双城记(A Tale of Two Cities)第二十四章 漂向磁礁
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In such risings of fire and risings of sea--the firm earth shaken by the rushes of an angry ocean which had now no ebb1, but was always on the flow, higher and higher, to the tenor2 and wonder of the beholders on the shore--three years of tempest were consumed. Three more birthdays of little Lucie had been woven by the golden thread into the peaceful tissue of the life of her home.

Many a night and many a day had its inmates4 listened to the echoes in the corner, with hearts that failed them when they heard the thronging5 feet. For, the footsteps had become to their minds as the footsteps of a people, tumultuous under a red flag and
with their country declared in danger, changed into wild beasts, by terrible enchantment6 long persisted in.

Monseigneur, as a class, had dissociated himself from the phenomenon of his not being appreciated: of his being so little wanted in France, as to incur7 considerable danger of receiving his dismissal from it, and this life together. Like the fabled8 rustic9 who raised the Devil with infinite pains, and was so terrified at the sight of him that he could ask the Enemy no question, but immediately fled; so, Monseigneur, after boldly reading the Lord's Prayer backwards10 for a great number of years, and performing many other potent11 spells for compelling the Evil One, no sooner beheld12 him in his terrors than he took to his noble heels.

The shining Bull's Eye of the Court was gone, or it would have been the mark for a hurricane of national bullets. It had never been a good eye to see with--had long had the mote13 in it of Lucifer's pride, Sardanapalus's luxury, and a mole's blindness--but it had dropped out and was gone. The Court, from that exclusive inner circle to its outermost14 rotten ring of intrigue15, corruption16, and dissimulation17, was all gone together. Royalty18 was gone; had been besieged19 in its Palace and `suspended,' when the last tidings came over.

The August of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two was come, and Monseigneur was by this time scattered20 far and wide.

As was natural, the head-quarters and great gathering-place of Monseigneur, in London, was Tellson's Bank. Spirits are supposed to haunt the places where their bodies most resorted, and Monseigneur without a guinea haunted the spot where his guineas used to be. Moreover, it was the spot to which such French intelligence as was most to be relied upon, came quickest. Again: Tellson's was a munificent21 house, and extended great liberality to old customers who had fallen from their high estate. Again: those nobles who had seen the coming storm in time, and anticipating plunder22 or confiscation23, had made provident24 remittances25 to Tellson's, were always to be heard of there by their needy26 brethren. To which it must be added that every new comer from France reported himself and his tidings at Tellson's, almost as a matter of course. For such variety of reasons,
Tellson's was at that time, as to French intelligence, a kind of High Exchange; and this was so well known to the public, and the inquiries27 made there were in consequence so numerous, that Tellson's sometimes wrote the latest news out in a line or so and posted it in the Bank windows, for all who ran through Temple Bar to read.

On a steaming, misty28 afternoon, Mr. Lorry sat at his desk, and Charles Darnay stood leaning on it, talking with him in a low voice. The penitential den3 once set apart for interviews with the House, was now the news-Exchange, and was filled to overflowing29. It was within half an hour or so of the time of closing.

`But, although you are the youngest man that ever lived,' said Charles Darnay, rather hesitating, `I must still suggest to you---'

`I understand. That I am too old?' said Mr. Lorry.

`Unsettled weather, a long journey, uncertain means of travelling, a disorganised country, a city that may not be even safe for you.'

`My dear Charles,' said Mr. Lorry, with cheerful confidence, you touch some of the reasons for my going: not for my staying away. It is safe enough for me; nobody will care to interfere30 with an old fellow of hard upon four-score when there are so many people there much better worth interfering31 with. As to its being a disorganised city, if it were not a disorganised city there would be no occasion to send somebody from our House here to our House there, who knows the city and the business, of old, and is in Tellson's confidence. As to the uncertain travelling, the long journey, and the winter weather, if I were not prepared to submit myself to a few inconveniences for the sake of Tellson's, after all these years, who ought to be?'

`I wish I were going myself,' said Charles Darnay, somewhat restlessly, and like one thinking aloud.

`Indeed! You are a pretty fellow to object and advise!' exclaimed Mr. Lorry. `You wish you were going yourself? And you a Frenchman born? You are a wise counsellor.'

`My dear Mr. Lorry, it is because I am a Frenchman born, that the thought (which I did not mean to utter here, however) has passed through my mind often. One cannot help thinking, having had some sympathy for the miserable32 people, and having abandoned something to them,' he spoke33 here in his former thoughtful manner, `that one might be listened to, and might have the power to persuade to some restraint. Only last night, after you had left us, when I was talking to Lucie---'

`When you were talking to Lucie,' Mr. Lorry repeated. `Yes. I wonder you are not ashamed to mention the name of Lucie! Wishing you were going to France at this time of day!'

`However, I am not going,' said Charles Darnay, with a smile. `It is more to the purpose that you say you are.'

`And I am, in plain reality. The truth is, my dear Charles,' Mr. Lorry glanced at the distant House, and lowered his voice, `you can have no conception of the difficulty with which our business is transacted34, and of the peril35 in which our books and papers over yonder are involved. The Lord above knows what the compromising consequences would be to numbers of people, if some of our documents were seized or destroyed; and they might be, at any time, you know, for who can say that Paris is not set a-fire to-day, or sacked to-morrow! Now, a judicious36 selection from these with the least possible delay, and the burying of them, or otherwise getting of them out of harm's way, is within the power (without loss of precious time) of scarcely any one but myself, if any one. And shall I hang back, when Tellson's knows this and says this--Tellson's, whose bread I have eaten these
sixty years--because I am a little stiff about the joints38? Why, I am a boy, sir, to half a dozen old codgers here!'

`How I admire the gallantry of your youthful spirit, Mr. Lorry.'

`Tut! Nonsense, sir!--And, my dear Charles,' said Mr. Lorry, glancing at the House again, `you are to remember, that getting things out of Paris at this present time, no matter what things, is next to an impossibility. Papers and precious matters were this very day brought to us here (I speak in strict confidence; it is not business-like to whisper it, even to you), by the strangest bearers you cap imagine, every one of whom had his head hanging on by a single hair as he passed the Barriers. At another time, our parcels would come and go, as easily as in business-like Old England; but now, everything is stopped.'

`And do you really go to-night?'

`I really go to-night, for the case has become too pressing to admit of delay.'

`And do you take no one with you?'

`All sorts of people have been proposed to me, but I will have nothing to say to any of them. I intend to take Jerry. Jerry has been my body-guard on Sunday nights for a long time past, and I am used to him. Nobody will suspect Jerry of being anything but an English bull-dog, or of having any design in his head but to fly at anybody who touches his master.'

`I must say again that I heartily39 admire your gallantry and youthfulness.'

`I must say again, nonsense, nonsense! When I have executed this little commission, I shall, perhaps, accept Tellson's proposal to retire and live at my ease. Time enough, then, to think about growing old.'

This dialogue had taken place at Mr. Lorry's usual desk, with Monseigneur swarming40 within a yard or two of it, boastful of what he would do to avenge41 himself on the rascal-people before long. It was too much the way of Monseigneur under his reverses as a refugee, and it was much too much the way of native British orthodoxy, to talk of this terrible Revolution as if it were the one only harvest ever known under the skies that had not been sown--as if nothing had ever been done, or omitted to be done, that had led to it--as if observers of the wretched millions in France, and of the misused42 and perverted43 resources that should have made them prosperous, had not seen it inevitably44 coming, years before, and had not in plain words recorded what they saw. Such vapouring, combined with the extravagant45 plots of Monseigneur for the restoration of a state of things that had utterly46 exhausted47 itself, and worn out Heaven and earth as well as itself, was hard to be endured without some remonstrance48 by any sane49 man who knew the truth. And it was such vapouring all about his ears, like a troublesome confusion of blood in his own head, added to a latent uneasiness in his mind, which had already made Charles Darnay restless, and which still kept him so.

Among the talkers, was Stryver, of the King's Bench Bar, far on his way to state promotion50, and, therefore, loud on the theme: broaching51 to Monseigneur, his devices for blowing the people up and exterminating52 them from the face of the earth, and doing without them: and for accomplishing many similar objects akin53 in their nature to the abolition54 of eagles by sprinkling salt on the tails of the race. Him, Darnay heard with a particular feeling of objection; and Darnay stood divided between going away that he might hear no more, and remaining to interpose his word, when the thing that was to be went on to shape itself out.

