选择字号:【大】【中】【小】 | 关灯
护眼
|
关注小说网官方公众号(noveltingroom),原版名著免费领。
WELL, I arranged all that; and I had the man sent to his home. I had a great desire to rack the executioner; not because he was a good, painstaking1 and paingiving official, -- for surely it was not to his discredit2 that he performed his functions well -- but to pay him back for wantonly cuffing3 and otherwise distressing5 that young woman. The priests told me about this, and were generously hot to have him punished. Something of this disagreeable sort was turning up every now and then. I mean, episodes that showed that not all priests were frauds and self-seekers, but that many, even the great majority, of these that were down on the ground among the common people, were sincere and right-hearted, and devoted6 to the alleviation7 of human troubles and sufferings. Well, it was a thing which could not be helped, so I seldom fretted8 about it, and never many minutes at a time; it has never been my way to bother much about things which you can't cure. But I did not like it, for it was just the sort of thing to keep people reconciled to an Established Church. We MUST have a religion -- it goes without saying -- but my idea is, to have it cut up into forty free sects9, so that they will police each other, as had been the case in the United States in my time. Concentration of power in a political machine is bad; and and an Established Church is only a political machine; it was invented for that; it is nursed, cradled, preserved for that; it is an enemy to human liberty, and does no good which it could not better do in a split-up and scattered10 condition. That wasn't law; it wasn't gospel: it was only an opinion -- my opinion, and I was only a man, one man: so it wasn't worth any more than the pope's -- or any less, for that matter.

1
painstaking
![]() |
|
adj.苦干的;艰苦的,费力的,刻苦的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
2
discredit
![]() |
|
vt.使不可置信;n.丧失信义;不信,怀疑 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
3
cuffing
![]() |
|
v.掌打,拳打( cuff的现在分词 );袖口状白血球聚集 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
4
distress
![]() |
|
n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
5
distressing
![]() |
|
a.使人痛苦的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
6
devoted
![]() |
|
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
7
alleviation
![]() |
|
n. 减轻,缓和,解痛物 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
8
fretted
![]() |
|
焦躁的,附有弦马的,腐蚀的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
9
sects
![]() |
|
n.宗派,教派( sect的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
10
scattered
![]() |
|
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
11
plausible
![]() |
|
adj.似真实的,似乎有理的,似乎可信的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
12
outraged
![]() |
|
a.震惊的,义愤填膺的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
13
extenuating
![]() |
|
adj.使减轻的,情有可原的v.(用偏袒的辩解或借口)减轻( extenuate的现在分词 );低估,藐视 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
14
ravaging
![]() |
|
毁坏( ravage的现在分词 ); 蹂躏; 劫掠; 抢劫 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
15
ass
![]() |
|
n.驴;傻瓜,蠢笨的人 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
16
killing
![]() |
|
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
17
folly
![]() |
|
n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
18
mere
![]() |
|
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
19
grasshopper
![]() |
|
n.蚱蜢,蝗虫,蚂蚱 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
20
plodding
![]() |
|
a.proceeding in a slow or dull way | |
参考例句: |
|
|
21
humbly
![]() |
|
adv. 恭顺地,谦卑地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
22
microscopic
![]() |
|
adj.微小的,细微的,极小的,显微的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
23
serenely
![]() |
|
adv.安详地,宁静地,平静地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
24
offense
![]() |
|
n.犯规,违法行为;冒犯,得罪 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
25
perfectly
![]() |
|
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
26
malice
![]() |
|
n.恶意,怨恨,蓄意;[律]预谋 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
27
reprisals
![]() |
|
n.报复(行为)( reprisal的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
28
ornamental
![]() |
|
adj.装饰的;作装饰用的;n.装饰品;观赏植物 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
29
prodding
![]() |
|
v.刺,戳( prod的现在分词 );刺激;促使;(用手指或尖物)戳 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
30
anvil
![]() |
|
n.铁钻 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
31
kindly
![]() |
|
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
32
braced
![]() |
|
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 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
33
discomfort
![]() |
|
