曼斯菲尔德庄园 Chapter 40
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CHAPTER XL 
Fanny was right enough in not expecting to hear from Miss Crawford now at the rapid rate in which their correspondence had begun; Mary's next letter was after a decidedly longer interval1 than the last, but she was not right in supposing that such an interval would be felt a great relief to herself. Here was another strange revolution of mind! She was really glad to receive the letter when it did come. In her present exile from good society, and distance from everything that had been wont2 to interest her, a letter from one belonging to the set where her heart lived, written with affection, and some degree of elegance3, was thoroughly4 acceptable. The usual plea of increasing engagements was made in excuse for not having written to her earlier; "And now that I have begun," she continued, "my letter will not be worth your reading, for there will be no little offering of love at the end, no three or four lines _passionnees_ from the most devoted5 H. C. in the world, for Henry is in Norfolk; business called him to Everingham ten days ago, or perhaps he only pretended to call, for the sake of being travelling at the same time that you were. But there he is, and, by the bye, his absence may sufficiently6 account for any remissness7 of his sister's in writing, for there has been no 'Well, Mary, when do you write to Fanny? Is not it time for you to write to Fanny?' to spur me on. At last, after various attempts at meeting, I have seen your cousins, 'dear Julia and dearest Mrs. Rushworth'; they found me at home yesterday, and we were glad to see each other again. We _seemed_ _very_ glad to see each other, and I do really think we were a little. We had a vast deal to say. Shall I tell you how Mrs. Rushworth looked when your name was mentioned? I did not use to think her wanting in self-possession, but she had not quite enough for the demands of yesterday. Upon the whole, Julia was in the best looks of the two, at least after you were spoken of. There was no recovering the complexion9 from the moment that I spoke8 of 'Fanny,' and spoke of her as a sister should. But Mrs. Rushworth's day of good looks will come; we have cards for her first party on the 28th. Then she will be in beauty, for she will open one of the best houses in Wimpole Street. I was in it two years ago, when it was Lady Lascelle's, and prefer it to almost any I know in London, and certainly she will then feel, to use a vulgar phrase, that she has got her pennyworth for her penny. Henry could not have afforded her such a house. I hope she will recollect10 it, and be satisfied, as well as she may, with moving the queen of a palace, though the king may appear best in the background; and as I have no desire to tease her, I shall never _force_ your name upon her again. She will grow sober by degrees. From all that I hear and guess, Baron11 Wildenheim's attentions to Julia continue, but I do not know that he has any serious encouragement. She ought to do better. A poor honourable12 is no catch, and I cannot imagine any liking13 in the case, for take away his rants14, and the poor baron has nothing. What a difference a vowel15 makes! If his rents were but equal to his rants! Your cousin Edmund moves slowly; detained, perchance, by parish duties. There may be some old woman at Thornton Lacey to be converted. I am unwilling16 to fancy myself neglected for a _young_ one. Adieu! my dear sweet Fanny, this is a long letter from London: write me a pretty one in reply to gladden Henry's eyes, when he comes back, and send me an account of all the dashing young captains whom you disdain17 for his sake." 
There was great food for meditation18 in this letter, and chiefly for unpleasant meditation; and yet, with all the uneasiness it supplied, it connected her with the absent, it told her of people and things about whom she had never felt so much curiosity as now, and she would have been glad to have been sure of such a letter every week. Her correspondence with her aunt Bertram was her only concern of higher interest. 
As for any society in Portsmouth, that could at all make amends19 for deficiencies at home, there were none within the circle of her father's and mother's acquaintance to afford her the smallest satisfaction: she saw nobody in whose favour she could wish to overcome her own shyness and reserve. The men appeared to her all coarse, the women all pert, everybody underbred; and she gave as little contentment as she received from introductions either to old or new acquaintance. The young ladies who approached her at first with some respect, in consideration of her coming from a baronet's family, were soon offended by what they termed "airs"; for, as she neither played on the pianoforte nor wore fine pelisses, they could, on farther observation, admit no right of superiority. 
