To Kill a Mockingbird 杀死一只知更鸟 Chapter 18(2)
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But someone was booming again.
 
"Mayella Violet Ewell -- !"
 
A young girl walked to the witness stand. As she raised her hand and swore that theevidence she gave would be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so helpher God, she seemed somehow fragile-looking, but when she sat facing us in thewitness chair she became what she was, a thick-bodied girl accustomed to strenuouslabor.
 
In Maycomb County, it was easy to tell when someone bathed regularly, as opposedto yearly lavations: Mr. Ewell had a scalded look; as if an overnight soaking haddeprived him of protective layers of dirt, his skin appeared to be sensitive to theelements. Mayella looked as if she tried to keep clean, and I was reminded of the row ofred geraniums in the Ewell yard.
 
Mr. Gilmer asked Mayella to tell the jury in her own words what happened on theevening of November twenty-first of last year, just in her own words, please.
 
Mayella sat silently.
 
"Where were you at dusk on that evening?" began Mr. Gilmer patiently.
 
"On the porch."
 
"Which porch?"
 
"Ain't but one, the front porch."
 
"What were you doing on the porch?"
 
"Nothin'."
 
Judge Taylor said, "Just tell us what happened. You can do that, can't you?"
 
Mayella stared at him and burst into tears. She covered her mouth with her hands andsobbed. Judge Taylor let her cry for a while, then he said, "That's enough now. Don't be'fraid of anybody here, as long as you tell the truth. All this is strange to you, I know, butyou've nothing to be ashamed of and nothing to fear. What are you scared of?"
 
Mayella said something behind her hands. "What was that?" asked the judge.
 
"Him," she sobbed1, pointing at Atticus.
 
"Mr. Finch2?"
 
She nodded vigorously, saying, "Don't want him doin' me like he done Papa, tryin' tomake him out lefthanded…"
 
Judge Taylor scratched his thick white hair. It was plain that he had never beenconfronted with a problem of this kind. "How old are you?" he asked.
 
"Nineteen-and-a-half," Mayella said.
 
Judge Taylor cleared his throat and tried unsuccessfully to speak in soothing4 tones.
 
"Mr. Finch has no idea of scaring you," he growled5, "and if he did, I'm here to stop him.
 
That's one thing I'm sitting up here for. Now you're a big girl, so you just sit up straightand tell the -- tell us what happened to you. You can do that, can't you?"
 
I whispered to Jem, "Has she got good sense?"
 
Jem was squinting6 down at the witness stand. "Can't tell yet," he said. "She's gotenough sense to get the judge sorry for her, but she might be just -- oh, I don't know."
 
Mollified, Mayella gave Atticus a final terrified glance and said to Mr. Gilmer, "Well sir,I was on the porch and -- and he came along and, you see, there was this old chiffarobein the yard Papa'd brought in to chop up for kindlin' -- Papa told me to do it while he wasoff in the woods but I wadn't feelin' strong enough then, so he came by-"
 
"Who is 'he'?"
 
Mayella pointed7 to Tom Robinson. "I'll have to ask you to be more specific, please,"
 
said Mr. Gilmer. "The reporter can't put down gestures very well."
 
"That'n yonder," she said. "Robinson."
 
"Then what happened?"
 
"I said come here, nigger, and bust8 up this chiffarobe for me, I gotta nickel for you. Hecoulda done it easy enough, he could. So he come in the yard an' I went in the house toget him the nickel and I turned around an 'fore9 I knew it he was on me. Just run upbehind me, he did. He got me round the neck, cussin' me an' sayin' dirt -- Ifought'n'hollered, but he had me round the neck. He hit me agin an' agin -- "
 
Mr. Gilmer waited for Mayella to collect herself: she had twisted her handkerchief intoa sweaty rope; when she opened it to wipe her face it was a mass of creases10 from herhot hands. She waited for Mr. Gilmer to ask another question, but when he didn't, shesaid, "-he chunked me on the floor an' choked me'n took advantage of me."#p#分页标题#e#
 
"Did you scream?" asked Mr. Gilmer. "Did you scream and fight back?"
 
"Reckon I did, hollered for all I was worth, kicked and hollered loud as I could."
 
"Then what happened?"
 
"I don't remember too good, but next thing I knew Papa was in the room a'standingover me hollerin' who done it, who done it? Then I sorta fainted an' the next thing I knewMr. Tate was pullin' me up offa the floor and leadin' me to the water bucket."
 
