🔊 Sergey Ivanovitch had not telegraphed to his brother to send to meet him, as he did not know when he should be able to leave Moscow. Levin was not at home when Katavasov and Sergey Ivanovitch in a fly hired at the station drove up to the steps of the Pokrovskoe house, as black as Moors from the dust of the road. Kitty, sitting on the balcony with her father and sister, recognised her brother-in-law, and ran down to meet him.

谢尔盖·伊万诺维奇没有打电报让弟弟派人来接,因为他不确定自己什么时候能离开莫斯科。当卡塔瓦索夫和谢尔盖·伊万诺维奇坐着从车站雇来的马车,像从路上沾满尘土的摩尔人一样黑乎乎地驶到波克罗夫斯科耶宅邸台阶前时,列文不在家。基蒂正和父亲、妹妹坐在阳台上,认出了大伯子,便跑下楼去迎接。

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telegraphed /ˈtelɪɡræft/

v. 发电报；用电报发送（消息）➕

🔊 "What a shame not to have let us know," she said, giving her hand to Sergey Ivanovitch, and putting her forehead up for him to kiss.

“真遗憾,怎么不事先告诉我们一声,”她说着,把手伸给谢尔盖·伊万诺维奇,又微微抬起额头让他亲吻。

🔊 "We drove here capitally, and have not put you out," answered Sergey Ivanovitch. "I'm so dirty. I'm afraid to touch you. I've been so busy, I didn't know when I should be able to tear myself away. And so you're still as ever enjoying your peaceful, quiet happiness," he said, smiling, "out of the reach of the current in your peaceful backwater. Here's our friend Fyodor Vassilievitch who has succeeded in getting here at last."

“我们一路赶来很顺利,也没给你们添麻烦,”谢尔盖·伊万诺维奇答道。“我太脏了,不敢碰你。我一直忙得脱不开身,不知道什么时候能抽空离开。所以你呀,还是像从前一样,在这不受外界干扰的宁静港湾里享受平和幸福,”他微笑着说道,“我们的朋友费奥多尔·瓦西里耶维奇终于也赶来了。”

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backwater /ˈbækwɔːtər/

n. 死水；闭塞的地方,与世隔绝的地方➕

🔊 "But I'm not a negro, I shall look like a human being when I wash," said Katavasov in his jesting fashion, and he shook hands and smiled, his teeth flashing white in his black face.

“我可不是黑人,洗一洗就能恢复人样,”卡塔瓦索夫打趣地说,同时握手微笑,在黑黝黝的脸上露出一口闪亮的白牙。

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jesting /ˈdʒestɪŋ/

adj. 开玩笑的；打趣的➕

🔊 "Kostya will be delighted. He has gone to his settlement. It's time he should be home."

“科斯佳一定会很高兴。他去了他的农庄,也该回来了。”

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settlement /ˈsetlmənt/

n. 定居点；解决（争端等）➕

🔊 "Busy as ever with his farming. It really is a peaceful backwater," said Katavasov; "while we in town think of nothing but the Servian war. Well, how does our friend look at it? He's sure not to think like other people."

“还是忙着经营他的农庄吧。这真是个平静的港湾,”卡塔瓦索夫说道；“我们在城里只惦记着塞尔维亚战争。嘿,咱们这位朋友怎么看？他肯定跟别人想法不一样吧。”

🔊 "Oh, I don't know, like everybody else," Kitty answered, a little embarrassed, looking round at Sergey Ivanovitch. "I'll send to fetch him. Papa's staying with us. He's only just come home from abroad."

“哦,我不知道,应该跟大家都一样吧,”基蒂有点窘迫地回答,同时朝谢尔盖·伊万诺维奇看了看。“我派人去叫他。爸爸也和我们在一起,他刚从国外回来。”

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embarrassed /ɪmˈbærəst/

adj. 尴尬的,窘迫的➕

🔊 And making arrangements to send for Levin and for the guests to wash, one in his room and the other in what had been Dolly's, and giving orders for their luncheon, Kitty ran out onto the balcony, enjoying the freedom and rapidity of movement, of which she had been deprived during the months of her pregnancy.

