🔊 The house was big and old-fashioned, and Levin, though he lived alone, had the whole house heated and used. He knew that this was stupid, he knew that it was positively not right, and contrary to his present new plans, but this house was a whole world to Levin. It was the world in which his father and mother had lived and died. They had lived just the life that to Levin seemed the ideal of perfection, and that he had dreamed of beginning with his wife, his family.

这座房子又大又古旧,虽然列文独自居住,却把整栋房子都烧暖了用着。他知道这很愚蠢,他知道这完全不对,违背了他当前的新计划,但这栋房子对列文来说就是整个世界。这是他父母生活并去世的那个世界。他们过的正是那种在列文看来完美无缺的生活,也是他曾梦想着与妻子、家人一起开始的生活。

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old-fashioned /ˌəʊldˈfæʃənd/

adj. 老式的,过时的➕

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contrary /ˈkɒntrəri/

adj. 相反的➕

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ideal /aɪˈdiːəl/

n. 理想➕

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perfection /pəˈfekʃn/

n. 完美➕

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positively /ˈpɒzətɪvli/

adv. 肯定地,积极地➕

🔊 Levin scarcely remembered his mother. His conception of her was for him a sacred memory, and his future wife was bound to be in his imagination a repetition of that exquisite, holy ideal of a woman that his mother had been.

列文几乎不记得母亲了。他心目中的母亲是一个神圣的记忆,而他想象中的未来妻子必定是母亲那样完美、圣洁的女性理想的再现。

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scarcely /ˈskeəsli/

adv. 几乎不➕

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conception /kənˈsepʃn/

n. 概念,构想➕

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sacred /ˈseɪkrɪd/

adj. 神圣的➕

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bound /baʊnd/

adj. 必然的,受约束的➕

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repetition /ˌrepəˈtɪʃn/

n. 重复➕

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exquisite /ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/

adj. 精致的,高雅的➕

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holy /ˈhəʊli/

adj. 神圣的➕

🔊 He was so far from conceiving of love for woman apart from marriage that he positively pictured to himself first the family, and only secondarily the woman who would give him a family. His ideas of marriage were, consequently, quite unlike those of the great majority of his acquaintances, for whom getting married was one of the numerous facts of social life. For Levin it was the chief affair of life, on which its whole happiness turned. And now he had to give up that.

他根本无法想象婚姻之外的男女之爱,以至于他首先想到的是家庭,然后才是那个给他带来家庭的女人。因此,他的婚姻观与他大多数熟人的观念截然不同--对他们来说,结婚只是社会生活中众多事实之一。而对列文而言,这是人生的头等大事,整个幸福都维系于此。而现在,他必须放弃这一切。

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conceiving /kənˈsiːvɪŋ/

v. 设想（conceive的现在分词）➕

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apart from /əˈpɑːt frəm/

prep. 除...之外➕

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secondarily /ˈsekəndərəli/

adv. 其次地➕

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consequently /ˈkɒnsɪkwəntli/

adv. 因此➕

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acquaintances /əˈkweɪntənsɪz/

n. 熟人➕

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numerous /ˈnjuːmərəs/

adj. 许多的➕

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chief /tʃiːf/

adj. 主要的➕

🔊 When he had gone into the little drawing-room, where he always had tea, and had settled himself in his armchair with a book, and Agafea Mihalovna had brought him tea, and with her usual, "Well, I'll stay a while, sir," had taken a chair in the window, he felt that, however strange it might be, he had not parted from his daydreams, and that he could not live without them. Whether with her, or with another, still it would be. He was reading a book, and thinking of what he was reading, and stopping to listen to Agafea Mihalovna, who gossiped away without flagging, and yet with all that, all sorts of pictures of family life and work in the future rose disconnectedly before his imagination. He felt that in the depth of his soul something had been put in its place, settled down, and laid to rest.

