选择字号:【大】【中】【小】 | 关灯
护眼
|
Chapter III. Symbols
关注小说网官方公众号(noveltingroom),原版名著免费领。
Probably it will elucidate1 the drift of these foregoing obscure utterances2, if we here insert somewhat of our Professor’s speculations3 on Symbols. To state his whole doctrine4, indeed, were beyond our compass: nowhere is he more mysterious, impalpable, than in this of “Fantasy being the organ of the Godlike;” and how “Man thereby5, though based, to all seeming, on the small Visible, does nevertheless extend down into the infinite deeps of the Invisible, of which Invisible, indeed, his Life is properly the bodying forth6.” Let us, omitting these high transcendental aspects of the matter, study to glean7 (whether from the Paper-bags or the Printed Volume) what little seems logical and practical, and cunningly arrange it into such degree of coherence8 as it will assume. By way of proem, take the following not injudicious remarks:—
“The benignant efficacies of Concealment10,” cries our Professor, “who shall speak or sing? SILENCE and SECRECY11! Altars might still be raised to them (were this an altar-building time) for universal worship. Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic12, into the daylight of Life, which they are thenceforth to rule. Not William the Silent only, but all the considerable men I have known, and the most undiplomatic and unstrategic of these, forbore to
点击
收听单词发音

1
elucidate
![]() |
|
v.阐明,说明 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
2
utterances
![]() |
|
n.发声( utterance的名词复数 );说话方式;语调;言论 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
3
speculations
![]() |
|
n.投机买卖( speculation的名词复数 );思考;投机活动;推断 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
4
doctrine
![]() |
|
n.教义;主义;学说 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
5
thereby
![]() |
|
adv.因此,从而 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
6
forth
![]() |
|
adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
7
glean
![]() |
|
v.收集(消息、资料、情报等) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
8
coherence
![]() |
|
n.紧凑;连贯;一致性 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
9
conceal
![]() |
|
v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
10
concealment
![]() |
|
n.隐藏, 掩盖,隐瞒 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
11
secrecy
![]() |
|
n.秘密,保密,隐蔽 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
12
majestic
![]() |
|
adj.雄伟的,壮丽的,庄严的,威严的,崇高的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
13
babble
![]() |
|
v.含糊不清地说,胡言乱语地说,儿语 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
14
nay
![]() |
|
adv.不;n.反对票,投反对票者 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
15
wreck
![]() |
|
n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
16
intrusive
![]() |
|
adj.打搅的;侵扰的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
17
concealing
![]() |
|
v.隐藏,隐瞒,遮住( conceal的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
18
stifling
![]() |
|
a.令人窒息的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
19
inscription
![]() |
|
n.(尤指石块上的)刻印文字,铭文,碑文 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
20
eternity
![]() |
|
n.不朽,来世;永恒,无穷 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
21
virtue
![]() |
|
n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
22
prate
![]() |
|
v.瞎扯,胡说 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
23
privily
![]() |
|
adv.暗中,秘密地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
24
withers
![]() |
|
马肩隆 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
25
fragrance
![]() |
|
n.芬芳,香味,香气 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
26
hues
![]() |
|
色彩( hue的名词复数 ); 色调; 信仰; 观点 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
27
smite
![]() |
|
v.重击;彻底击败;n.打;尝试;一点儿 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
28
foul
![]() |
|
adj.污秽的;邪恶的;v.弄脏;妨害;犯规;n.犯规 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
29
plunderer
![]() |
|
掠夺者 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
30
grunting
![]() |
|
咕哝的,呼噜的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
31
kin
![]() |
|
n.家族,亲属,血缘关系;adj.亲属关系的,同类的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
32
wondrous
![]() |
|
adj.令人惊奇的,奇妙的;adv.惊人地;异乎寻常地;令人惊叹地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
33
acting
![]() |
|
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
34
expressive
![]() |
|
adj.表现的,表达…的,富于表情的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
35
domain
![]() |
|
n.(活动等)领域,范围;领地,势力范围 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
36
attainable
![]() |
|
a.可达到的,可获得的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
37
encompassed
![]() |
|
v.围绕( encompass的过去式和过去分词 );包围;包含;包括 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
38
wilt
![]() |
|
v.(使)植物凋谢或枯萎;(指人)疲倦,衰弱 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
39
symbolical
![]() |
|
a.象征性的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
40
symbolic
![]() |
|
adj.象征性的,符号的,象征主义的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
41
verge
![]() |
|
n.边,边缘;v.接近,濒临 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
42
inane
![]() |
|
adj.空虚的,愚蠢的,空洞的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
43
owl
![]() |
|
n.猫头鹰,枭 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
44
possessed
![]() |
|
adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
45
animated
![]() |
|
adj.生气勃勃的,活跃的,愉快的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
46
alas
![]() |
|
int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
47
mechanism
![]() |
|
n.机械装置;机构,结构 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
48
smothers
![]() |
|
(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的第三人称单数 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
49
remains
![]() |
|
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
50
fathom
![]() |
|
v.领悟,彻底了解 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
51
motives
![]() |
|
n.动机,目的( motive的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
52
compute
![]() |
|
v./n.计算,估计 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
53
enchantment
![]() |
|
n.迷惑,妖术,魅力 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
54
hymns
![]() |
|
n.赞美诗,圣歌,颂歌( hymn的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
55
reigns
![]() |
|
n.君主的统治( reign的名词复数 );君主统治时期;任期;当政期 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
56
faculty
![]() |
|
n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
57
implement
![]() |
|
n.(pl.)工具,器具;vt.实行,实施,执行 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
58
vessel
![]() |
|
n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
59
glazed
![]() |
|
adj.光滑的,像玻璃的;上过釉的;呆滞无神的v.装玻璃( glaze的过去式);上釉于,上光;(目光)变得呆滞无神 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
60
extrinsic
![]() |
|
adj.外部的;不紧要的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
61
clouted
![]() |
|
adj.缀补的,凝固的v.(尤指用手)猛击,重打( clout的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
62
noted
![]() |
|
adj.著名的,知名的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
63
glimmers
![]() |
|
n.微光,闪光( glimmer的名词复数 )v.发闪光,发微光( glimmer的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
64
attained
![]() |
|
(通常经过努力)实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
65
confluence
![]() |
|
n.汇合,聚集 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
66
perennial
![]() |
|
adj.终年的;长久的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
67
desecrates
![]() |
|
毁坏或亵渎( desecrate的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
68
receding
![]() |
|
v.逐渐远离( recede的现在分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
69
utterly
![]() |
|
adv.完全地,绝对地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
70
celestial
![]() |
|
adj.天体的;天上的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
71
luminaries
![]() |
|
n.杰出人物,名人(luminary的复数形式) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
72
atmospheric
![]() |
|
adj.大气的,空气的;大气层的;大气所引起的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
73
culmination
![]() |
|
n.顶点;最高潮 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
74
gilt
![]() |
|
adj.镀金的;n.金边证券 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
75
conjure
![]() |
|
v.恳求,祈求;变魔术,变戏法 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
76
faculties
![]() |
|
n.能力( faculty的名词复数 );全体教职员;技巧;院 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
77
maker
![]() |
|
n.制造者,制造商 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
78
superannuated
![]() |
|
adj.老朽的,退休的;v.因落后于时代而废除,勒令退学 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
79
suffocation
![]() |
|
n.窒息 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
下一章:
Chapter IV. Helotage
©英文小说网 2005-2010