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"To know Rome is to have assisted at the councils of destiny!" This cryof a more famous traveller must have struggled for expression in Odo'sbreast as the great city, the city of cities, laid her irresistible1 holdupon him. His first impression, as he drove in the clear evening lightfrom the Porta del Popolo to his lodgings2 in the Via Sistina, was of aprodigious accumulation of architectural effects, a crowding of centuryon century, all fused in the crucible4 of the Roman sun, so that eachstyle seemed linked to the other by some subtle affinity5 of colour.
Nowhere else, surely, is the traveller's first sight so crowded withsurprises, with conflicting challenges to eye and brain. Here, as hepassed, was a fragment of the ancient Servian wall, there a new stuccoshrine embedded6 in the bricks of a medieval palace; on one hand a loftyterrace crowned by a row of mouldering7 busts8, on the other a tower withmachicolated parapet, its flanks encrusted with bits of Roman sculptureand the escutcheons of seventeenth-century Popes. Opposite, perhaps, oneof Fuga's golden-brown churches, with windy saints blowing out of theirniches, overlooked the nereids of a barocco fountain, or an old housepropped itself like a palsied beggar against a row of Corinthiancolumns; while everywhere flights of steps led up and down to hanginggardens or under archways, and each turn revealed some distant glimpseof convent-walls on the slope of a vineyard or of red-brown ruinsprofiled against the dim sea-like reaches of the Campagna.
Afterward, as order was born out of chaos9, and he began to thread hisway among the centuries, this first vision lost something of itsintensity; yet it was always, to the last, through the eye that Romepossessed him. Her life, indeed, as though in
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irresistible
adj.非常诱人的,无法拒绝的,无法抗拒的
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lodgings
n. 出租的房舍, 寄宿舍
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lodging
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍
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crucible
n.坩锅,严酷的考验
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affinity
n.亲和力,密切关系
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embedded
a.扎牢的
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mouldering
v.腐朽( moulder的现在分词 );腐烂,崩塌
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busts
半身雕塑像( bust的名词复数 ); 妇女的胸部; 胸围; 突击搜捕
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chaos
n.混乱,无秩序
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possessed
adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的
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obedience
n.服从,顺从
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animation
n.活泼,兴奋,卡通片/动画片的制作
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forum
n.论坛,讨论会
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piazza
n.广场;走廊
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pompous
adj.傲慢的,自大的;夸大的;豪华的
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cardinals
红衣主教( cardinal的名词复数 ); 红衣凤头鸟(见于北美,雄鸟为鲜红色); 基数
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reverberating
回响,回荡( reverberate的现在分词 ); 使反响,使回荡,使反射
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antiquities
n.古老( antiquity的名词复数 );古迹;古人们;古代的风俗习惯
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mighty
adj.强有力的;巨大的
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bleaching
漂白法,漂白
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riddle
n.谜,谜语,粗筛;vt.解谜,给…出谜,筛,检查,鉴定,非难,充满于;vi.出谜
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gliding
v. 滑翔
adj. 滑动的
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mingling
adj.混合的
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ascended
v.上升,攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 )
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accomplished
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的
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amiable
adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的
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ecclesiastics
n.神职者,教会,牧师( ecclesiastic的名词复数 )
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hermits
(尤指早期基督教的)隐居修道士,隐士,遁世者( hermit的名词复数 )
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disorders
n.混乱( disorder的名词复数 );凌乱;骚乱;(身心、机能)失调
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indifference
n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎
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stagnation
n. 停滞
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forth
adv.向前;向外,往外
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reluctance
n.厌恶,讨厌,勉强,不情愿
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bestowed
赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )
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adroit
adj.熟练的,灵巧的
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prudence
n.谨慎,精明,节俭
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melancholy
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的
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specially
adv.特定地;特殊地;明确地
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drawn
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
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engrossed
adj.全神贯注的
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intercourse
n.性交;交流,交往,交际
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descended
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
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diversified
adj.多样化的,多种经营的v.使多样化,多样化( diversify的过去式和过去分词 );进入新的商业领域
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picturesque
adj.美丽如画的,(语言)生动的,绘声绘色的
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villa
n.别墅,城郊小屋
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awnings
篷帐布
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snug
adj.温暖舒适的,合身的,安全的;v.使整洁干净,舒适地依靠,紧贴;n.(英)酒吧里的私房
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eel
n.鳗鲡
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pretensions
自称( pretension的名词复数 ); 自命不凡; 要求; 权力
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conveyance
n.(不动产等的)转让,让与;转让证书;传送;运送;表达;(正)运输工具
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distinguished
adj.卓越的,杰出的,著名的
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impatience
n.不耐烦,急躁
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zeal
n.热心,热情,热忱
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embarked
乘船( embark的过去式和过去分词 ); 装载; 从事
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wharf
n.码头,停泊处
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flea
n.跳蚤
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whit
n.一点,丝毫
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lodged
v.存放( lodge的过去式和过去分词 );暂住;埋入;(权利、权威等)归属
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previously
adv.以前,先前(地)
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devoted
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的
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noted
adj.著名的,知名的
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huddle
vi.挤作一团;蜷缩;vt.聚集;n.挤在一起的人
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villas
别墅,公馆( villa的名词复数 ); (城郊)住宅
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interspersed
adj.[医]散开的;点缀的v.intersperse的过去式和过去分词
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spoke
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
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eloquently
adv. 雄辩地(有口才地, 富于表情地)
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delightful
adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的
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enjoyment
n.乐趣;享有;享用
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brats
n.调皮捣蛋的孩子( brat的名词复数 )
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homage
n.尊敬,敬意,崇敬
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forestry
n.森林学;林业
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hymns
n.赞美诗,圣歌,颂歌( hymn的名词复数 )
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virtuous
adj.有品德的,善良的,贞洁的,有效力的
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grumbling
adj. 喃喃鸣不平的, 出怨言的
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shrugged
vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式)
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throng
n.人群,群众;v.拥挤,群集
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spectral
adj.幽灵的,鬼魂的
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coax
v.哄诱,劝诱,用诱哄得到,诱取
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lute
n.琵琶,鲁特琴
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yews
n.紫杉( yew的名词复数 )
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incited
刺激,激励,煽动( incite的过去式和过去分词 )
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descending
n. 下行
adj. 下降的
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alleys
胡同,小巷( alley的名词复数 ); 小径
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darting
v.投掷,投射( dart的现在分词 );向前冲,飞奔
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thither
adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的
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tapestry
n.挂毯,丰富多采的画面
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relaxation
n.松弛,放松;休息;消遣;娱乐
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scarlet
n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的
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figs
figures 数字,图形,外形
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rattle
v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓
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tambourines
n.铃鼓,手鼓( tambourine的名词复数 );(鸣声似铃鼓的)白胸森鸠
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comedians
n.喜剧演员,丑角( comedian的名词复数 )
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ashore
adv.在(向)岸上,上岸
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volatile
adj.反复无常的,挥发性的,稍纵即逝的,脾气火爆的;n.挥发性物质
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enacting
制定(法律),通过(法案)( enact的现在分词 )
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laden
adj.装满了的;充满了的;负了重担的;苦恼的
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foliage
n.叶子,树叶,簇叶
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portico
n.柱廊,门廊
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facade
n.(建筑物的)正面,临街正面;外表
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burnishing
n.磨光,抛光,擦亮v.擦亮(金属等),磨光( burnish的现在分词 );被擦亮,磨光
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scent
n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;v.嗅,发觉
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murmur
n.低语,低声的怨言;v.低语,低声而言