Apparently12 Mayella's recital13 had given her confidence, but it was not her father's brashkind: there was something stealthy about hers, like a steady-eyed cat with a twitchy tail.
 
"You say you fought him off as hard as you could? Fought him tooth and nail?" askedMr. Gilmer.
 
"I positively15 did," Mayella echoed her father.
 
"You are positive that he took full advantage of you?"
 
Mayella's face contorted, and I was afraid that she would cry again. Instead, she said,"He done what he was after."
 
Mr. Gilmer called attention to the hot day by wiping his head with his hand. "That's allfor the time being," he said pleasantly, "but you stay there. I expect big bad Mr. Finchhas some questions to ask you."
 
"State will not prejudice the witness against counsel for the defense16," murmured JudgeTaylor primly17, "at least not at this time."
 
Atticus got up grinning but instead of walking to the witness stand, he opened his coatand hooked his thumbs in his vest, then he walked slowly across the room to thewindows. He looked out, but didn't seem especially interested in what he saw, then heturned and strolled back to the witness stand. From long years of experience, I could tellhe was trying to come to a decision about something.
 
"Miss Mayella," he said, smiling, "I won't try to scare you for a while, not yet. Let's justget acquainted. How old are you?"
 
"Said I was nineteen, said it to the judge yonder." Mayella jerked her head resentfullyat the bench.
 
"So you did, so you did, ma'am. You'll have to bear with me, Miss Mayella, I'm gettingalong and can't remember as well as I used to. I might ask you things you've alreadysaid before, but you'll give me an answer, won't you? Good."
 
I could see nothing in Mayella's expression to justify18 Atticus's assumption that he hadsecured her wholehearted cooperation. She was looking at him furiously.
 
"Won't answer a word you say long as you keep on mockin' me," she said.
 
"Ma'am?" asked Atticus, startled.
 
"Long's you keep on makin' fun o'me."
 
Judge Taylor said, "Mr. Finch is not making fun of you. What's the matter with you?"
 
Mayella looked from under lowered eyelids19 at Atticus, but she said to the judge:
 
"Long's he keeps on callin' me ma'am an sayin' Miss Mayella. I don't hafta take hissass, I ain't called upon to take it."
 
Atticus resumed his stroll to the windows and let Judge Taylor handle this one. JudgeTaylor was not the kind of figure that ever evoked20 pity, but I did feel a pang21 for him as hetried to explain. "That's just Mr. Finch's way," he told Mayella. "We've done business inthis court for years and years, and Mr. Finch is always courteous22 to everybody. He's nottrying to mock you, he's trying to be polite. That's just his way."
 
The judge leaned back. "Atticus, let's get on with these proceedings23, and let the recordshow that the witness has not been sassed, her views to the contrary."
 
I wondered if anybody had ever called her "ma'am," or "Miss Mayella" in her life;probably not, as she took offense24 to routine courtesy. What on earth was her life like? Isoon found out.
 
"You say you're nineteen," Atticus resumed. "How many sisters and brothers haveyou?" He walked from the windows back to the stand.
 
"Seb'm," she said, and I wondered if they were all like the specimen25 I had seen thefirst day I started to school.
 
"You the eldest26? The oldest?"
 
"Yes."
 
"How long has your mother been dead?"
 
"Don't know -- long time."
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"Did you ever go to school?"
 
"Read'n'write good as Papa yonder."
 
Mayella sounded like a Mr. Jingle27 in a book I had been reading.
 
"How long did you go to school?"
 
"Two year -- three year -- dunno."
 
Slowly but surely I began to see the pattern of Atticus's questions: from questions thatMr. Gilmer did not deem sufficiently28 irrelevant29 or immaterial to object to, Atticus wasquietly building up before the jury a picture of the Ewells' home life. The jury learned thefollowing things: their relief check was far from enough to feed the family, and there wasstrong suspicion that Papa drank it up anyway -- he sometimes went off in the swamp fordays and came home sick; the weather was seldom cold enough to require shoes, butwhen it was, you could make dandy ones from strips of old tires; the family hauled itswater in buckets from a spring that ran out at one end of the dump -- they kept thesurrounding area clear of trash -- and it was everybody for himself as far as keepingclean went: if you wanted to wash you hauled your own water; the younger children hadperpetual colds and suffered from chronic30 ground-itch; there was a lady who camearound sometimes and asked Mayella why she didn't stay in school -- she wrote downthe answer; with two members of the family reading and writing, there was no need forthe rest of them to learn -- Papa needed them at home.
 
