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The New Year came and Kashiwagi’s condition had not improved. He knew how troubled his parents were and he knew that suicide was no solution, for he would be guilty of the grievous sin of having left them behind. He had no wish to live on. Since his very early years he had had high standards and ambitions and had striven in private matters and public to outdo his rivals by even a little. His wishes had once or twice been thwarted2, however, and he had so lost confidence in himself that the world had come to seem unrelieved gloom. A longing3 to prepare for the next world had succeeded his ambitions, but the opposition4 of his pare kept him from following the mendicant5 way through the mountains an over the moors7. He had delayed, and time had gone by. Then had come events, and for them he had only himself to blame, which had made it impossible for him to show his face in public. He did not blame the gods. His own deeds were working themselves out. A man does not have the thousand years of the pine, and he wanted to go now, while there were still those who might mourn for him a little, and perhaps even a sigh from her would be the reward for his burning passion. To die now and perhaps win the forgiveness of the man who must feel so aggrieved8 would be far preferable to living on and bringing sorrow and dishonor upon the lady and upon himself. In his last moments everything must disappear. Perhaps, because he had no other sins to atone9 for, a part of the affection with which Genji had once honored him might return.
The same thoughts, over and over, ran uselessly through his mind. And why, he asked himself in growing despair, had he so deprived himself of alternatives? His pillow threatened to float away on the river of his woes10.
He took advantage of a slight turn for the better, when his parents and the others had
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| n.反对的观点,反对者,反对票,肺病;vt.精读,学习,默记;adv.反对地,从反面;adj.欺诈的 | |
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longing
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woes
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turmoil
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devoid
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torment
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grandees
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humane
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offense
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| n.犯规,违法行为;冒犯,得罪 | |
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meditations
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| 默想( meditation的名词复数 ); 默念; 沉思; 冥想 | |
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elegance
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| 毁坏( ravage的过去式和过去分词 ); 蹂躏; 劫掠; 抢劫 | |
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| adj.恶性的,致命的;恶意的,恶毒的 | |
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| adj.拉牢的v.支住( brace的过去式和过去分词 );撑牢;使自己站稳;振作起来 | |
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sincerity
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| n.真诚,诚意;真实 | |
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| v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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promotion
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| n.尊敬,尊重;vt.尊重,敬重;把…看作 | |
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majesty
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| n.雄伟,壮丽,庄严,威严;最高权威,王权 | |
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