To Kill a Mockingbird 杀死一只知更鸟 Chapter 23(5)
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"I wish Bob Ewell wouldn't chew tobacco," was all Atticus said about it.
 
According to Miss Stephanie Crawford, however, Atticus was leaving the post officewhen Mr. Ewell approached him, cursed him, spat1 on him, and threatened to kill him.
 
Miss Stephanie (who, by the time she had told it twice was there and had seen it all -- passing by from the Jitney Jungle, she was) -- Miss Stephanie said Atticus didn't bat aneye, just took out his handkerchief and wiped his face and stood there and let Mr. Ewellcall him names wild horses could not bring her to repeat. Mr. Ewell was a veteran of anobscure war; that plus Atticus's peaceful reaction probably prompted him to inquire,"Too proud to fight, you nigger-lovin' bastard2?" Miss Stephanie said Atticus said, "No,too old," put his hands in his pockets and strolled on. Miss Stephanie said you had tohand it to Atticus Finch3, he could be right dry sometimes.
 
Jem and I didn't think it entertaining.
 
"After all, though," I said, "he was the deadest shot in the county one time. He could -- "
 
"You know he wouldn't carry a gun, Scout4. He ain't even got one -- " said Jem. "Youknow he didn't even have one down at the jail that night. He told me havin' a gunaround's an invitation to somebody to shoot you."
 
"This is different," I said. "We can ask him to borrow one."
 
We did, and he said, "Nonsense."
 
Dill was of the opinion that an appeal to Atticus's better nature might work: after all, wewould starve if Mr. Ewell killed him, besides be raised exclusively by Aunt Alexandra,and we all knew the first thing she'd do before Atticus was under the ground good wouldbe to fire Calpurnia. Jem said it might work if I cried and flung a fit, being young and agirl. That didn't work either. But when he noticed us dragging around the neighborhood,not eating, taking little interest in our normal pursuits, Atticus discovered how deeplyfrightened we were. He tempted6 Jem with a new football magazine one night; when hesaw Jem flip7 the pages and toss it aside, he said, "What's bothering you, son?"
 
Jem came to the point: "Mr. Ewell."
 
"What has happened?"
 
"Nothing's happened. We're scared for you, and we think you oughta do somethingabout him."
 
Atticus smiled wryly8. "Do what? Put him under a peace bond?"
 
"When a man says he's gonna get you, looks like he means it."
 
"He meant it when he said it," said Atticus. "Jem, see if you can stand in Bob Ewell'sshoes a minute. I destroyed his last shred9 of credibility at that trial, if he had any to beginwith. The man had to have some kind of comeback, his kind always does. So if spittingin my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that's somethingI'll gladly take. He had to take it out on somebody and I'd rather it be me than thathouseful of children out there. You understand?"
 
Jem nodded.
 
Aunt Alexandra entered the room as Atticus was saying, "We don't have anything tofear from Bob Ewell, he got it all out of his system that morning."
 
"I wouldn't be so sure of that, Atticus," she said. "His kind'd do anything to pay off agrudge. You know how those people are."
 
"What on earth could Ewell do to me, sister?"
 
"Something furtive10," Aunt Alexandra said. "You may count on that."
 
"Nobody has much chance to be furtive in Maycomb," Atticus answered.
 
After that, we were not afraid. Summer was melting away, and we made the most of it.
 
Atticus assured us that nothing would happen to Tom Robinson until the higher courtreviewed his case, and that Tom had a good chance of going free, or at least of havinga new trial. He was at Enfield Prison Farm, seventy miles away in Chester County. Iasked Atticus if Tom's wife and children were allowed to visit him, but Atticus said no.
 
"If he loses his appeal," I asked one evening, "what'll happen to him?"
 
"He'll go to the chair," said Atticus, "unless the Governor commutes11 his sentence. Nottime to worry yet, Scout. We've got a good chance."
 
Jem was sprawled12 on the sofa reading Popular Mechanics. He looked up. "It ain'tright. He didn't kill anybody even if he was guilty. He didn't take anybody's life."#p#分页标题#e#
 
"You know rape13's a capital offense14 in Alabama," said Atticus.
 
"Yessir, but the jury didn't have to give him death -- if they wanted to they could'vegave him twenty years."
 
"Given," said Atticus. "Tom Robinson's a colored man, Jem. No jury in this part of theworld's going to say, 'We think you're guilty, but not very,' on a charge like that. It waseither a straight acquittal or nothing."
 