The first solid consolation20 which Fanny received for the evils of home, the first which her judgment21 could entirely22 approve, and which gave any promise of durability23, was in a better knowledge of Susan, and a hope of being of service to her. Susan had always behaved pleasantly to herself, but the determined24 character of her general manners had astonished and alarmed her, and it was at least a fortnight before she began to understand a disposition25 so totally different from her own. Susan saw that much was wrong at home, and wanted to set it right. That a girl of fourteen, acting26 only on her own unassisted reason, should err27 in the method of reform, was not wonderful; and Fanny soon became more disposed to admire the natural light of the mind which could so early distinguish justly, than to censure28 severely29 the faults of conduct to which it led. Susan was only acting on the same truths, and pursuing the same system, which her own judgment acknowledged, but which her more supine and yielding temper would have shrunk from asserting. Susan tried to be useful, where _she_ could only have gone away and cried; and that Susan was useful she could perceive; that things, bad as they were, would have been worse but for such interposition, and that both her mother and Betsey were restrained from some excesses of very offensive indulgence and vulgarity. 
In every argument with her mother, Susan had in point of reason the advantage, and never was there any maternal30 tenderness to buy her off. The blind fondness which was for ever producing evil around her she had never known. There was no gratitude31 for affection past or present to make her better bear with its excesses to the others. 
All this became gradually evident, and gradually placed Susan before her sister as an object of mingled32 compassion33 and respect. That her manner was wrong, however, at times very wrong, her measures often ill-chosen and ill-timed, and her looks and language very often indefensible, Fanny could not cease to feel; but she began to hope they might be rectified34. Susan, she found, looked up to her and wished for her good opinion; and new as anything like an office of authority was to Fanny, new as it was to imagine herself capable of guiding or informing any one, she did resolve to give occasional hints to Susan, and endeavour to exercise for her advantage the juster notions of what was due to everybody, and what would be wisest for herself, which her own more favoured education had fixed35 in her. 
Her influence, or at least the consciousness and use of it, originated in an act of kindness by Susan, which, after many hesitations36 of delicacy37, she at last worked herself up to. It had very early occurred to her that a small sum of money might, perhaps, restore peace for ever on the sore subject of the silver knife, canvassed38 as it now was continually, and the riches which she was in possession of herself, her uncle having given her 10 at parting, made her as able as she was willing to be generous. But she was so wholly unused to confer favours, except on the very poor, so unpractised in removing evils, or bestowing39 kindnesses among her equals, and so fearful of appearing to elevate herself as a great lady at home, that it took some time to determine that it would not be unbecoming in her to make such a present. It was made, however, at last: a silver knife was bought for Betsey, and accepted with great delight, its newness giving it every advantage over the other that could be desired; Susan was established in the full possession of her own, Betsey handsomely declaring that now she had got one so much prettier herself, she should never want _that_ again; and no reproach seemed conveyed to the equally satisfied mother, which Fanny had almost feared to be impossible. The deed thoroughly answered: a source of domestic altercation40 was entirely done away, and it was the means of opening Susan's heart to her, and giving her something more to love and be interested in. Susan shewed that she had delicacy: pleased as she was to be mistress of property which she had been struggling for at least two years, she yet feared that her sister's judgment had been against her, and that a reproof41 was designed her for having so struggled as to make the purchase necessary for the tranquillity42 of the house. 
Her temper was open. She acknowledged her fears, blamed herself for having contended so warmly; and from that hour Fanny, understanding the worth of her disposition and perceiving how fully43 she was inclined to seek her good opinion and refer to her judgment, began to feel again the blessing44 of affection, and to entertain the hope of being useful to a mind so much in need of help, and so much deserving it. She gave advice, advice too sound to be resisted by a good understanding, and given so mildly and considerately as not to irritate an imperfect temper, and she had the happiness of observing its good effects not unfrequently. More was not expected by one who, while seeing all the obligation and expediency45 of submission46 and forbearance, saw also with sympathetic acuteness of feeling all that must be hourly grating to a girl like Susan. Her greatest wonder on the subject soon became--not that Susan should have been provoked into disrespect and impatience47 against her better knowledge-- but that so much better knowledge, so many good notions should have been hers at all; and that, brought up in the midst of negligence48 and error, she should have formed such proper opinions of what ought to be; she, who had had no cousin Edmund to direct her thoughts or fix her principles. 