他走进那间常喝下午茶的小客厅,在扶手椅上坐定,拿起一本书。阿加菲娅·米哈伊洛夫娜端来茶,照例说了句:“老爷,我坐一会就走。”便在窗边坐下。他感到,尽管有些奇怪,他并没有放弃自己的白日梦,而且没有这些梦他活不下去。无论是跟她,还是跟别人,终究会是这样。他一边读书,一边思考读到的内容,不时停下来听阿加菲娅·米哈伊洛夫娜喋喋不休地闲聊。然而与此同时,各种未来家庭生活和工作的画面零零散散地浮现在他脑海中。他感到内心深处某样东西已经各就各位,安定下来,归于平静。

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drawing-room /ˈdrɔːɪŋ ruːm/

n. 客厅➕

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gossiped /ˈɡɒsɪpt/

v. 闲聊（gossip的过去式）➕

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flagging /ˈflæɡɪŋ/

adj. 衰退的；疲乏的➕

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disconnectedly /ˌdɪskəˈnektɪdli/

adv. 不连贯地➕

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daydreams /ˈdeɪdriːmz/

n. 白日梦➕

🔊 He heard Agafea Mihalovna talking of how Prohor had forgotten his duty to God, and with the money Levin had given him to buy a horse, had been drinking without stopping, and had beaten his wife till he'd half killed her. He listened, and read his book, and recalled the whole train of ideas suggested by his reading. It was Tyndall's Treatise on Heat. He recalled his own criticisms of Tyndall for his complacent satisfaction in the cleverness of his experiments, and for his lack of philosophic insight. And suddenly there floated into his mind the joyful thought: "In two years' time I shall have two Dutch cows; Pava herself will perhaps still be alive, a dozen young daughters of Berkoot and the three others--how lovely!"

他听着阿加菲娅·米哈伊洛夫娜讲普罗霍尔如何忘记了敬畏上帝, 用列文给他买马的钱酗酒不止, 还把妻子打得半死。他边听边读书, 回想起读书引起的整串思绪。他读的是廷德尔的《热学》。他想起自己曾批评廷德尔满足于实验的巧妙而沾沾自喜, 缺乏哲学洞察。突然, 一个愉快的念头涌上心头:“两年后我将有两头荷兰奶牛; 帕瓦兴许还活着, 别尔库特和其他三头母牛会生下一打小母牛--多美啊!”

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Treatise /ˈtriːtɪs/

n. 论著,论文➕

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criticisms /ˈkrɪtɪsɪzəmz/

n. 批评（criticism的复数）➕

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complacent /kəmˈpleɪsnt/

adj. 自满的➕

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philosophic /ˌfɪləˈsɒfɪk/

adj. 哲学的➕

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insight /ˈɪnsaɪt/

n. 洞察力➕

🔊 He took up his book again. "Very good, electricity and heat are the same thing; but is it possible to substitute the one quantity for the other in the equation for the solution of any problem? No. Well, then what of it? The connection between all the forces of nature is felt instinctively... It's particularly nice if Pava's daughter should be a red-spotted cow, and all the herd will take after her, and the other three, too! Splendid! To go out with my wife and visitors to meet the herd.... My wife says, 'Kostya and I looked after that calf like a child.' 'How can it interest you so much?' says a visitor. 'Everything that interests him interests me.' But who will she be?"

他又拿起书。“很好,电和热是同一回事；但能否在方程中用一种量替代另一种来求解任何问题？不能。那么,这又怎么样呢？自然力之间的关联是凭直觉感知的...如果帕瓦的女儿是一头红白花奶牛,那该多好,整个牛群都会像她,另外三头也是！太棒了！和妻子、客人一起出去看牛群....妻子说:‘科斯佳和我像照顾孩子一样照料那头小牛。’客人问:‘你怎么会对这个这么感兴趣？’‘他感兴趣的一切,我也感兴趣。’但她会是谁呢？”

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substitute /ˈsʌbstɪtjuːt/

v. 替代➕

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instinctively /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvli/

adv. 本能地➕

🔊 And he remembered what had happened at Moscow....

他想起在莫斯科发生的事....

🔊 "Well, there's nothing to be done.... It's not my fault. But now everything shall go on in a new way. It's nonsense to pretend that life won't let one, that the past won't let one. One must struggle to live better, much better."...