Jem was shaking his head. "I know it's not right, but I can't figure out what's wrong -- maybe rape shouldn't be a capital offense…"
 
Atticus dropped his newspaper beside his chair. He said he didn't have any quarrelwith the rape statute16, none what ever, but he did have deep misgivings17 when the stateasked for and the jury gave a death penalty on purely18 circumstantial evidence. Heglanced at me, saw I was listening, and made it easier. " -- I mean, before a man issentenced to death for murder, say, there should be one or two eye-witnesses. Someone should be able to say, 'Yes, I was there and saw him pull the trigger.'"
 
"But lots of folks have been hung -- hanged -- on circumstantial evidence," said Jem.
 
"I know, and lots of 'em probably deserved it, too -- but in the absence of eye-witnesses there's always a doubt, some times only the shadow of a doubt. The law says'reasonable doubt,' but I think a defendant's entitled to the shadow of a doubt. There'salways the possibility, no matter how improbable, that he's innocent."
 
"Then it all goes back to the jury, then. We oughta do away with juries." Jem wasadamant.
 
Atticus tried hard not to smile but couldn't help it. "You're rather hard on us, son. Ithink maybe there might be a better way. Change the law. Change it so that only judgeshave the power of fixing the penalty in capital cases."
 
"Then go up to Montgomery and change the law."
 
"You'd be surprised how hard that'd be. I won't live to see the law changed, and if youlive to see it you'll be an old man."
 
This was not good enough for Jem. "No sir, they oughta do away with juries. Hewasn't guilty in the first place and they said he was."
 
"If you had been on that jury, son, and eleven other boys like you, Tom would be afree man," said Atticus. "So far nothing in your life has interfered19 with your reasoningprocess. Those are twelve reasonable men in everyday life, Tom's jury, but you sawsomething come between them and reason. You saw the same thing that night in frontof the jail. When that crew went away, they didn't go as reasonable men, they wentbecause we were there. There's something in our world that makes men lose theirheads -- they couldn't be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it's a white man's wordagainst a black man's, the white man always wins. They're ugly, but those are the factsof life."
 
"Doesn't make it right," said Jem stolidly20. He beat his fist softly on his knee. "You justcan't convict a man on evidence like that -- you can't."
 
"You couldn't, but they could and did. The older you grow the more of it you'll see. Theone place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color ofthe rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments21 right into a jury box.
 
As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but letme tell you something and don't you forget it -- whenever a white man does that to ablack man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, thatwhite man is trash."
 
Atticus was speaking so quietly his last word crashed on our ears. I looked up, and hisface was vehement22. "There's nothing more sickening to me than a low-grade white manwho'll take advantage of a Negro's ignorance. Don't fool yourselves -- it's all adding upand one of these days we're going to pay the bill for it. I hope it's not in you children'stime."
 
Jem was scratching his head. Suddenly his eyes widened. "Atticus," he said, "whydon't people like us and Miss Maudie ever sit on juries? You never see anybody fromMaycomb on a jury -- they all come from out in the woods."
 
Atticus leaned back in his rocking-chair. For some reason he looked pleased withJem. "I was wondering when that'd occur to you," he said. "There are lots of reasons.
 
For one thing, Miss Maudie can't serve on a jury because she's a woman -- "
 
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"You mean women in Alabama can't -- ?" I was indignant.
 
"I do. I guess it's to protect our frail23 ladies from sordid24 cases like Tom's. Besides,"
 
Atticus grinned, "I doubt if we'd ever get a complete case tried -- the ladies'd beinterrupting to ask questions."
 
Jem and I laughed. Miss Maudie on a jury would be impressive. I thought of old Mrs.
 
Dubose in her wheelchair -- "Stop that rapping, John Taylor, I want to ask this mansomething." Perhaps our forefathers25 were wise.
 
Atticus was saying, "With people like us -- that's our share of the bill. We generally getthe juries we deserve. Our stout26 Maycomb citizens aren't interested, in the first place. Inthe second place, they're afraid. Then, they're -- "
 
"Afraid, why?" asked Jem.
 
"Well, what if -- say, Mr. Link Deas had to decide the amount of damages to award,say, Miss Maudie, when Miss Rachel ran over her with a car. Link wouldn't like thethought of losing either lady's business at his store, would he? So he tells Judge Taylorthat he can't serve on the jury because he doesn't have anybody to keep store for himwhile he's gone. So Judge Taylor excuses him. Sometimes he excuses him wrathfully."
 
