曼斯菲尔德庄园 Chapter 34
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CHAPTER XXXIV 
Edmund had great things to hear on his return. Many surprises were awaiting him. The first that occurred was not least in interest: the appearance of Henry Crawford and his sister walking together through the village as he rode into it. He had concluded--he had meant them to be far distant. His absence had been extended beyond a fortnight purposely to avoid Miss Crawford. He was returning to Mansfield with spirits ready to feed on melancholy2 remembrances, and tender associations, when her own fair self was before him, leaning on her brother's arm, and he found himself receiving a welcome, unquestionably friendly, from the woman whom, two moments before, he had been thinking of as seventy miles off, and as farther, much farther, from him in inclination3 than any distance could express. 
Her reception of him was of a sort which he could not have hoped for, had he expected to see her. Coming as he did from such a purport4 fulfilled as had taken him away, he would have expected anything rather than a look of satisfaction, and words of simple, pleasant meaning. It was enough to set his heart in a glow, and to bring him home in the properest state for feeling the full value of the other joyful5 surprises at hand. 
William's promotion6, with all its particulars, he was soon master of; and with such a secret provision of comfort within his own breast to help the joy, he found in it a source of most gratifying sensation and unvarying cheerfulness all dinner-time. 
After dinner, when he and his father were alone, he had Fanny's history; and then all the great events of the last fortnight, and the present situation of matters at Mansfield were known to him. 
Fanny suspected what was going on. They sat so much longer than usual in the dining-parlour, that she was sure they must be talking of her; and when tea at last brought them away, and she was to be seen by Edmund again, she felt dreadfully guilty. He came to her, sat down by her, took her hand, and pressed it kindly7; and at that moment she thought that, but for the occupation and the scene which the tea-things afforded, she must have betrayed her emotion in some unpardonable excess. 
He was not intending, however, by such action, to be conveying to her that unqualified approbation8 and encouragement which her hopes drew from it. It was designed only to express his participation9 in all that interested her, and to tell her that he had been hearing what quickened every feeling of affection. He was, in fact, entirely10 on his father's side of the question. His surprise was not so great as his father's at her refusing Crawford, because, so far from supposing her to consider him with anything like a preference, he had always believed it to be rather the reverse, and could imagine her to be taken perfectly11 unprepared, but Sir Thomas could not regard the connexion as more desirable than he did. It had every recommendation to him; and while honouring her for what she had done under the influence of her present indifference12, honouring her in rather stronger terms than Sir Thomas could quite echo, he was most earnest in hoping, and sanguine13 in believing, that it would be a match at last, and that, united by mutual14 affection, it would appear that their dispositions15 were as exactly fitted to make them blessed in each other, as he was now beginning seriously to consider them. Crawford had been too precipitate17. He had not given her time to attach herself. He had begun at the wrong end. With such powers as his, however, and such a disposition16 as hers, Edmund trusted that everything would work out a happy conclusion. Meanwhile, he saw enough of Fanny's embarrassment18 to make him scrupulously19 guard against exciting it a second time, by any word, or look, or movement. 
Crawford called the next day, and on the score of Edmund's return, Sir Thomas felt himself more than licensed20 to ask him to stay dinner; it was really a necessary compliment. He staid of course, and Edmund had then ample opportunity for observing how he sped with Fanny, and what degree of immediate21 encouragement for him might be extracted from her manners; and it was so little, so very, very little-- every chance, every possibility of it, resting upon her embarrassment only; if there was not hope in her confusion, there was hope in nothing else--that he was almost ready to wonder at his friend's perseverance22. Fanny was worth it all; he held her to be worth every effort of patience, every exertion23 of mind, but he did not think he could have gone on himself with any woman breathing, without something more to warm his courage than his eyes could discern in hers. He was very willing to hope that Crawford saw clearer, and this was the most comfortable conclusion for his friend that he could come to from all that he observed to pass before, and at, and after dinner. 
In the evening a few circumstances occurred which he thought more promising24. When he and Crawford walked into the drawing-room, his mother and Fanny were sitting as intently and silently at work as if there were nothing else to care for. Edmund could not help noticing their apparently25 deep tranquillity26
"We have not been so silent all the time," replied his mother. "Fanny has been reading to me, and only put the book down upon hearing you coming." And sure enough there was a book on the table which had the air of being very recently closed: a volume of Shakespeare. "She often reads to me out of those books; and she was in the middle of a very fine speech of that man's-- what's his name, Fanny?--when we heard your footsteps." 
Crawford took the volume. "Let me have the pleasure of finishing that speech to your ladyship," said he. "I shall find it immediately." And by carefully giving way to the inclination of the leaves, he did find it, or within a page or two, quite near enough to satisfy Lady Bertram, who assured him, as soon as he mentioned the name of Cardinal27 Wolsey, that he had got the very speech. Not a look or an offer of help had Fanny given; not a syllable28 for or against. All her attention was for her work. She seemed determined29 to be interested by nothing else. But taste was too strong in her. She could not abstract her mind five minutes: she was forced to listen; his reading was capital, and her pleasure in good reading extreme. To _good_ reading, however, she had been long used: her uncle read well, her cousins all, Edmund very well, but in Mr. Crawford's reading there was a variety of excellence30 beyond what she had ever met with. The King, the Queen, Buckingham, Wolsey, Cromwell, all were given in turn; for with the happiest knack31, the happiest power of jumping and guessing, he could always alight at will on the best scene, or the best speeches of each; and whether it were dignity, or pride, or tenderness, or remorse32, or whatever were to be expressed, he could do it with equal beauty. It was truly dramatic. His acting33 had first taught Fanny what pleasure a play might give, and his reading brought all his acting before her again; nay34, perhaps with greater enjoyment35, for it came unexpectedly, and with no such drawback as she had been used to suffer in seeing him on the stage with Miss Bertram. 
Edmund watched the progress of her attention, and was amused and gratified by seeing how she gradually slackened in the needlework, which at the beginning seemed to occupy her totally: how it fell from her hand while she sat motionless over it, and at last, how the eyes which had appeared so studiously to avoid him throughout the day were turned and fixed36 on Crawford--fixed on him for minutes, fixed on him, in short, till the attraction drew Crawford's upon her, and the book was closed, and the charm was broken. Then she was shrinking again into herself, and blushing and working as hard as ever; but it had been enough to give Edmund encouragement for his friend, and as he cordially thanked him, he hoped to be expressing Fanny's secret feelings too. 
"That play must be a favourite with you," said he; "you read as if you knew it well." 
"It will be a favourite, I believe, from this hour," replied Crawford; "but I do not think I have had a volume of Shakespeare in my hand before since I was fifteen. I once saw Henry the Eighth acted, or I have heard of it from somebody who did, I am not certain which. But Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing how. It is a part of an Englishman's constitution. His thoughts and beauties are so spread abroad that one touches them everywhere; one is intimate with him by instinct. No man of any brain can open at a good part of one of his plays without falling into the flow of his meaning immediately." 
"No doubt one is familiar with Shakespeare in a degree," said Edmund, "from one's earliest years. His celebrated37 passages are quoted by everybody; they are in half the books we open, and we all talk Shakespeare, use his similes38, and describe with his descriptions; but this is totally distinct from giving his sense as you gave it. To know him in bits and scraps39 is common enough; to know him pretty thoroughly40 is, perhaps, not uncommon41; but to read him well aloud is no everyday talent." 