The intimacy49 thus begun between them was a material advantage to each. By sitting together upstairs, they avoided a great deal of the disturbance50 of the house; Fanny had peace, and Susan learned to think it no misfortune to be quietly employed. They sat without a fire; but that was a privation familiar even to Fanny, and she suffered the less because reminded by it of the East room. It was the only point of resemblance. In space, light, furniture, and prospect51, there was nothing alike in the two apartments; and she often heaved a sigh at the remembrance of all her books and boxes, and various comforts there. By degrees the girls came to spend the chief of the morning upstairs, at first only in working and talking, but after a few days, the remembrance of the said books grew so potent52 and stimulative53 that Fanny found it impossible not to try for books again. There were none in her father's house; but wealth is luxurious54 and daring, and some of hers found its way to a circulating library. She became a subscriber55; amazed at being anything _in_ _propria_ _persona_, amazed at her own doings in every way, to be a renter, a chuser of books! And to be having any one's improvement in view in her choice! But so it was. Susan had read nothing, and Fanny longed to give her a share in her own first pleasures, and inspire a taste for the biography and poetry which she delighted in herself. 
In this occupation she hoped, moreover, to bury some of the recollections of Mansfield, which were too apt to seize her mind if her fingers only were busy; and, especially at this time, hoped it might be useful in diverting her thoughts from pursuing Edmund to London, whither, on the authority of her aunt's last letter, she knew he was gone. She had no doubt of what would ensue. The promised notification was hanging over her head. The postman's knock within the neighbourhood was beginning to bring its daily terrors, and if reading could banish56 the idea for even half an hour, it was something gained.

第三卷 第九章
克劳福德小姐现在的来信没有当初那么勤了,这一点没有出乎范妮的预料。显然,玛丽下次来信间隔的时间比上次长得多。但是,来信间隔长对她并不是个很大的安慰,这一点却是她未曾料到的。这是她心理发生的又一个奇怪的变化啊!她接到来信的时候,还真感到高兴。她眼下被逐出了上流社会,远离了她一向感兴趣的一切事物,在这种情况下,能收到她心仪的那个圈子里的某个人的一封来信,而且信又写得那么热情,还有几分文采,这自然是件十分称心的事。信里总是用应酬越来越多作托词,解释为什么没能早来信。“现在动起笔来,”玛丽继续写道,“就怕我的信不值得你一读,因为信的末尾没有了世上最痴情的H.C.①(译注:①HenryCrawford(亨利·克劳福德)的开头字母。)的爱的致意和三四行热情的话语,因为亨利到诺福克去了。十天前,他有事去了埃弗灵厄姆,也许是假装有事,其实是想趁你外出旅行的时机,也去旅行一趟。不过,他现在的确在埃弗灵厄姆。顺便提一句,做妹妹的信写得少完全是因为他不在身边的缘故,因而听不到这样的催促:‘喂,玛丽,你什么时候给范妮写信呀?你还不该给范妮写信吗?’经过多次的努力,我终于见到了你的两位表姐:‘亲爱的朱莉娅和最亲爱的拉什沃思太太。’她们昨天来的时候我正在家里,我们很高兴能够重逢。我们好像很高兴能彼此相见,我倒真觉得我们有点高兴。我们有许多话要说。要不要我告诉你当提到你的名字时拉什沃思太太脸上的表情?