"What'd make him think either one of 'em'd stop trading with him?" I asked.
 
Jem said, "Miss Rachel would, Miss Maudie wouldn't. But a jury's vote's secret,Atticus."
 
Our father chuckled27. "You've many more miles to go, son. A jury's vote's supposed tobe secret. Serving on a jury forces a man to make up his mind and declare himselfabout something. Men don't like to do that. Sometimes it's unpleasant."
 
"Tom's jury sho' made up its mind in a hurry," Jem muttered.
 
Atticus's fingers went to his watchpocket. "No it didn't," he said, more to himself thanto us. "That was the one thing that made me think, well, this may be the shadow of abeginning. That jury took a few hours. An inevitable28 verdict, maybe, but usually it takes'em just a few minutes. This time -- " he broke off and looked at us. "You might like toknow that there was one fellow who took considerable wearing down -- in the beginninghe was rarin' for an outright29 acquittal."
 
"Who?" Jem was astonished.
 
Atticus's eyes twinkled. "It's not for me to say, but I'll tell you this much. He was one ofyour Old Sarum friends…"
 
"One of the Cunninghams?" Jem yelped30. "One of -- I didn't recognize any of 'em…you're jokin'." He looked at Atticus from the corners of his eyes.
 
"One of their connections. On a hunch31, I didn't strike him. Just on a hunch. Could've,but I didn't."
 
"Golly Moses," Jem said reverently32. "One minute they're tryin' to kill him and the nextthey're tryin' to turn him loose… I'll never understand those folks as long as I live."
 
Atticus said you just had to know 'em. He said the Cunninghams hadn't taken anythingfrom or off of anybody since they migrated to the New World. He said the other thingabout them was, once you earned their respect they were for you tooth and nail. Atticussaid he had a feeling, nothing more than a suspicion, that they left the jail that night withconsiderable respect for the Finches. Then too, he said, it took a thunderbolt plusanother Cunningham to make one of them change his mind. "If we'd had two of thatcrowd, we'd've had a hung jury."
 
Jem said slowly, "You mean you actually put on the jury a man who wanted to kill youthe night before? How could you take such a risk, Atticus, how could you?"
 
"When you analyze33 it, there was little risk. There's no difference between one manwho's going to convict and another man who's going to convict, is there? There's a faintdifference between a man who's going to convict and a man who's a little disturbed inhis mind, isn't there? He was the only uncertainty34 on the whole list."
 
"What kin5 was that man to Mr. Walter Cunningham?" I asked.
 
Atticus rose, stretched and yawned. It was not even our bedtime, but we knew hewanted a chance to read his newspaper. He picked it up, folded it, and tapped my head.
 
"Let's see now," he droned to himself. "I've got it. Double first cousin."
 
"How can that be?"
 
"Two sisters married two brothers. That's all I'll tell you -- you figure it out."#p#分页标题#e#
 
I tortured myself and decided35 that if I married Jem and Dill had a sister whom hemarried our children would be double first cousins. "Gee36 minetti, Jem," I said, whenAtticus had gone, "they're funny folks. 'd you hear that, Aunty?"
 
Aunt Alexandra was hooking a rug and not watching us, but she was listening. She satin her chair with her workbasket beside it, her rug spread across her lap. Why ladieshooked woolen37 rugs on boiling nights never became clear to me.
 
"I heard it," she said.
 
I remembered the distant disastrous38 occasion when I rushed to young WalterCunningham's defense39. Now I was glad I'd done it. "Soon's school starts I'm gonna askWalter home to dinner," I planned, having forgotten my private resolve to beat him upthe next time I saw him. "He can stay over sometimes after school, too. Atticus coulddrive him back to Old Sarum. Maybe he could spend the night with us sometime, okay,Jem?"
 
"We'll see about that," Aunt Alexandra said, a declaration that with her was always athreat, never a promise. Surprised, I turned to her. "Why not, Aunty? They're goodfolks."
 
She looked at me over her sewing glasses. "Jean Louise, there is no doubt in my mindthat they're good folks. But they're not our kind of folks."
 
Jem says, "She means they're yappy, Scout."
 
"What's a yap?"
 
"Aw, tacky. They like fiddlin' and things like that."
 
