| 选择字号:【大】【中】【小】 | 关灯
护眼
|
Appendix V
关注小说网官方公众号(noveltingroom),原版名著免费领。
Subject of Gentility Continued
In the last chapter have been exhibited specimens1 of gentility, so considered by different classes; by one class, power, youth, and epaulets are considered the ne plus ultra of gentility; by another class, pride, stateliness, and title; by another, wealth and flaming tawdriness. But what constitutes a gentleman? It is easy to say at once what constitutes a gentleman, and there are no distinctions in what is gentlemanly, 195 as there are in what is genteel. The characteristics of a gentleman are high feeling, a determination never to take a cowardly advantage of another, a liberal education, absence of narrow views, generosity2 and courage, propriety3 of behaviour. Now a person may be genteel according to one or another of the three standards described above, and not possess one of the characteristics of a gentleman. Is the Emperor a gentleman, with spatters of blood on his clothes, scourged4 from the backs of noble Hungarian women? Are the aristocracy gentlefolks, who admire him? Is Mr. Flamson a gentleman, although he has a million pounds? No! cowardly miscreants5, admirers of cowardly miscreants, and people who make a million pounds by means compared with which those employed to make fortunes by the getters-up of the South Sea Bubble might be called honest dealing7, are decidedly not gentle-folks. Now, as it is clearly demonstrable that a person may be perfectly9 genteel according to some standard or other and yet be no gentleman, so is it demonstrable that a person may have no pretensions10 to gentility and yet be a gentleman. For example there is Lavengro! Would the admirers of the Emperor, or the admirers of those who admire the Emperor, or the admirers of Mr. Flamson, call him genteel? — and gentility with them is everything! Assuredly they would not; and assuredly they would consider him respectively as a being to be
点击
收听单词发音
收听单词发音
1
specimens
|
|
| n.样品( specimen的名词复数 );范例;(化验的)抽样;某种类型的人 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
2
generosity
|
|
| n.大度,慷慨,慷慨的行为 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
3
propriety
|
|
| n.正当行为;正当;适当 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
4
scourged
|
|
| 鞭打( scourge的过去式和过去分词 ); 惩罚,压迫 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
5
miscreants
|
|
| n.恶棍,歹徒( miscreant的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
6
tune
|
|
| n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
7
dealing
|
|
| n.经商方法,待人态度 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
8
decided
|
|
| adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
9
perfectly
|
|
| adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
10
pretensions
|
|
| 自称( pretension的名词复数 ); 自命不凡; 要求; 权力 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
11
shunned
|
|
| v.避开,回避,避免( shun的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
12
hooted
|
|
| (使)作汽笛声响,作汽车喇叭声( hoot的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
13
hack
|
|
| n.劈,砍,出租马车;v.劈,砍,干咳 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
14
pawn
|
|
| n.典当,抵押,小人物,走卒;v.典当,抵押 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
15
entrusted
|
|
| v.委托,托付( entrust的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
16
lodgings
|
|
| n. 出租的房舍, 寄宿舍 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
17
discourse
|
|
| n.论文,演说;谈话;话语;vi.讲述,著述 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
18
fiddle
|
|
| n.小提琴;vi.拉提琴;不停拨弄,乱动 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
19
landlady
|
|
| n.女房东,女地主 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
20
vice
|
|
| n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
21
indifference
|
|
| n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
22
mere
|
|
| adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
23
solicitude
|
|
| n.焦虑 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
24
infringe
|
|
| v.违反,触犯,侵害 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
25
transgress
|
|
| vt.违反,逾越 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
26
akin
|
|
| adj.同族的,类似的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
27
outrage
|
|
| n.暴行,侮辱,愤怒;vt.凌辱,激怒 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
28
decency
|
|
| n.体面,得体,合宜,正派,庄重 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
29
profligacy
|
|
| n.放荡,不检点,肆意挥霍 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
30
contemn
|
|
| v.蔑视 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
31
contemns
|
|
| v.侮辱,蔑视( contemn的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
|
32
contemptible
|
|
| adj.可鄙的,可轻视的,卑劣的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