n.不舒服,不安,难过,困难,不方便 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
34
dungeon
![]() |
|
n.地牢,土牢 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
35
dungeons
![]() |
|
n.地牢( dungeon的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
36
foul
![]() |
|
adj.污秽的;邪恶的;v.弄脏;妨害;犯规;n.犯规 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
37
tangled
![]() |
|
adj. 纠缠的,紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
38
apparently
![]() |
|
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
39
vassal
![]() |
|
n.附庸的;属下;adj.奴仆的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
40
interfered
![]() |
|
v.干预( interfere的过去式和过去分词 );调停;妨碍;干涉 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
41
humble
![]() |
|
adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
42
parlor
![]() |
|
n.店铺,营业室;会客室,客厅 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
43
embittered
![]() |
|
v.使怨恨,激怒( embitter的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
44
groom
![]() |
|
vt.给(马、狗等)梳毛,照料,使...整洁 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
45
cramped
![]() |
|
a.狭窄的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
46
kenneled
![]() |
|
v.狗窝( kennel的过去式和过去分词 );养狗场 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
47
toads
![]() |
|
n.蟾蜍,癞蛤蟆( toad的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
48
bent
![]() |
|
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
49
fetters
![]() |
|
n.脚镣( fetter的名词复数 );束缚v.给…上脚镣,束缚( fetter的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
50
apparatus
![]() |
|
n.装置,器械;器具,设备 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
51
rust
![]() |
|
n.锈;v.生锈;(脑子)衰退 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
52
lithe
![]() |
|
adj.(指人、身体)柔软的,易弯的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
53
stagnant
![]() |
|
adj.不流动的,停滞的,不景气的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
54
captivity
![]() |
|
n.囚禁;被俘;束缚 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
55
kinsman
![]() |
|
n.男亲属 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
56
ambushed
![]() |
|
v.埋伏( ambush的过去式和过去分词 );埋伏着 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
57
assassinate
![]() |
|
vt.暗杀,行刺,中伤 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
58
maliciously
![]() |
|
adv.有敌意地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
59
trifling
![]() |
|
adj.微不足道的;没什么价值的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
60
offenses
![]() |
|
n.进攻( offense的名词复数 );(球队的)前锋;进攻方法;攻势 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
61
quack
![]() |
|
n.庸医;江湖医生;冒充内行的人;骗子 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
62
idiotic
![]() |
|
adj.白痴的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
63
precipice
![]() |
|
n.悬崖,危急的处境 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
64
longing
![]() |
|
n.(for)渴望 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
65
noted
![]() |
|
adj.著名的,知名的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
66
wrung
![]() |
|
绞( wring的过去式和过去分词 ); 握紧(尤指别人的手); 把(湿衣服)拧干; 绞掉(水) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
67
coffin
![]() |
|
n.棺材,灵柩 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
68
infinitely
![]() |
|
adv.无限地,无穷地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
69
distressful
![]() |
|
adj.苦难重重的,不幸的,使苦恼的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
70
cyclones
![]() |
|
n.气旋( cyclone的名词复数 );旋风;飓风;暴风 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
71
frantic
![]() |
|
adj.狂乱的,错乱的,激昂的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
72
imminent
![]() |
|
adj.即将发生的,临近的,逼近的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
73
verge
![]() |
|
n.边,边缘;v.接近,濒临 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
74
hatred
![]() |
|
n.憎恶,憎恨,仇恨 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
75
scorch
![]() |
|
v.烧焦,烤焦;高速疾驶;n.烧焦处,焦痕 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
76
sublimest
![]() |
|
伟大的( sublime的最高级 ); 令人赞叹的; 极端的; 不顾后果的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
77
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: |
|
|
78
incarceration
![]() |
|
n.监禁,禁闭;钳闭 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
79
humbleness
![]() |
|
n.谦卑,谦逊;恭顺 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
80
submission
![]() |
|
n.服从,投降;温顺,谦虚;提出 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
81
previously
![]() |
|
adv.以前,先前(地) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
82
blindfolding
![]() |
|
v.(尤指用布)挡住(某人)的视线( blindfold的现在分词 );蒙住(某人)的眼睛;使不理解;蒙骗 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
83
monarchy
![]() |
|
n.君主,最高统治者;君主政体,君主国 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
84
axe
![]() |
|
n.斧子;v.用斧头砍,削减 | |
参考例句: |
|
|