"Well I do too -- "
 
"Don't be silly, Jean Louise," said Aunt Alexandra. "The thing is, you can scrub WalterCunningham till he shines, you can put him in shoes and a new suit, but he'll never belike Jem. Besides, there's a drinking streak40 in that family a mile wide. Finch womenaren't interested in that sort of people."
 
"Aun-ty," said Jem, "she ain't nine yet."
 
"She may as well learn it now."
 
Aunt Alexandra had spoken. I was reminded vividly42 of the last time she had put herfoot down. I never knew why. It was when I was absorbed with plans to visit Calpurnia'shouse -- I was curious, interested; I wanted to be her "company," to see how she lived,who her friends were. I might as well have wanted to see the other side of the moon.
 
This time the tactics were different, but Aunt Alexandra's aim was the same. Perhapsthis was why she had come to live with us -- to help us choose our friends. I would holdher off as long as I could: "If they're good folks, then why can't I be nice to Walter?"
 
"I didn't say not to be nice to him. You should be friendly and polite to him, you shouldbe gracious to everybody, dear. But you don't have to invite him home."
 
"What if he was kin to us, Aunty?"
 
"The fact is that he is not kin to us, but if he were, my answer would be the same."
 
"Aunty," Jem spoke41 up, "Atticus says you can choose your friends but you sho' can'tchoose your family, an' they're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge 'emor not, and it makes you look right silly when you don't."
 
"That's your father all over again," said Aunt Alexandra, "and I still say that JeanLouise will not invite Walter Cunningham to this house. If he were her double first cousinonce removed he would still not be received in this house unless he comes to seeAtticus on business. Now that is that."
 
She had said Indeed Not, but this time she would give her reasons: "But I want to playwith Walter, Aunty, why can't I?"
 
She took off her glasses and stared at me. "I'll tell you why," she said. "Because -- he -- is -- trash, that's why you can't play with him. I'll not have you around him, pickingup his habits and learning Lord-knows-what. You're enough of a problem to your fatheras it is."
 
I don't know what I would have done, but Jem stopped me. He caught me by theshoulders, put his arm around me, and led me sobbing43 in fury to his bedroom. Atticusheard us and poked44 his head around the door. "'s all right, sir," Jem said gruffly, "'s notanything." Atticus went away.
 
"Have a chew, Scout." Jem dug into his pocket and extracted a Tootsie Roll. It took afew minutes to work the candy into a comfortable wad inside my jaw45.
 
Jem was rearranging the objects on his dresser. His hair stuck up behind and down infront, and I wondered if it would ever look like a man's -- maybe if he shaved it off andstarted over, his hair would grow back neatly46 in place. His eyebrows47 were becomingheavier, and I noticed a new slimness about his body. He was growing taller. When helooked around, he must have thought I would start crying again, for he said, "Show yousomething if you won't tell anybody." I said what. He unbuttoned his shirt, grinning shyly.#p#分页标题#e#
 
"Well what?"
 
"Well can't you see it?"
 
"Well no."
 
"Well it's hair."
 
"Where?"
 
"There. Right there."
 
He had been a comfort to me, so I said it looked lovely, but I didn't see anything. "It'sreal nice, Jem."
 
"Under my arms, too," he said. "Goin' out for football next year. Scout, don't let Auntyaggravate you."
 
It seemed only yesterday that he was telling me not to aggravate48 Aunty.
 
"You know she's not used to girls," said Jem, "leastways, not girls like you. She'strying to make you a lady. Can't you take up sewin' or somethin'?"
 
"Hell no. She doesn't like me, that's all there is to it, and I don't care. It was her callin'Walter Cunningham trash that got me goin', Jem, not what she said about being aproblem to Atticus. We got that all straight one time, I asked him if I was a problem andhe said not much of one, at most one that he could always figure out, and not to worrymy head a second about botherin' him. Naw, it was Walter -- that boy's not trash, Jem.
 
He ain't like the Ewells."
 
Jem kicked off his shoes and swung his feet to the bed. He propped49 himself against apillow and switched on the reading light. "You know something, Scout? I've got it allfigured out, now. I've thought about it a lot lately and I've got it figured out. There's fourkinds of folks in the world. There's the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there'sthe kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down at thedump, and the Negroes."
 
"What about the Chinese, and the Cajuns down yonder in Baldwin County?"
 
"I mean in Maycomb County. The thing about it is, our kind of folks don't like theCunninghams, the Cunninghams don't like the Ewells, and the Ewells hate and despisethe colored folks."
 
