To Kill a Mockingbird 杀死一只知更鸟 Chapter 9(8)
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"You can just take that back, boy!"
 
This order, given by me to Cecil Jacobs, was the beginning of a rather thin time forJem and me. My fists were clenched1 and I was ready to let fly. Atticus had promised mehe would wear me out if he ever heard of me fighting any more; I was far too old and toobig for such childish things, and the sooner I learned to hold in, the better off everybodywould be. I soon forgot.
 
Cecil Jacobs made me forget. He had announced in the schoolyard the day beforethat Scout2 Finch3's daddy defended niggers. I denied it, but told Jem.
 
"What'd he mean sayin' that?" I asked.
 
"Nothing," Jem said. "Ask Atticus, he'll tell you."
 
"Do you defend niggers, Atticus?" I asked him that evening.
 
"Of course I do. Don't say nigger, Scout. That's common."
 
"'s what everybody at school says."
 
"From now on it'll be everybody less one -- "
 
"Well if you don't want me to grow up talkin' that way, why do you send me to school?"
 
My father looked at me mildly, amusement in his eyes. Despite our compromise, mycampaign to avoid school had continued in one form or another since my first day'sdose of it: the beginning of last September had brought on sinking spells, dizziness, andmild gastric4 complaints. I went so far as to pay a nickel for the privilege of rubbing myhead against the head of Miss Rachel's cook's son, who was afflicted5 with a tremendousringworm. It didn't take.
 
But I was worrying another bone. "Do all lawyers defend n-Negroes, Atticus?"
 
"Of course they do, Scout."
 
"Then why did Cecil say you defended niggers? He made it sound like you wererunnin' a still."
 
Atticus sighed. "I'm simply defending a Negro -- his name's Tom Robinson. He lives inthat little settlement beyond the town dump. He's a member of Calpurnia's church, andCal knows his family well. She says they're clean-living folks. Scout, you aren't oldenough to understand some things yet, but there's been some high talk around town tothe effect that I shouldn't do much about defending this man. It's a peculiar6 case -- itwon't come to trial until summer session. John Taylor was kind enough to give us apostponement…"
 
"If you shouldn't be defendin' him, then why are you doin' it?"
 
"For a number of reasons," said Atticus. "The main one is, if I didn't I couldn't hold upmy head in town, I couldn't represent this county in the legislature, I couldn't even tellyou or Jem not to do something again."
 
"You mean if you didn't defend that man, Jem and me wouldn't have to mind you anymore?"
 
"That's about right."
 
"Why?"
 
"Because I could never ask you to mind me again. Scout, simply by the nature of thework, every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally. Thisone's mine, I guess. You might hear some ugly talk about it at school, but do one thingfor me if you will: you just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matterwhat anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your headfor a change… it's a good one, even if it does resist learning."
 
"Atticus, are we going to win it?"
 
"No, honey."
 
"Then why -- "
 
"Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for usnot to try to win," Atticus said.
 
"You sound like Cousin Ike Finch," I said. Cousin Ike Finch was Maycomb County'ssole surviving Confederate veteran. He wore a General Hood7 type beard of which hewas inordinately8 vain. At least once a year Atticus, Jem and I called on him, and I wouldhave to kiss him. It was horrible. Jem and I would listen respectfully to Atticus andCousin Ike rehash the war. "Tell you, Atticus," Cousin Ike would say, "the MissouriCompromise was what licked us, but if I had to go through it agin I'd walk every step ofthe way there an' every step back jist like I did before an' furthermore we'd whip 'em thistime… now in 1864, when Stonewall Jackson came around by -- I beg your pardon,young folks. Ol' Blue Light was in heaven then, God rest his saintly brow…"
 
"Come here, Scout," said Atticus. I crawled into his lap and tucked my head under hischin. He put his arms around me and rocked me gently. "It's different this time," he said.#p#分页标题#e#
 
"This time we aren't fighting the Yankees, we're fighting our friends. But remember this,no matter how bitter things get, they're still our friends and this is still our home."
 
With this in mind, I faced Cecil Jacobs in the schoolyard next day: "You gonna takethat back, boy?"
 
"You gotta make me first!" he yelled. "My folks said your daddy was a disgrace an' thatnigger oughta hang from the water-tank!"
 
I drew a bead10 on him, remembered what Atticus had said, then dropped my fists andwalked away, "Scout's a cow -- ward11!" ringing in my ears. It was the first time I everwalked away from a fight.
 
Somehow, if I fought Cecil I would let Atticus down. Atticus so rarely asked Jem andme to do something for him, I could take being called a coward for him. I felt extremelynoble for having remembered, and remained noble for three weeks. Then Christmascame and disaster struck.
 
Jem and I viewed Christmas with mixed feelings. The good side was the tree andUncle Jack9 Finch. Every Christmas Eve day we met Uncle Jack at Maycomb Junction,and he would spend a week with us.
 
A flip12 of the coin revealed the uncompromising lineaments of Aunt Alexandra andFrancis.
 
I suppose I should include Uncle Jimmy, Aunt Alexandra's husband, but as he neverspoke a word to me in my life except to say, "Get off the fence," once, I never saw anyreason to take notice of him. Neither did Aunt Alexandra. Long ago, in a burst offriendliness, Aunty and Uncle Jimmy produced a son named Henry, who left home assoon as was humanly possible, married, and produced Francis. Henry and his wifedeposited Francis at his grandparents' every Christmas, then pursued their ownpleasures.
 
No amount of sighing could induce Atticus to let us spend Christmas day at home. Wewent to Finch's Landing every Christmas in my memory. The fact that Aunty was a goodcook was some compensation for being forced to spend a religious holiday with FrancisHancock. He was a year older than I, and I avoided him on principle: he enjoyedeverything I disapproved13 of, and disliked my ingenuous14 diversions.
 