The House approached Mr. Lorry, and laying a soiled and unopened letter before him, asked if he had yet discovered any traces of the person to whom it was addressed? The House laid the letter down so close to Darnay that he saw the direction--the more quickly because it was his own right name. The address, turned into English, ran:

`Very pressing. To Monsieur heretofore the Marquis St. Evrémonde, of France. Confided55 to the cares of Messrs. Tellson and Go., Bankers, London, England.'

On the marriage morning, Dr. Manette had made it his one urgent and express request to Charles Darnay, that the secret of this name should be--unless he, the Doctor, dissolved the obligation--kept inviolate56 between them. Nobody else knew it to be his name; his own wife had no suspicion of the fact; Mr. Lorry could have none.

`No,' said Mr. Lorry, in reply to the House; `I have referred it, I think, to everybody now here, and no one can tell me where this gentleman is to be found.'

The hands of the clock verging57 upon the hour of closing the Bank, there was a general set of the current of talkers past Mr. Lorry's desk. He held the letter out inquiringly; and Monseigneur looked at it, in the person of this plotting and indignant refugee; and Monseigneur looked at it, in the person of that plotting and indignant refugee; and This, That, and The Other, all had something disparaging58 to say, in French or in English, concerning the Marquis who was not to be found.

`Nephew, I believe--but in any case degenerate59 successor--of the polished Marquis who was murdered,' said one. `Happy to say, I never knew him.'

`A craven who abandoned his post,' said another--this Monseigneur had been got out of Paris, legs uppermost and half suffocated60, in a load of hay--`some years ago.'

`Infected with the new doctrines,' said a third, eyeing the direction through his glass in passing; `set himself in opposition61 to the last Marquis, abandoned the estates when he inherited them, and left them to the ruffian herd62. They will recompense him now, I hope, as he deserves.'

`Hey?' cried the blatant63 Stryver. `Did he though? Is that the sort of fellow? Let us look at his infamous64 name. D--n the fellow!'

Darnay, unable to restrain himself any longer, touched Mr. Stryver on the shoulder, and said:

`I know the fellow.'

`Do you, by Jupiter?' said Stryver. `I am sorry for it.'

`Why?'

`Why, Mr. Darnay? D'ye hear what he did? Don't ask, why, in these times.'

`But I do ask why.'

`Then I tell you again, Mr. Darnay, I am sorry for it. I am sorry to hear you putting any such extraordinary questions. Here is a fellow, who, infected by the most pestilent and blasphemous65 code of devilry that ever was known, abandoned his property to the vilest66 scum of the earth that ever did murder by wholesale67, and you ask me why I am sorry that a man who instructs youth knows him? Well, but I'll answer you. I am sorry because I believe there is contamination in such a scoundrel. That's why.'

Mindful of the secret, Darnay with great difficulty checked himself, and said: `You may not understand the gentleman.'

`I understand how to put you in a corner, Mr. Darnay,' said Bully68 Stryver, `and I'll do it. If this fellow is a gentleman, I don't understand him. You may tell him so, with my compliments. You may also tell him, from me, that after abandoning his worldly goods and position to this butcherly mob, I wonder he is not at the head of them. But, no, gentlemen,' said Stryver, looking all round, and snapping his fingers, `I know something of human nature, and I tell you that you'll never find a fellow like this fellow, trusting himself to the mercies of such precious protégés. No, gentlemen; he'll always show `em a clean pair of heels very early
in the scuffle, and sneak69 away.'

With those words, and a final snap of his fingers, Mr. Stryver shouldered himself into Fleet-street, amidst the general approbation70 of his hearers. Mr. Lorry and Charles Darnay were left alone at the desk, in the general departure from the Bank.

`Will you take charge of the letter?' said Mr. Lorry. `You know where to deliver it?'

`I do.'

`Will you undertake to explain, that we suppose it to have been addressed here, on the chance of our knowing where to forward it, and that it has been here some time?'

`I will do so. Do you start for Paris from here?'

`From here, at eight.'

`I will come back, to see you off.'

Very ill at ease with himself, and with Stryver and most other men, Darnay made the best of his way into the quiet of the Temple, opened the letter, and read it. These were its contents:

`Prison of the Abbaye, Paris.

June 21, 1792.

MONSIEUR HERETOFORE THE MARQUIS,

`After having long been in danger of my life at the hands of the village, I have been seized, with great violence and indignity71, and brought a long journey on foot to Paris. On the road I have suffered a great deal. Nor is that all; my house has been destroyed--razed to the ground.

`The crime for which I am imprisoned72, Monsieur heretofore the Marquis, and for which I shall be summoned before the tribunal, and shall lose my life (without your so generous help), is, they tell me, treason against the majesty73 of the people, in that I have acted against them for an emigrant74. It is in vain I represent that I have acted for them, and not against, according to your commands. It is in vain I represent that, before the sequestration of
emigrant property, I had remitted75 the imposts they had ceased to pay; that I had collected no rent; that I had had recourse to no process. The only response is, that I have acted for an emigrant, and where is that emigrant?

`Ah! most gracious Monsieur heretofore the Marquis, where is that emigrant? I cry in my sleep where is he? I demand of Heaven, will he not come to deliver me? No answer. Ah Monsieur heretofore the Marquis, I send my desolate76 cry across the sea, hoping it may perhaps reach your ears through the great bank of Tilson known at Paris!

`For the love of Heaven, of justice, of generosity77, of the honour of your noble name, I supplicate78 you, Monsieur heretofore the Marquis, to succour and release me. My fault is, that I have been true to you. Oh Monsieur heretofore the Marquis, I pray you be you true to me!

`From this prison here of horror, whence I every hour tend nearer and nearer to destruction, I send you, Monsieur heretofore the Marquis, the assurance of my dolorous79 and unhappy service.

`Your afflicted

`GABELLE'

The latent uneasiness in Darnay's mind was roused to vigorous life by this letter. The peril of an old servant and a good one, whose only crime was fidelity80 to himself and his family, stared him so reproachfully in the face, that, as he walked to and fro in the Temple considering what to do, he almost hid his face from the passers-by.

He knew very well, that in his horror of the deed which had culminated81 the bad deeds and bad reputation of the old family house, in his resentful suspicions of his uncle, and in the aversion with which his conscience regarded the crumbling82 fabric83 that he was supposed to uphold, he had acted imperfectly. He knew very well, that in his love for Lucie, his renunciation of his social place, though by no means new to his own mind, had been hurried and incomplete. He knew that he ought to have systematically84 worked it out and supervised it, and that he had meant to do it, and that it had never been done.

The happiness of his own chosen English home, the necessity of being always actively85 employed, the swift changes and troubles of the time which had followed on one another so fast, that the events of this week annihilated86 the immature87 plans of last week, and the events of the week following made all new again; he knew very well, that to the force of these circumstances he had yielded :--not without disquiet88, but still without continuous and accumulating resistance. That he had watched the times for a time of action, and that they had shifted and struggled until the time had gone by, and the nobility were trooping from France by every highway and byway, and their property was in course of confiscation and destruction, and their very names were blotting89 out, was as well known to himself as it could be to any new authority in France that might impeach90 him for it.

But, he had oppressed no man, he had imprisoned no man; he was so far from having harshly exacted payment of his dues, that he had relinquished91 them of his own will, thrown himself on a world with no favour in it, won his own private place there, and earned his own bread. Monsieur Gabelle had held the impoverished92 and involved estate on written instructions, to spare the people, to give them what little there was to give--such fuel as the heavy creditors93 would let them have in the winter, and such produce as could be saved from the same grip in the summer--and no doubt he had put the fact in plea and proof, for his own safety, so that it could not but appear now.

This favoured the desperate resolution Charles Darnay had begun to make, that he would go to Paris.

Yes. Like the mariner94 in the old story, the winds and streams had driven him within the influence of the Loadstone Rock, and it was drawing him to itself, and he must go. Everything that arose before his mind drifted him on, faster and faster, more and more steadily95, to the terrible attraction. His latent uneasiness had been, that bad aims were being worked out in his own unhappy land by bad instruments, and that he who could not fail to know that he was better than they, was not there, trying to do something to stay bloodshed, and assert the claims of mercy and humanity. With this uneasiness half stifled96, and half reproaching him, he had been brought to the pointed97 comparison of himself with the brave old gentleman in whom duty was so strong; upon that comparison (injurious to himself) had instantly followed the sneers98 of Monseigneur, which had stung him bitterly, and those of Stryver, which above all were coarse and galling99, for old reasons. Upon those, had followed Gabelle's letter: the appeal of an innocent prisoner, in danger of death, to his justice, honour, and good name.

His resolution was made. He must go to Paris.