I told Jem if that was so, then why didn't Tom's jury, made up of folks like theCunninghams, acquit15 Tom to spite the Ewells?"Jem waved my question away as being infantile.
 
"You know," he said, "I've seen Atticus pat his foot when there's fiddlin' on the radio,and he loves pot liquor better'n any man I ever saw -- "
 
"Then that makes us like the Cunninghams," I said. "I can't see why Aunty -- "
 
"No, lemme finish -- it does, but we're still different somehow. Atticus said one time thereason Aunty's so hipped50 on the family is because all we've got's background and not adime to our names."
 
"Well Jem, I don't know -- Atticus told me one time that most of this Old Family stuff'sfoolishness because everybody's family's just as old as everybody else's. I said did thatinclude the colored folks and Englishmen and he said yes."
 
"Background doesn't mean Old Family," said Jem. "I think it's how long your family'sbeen readin' and writin'. Scout, I've studied this real hard and that's the only reason Ican think of. Somewhere along when the Finches were in Egypt one of 'em must havelearned a hieroglyphic51 or two and he taught his boy." Jem laughed. "Imagine Auntybeing proud her great-grandaddy could read an' write -- ladies pick funny things to beproud of."
 
"Well I'm glad he could, or who'da taught Atticus and them, and if Atticus couldn'tread, you and me'd be in a fix. I don't think that's what background is, Jem."
 
"Well then, how do you explain why the Cunninghams are different? Mr. Walter canhardly sign his name, I've seen him. We've just been readin' and writin' longer'n theyhave."
 
"No, everybody's gotta learn, nobody's born knowin'. That Walter's as smart as he canbe, he just gets held back sometimes because he has to stay out and help his daddy.
 
Nothin's wrong with him. Naw, Jem, I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks."
 
Jem turned around and punched his pillow. When he settled back his face was cloudy.
 
He was going into one of his declines, and I grew wary52. His brows came together; hismouth became a thin line. He was silent for a while.
 
"That's what I thought, too," he said at last, "when I was your age. If there's just onekind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do theygo out of their way to despise each other? Scout, I think I'm beginning to understandsomething. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in thehouse all this time… it's because he wants to stay inside."#p#分页标题#e#