Aunt Alexandra was Atticus's sister, but when Jem told me about changelings andsiblings, I decided15 that she had been swapped16 at birth, that my grandparents hadperhaps received a Crawford instead of a Finch. Had I ever harbored the mysticalnotions about mountains that seem to obsess17 lawyers and judges, Aunt Alexandrawould have been analogous18 to Mount Everest: throughout my early life, she was coldand there.
 
When Uncle Jack jumped down from the train Christmas Eve day, we had to wait forthe porter to hand him two long packages. Jem and I always thought it funny whenUncle Jack pecked Atticus on the cheek; they were the only two men we ever saw kisseach other. Uncle Jack shook hands with Jem and swung me high, but not high enough:
 
Uncle Jack was a head shorter than Atticus; the baby of the family, he was younger thanAunt Alexandra. He and Aunty looked alike, but Uncle Jack made better use of his face:
 
we were never wary19 of his sharp nose and chin.
 
He was one of the few men of science who never terrified me, probably because henever behaved like a doctor. Whenever he performed a minor20 service for Jem and me,as removing a splinter from a foot, he would tell us exactly what he was going to do,give us an estimation of how much it would hurt, and explain the use of any tongs21 heemployed. One Christmas I lurked22 in corners nursing a twisted splinter in my foot,permitting no one to come near me. When Uncle Jack caught me, he kept me laughingabout a preacher who hated going to church so much that every day he stood at hisgate in his dressing-gown, smoking a hookah and delivering five-minute sermons to anypassers-by who desired spiritual comfort. I interrupted to make Uncle Jack let me knowwhen he would pull it out, but he held up a bloody23 splinter in a pair of tweezers24 and saidhe yanked it while I was laughing, that was what was known as relativity.
 
"What's in those packages?" I asked him, pointing to the long thin parcels the porterhad given him.
 
"None of your business," he said.
 
Jem said, "How's Rose Aylmer?"
 
Rose Aylmer was Uncle Jack's cat. She was a beautiful yellow female Uncle Jack saidwas one of the few women he could stand permanently25. He reached into his coat pocketand brought out some snapshots. We admired them.
 
"She's gettin' fat," I said.
 
"I should think so. She eats all the leftover26 fingers and ears from the hospital."#p#分页标题#e#
 
"Aw, that's a damn story," I said.
 
"I beg your pardon?"
 
Atticus said, "Don't pay any attention to her, Jack. She's trying you out. Cal says she'sbeen cussing fluently for a week, now." Uncle Jack raised his eyebrows27 and saidnothing. I was proceeding28 on the dim theory, aside from the innate29 attractiveness ofsuch words, that if Atticus discovered I had picked them up at school he wouldn't makeme go.
 
But at supper that evening when I asked him to pass the damn ham, please, UncleJack pointed30 at me. "See me afterwards, young lady," he said.
 
When supper was over, Uncle Jack went to the livingroom and sat down. He slappedhis thighs31 for me to come sit on his lap. I liked to smell him: he was like a bottle ofalcohol and something pleasantly sweet. He pushed back my bangs and looked at me.
 
"You're more like Atticus than your mother," he said. "You're also growing out of yourpants a little."
 
"I reckon they fit all right."
 
"You like words like damn and hell now, don't you?"
 
I said I reckoned so.
 
"Well I don't," said Uncle Jack, "not unless there's extreme provocation32 connected with'em. I'll be here a week, and I don't want to hear any words like that while I'm here.
 
Scout, you'll get in trouble if you go around saying things like that. You want to grow upto be a lady, don't you?"
 
I said not particularly.
 
"Of course you do. Now let's get to the tree."
 
We decorated the tree until bedtime, and that night I dreamed of the two longpackages for Jem and me. Next morning Jem and I dived for them: they were fromAtticus, who had written Uncle Jack to get them for us, and they were what we hadasked for.
 
"Don't point them in the house," said Atticus, when Jem aimed at a picture on the wall.
 
"You'll have to teach 'em to shoot," said Uncle Jack.
 
"That's your job," said Atticus. "I merely bowed to the inevitable33."
 
It took Atticus's courtroom voice to drag us away from the tree. He declined to let ustake our air rifles to the Landing (I had already begun to think of shooting Francis) andsaid if we made one false move he'd take them away from us for good.
 
Finch's Landing consisted of three hundred and sixty-six steps down a high bluff34 andending in a jetty. Farther down stream, beyond the bluff, were traces of an old cottonlanding, where Finch Negroes had loaded bales and produce, unloaded blocks of ice,flour and sugar, farm equipment, and feminine apparel. A two-rut road ran from theriverside and vanished among dark trees. At the end of the road was a two-storied whitehouse with porches circling it upstairs and downstairs. In his old age, our ancestorSimon Finch had built it to please his nagging35 wife; but with the porches all resemblanceto ordinary houses of its era ended. The internal arrangements of the Finch house wereindicative of Simon's guilelessness and the absolute trust with which he regarded hisoffspring.
 
There were six bedrooms upstairs, four for the eight female children, one for WelcomeFinch, the sole son, and one for visiting relatives. Simple enough; but the daughters'
 
rooms could be reached only by one staircase, Welcome's room and the guestroomonly by another. The Daughters' Staircase was in the ground-floor bedroom of theirparents, so Simon always knew the hours of his daughters' nocturnal comings andgoings.
 
There was a kitchen separate from the rest of the house, tacked36 onto it by a woodencatwalk; in the back yard was a rusty37 bell on a pole, used to summon field hands or as adistress signal; a widow's walk was on the roof, but no widows walked there -- from it,Simon oversaw38 his overseer, watched the river-boats, and gazed into the lives ofsurrounding landholders.
 
