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Chapter 11 AFTER MANY DAYS.
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There was a sudden silence—the shadow of God's hand. In it the lately agonized1, writhing2 body lay at peace, the anxious spectators stood awed3 and motionless. Yet this silence was more voiceful than any sound,—full of solemn questionings and more solemn answers, subtle suggestions, grave warnings, and momentous5 intimations. Of the value and the valuelessness of life, of the night and the morning of death, of the character and the import of the Hereafter,—on all these topics it discoursed6 more eloquently7 than the most silvery of oratorical8 tongues.
It had also its more commonplace and definite purport9 to the simple-minded dependents gathered in the gloom of the broad gallery and the black oaken staircase; which was no sooner fully10 apprehended11, than the sound of weeping was heard among them,—though not noisily demonstrative, according to the African wont12, for their awe4 of their late master had been greater than their affection, and was in nowise diminished by the knowledge of the dread13 change that had come upon him. It was genuine sorrow, nevertheless, for, though he had been a hard master, of late, most of them remembered when he had been kinder; and, at the worst, he had not been without gleams of good humor and
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v.使(极度)痛苦,折磨( agonize的过去式和过去分词 );苦斗;苦苦思索;感到极度痛苦 | |
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(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 ) | |
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adj.充满敬畏的,表示敬畏的v.使敬畏,使惊惧( awe的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧 | |
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discoursed
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演说(discourse的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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purport
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apprehended
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逮捕,拘押( apprehend的过去式和过去分词 ); 理解 | |
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leniency
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wilful
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doorway
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dilate
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splendors
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parlor
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n.店铺,营业室;会客室,客厅 | |
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conclave
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n.秘密会议,红衣主教团 | |
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harry
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vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼 | |
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雄伟地; 庄重地; 威严地; 崇高地 | |
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vengeance
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apparition
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n.幽灵,神奇的现象 | |
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knight
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murmurs
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n.低沉、连续而不清的声音( murmur的名词复数 );低语声;怨言;嘀咕 | |
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beholds
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humility
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n.谦逊,谦恭 | |
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elation
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crumbling
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复杂性(complexity的名词复数); 复杂的事物 | |
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与…有关系的,附属…的,为…固有的(to) | |
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legitimate
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adj.合法的,合理的,合乎逻辑的;v.使合法 | |
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supersede
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v.替代;充任 | |
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immediate
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apprise
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vt.通知,告知 | |
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feud
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n.长期不和;世仇;v.长期争斗;世代结仇 | |
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supplementary
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afterward
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standing
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erect
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reign
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n.统治时期,统治,支配,盛行;v.占优势 | |
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apprehension
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n.理解,领悟;逮捕,拘捕;忧虑 | |
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eternity
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n.不朽,来世;永恒,无穷 | |
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disposition
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n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署 | |
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tangled
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adj. 纠缠的,紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词 | |
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expediency
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n.适宜;方便;合算;利己 | |
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depressed
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providence
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tightening
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上紧,固定,紧密 | |
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teeming
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motive
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strictly
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微睡,睡眠(slumber的现在分词形式) | |
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precisely
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混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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