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1 spat pFdzJ     
n.口角,掌击;v.发出呼噜呼噜声
参考例句:
  • Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
  • There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。
2 bastard MuSzK     
n.坏蛋,混蛋;私生子
参考例句:
  • He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
  • There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。
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 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。
5 kin 22Zxv     
n.家族,亲属,血缘关系;adj.亲属关系的,同类的
参考例句:
  • He comes of good kin.他出身好。
  • She has gone to live with her husband's kin.她住到丈夫的亲戚家里去了。
6 tempted b0182e969d369add1b9ce2353d3c6ad6     
v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词)
参考例句:
  • I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚,但还是没开口。
  • I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。
7 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。
8 wryly 510b39f91f2e11b414d09f4c1a9c5a1a     
adv. 挖苦地,嘲弄地
参考例句:
  • Molly smiled rather wryly and said nothing. 莫莉苦笑着,一句话也没说。
  • He smiled wryly, then closed his eyes and gnawed his lips. 他狞笑一声,就闭了眼睛,咬着嘴唇。 来自子夜部分
9 shred ETYz6     
v.撕成碎片,变成碎片;n.碎布条,细片,些少
参考例句:
  • There is not a shred of truth in what he says.他说的全是骗人的鬼话。
  • The food processor can shred all kinds of vegetables.这架食品加工机可将各种蔬菜切丝切条。
10 furtive kz9yJ     
adj.鬼鬼崇崇的,偷偷摸摸的
参考例句:
  • The teacher was suspicious of the student's furtive behaviour during the exam.老师怀疑这个学生在考试时有偷偷摸摸的行为。
  • His furtive behaviour aroused our suspicion.他鬼鬼祟祟的行为引起了我们的怀疑。
11 commutes 3547de72fa26e075391aeef6adf7f98a     
上下班路程( commute的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • She commutes from Oxford to London every day. 她每天上下班往返于牛津与伦敦之间。
  • Barbara lives in Oxford and commutes. 芭芭拉住在牛津,通勤往来。
12 sprawled 6cc8223777584147c0ae6b08b9304472     
v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的过去式和过去分词);蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着)
参考例句:
  • He was sprawled full-length across the bed. 他手脚摊开横躺在床上。
  • He was lying sprawled in an armchair, watching TV. 他四肢伸开正懒散地靠在扶手椅上看电视。
13 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。
14 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。
15 acquit MymzL     
vt.宣判无罪;(oneself)使(自己)表现出
参考例句:
  • That fact decided the judge to acquit him.那个事实使法官判他无罪。
  • They always acquit themselves of their duty very well.他们总是很好地履行自己的职责。
16 statute TGUzb     
n.成文法,法令,法规;章程,规则,条例
参考例句:
  • Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.保障消费者利益已在法令里作了规定。
  • The next section will consider this environmental statute in detail.下一部分将详细论述环境法令的问题。
17 misgivings 0nIzyS     
n.疑虑,担忧,害怕;疑虑,担心,恐惧( misgiving的名词复数 );疑惧
参考例句:
  • I had grave misgivings about making the trip. 对于这次旅行我有过极大的顾虑。
  • Don't be overtaken by misgivings and fear. Just go full stream ahead! 不要瞻前顾后, 畏首畏尾。甩开膀子干吧! 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
18 purely 8Sqxf     
adv.纯粹地,完全地
参考例句:
  • I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
  • This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。
19 interfered 71b7e795becf1adbddfab2cd6c5f0cff     
v.干预( interfere的过去式和过去分词 );调停;妨碍;干涉
参考例句:
  • Complete absorption in sports interfered with his studies. 专注于运动妨碍了他的学业。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I am not going to be interfered with. 我不想别人干扰我的事情。 来自《简明英汉词典》
20 stolidly 3d5f42d464d711b8c0c9ea4ca88895e6     
adv.迟钝地,神经麻木地
参考例句:
  • Too often people sat stolidly watching the noisy little fiddler. 人们往往不动声色地坐在那里,瞧着这位瘦小的提琴手闹腾一番。 来自辞典例句
  • He dropped into a chair and sat looking stolidly at the floor. 他坐在椅子上,两眼呆呆地望着地板。 来自辞典例句
21 resentments 4e6d4b541f5fd83064d41eea9a6dec89     
(因受虐待而)愤恨,不满,怨恨( resentment的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • He could never transcend his resentments and his complexes. 他从来不能把他的怨恨和感情上的症结置之度外。
  • These local resentments burst into open revolt. 地方性反感变成公开暴动。
22 vehement EL4zy     
adj.感情强烈的;热烈的;(人)有强烈感情的
参考例句:
  • She made a vehement attack on the government's policies.她强烈谴责政府的政策。
  • His proposal met with vehement opposition.他的倡导遭到了激烈的反对。
23 frail yz3yD     
adj.身体虚弱的;易损坏的
参考例句:
  • Mrs. Warner is already 96 and too frail to live by herself.华纳太太已经九十六岁了,身体虚弱,不便独居。
  • She lay in bed looking particularly frail.她躺在床上,看上去特别虚弱。
24 sordid PrLy9     
adj.肮脏的,不干净的,卑鄙的,暗淡的
参考例句:
  • He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively.他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面。
  • They lived in a sordid apartment.他们住在肮脏的公寓房子里。
25 forefathers EsTzkE     
n.祖先,先人;祖先,祖宗( forefather的名词复数 );列祖列宗;前人
参考例句:
  • They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left. 它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • All of us bristled at the lawyer's speech insulting our forefathers. 听到那个律师在讲演中污蔑我们的祖先,大家都气得怒发冲冠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