"Miss Mayella," said Atticus, in spite of himself, "a nineteen-year-old girl like you musthave friends. Who are your friends?"
 
The witness frowned as if puzzled. "Friends?"
 
"Yes, don't you know anyone near your age, or older, or younger? Boys and girls?
 
Just ordinary friends?"
 
Mayella's hostility31, which had subsided32 to grudging33 neutrality, flared34 again. "Youmakin' fun o'me agin, Mr. Finch?"
 
Atticus let her question answer his.
 
"Do you love your father, Miss Mayella?" was his next.
 
"Love him, whatcha mean?"
 
"I mean, is he good to you, is he easy to get along with?"
 
"He does tollable, 'cept when -- "
 
"Except when?"
 
Mayella looked at her father, who was sitting with his chair tipped against the railing.
 
He sat up straight and waited for her to answer.
 
"Except when nothin'," said Mayella. "I said he does tollable."
 
Mr. Ewell leaned back again.
 
"Except when he's drinking?" asked Atticus so gently that Mayella nodded.
 
"Does he ever go after you?"
 
"How you mean?"
 
"When he's -- riled, has he ever beaten you?"
 
Mayella looked around, down at the court reporter, up at the judge. "Answer thequestion, Miss Mayella," said Judge Taylor.
 
"My paw's never touched a hair o'my head in my life," she declared firmly. "He nevertouched me."
 
Atticus's glasses had slipped a little, and he pushed them up on his nose. "We've hada good visit, Miss Mayella, and now I guess we'd better get to the case. You say youasked Tom Robinson to come chop up a -- what was it?"
 
"A chiffarobe, a old dresser full of drawers on one side."
 
"Was Tom Robinson well known to you?"
 
"Whaddya mean?"
 
"I mean did you know who he was, where he lived?"
 
Mayella nodded. "I knowed who he was, he passed the house every day."
 
"Was this the first time you asked him to come inside the fence?"
 
Mayella jumped slightly at the question. Atticus was making his slow pilgrimage to thewindows, as he had been doing: he would ask a question, then look out, waiting for ananswer. He did not see her involuntary jump, but it seemed to me that he knew she hadmoved. He turned around and raised his eyebrows36. "Was -- " he began again.
 
"Yes it was."
 
"Didn't you ever ask him to come inside the fence before?"
 
She was prepared now. "I did not, I certainly did not."
 
"One did not's enough," said Atticus serenely37. "You never asked him to do odd jobs foryou before?"#p#分页标题#e#
 
"I mighta," conceded Mayella. "There was several niggers around."
 
"Can you remember any other occasions?"
 
"No."
 
"All right, now to what happened. You said Tom Robinson was behind you in the roomwhen you turned around, that right?"
 
"Yes."
 
"You said he 'got you around the neck cussing and saying dirt' -- is that right?"
 
"'t's right."
 
Atticus's memory had suddenly become accurate. "You say 'he caught me andchoked me and took advantage of me' -- is that right?"
 
"That's what I said."
 
"Do you remember him beating you about the face?"
 
The witness hesitated.
 
"You seem sure enough that he choked you. All this time you were fighting back,remember? You 'kicked and hollered as loud as you could.' Do you remember himbeating you about the face?"
 
Mayella was silent. She seemed to be trying to get something clear to herself. Ithought for a moment she was doing Mr. Heck Tate's and my trick of pretending therewas a person in front of us. She glanced at Mr. Gilmer.
 
"It's an easy question, Miss Mayella, so I'll try again. Do you remember him beatingyou about the face?" Atticus's voice had lost its comfortableness; he was speaking in hisarid, detached professional voice. "Do you remember him beating you about the face?"
 
"No, I don't recollect38 if he hit me. I mean yes I do, he hit me."
 
"Was your last sentence your answer?"
 
"Huh? Yes, he hit -- I just don't remember, I just don't remember… it all happened soquick."
 
Judge Taylor looked sternly at Mayella. "Don't you cry, young woman -- " he began,but Atticus said, "Let her cry if she wants to, Judge. We've got all the time in the world."
 
Mayella sniffed39 wrathfully and looked at Atticus. "I'll answer any question you got -- getme up here an' mock me, will you? I'll answer any question you got -- "
 
"That's fine," said Atticus. "There're only a few more. Miss Mayella, not to be tedious,you've testified that the defendant40 hit you, grabbed you around the neck, choked you,and took advantage of you. I want you to be sure you have the right man. Will youidentify the man who raped42 you?"
 