Yes. The Loadstone Rock was drawing him, and he must sail on, until he struck. He knew of no rock; he saw hardly any danger. The intention with which he had done what he had done, even although he had left it incomplete, presented it before him in an aspect that would be gratefully acknowledged in France on his presenting himself to assert it. Then, that glorious vision of doing good, which is so often the sanguine100 mirage101 of so many good minds, arose before him, and he even saw himself in the illusion with some influence to guide this raging Revolution that was running so fearfully wild.

As he walked to and fro with his resolution made, he considered that neither Lucie nor her father must know of it until he was gone. Lucie should be spared the pain of separation; and her father, always reluctant to turn his thoughts towards the dangerous ground of old, should come to the knowledge of the step, as a step taken, and not in the balance of suspense102 and doubt. How much of the incompleteness of his situation was referable to her father, through the painful anxiety to avoid reviving old associations of France in his mind, he did not discuss with himself. But, that circumstance too, had had its influence in his
course.

He walked to and fro, with thoughts very busy, until it was time to return to Tellson's and take leave of Mr. Lorry. As soon as he arrived in Paris he would present himself to this old friend, but he must say nothing of his intention now.

A carriage with post-horses was ready at the Bank door, and Jerry was booted and equipped.

`I have delivered that letter,' said Charles Darnay to Mr. Lorry. `I would not consent to your being charged with any written answer, but perhaps you will take a verbal one?'

`That I will, and readily,' said Mr. Lorry, `if it is not dangerous.'

`Not at all. Though it is to a prisoner in the Abbaye.'

`What is his name?' said Mr. Lorry, with his open pocket-book in his hand.

`Gabelle.'

`Gabelle. And what is the message to the unfortunate Gabelle in prison?'

`Simply, "that he has received the letter, and will come."'

`Any time mentioned?'

`He will start upon his journey to-morrow night.'

`Any person mentioned?'

`No.'

He helped Mr. Lorry to wrap himself in a number of coats and cloaks, and went out with him from the warm atmosphere of the old Bank, into the misty air of Fleet-street. `My love to Lucie, and to little Lucie,' said Mr. Lorry at parting, `and take precious care of them till I come back.' Charles Darnay shook his head and doubtfully smiled, as the carriage rolled away.

That night--it was the fourteenth of August--he sat up late, and wrote two fervent103 letters; one was to Lucie, explaining the strong obligation he was under to go to Paris, and showing her, at length, the reasons that he had, for feeling confident that he could become involved in no personal danger there; the other was to the Doctor, confiding104 Lucie and their dear child to his care, and dwelling105 on the same topics with the strongest assurances. To both, he wrote that he would despatch106 letters in proof of his safety, immediately after his arrival.

It was a hard day, that day of being among them, with the first reservation of their joint37 lives on his mind. It was a hard matter to preserve the innocent deceit of which they were profoundly unsuspicious. But, an affectionate glance at his wife, so happy and busy, made him resolute107 not to tell her what impended108 (he had been half moved to do it, so strange it was to him to act in anything without her quiet aid), and the day passed quickly away. Early in the evening he embraced her, and her scarcely less dear namesake, pretending that he would return by-and-by (an imaginary engagement took him out, and he had secreted109 a valise of clothes ready), and so he emerged into the heavy mist of the heavy streets, with a heavier heart.

The unseen force was drawing him fast to itself, now, and all the tides and winds were setting straight and strong towards it. He left his two letters with a trusty porter, to be delivered half an hour before midnight, and no sooner; took horse for Dover; and began his journey. `For the love of Heaven, of justice, of generosity, of the honour of your noble name!' was the poor prisoner's cry with which he strengthened his sinking heart, as he left all that was dear on earth behind him, and floated away for the Loadstone Rock.

THE END OF THE SECOND BOOK

三年的疾风暴雨就在这样的烈火熊熊、人潮汹涌中过去了一一愤怒的海洋一浪高过一浪,冲击着坚实的地面,永远向前奔腾,从不后退,让岸上的入看得心惊胆战,目眩神骇。小露西的三个生日的金丝又织进了她家庭生活的平静的经纬里。

那屋里的人曾在多少个日日夜夜里谛听过街角的回声,他们听见众多的杂沓脚步声便总不禁心慌意乱。因为那种声音在他们心里已成了一个民族的脚步声,它在一面红色旗帜之下奔腾激荡,宣布他们的国家处于危急之中,并被一种旷日持久的魔法变作了疯狂的野兽。

老爷们已经没有人欣赏。他们在法兰西已没有人需要,因此大有被全部赶走的危险,甚至连性命也难保,可是老爷们作为一个阶级又已摆脱了跟这种现象的关系。正如寓言中那个乡巴佬一样,煞费力气请出了魔鬼,却叫魔鬼吓得魂不附体,立即逃之夭夭,再也不敢向他提出问题了。老爷们也是这样,在大胆地倒着念主祷文多年之后,在使用了许多召唤魔鬼的强力符咒之后,终于见到了魔鬼的狰狞形象,却只好撒开高贵的脚丫子逃掉。

当年宫廷里珠光宝气的牛眼明灯已经不见了,否则全国的子弹风暴准会给它们穿上许多窟窿。明灯从来不可信,不能靠他们照亮问题。他们有毛病,有路西福的骄傲,萨丹纳帕拉斯的奢侈和鼹鼠的盲目——可是他们已经落伍了,消失了。宫廷,从排他性的核心到最外层的阴险、贪婪、骄奢淫逸的腐朽圈子,也全都消失了。王权消失了:先在宫殿里受到围困,而在最后的消息到达时,它便被“暂停”了。

一千七百九十二年八月到了,老爷们此刻已经风流云散,逃到了天涯海角。

老爷们把他们在伦敦的首脑部和会议厅设在台尔森银行乃是顺理成章的事。据说鬼魂喜欢在生前常到的地方出没,因此没有了钱的老爷们也常在他们过去存钱的地方出没。何况那儿有关法国的消息来得最快,又最为可靠。再有,台尔森银行是个最慷慨大方的地方,对于从高位跌落的老主顾常给予阔绰的援助。而那些及时预见到即将来临的风暴、看出会有抢掠和没收的危险而事先把钱汇到台尔森银行的贵族们,总有他们手头拮据的弟兄们来打听消息。还必须加上一条,每一个从法国来的人都几乎理所当然地要到台尔森报到,同时报告自己的行踪。由于诸如此类的原因,台尔森银行那时简直就成了法国情报的高级交换站。由于此事已是众所周知,所以前来打听消息的人络绎不绝,台尔森有时便把最新消息扼要写出,贴在银行墙壁上,让路过伦敦法学会的人观看。

一个雾气沉沉的郁闷的下午,罗瑞先生坐在办公桌边,查尔斯.达尔内靠桌站着跟他低声谈话。这几是当年的悔罪室,后来作过“银行当局”的接待室,现在变成了新闻交换站,人多得挤不下。离关门时间已不到半小时。

“可是,即使你是世界上最年轻的人,”查尔斯.达尔内相当犹豫地说,“我仍然要建议你一—”

“我明白。你是想说我年纪太大?”罗瑞先生说。

“气候多变,路又远,旅行工具又没有把握,再加上一个四分五裂的国家、一个就连你去怕也不安全的城市。”

“我亲爱的查尔斯,”罗瑞先生快活而自信地说,“你正好说中了我应该去,而不是不该去的理由。我去是安全的。那儿有那么多值得干扰的人,谁会来干扰我这个快八十岁的老头子呢!至于说城市混乱,要不是因为城市混乱,这边银行干吗往那边银行派人呢—一那得是台尔森信得过的人,而且了解那边城市和业务的一贯情况的人。至于路远、车船困难和冬天的气候,我在台尔森这么多年,银行有了困难我不去谁去?”

“我倒希望我能去,”查尔斯.达尔内略觉不安地说,好像是在自言自语。

“够呛!给你出主意,或是要反对你,实在太困难!”罗瑞先生叫了起来。“你是在法国出生的,可你竟想去?你可真会出主意!”

“我亲爱的罗瑞先生,正因为我出生在法国,我才常有这种想法(不过我并不曾打算在这儿细谈)。我对受苦受难的人民有一定的同情,还放弃了一些东西给他们,因此也就不禁以为别人会听我的话,我可能有力量劝说他们掌握好分寸,”说到这儿他恢复了一向的深思态度说,“就在昨天晚上你离开之后,我还跟露西谈起一一”

你跟露西谈起,”罗瑞重复他的话,“是的。我真不明白你提起露西的名字怎么会不脸红!在这种时候竟然想到法国去!”