26 stout PGuzF     
adj.强壮的,粗大的,结实的,勇猛的,矮胖的
参考例句:
  • He cut a stout stick to help him walk.他砍了一根结实的枝条用来拄着走路。
  • The stout old man waddled across the road.那肥胖的老人一跩一跩地穿过马路。
27 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。
28 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。
29 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。
30 yelped 66cb778134d73b13ec6957fdf1b24074     
v.发出短而尖的叫声( yelp的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He yelped in pain when the horse stepped on his foot. 马踩了他的脚痛得他喊叫起来。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • A hound yelped briefly as a whip cracked. 鞭子一响,猎狗发出一阵嗥叫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
31 hunch CdVzZ     
n.预感,直觉
参考例句:
  • I have a hunch that he didn't really want to go.我有这么一种感觉,他并不真正想去。
  • I had a hunch that Susan and I would work well together.我有预感和苏珊共事会很融洽。
32 reverently FjPzwr     
adv.虔诚地
参考例句:
  • He gazed reverently at the handiwork. 他满怀敬意地凝视着这件手工艺品。
  • Pork gazed at it reverently and slowly delight spread over his face. 波克怀着愉快的心情看着这只表,脸上慢慢显出十分崇敬的神色。
33 analyze RwUzm     
vt.分析,解析 (=analyse)
参考例句:
  • We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
  • The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。
34 uncertainty NlFwK     
n.易变,靠不住,不确知,不确定的事物
参考例句:
  • Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
  • After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后,压力开始产生影响了。
35 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。
36 gee ZsfzIu     
n.马;int.向右!前进!,惊讶时所发声音;v.向右转
参考例句:
  • Their success last week will gee the team up.上星期的胜利将激励这支队伍继续前进。
  • Gee,We're going to make a lot of money.哇!我们会赚好多钱啦!
37 woolen 0fKw9     
adj.羊毛(制)的;毛纺的
参考例句:
  • She likes to wear woolen socks in winter.冬天她喜欢穿羊毛袜。
  • There is one bar of woolen blanket on that bed.那张床上有一条毛毯。
38 disastrous 2ujx0     
adj.灾难性的,造成灾害的;极坏的,很糟的
参考例句:
  • The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.暴雨成灾。
  • Her investment had disastrous consequences.She lost everything she owned.她的投资结果很惨,血本无归。
39 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。
40 streak UGgzL     
n.条理,斑纹,倾向,少许,痕迹;v.加条纹,变成条纹,奔驰,快速移动
参考例句:
  • The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
  • Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹?
41 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。
42 vividly tebzrE     
adv.清楚地,鲜明地,生动地
参考例句:
  • The speaker pictured the suffering of the poor vividly.演讲者很生动地描述了穷人的生活。
  • The characters in the book are vividly presented.这本书里的人物写得栩栩如生。
43 sobbing df75b14f92e64fc9e1d7eaf6dcfc083a     
<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的
参考例句:
  • I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我听见有个孩子在呜呜地哭。
  • Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因刚哭过而发红。
44 poked 87f534f05a838d18eb50660766da4122     
v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 );戳出;拨弄;与(某人)性交
参考例句:
  • She poked him in the ribs with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
  • His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve. 他的胳膊从衬衫的破袖子中露了出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
45 jaw 5xgy9     
n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训
参考例句:
  • He delivered a right hook to his opponent's jaw.他给了对方下巴一记右钩拳。
  • A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character.强健的方下巴是刚毅性格的标志。
46 neatly ynZzBp     
adv.整洁地,干净地,灵巧地,熟练地
参考例句:
  • Sailors know how to wind up a long rope neatly.水手们知道怎样把一条大绳利落地缠好。
  • The child's dress is neatly gathered at the neck.那孩子的衣服在领口处打着整齐的皱褶。
47 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。
48 aggravate Gxkzb     
vt.加重(剧),使恶化;激怒,使恼火
参考例句:
  • Threats will only aggravate her.恐吓只能激怒她。
  • He would only aggravate the injury by rubbing it.他揉擦伤口只会使伤势加重。
49 propped 557c00b5b2517b407d1d2ef6ba321b0e     
支撑,支持,维持( prop的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He sat propped up in the bed by pillows. 他靠着枕头坐在床上。
  • This fence should be propped up. 这栅栏该用东西支一支。
50 hipped 468f114ff9cbcc0b0fb286cd446f4e57     
adj.着迷的,忧郁的
参考例句:
  • The dark Blue Ridge Mountains in which I dwell, great-hipped, big-breasted, slumber on the western sky. 黛色的兰岭山,那是我居住的地方,它象臀丰乳高的女郎,依然安睡在浩瀚的天幕之下。 来自辞典例句
  • Mountains in which I dwell, great-hipped, bigbreasted, slumber on the western sky. 黛色的兰岭山,那是我居住的地方,她象风姿绰约的女郎,依然安睡在浩瀚的天幕之下。 来自互联网
51 hieroglyphic 5dKxO     
n.象形文字
参考例句:
  • For centuries hieroglyphic word pictures painted on Egyptian ruins were a mystery.几世纪以来,刻划在埃及废墟中的象形文字一直是个谜。
  • Dongba is an ancient hieroglyphic language.东巴文是中国一种古老的象形文字。
52 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。
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