于是她安排人去接列文,又吩咐客人洗漱--一位去他的房间,另一位去原来多莉住过的房间--并吩咐准备午饭。随后基蒂跑上阳台,享受着怀孕几个月来久违的那种自如和快捷。

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luncheon /ˈlʌntʃən/

n. 午餐（正式用语）➕

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rapidity /rəˈpɪdəti/

n. 迅速；快速➕

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deprived /dɪˈpraɪvd/

v. 剥夺；使丧失➕

🔊 "It's Sergey Ivanovitch and Katavasov, a professor," she said.

“是谢尔盖·伊万诺维奇和卡塔瓦索夫教授,”她说。

🔊 "Oh, that's a bore in this heat," said the prince.

“哦,这么热的天,真麻烦,”老公爵说。

🔊 "No, papa, he's very nice, and Kostya's very fond of him," Kitty said, with a deprecating smile, noticing the irony on her father's face.

“不,爸爸,他很好,科斯佳很喜欢他,”基蒂注意到父亲脸上的嘲讽神情,带着歉意的微笑说道。

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deprecating /ˈdeprəkeɪtɪŋ/

adj. 不以为然的；反对的；自贬的➕

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irony /ˈaɪrəni/

n. 讽刺；反语➕

🔊 "Oh, I didn't say anything."

“哦,我什么也没说。”

🔊 "You go to them, darling," said Kitty to her sister, "and entertain them. They saw Stiva at the station; he was quite well. And I must run to Mitya. As ill-luck would have it, I haven't fed him since tea. He's awake now, and sure to be screaming." And feeling a rush of milk, she hurried to the nursery.

“你去招待他们吧,亲爱的,”基蒂对妹妹说,“他们在车站遇到了斯季瓦,他很健康。我得去照看米佳了。真不巧,从喝茶到现在还没喂过他。他现在醒了,肯定在哭。”说着,她感到一阵奶水涌来,便急忙奔向婴儿室。

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entertain /ˌentərˈteɪn/

v. 招待；使娱乐➕

🔊 This was not a mere guess; her connection with the child was still so close, that she could gauge by the flow of her milk his need of food, and knew for certain he was hungry.

这并非随便猜测；她与孩子之间的联系依然如此紧密,以至于她能根据奶水的流量判断他需要吃奶,并确信他饿了。

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gauge /ɡeɪdʒ/

v. 测量；估计；判断➕

🔊 She knew he was crying before she reached the nursery. And he was indeed crying. She heard him and hastened. But the faster she went, the louder he screamed. It was a fine healthy scream, hungry and impatient.

她还没到婴儿室就知道他在哭。他确实在哭。她听见了,加快了脚步。可她越走得快,他哭得越响。那是一阵健康的哭喊,带着饥饿和不耐烦。

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hastened /ˈheɪsənd/

v. 加快；赶紧；匆忙➕

🔊 "Has he been screaming long, nurse, very long?" said Kitty hurriedly, seating herself on a chair, and preparing to give the baby the breast. "But give me him quickly. Oh, nurse, how tiresome you are! There, tie the cap afterwards, do!"

“他哭了很久吗,保姆,很久吗？”基蒂匆匆忙忙地说着,坐到椅子上,准备给婴儿喂奶。“快把他给我。哎,保姆,你真磨蹭！行了,帽子等会儿再系,快点！”

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hurriedly /ˈhʌrɪdli/

adv. 匆忙地,仓促地➕

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tiresome /ˈtaɪərsəm/

adj. 令人厌烦的,无聊的➕

🔊 The baby's greedy scream was passing into sobs.

婴儿贪婪的哭喊变成了抽泣。

🔊 "But you can't manage so, ma'am," said Agafea Mihalovna, who was almost always to be found in the nursery. "He must be put straight. A-oo! a-oo!" she chanted over him, paying no attention to the mother.