"Sir, you do me honour," was Crawford's answer, with a bow of mock gravity. 
Both gentlemen had a glance at Fanny, to see if a word of accordant praise could be extorted42 from her; yet both feeling that it could not be. Her praise had been given in her attention; _that_ must content them. 
Lady Bertram's admiration43 was expressed, and strongly too. "It was really like being at a play," said she. "I wish Sir Thomas had been here." 
Crawford was excessively pleased. If Lady Bertram, with all her incompetency44 and languor45, could feel this, the inference of what her niece, alive and enlightened as she was, must feel, was elevating. 
"You have a great turn for acting, I am sure, Mr. Crawford," said her ladyship soon afterwards; "and I will tell you what, I think you will have a theatre, some time or other, at your house in Norfolk. I mean when you are settled there. I do indeed. I think you will fit up a theatre at your house in Norfolk." 
"Do you, ma'am?" cried he, with quickness. "No, no, that will never be. Your ladyship is quite mistaken. No theatre at Everingham! Oh no!" And he looked at Fanny with an expressive46 smile, which evidently meant, "That lady will never allow a theatre at Everingham." 
Edmund saw it all, and saw Fanny so determined _not_ to see it, as to make it clear that the voice was enough to convey the full meaning of the protestation; and such a quick consciousness of compliment, such a ready comprehension of a hint, he thought, was rather favourable47 than not. 
The subject of reading aloud was farther discussed. The two young men were the only talkers, but they, standing48 by the fire, talked over the too common neglect of the qualification, the total inattention to it, in the ordinary school-system for boys, the consequently natural, yet in some instances almost unnatural49, degree of ignorance and uncouthness50 of men, of sensible and well-informed men, when suddenly called to the necessity of reading aloud, which had fallen within their notice, giving instances of blunders, and failures with their secondary causes, the want of management of the voice, of proper modulation51 and emphasis, of foresight52 and judgment53, all proceeding54 from the first cause: want of early attention and habit; and Fanny was listening again with great entertainment. 
"Even in my profession," said Edmund, with a smile, "how little the art of reading has been studied! how little a clear manner, and good delivery, have been attended to! I speak rather of the past, however, than the present. There is now a spirit of improvement abroad; but among those who were ordained55 twenty, thirty, forty years ago, the larger number, to judge by their performance, must have thought reading was reading, and preaching was preaching. It is different now. The subject is more justly considered. It is felt that distinctness and energy may have weight in recommending the most solid truths; and besides, there is more general observation and taste, a more critical knowledge diffused56 than formerly57; in every congregation there is a larger proportion who know a little of the matter, and who can judge and criticise58." 
Edmund had already gone through the service once since his ordination59; and upon this being understood, he had a variety of questions from Crawford as to his feelings and success; questions, which being made, though with the vivacity60 of friendly interest and quick taste, without any touch of that spirit of banter61 or air of levity62 which Edmund knew to be most offensive to Fanny, he had true pleasure in satisfying; and when Crawford proceeded to ask his opinion and give his own as to the properest manner in which particular passages in the service should be delivered, shewing it to be a subject on which he had thought before, and thought with judgment, Edmund was still more and more pleased. This would be the way to Fanny's heart. She was not to be won by all that gallantry and wit and good-nature together could do; or, at least, she would not be won by them nearly so soon, without the assistance of sentiment and feeling, and seriousness on serious subjects 
"Our liturgy," observed Crawford, "has beauties, which not even a careless, slovenly63 style of reading can destroy; but it has also redundancies and repetitions which require good reading not to be felt. For myself, at least, I must confess being not always so attentive64 as I ought to be" (here was a glance at Fanny); "that nineteen times out of twenty I am thinking how such a prayer ought to be read, and longing65 to have it to read myself. Did you speak?" stepping eagerly to Fanny, and addressing her in a softened66 voice; and upon her saying "No," he added, "Are you sure you did not speak? I saw your lips move. I fancied you might be going to tell me I ought to be more attentive, and not _allow_ my thoughts to wander. Are not you going to tell me so?" 
"No, indeed, you know your duty too well for me to-- even supposing--" 
She stopt, felt herself getting into a puzzle, and could not be prevailed on to add another word, not by dint67 of several minutes of supplication68 and waiting. He then returned to his former station, and went on as if there had been no such tender interruption. 
"A sermon, well delivered, is more uncommon even than prayers well read. A sermon, good in itself, is no rare thing. It is more difficult to speak well than to compose well; that is, the rules and trick of composition are oftener an object of study. A thoroughly good sermon, thoroughly well delivered, is a capital gratification. I can never hear such a one without the greatest admiration and respect, and more than half a mind to take orders and preach myself. There is something in the eloquence69 of the pulpit, when it is really eloquence, which is entitled to the highest praise and honour. The preacher who can touch and affect such an heterogeneous70 mass of hearers, on subjects limited, and long worn threadbare in all common hands; who can say anything new or striking, anything that rouses the attention without offending the taste, or wearing out the feelings of his hearers, is a man whom one could not, in his public capacity, honour enough. I should like to be such a man." 
Edmund laughed. 
"I should indeed. I never listened to a distinguished71 preacher in my life without a sort of envy. But then, I must have a London audience. I could not preach but to the educated; to those who were capable of estimating my composition. And I do not know that I should be fond of preaching often; now and then, perhaps once or twice in the spring, after being anxiously expected for half a dozen Sundays together; but not for a constancy; it would not do for a constancy." 
Here Fanny, who could not but listen, involuntarily shook her head, and Crawford was instantly by her side again, entreating73 to know her meaning; and as Edmund perceived, by his drawing in a chair, and sitting down close by her, that it was to be a very thorough attack, that looks and undertones were to be well tried, he sank as quietly as possible into a corner, turned his back, and took up a newspaper, very sincerely wishing that dear little Fanny might be persuaded into explaining away that shake of the head to the satisfaction of her ardent74 lover; and as earnestly trying to bury every sound of the business from himself in murmurs75 of his own, over the various advertisements of "A most desirable Estate in South Wales"; "To Parents and Guardians"; and a "Capital season'd Hunter." 
Fanny, meanwhile, vexed76 with herself for not having been as motionless as she was speechless, and grieved to the heart to see Edmund's arrangements, was trying by everything in the power of her modest, gentle nature, to repulse77 Mr. Crawford, and avoid both his looks and inquiries78; and he, unrepulsable, was persisting in both. 
"What did that shake of the head mean?" said he. "What was it meant to express? Disapprobation, I fear. But of what? What had I been saying to displease79 you? Did you think me speaking improperly80, lightly, irreverently on the subject? Only tell me if I was. Only tell me if I was wrong. I want to be set right. Nay, nay, I entreat72 you; for one moment put down your work. What did that shake of the head mean?" 
In vain was her "Pray, sir, don't; pray, Mr. Crawford," repeated twice over; and in vain did she try to move away. In the same low, eager voice, and the same close neighbourhood, he went on, reurging the same questions as before. She grew more agitated81 and displeased82
"How can you, sir? You quite astonish me; I wonder how you can--" 
"Do I astonish you?" said he. "Do you wonder? Is there anything in my present entreaty83 that you do not understand? I will explain to you instantly all that makes me urge you in this manner, all that gives me an interest in what you look and do, and excites my present curiosity. I will not leave you to wonder long." 