There went with the house the usual legend about the Yankees: one Finch female,recently engaged, donned her complete trousseau to save it from raiders in theneighborhood; she became stuck in the door to the Daughters' Staircase but wasdoused with water and finally pushed through. When we arrived at the Landing, AuntAlexandra kissed Uncle Jack, Francis kissed Uncle Jack, Uncle Jimmy shook handssilently with Uncle Jack, Jem and I gave our presents to Francis, who gave us a present.
 
Jem felt his age and gravitated to the adults, leaving me to entertain our cousin. Franciswas eight and slicked back his hair.#p#分页标题#e#
 
"What'd you get for Christmas?" I asked politely.
 
"Just what I asked for," he said. Francis had requested a pair of knee-pants, a redleather booksack, five shirts and an untied39 bow tie.
 
"That's nice," I lied. "Jem and me got air rifles, and Jem got a chemistry set -- "
 
"A toy one, I reckon."
 
"No, a real one. He's gonna make me some invisible ink, and I'm gonna write to Dill init."
 
Francis asked what was the use of that.
 
"Well, can't you just see his face when he gets a letter from me with nothing in it? It'lldrive him nuts."
 
Talking to Francis gave me the sensation of settling slowly to the bottom of the ocean.
 
He was the most boring child I ever met. As he lived in Mobile, he could not inform onme to school authorities, but he managed to tell everything he knew to Aunt Alexandra,who in turn unburdened herself to Atticus, who either forgot it or gave me hell,whichever struck his fancy. But the only time I ever heard Atticus speak sharply toanyone was when I once heard him say, "Sister, I do the best I can with them!" It hadsomething to do with my going around in overalls40.
 
Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire41. I could not possibly hope tobe a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn'tsupposed to be doing things that required pants. Aunt Alexandra's vision of mydeportment involved playing with small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearlnecklace she gave me when I was born; furthermore, I should be a ray of sunshine inmy father's lonely life. I suggested that one could be a ray of sunshine in pants just aswell, but Aunty said that one had to behave like a sunbeam, that I was born good buthad grown progressively worse every year. She hurt my feelings and set my teethpermanently on edge, but when I asked Atticus about it, he said there were alreadyenough sunbeams in the family and to go on about my business, he didn't mind memuch the way I was.
 
At Christmas dinner, I sat at the little table in the diningroom; Jem and Francis sat withthe adults at the dining table. Aunty had continued to isolate42 me long after Jem andFrancis graduated to the big table. I often wondered what she thought I'd do, get up andthrow something? I sometimes thought of asking her if she would let me sit at the bigtable with the rest of them just once, I would prove to her how civilized43 I could be; afterall, I ate at home every day with no major mishaps44. When I begged Atticus to use hisinfluence, he said he had none -- we were guests, and we sat where she told us to sit.
 
He also said Aunt Alexandra didn't understand girls much, she'd never had one.
 
But her cooking made up for everything: three kinds of meat, summer vegetables fromher pantry shelves; peach pickles45, two kinds of cake and ambrosia46 constituted a modestChristmas dinner. Afterwards, the adults made for the livingroom and sat around in adazed condition. Jem lay on the floor, and I went to the back yard. "Put on your coat,"
 
said Atticus dreamily, so I didn't hear him.
 
Francis sat beside me on the back steps. "That was the best yet," I said.
 
"Grandma's a wonderful cook," said Francis. "She's gonna teach me how."
 
"Boys don't cook." I giggled47 at the thought of Jem in an apron48.
 
"Grandma says all men should learn to cook, that men oughta be careful with theirwives and wait on 'em when they don't feel good," said my cousin.
 
"I don't want Dill waitin' on me," I said. "I'd rather wait on him."
 
"Dill?"
 
"Yeah. Don't say anything about it yet, but we're gonna get married as soon as we'rebig enough. He asked me last summer."
 
Francis hooted49.
 
"What's the matter with him?" I asked. "Ain't anything the matter with him."
 
"You mean that little runt Grandma says stays with Miss Rachel every summer?"
 
"That's exactly who I mean."
 
"I know all about him," said Francis.
 
"What about him?"
 
"Grandma says he hasn't got a home -- "
 
"Has too, he lives in Meridian50."
 
" -- he just gets passed around from relative to relative, and Miss Rachel keeps himevery summer."#p#分页标题#e#
 
"Francis, that's not so!"
 
Francis grinned at me. "You're mighty51 dumb sometimes, Jean Louise. Guess youdon't know any better, though."
 
"What do you mean?"
 
"If Uncle Atticus lets you run around with stray dogs, that's his own business, likeGrandma says, so it ain't your fault. I guess it ain't your fault if Uncle Atticus is a nigger-lover besides, but I'm here to tell you it certainly does mortify52 the rest of the family -- "
 
"Francis, what the hell do you mean?"
 
"Just what I said. Grandma says it's bad enough he lets you all run wild, but now he'sturned out a nigger-lover we'll never be able to walk the streets of Maycomb agin. He'sruinin' the family, that's what he's doin'."
 
Francis rose and sprinted53 down the catwalk to the old kitchen. At a safe distance hecalled, "He's nothin' but a nigger-lover!"
 
"He is not!" I roared. "I don't know what you're talkin' about, but you better cut it outthis red hot minute!"
 
I leaped off the steps and ran down the catwalk. It was easy to collar Francis. I saidtake it back quick.
 
Francis jerked loose and sped into the old kitchen. "Nigger-lover!" he yelled.
 
When stalking one's prey54, it is best to take one's time. Say nothing, and as sure aseggs he will become curious and emerge. Francis appeared at the kitchen door. "Youstill mad, Jean Louise?" he asked tentatively.
 
"Nothing to speak of," I said.
 
Francis came out on the catwalk.
 
"You gonna take it back, Fra -- ancis?" But I was too quick on the draw. Francis shotback into the kitchen, so I retired55 to the steps. I could wait patiently. I had sat thereperhaps five minutes when I heard Aunt Alexandra speak: "Where's Francis?"
 