我一向认为她还比较沉稳,但是昨天她却有些沉不住气了。总的说来,朱莉娅的脸色好看一些,至少在说起你以后是这样。从我讲到‘范妮’,并且以小姑子的口气讲到你的时候,那副面孔就一直没有恢复正常。不过,拉什沃思太太满面春风的日子就要到来了,我们已经接到了请帖,她要在28日举行第一次舞会。到时候她会美不可言,因为她要展示的是温普尔街最气派的一幢大宅。两年前我去过那里,当时是拉塞尔斯夫人住在里面,我觉得这幢房子比我在伦敦见过的哪一幢都好。到时候她肯定会觉得——借用一句俗话说——她这是物有所值。亨利不可能给她提供这样一幢房子。我希望她能记住这一点,满足于做一个王后住着一座宫殿,虽说国王最好待在后台。我不愿意刺激她,决不会再当着她的面硬提你的名字。她会渐渐冷静下来。从我听到的情况看,再根据我的猜测,维尔登海姆男爵①(译注:①系《山盟海誓》中的人物,由耶茨先生扮演,见本书第一卷第十四章。)仍在追求朱莉娅,叮我拿不准他是否受过认真的鼓励。她应该挑一个更合适的人。一个可怜的贵族头衔顶不了什么用,我想象不出他有什么可爱的,除了夸夸其谈,这位可怜的男爵一无所有。一字之差会造成多大的差异啊!他要是不光讲起话来‘叫呱呱’,收起租来也‘顶呱呱’就好了!你埃德蒙表哥还迟迟没来,可能是让教区的事务绊住了。也许是桑顿莱西的哪个老太婆需要他劝说皈依。我不愿意设想他是因为某个年轻女人而不把我放在心上。再见,我亲爱的甜蜜的范妮,这是从伦敦写给你的一封长信,给我好好地回一封信,让亨利回来一睹为快——还要给我讲一讲你为了他鄙弃了多少漂亮的年轻舰长。”
这封信里有不少东西可供她回味,个中的滋味多半使她感到不快。然而,尽管读过之后感到诸多不安,但这封信却把她和远在他乡的人联系了起来,讲到了她近来特别想了解的人和事,她倒很愿意每星期都收到这样一封信。她和伯特伦姨妈之间的通信是她唯一更感兴趣的事情。
朴次茅斯的社交活动,并不能弥补她家庭生活的缺陷。不论是她父亲的圈里人还是她母亲的圈里人,没有一个能给她带来丝毫的快乐。她对她见到的人都没有好感,怕见他们,不愿和他们说话。她觉得这里的男人个个粗鲁,女人个个唐突,男男女女没有一个不缺乏教养。无论是和老相识还是和新相识应酬,她都不满意,人家也同样不满意。年轻姑娘们起初觉得她是从一位男爵家来的,便带着几分敬意来接近她,但是很快就对她们所谓的“气派”看不顺眼了——因为她既不肯弹钢琴,又没穿考究的皮外衣,经过进一步观察,认为她没有什么比她们优越的。
家里处处不称心,范妮得到的第一个实在的安慰,第一个她衷心欢迎而又可能持久的安慰,是她对苏珊有了进一步的了解,而且有可能对她有所帮助。苏珊对她倒是一直很好,但她为人处事的泼辣劲儿曾使她感到震惊,至少过了两个星期,她才开始对这个与自己性情完全不同的姑娘有所了解。苏珊对家里的很多事情看不惯,想要加以纠正。一个十四岁的姑娘,在无人帮助的情况下,仅仅凭着自己的理智,要改变家庭的这些状况,在方式方法上有些不当是不足为奇的。她这么小的年纪就能明辨是非,范妮很快就开始欣赏她的天赋和智慧,而不去苛求她做法上的不当。苏珊遵循的正是她自己认同的原则,追寻的正是她自己认可的秩序,只不过她自己性格比较软弱,有些畏缩不前,不敢坚持罢了。苏珊能站出来管事,而她只会躲在一边去哭。她看得出来,苏珊还是起到了作用;如果不是苏珊出面干预,本来已经很糟的事情恐怕会变得更糟;由于苏珊的干预,她妈妈和贝齐那种令人难以容忍的过分放纵、过于粗俗的行为才受到一些约束。
苏珊每次和妈妈辩论,都是苏珊有理,而做妈妈的从来没有用母爱的柔情来感化她。那种造成种种不良后果的盲目溺爱,她可从来没有领受过。她过去没被疼爱过,现在也不受人疼爱,因此就没有什么感恩之心,也不会容忍对别人的过分溺爱。
这一切逐渐明白了,苏珊也便逐渐成了姐姐同情和钦佩的对象。然而,她的态度不好,有时候还很不好——她的举措往往失当,不合时宜,她的神情和语言常常不可原谅,这一切范妮依然感觉得到,不过她开始希望会有所改变。她发现苏珊挺敬重她,希望得到她的指教。范妮虽然从未起过权威作用,从未设想自己能指导别人,但她决计偶尔给她些指点,并且利用自己受过的较好教育,让她更好地理解人应该怎样待人接物,她怎样做才最聪明。
她的影响,或者说,至少她意识到了自己的影响并在利用自己的影响,是从她对苏珊的一次友好行为开始的。对于这件事,她起初有所顾虑,经过多次犹豫,最后才鼓足了勇气。她早就想到,虽说为了那把银刀不断发生争吵,但是也许用不了多少钱,就能在这个敏感的问题上永远恢复安宁。她姨父临别时给了她十英镑,她手里有了这笔钱,就不光想要大方,而且也大方得起。但是,除了对很穷的人,她从来没有施恩于谁。对于与她同等的人,她从来没有纠正过谁的不良行为,也没有对谁施过恩惠。她就怕别人觉得她想摆出一副大家闺秀的架势,来提高自己在家里的地位,因此考虑了许久还不能决定,赠这么个礼品对她来说是否合适。不过,她最后还是送了礼品。她给贝齐买了一把银刀,贝齐喜不自禁地接受了。这是把新刀,怎么看都比那把旧的好。这样一来,苏珊就完全恢复了对她那把旧刀的所有权,贝齐也慷慨地宣称,她现在有了一把漂亮得多的刀子,也就决不会再要那一把了。范妮本来担心妈妈会为此感到羞愧,不过看来她丝毫没有这样的感觉,反倒同样为之高兴。这件事完全收到了应有的效果。家庭纠纷的一个根源给彻底消除了,苏珊从此向她敞开了心扉,她也就多了一个可以喜爱、可以关心的人。苏珊表明她心眼也很细。她争了至少两年,现在成了这把银刀的主人,心里自然十分高兴,然而她又怕姐姐对自己印象不好,怕姐姐怨她那样争来争去,不买上一把家里就不得安宁。
妮了解了她可爱的性情,意识到她多么想听她的意见,请她指点,于是做姐姐的又感到了亲情的幸福,希望能对一个如此需要帮助,而又应该得到帮助的人有所帮助。她给她提意见,意见提得合情合理,但凡头脑清楚,就无法反对。意见还提得又温和又体贴,即使脾气坏一点,听了也不会生气。她眼见着自己的意见屡屡产生良好的效果,心里感到很高兴。她看到她明白了做人的道理,明白了自身的利害关系,因而能接受她的意见,进行自我克制,但也深为体谅地看出,对于苏珊这样一个姑娘来说,这也是个难咽的苦果。因此,她对她没有更高的要求。过了不久,她发现这件事最让她感到惊奇的——不是苏珊对她的好的见解不尊重,听不进去——而是她本来就有那么多好的见解,好的观点。她是在无人管教、没有规矩的环境中长大的——也没有个埃德蒙表哥指导她的思想,灌输为人的准则,她居然形成了这么多正确的见解。