In spite of herself, she could not help half a smile, but she said nothing. 
"You shook your head at my acknowledging that I should not like to engage in the duties of a clergyman always for a constancy. Yes, that was the word. Constancy: I am not afraid of the word. I would spell it, read it, write it with anybody. I see nothing alarming in the word. Did you think I ought?" 
"Perhaps, sir," said Fanny, wearied at last into speaking-- "perhaps, sir, I thought it was a pity you did not always know yourself as well as you seemed to do at that moment." 
Crawford, delighted to get her to speak at any rate, was determined to keep it up; and poor Fanny, who had hoped to silence him by such an extremity84 of reproof85, found herself sadly mistaken, and that it was only a change from one object of curiosity and one set of words to another. He had always something to entreat the explanation of. The opportunity was too fair. None such had occurred since his seeing her in her uncle's room, none such might occur again before his leaving Mansfield. Lady Bertram's being just on the other side of the table was a trifle, for she might always be considered as only half-awake, and Edmund's advertisements were still of the first utility. 
"Well," said Crawford, after a course of rapid questions and reluctant answers; "I am happier than I was, because I now understand more clearly your opinion of me. You think me unsteady: easily swayed by the whim86 of the moment, easily tempted87, easily put aside. With such an opinion, no wonder that. But we shall see. It is not by protestations that I shall endeavour to convince you I am wronged; it is not by telling you that my affections are steady. My conduct shall speak for me; absence, distance, time shall speak for me. _They_ shall prove that, as far as you can be deserved by anybody, I do deserve you. You are infinitely88 my superior in merit; all _that_ I know. You have qualities which I had not before supposed to exist in such a degree in any human creature. You have some touches of the angel in you beyond what-- not merely beyond what one sees, because one never sees anything like it--but beyond what one fancies might be. But still I am not frightened. It is not by equality of merit that you can be won. That is out of the question. It is he who sees and worships your merit the strongest, who loves you most devotedly89, that has the best right to a return. There I build my confidence. By that right I do and will deserve you; and when once convinced that my attachment90 is what I declare it, I know you too well not to entertain the warmest hopes. Yes, dearest, sweetest Fanny. Nay" (seeing her draw back displeased), "forgive me. Perhaps I have as yet no right; but by what other name can I call you? Do you suppose you are ever present to my imagination under any other? No, it is 'Fanny' that I think of all day, and dream of all night. You have given the name such reality of sweetness, that nothing else can now be descriptive of you." 
Fanny could hardly have kept her seat any longer, or have refrained from at least trying to get away in spite of all the too public opposition91 she foresaw to it, had it not been for the sound of approaching relief, the very sound which she had been long watching for, and long thinking strangely delayed. 
The solemn procession, headed by Baddeley, of tea-board, urn1, and cake-bearers, made its appearance, and delivered her from a grievous imprisonment92 of body and mind. Mr. Crawford was obliged to move. She was at liberty, she was busy, she was protected. 
Edmund was not sorry to be admitted again among the number of those who might speak and hear. But though the conference had seemed full long to him, and though on looking at Fanny he saw rather a flush of vexation, he inclined to hope that so much could not have been said and listened to without some profit to the speaker.

第三卷 第三章
埃德蒙一回来就要听到一些重大情况。许多意想不到的事情在等着他。最先发生的并不是最无关紧要的事情:他骑马进村时,看见亨利·克劳福德和他妹妹在一起散步。他原以为他们已经远去了。他所以要两个多星期不回来,为的就是不想见到克劳福德小姐。他在回曼斯菲尔德的路上,已做好准备要生活在心酸的回忆和触景伤情的联想之中,却不料一进村,就见她风姿娟秀地依着哥哥的臂膀出现在他面前。就在刚才,他还以为这个女人远在七十英里之外,而在思想上离他就更远了,现在她却在欢迎他,而且态度无疑非常友好。
他即便料到会遇见她,也想不到她会这样欢迎他。他是出去办事的,办完事回来的路上,万万没有料到会遇到如此欢快的笑脸,听到如此简明而动听的语言。这足以使他心花怒放,等回到家里,就能充分领会正等待他的其他惊喜之事的全部价值。
他很快就知道了威廉的晋升及其详情细节。他心中暗藏的那份欢乐,使他越发为这件事感到欣喜,因而在吃饭的时候,这件事一直是他得意洋洋、喜幸不已的源泉。
吃过饭后,趁旁边没人的时候,父亲把范妮的事情告诉了他。于是,曼斯菲尔德两个星期来的大事和目前的状况,他全都知道了。
范妮对他们的举动有所猜疑。他们在饭厅里坐的时间比平时长多了,她料定他们一定在谈论她。到了茶点时间,他们终于起身去喝茶的时候,她一想到即将再次见到埃德蒙,便感到自己犯了大罪似的。埃德蒙来到她跟前,坐在她旁边,抓住她的手,亲切地握着。这时她觉得,要不是大家忙着吃茶点,光顾得关注那些茶具,她肯定会把自己的情感泄露到不可宽恕的地步。
不过,埃德蒙这样做并不像她想的那样,在给她无条件的支持和鼓励。他只想表示她感兴趣的事他都关心,还想告诉她,他刚才听到的是催人心动的韵事。其实,在这个问题上,他完全站在父亲一边。范妮拒绝了克劳福德,他并不像父亲那样惊讶。他觉得表妹决不会看得上他,总认为情况恰恰相反,因而可以想象得出,对方提出求婚时,她丝毫没有思想准备。不过,托马斯爵士也不会像他这样认为这桩婚事这么理想。他觉得,这件事从各方面看都很可取。一方面,他赞赏范妮在目前没有情意的情况下的种种表现,甚至比托马斯爵士还要赞赏有加;另一方面,他又热切地希望,并且乐观地相信,他们最后会成为一对佳偶。一旦彼此相爱,那时就可以看出,他们的性情就会正相适宜,给彼此带来幸福。这是他经过认真考虑得出的看法。克劳福德有些过于冒失。他没有给她培养感情的时间。他一开始就失策了。不过,男的条件这么好,女的性情这么温柔,埃德蒙相信,事情肯定会有个圆满的结局。眼下,他见范妮神情窘迫,便小心翼翼,不再用言语、神情或举动刺激她。
第二天克劳福德来访。鉴于埃德蒙回来了,托马斯爵士自己做主,留他吃饭。这个面子还真是不能不给的。克劳福德当然留了下来。埃德蒙于是有了充分的机会,观察他和范妮之间的关系如何迅速发展,观察他从范妮那里能当即得到多大的鼓励。他得到的鼓励很少,少得可怜,每一次机会,每个可能的场合,引起的不是她的鼓励,而是给她带来了窘迫不安。如果在她窘迫的时候看不出希望的话,在别的状况下也不会有什么希望。因此,埃德蒙简直不明白,他的朋友为何还要紧迫不舍。范妮倒是值得他这么追求。他认为范妮值得一个人坚持不懈地做出各种努力,值得一个人费尽心机——但是换了他的话,不管是哪一个女人,如果他从其目光中看不出鼓舞勇气的眼神,他是不会死乞白赖地坚持下去的。他真希望克劳福德能看得清楚些,这是他根据他在饭前、饭后以及吃饭当中的观察,替朋友得出的最稳妥的结论。
到了晚上,出现了一些情况,他觉得事情又有了点希望。他和克劳福德走进客厅时,他母亲和范妮正聚精会神、不声不响地坐在那里做活计,好像心无旁骛似的。见她们如此沉静,埃德蒙不由得评说了两句。
“我们并非一直都这么不声不响,”他母亲答道。“范妮在念书给我听,听见你们来了,才刚把书放下。”桌子上的确有一本书,看样子刚刚合上,是一卷莎士比亚选集。“她常从这些书中挑些内容念给我听。听到你们的脚步声时,她正在念一个人物的一段非常漂亮的台词——那个人物叫什么名字,范妮?”