“可是,我并没有去,”查尔斯.达尔内微笑着说。“是因为你说起要到法国去,我才说的。”

“可我确实要去法国。事实是,亲爱的查尔斯,”罗瑞先生瞟了一眼远处的“银行当局”,放低了嗓子,“你想象不出我们做业务有多么困难,那边的帐册文件又有多么大的危险。上帝才知道,若是我们某些文件被抢走或毁掉,会造成多么严重的后果。而那是很可能的。因为,你知道,谁也难以保证巴黎城今天就不会毁于大火,明天就不会遭到洗劫!现在必须不失时机地对这些帐册文件进行准确选择,把它们埋到地下或藏到安全的地方去。而能办好这事一—如果还有人能办到的话——却又不致浪费宝贵的时间的就只有我,别的人都不行。台尔森知道这一点,而且提出了要求,我能退缩么?我吃台尔森的面包已经六十年了!只因为我的关节有点僵硬就退缩么?唉,在这几这半打古里古怪的老头子面前我还是个娃娃呢!”

“我真佩服你老当益壮的侠义精神,罗瑞先生。”

“咄!废话,先生——我亲爱的查尔斯,”罗瑞先生又瞥了“银行当局”一眼。“你得记住,在目前情况下,不论想把什么东西运出巴黎都几乎是不可能的。就在这几天还有些你难以想象的怪人给我们带来了文件和珍贵的东西。每个人通过关卡时脑袋都是挂在一根头发丝上的。(我对你说的这话要绝对保密,就是悄悄提起也违背了办业务的规矩呢)换个时候我们的包裹是可以自由通行的,跟在经营商业的英格兰一样,可是现在办不到。”

“你今晚真要走么?”

“真要走,因为情况紧急,不容耽误。”

“不带人么?”

“向我建议过各种各样的人,但我对他们不愿发表意见。我打算带杰瑞去。很久以来杰瑞就是我星期日晚上的保镖,习惯了。没有人会怀疑杰瑞除了是头英国獒犬之外还会是别的什么,除了扑向侵犯他主人的人之外,脑子里还会有别的念头。”

“我必须再说一遍,我衷心佩服你老当益壮的侠义精神。”

“我必须再说一遍,废话,废话!等我完成了这桩小小的任务,也许会接受台尔森的建议,退休下来享几天清福。那时侯再思考人生易老的问题也不为晚。”

这一番话是在罗瑞先生平时的办公桌前说的,那时贵族老爷们就在桌前一两码远处成群结队地挤来挤去,夸口说不久就要对那些流氓进行惩罚。当了难民的倒霉老爷们和英格兰当地的正统派都觉得这场可怕的革命是普天之下仅有的一次并未播种却竟出现了的恶果。这是他们一贯的思路,仿佛这场革命并非是因为干了什么,或是没干什么而引起的;仿佛并不曾有人在多年前就预言过革命必然到来似的(那些人对法国千百万人民所受的苦难和原可为人民谋福利的资源的浪费与滥用早有认识);仿佛他们并不曾用明白的话语记录下自己的观察所得似的。这样的胡说八道,还有老爷们种种异想天开的计划(他们企图重新实施当年闹得民穷财尽天怒人怨的计划),任何头脑清醒明白真象的人也难以忍受而不表异议。查尔斯.达尔内此时满耳朵就是这样的论调,它们使他感到仿佛脑袋里的血流已经乱成了一团,再加上早已使他不安的隐藏的内疚,他益发心乱如麻了。

说话的人中还有皇家高等法院律师斯特莱佛,此时他正是春风得意,话匣子一开,嗓门就特别大。他正在向老爷们阐述自己的计划:如何对人民进行爆炸,把他们从地球表面消灭,然后不靠他们照样过日子。还加上一些类似于在尾巴上撒盐以消灭老鹰的设想。达尔内对他的话特别反感。正当达尔内考虑是走掉不听,还是留下插嘴时,注定要发生的事发生了。

“银行当局”来到了罗瑞先生身边,把一封肮脏的没有拆开的信放到了他的面前,问他是否发现了收信人的任何线索。那信放得离达尔内很近,他看到了姓名地址——一眼就看清楚了,因为那正是他的原名。那封面译成英语是

“特急。英国伦敦台尔森公司烦转法国前圣埃佛瑞蒙德侯爵先生收。”

结婚那天早晨,曼内特医生曾向查尔斯.达尔内提出严格的特殊要求:有关这个姓氏的秘密必须继续保持,不能泄漏,除非医生同意取消保密。因此别的人谁也不知道那是他的姓,他的妻子不会怀疑,罗瑞先生更不会怀疑。

“没有,”罗瑞先生对“当局”回答,“我已向这儿的每个人打听过,没有人能告诉我这位先生的地址。”

时钟指针接近了关门时间,一大群人谈着话从罗瑞先生的办公桌前走过,罗瑞先生便拿出信来向他们打听。这一个满肚子阴谋和怒气的老爷难民看了看,那一个老爷难民看了后,再一个,又一个,每一个都用英语或法语说了些有关这位失踪侯爵的难听的话。

“侄子,我相信是——总之是个堕落的继承人——被暗杀了的漂亮的侯爵的侄于,”一个说。“幸好,我不认识他。”

“一个放弃了自己岗位的胆小鬼,”另一个说——说活的大人是藏在一车干草里脚朝天离开巴黎的,几乎给憋死了——“是几年前的事了。”

“中了时髦理论的毒,”第三个人透过眼镜顺便望了望收信人的姓名地址,“跟最后一个侯爵作对,该继承庄园时却放弃了,把它交给了暴徒。现在他们会报复他了,我希望。活该。”

“嗨?”粗喉咙大嗓门的斯特莱佛叫了起来,“他真放弃了么?他是那种入么?我们来看看这个丢脸的名字,该死的家伙!”

达尔内再也控制不住自己了,他碰了碰斯特莱佛的肩头说:

“我知道这人。”

“你知道么,天呀?”斯特莱佛说,“我感到遗憾。”

“为什么?”

“为什么,达尔内先生?你听见他干了什么事么?在这样的时代,你就别问为什么了吧!”

“可我很想问问。”

“那我就再告诉你一遍,达尔内先生:我感到遗憾。因为你提出了这种反常的问题而遗憾。有这么一个人,因为受到了人世间最险恶最亵渎的魔鬼信条的传染,竟然把财产放弃给了世界上最坏的杀人如麻的流氓,而一个教育青年的人竟然会认识他。对此你却要来回我为什么感到遗憾,好吧,我来回答你。我是因为相信这样的坏人会传播毒素而遗憾的,这就是我的理由。”

达尔内考虑到保密的需要,竭尽全力克制住了自己说,“你可能并不了解这位先生。”

“可我懂得怎样驳倒你,达尔内先生,”一贯居高临下的斯特莱佛说,“我讲给你听。若是这家伙也算是正人君子,我是怎么也想不通的。你可以当面告诉他这话——并代我向他致意。你还可以代替我转告他,我不明白他把自己在人间的财富和地位全放弃给了这些杀人暴徒之后为什么没有当上个草头王。可是,不,先生们,”斯特莱佛四面望了望,打了—个响指,“我对人性略知一二,我可以告诉你们,像他那样的人是决不会把自己交给这样的宝贝部下支配的。不会的,先生们,他总是一有风吹草动,老早就溜之大吉,脚板底下一向纤尘不染。”

说完这话斯特莱佛先生又打了最后一个响指,在听众的一片赞扬声中横冲直撞挤出门去,踏上了舰队街。罗瑞先生和查尔斯.达尔内在人群离开银行之后单独留在了桌旁。

“你愿意负责交这封信么?”罗瑞先生说。“你知道交信的地方么?”

“知道。”

“你能不能向收信人解释一下,我们估计这信是因为希望我们能转交才文到这几来的,在这儿实际上己放了相当久了。”

“我会解释的。你是从这儿出发去巴黎么?”

“从这儿。八点出发。”

“我马上回来给你送行。”

达尔内怀着对自己、对斯特莱佛和大部分其他的人的不安心情,尽快地走到法学会一个安静角落,拆开信读了起来,信的内容是这样的:

巴黎,修道院监狱,

1792年6月

前候爵先生,

在长期冒着被村里的人杀死的危险之后我终于被抓住了,遭到了残酷的虐待和侮辱,然后被押着长途步行列了巴黎,沿途备受折磨。这还不够,我的房子也给毁掉了一—夷为平地。

前侯爵先生,他们告诉我,使我受到拘禁、还要受到审判、甚至丢掉性命(若是得不到你的慷慨援救的话)的罪恶,是因为我为一个外逃贵族效劳,反对了人民,背叛了人民的权威。我申辩说,我是按照你的命令为他们办事的,并没有反对他们,可是没有用。我申辩说我早在没收外逃贵族财产之前就已豁免了他们欠纳的捐税,没有再收租,也没有诉诸法律,但仍然没有用。他们唯一的回答是,我既然是为外逃贵族办事的,那么,那外逃贵族在哪儿?