"He's out yonder in the kitchen."
 
"He knows he's not supposed to play in there."
 
Francis came to the door and yelled, "Grandma, she's got me in here and she won'tlet me out!"
 
"What is all this, Jean Louise?"
 
I looked up at Aunt Alexandra. "I haven't got him in there, Aunty, I ain't holdin' him."
 
"Yes she is," shouted Francis, "she won't let me out!"
 
"Have you all been fussing?"
 
"Jean Louise got mad at me, Grandma," called Francis.
 
"Francis, come out of there! Jean Louise, if I hear another word out of you I'll tell yourfather. Did I hear you say hell a while ago?"
 
"Nome."
 
"I thought I did. I'd better not hear it again."
 
Aunt Alexandra was a back-porch listener. The moment she was out of sight Franciscame out head up and grinning. "Don't you fool with me," he said.
 
He jumped into the yard and kept his distance, kicking tufts of grass, turning aroundoccasionally to smile at me. Jem appeared on the porch, looked at us, and went away.
 
Francis climbed the mimosa tree, came down, put his hands in his pockets and strolledaround the yard. "Hah!" he said. I asked him who he thought he was, Uncle Jack?
 
Francis said he reckoned I got told, for me to just sit there and leave him alone.
 
"I ain't botherin' you," I said.
 
Francis looked at me carefully, concluded that I had been sufficiently56 subdued57, andcrooned softly, "Nigger-lover…"
 
This time, I split my knuckle58 to the bone on his front teeth. My left impaired59, I sailed inwith my right, but not for long. Uncle Jack pinned my arms to my sides and said, "Standstill!"
 
Aunt Alexandra ministered to Francis, wiping his tears away with her handkerchief,rubbing his hair, patting his cheek. Atticus, Jem, and Uncle Jimmy had come to the backporch when Francis started yelling.
 
"Who started this?" said Uncle Jack.
 
Francis and I pointed at each other. "Grandma," he bawled60, "she called me a whore-lady and jumped on me!"
 
"Is that true, Scout?" said Uncle Jack.
 
"I reckon so."
 
When Uncle Jack looked down at me, his features were like Aunt Alexandra's. "Youknow I told you you'd get in trouble if you used words like that? I told you, didn't I?"#p#分页标题#e#
 
"Yes sir, but -- "
 
"Well, you're in trouble now. Stay there."
 
I was debating whether to stand there or run, and tarried in indecision a moment toolong: I turned to flee but Uncle Jack was quicker. I found myself suddenly looking at atiny ant struggling with a bread crumb61 in the grass.
 
"I'll never speak to you again as long as I live! I hate you an' despise you an' hope youdie tomorrow!" A statement that seemed to encourage Uncle Jack, more than anything. Iran to Atticus for comfort, but he said I had it coming and it was high time we wenthome. I climbed into the back seat of the car without saying good-bye to anyone, and athome I ran to my room and slammed the door. Jem tried to say something nice, but Iwouldn't let him.
 
When I surveyed the damage there were only seven or eight red marks, and I wasreflecting upon relativity when someone knocked on the door. I asked who it was; UncleJack answered.
 
"Go away!"
 
Uncle Jack said if I talked like that he'd lick me again, so I was quiet. When he enteredthe room I retreated to a corner and turned my back on him. "Scout," he said, "do youstill hate me?"
 
"Go on, please sir."
 
"Why, I didn't think you'd hold it against me," he said. "I'm disappointed in you -- youhad that coming and you know it."
 
"Didn't either."
 
"Honey, you can't go around calling people -- "
 
"You ain't fair," I said, "you ain't fair."
 
Uncle Jack's eyebrows went up. "Not fair? How not?"
 
"You're real nice, Uncle Jack, an' I reckon I love you even after what you did, but youdon't understand children much."
 
Uncle Jack put his hands on his hips62 and looked down at me. "And why do I notunderstand children, Miss Jean Louise? Such conduct as yours required littleunderstanding. It was obstreperous63, disorderly and abusive -- "
 
"You gonna give me a chance to tell you? I don't mean to sass you, I'm just tryin' totell you."
 
Uncle Jack sat down on the bed. His eyebrows came together, and he peered up atme from under them. "Proceed," he said.
 
I took a deep breath. "Well, in the first place you never stopped to gimme a chance totell you my side of it -- you just lit right into me. When Jem an' I fuss Atticus doesn't everjust listen to Jem's side of it, he hears mine too, an' in the second place you told menever to use words like that except in ex-extreme provocation, and Francis provocatedme enough to knock his block off -- "
 
Uncle Jack scratched his head. "What was your side of it, Scout?"
 
"Francis called Atticus somethin', an' I wasn't about to take it off him."
 
"What did Francis call him?"
 
"A nigger-lover. I ain't very sure what it means, but the way Francis said it -- tell youone thing right now, Uncle Jack, I'll be -- I swear before God if I'll sit there and let himsay somethin' about Atticus."
 
"He called Atticus that?"
 
"Yes sir, he did, an' a lot more. Said Atticus'd be the ruination of the family an' he letJem an me run wild…"
 
From the look on Uncle Jack's face, I thought I was in for it again. When he said,"We'll see about this," I knew Francis was in for it. "I've a good mind to go out theretonight."
 
"Please sir, just let it go. Please."
 
"I've no intention of letting it go," he said. "Alexandra should know about this. The ideaof -- wait'll I get my hands on that boy…"
 
"Uncle Jack, please promise me somethin', please sir. Promise you won't tell Atticusabout this. He -- he asked me one time not to let anything I heard about him make memad, an' I'd ruther him think we were fightin' about somethin' else instead. Pleasepromise…"
 
"But I don't like Francis getting away with something like that -- "
 
"He didn't. You reckon you could tie up my hand? It's still bleedin' some."
 