克劳福德拿起了书。“请允许我把这段话给夫人念完,”他说。“我马上就能找到。”他仔细地翻着书,找到了那个地方,或者说离那地方不到一两页,反正是很近,伯特伦夫人满意了。他一提到红衣主教沃尔西①(译注:①莎士比亚历史剧《亨利八世》中的人物。),夫人就说正是这段话。范妮一眼也没看他,也不说要帮他找,也不吭一声对不对。她一心一意只管做她的活,似乎打定主意概不过问别的事。不过,她这方面的兴趣太强烈了,注意力抑制了不到五分钟,便情不自禁地听了起来。克劳福德念得很棒,而她又极其喜欢优美的朗诵。不过,她早就听惯了优美的朗诵。她姨父念得美——表哥表姐全都念得美——埃德蒙念得非常美。但是,克劳福德先生的朗诵有一种她未曾听到过的独到韵味。国王、王后、伯金翰、沃尔西、克伦威尔①,他们的台词他都依次念过了。他有纯熟的技巧,有跳读、猜测的卓越能力,总能随意找到最精彩的场次,找到每个角色最精彩的台词。不管是威严还是骄傲,不管是柔情还是悔恨,不管要表达什么,他都表达得同样完美。这是真正的舞台艺术。他的表演曾第一次使她懂得戏剧能给人多大的享受,现在他的朗诵又使她想起了他以前的表演;不仅如此,也许使她更加愉悦,因为这朗诵完全是突如其来的,也没有她上次看他和伯特伦小姐同台演出时那种酸楚的感觉。
埃德蒙在观察范妮注意力的变化,感到又开心又得意。刚开始,她好像一心一意地在做活,后来手里的活渐渐慢下来,从手中脱落,她一动不动地坐在那里。最后,她那双一整天都在故意躲避对方的眼睛转了过来,盯在克劳福德身上,一盯就是好几分钟,直至把克劳福德的目光吸引到她自己身上,那书给合上了,那魔力也被打破了。这时,她又故态复萌,满脸通红,起劲地做起潘来。不过,这足以使埃德蒙替他的朋友产生了希望,他向他表示由衷的感谢时,还希望也能表达出范妮的心意。
“这一定是你特别喜爱的一出戏,”他说。“从你的朗诵来看,你好像对剧本很熟悉。”
“我相信,从此时此刻起,这将成为我特别喜爱的一出戏,”克劳福德回答说。“不过我想,我从十五岁起,手里还没有拿过一本莎士
①皆为《亨利八世》中的人物,国王即亨利八世,王后即亨利八世的妻子,伯金翰即伯金翰公爵,克伦威尔系红衣主教沃尔西的仆人。比亚的剧本。我曾经看过一次《亨利八世》的演出,或者是听到哪个看过演出的人说起过——我已经记不清楚了。不过,人们对莎士比亚也不知道怎么回事就熟悉起来了。这是英国人天生素质的一部分。他的思想,他的美,真是广为流传,处处都可以触摸得到,人们都会本能地熟悉他。一个人但凡有点头脑,只要随便打开他哪个剧本的哪个精彩部分,马上便会坠入他思想的洪流中。”
“我相信,人们从幼年时候起就多少知道了莎士比亚,”埃德蒙说。“他那些著名的段落人人都在引用。我们翻阅的书中,一半都有他的引文。我们人人都在谈论莎士比亚,使用他的比喻,使用他的形容语言来形容。但是,这都不像你那样能充分表达他的意义。对他有点零零星星的了解,这是很平常的。要彻底了解他,也许就不寻常了。但是要把他的戏朗诵好,可就不是一般的才华了。”
“先生,蒙你夸奖,”克劳福德故作正经地鞠了一躬说。
两位先生都瞥了范妮一眼,看她能否也说出一句半句类似的赞扬话。然而,两人都看出这是不可能的。她刚才能注意听也算是赞扬了,他们对此应该知足了。
伯特伦夫人表示了她的赞赏,而且措词热烈。“这真像演出一样,”她说。“只可惜托马斯爵士没有听到。”
克劳福德喜不自禁。智力平庸、精种萎靡的伯特伦夫人尚且如此欣赏,她那朝气蓬勃、富有见识的外甥女该怎样欣赏,就可想而知了。想到这里,他不禁自鸣得意起来。
“我认为你很有表演天赋,克劳福德先生,”过了不久,伯特伦夫人又说。“你听我说,我想你早晚会在你诺福克家里建一个剧场。我的意思是说,等你在那里定居之后。我真是这么想的。我想你会在你诺福克的家里布置一个剧场。”
“你真这么想吗,夫人?”克劳福德急忙嚷道。“不,不,决不会的。您老人家完全想错了。埃弗灵厄姆不会有剧场的!噢!不会的。”他带着意味深长的笑容望着范妮,那意思显然是说:“这位女士决不会允许在埃弗灵厄姆搞个剧场。”
埃德蒙看出了内中的蹊跷,还看出范妮决计不去理会他的用意,这恰好表明她已完全听明白了对方的意思。他心想,这么快就意识到对她的恭维,这么快就领会了对她的暗示,总比根本没听懂要好。
还在进一步讨论朗诵的问题,发言的只是两位年轻人,不过他们俩站在炉火边,谈论学校里普遍忽视对孩子们进行朗诵训练,谈论大人们——头脑聪明、见多识广的大人们在这方面的粗俗无知。这是学校不重视朗诵训练的自然结果,在有些人身上,这种粗俗无知几乎达到不可思议的地步。他们曾经见识过,当突然叫这些人朗诵的时候,他们由于控制不好自己的声音,不懂抑扬顿挫,缺乏预见和判断,念得磕磕巴巴,错误频频。这都属于次因引起的问题,都是由初因导致的,这就是早年不重视,没有养成习惯。范妮又一次听得津津有味。
“就是在我这一行里,”埃德蒙含笑说,“朗诵的艺术也很少研究啊!很少有人去注意训练自己念得又清晰又有技巧啊!不过,我说的主要是过去,而不是现在。现在到处都有改进。但是在二十年、三十年、四十年前接受圣职的入们当中,从他们的实际行动来看,多数人肯定认为,朗诵就是朗诵,布道就是布道。现在情况不同了。这个问题受到了应有的重视。现在人们认识到,在传播颠扑不破的真理时,清晰的朗诵和饱满的精神能起到很重要的作用。而且,跟以前相比,现在已有更多的人在这方面有了修养,有了鉴别力,掌握了批评的知识。不管在哪个教堂,台下的听众大多都有一定的见识,他们能辨别,会批评。”
埃德蒙接受圣职后,已主持过一次礼拜。克劳福德了解了这一点之后,向他提出了各种各样的问题,问他有什么感受,主持得是否成功。他问这些问题的时候,虽然出于友好关心和快嘴快舌问得随便一些,但却丝毫没有取笑之心,也没有轻薄之意,埃德蒙心里清楚,那会让范妮觉得太唐突。因此,埃德蒙很乐意回答他的问题。克劳福德进一步间到主持礼拜时某些具体段落应该怎样朗诵,并发表了自己的意见。这表明,他过去考虑过这个问题,并且很有见地。埃德蒙越来越高兴了。这才是通向范妮的心灵之路。光靠殷勤、机智、好脾气是赢不来她的心的。光靠这些特点,而没有情操、感情以及对严肃问题的严肃态度,至少不会很快赢得她的心。
“我们的礼拜仪式是很讲究的,”克劳福德说,“即使在朗诵这一环上随便一些,马虎一些,也破坏不了。不过有些累赘的、重复的地方,也需要朗诵好,让听众觉不出来。至少,就我来说,我必须承认,我就不是总听得那么专心(讲到这里瞥了范妮一眼),二十次中有十九次我在想这样一段祈祷文应该怎样念,希望自己能拿来念一念。你说什么了吗?”他急忙走向范妮,用轻柔的声音问她。听她说了声“没有”之后,他又问道:“你肯定没说什么吗?我刚才看到你的嘴唇在动。我以为你想告诉我应该专心一些,不要让自己思想开小差。你不打算对我这样说吗?”