啊,最仁慈的前侯爵先生,那外满贵族在哪儿?我在梦里哭世,他在哪儿?我抬头问天,他会不会来解救我?可是没有回答。啊,前候爵先生,我把我孤苦无告的哀泣送到海外,但愿它能通过名驰巴黎的了不起的台尔森银行到达你的耳里!

看在对上天、对正义、对慷慨无私、对你高贵的姓氏的爱的分上,我恳求你,前侯爵先生,快来帮助我,解救我。我的错误是对你的真诚。啊,前侯爵先生,我祈祷你也以真诚待我!

我从这可怖的监狱里保证为你竭尽我悲惨不幸的绵薄之力,尽管我每一小时都在走向毁灭,前侯爵先生。

你受到摧残的加伯尔

这封信把达尔内隐藏在心里的不安变作了强烈的内疚。一个善良的老家人,唯一的罪过是对他和他的家庭的忠诚。他所遭到的危险此时似乎正带着怨怼瞪眼望着他。因此,当他在法学会内徘徊踌躇思考着办法时几乎不敢正视过往的行人。

他很明白,尽管他对使得他那古老家族的劣迹和丑名达于顶点的行为深恶痛绝,尽管他满心僧恶地怀疑他的叔父,尽管他的良心使他厌恶那个说来应由他支持的破落家庭,他的做法却并不彻底。他很明白,虽然放弃自己的地位并非当时新出现的想法,但是由于他爱上了露西,行动便不免仓促匆忙,浅涉即止。他明白应当作出系统安排并亲自监督完成,但却只是想想而已,并没有做到。

他所选择的这个英国家庭所带给他的幸福和永远积极工作的需要,还有时代的迅速变化、层出不穷的麻烦——这一周的计划推翻了上一周未成熟的计划,下一周的事件又要求作新的部署,这样的局面使他随波逐流了。这一点他很清楚,也并非没有感到不安,只是没有对它作持续的、不断加强的抵制。他曾关注时局,想找个行动的时机,时局却变化着纠缠着拖了下去。然后贵族们便开始经过法国的阳关大道和偏僻小径大批逃亡。贵族们的财产陆陆续续被没收,被毁灭,连姓氏也快给抹掉了。这一切他都知道,法国的每个可能要追究他的新政权他也都知道。

但他没有压迫过人,没有关押过人。他不但远离了横征暴敛,而且主动放弃了自己那份收入,投入了一个不会偏袒他的世界,在那儿找到了自己的地位,赚来了自己的面包。加伯尔先生按照他的书面指示处理了他那衰败困顿的庄园财产。他要加伯尔体恤百姓,能给的都给他们——冬天给他们还了高利贷后留下的柴禾,夏天给他们还了高利贷后留下的农产品。加伯尔先生为了自己的安全毫无疑问早已提出过这些事实和证据为自己辩护,现在只好把这一切公诸于世了。

这个想法促使查尔斯.达尔内下定了破釜沉舟的决心:到巴黎去。

是的,正如在古老故事里的老水手一样,海风和洋流已把他送进了磁礁的磁力圈,那礁石正把他不容抗拒地吸引过去。他心里出现的每一并事都在越来越迅速有力地把他推向那可怕的磁力。他心里隐藏的不安是:在他自己不幸的国土上某些坏人正在追求邪恶的目标。他明知自己比他们强,却并不在那几努力制止流血、坚持仁爱和人道的要求。他一半是压抑这种不安,一半又受这种不安的谴责,禁不住把自己跟那个责任感很强的勇敢老人作了个尖锐的对比。这种不利的对比立即令他感到侯爵大人在冷笑,那冷笑今他无地自容。他也感到斯特莱佛在冷笑,他那根据陈旧的理由所发出的冷笑尤其粗野、令人难堪。何况还有加伯尔的信:一个无辜的囚徒,有了生命危险,要求他给予正义、荣誉和切实的名分。

他下定了决心:他必须到巴黎去。

是的,磁力礁吸引着他,他必须扬帆前进,直至触礁为止。他并不守道有礁石,也看不出有什么危险。他已做过的事虽说不上完美,意图却根明显,因而他感到,若是他在法国露面承认有那种意图,他是会受到感激的。于是,他面前升起了种种行善光荣的幻想,那是多少志士仁人的乐观的海市蜃楼。他甚至有了,一种幻觉:自己能产生某种影响,把目前肆无忌惮的革命引上轨道,

虽然下了决心,他还在那儿徘徊。他觉得在他离开之前这事既不能让露西知道,也不能让她爸爸知道。他不能让露西承受离别之苦,而往事对她父亲又是个讳莫如深的危险问题,因此只能让他接受既成事实,而不必让他承受提心吊胆、迟疑不决的痛苦。至于对自己处境的不利因索究竟应当让她的父亲知道多少,他也没有多加考虑,因为他吃力地避免着在老人心里唤起法国的旧事。这也是他不辞而别的原因之一。

他来回地踱着步,匆忙地思考着,直到应当回银行跟罗瑞先生告别的时候。他打算一到巴黎就去见这位老朋友,可现在对自己的打算却只能只字不提。

银行门口有一辆马车,马已备好,杰瑞也已穿好皮靴,一切齐备。

“那封信我已经交到了,”查尔斯.达尔内告诉罗瑞。“我不同意让你带书面的答复去,不过,请你带个口信也汾是可以的吧?”

“可以,我很乐意,”罗瑞先生说,“要是没有危险的话。”

“一点危险也没有,虽然是带给修道院监狱一个囚犯的。”

“他叫什么名字?”罗瑞先生拿着打开的笔记本说。

“加伯尔。”

“加伯尔。要我给关在牢里的不幸的加伯尔带什么口信?”

“很简单:‘信己收到,他立即赶来。’”

“他告诉了你时候么?”

“他明天晚上就出发。”

“提到什么人没有?”

“没有。”

他帮助罗瑞先生穿上好几层短衣和外套,裹得厚厚的,陪着他从古老的银行温暖的空气里走了出来,进入舰队街的薄雾里。“向露臣和小露西转达我的爱,”老罗瑞在分手时说,“好好照顾她们,等我回来。”查尔斯.达尔内在马车离开时摇摇头,意义不明地笑了笑。

八月十四日晚他熬夜写了两封热情洋溢的信。一封给露西,说明他有重大任务必须去巴黎一趟,并向她详细解释了他深信在那儿不会有危险的理由。另一封信是给医生的,请他代为照顾露西和他们亲爱的孩子,也谈了上面的问题,并竭力保证不会出意外。对两人他都答应一到巴黎立即来信报告平安。

那一天好难熬一一他跟父女俩在一起,心里却保留了共同生活以来的第一次秘密。要对坦诚相待、毫无芥蒂的他们进行清白的欺骗,确实今人难受。他满怀柔情地望着快活地忙碌着的妻子,心里更认定了不能把即将发生的事告沂她(他曾几乎想对她和盘托出,因为没有她无言的帮助,他做任何事都感到别扭)。这一天匆匆过去了。黄昏时他拥抱了她,也拥抱了跟她同名也同样可爱的宝宝,装作马上就会回来的样子(他借口有约会外出,导巴收拾了一箱衣物偷存在外面)。他便这样进入了沉重街道的沉重的雾里,带着一颗比那雾还要沉重的心。

那看不见的力量正吸引着他迅速前去,而漫天的怒潮与狂飙也都往那儿飞卷。他把两封信交给了一个可靠的看门人,要他晚上十一点半送去,不能更早些,这才骑上去多佛的马,开始了旅行。“看在对上天、对正义、对慷慨无私、对你高贵姓氏的爱的分上!”这是那可怜的囚徒的呼唤。他就是用这呼唤鼓起勇气,抛开了他在这世上所爱的一切,向那磁礁漂流而去的。