两人之间如此开始的亲密关系对两人都有很大的好处。她们一起坐在楼上,也就避开了许多家中的吵吵闹闹。范妮得到了安静,苏珊也懂得了不声不响地做活的乐趣。她们的房里没有生火。不过,就连范妮对这种艰苦也习以为常,由于联想到了东屋,她反倒觉得没有什么苦的。这间屋子与东屋只有在这一点上是相像的。两者之间在大小、光线、家具和窗外景色方面,没有任何相似之处。她每次想起她在东屋的书籍、箱子和各种各样舒适的用品,免不了唉声叹气。渐渐地,两个姑娘都在楼上度过上午的大部分时间,起初只是做活、聊天,可是几天后,范妮越来越想念刚才提到的那些书籍,在这种情绪的刺激下,忍不住又想找些书来看。她父亲的这个家里没有书,但是人有了钱就会大手大脚,无所顾忌——她的一些钱就流到了一家流通图书馆。她成了一个订阅者——为自己成为这样一个人感到惊讶,为自己的所作所为感到惊讶,她居然成了一个租书者,一个挑选图书的人!而且由她选书来提高别人!可事实就是如此。苏珊什么都没读过,范妮想让她分享一下她自己的首要乐趣,激励她喜欢她自己所喜欢的传记和诗歌。
另外,她还希望通过读书抛开她对曼斯菲尔德的一些回忆。如果她只是手指在忙,这些回忆势必会萦绕于心。尤其在这个时候,她觉得读书有助于转移她的思想,不要胡思乱想地跟着埃德蒙去伦敦,因为从姨妈的上封信来看,她知道他去了那里。她毫不怀疑会产生什么结果。埃德蒙曾说过到时候会将情况写信告诉她,现在这可怕的事情已经临头了。每天连邮差在左邻右舍的敲门声,都让她感到惊恐——要是读书能让她把这件事哪怕只忘掉半个小时,对她来说也是个不小的收获。



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1 interval 85kxY     
n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息
参考例句:
  • The interval between the two trees measures 40 feet.这两棵树的间隔是40英尺。
  • There was a long interval before he anwsered the telephone.隔了好久他才回了电话。
2 wont peXzFP     
adj.习惯于;v.习惯;n.习惯
参考例句:
  • He was wont to say that children are lazy.他常常说小孩子们懒惰。
  • It is his wont to get up early.早起是他的习惯。
3 elegance QjPzj     
n.优雅;优美,雅致;精致,巧妙
参考例句:
  • The furnishings in the room imparted an air of elegance.这个房间的家具带给这房间一种优雅的气氛。
  • John has been known for his sartorial elegance.约翰因为衣着讲究而出名。
4 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。
5 devoted xu9zka     
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的
参考例句:
  • He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
  • We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
6 sufficiently 0htzMB     
adv.足够地,充分地
参考例句:
  • It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
  • The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。
7 remissness 94a5c1e07e3061396c3001fea7c8cd1d     
n.玩忽职守;马虎;怠慢;不小心
参考例句:
8 spoke XryyC     
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
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
9 complexion IOsz4     
n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格
参考例句:
  • Red does not suit with her complexion.红色与她的肤色不协调。
  • Her resignation puts a different complexion on things.她一辞职局面就全变了。
10 recollect eUOxl     
v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得
参考例句:
  • He tried to recollect things and drown himself in them.他极力回想过去的事情而沉浸于回忆之中。
  • She could not recollect being there.她回想不起曾经到过那儿。
11 baron XdSyp     
n.男爵;(商业界等)巨头,大王
参考例句:
  • Henry Ford was an automobile baron.亨利·福特是一位汽车业巨头。
  • The baron lived in a strong castle.男爵住在一座坚固的城堡中。
12 honourable honourable     
adj.可敬的;荣誉的,光荣的
参考例句:
  • I don't think I am worthy of such an honourable title.这样的光荣称号,我可担当不起。
  • I hope to find an honourable way of settling difficulties.我希望设法找到一个体面的办法以摆脱困境。
13 liking mpXzQ5     
n.爱好;嗜好;喜欢
参考例句:
  • The word palate also means taste or liking.Palate这个词也有“口味”或“嗜好”的意思。
  • I must admit I have no liking for exaggeration.我必须承认我不喜欢夸大其词。
14 rants 4e4c53ff654a2d5ea4d7cfc729b1764d     
n.夸夸其谈( rant的名词复数 );大叫大嚷地以…说教;气愤地)大叫大嚷;不停地大声抱怨v.夸夸其谈( rant的第三人称单数 );大叫大嚷地以…说教;气愤地)大叫大嚷;不停地大声抱怨
参考例句:
  • This actor rants his lines. 这演员背台词拿腔拿调。 来自辞典例句
  • Parents might also profit from eliminating the rants. 改掉大声叫骂的习惯,家长们也会受益。 来自互联网
15 vowel eHTyS     
n.元音;元音字母
参考例句:
  • A long vowel is a long sound as in the word"shoe ".长元音即如“shoe” 一词中的长音。
  • The vowel in words like 'my' and 'thigh' is not very difficult.单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。
16 unwilling CjpwB     
adj.不情愿的
参考例句:
  • The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
  • His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。
17 disdain KltzA     
n.鄙视,轻视;v.轻视,鄙视,不屑
参考例句:
  • Some people disdain labour.有些人轻视劳动。
  • A great man should disdain flatterers.伟大的人物应鄙视献媚者。
18 meditation yjXyr     
n.熟虑,(尤指宗教的)默想,沉思,(pl.)冥想录
参考例句:
  • This peaceful garden lends itself to meditation.这个恬静的花园适于冥想。
  • I'm sorry to interrupt your meditation.很抱歉,我打断了你的沉思。
19 amends AzlzCR     
n. 赔偿
参考例句:
  • He made amends for his rudeness by giving her some flowers. 他送给她一些花,为他自己的鲁莽赔罪。
  • This country refuses stubbornly to make amends for its past war crimes. 该国顽固地拒绝为其过去的战争罪行赔罪。
20 consolation WpbzC     
n.安慰,慰问
参考例句:
  • The children were a great consolation to me at that time.那时孩子们成了我的莫大安慰。
  • This news was of little consolation to us.这个消息对我们来说没有什么安慰。
21 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。
22 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。
23 durability Orxx5     
n.经久性,耐用性
参考例句:
  • Nylons have the virtue of durability.尼龙丝袜有耐穿的优点。
24 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。
25 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。
26 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。
27 err 2izzk     
vi.犯错误,出差错
参考例句:
  • He did not err by a hair's breadth in his calculation.他的计算结果一丝不差。
  • The arrows err not from their aim.箭无虚发。
28 censure FUWym     
v./n.责备;非难;责难
参考例句:
  • You must not censure him until you know the whole story.在弄清全部事实真相前不要谴责他。
  • His dishonest behaviour came under severe censure.他的不诚实行为受到了严厉指责。
29 severely SiCzmk     
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
参考例句:
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
30 maternal 57Azi     
adj.母亲的,母亲般的,母系的,母方的
参考例句:
  • He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
  • The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。
31 gratitude p6wyS     
adj.感激,感谢
参考例句:
  • I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
  • She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。
32 mingled fdf34efd22095ed7e00f43ccc823abdf     
混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系]
参考例句:
  • The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air. 笑声和歌声交织在夜空中。
  • The man and the woman mingled as everyone started to relax. 当大家开始放松的时候,这一男一女就开始交往了。
33 compassion 3q2zZ     
n.同情,怜悯
参考例句:
  • He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
  • Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。
34 rectified 8714cd0fa53a5376ba66b0406599eb20     
[医]矫正的,调整的
参考例句:
  • I am hopeful this misunderstanding will be rectified very quickly. 我相信这个误会将很快得到纠正。
  • That mistake could have been rectified within 28 days. 那个错误原本可以在28天内得以纠正。
35 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。
36 hesitations 7f4a0066e665f6f1d62fe3393d7f5182     
n.犹豫( hesitation的名词复数 );踌躇;犹豫(之事或行为);口吃
参考例句:
  • His doubts and hesitations were tiresome. 他的疑惑和犹豫令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The cool manipulators in Hanoi had exploited America's hesitations and self-doubt. 善于冷静地操纵这类事的河内统治者大大地钻了美国当局优柔寡断的空子。 来自辞典例句
37 delicacy mxuxS     
n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴
参考例句:
  • We admired the delicacy of the craftsmanship.我们佩服工艺师精巧的手艺。
  • He sensed the delicacy of the situation.他感觉到了形势的微妙。
38 canvassed 7b5359a87abbafb792cee12a01df4640     
v.(在政治方面)游说( canvass的过去式和过去分词 );调查(如选举前选民的)意见;为讨论而提出(意见等);详细检查
参考例句:
  • He canvassed the papers, hunting for notices of jobs. 他仔细查阅报纸,寻找招工广告。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The stirring event was well canvassed. 那桩惊人的事情已经是满城风雨。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
39 bestowing ec153f37767cf4f7ef2c4afd6905b0fb     
砖窑中砖堆上层已烧透的砖
参考例句:
  • Apollo, you see, is bestowing the razor on the Triptolemus of our craft. 你瞧,阿波罗正在把剃刀赠给我们这项手艺的特里泼托勒默斯。
  • What thanks do we not owe to Heaven for thus bestowing tranquillity, health and competence! 我们要谢谢上苍,赐我们的安乐、健康和饱暖。
40 altercation pLzyi     
n.争吵,争论
参考例句:
  • Throughout the entire altercation,not one sensible word was uttered.争了半天,没有一句话是切合实际的。
  • The boys had an altercation over the umpire's decision.男孩子们对裁判的判决颇有争议。
41 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。
42 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。
43 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
参考例句:
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
44 blessing UxDztJ     