“的确没有,你很了解你的职责,用不着我—~即使——”
她停下来了,觉得自己陷入了困窘,有好一阵工夫,尽管对方在追问、在等待,她却不愿再多说一句话。于是,克劳福德又回到刚才站的地方,继续说了下去,好像不曾有过这么一段温柔的插曲似的。
“布道布得好,比把祈祷文念好还难得。布道词本身好,也不算稀奇。写得好没有讲得好困难。就是说,人们对写作技巧和规则有更多的研究。一篇十分好的布道词,讲得又非常好,能给人以莫大的快乐。我每听到一次这样的布道,总感到无比羡慕,无比敬佩,真有点想接受圣职,自己也去布道。教堂讲坛上的口才,如果真的好,那就值得给予最高的赞扬和尊敬。一个传道者,如果能在有限的、普通牧师已经讲过千万遍的主题上,打动并影响形形色色的听众,能讲出一点新鲜的或令人振奋的东西,讲出一点令人关注的内容,而又不让人倒胃口或反感,那他在公众中所起的作用,你怎样敬佩都不过分。我就愿意做这样一个人。”
埃德蒙大笑起来。
“我真的愿意。我每遇到一个优秀的传教土布道,总是有点羡慕。不过,我得有一帮伦敦的听众。我只给有知识的入布道,讲给能够评价我的布道词的人们听。我不知道我会不会喜欢经常布道。也许,尽管大家盼着我一连五六个星期天都讲,我只是偶尔讲一讲,整个春天讲上一两次。但是不能经常讲,经常讲不行。”
范妮不得不听,这时不由自主地摇了摇头。克劳福德又马上来到她身边,求她说出她这是什么意思。他拉了一把椅子紧挨着她坐下。埃德蒙意识到,这可是一场不折不扣的进攻战,眉目传情和弦外之音都要一齐用上。他不声不响地退到一个角落,转过脸去,拿起一张报纸,衷心地希望亲爱的小范妮经过说服,能解释一下她为什么摇头,让她这位狂热的追求者感到心满意足。他同样热切地希望用自己喃喃的读报声,来盖住那两人之间传出的每一个声响。他读着各种各样的广告:“南威尔斯最令人向往的她产”,“致父母与监护人”,“极棒的老练狩猎者”。
这当儿,范妮恨自己只能管住自己没做声,却没管住自己不摇头,伤心地看着埃德蒙做出这样的反应。她试图在她那文雅稳重的天性所能允许的范围内,尽力挫败克劳福德先生,既避开他的目光,又不回答他的问题。而他却是挫不败的,既不断地做眉眼,又不停地追问。
“你摇头是什么意思?”他问。“你摇头是想表示什么?恐怕是不赞成吧。可不赞成什么呢?我说了什么话惹你不高兴了?你觉得我在这个问题上出言不当吗?轻率无礼吗?真是这样的话,你就告诉我。我有错你就告诉我。我想请你改正我的错误。确切点说,我恳求你。把你手里的活放一放。你摇头究竟是什么意思呀?”
范妮忙说:“求求你,先生,不要这样——求求你,克劳福德先生。”连说了两遍都没用。她想走也走不了。克劳福德还用低低的急切的声音,还是那样紧紧地挨着她,继续重复刚才问过的问题。范妮越发忐忑,越发不悦了。
“你怎么能,先生?你实在让我吃惊——我奇怪你怎么能——”
“我让你吃惊了吗?”克劳福德问。“你觉得奇怪吗?我对你的请求你有什么不理解的吗?我马上向你解释我为什么这样催问你,为什么对你的一笑一颦、一举一动这么感兴趣,为什么我会这么好奇。我不会让你老是觉得奇怪。”
范妮忍不住微微一笑,但是没有说话。
“你是在听我说我不愿意经常履行牧师职责的时候摇头的。是的,就是这个字眼。经常,我不怕这个字眼。我可以对任何人拼它,念它,写它。我看不出这个字眼有什么可怕的。你觉得我应该认为它有什么可怕的吗?”