33
scoffs
|
|
| 嘲笑,嘲弄( scoff的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
34
tattered
|
|
| adj.破旧的,衣衫破的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
35
accomplishment
|
|
| n.完成,成就,(pl.)造诣,技能 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
36
brink
|
|
| n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘,边沿 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
37
bonnet
|
|
| n.无边女帽;童帽 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
38
positively
|
|
| adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
39
lucrative
|
|
| adj.赚钱的,可获利的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
40
apparently
|
|
| adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
41
minced
|
|
| v.切碎( mince的过去式和过去分词 );剁碎;绞碎;用绞肉机绞(食物,尤指肉) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
42
placidly
|
|
| adv.平稳地,平静地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
43
poignantly
|
|
参考例句: |
|
|
|
44
pony
|
|
| adj.小型的;n.小马 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
45
justify
|
|
| vt.证明…正当(或有理),为…辩护 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
46
motive
|
|
| n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
47
unreasonable
|
|
| adj.不讲道理的,不合情理的,过度的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
48
apparatus
|
|
| n.装置,器械;器具,设备 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
49
possessed
|
|
| adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
50
rudiments
|
|
| n.基础知识,入门 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
51
apprenticeship
|
|
| n.学徒身份;学徒期 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
52
plying
|
|
| v.使用(工具)( ply的现在分词 );经常供应(食物、饮料);固定往来;经营生意 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
53
bishop
|
|
| n.主教,(国际象棋)象 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
54
hop
|
|
| n.单脚跳,跳跃;vi.单脚跳,跳跃;着手做某事;vt.跳跃,跃过 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
55
harp
|
|
| n.竖琴;天琴座 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
56
mingling
|
|
| adj.混合的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
57
talismans
|
|
| n.护身符( talisman的名词复数 );驱邪物;有不可思议的力量之物;法宝 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
58
harping
|
|
| n.反复述说 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
59
honourable
|
|
| adj.可敬的;荣誉的,光荣的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
60
authorize
|
|
| v.授权,委任;批准,认可 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
61
tongs
|
|
| n.钳;夹子 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
62
monarch
|
|
| n.帝王,君主,最高统治者 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
63
dignified
|
|
| a.可敬的,高贵的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
64
vile
|
|
| adj.卑鄙的,可耻的,邪恶的;坏透的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
65
adoration
|
|
| n.爱慕,崇拜 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
66
infamous
|
|
| adj.声名狼藉的,臭名昭著的,邪恶的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
67
zest
|
|
| n.乐趣;滋味,风味;兴趣 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
68
superciliousness
|
|
| n.高傲,傲慢 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
69
knave
|
|
| n.流氓;(纸牌中的)杰克 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
70
alas
|
|
| int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
71
adorn
|
|
| vt.使美化,装饰 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
72
adorns
|
|
| 装饰,佩带( adorn的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
73
ornaments
|
|
| n.装饰( ornament的名词复数 );点缀;装饰品;首饰v.装饰,点缀,美化( ornament的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
74
profligate
|
|
| adj.行为不检的;n.放荡的人,浪子,肆意挥霍者 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
75
infamy
|
|
| n.声名狼藉,出丑,恶行 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
76
virtue
|
|
| n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
77
virtues
|
|
| 美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
78
aristocrat
|
|
| n.贵族,有贵族气派的人,上层人物 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
79
knavish
|
|
| adj.无赖(似)的,不正的;刁诈 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
80
affected
|
|
| adj.不自然的,假装的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
81
mania
|
|
| n.疯狂;躁狂症,狂热,癖好 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
82
approbation
|
|
| n.称赞;认可 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
83
fully
|
|
| adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
84
grovelling
|
|
| adj.卑下的,奴颜婢膝的v.卑躬屈节,奴颜婢膝( grovel的现在分词 );趴 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
85
shrine
|
|
| n.圣地,神龛,庙;v.将...置于神龛内,把...奉为神圣 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
86
edifying
|
|
| adj.有教训意味的,教训性的,有益的v.开导,启发( edify的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
87
lieutenant