n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿
参考例句:
  • The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
  • A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。
45 expediency XhLzi     
n.适宜;方便;合算;利己
参考例句:
  • The government is torn between principle and expediency. 政府在原则与权宜之间难于抉择。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • It was difficult to strike the right balance between justice and expediency. 在公正与私利之间很难两全。 来自辞典例句
46 submission lUVzr     
n.服从,投降;温顺,谦虚;提出
参考例句:
  • The defeated general showed his submission by giving up his sword.战败将军缴剑表示投降。
  • No enemy can frighten us into submission.任何敌人的恐吓都不能使我们屈服。
47 impatience OaOxC     
n.不耐烦,急躁
参考例句:
  • He expressed impatience at the slow rate of progress.进展缓慢,他显得不耐烦。
  • He gave a stamp of impatience.他不耐烦地跺脚。
48 negligence IjQyI     
n.疏忽,玩忽,粗心大意
参考例句:
  • They charged him with negligence of duty.他们指责他玩忽职守。
  • The traffic accident was allegedly due to negligence.这次车祸据说是由于疏忽造成的。
49 intimacy z4Vxx     
n.熟悉,亲密,密切关系,亲昵的言行
参考例句:
  • His claims to an intimacy with the President are somewhat exaggerated.他声称自己与总统关系密切,这有点言过其实。
  • I wish there were a rule book for intimacy.我希望能有个关于亲密的规则。
50 disturbance BsNxk     
n.动乱,骚动;打扰,干扰;(身心)失调
参考例句:
  • He is suffering an emotional disturbance.他的情绪受到了困扰。
  • You can work in here without any disturbance.在这儿你可不受任何干扰地工作。
51 prospect P01zn     
n.前景,前途;景色,视野
参考例句:
  • This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
  • The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
52 potent C1uzk     
adj.强有力的,有权势的;有效力的
参考例句:
  • The medicine had a potent effect on your disease.这药物对你的病疗效很大。
  • We must account of his potent influence.我们必须考虑他的强有力的影响。
53 stimulative 3d1951975f2e5000b4a8b7b87d3ffba4     
n.刺激,促进因素adj.刺激的,激励的,促进的
参考例句:
  • Do you want to enjoy the absolutely stimulative experience? 你想享受魔兽游戏带来的绝对刺激的体验吗? 来自互联网
  • Discussed follow pattern of demand, the way that stimulative technology progresses. 探讨了遵循供求规律,促进技术进步的途径。 来自互联网
54 luxurious S2pyv     
adj.精美而昂贵的;豪华的
参考例句:
  • This is a luxurious car complete with air conditioning and telephone.这是一辆附有空调设备和电话的豪华轿车。
  • The rich man lives in luxurious surroundings.这位富人生活在奢侈的环境中。
55 subscriber 9hNzJK     
n.用户,订户;(慈善机关等的)定期捐款者;预约者;签署者
参考例句:
  • The subscriber to a government loan has got higher interest than savings. 公债认购者获得高于储蓄的利息。 来自辞典例句
  • Who is the subscriber of that motto? 谁是那条座右铭的签字者? 来自辞典例句
56 banish nu8zD     
vt.放逐,驱逐;消除,排除
参考例句:
  • The doctor advised her to banish fear and anxiety.医生劝她消除恐惧和忧虑。
  • He tried to banish gloom from his thought.他试图驱除心中的忧愁。
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