“也许,先生,”范妮最后厌烦得不得不说话了,“也许,先生,我觉得很遗憾,你对自己并不总是像你那一刻那样了解。”
克劳福德总算逗得她开口说话了,心里好生高兴,便决意让她说下去。可怜的范妮,她原以为这样狠狠地责备一番会让他闭口无言,没料到自己却犯了个可悲的错误,对方只是从追问这件事转到追问那件事,由这套话换成那套话。他总会找个问题请求她解释。这个机会太好了。自从他在她姨父房里与她见面以来,他还从没遇到过这么好的机会,在他离开曼斯菲尔德以前,可能再也遇不到这么好的机会。伯特伦夫人就在桌子的那一头,这根本算不了什么,因为你总可以把她看做只是半睡半醒,而埃德蒙读广告依然大有益处。
“喔,”经过一阵迅即的提问和勉强的回答之后,克劳福德说道:“我比先前更觉得幸福,因为我现在更清楚了你对我的看法。你觉得我不稳重——容易受一时心血来潮的支配——容易受诱惑——容易放弃。你有这样的看法,难怪——不过,我们走着瞧。我不是光靠嘴巴向你证明你冤屈了我,不是靠向你保证说我的感情是可靠的。我的行为将为我担保——别离、距离、时间将为我作证。它们会证明,只要有人有权得到你,我就有权得到你。就人品而言,你比我强得多,这我完全清楚。你有些品质,我以前认为人身上不可能达到这个程度。你像个天使,身上有些东西超出了——不仅超出了人们所能看见的范围,因为人们永远看不到这样的东西——而且超出了人们的想象。不过,我仍不气馁。我不是靠和你一样好来赢得你。这是不可能的。应该是谁最能看出你的美德,谁最崇拜你的人品,谁对你最忠贞不贰,谁才最有权利得到你的爱。我的信心就建立在这个基础上。凭着这点权利,我就可以得到你,也会有资格得到你。我很了解你,你一旦意识到我对你的感情正像我对你表白的这样,我就大有希望了。是的,最亲爱、最甜蜜的范妮——不仅如此——(看到她不高兴地住后退)请原谅。也许我现在还没有权利——可我又能怎么称呼你呢?难道你认为你会以别的名字出现在我的心目中吗?不,我白天想的,夜里梦的,全是‘范妮’。这个名字已经成了实实在在的甜蜜的象征,根本找不到别的字眼来形容你。”
范妮简直是再也坐不住了,她几乎想冒人人反对的风险溜走了。恰在这时,一阵愈来愈近的脚步声给她解了围。她早就盼着这脚步声了,早就奇怪为什么还不来。
由巴德利带领的一伙人庄重地出现了,有端茶盘的,提茶水壶的,拿蛋糕的,把她从痛苦的身心围困中解救了出来。克劳福德先生不得不挪了个位置。范妮自由了,忙碌起来了,也得到了保护。
埃德蒙毫不遗憾地回到了可以说话又可以听别人说话的人们中间。他觉得两人谈的时间够长的了,并且看到范妮因为烦恼而涨红了脸。不过他心里在想,既然你说我听了那么长时间,说话的一方决不会没有收获。



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1 urn jHaya     
n.(有座脚的)瓮;坟墓;骨灰瓮
参考例句:
  • The urn was unearthed entire.这只瓮出土完整无缺。
  • She put the big hot coffee urn on the table and plugged it in.她将大咖啡壶放在桌子上,接上电源。
2 melancholy t7rz8     
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的
参考例句:
  • All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
  • He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.这次考试没通过,他感到很郁闷。
3 inclination Gkwyj     
n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好
参考例句:
  • She greeted us with a slight inclination of the head.她微微点头向我们致意。
  • I did not feel the slightest inclination to hurry.我没有丝毫着急的意思。
4 purport etRy4     
n.意义,要旨,大要;v.意味著,做为...要旨,要领是...
参考例句:
  • Many theories purport to explain growth in terms of a single cause.许多理论都标榜以单一的原因解释生长。
  • Her letter may purport her forthcoming arrival.她的来信可能意味着她快要到了。
5 joyful N3Fx0     
adj.欢乐的,令人欢欣的
参考例句:
  • She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
  • They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。
6 promotion eRLxn     
n.提升,晋级;促销,宣传
参考例句:
  • The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
  • The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级,加了薪。
7 kindly tpUzhQ     
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地
参考例句:
  • Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
  • A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。
8 approbation INMyt     
n.称赞;认可
参考例句:
  • He tasted the wine of audience approbation.他尝到了像酒般令人陶醉的听众赞许滋味。
  • The result has not met universal approbation.该结果尚未获得普遍认同。
9 participation KS9zu     
n.参与,参加,分享
参考例句:
  • Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
  • The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。
10 entirely entirely     
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
  • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
11 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
12 indifference k8DxO     
n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎
参考例句:
  • I was disappointed by his indifference more than somewhat.他的漠不关心使我很失望。
  • He feigned indifference to criticism of his work.他假装毫不在意别人批评他的作品。
13 sanguine dCOzF     
adj.充满希望的,乐观的,血红色的
参考例句:
  • He has a sanguine attitude to life.他对于人生有乐观的看法。
  • He is not very sanguine about our chances of success.他对我们成功的机会不太乐观。
14 mutual eFOxC     
adj.相互的,彼此的;共同的,共有的
参考例句:
  • We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
  • Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。
15 dispositions eee819c0d17bf04feb01fd4dcaa8fe35     
安排( disposition的名词复数 ); 倾向; (财产、金钱的)处置; 气质
参考例句:
  • We got out some information about the enemy's dispositions from the captured enemy officer. 我们从捕获的敌军官那里问出一些有关敌军部署的情况。
  • Elasticity, solubility, inflammability are paradigm cases of dispositions in natural objects. 伸缩性、可缩性、易燃性是天然物体倾向性的范例。
16 disposition GljzO     
n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署
参考例句:
  • He has made a good disposition of his property.他已对财产作了妥善处理。
  • He has a cheerful disposition.他性情开朗。
17 precipitate 1Sfz6     
adj.突如其来的;vt.使突然发生;n.沉淀物
参考例句:
  • I don't think we should make precipitate decisions.我认为我们不应该贸然作出决定。
  • The king was too precipitate in declaring war.国王在宣战一事上过于轻率。
18 embarrassment fj9z8     
n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫
参考例句:
  • She could have died away with embarrassment.她窘迫得要死。
  • Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment.在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。
19 scrupulously Tj5zRa     
adv.一丝不苟地;小心翼翼地,多顾虑地
参考例句:
  • She toed scrupulously into the room. 她小心翼翼地踮着脚走进房间。 来自辞典例句
  • To others he would be scrupulously fair. 对待别人,他力求公正。 来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
20 licensed ipMzNI     
adj.得到许可的v.许可,颁发执照(license的过去式和过去分词)
参考例句:
  • The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US. 这种新药尚未在美国获得许可。
  • Is that gun licensed? 那支枪有持枪执照吗?