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1 ebb ebb     
vi.衰退,减退;n.处于低潮,处于衰退状态
参考例句:
  • The flood and ebb tides alternates with each other.涨潮和落潮交替更迭。
  • They swam till the tide began to ebb.他们一直游到开始退潮。
2 tenor LIxza     
n.男高音(歌手),次中音(乐器),要旨,大意
参考例句:
  • The tenor of his speech was that war would come.他讲话的大意是战争将要发生。
  • The four parts in singing are soprano,alto,tenor and bass.唱歌的四个声部是女高音、女低音、男高音和男低音。
3 den 5w9xk     
n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室
参考例句:
  • There is a big fox den on the back hill.后山有一个很大的狐狸窝。
  • The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into tiger's den.不入虎穴焉得虎子。
4 inmates 9f4380ba14152f3e12fbdf1595415606     
n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 thronging 9512aa44c02816b0f71b491c31fb8cfa     
v.成群,挤满( throng的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Architects from around the world are thronging to Beijing theacross the capital. 来自世界各地的建筑师都蜂拥而至这座处处高楼耸立的大都市——北京。 来自互联网
  • People are thronging to his new play. 人们成群结队地去看他那出新戏。 来自互联网
6 enchantment dmryQ     
n.迷惑,妖术,魅力
参考例句:
  • The beauty of the scene filled us with enchantment.风景的秀丽令我们陶醉。
  • The countryside lay as under some dread enchantment.乡村好像躺在某种可怖的魔法之下。
7 incur 5bgzy     
vt.招致,蒙受,遭遇
参考例句:
  • Any costs that you incur will be reimbursed in full.你的所有花费都将全额付还。
  • An enterprise has to incur certain costs and expenses in order to stay in business.一个企业为了维持营业,就不得不承担一定的费用和开支。
8 fabled wt7zCV     
adj.寓言中的,虚构的
参考例句:
  • For the first week he never actually saw the fabled Jack. 第一周他实际上从没见到传说中的杰克。
  • Aphrodite, the Greek goddness of love, is fabled to have been born of the foam of the sea. 希腊爱神阿美罗狄蒂据说是诞生于海浪泡沫之中。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
9 rustic mCQz9     
adj.乡村的,有乡村特色的;n.乡下人,乡巴佬
参考例句:
  • It was nearly seven months of leisurely rustic living before Michael felt real boredom.这种悠闲的乡村生活过了差不多七个月之后,迈克尔开始感到烦闷。
  • We hoped the fresh air and rustic atmosphere would help him adjust.我们希望新鲜的空气和乡村的氛围能帮他调整自己。
10 backwards BP9ya     
adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地
参考例句:
  • He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
  • All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。
11 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。
12 beheld beheld     
v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟
参考例句:
  • His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。 来自英汉文学 - 红字
13 mote tEExV     
n.微粒;斑点
参考例句:
  • Seeing the mote in one's neighbor's eye,but not the beam in one's own.能看见别人眼里的尘埃,看不见自己眼里的木头。
  • The small mote on her forehead distinguishes her from her twin sister.她额头上的这个小斑点是她与其双胞胎妹妹的区别。
14 outermost w4fzc     
adj.最外面的,远离中心的
参考例句:
  • He fired and hit the outermost ring of the target.他开枪射中了靶子的最外一环。
  • The outermost electron is shielded from the nucleus.原子核对最外层电子的作用受到屏蔽。
15 intrigue Gaqzy     
vt.激起兴趣,迷住;vi.耍阴谋;n.阴谋,密谋
参考例句:
  • Court officials will intrigue against the royal family.法院官员将密谋反对皇室。
  • The royal palace was filled with intrigue.皇宫中充满了勾心斗角。
16 corruption TzCxn     
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
参考例句:
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
17 dissimulation XtrxX     
n.掩饰,虚伪,装糊涂
参考例句:
  • A habit of dissimulation is a hindrance, and a poorness to him. 在他这样的一个人,一种掩饰的习惯是一种阻挠,一个弱点。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Still we have our limits beyond which we call dissimulation treachery. 不过我们仍然有自己的限度,超过这个界限,就是虚伪与背信弃义。 来自辞典例句
18 royalty iX6xN     
n.皇家,皇族
参考例句:
  • She claims to be descended from royalty.她声称她是皇室后裔。
  • I waited on tables,and even catered to royalty at the Royal Albert Hall.我做过服务生, 甚至在皇家阿伯特大厅侍奉过皇室的人。
19 besieged 8e843b35d28f4ceaf67a4da1f3a21399     
包围,围困,围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender. 巴黎被围困了四个月后被迫投降。
  • The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial. 公众纷纷来信对报社新近发表的社论提出诘问,弄得报社应接不暇。
20 scattered 7jgzKF     
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
参考例句:
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
21 munificent FFoxc     
adj.慷慨的,大方的
参考例句:
  • I am so happy to get munificent birthday presents from my friends.我很高兴跟我朋友收到大量的生日礼物。
  • The old man's munificent donation to the hospital was highly appreciated.老人对医院慷慨的捐赠赢得了高度赞扬。
22 plunder q2IzO     
vt.劫掠财物,掠夺;n.劫掠物,赃物;劫掠
参考例句:
  • The thieves hid their plunder in the cave.贼把赃物藏在山洞里。
  • Trade should not serve as a means of economic plunder.贸易不应当成为经济掠夺的手段。
23 confiscation confiscation     
n. 没收, 充公, 征收
参考例句:
  • Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels. 没收一切流亡分子和叛乱分子的财产。 来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言
  • Confiscation of smuggled property is part of the penalty for certain offences. 没收走私财产是对某些犯罪予以惩罚的一部分。
24 provident Atayg     
adj.为将来做准备的,有先见之明的
参考例句:
  • A provident father plans for his children's education.有远见的父亲为自己孩子的教育做长远打算。
  • They are provident statesmen.他们是有远见的政治家。
25 remittances 1fe103ae250a4b47c91d24b461c02b7f     
n.汇寄( remittance的名词复数 );汇款,汇款额
参考例句:
  • He sends regular remittances to his parents. 他定期汇款给他父母。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Remittances sometimes account for as much as 20% of GDP. 在这些国家中,此类汇款有时会占到GDP的20%之多。 来自互联网
26 needy wG7xh     
adj.贫穷的,贫困的,生活艰苦的
参考例句:
  • Although he was poor,he was quite generous to his needy friends.他虽穷,但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
  • They awarded scholarships to needy students.他们给贫苦学生颁发奖学金。
27 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》
28 misty l6mzx     
adj.雾蒙蒙的,有雾的
参考例句:
  • He crossed over to the window to see if it was still misty.他走到窗户那儿,看看是不是还有雾霭。
  • The misty scene had a dreamy quality about it.雾景给人以梦幻般的感觉。
29 overflowing df84dc195bce4a8f55eb873daf61b924     
n. 溢出物,溢流 adj. 充沛的,充满的 动词overflow的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • The stands were overflowing with farm and sideline products. 集市上农副产品非常丰富。
  • The milk is overflowing. 牛奶溢出来了。
30 interfere b5lx0     
v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰
参考例句:
  • If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话,可能弊多利少。
  • When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件,棘手的事情就来了。
31 interfering interfering     
adj. 妨碍的 动词interfere的现在分词
参考例句:
  • He's an interfering old busybody! 他老爱管闲事!
  • I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions. 我希望我母亲不再干预,让我自己拿主意。
32 miserable g18yk     
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
参考例句:
  • It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他,这是可耻的。
  • Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
33 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。
34 transacted 94d902fd02a93fefd0cc771cd66077bc     
v.办理(业务等)( transact的过去式和过去分词 );交易,谈判
参考例句:
  • We transacted business with the firm. 我们和这家公司交易。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Major Pendennis transacted his benevolence by deputy and by post. 潘登尼斯少校依靠代理人和邮局,实施着他的仁爱之心。 来自辞典例句
35 peril l3Dz6     
n.(严重的)危险;危险的事物
参考例句:
  • The refugees were in peril of death from hunger.难民有饿死的危险。
  • The embankment is in great peril.河堤岌岌可危。
36 judicious V3LxE     
adj.明智的,明断的,能作出明智决定的
参考例句:
  • We should listen to the judicious opinion of that old man.我们应该听取那位老人明智的意见。
  • A judicious parent encourages his children to make their own decisions.贤明的父亲鼓励儿女自作抉择。
37 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
参考例句:
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
38 joints d97dcffd67eca7255ca514e4084b746e     
接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语)