"I will, that's him right yonder."
 
Atticus turned to the defendant. "Tom, stand up. Let Miss Mayella have a good longlook at you. Is this the man, Miss Mayella?"
 
Tom Robinson's powerful shoulders rippled43 under his thin shirt. He rose to his feet andstood with his right hand on the back of his chair. He looked oddly off balance, but it wasnot from the way he was standing11. His left arm was fully3 twelve inches shorter than hisright, and hung dead at his side. It ended in a small shriveled hand, and from as faraway as the balcony I could see that it was no use to him.
 
"Scout44," breathed Jem. "Scout, look! Reverend, he's crippled!"
 
Reverend Sykes leaned across me and whispered to Jem. "He got it caught in acotton gin, caught it in Mr. Dolphus Raymond's cotton gin when he was a boy… like tobled to death… tore all the muscles loose from his bones -- "
 
Atticus said, "Is this the man who raped you?"
 
"It most certainly is."
 
Atticus's next question was one word long. "How?"
 
Mayella was raging. "I don't know how he done it, but he done it -- I said it allhappened so fast I -- "
 
"Now let's consider this calmly -- " began Atticus, but Mr. Gilmer interrupted with anobjection: he was not irrelevant or immaterial, but Atticus was browbeating45 the witness.
 
Judge Taylor laughed outright46. "Oh sit down, Horace, he's doing nothing of the sort. Ifanything, the witness's browbeating Atticus."
 
Judge Taylor was the only person in the courtroom who laughed. Even the babieswere still, and I suddenly wondered if they had been smothered47 at their mothers'
 
breasts.
 
"Now," said Atticus, "Miss Mayella, you've testified that the defendant choked and beatyou -- you didn't say that he sneaked48 up behind you and knocked you cold, but youturned around and there he was -- " Atticus was back behind his table, and heemphasized his words by tapping his knuckles49 on it. " -- do you wish to reconsider any ofyour testimony50?"#p#分页标题#e#
 
"You want me to say something that didn't happen?"
 
"No ma'am, I want you to say something that did happen. Tell us once more, please,what happened?"
 
"I told'ja what happened."
 
"You testified that you turned around and there he was. He choked you then?"
 
"Yes."
 
"Then he released your throat and hit you?"
 
"I said he did."
 
"He blacked your left eye with his right fist?"
 
"I ducked and it -- it glanced, that's what it did. I ducked and it glanced off." Mayellahad finally seen the light.
 
"You're becoming suddenly clear on this point. A while ago you couldn't remember toowell, could you?"
 
"I said he hit me."
 
"All right. He choked you, he hit you, then he raped you, that right?"
 
"It most certainly is."
 
"You're a strong girl, what were you doing all the time, just standing there?"
 
"I told'ja I hollered'n'kicked'n'fought -- "
 
Atticus reached up and took off his glasses, turned his good right eye to the witness,and rained questions on her. Judge Taylor said, "One question at a time, Atticus. Givethe witness a chance to answer."
 
"All right, why didn't you run?"
 
"I tried…"
 
"Tried to? What kept you from it?"
 
"I -- he slung51 me down. That's what he did, he slung me down'n got on top of me."
 
"You were screaming all this time?"
 
"I certainly was."
 
"Then why didn't the other children hear you? Where were they? At the dump?"
 
"Where were they?"
 
No answer.
 
"Why didn't your screams make them come running? The dump's closer than thewoods, isn't it?"
 
No answer.
 
"Or didn't you scream until you saw your father in the window? You didn't think toscream until then, did you?"
 
No answer.
 
"Did you scream first at your father instead of at Tom Robinson? Was that it?"
 
No answer.
 
"Who beat you up? Tom Robinson or your father?"
 
No answer.
 
"What did your father see in the window, the crime of rape41 or the best defense to it?
 
Why don't you tell the truth, child, didn't Bob Ewell beat you up?"
 
When Atticus turned away from Mayella he looked like his stomach hurt, but Mayella'sface was a mixture of terror and fury. Atticus sat down wearily and polished his glasseswith his handkerchief.
 
Suddenly Mayella became articulate. "I got somethin' to say," she said.
 
Atticus raised his head. "Do you want to tell us what happened?"
 
