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The day was rainy. Aaron stayed indoors alone, and copied music and slept. He felt the same stunned1, withered2 feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously3, this time. He knew now, without argument or thought that he would never go again to the Marchesa: not as a lover. He would go away from it all. He did not dislike her. But he would never see her again. A great gulf4 had opened, leaving him alone on the far side.
He did not go out till after dinner. When he got downstairs he found the heavy night-door closed. He wondered: then remembered the Signorina’s fear of riots and disturbances5. As again he fumbled6 with the catches, he felt that the doors of Florence were trying to prevent his egress7. However, he got out.
It was a very dark night, about nine o’clock, and deserted8 seeming. He was struck by the strange, deserted feeling of the city’s atmosphere. Yet he noticed before him, at the foot of the statue, three men, one with a torch: a long torch with naked flames. The men were stooping over something dark, the man with the torch bending forward too. It was a dark, weird9 little group, like Mediaeval Florence. Aaron lingered on his doorstep, watching. He could not see what they were doing. But now, the two were crouching10 down; over a long dark object on the ground, and the one with the torch bending also to look. What was it? They were just at the foot of the statue, a dark little group under the big pediment, the torch-flames weirdly
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stunned
adj. 震惊的,惊讶的
动词stun的过去式和过去分词
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withered
adj. 枯萎的,干瘪的,(人身体的部分器官)因病萎缩的或未发育良好的
动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式
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disastrously
ad.灾难性地
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gulf
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
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disturbances
n.骚乱( disturbance的名词复数 );打扰;困扰;障碍
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fumbled
(笨拙地)摸索或处理(某事物)( fumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 乱摸,笨拙地弄; 使落下
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egress
n.出去;出口
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deserted
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的
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weird
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
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crouching
v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的现在分词 )
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weirdly
古怪地
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flickering
adj.闪烁的,摇曳的,一闪一闪的
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eerie
adj.怪诞的;奇异的;可怕的;胆怯的
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swerved
v.(使)改变方向,改变目的( swerve的过去式和过去分词 )
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piazza
n.广场;走廊
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trot
n.疾走,慢跑;n.老太婆;现成译本;(复数)trots:腹泻(与the 连用);v.小跑,快步走,赶紧
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trotted
小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走
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trotting
小跑,急走( trot的现在分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走
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peculiar
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的
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intensity
n.强烈,剧烈;强度;烈度
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abated
减少( abate的过去式和过去分词 ); 减去; 降价; 撤消(诉讼)
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flute
n.长笛;v.吹笛
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intoxicated
喝醉的,极其兴奋的
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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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slur
v.含糊地说;诋毁;连唱;n.诋毁;含糊的发音
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tickled
(使)发痒( tickle的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)愉快,逗乐
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acquiescent
adj.默许的,默认的
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socialists
社会主义者( socialist的名词复数 )
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socialist
n.社会主义者;adj.社会主义的
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demonstration
n.表明,示范,论证,示威
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imprisonment
n.关押,监禁,坐牢
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gibing
adj.讥刺的,嘲弄的v.嘲笑,嘲弄( gibe的现在分词 )
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sergeant
n.警官,中士
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anarchist
n.无政府主义者
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anarchists
无政府主义者( anarchist的名词复数 )
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outright
adv.坦率地;彻底地;立即;adj.无疑的;彻底的
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vehemently
adv. 热烈地
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attentively
adv.聚精会神地;周到地;谛;凝神
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gnats
n.叮人小虫( gnat的名词复数 )
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sarcastically
adv.挖苦地,讽刺地
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salvation
n.(尤指基督)救世,超度,拯救,解困
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cant
n.斜穿,黑话,猛扔
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sneer
v.轻蔑;嘲笑;n.嘲笑,讥讽的言语
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immediate
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
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reiterated
反复地说,重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )
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spasm
n.痉挛,抽搐;一阵发作
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inevitable
adj.不可避免的,必然发生的
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unwilling
adj.不情愿的
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logic
n.逻辑(学);逻辑性
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lavatory
n.盥洗室,厕所
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postpone
v.延期,推迟
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dilemma
n.困境,进退两难的局面
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precisely
adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地
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enacts
制定(法律),通过(法案)( enact的第三人称单数 )
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inevitably
adv.不可避免地;必然发生地
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carrion
n.腐肉
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brotherhood
n.兄弟般的关系,手中情谊
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benevolence
n.慈悲,捐助
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unity
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调
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unanimity
n.全体一致,一致同意
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putrid
adj.腐臭的;有毒的;已腐烂的;卑劣的
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stink
vi.发出恶臭;糟透,招人厌恶;n.恶臭
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stinking
adj.臭的,烂醉的,讨厌的v.散发出恶臭( stink的现在分词 );发臭味;名声臭;糟透
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stinks
v.散发出恶臭( stink的第三人称单数 );发臭味;名声臭;糟透
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extermination
n.消灭,根绝
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exasperation
n.愤慨
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liars
说谎者( liar的名词复数 )
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ridicule
v.讥讽,挖苦;n.嘲弄
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preposterous
adj.荒谬的,可笑的
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pretentiousness
n.矫饰;炫耀;自负;狂妄
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asylum
n.避难所,庇护所,避难
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insignificant
adj.无关紧要的,可忽略的,无意义的
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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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forth
adv.向前;向外,往外
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disapproval
n.反对,不赞成
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doctrines
n.教条( doctrine的名词复数 );教义;学说;(政府政策的)正式声明
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sniffing
n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说
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verge
n.边,边缘;v.接近,濒临
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bullying
v.恐吓,威逼( bully的现在分词 );豪;跋扈
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bullied
adj.被欺负了v.恐吓,威逼( bully的过去式和过去分词 )
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unwillingly
adv.不情愿地
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hoarse
adj.嘶哑的,沙哑的
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chaos
n.混乱,无秩序
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standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
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debris
n.瓦砾堆,废墟,碎片
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zest
n.乐趣;滋味,风味;兴趣
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trampled
踩( trample的过去式和过去分词 ); 践踏; 无视; 侵犯
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curiously
adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地
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utterly
adv.完全地,绝对地
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reins
感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带
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glisten
vi.(光洁或湿润表面等)闪闪发光,闪闪发亮
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trickling
n.油画底色含油太多而成泡沫状突起v.滴( trickle的现在分词 );淌;使)慢慢走;缓慢移动