21 immediate aapxh     
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
参考例句:
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
22 perseverance oMaxH     
n.坚持不懈,不屈不挠
参考例句:
  • It may take some perseverance to find the right people.要找到合适的人也许需要有点锲而不舍的精神。
  • Perseverance leads to success.有恒心就能胜利。
23 exertion F7Fyi     
n.尽力,努力
参考例句:
  • We were sweating profusely from the exertion of moving the furniture.我们搬动家具大费气力,累得大汗淋漓。
  • She was hot and breathless from the exertion of cycling uphill.由于用力骑车爬坡,她浑身发热。
24 promising BkQzsk     
adj.有希望的,有前途的
参考例句:
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
25 apparently tMmyQ     
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
参考例句:
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
26 tranquillity 93810b1103b798d7e55e2b944bcb2f2b     
n. 平静, 安静
参考例句:
  • The phenomenon was so striking and disturbing that his philosophical tranquillity vanished. 这个令人惶惑不安的现象,扰乱了他的旷达宁静的心境。
  • My value for domestic tranquillity should much exceed theirs. 我应该远比他们重视家庭的平静生活。
27 cardinal Xcgy5     
n.(天主教的)红衣主教;adj.首要的,基本的
参考例句:
  • This is a matter of cardinal significance.这是非常重要的事。
  • The Cardinal coloured with vexation. 红衣主教感到恼火,脸涨得通红。
28 syllable QHezJ     
n.音节;vt.分音节
参考例句:
  • You put too much emphasis on the last syllable.你把最后一个音节读得太重。
  • The stress on the last syllable is light.最后一个音节是轻音节。
29 determined duszmP     
adj.坚定的;有决心的
参考例句:
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
30 excellence ZnhxM     
n.优秀,杰出,(pl.)优点,美德
参考例句:
  • His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
  • My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。
31 knack Jx9y4     
n.诀窍,做事情的灵巧的,便利的方法
参考例句:
  • He has a knack of teaching arithmetic.他教算术有诀窍。
  • Making omelettes isn't difficult,but there's a knack to it.做煎蛋饼并不难,但有窍门。
32 remorse lBrzo     
n.痛恨,悔恨,自责
参考例句:
  • She had no remorse about what she had said.她对所说的话不后悔。
  • He has shown no remorse for his actions.他对自己的行为没有任何悔恨之意。
33 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
参考例句:
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
34 nay unjzAQ     
adv.不;n.反对票,投反对票者
参考例句:
  • He was grateful for and proud of his son's remarkable,nay,unique performance.他为儿子出色的,不,应该是独一无二的表演心怀感激和骄傲。
  • Long essays,nay,whole books have been written on this.许多长篇大论的文章,不,应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。
35 enjoyment opaxV     
n.乐趣;享有;享用
参考例句:
  • Your company adds to the enjoyment of our visit. 有您的陪同,我们这次访问更加愉快了。
  • After each joke the old man cackled his enjoyment.每逢讲完一个笑话,这老人就呵呵笑着表示他的高兴。
36 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
参考例句:
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
37 celebrated iwLzpz     
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
参考例句:
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
38 similes b25992fa59a8fef51c217d0d6c0deb60     
(使用like或as等词语的)明喻( simile的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Similes usually start with "like" or "as". 明喻通常以like或as开头。
  • All similes and allegories concerning her began and ended with birds. 要比仿她,要模拟她,总得以鸟类始,还得以鸟类终。
39 scraps 737e4017931b7285cdd1fa3eb9dd77a3     
油渣
参考例句:
  • Don't litter up the floor with scraps of paper. 不要在地板上乱扔纸屑。
  • A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material. 做杂拼花布棉被是利用零碎布料的好办法。
40 thoroughly sgmz0J     
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地
参考例句:
  • The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
  • The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。
41 uncommon AlPwO     
adj.罕见的,非凡的,不平常的
参考例句:
  • Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago.这些看法在30年前很常见。
  • Phil has uncommon intelligence.菲尔智力超群。
42 extorted 067a410e7b6359c130b95772a4b83d0b     
v.敲诈( extort的过去式和过去分词 );曲解
参考例句:
  • The gang extorted money from over 30 local businesses. 这帮歹徒向当地30多户商家勒索过钱财。
  • He extorted a promise from me. 他硬要我答应。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
43 admiration afpyA     
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕
参考例句:
  • He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
  • We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。
44 incompetency 336d2924a5dea5ecf1aca3bec39a702c     
n.无能力,不适当
参考例句:
  • I have suffered a martyrdom from their incompetency and caprice. 他们的无能和任性折磨得我够受了。 来自辞典例句
45 languor V3wyb     
n.无精力,倦怠
参考例句:
  • It was hot,yet with a sweet languor about it.天气是炎热的,然而却有一种惬意的懒洋洋的感觉。
  • She,in her languor,had not troubled to eat much.她懒懒的,没吃多少东西。
46 expressive shwz4     
adj.表现的,表达…的,富于表情的
参考例句:
  • Black English can be more expressive than standard English.黑人所使用的英语可能比正式英语更有表现力。
  • He had a mobile,expressive,animated face.他有一张多变的,富于表情的,生动活泼的脸。
47 favourable favourable     
adj.赞成的,称赞的,有利的,良好的,顺利的
参考例句:
  • The company will lend you money on very favourable terms.这家公司将以非常优惠的条件借钱给你。
  • We found that most people are favourable to the idea.我们发现大多数人同意这个意见。
48 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
49 unnatural 5f2zAc     
adj.不自然的;反常的
参考例句:
  • Did her behaviour seem unnatural in any way?她有任何反常表现吗?
  • She has an unnatural smile on her face.她脸上挂着做作的微笑。
50 uncouthness c8661a73c8760f3ccdea3747f59cae01     
参考例句:
  • In Warrington's very uncouthness there was a refinement, which the other's finery lacked. 沃林顿的粗野中包念着一种高雅的气质,这是另一个人的华丽外表所缺少的。 来自辞典例句
51 modulation mEixk     
n.调制
参考例句:
  • The soft modulation of her voice soothed the infant. 她柔和的声调使婴儿安静了。
  • Frequency modulation does not allow static to creep in. 频率调制不允许静电干扰混入。
52 foresight Wi3xm     
n.先见之明,深谋远虑
参考例句:
  • The failure is the result of our lack of foresight.这次失败是由于我们缺乏远虑而造成的。
  • It required a statesman's foresight and sagacity to make the decision.作出这个决定需要政治家的远见卓识。
53 judgment e3xxC     
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见
参考例句:
  • The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
  • He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
54 proceeding Vktzvu     
n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报
参考例句:
  • This train is now proceeding from Paris to London.这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
  • The work is proceeding briskly.工作很有生气地进展着。
55 ordained 629f6c8a1f6bf34be2caf3a3959a61f1     
v.任命(某人)为牧师( ordain的过去式和过去分词 );授予(某人)圣职;(上帝、法律等)命令;判定
参考例句:
  • He was ordained in 1984. 他在一九八四年被任命为牧师。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He was ordained priest. 他被任命为牧师。 来自辞典例句
56 diffused 5aa05ed088f24537ef05f482af006de0     
散布的,普及的,扩散的
参考例句:
  • A drop of milk diffused in the water. 一滴牛奶在水中扩散开来。
  • Gases and liquids diffused. 气体和液体慢慢混合了。
57 formerly ni3x9     
adv.从前,以前
参考例句:
  • We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
  • This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。
58 criticise criticise     
v.批评,评论;非难
参考例句:
  • Right and left have much cause to criticise government.左翼和右翼有很多理由批评政府。
  • It is not your place to criticise or suggest improvements!提出批评或给予改进建议并不是你的责任!