But she did not hear the compassion52 in his invitation. "I got somethin' to say an' then Iain't gonna say no more. That nigger yonder took advantage of me an' if you fine fancygentlemen don't wanta do nothin' about it then you're all yellow stinkin' cowards, stinkin'
 
cowards, the lot of you. Your fancy airs don't come to nothin' -- your ma'amin' and MissMayellerin' don't come to nothin', Mr. Finch -- "
 
Then she burst into real tears. Her shoulders shook with angry sobs53. She was as goodas her word. She answered no more questions, even when Mr. Gilmer tried to get herback on the track. I guess if she hadn't been so poor and ignorant, Judge Taylor wouldhave put her under the jail for the contempt she had shown everybody in the courtroom.
 
Somehow, Atticus had hit her hard in a way that was not clear to me, but it gave him nopleasure to do so. He sat with his head down, and I never saw anybody glare at anyonewith the hatred54 Mayella showed when she left the stand and walked by Atticus's table.
 
When Mr. Gilmer told Judge Taylor that the state rested, Judge Taylor said, "It's timewe all did. We'll take ten minutes."
 
Atticus and Mr. Gilmer met in front of the bench and whispered, then they left thecourtroom by a door behind the witness stand, which was a signal for us all to stretch. Idiscovered that I had been sitting on the edge of the long bench, and I was somewhatnumb. Jem got up and yawned, Dill did likewise, and Reverend Sykes wiped his face onhis hat. The temperature was an easy ninety, he said.#p#分页标题#e#
 
Mr. Braxton Underwood, who had been sitting quietly in a chair reserved for the Press,soaking up testimony with his sponge of a brain, allowed his bitter eyes to rove over thecolored balcony, and they met mine. He gave a snort and looked away.
 
"Jem," I said, "Mr. Underwood's seen us."
 
"That's okay. He won't tell Atticus, he'll just put it on the social side of the Tribune."
 
Jem turned back to Dill, explaining, I suppose, the finer points of the trial to him, but Iwondered what they were. There had been no lengthy55 debates between Atticus and Mr.
 
Gilmer on any points; Mr. Gilmer seemed to be prosecuting56 almost reluctantly;witnesses had been led by the nose as asses35 are, with few objections. But Atticus hadonce told us that in Judge Taylor's court any lawyer who was a strict constructionist onevidence usually wound up receiving strict instructions from the bench. He distilled57 thisfor me to mean that Judge Taylor might look lazy and operate in his sleep, but he wasseldom reversed, and that was the proof of the pudding. Atticus said he was a goodjudge.
 
Presently Judge Taylor returned and climbed into his swivel chair. He took a cigarfrom his vest pocket and examined it thoughtfully. I punched Dill. Having passed thejudge's inspection58, the cigar suffered a vicious bite. "We come down sometimes towatch him," I explained. "It's gonna take him the rest of the afternoon, now. You watch."
 
Unaware59 of public scrutiny60 from above, Judge Taylor disposed of the severed61 end bypropelling it expertly to his lips and saying, "Fhluck!" He hit a spittoon so squarely we could hear it slosh. "Bet he was hell with a spitball," murmured Dill.
 
As a rule, a recess62 meant a general exodus63, but today people weren't moving. Eventhe Idlers who had failed to shame younger men from their seats had remained standingalong the walls. I guess Mr. Heck Tate had reserved the county toilet for court officials.
 
Atticus and Mr. Gilmer returned, and Judge Taylor looked at his watch. "It's gettin' onto four," he said, which was intriguing64, as the courthouse clock must have struck thehour at least twice. I had not heard it or felt its vibrations65.
 
"Shall we try to wind up this afternoon?" asked Judge Taylor. "How 'bout14 it, Atticus?"
 
"I think we can," said Atticus.
 
"How many witnesses you got?"
 
"One."
 
"Well, call him."


