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Chapter 7 Dull But Necessary
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Whoever cares only for incident and action in a book had better skip this chapter and read on; but those who take an interest in the delineation1 of character will find the key to Sylvia's here.
John Yule might have been a poet, painter, or philanthropist, for Heaven had endowed him with fine gifts; he was a prosperous merchant with no ambition but to leave a fortune to his children and live down the memory of a bitter past. On the threshold of his life he stumbled and fell; for as he paused there, waiting for the first step to appear, Providence2 tested and found him wanting. On one side, Poverty offered the aspiring3 youth her meagre hand; but he was not wise enough to see the virtues4 hidden under her hard aspect, nor brave enough to learn the stern yet salutary lessons which labor6, necessity, and patience teach, giving to those who serve and suffer the true success. On the other hand Opulence7 allured8 him with her many baits, and, silencing the voice of conscience, he yielded to temptation and wrecked9 his nobler self.
A loveless marriage was the price he paid for his ambition; not a costly10 one, he thought, till time taught him that whosoever mars the integrity of his own soul by transgressing11 the great laws of life, even by so much as a hair's breadth, entails12 upon himself and heirs the
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1 delineation | |
n.记述;描写 | |
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2 providence | |
n.深谋远虑,天道,天意;远见;节约;上帝 | |
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3 aspiring | |
adj.有志气的;有抱负的;高耸的v.渴望;追求 | |
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4 virtues | |
美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
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5 virtue | |
n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力 | |
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6 labor | |
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦 | |
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7 opulence | |
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8 allured | |
诱引,吸引( allure的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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9 wrecked | |
adj.失事的,遇难的 | |
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10 costly | |
adj.昂贵的,价值高的,豪华的 | |
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11 transgressing | |
v.超越( transgress的现在分词 );越过;违反;违背 | |
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12 entails | |
使…成为必要( entail的第三人称单数 ); 需要; 限定继承; 使必需 | |
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13 inevitable | |
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14 friction | |
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15 momentous | |
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16 tardily | |
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17 remorse | |
n.痛恨,悔恨,自责 | |
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18 embittered | |
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19 redeem | |
v.买回,赎回,挽回,恢复,履行(诺言等) | |
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20 squandered | |
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21 relinquished | |
交出,让给( relinquish的过去式和过去分词 ); 放弃 | |
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22 aspiration | |
n.志向,志趣抱负;渴望;(语)送气音;吸出 | |
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23 prudence | |
n.谨慎,精明,节俭 | |
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24 tact | |
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25 strife | |
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26 fret | |
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27 belittle | |
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28 prosaic | |
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29 ardor | |
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30 poetic | |
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31 reverence | |
n.敬畏,尊敬,尊严;Reverence:对某些基督教神职人员的尊称;v.尊敬,敬畏,崇敬 | |
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32 heroism | |
n.大无畏精神,英勇 | |
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33 blight | |
n.枯萎病;造成破坏的因素;vt.破坏,摧残 | |
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34 tragic | |
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的 | |
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35 devout | |
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36 fervor | |
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37 immortal | |
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38 lament | |
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39 tantalized | |
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40 gulf | |
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41 outrage | |
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42 adverse | |
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43 temperaments | |
性格( temperament的名词复数 ); (人或动物的)气质; 易冲动; (性情)暴躁 | |
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44 melancholy | |
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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45 defrauded | |
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46 aspirations | |
强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 ); 志向; 发送气音; 发 h 音 | |
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47 enigma | |
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48 omnipotent | |
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49 legacy | |
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50 craving | |
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51 wrung | |
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52 tormented | |
饱受折磨的 | |
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53 exasperated | |
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54 hitched | |
(免费)搭乘他人之车( hitch的过去式和过去分词 ); 搭便车; 攀上; 跃上 | |
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55 briefly | |
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56 forfeited | |
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57 instinctive | |
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58 solitary | |
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59 ardent | |
adj.热情的,热烈的,强烈的,烈性的 | |
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60 dreaded | |
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61 passionate | |
adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的 | |
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62 tranquil | |
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63 moor | |
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64 meek | |
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65 blessing | |
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66 profanation | |
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67 stimulant | |
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68 allurements | |
n.诱惑( allurement的名词复数 );吸引;诱惑物;有诱惑力的事物 | |
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69 espouse | |
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70 longing | |
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71 virtuous | |
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72 serenity | |
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73 rebuke | |
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74 perplexed | |
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75 isolation | |
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76 alacrity | |
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77 humble | |
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78 conceit | |
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79 possessed | |
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80 impulsive | |
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81 demonstration | |
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82 manifestation | |
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83 esteem | |
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