"Of course I will, baby. I know of no hand I would be more delighted to tie up. Will youcome this way?"
 
Uncle Jack gallantly64 bowed me to the bathroom. While he cleaned and bandaged myknuckles, he entertained me with a tale about a funny nearsighted old gentleman whohad a cat named Hodge, and who counted all the cracks in the sidewalk when he wentto town. "There now," he said. "You'll have a very unladylike scar on your wedding-ringfinger."#p#分页标题#e#
 
"Thank you sir. Uncle Jack?"
 
"Ma'am?"
 
"What's a whore-lady?"
 
Uncle Jack plunged65 into another long tale about an old Prime Minister who sat in theHouse of Commons and blew feathers in the air and tried to keep them there when allabout him men were losing their heads. I guess he was trying to answer my question,but he made no sense whatsoever66.
 
Later, when I was supposed to be in bed, I went down the hall for a drink of water andheard Atticus and Uncle Jack in the livingroom:
 
"I shall never marry, Atticus."
 
"Why?"
 
"I might have children."
 
Atticus said, "You've a lot to learn, Jack."
 
"I know. Your daughter gave me my first lessons this afternoon. She said I didn'tunderstand children much and told me why. She was quite right. Atticus, she told mehow I should have treated her -- oh dear, I'm so sorry I romped67 on her."
 
Atticus chuckled68. "She earned it, so don't feel too remorseful69."
 
I waited, on tenterhooks70, for Uncle Jack to tell Atticus my side of it. But he didn't. Hesimply murmured, "Her use of bathroom invective71 leaves nothing to the imagination. Butshe doesn't know the meaning of half she says -- she asked me what a whore-ladywas…"
 
"Did you tell her?"
 
"No, I told her about Lord Melbourne."
 
"Jack! When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake. But don'tmake a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion72 quicker thanadults, and evasion simply muddles73 'em. No," my father mused74, "you had the rightanswer this afternoon, but the wrong reasons. Bad language is a stage all children gothrough, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it.
 
Hotheadedness isn't. Scout's got to learn to keep her head and learn soon, with what'sin store for her these next few months. She's coming along, though. Jem's getting olderand she follows his example a good bit now. All she needs is assistance sometimes."
 
"Atticus, you've never laid a hand on her."
 
"I admit that. So far I've been able to get by with threats. Jack, she minds me as wellas she can. Doesn't come up to scratch half the time, but she tries."
 
"That's not the answer," said Uncle Jack.
 
"No, the answer is she knows I know she tries. That's what makes the difference.
 
What bothers me is that she and Jem will have to absorb some ugly things pretty soon.
 
I'm not worried about Jem keeping his head, but Scout'd just as soon jump on someoneas look at him if her pride's at stake…"
 
I waited for Uncle Jack to break his promise. He still didn't.
 
"Atticus, how bad is this going to be? You haven't had too much chance to discuss it."
 
"It couldn't be worse, Jack. The only thing we've got is a black man's word against theEwells'. The evidence boils down to you-did -- I-didn't. The jury couldn't possibly beexpected to take Tom Robinson's word against the Ewells' -- are you acquainted with theEwells?"
 
Uncle Jack said yes, he remembered them. He described them to Atticus, but Atticussaid, "You're a generation off. The present ones are the same, though."
 
"What are you going to do, then?"
 
"Before I'm through, I intend to jar the jury a bit -- I think we'll have a reasonablechance on appeal, though. I really can't tell at this stage, Jack. You know, I'd hoped toget through life without a case of this kind, but John Taylor pointed at me and said,'You're It.'"
 
"Let this cup pass from you, eh?"
 
"Right. But do you think I could face my children otherwise? You know what's going tohappen as well as I do, Jack, and I hope and pray I can get Jem and Scout through itwithout bitterness, and most of all, without catching75 Maycomb's usual disease. Whyreasonable people go stark76 raving77 mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, issomething I don't pretend to understand… I just hope that Jem and Scout come to mefor their answers instead of listening to the town. I hope they trust me enough… JeanLouise?"
 
My scalp jumped. I stuck my head around the corner. "Sir?"#p#分页标题#e#
 
"Go to bed."
 
I scurried78 to my room and went to bed. Uncle Jack was a prince of a fellow not to letme down. But I never figured out how Atticus knew I was listening, and it was not untilmany years later that I realized he wanted me to hear every word he said.