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1 sobbed 4a153e2bbe39eef90bf6a4beb2dba759     
哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说
参考例句:
  • She sobbed out the story of her son's death. 她哭诉着她儿子的死。
  • She sobbed out the sad story of her son's death. 她哽咽着诉说她儿子死去的悲惨经过。
2 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。
3 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
参考例句:
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
4 soothing soothing     
adj.慰藉的;使人宽心的;镇静的
参考例句:
  • Put on some nice soothing music.播放一些柔和舒缓的音乐。
  • His casual, relaxed manner was very soothing.他随意而放松的举动让人很快便平静下来。
5 growled 65a0c9cac661e85023a63631d6dab8a3     
v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说
参考例句:
  • \"They ought to be birched, \" growled the old man. 老人咆哮道:“他们应受到鞭打。” 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He growled out an answer. 他低声威胁着回答。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 squinting e26a97f9ad01e6beee241ce6dd6633a2     
斜视( squint的现在分词 ); 眯着眼睛; 瞟; 从小孔或缝隙里看
参考例句:
  • "More company," he said, squinting in the sun. "那边来人了,"他在阳光中眨巴着眼睛说。
  • Squinting against the morning sun, Faulcon examined the boy carefully. 对着早晨的太阳斜起眼睛,富尔康仔细地打量着那个年轻人。
7 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。
8 bust WszzB     
vt.打破;vi.爆裂;n.半身像;胸部
参考例句:
  • I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。
  • She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。
9 fore ri8xw     
adv.在前面;adj.先前的;在前部的;n.前部
参考例句:
  • Your seat is in the fore part of the aircraft.你的座位在飞机的前部。
  • I have the gift of fore knowledge.我能够未卜先知。
10 creases adfbf37b33b2c1e375b9697e49eb1ec1     
(使…)起折痕,弄皱( crease的第三人称单数 ); (皮肤)皱起,使起皱纹
参考例句:
  • She smoothed the creases out of her skirt. 她把裙子上的皱褶弄平。
  • She ironed out all the creases in the shirt. 她熨平了衬衣上的所有皱褶。
11 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
12 apparently tMmyQ     
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
参考例句:
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
13 recital kAjzI     
n.朗诵,独奏会,独唱会
参考例句:
  • She is going to give a piano recital.她即将举行钢琴独奏会。
  • I had their total attention during the thirty-five minutes that my recital took.在我叙述的35分钟内,他们完全被我吸引了。
14 bout Asbzz     
n.侵袭,发作;一次(阵,回);拳击等比赛
参考例句:
  • I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
  • That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。
15 positively vPTxw     
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实
参考例句:
  • She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
  • The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。
16 defense AxbxB     
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
参考例句:
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
17 primly b3917c4e7c2256e99d2f93609f8d0c55     
adv.循规蹈矩地,整洁地
参考例句:
  • He didn't reply, but just smiled primly. 他没回答,只是拘谨地笑了笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He wore prim suits with neckties set primly against the collar buttons of his white shirts. 他穿着整洁的外套,领结紧贴着白色衬衫领口的钮扣。 来自互联网
18 justify j3DxR     
vt.证明…正当(或有理),为…辩护
参考例句:
  • He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
  • Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗?
19 eyelids 86ece0ca18a95664f58bda5de252f4e7     
n.眼睑( eyelid的名词复数 );眼睛也不眨一下;不露声色;面不改色
参考例句:
  • She was so tired, her eyelids were beginning to droop. 她太疲倦了,眼睑开始往下垂。
  • Her eyelids drooped as if she were on the verge of sleep. 她眼睑低垂好像快要睡着的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
20 evoked 0681b342def6d2a4206d965ff12603b2     
[医]诱发的
参考例句:
  • The music evoked memories of her youth. 这乐曲勾起了她对青年时代的回忆。
  • Her face, though sad, still evoked a feeling of serenity. 她的脸色虽然悲伤,但仍使人感觉安详。
21 pang OKixL     
n.剧痛,悲痛,苦闷
参考例句:
  • She experienced a sharp pang of disappointment.她经历了失望的巨大痛苦。
  • She was beginning to know the pang of disappointed love.她开始尝到了失恋的痛苦。
22 courteous tooz2     
adj.彬彬有礼的,客气的
参考例句:
  • Although she often disagreed with me,she was always courteous.尽管她常常和我意见不一,但她总是很谦恭有礼。
  • He was a kind and courteous man.他为人友善,而且彬彬有礼。
23 proceedings Wk2zvX     
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报
参考例句:
  • He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
  • to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
24 offense HIvxd     
n.犯规,违法行为;冒犯,得罪
参考例句:
  • I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