“唉,没办法....这不是我的错。但如今一切都要以新的方式继续。假装生活不让人、过去不让人,那是胡扯。人必须奋斗,要活得更好,好得多。”...

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nonsense /ˈnɒnsns/

n. 胡说➕

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struggle /ˈstrʌɡl/

v. 奋斗,挣扎➕

🔊 He raised his head, and fell to dreaming.

他抬起头,陷入了沉思。

🔊 Old Laska, who had not yet fully digested her delight at his return, and had run out into the yard to bark, came back wagging her tail, and crept up to him, bringing in the scent of fresh air, put her head under his hand, and whined plaintively, asking to be stroked.

老拉斯卡尚未完全消化他归来的喜悦,跑到院子里叫了一通,现在摇着尾巴回来,悄悄挨近他,带着一股新鲜空气的气息,把头拱到他手下,可怜巴巴地呜咽着,求他抚摸。

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digested /daɪˈdʒestɪd/

v. 消化（digest的过去分词）➕

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scent /sent/

n. 气味➕

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whined /waɪnd/

v. 呜咽（whine的过去式）➕

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plaintively /ˈpleɪntɪvli/

adv. 哀怨地➕

🔊 "There, who'd have thought it?" said Agafea Mihalovna. "The dog now ... why, she understands that her master's come home, and that he's low-spirited."

“瞧,谁会想到呢？”阿加菲娅·米哈伊洛夫娜说,“这条狗啊...唉,她知道主人回家了,知道他心情不好。”

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low-spirited /ˌləʊ ˈspɪrɪtɪd/

adj. 情绪低落的➕

🔊 "Why low-spirited?"

“为什么心情不好？”

🔊 "Do you suppose I don't see it, sir? It's high time I should know the gentry. Why, I've grown up from a little thing with them. It's nothing, sir, so long as there's health and a clear conscience."

“您以为我看不出来吗,老爷？我早就该了解你们这些贵族了。唉,我从小就跟他们一起长大。没什么,老爷,只要身体健康、问心无愧就好。”

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gentry /ˈdʒentri/

n. 上流社会人士➕

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conscience /ˈkɒnʃəns/

n. 良心➕

🔊 Levin looked intently at her, surprised at how well she knew his thought.

列文专注地看着她,惊讶于她如此了解他的心思。

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intently /ɪnˈtentli/

adv. 专注地➕

🔊 "Shall I fetch you another cup?" said she, and taking his cup she went out.

“要不要再给您倒一杯？”她说着,拿起他的茶杯走了出去。

🔊 Laska kept poking her head under his hand. He stroked her, and she promptly curled up at his feet, laying her head on a hind paw. And in token of all now being well and satisfactory, she opened her mouth a little, smacked her lips, and settling her sticky lips more comfortably about her old teeth, she sank into blissful repose.

拉斯卡不停地用头拱他的手。他抚摸着她,她立刻蜷缩在他脚边,把头枕在一只后爪上。为了表示一切都好、心满意足,她微微张开嘴,咂了咂嘴唇,把黏糊糊的嘴唇在老牙上调整得更舒适些,然后陷入了幸福的宁静。

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promptly /ˈprɒmptli/

adv. 迅速地；立即地➕

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token /ˈtəʊkən/

n. 象征；标志；代币➕

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satisfactory /ˌsætɪsˈfæktəri/

adj. 令人满意的；符合要求的➕

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sticky /ˈstɪki/

adj. 粘的；黏糊糊的➕

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blissful /ˈblɪsfəl/

adj. 极幸福的；极乐的➕

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repose /rɪˈpəʊz/

n. 休息；安眠；宁静➕

🔊 Levin watched all her movements attentively.

列文专注地观察着她的每一个动作。

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attentively /əˈtentɪvli/

adv. 专注地；关切地➕

🔊 "That's what I'll do," he said to himself; "that's what I'll do! Nothing's amiss... All's well."

“我就这么做,”他对自己说,“就这么做！没什么不对劲...一切都好。”

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amiss /əˈmɪs/

adj. 不正常的；有毛病的；错误的➕

Part 1 – Chapter twenty-seven (第二十七章)

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