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v.紧握,抓紧,咬紧( clench的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He clenched his fists in anger. 他愤怒地攥紧了拳头。
  • She clenched her hands in her lap to hide their trembling. 她攥紧双手放在腿上,以掩饰其颤抖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 scout oDGzi     
n.童子军,侦察员;v.侦察,搜索
参考例句:
  • He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵,受了重伤。
  • The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。
3 finch TkRxS     
n.雀科鸣禽(如燕雀,金丝雀等)
参考例句:
  • This behaviour is commonly observed among several species of finch.这种行为常常可以在几种雀科鸣禽中看到。
  • In Australia,it is predominantly called the Gouldian Finch.在澳大利亚,它主要还是被称之为胡锦雀。
4 gastric MhnxW     
adj.胃的
参考例句:
  • Miners are a high risk group for certain types of gastric cancer.矿工是极易患某几种胃癌的高风险人群。
  • That was how I got my gastric trouble.我的胃病就是这么得的。
5 afflicted aaf4adfe86f9ab55b4275dae2a2e305a     
使受痛苦,折磨( afflict的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease. 全国40%左右的人口患有这种疾病。
  • A terrible restlessness that was like to hunger afflicted Martin Eden. 一阵可怕的、跟饥饿差不多的不安情绪折磨着马丁·伊登。
6 peculiar cinyo     
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的
参考例句:
  • He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
  • He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。
7 hood ddwzJ     
n.头巾,兜帽,覆盖;v.罩上,以头巾覆盖
参考例句:
  • She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
  • The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。
8 inordinately 272444323467c5583592cff7e97a03df     
adv.无度地,非常地
参考例句:
  • But if you are determined to accumulate wealth, it isn't inordinately difficult. 不过,如果你下决心要积累财富,事情也不是太难。 来自互联网
  • She was inordinately smart. 她非常聪明。 来自互联网
9 jack 53Hxp     
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
参考例句:
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
10 bead hdbyl     
n.念珠;(pl.)珠子项链;水珠
参考例句:
  • She accidentally swallowed a glass bead.她不小心吞下了一颗玻璃珠。
  • She has a beautiful glass bead and a bracelet in the box.盒子里有一颗美丽的玻璃珠和手镯。
11 ward LhbwY     
n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开
参考例句:
  • The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
  • During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时,我要点根火把,抵挡蚊虫。
12 flip Vjwx6     
vt.快速翻动;轻抛;轻拍;n.轻抛;adj.轻浮的
参考例句:
  • I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书,看来似乎很有趣。
  • Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。
13 disapproved 3ee9b7bf3f16130a59cb22aafdea92d0     
v.不赞成( disapprove的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • My parents disapproved of my marriage. 我父母不赞成我的婚事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She disapproved of her son's indiscriminate television viewing. 她不赞成儿子不加选择地收看电视。 来自《简明英汉词典》
14 ingenuous mbNz0     
adj.纯朴的,单纯的;天真的;坦率的
参考例句:
  • Only the most ingenuous person would believe such a weak excuse!只有最天真的人才会相信这么一个站不住脚的借口!
  • With ingenuous sincerity,he captivated his audience.他以自己的率真迷住了观众。
15 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
16 swapped 3982604ac592befc46570aef4e827102     
交换(工作)( swap的过去式和过去分词 ); 用…替换,把…换成,掉换(过来)
参考例句:
  • I liked her coat and she liked mine, so we swapped. 我喜欢她的外套,她喜欢我的外套,于是我们就交换了。
  • At half-time the manager swapped some of the players around. 经理在半场时把几名队员换下了场。
17 obsess QITxu     
vt.使着迷,使心神不定,(恶魔)困扰
参考例句:
  • I must admit that maps obsess me.我得承认我对地图十分着迷。
  • A string of scandals is obsessing America.美国正被一系列丑闻所困扰。
18 analogous aLdyQ     
adj.相似的;类似的
参考例句:
  • The two situations are roughly analogous.两种情況大致相似。
  • The company is in a position closely analogous to that of its main rival.该公司与主要竞争对手的处境极为相似。
19 wary JMEzk     
adj.谨慎的,机警的,小心的
参考例句:
  • He is wary of telling secrets to others.他谨防向他人泄露秘密。
  • Paula frowned,suddenly wary.宝拉皱了皱眉头,突然警惕起来。
20 minor e7fzR     
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修
参考例句:
  • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
  • I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
21 tongs ugmzMt     
n.钳;夹子
参考例句:
  • She used tongs to put some more coal on the fire.她用火钳再夹一些煤放进炉子里。
  • He picked up the hot metal with a pair of tongs.他用一把钳子夹起这块热金属。
22 lurked 99c07b25739e85120035a70192a2ec98     
vi.潜伏,埋伏(lurk的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • The murderers lurked behind the trees. 谋杀者埋伏在树后。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Treachery lurked behind his smooth manners. 他圆滑姿态的后面潜伏着奸计。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
23 bloody kWHza     
adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染
参考例句:
  • He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
  • He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。
24 tweezers ffxzlw     
n.镊子
参考例句:
  • We simply removed from the cracked endocarp with sterile tweezers.我们简单地用消过毒的镊子从裂开的内果皮中取出种子。
  • Bee stings should be removed with tweezers.蜜蜂的螫刺应该用小镊子拔出来。
25 permanently KluzuU     
adv.永恒地,永久地,固定不变地
参考例句:
  • The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
  • The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
26 leftover V97zC     
n.剩货,残留物,剩饭;adj.残余的
参考例句:
  • These narrow roads are a leftover from the days of horse-drawn carriages.这些小道是从马车时代沿用下来的。
  • Wonder if that bakery lets us take leftover home.不知道那家糕饼店会不会让我们把卖剩的带回家。
27 eyebrows a0e6fb1330e9cfecfd1c7a4d00030ed5     
眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
  • His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。
28 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。
29 innate xbxzC     
adj.天生的,固有的,天赋的