  • His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。
25 specimen Xvtwm     
n.样本,标本
参考例句:
  • You'll need tweezers to hold up the specimen.你要用镊子来夹这标本。
  • This specimen is richly variegated in colour.这件标本上有很多颜色。
26 eldest bqkx6     
adj.最年长的,最年老的
参考例句:
  • The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne.国王的长子是王位的继承人。
  • The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son.城堡和土地限定由长子继承。
27 jingle RaizA     
n.叮当声,韵律简单的诗句;v.使叮当作响,叮当响,押韵
参考例句:
  • The key fell on the ground with a jingle.钥匙叮当落地。
  • The knives and forks set up their regular jingle.刀叉发出常有的叮当声。
28 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。
29 irrelevant ZkGy6     
adj.不恰当的,无关系的,不相干的
参考例句:
  • That is completely irrelevant to the subject under discussion.这跟讨论的主题完全不相关。
  • A question about arithmetic is irrelevant in a music lesson.在音乐课上,一个数学的问题是风马牛不相及的。
30 chronic BO9zl     
adj.(疾病)长期未愈的,慢性的;极坏的
参考例句:
  • Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
  • Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。
31 hostility hdyzQ     
n.敌对,敌意;抵制[pl.]交战,战争
参考例句:
  • There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
  • His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。
32 subsided 1bda21cef31764468020a8c83598cc0d     
v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上
参考例句:
  • After the heavy rains part of the road subsided. 大雨过后,部分公路塌陷了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • By evening the storm had subsided and all was quiet again. 傍晚, 暴风雨已经过去,四周开始沉寂下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
33 grudging grudging     
adj.勉强的,吝啬的
参考例句:
  • He felt a grudging respect for her talents as an organizer.他勉强地对她的组织才能表示尊重。
  • After a pause he added"sir."in a dilatory,grudging way.停了一会他才慢吞吞地、勉勉强强地加了一声“先生”。
34 Flared Flared     
adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • The match flared and went out. 火柴闪亮了一下就熄了。
  • The fire flared up when we thought it was out. 我们以为火已经熄灭,但它突然又燃烧起来。
35 asses asses     
n. 驴,愚蠢的人,臀部 adv. (常用作后置)用于贬损或骂人
参考例句:
  • Sometimes I got to kick asses to make this place run right. 有时我为了把这个地方搞得像个样子,也不得不踢踢别人的屁股。 来自教父部分
  • Those were wild asses maybe, or zebras flying around in herds. 那些也许是野驴或斑马在成群地奔跑。
36 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。
37 serenely Bi5zpo     
adv.安详地,宁静地,平静地
参考例句:
  • The boat sailed serenely on towards the horizon.小船平稳地向着天水交接处驶去。
  • It was a serenely beautiful night.那是一个宁静美丽的夜晚。
38 recollect eUOxl     
v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得
参考例句:
  • He tried to recollect things and drown himself in them.他极力回想过去的事情而沉浸于回忆之中。
  • She could not recollect being there.她回想不起曾经到过那儿。
39 sniffed ccb6bd83c4e9592715e6230a90f76b72     
v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说
参考例句:
  • When Jenney had stopped crying she sniffed and dried her eyes. 珍妮停止了哭泣,吸了吸鼻子,擦干了眼泪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The dog sniffed suspiciously at the stranger. 狗疑惑地嗅着那个陌生人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
40 defendant mYdzW     
n.被告;adj.处于被告地位的
参考例句:
  • The judge rejected a bribe from the defendant's family.法官拒收被告家属的贿赂。
  • The defendant was borne down by the weight of evidence.有力的证据使被告认输了。
41 rape PAQzh     
n.抢夺,掠夺,强奸;vt.掠夺,抢夺,强奸
参考例句:
  • The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
  • He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
42 raped 7a6e3e7dd30eb1e3b61716af0e54d4a2     
v.以暴力夺取,强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 );强奸
参考例句:
  • A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
  • We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致,不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句
43 rippled 70d8043cc816594c4563aec11217f70d     
使泛起涟漪(ripple的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • The lake rippled gently. 湖面轻轻地泛起涟漪。
  • The wind rippled the surface of the cornfield. 微风吹过麦田,泛起一片麦浪。
44 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。
45 browbeating 1044f2864acfd879a04558eea17ec824     
v.(以言辞或表情)威逼,恫吓( browbeat的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Mr Zha urges America to refrain from browbeating China into accepting distant targets for future reductions. 查先生敦促美国不要威胁中国为今后减少排放而去接受这遥远的目标。 来自互联网
46 outright Qj7yY     
adv.坦率地;彻底地;立即;adj.无疑的;彻底的
参考例句:
  • If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.如果你有不满意的事,你应该直率地对我说。
  • You should persuade her to marry you outright.你应该彻底劝服她嫁给你。