参考例句:
  • Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在煤气的总管道上了。
  • Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on steam pipes. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在蒸气管道上了。
39 heartily Ld3xp     
adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很
参考例句:
  • He ate heartily and went out to look for his horse.他痛快地吃了一顿,就出去找他的马。
  • The host seized my hand and shook it heartily.主人抓住我的手,热情地和我握手。
40 swarming db600a2d08b872102efc8fbe05f047f9     
密集( swarm的现在分词 ); 云集; 成群地移动; 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去
参考例句:
  • The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。
  • The beach is swarming with bathers. 海滩满是海水浴的人。
41 avenge Zutzl     
v.为...复仇,为...报仇
参考例句:
  • He swore to avenge himself on the mafia.他发誓说要向黑手党报仇。
  • He will avenge the people on their oppressor.他将为人民向压迫者报仇。
42 misused 8eaf65262a752e371adfb992201c1caf     
v.使用…不当( misuse的过去式和过去分词 );把…派作不正当的用途;虐待;滥用
参考例句:
  • He misused his dog shamefully. 他可耻地虐待自己的狗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He had grossly misused his power. 他严重滥用职权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
43 perverted baa3ff388a70c110935f711a8f95f768     
adj.不正当的v.滥用( pervert的过去式和过去分词 );腐蚀;败坏;使堕落
参考例句:
  • Some scientific discoveries have been perverted to create weapons of destruction. 某些科学发明被滥用来生产毁灭性武器。
  • sexual acts, normal and perverted 正常的和变态的性行为
44 inevitably x7axc     
adv.不可避免地;必然发生地
参考例句:
  • In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去,毫无疑问是会散伙的。
  • Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。
45 extravagant M7zya     
adj.奢侈的;过分的;(言行等)放肆的
参考例句:
  • They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
  • He is extravagant in behaviour.他行为放肆。
46 utterly ZfpzM1     
adv.完全地,绝对地
参考例句:
  • Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民,把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
  • I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。
47 exhausted 7taz4r     
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的
参考例句:
  • It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长,到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
  • Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。
48 remonstrance bVex0     
n抗议,抱怨
参考例句:
  • She had abandoned all attempts at remonstrance with Thomas.她已经放弃了一切劝戒托马斯的尝试。
  • Mrs. Peniston was at the moment inaccessible to remonstrance.目前彭尼斯顿太太没功夫听她告状。
49 sane 9YZxB     
adj.心智健全的,神志清醒的,明智的,稳健的
参考例句:
  • He was sane at the time of the murder.在凶杀案发生时他的神志是清醒的。
  • He is a very sane person.他是一个很有头脑的人。
50 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。
51 broaching d6447387a8414cfd97c31c74c711a22f     
n.拉削;推削;铰孔;扩孔v.谈起( broach的现在分词 );打开并开始用;用凿子扩大(或修光);(在桶上)钻孔取液体
参考例句:
  • Before broaching the subject of this lecture, I should like to recall that the discoveries of radium and of polonium were made by Pierre Curie in collaboration with me. 在开始讨论这次演讲的话题之前,我还想回忆一下,镭和钋发现是皮埃尔·居里与我合作完成的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A: Can you use broaching to make a gear? 你能用拉削技术制作齿轮吗? 来自互联网
52 exterminating 2989e4ae8ee311b5c22588f9f7e97f0b     
v.消灭,根绝( exterminate的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Man is exterminating too many species for zoos to be much help. 人类正在导致过多物种灭绝,动物园也无济于事。 来自辞典例句
  • Germany is exterminating the Jews of Europe. 德国正在灭绝欧洲犹太人。 来自辞典例句
53 akin uxbz2     
adj.同族的,类似的
参考例句:
  • She painted flowers and birds pictures akin to those of earlier feminine painters.她画一些同早期女画家类似的花鸟画。
  • Listening to his life story is akin to reading a good adventure novel.听他的人生故事犹如阅读一本精彩的冒险小说。
54 abolition PIpyA     
n.废除,取消
参考例句:
  • They declared for the abolition of slavery.他们声明赞成废除奴隶制度。
  • The abolition of the monarchy was part of their price.废除君主制是他们的其中一部分条件。
55 confided 724f3f12e93e38bec4dda1e47c06c3b1     
v.吐露(秘密,心事等)( confide的过去式和过去分词 );(向某人)吐露(隐私、秘密等)
参考例句:
  • She confided all her secrets to her best friend. 她向她最要好的朋友倾吐了自己所有的秘密。
  • He confided to me that he had spent five years in prison. 他私下向我透露,他蹲过五年监狱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
56 inviolate E4ix1     
adj.未亵渎的,未受侵犯的
参考例句:
  • The constitution proclaims that public property shall be inviolate.宪法宣告公共财产不可侵犯。
  • They considered themselves inviolate from attack.他们认为自己是不可侵犯的。
57 verging 3f5e65b3ccba8e50272f9babca07d5a7     
接近,逼近(verge的现在分词形式)
参考例句:
  • He vowed understanding, verging on sympathy, for our approach. 他宣称对我们提出的做法很理解,而且近乎同情。
  • He's verging on 80 now and needs constant attention. 他已近80岁,需要侍候左右。
58 disparaging 5589d0a67484d25ae4f178ee277063c4     
adj.轻蔑的,毁谤的v.轻视( disparage的现在分词 );贬低;批评;非难
参考例句:
  • Halliday's comments grew daily more and more sparklingly disagreeable and disparaging. 一天天过去,哈里代的评论越来越肆无忌惮,越来越讨人嫌,越来越阴损了。 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡
  • Even with favorable items they would usually add some disparaging comments. 即使对好消息,他们也往往要加上几句诋毁的评语。 来自互联网
59 degenerate 795ym     
v.退步,堕落;adj.退步的,堕落的;n.堕落者
参考例句:
  • He didn't let riches and luxury make him degenerate.他不因财富和奢华而自甘堕落。
  • Will too much freedom make them degenerate?太多的自由会令他们堕落吗?
60 suffocated 864b9e5da183fff7aea4cfeaf29d3a2e     
(使某人)窒息而死( suffocate的过去式和过去分词 ); (将某人)闷死; 让人感觉闷热; 憋气
参考例句:
  • Many dogs have suffocated in hot cars. 许多狗在热烘烘的汽车里给闷死了。
  • I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift. 呼吸器上的管子脱落时,我差点给憋死。
61 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。
62 herd Pd8zb     
n.兽群,牧群;vt.使集中,把…赶在一起
参考例句:
  • She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
  • He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见,只是人云亦云。
63 blatant ENCzP     
adj.厚颜无耻的;显眼的;炫耀的
参考例句:
  • I cannot believe that so blatant a comedy can hoodwink anybody.我无法相信这么显眼的一出喜剧能够欺骗谁。
  • His treatment of his secretary was a blatant example of managerial arrogance.他管理的傲慢作风在他对待秘书的态度上表露无遗。
64 infamous K7ax3     
adj.声名狼藉的,臭名昭著的,邪恶的
参考例句:
  • He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。
  • I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。
65 blasphemous Co4yV     
adj.亵渎神明的,不敬神的
参考例句:
  • The book was declared blasphemous and all copies ordered to be burnt.这本书被断定为亵渎神明之作,命令全数焚毀。
  • The people in the room were shocked by his blasphemous language.满屋的人都对他那侮慢的语言感到愤慨。
66 vilest 008d6208048e680a75d976defe25ce65     
adj.卑鄙的( vile的最高级 );可耻的;极坏的;非常讨厌的
参考例句:
67 wholesale Ig9wL     
n.批发;adv.以批发方式;vt.批发,成批出售
参考例句:
  • The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物,以零售价卖出。
  • Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。
68 bully bully     
n.恃强欺弱者,小流氓;vt.威胁,欺侮
参考例句:
  • A bully is always a coward.暴汉常是懦夫。
  • The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。
69 sneak vr2yk     
vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝);偷偷摸摸做;n.潜行;adj.暗中进行
参考例句:
  • He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
  • I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。
70 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。
71 indignity 6bkzp     
n.侮辱,伤害尊严,轻蔑
参考例句:
  • For more than a year we have suffered the indignity.在一年多的时间里,我们丢尽了丑。
  • She was subjected to indignity and humiliation.她受到侮辱和羞辱。
72 imprisoned bc7d0bcdd0951055b819cfd008ef0d8d     
下狱,监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁,合并执行。
  • They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。
73 majesty MAExL     
n.雄伟,壮丽,庄严,威严;最高权威,王权
参考例句:
  • The king had unspeakable majesty.国王有无法形容的威严。
  • Your Majesty must make up your mind quickly!尊贵的陛下,您必须赶快做出决定!
74 emigrant Ctszsx     
adj.移居的,移民的;n.移居外国的人,移民