参考例句:
  • You obviously have an innate talent for music.你显然有天生的音乐才能。
  • Correct ideas are not innate in the mind.人的正确思想不是自己头脑中固有的。
30 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。
31 thighs e4741ffc827755fcb63c8b296150ab4e     
n.股,大腿( thigh的名词复数 );食用的鸡(等的)腿
参考例句:
  • He's gone to London for skin grafts on his thighs. 他去伦敦做大腿植皮手术了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The water came up to the fisherman's thighs. 水没到了渔夫的大腿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
32 provocation QB9yV     
n.激怒,刺激,挑拨,挑衅的事物,激怒的原因
参考例句:
  • He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation.他是火爆性子,一点就着。
  • They did not react to this provocation.他们对这一挑衅未作反应。
33 inevitable 5xcyq     
adj.不可避免的,必然发生的
参考例句:
  • Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
  • The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。
34 bluff ftZzB     
v.虚张声势,用假象骗人;n.虚张声势,欺骗
参考例句:
  • His threats are merely bluff.他的威胁仅仅是虚张声势。
  • John is a deep card.No one can bluff him easily.约翰是个机灵鬼。谁也不容易欺骗他。
35 nagging be0b69d13a0baed63cc899dc05b36d80     
adj.唠叨的,挑剔的;使人不得安宁的v.不断地挑剔或批评(某人)( nag的现在分词 );不断地烦扰或伤害(某人);无休止地抱怨;不断指责
参考例句:
  • Stop nagging—I'll do it as soon as I can. 别唠叨了—我会尽快做的。
  • I've got a nagging pain in my lower back. 我后背下方老是疼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
36 tacked d6b486b3f9966de864e3b4d2aa518abc     
用平头钉钉( tack的过去式和过去分词 ); 附加,增补; 帆船抢风行驶,用粗线脚缝
参考例句:
  • He tacked the sheets of paper on as carefully as possible. 他尽量小心地把纸张钉上去。
  • The seamstress tacked the two pieces of cloth. 女裁缝把那两块布粗缝了起来。
37 rusty hYlxq     
adj.生锈的;锈色的;荒废了的
参考例句:
  • The lock on the door is rusty and won't open.门上的锁锈住了。
  • I haven't practiced my French for months and it's getting rusty.几个月不用,我的法语又荒疏了。
38 oversaw 1175bee226edb4f0a38466d02f3baa27     
v.监督,监视( oversee的过去式 )
参考例句:
  • He will go down as the president who oversaw two historic transitions. 他将作为见证了巴西两次历史性转变的总统,安然引退。 来自互联网
  • Dixon oversaw the project as creative director of Design Research Studio. 狄克逊监督项目的创意总监设计研究工作室。 来自互联网
39 untied d4a1dd1a28503840144e8098dbf9e40f     
松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决
参考例句:
  • Once untied, we common people are able to conquer nature, too. 只要团结起来,我们老百姓也能移山倒海。
  • He untied the ropes. 他解开了绳子。
40 overalls 2mCz6w     
n.(复)工装裤;长罩衣
参考例句:
  • He is in overalls today.他今天穿的是工作裤。
  • He changed his overalls for a suit.他脱下工装裤,换上了一套西服。
41 attire AN0zA     
v.穿衣,装扮[同]array;n.衣着;盛装
参考例句:
  • He had no intention of changing his mode of attire.他无意改变着装方式。
  • Her attention was attracted by his peculiar attire.他那奇特的服装引起了她的注意。
42 isolate G3Exu     
vt.使孤立,隔离
参考例句:
  • Do not isolate yourself from others.不要把自己孤立起来。
  • We should never isolate ourselves from the masses.我们永远不能脱离群众。
43 civilized UwRzDg     
a.有教养的,文雅的
参考例句:
  • Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
  • rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为
44 mishaps 4cecebd66139cdbc2f0e50a83b5d60c5     
n.轻微的事故,小的意外( mishap的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • a series of mishaps 一连串的倒霉事
  • In spite of one or two minor mishaps everything was going swimmingly. 尽管遇到了一两件小小的不幸,一切都进行得很顺利。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
45 pickles fd03204cfdc557b0f0d134773ae6fff5     
n.腌菜( pickle的名词复数 );处于困境;遇到麻烦;菜酱
参考例句:
  • Most people eat pickles at breakfast. 大多数人早餐吃腌菜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I want their pickles and wines, and that.' 我要他们的泡菜、美酒和所有其他东西。” 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
46 ambrosia Retyv     
n.神的食物;蜂食
参考例句:
  • Later Aphrodite herself brought ambrosia.后来阿芙洛狄特亲自带了仙肴。
  • People almost everywhere are buying it as if it were the biggest glass of ambrosia in the world for a nickel.几乎所有地方的人们都在买它,就好像它是世界上能用五分钱买到的最大瓶的美味。
47 giggled 72ecd6e6dbf913b285d28ec3ba1edb12     
v.咯咯地笑( giggle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The girls giggled at the joke. 女孩子们让这笑话逗得咯咯笑。
  • The children giggled hysterically. 孩子们歇斯底里地傻笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
48 apron Lvzzo     
n.围裙;工作裙
参考例句:
  • We were waited on by a pretty girl in a pink apron.招待我们的是一位穿粉红色围裙的漂亮姑娘。
  • She stitched a pocket on the new apron.她在新围裙上缝上一只口袋。
49 hooted 8df924a716d9d67e78a021e69df38ba5     
(使)作汽笛声响,作汽车喇叭声( hoot的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • An owl hooted nearby. 一只猫头鹰在附近啼叫。
  • The crowd hooted and jeered at the speaker. 群众向那演讲人发出轻蔑的叫嚣和嘲笑。
50 meridian f2xyT     
adj.子午线的;全盛期的
参考例句:
  • All places on the same meridian have the same longitude.在同一子午线上的地方都有相同的经度。
  • He is now at the meridian of his intellectual power.他现在正值智力全盛期。
51 mighty YDWxl     
adj.强有力的;巨大的
参考例句:
  • A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
  • The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
52 mortify XweyN     
v.克制,禁欲,使受辱
参考例句:
  • The first Sunday,in particular,their behaviours served to mortify me.到了这里第一个星期,她们的行为几乎把我气死。
  • For if ye live after the flesh,ye shall die:but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body,ye shall live.你们若顺从肉体活着必要死。若靠着圣灵治死身体的恶行必要活着。
53 sprinted cbad7fd28d99bfe76a3766a4dd081936     
v.短距离疾跑( sprint的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He sprinted for the line. 他向终点线冲去。
  • Sergeant Horne sprinted to the car. 霍恩中士全力冲向那辆汽车。 来自辞典例句
54 prey g1czH     
n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨
参考例句:
  • Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
  • The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。
55 retired Njhzyv     