47 smothered b9bebf478c8f7045d977e80734a8ed1d     
(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制
参考例句:
  • He smothered the baby with a pillow. 他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。
  • The fire is smothered by ashes. 火被灰闷熄了。
48 sneaked fcb2f62c486b1c2ed19664da4b5204be     
v.潜行( sneak的过去式和过去分词 );偷偷溜走;(儿童向成人)打小报告;告状
参考例句:
  • I sneaked up the stairs. 我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。
  • She sneaked a surreptitious glance at her watch. 她偷偷看了一眼手表。
49 knuckles c726698620762d88f738be4a294fae79     
n.(指人)指关节( knuckle的名词复数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝v.(指人)指关节( knuckle的第三人称单数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝
参考例句:
  • He gripped the wheel until his knuckles whitened. 他紧紧握住方向盘,握得指关节都变白了。
  • Her thin hands were twisted by swollen knuckles. 她那双纤手因肿大的指关节而变了形。 来自《简明英汉词典》
50 testimony zpbwO     
n.证词;见证,证明
参考例句:
  • The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
  • He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
51 slung slung     
抛( sling的过去式和过去分词 ); 吊挂; 遣送; 押往
参考例句:
  • He slung the bag over his shoulder. 他把包一甩,挎在肩上。
  • He stood up and slung his gun over his shoulder. 他站起来把枪往肩上一背。
52 compassion 3q2zZ     
n.同情,怜悯
参考例句:
  • He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
  • Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。
53 sobs d4349f86cad43cb1a5579b1ef269d0cb     
啜泣(声),呜咽(声)( sob的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • She was struggling to suppress her sobs. 她拼命不让自己哭出来。
  • She burst into a convulsive sobs. 她突然抽泣起来。
54 hatred T5Gyg     
n.憎恶,憎恨,仇恨
参考例句:
  • He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
  • The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。
55 lengthy f36yA     
adj.漫长的,冗长的
参考例句:
  • We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
  • The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。
56 prosecuting 3d2c14252239cad225a3c016e56a6675     
检举、告发某人( prosecute的现在分词 ); 对某人提起公诉; 继续从事(某事物); 担任控方律师
参考例句:
  • The witness was cross-examined by the prosecuting counsel. 证人接受控方律师的盘问。
  • Every point made by the prosecuting attorney was telling. 检查官提出的每一点都是有力的。
57 distilled 4e59b94e0e02e468188de436f8158165     
adj.由蒸馏得来的v.蒸馏( distil的过去式和过去分词 );从…提取精华
参考例句:
  • The televised interview was distilled from 16 hours of film. 那次电视采访是从16个小时的影片中选出的精华。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Gasoline is distilled from crude oil. 汽油是从原油中提炼出来的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
58 inspection y6TxG     
n.检查,审查,检阅
参考例句:
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
  • The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
59 unaware Pl6w0     
a.不知道的,未意识到的
参考例句:
  • They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
  • I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。
60 scrutiny ZDgz6     
n.详细检查,仔细观察
参考例句:
  • His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好,但是经不起仔细检查。
  • Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。
61 severed 832a75b146a8d9eacac9030fd16c0222     
v.切断,断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 );断,裂
参考例句:
  • The doctor said I'd severed a vessel in my leg. 医生说我割断了腿上的一根血管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • We have severed diplomatic relations with that country. 我们与那个国家断绝了外交关系。 来自《简明英汉词典》
62 recess pAxzC     
n.短期休息,壁凹(墙上装架子,柜子等凹处)
参考例句:
  • The chairman of the meeting announced a ten-minute recess.会议主席宣布休会10分钟。
  • Parliament was hastily recalled from recess.休会的议员被匆匆召回开会。
63 exodus khnzj     
v.大批离去,成群外出
参考例句:
  • The medical system is facing collapse because of an exodus of doctors.由于医生大批离去,医疗系统面临崩溃。
  • Man's great challenge at this moment is to prevent his exodus from this planet.人在当前所遇到的最大挑战,就是要防止人从这个星球上消失。
64 intriguing vqyzM1     
adj.有趣的;迷人的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的现在分词);激起…的好奇心
参考例句:
  • These discoveries raise intriguing questions. 这些发现带来了非常有趣的问题。
  • It all sounds very intriguing. 这些听起来都很有趣。 来自《简明英汉词典》
65 vibrations d94a4ca3e6fa6302ae79121ffdf03b40     
n.摆动( vibration的名词复数 );震动;感受;(偏离平衡位置的)一次性往复振动
参考例句:
  • We could feel the vibrations from the trucks passing outside. 我们可以感到外面卡车经过时的颤动。
  • I am drawn to that girl; I get good vibrations from her. 我被那女孩吸引住了,她使我产生良好的感觉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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