|
|
| n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
88
abruptly
|
|
| adv.突然地,出其不意地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
89
authoritative
|
|
| adj.有权威的,可相信的;命令式的;官方的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
90
triumphant
|
|
| adj.胜利的,成功的;狂欢的,喜悦的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
91
justification
|
|
| n.正当的理由;辩解的理由 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
92
foppish
|
|
| adj.矫饰的,浮华的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
93
distinguished
|
|
| adj.卓越的,杰出的,著名的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
94
cowardice
|
|
| n.胆小,怯懦 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
95
countenanced
|
|
| v.支持,赞同,批准( countenance的过去式 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
|
96
scouted
|
|
| 寻找,侦察( scout的过去式和过去分词 ); 物色(优秀运动员、演员、音乐家等) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
97
poignancy
|
|
| n.辛酸事,尖锐 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
98
tarnished
|
|
| (通常指金属)(使)失去光泽,(使)变灰暗( tarnish的过去式和过去分词 ); 玷污,败坏 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
99
providence
|
|
| n.深谋远虑,天道,天意;远见;节约;上帝 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
100
scarlet
|
|
| n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
101
doom
|
|
| n.厄运,劫数;v.注定,命定 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
102
remains
|
|
| n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
103
ascendancy
|
|
| n.统治权,支配力量 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
104
naval
|
|
| adj.海军的,军舰的,船的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
105
insolence
|
|
| n.傲慢;无礼;厚颜;傲慢的态度 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
106
tyrants
|
|
| 专制统治者( tyrant的名词复数 ); 暴君似的人; (古希腊的)僭主; 严酷的事物 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
107
mutinous
|
|
| adj.叛变的,反抗的;adv.反抗地,叛变地;n.反抗,叛变 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
108
obnoxious
|
|
| adj.极恼人的,讨人厌的,可憎的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
109
skilful
|
|
| (=skillful)adj.灵巧的,熟练的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
110
bounty
|
|
| n.慷慨的赠予物,奖金;慷慨,大方;施与 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
111
seamen
|
|
| n.海员 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
112
seaman
|
|
| n.海员,水手,水兵 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
113
steering
|
|
| n.操舵装置 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
114
provincial
|
|
| adj.省的,地方的;n.外省人,乡下人 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
115
Christian
|
|
| adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
116
salvation
|
|
| n.(尤指基督)救世,超度,拯救,解困 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
117
perils
|
|
| 极大危险( peril的名词复数 ); 危险的事(或环境) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
118
alludes
|
|
| 提及,暗指( allude的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
119
concessions
|
|
| n.(尤指由政府或雇主给予的)特许权( concession的名词复数 );承认;减价;(在某地的)特许经营权 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
120
lottery
|
|
| n.抽彩;碰运气的事,难于算计的事 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
121
forsake
|
|
| vt.遗弃,抛弃;舍弃,放弃 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
122
chapel
|
|
| n.小教堂,殡仪馆 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
123
disciple
|
|
| n.信徒,门徒,追随者 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
124
platitude
|
|
| n.老生常谈,陈词滥调 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
125
taper
|
|
| n.小蜡烛,尖细,渐弱;adj.尖细的;v.逐渐变小 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
126
infantry
|
|
| n.[总称]步兵(部队) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
127
regiment
|
|
| n.团,多数,管理;v.组织,编成团,统制 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
128
chaste
|
|
| adj.贞洁的;有道德的;善良的;简朴的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
129
dispense
|
|
| vt.分配,分发;配(药),发(药);实施 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
130
decadence
|
|
| n.衰落,颓废 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
131
flout
|
|
| v./n.嘲弄,愚弄,轻视 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
132
meditating
|
|
| a.沉思的,冥想的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
133
thoroughly
|
|
| adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
134
remarkable
|
|
| adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
135
sneering
|
|
| 嘲笑的,轻蔑的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
136
aisles
|
|
| n. (席位间的)通道, 侧廊 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
137
incense
|
|
| v.激怒;n.香,焚香时的烟,香气 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
138
expatiates
|
|
| v.详述,细说( expatiate的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
|
上一章:
Appendix IV
下一章:
Appendix VI
©英文小说网 2005-2010