参考例句:
  • He is a British emigrant to Australia.他是个移居澳大利亚的英国人。
  • I always think area like this is unsuited for human beings,but it is also unpractical to emigrant in a large scale.我一直觉得,像这样的地方是不适宜人类居住的,可大规模的移民又是不现实的。
75 remitted 3b25982348d6e76e4dd90de3cf8d6ad3     
v.免除(债务),宽恕( remit的过去式和过去分词 );使某事缓和;寄回,传送
参考例句:
  • She has had part of her sentence remitted. 她被免去部分刑期。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The fever has remitted. 退烧了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
76 desolate vmizO     
adj.荒凉的,荒芜的;孤独的,凄凉的;v.使荒芜,使孤寂
参考例句:
  • The city was burned into a desolate waste.那座城市被烧成一片废墟。
  • We all felt absolutely desolate when she left.她走后,我们都觉得万分孤寂。
77 generosity Jf8zS     
n.大度,慷慨,慷慨的行为
参考例句:
  • We should match their generosity with our own.我们应该像他们一样慷慨大方。
  • We adore them for their generosity.我们钦佩他们的慷慨。
78 supplicate orhwq     
v.恳求;adv.祈求地,哀求地,恳求地
参考例句:
  • She supplicated the judge for protection.她恳求法官保护。
  • I do not supplicate to women because they find it unattractive.我不会向女人恳求,因为那吸引不了她们。
79 dolorous k8Oym     
adj.悲伤的;忧愁的
参考例句:
  • With a broken-hearted smile,he lifted a pair of dolorous eyes.带著伤心的微笑,他抬起了一双痛苦的眼睛。
  • Perhaps love is a dolorous fairy tale.也许爱情是一部忧伤的童话。
80 fidelity vk3xB     
n.忠诚,忠实;精确
参考例句:
  • There is nothing like a dog's fidelity.没有什么能比得上狗的忠诚。
  • His fidelity and industry brought him speedy promotion.他的尽职及勤奋使他很快地得到晋升。
81 culminated 2d1e3f978078666a2282742e3d1ca461     
v.达到极点( culminate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • a gun battle which culminated in the death of two police officers 一场造成两名警察死亡的枪战
  • The gala culminated in a firework display. 晚会以大放烟火告终。 来自《简明英汉词典》
82 crumbling Pyaxy     
adj.摇摇欲坠的
参考例句:
  • an old house with crumbling plaster and a leaking roof 一所灰泥剥落、屋顶漏水的老房子
  • The boat was tied up alongside a crumbling limestone jetty. 这条船停泊在一个摇摇欲坠的石灰岩码头边。
83 fabric 3hezG     
n.织物,织品,布;构造,结构,组织
参考例句:
  • The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
  • I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。
84 systematically 7qhwn     
adv.有系统地
参考例句:
  • This government has systematically run down public services since it took office.这一屆政府自上台以来系统地削减了公共服务。
  • The rainforest is being systematically destroyed.雨林正被系统地毀灭。
85 actively lzezni     
adv.积极地,勤奋地
参考例句:
  • During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
  • We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。
86 annihilated b75d9b14a67fe1d776c0039490aade89     
v.(彻底)消灭( annihilate的过去式和过去分词 );使无效;废止;彻底击溃
参考例句:
  • Our soldiers annihilated a force of three hundred enemy troops. 我军战士消灭了300名敌军。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • We annihilated the enemy. 我们歼灭了敌人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
87 immature Saaxj     
adj.未成熟的,发育未全的,未充分发展的
参考例句:
  • Tony seemed very shallow and immature.托尼看起来好像很肤浅,不夠成熟。
  • The birds were in immature plumage.这些鸟儿羽翅未全。
88 disquiet rtbxJ     
n.担心,焦虑
参考例句:
  • The disquiet will boil over in the long run.这种不安情绪终有一天会爆发的。
  • Her disquiet made us uneasy too.她的忧虑使我们也很不安。
89 blotting 82f88882eee24a4d34af56be69fee506     
吸墨水纸
参考例句:
  • Water will permeate blotting paper. 水能渗透吸水纸。
  • One dab with blotting-paper and the ink was dry. 用吸墨纸轻轻按了一下,墨水就乾了。
90 impeach Ua6xD     
v.弹劾;检举
参考例句:
  • We must impeach the judge for taking bribes.我们一定要检举法官收受贿赂。
  • The committee decided to impeach the President.委员会决定弹劾总统。
91 relinquished 2d789d1995a6a7f21bb35f6fc8d61c5d     
交出,让给( relinquish的过去式和过去分词 ); 放弃
参考例句:
  • She has relinquished the post to her cousin, Sir Edward. 她把职位让给了表弟爱德华爵士。
  • The small dog relinquished his bone to the big dog. 小狗把它的骨头让给那只大狗。
92 impoverished 1qnzcL     
adj.穷困的,无力的,用尽了的v.使(某人)贫穷( impoverish的过去式和过去分词 );使(某物)贫瘠或恶化
参考例句:
  • the impoverished areas of the city 这个城市的贫民区
  • They were impoverished by a prolonged spell of unemployment. 他们因长期失业而一贫如洗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
93 creditors 6cb54c34971e9a505f7a0572f600684b     
n.债权人,债主( creditor的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • They agreed to repay their creditors over a period of three years. 他们同意3年内向债主还清欠款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors. 债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。 来自《简明英汉词典》
94 mariner 8Boxg     
n.水手号不载人航天探测器,海员,航海者
参考例句:
  • A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.平静的大海决不能造就熟练的水手。
  • A mariner must have his eye upon rocks and sands as well as upon the North Star.海员不仅要盯着北极星,还要注意暗礁和险滩。
95 steadily Qukw6     
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地
参考例句:
  • The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
  • Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
96 stifled 20d6c5b702a525920b7425fe94ea26a5     
(使)窒息, (使)窒闷( stifle的过去式和过去分词 ); 镇压,遏制; 堵
参考例句:
  • The gas stifled them. 煤气使他们窒息。
  • The rebellion was stifled. 叛乱被镇压了。
97 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
98 sneers 41571de7f48522bd3dd8df5a630751cb     
讥笑的表情(言语)( sneer的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • You should ignore their sneers at your efforts. 他们对你的努力所作的讥笑你不要去理会。
  • I felt that every woman here sneers at me. 我感到这里的每一个女人都在嘲笑我。
99 galling galling     
adj.难堪的,使烦恼的,使焦躁的
参考例句:
  • It was galling to have to apologize to a man she hated. 令人恼火的是得向她憎恶的男人道歉。
  • The insolence in the fellow's eye was galling. 这家伙的傲慢目光令人恼怒。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
100 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。
101 mirage LRqzB     
n.海市蜃楼,幻景
参考例句:
  • Perhaps we are all just chasing a mirage.也许我们都只是在追逐一个幻想。
  • Western liberalism was always a mirage.西方自由主义永远是一座海市蜃楼。
102 suspense 9rJw3     
n.(对可能发生的事)紧张感,担心,挂虑
参考例句:
  • The suspense was unbearable.这样提心吊胆的状况实在叫人受不了。
  • The director used ingenious devices to keep the audience in suspense.导演用巧妙手法引起观众的悬念。
103 fervent SlByg     
adj.热的,热烈的,热情的
参考例句:
  • It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。
  • Austria was among the most fervent supporters of adolf hitler.奥地利是阿道夫希特勒最狂热的支持者之一。
104 confiding e67d6a06e1cdfe51bc27946689f784d1     
adj.相信人的,易于相信的v.吐露(秘密,心事等)( confide的现在分词 );(向某人)吐露(隐私、秘密等)
参考例句:
  • The girl is of a confiding nature. 这女孩具有轻信别人的性格。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Celia, though confiding her opinion only to Andrew, disagreed. 西莉亚却不这么看,尽管她只向安德鲁吐露过。 来自辞典例句
105 dwelling auzzQk     
n.住宅,住所,寓所
参考例句:
  • Those two men are dwelling with us.那两个人跟我们住在一起。
  • He occupies a three-story dwelling place on the Park Street.他在派克街上有一幢3层楼的寓所。
106 despatch duyzn1     
n./v.(dispatch)派遣;发送;n.急件;新闻报道
参考例句:
  • The despatch of the task force is purely a contingency measure.派出特遣部队纯粹是应急之举。
  • He rushed the despatch through to headquarters.他把急件赶送到总部。
107 resolute 2sCyu     
adj.坚决的,果敢的
参考例句:
  • He was resolute in carrying out his plan.他坚决地实行他的计划。
  • The Egyptians offered resolute resistance to the aggressors.埃及人对侵略者作出坚决的反抗。
108 impended 4b92b333bb01d229c81ed18c153479f2     
v.进行威胁,即将发生( impend的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • I carried an umbrella because the rain impended. 我带了把伞,因为就要下雨了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • We went indoors because rain impended. 我们进屋里去,因为就要下雨了。 来自辞典例句
109 secreted a4714b3ddc8420a17efed0cdc6ce32bb     
v.(尤指动物或植物器官)分泌( secrete的过去式和过去分词 );隐匿,隐藏
参考例句:
  • Insulin is secreted by the pancreas. 胰岛素是胰腺分泌的。
  • He secreted his winnings in a drawer. 他把赢来的钱藏在抽届里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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