59 ordination rJQxr     
n.授任圣职
参考例句:
  • His ordination gives him the right to conduct a marriage or a funeral.他的晋升圣职使他有权主持婚礼或葬礼。
  • The vatican said the ordination places the city's catholics in a "very delicate and difficult decision."教廷说,这个任命使得这个城市的天主教徒不得不做出“非常棘手和困难的决定”。
60 vivacity ZhBw3     
n.快活,活泼,精神充沛
参考例句:
  • Her charm resides in her vivacity.她的魅力存在于她的活泼。
  • He was charmed by her vivacity and high spirits.她的活泼与兴高采烈的情绪把他迷住了。
61 banter muwzE     
n.嘲弄,戏谑;v.取笑,逗弄,开玩笑
参考例句:
  • The actress exchanged banter with reporters.女演员与记者相互开玩笑。
  • She engages in friendly banter with her customers.她常和顾客逗乐。
62 levity Q1uxA     
n.轻率,轻浮,不稳定,多变
参考例句:
  • His remarks injected a note of levity into the proceedings.他的话将一丝轻率带入了议事过程中。
  • At the time,Arnold had disapproved of such levity.那时候的阿诺德对这种轻浮行为很看不惯。
63 slovenly ZEqzQ     
adj.懒散的,不整齐的,邋遢的
参考例句:
  • People were scandalized at the slovenly management of the company.人们对该公司草率的经营感到愤慨。
  • Such slovenly work habits will never produce good products.这样马马虎虎的工作习惯决不能生产出优质产品来。
64 attentive pOKyB     
adj.注意的,专心的;关心(别人)的,殷勤的
参考例句:
  • She was very attentive to her guests.她对客人招待得十分周到。
  • The speaker likes to have an attentive audience.演讲者喜欢注意力集中的听众。
65 longing 98bzd     
n.(for)渴望
参考例句:
  • Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
  • His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。
66 softened 19151c4e3297eb1618bed6a05d92b4fe     
(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰
参考例句:
  • His smile softened slightly. 他的微笑稍柔和了些。
  • The ice cream softened and began to melt. 冰淇淋开始变软并开始融化。
67 dint plVza     
n.由于,靠;凹坑
参考例句:
  • He succeeded by dint of hard work.他靠苦干获得成功。
  • He reached the top by dint of great effort.他费了很大的劲终于爬到了顶。
68 supplication supplication     
n.恳求,祈愿,哀求
参考例句:
  • She knelt in supplication. 她跪地祷求。
  • The supplication touched him home. 这个请求深深地打动了他。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
69 eloquence 6mVyM     
n.雄辩;口才,修辞
参考例句:
  • I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts.恐怕我的雄辩也无补于事实了。
  • The people were charmed by his eloquence.人们被他的口才迷住了。
70 heterogeneous rdixF     
adj.庞杂的;异类的
参考例句:
  • There is a heterogeneous mass of papers in the teacher's office.老师的办公室里堆满了大批不同的论文。
  • America has a very heterogeneous population.美国人口是由不同种族组成的。
71 distinguished wu9z3v     
adj.卓越的,杰出的,著名的
参考例句:
  • Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
  • A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。
72 entreat soexj     
v.恳求,恳请
参考例句:
  • Charles Darnay felt it hopeless entreat him further,and his pride was touched besides.查尔斯-达尔内感到再恳求他已是枉然,自尊心也受到了伤害。
  • I entreat you to contribute generously to the building fund.我恳求您慷慨捐助建设基金。
73 entreating 8c1a0bd5109c6bc77bc8e612f8bff4a0     
恳求,乞求( entreat的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • We have not bound your feet with our entreating arms. 我们不曾用恳求的手臂来抱住你的双足。
  • The evening has come. Weariness clings round me like the arms of entreating love. 夜来到了,困乏像爱的恳求用双臂围抱住我。
74 ardent yvjzd     
adj.热情的,热烈的,强烈的,烈性的
参考例句:
  • He's an ardent supporter of the local football team.他是本地足球队的热情支持者。
  • Ardent expectations were held by his parents for his college career.他父母对他的大学学习抱着殷切的期望。
75 murmurs f21162b146f5e36f998c75eb9af3e2d9     
n.低沉、连续而不清的声音( murmur的名词复数 );低语声;怨言;嘀咕
参考例句:
  • They spoke in low murmurs. 他们低声说着话。 来自辞典例句
  • They are more superficial, more distinctly heard than murmurs. 它们听起来比心脏杂音更为浅表而清楚。 来自辞典例句
76 vexed fd1a5654154eed3c0a0820ab54fb90a7     
adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论
参考例句:
  • The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls. 会议花了几天的时间讨论边境关卡这个难题。
  • He was vexed at his failure. 他因失败而懊恼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
77 repulse dBFz4     
n.击退,拒绝;vt.逐退,击退,拒绝
参考例句:
  • The armed forces were prepared to repulse any attacks.武装部队已作好击退任何进攻的准备。
  • After the second repulse,the enemy surrendered.在第二次击退之后,敌人投降了。
78 inquiries 86a54c7f2b27c02acf9fcb16a31c4b57     
n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 );疑问;探究;打听
参考例句:
  • He was released on bail pending further inquiries. 他获得保释,等候进一步调查。
  • I have failed to reach them by postal inquiries. 我未能通过邮政查询与他们取得联系。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
79 displease BtXxC     
vt.使不高兴,惹怒;n.不悦,不满,生气
参考例句:
  • Not wishing to displease her,he avoided answering the question.为了不惹她生气,他对这个问题避而不答。
  • She couldn't afford to displease her boss.她得罪不起她的上司。
80 improperly 1e83f257ea7e5892de2e5f2de8b00e7b     
不正确地,不适当地
参考例句:
  • Of course it was acting improperly. 这样做就是不对嘛!
  • He is trying to improperly influence a witness. 他在试图误导证人。
81 agitated dzgzc2     
adj.被鼓动的,不安的
参考例句:
  • His answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定,回答全乱了。
  • She was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时,她十分焦虑。
82 displeased 1uFz5L     
a.不快的
参考例句:
  • The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了,瞪了我一眼。
  • He was displeased about the whole affair. 他对整个事情感到很不高兴。
83 entreaty voAxi     
n.恳求,哀求
参考例句:
  • Mrs. Quilp durst only make a gesture of entreaty.奎尔普太太仅做出一种哀求的姿势。
  • Her gaze clung to him in entreaty.她的眼光带着恳求的神色停留在他身上。
84 extremity tlgxq     
n.末端,尽头;尽力;终极;极度
参考例句:
  • I hope you will help them in their extremity.我希望你能帮助在穷途末路的他们。
  • What shall we do in this extremity?在这种极其困难的情况下我们该怎么办呢?
85 reproof YBhz9     
n.斥责,责备
参考例句:
  • A smart reproof is better than smooth deceit.严厉的责难胜过温和的欺骗。
  • He is impatient of reproof.他不能忍受指责。
86 whim 2gywE     
n.一时的兴致,突然的念头;奇想,幻想
参考例句:
  • I bought the encyclopedia on a whim.我凭一时的兴致买了这本百科全书。
  • He had a sudden whim to go sailing today.今天他突然想要去航海。
87 tempted b0182e969d369add1b9ce2353d3c6ad6     
v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词)
参考例句:
  • I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚,但还是没开口。
  • I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。
88 infinitely 0qhz2I     
adv.无限地,无穷地
参考例句:
  • There is an infinitely bright future ahead of us.我们有无限光明的前途。
  • The universe is infinitely large.宇宙是无限大的。
89 devotedly 62e53aa5b947a277a45237c526c87437     
专心地; 恩爱地; 忠实地; 一心一意地
参考例句:
  • He loved his wife devotedly. 他真诚地爱他的妻子。
  • Millions of fans follow the TV soap operas devotedly. 千百万观众非常着迷地收看这部电视连续剧。
90 attachment POpy1     
n.附属物,附件;依恋;依附
参考例句:
  • She has a great attachment to her sister.她十分依恋她的姐姐。
  • She's on attachment to the Ministry of Defense.她现在隶属于国防部。
91 opposition eIUxU     
n.反对,敌对
参考例句:
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
92 imprisonment I9Uxk     
n.关押,监禁,坐牢
参考例句:
  • His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
  • He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for committing bigamy.他因为犯重婚罪被判入狱一年。
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