的兴趣 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
58 jumbled | |
adj.混乱的;杂乱的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
59 rapacity | |
n.贪婪,贪心,劫掠的欲望 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
60 socialist | |
n.社会主义者;adj.社会主义的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
61 illustrated | |
adj. 有插图的,列举的 动词illustrate的过去式和过去分词 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
62 spank | |
v.打,拍打(在屁股上) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
63 postponed | |
vt.& vi.延期,缓办,(使)延迟vt.把…放在次要地位;[语]把…放在后面(或句尾)vi.(疟疾等)延缓发作(或复发) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
64 softened | |
(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
65 lurked | |
vi.潜伏,埋伏(lurk的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
66 proffered | |
v.提供,贡献,提出( proffer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
67 insignificant | |
adj.无关紧要的,可忽略的,无意义的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
68 onward | |
adj.向前的,前进的;adv.向前,前进,在先 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
69 wince | |
n.畏缩,退避,(因痛苦,苦恼等)面部肌肉抽动;v.畏缩,退缩,退避 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
70 suffrage | |
n.投票,选举权,参政权 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
71 adherence | |
n.信奉,依附,坚持,固着 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
72 sufficiently | |
adv.足够地,充分地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
73 tractable | |
adj.易驾驭的;温顺的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
74 remunerative | |
adj.有报酬的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
75 motive | |
n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
76 gratitude | |
adj.感激,感谢 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
77 perspiring | |
v.出汗,流汗( perspire的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
78 giggling | |
v.咯咯地笑( giggle的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
79 complexion | |
n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
80 undertaking | |
n.保证,许诺,事业 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
81 frankly | |
adv.坦白地,直率地;坦率地说 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
82 tickle | |
v.搔痒,胳肢;使高兴;发痒;n.搔痒,发痒 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
83 bamboozling | |
v.欺骗,使迷惑( bamboozle的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
84 advertising | |
n.广告业;广告活动 a.广告的;广告业务的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
85 fiery | |
adj.燃烧着的,火红的;暴躁的;激烈的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
86 crumbs | |
int. (表示惊讶)哎呀 n. 碎屑 名词crumb的复数形式 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
87 proprietor | |
n.所有人;业主;经营者 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
88 racing | |
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
89 bidder | |
n.(拍卖时的)出价人,报价人,投标人 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
90 leech | |
n.水蛭,吸血鬼,榨取他人利益的人;vt.以水蛭吸血;vi.依附于别人 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
91 gatherings | |
聚集( gathering的名词复数 ); 收集; 采集; 搜集 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
上一章:
CHAPTER II
下一章:
CHAPTER V
©英文小说网 2005-2010