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
参考例句:
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
56 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。
57 subdued 76419335ce506a486af8913f13b8981d     
adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
  • I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候,我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。
58 knuckle r9Qzw     
n.指节;vi.开始努力工作;屈服,认输
参考例句:
  • They refused to knuckle under to any pressure.他们拒不屈从任何压力。
  • You'll really have to knuckle down if you want to pass the examination.如果想通过考试,你确实应专心学习。
59 impaired sqtzdr     
adj.受损的;出毛病的;有(身体或智力)缺陷的v.损害,削弱( impair的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Much reading has impaired his vision. 大量读书损害了他的视力。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • His hearing is somewhat impaired. 他的听觉已受到一定程度的损害。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
60 bawled 38ced6399af307ad97598acc94294d08     
v.大叫,大喊( bawl的过去式和过去分词 );放声大哭;大声叫出;叫卖(货物)
参考例句:
  • She bawled at him in front of everyone. 她当着大家的面冲他大喊大叫。
  • My boss bawled me out for being late. 我迟到,给老板训斥了一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
61 crumb ynLzv     
n.饼屑,面包屑,小量
参考例句:
  • It was the only crumb of comfort he could salvage from the ordeal.这是他从这场磨难里能找到的唯一的少许安慰。
  • Ruth nearly choked on the last crumb of her pastry.鲁斯几乎被糕点的最后一块碎屑所噎住。
62 hips f8c80f9a170ee6ab52ed1e87054f32d4     
abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯,耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 );[建筑学]屋脊;臀围(尺寸);臀部…的
参考例句:
  • She stood with her hands on her hips. 她双手叉腰站着。
  • They wiggled their hips to the sound of pop music. 他们随着流行音乐的声音摇晃着臀部。 来自《简明英汉词典》
63 obstreperous VvDy8     
adj.喧闹的,不守秩序的
参考例句:
  • He becomes obstreperous when he's had a few drinks.他喝了些酒就爱撒酒疯。
  • You know I have no intention of being awkward and obstreperous.你知道我无意存心作对。
64 gallantly gallantly     
adv. 漂亮地,勇敢地,献殷勤地
参考例句:
  • He gallantly offered to carry her cases to the car. 他殷勤地要帮她把箱子拎到车子里去。
  • The new fighters behave gallantly under fire. 新战士在炮火下表现得很勇敢。
65 plunged 06a599a54b33c9d941718dccc7739582     
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
参考例句:
  • The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
  • She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳,从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
66 whatsoever Beqz8i     
adv.(用于否定句中以加强语气)任何;pron.无论什么
参考例句:
  • There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
  • All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样,你就怎样对人。
67 romped a149dce21df9642361dd80e6862f86bd     
v.嬉笑玩闹( romp的过去式和过去分词 );(尤指在赛跑或竞选等中)轻易获胜
参考例句:
  • Children romped on the playground. 孩子们在操场上嬉笑玩闹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • John romped home well ahead of all the other runners. 约翰赛马跑时轻而易举地战胜了所有的选手。 来自辞典例句
68 chuckled 8ce1383c838073977a08258a1f3e30f8     
轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
  • She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look. 想起他那惊讶的表情,她就轻轻地暗自发笑。
69 remorseful IBBzo     
adj.悔恨的
参考例句:
  • He represented to the court that the accused was very remorseful.他代被告向法庭陈情说被告十分懊悔。
  • The minister well knew--subtle,but remorseful hypocrite that he was!牧师深知这一切——他是一个多么难以捉摸又懊悔不迭的伪君子啊!
70 tenterhooks tenterhooks     
n.坐立不安
参考例句:
  • The students are on tenterhooks to hear the result of the examination.学生们烦躁不安地听考试结果。
  • The mother was on tenterhooks until her little Laura came back.当小珞拉回来后,她母亲才放下心来。
71 invective y4xxa     
n.痛骂,恶意抨击
参考例句:
  • He retorted the invective on her.他用恶言讽刺还击她。
  • His command of irony and invective was said to be very classic and lethal.据说他嬉笑怒骂的本领是极其杰出的,令人无法招架的。
72 evasion 9nbxb     
n.逃避,偷漏(税)
参考例句:
  • The movie star is in prison for tax evasion.那位影星因为逃税而坐牢。
  • The act was passed as a safeguard against tax evasion.这项法案旨在防止逃税行为。
73 muddles 5016b2db86ad5279faf07c19b6318b49     
v.弄乱,弄糟( muddle的第三人称单数 );使糊涂;对付,混日子
参考例句:
  • Translation muddles model concepts, which leads to destructive refactoring of code. 这些转换混淆了模型的概念,可能导致重构代码时的失败。 来自互联网
  • A glass of whisky soon muddles him. 一杯威士忌很快就会把他醉得迷迷糊糊。 来自互联网
74 mused 0affe9d5c3a243690cca6d4248d41a85     
v.沉思,冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 );沉思自语说(某事)
参考例句:
  • \"I wonder if I shall ever see them again, \"he mused. “我不知道是否还可以再见到他们,”他沉思自问。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • \"Where are we going from here?\" mused one of Rutherford's guests. 卢瑟福的一位客人忍不住说道:‘我们这是在干什么?” 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
75 catching cwVztY     
adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住
参考例句:
  • There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
  • Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。
76 stark lGszd     
adj.荒凉的;严酷的;完全的;adv.完全地
参考例句:
  • The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
  • He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。
77 raving c42d0882009d28726dc86bae11d3aaa7     
adj.说胡话的;疯狂的,怒吼的;非常漂亮的;令人醉心[痴心]的v.胡言乱语(rave的现在分词)n.胡话;疯话adv.胡言乱语地;疯狂地
参考例句:
  • The man's a raving lunatic. 那个男子是个语无伦次的疯子。
  • When I told her I'd crashed her car, she went stark raving bonkers. 我告诉她我把她的车撞坏了时,她暴跳如雷。
78 scurried 5ca775f6c27dc6bd8e1b3af90f3dea00     
v.急匆匆地走( scurry的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She said goodbye and scurried back to work. 她说声再见,然后扭头跑回去干活了。
  • It began to rain and we scurried for shelter. 下起雨来,我们急忙找地方躲避。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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