“可是太太,您这样不行,”阿加菲娅·米哈伊洛夫娜说道,她差不多总待在婴儿室里。“得把他弄整齐。嗷--嗷--嗷！”她不理睬母亲,对着孩子唱着歌。

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chanted /ˈtʃæntɪd/

v. 吟唱,反复唱（过去式）➕

🔊 The nurse brought the baby to his mother. Agafea Mihalovna followed him with a face dissolving with tenderness.

保姆把孩子抱到母亲身边。阿加菲娅·米哈伊洛夫娜跟在后面,脸上满是疼爱的表情。

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dissolving /dɪˈzɒlvɪŋ/

v. 溶解,融化（现在分词）➕

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tenderness /ˈtendərnəs/

n. 温柔,柔情➕

🔊 "He knows me, he knows me. In God's faith, Katerina Alexandrovna, ma'am, he knew me!" Agafea Mihalovna cried above the baby's screams.

“他认识我,他认识我。以上帝的信仰起誓,卡捷琳娜·亚历山德罗夫娜太太,他认识我！”阿加菲娅·米哈伊洛夫娜在孩子哭声中叫道。

🔊 But Kitty did not hear her words. Her impatience kept growing, like the baby's.

但基蒂没听到她的话。她的急切心情像孩子一样越来越强烈。

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impatience /ɪmˈpeɪʃəns/

n. 不耐烦,急躁➕

🔊 Their impatience hindered things for a while. The baby could not get hold of the breast right, and was furious.

他们的急切一时妨碍了事情。婴儿没能正确含住乳头,气得发狂。

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hindered /ˈhɪndərd/

v. 阻碍,妨碍（过去式）➕

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furious /ˈfjʊriəs/

adj. 狂怒的,暴怒的➕

🔊 At last, after despairing, breathless screaming, and vain sucking, things went right, and mother and child felt simultaneously soothed, and both subsided into calm.

最后,经过一阵绝望的、喘不过气的哭喊和徒劳的吮吸后,事情终于顺利了,母亲和孩子同时感到平静,都安静了下来。

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despairing /dɪˈspeərɪŋ/

adj. 绝望的,感到绝望的➕

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breathless /ˈbreθləs/

adj. 气喘吁吁的,屏息的➕

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vain /veɪn/

adj. 徒劳的,虚荣的➕

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simultaneously /ˌsɪməlˈteɪniəsli/

adv. 同时地➕

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soothed /suːðd/

v. 安慰,使平静（过去式）➕

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subsided /səbˈsaɪdɪd/

v. 平息,减弱,下沉（过去式）➕

🔊 "But poor darling, he's all in perspiration!" said Kitty in a whisper, touching the baby.

“可怜的小宝贝,他全身都是汗！”基蒂轻声说着,摸了摸婴儿。

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perspiration /ˌpɜːspəˈreɪʃən/

n. 汗水,排汗➕

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whisper /ˈwɪspər/

n. 低语,耳语➕

🔊 "What makes you think he knows you?" she added, with a sidelong glance at the baby's eyes, that peered roguishly, as she fancied, from under his cap, at his rhythmically puffing cheeks, and the little red-palmed hand he was waving.

“你怎么知道他认识你呢？”她又加了一句,斜眼瞥着婴儿的眼睛--她觉得那双眼睛正从帽子下调皮地偷看,还有他有节奏鼓起的腮帮子,以及挥动着的、掌心泛红的小手。

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sidelong /ˈsaɪdlɒŋ/

adj. 斜眼的,侧面的➕

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peered /pɪəd/

v. 凝视,仔细看（过去式）➕

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roguishly /ˈrəʊɡɪʃli/

adv. 调皮地,恶作剧地➕

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rhythmically /ˈrɪðmɪkli/

adv. 有节奏地,有韵律地➕

🔊 "Impossible! If he knew anyone, he would have known me," said Kitty, in response to Agafea Mihalovna's statement, and she smiled.

“不可能！如果他认识谁,也该认识我,”基蒂回应阿加菲娅·米哈伊洛夫娜的话,微笑着说道。

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Impossible /ɪmˈpɒsəbl/

adj. 不可能的➕

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response /rɪˈspɒns/

n. 回答；反应➕

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statement /ˈsteɪtmənt/

n. 陈述；声明➕

🔊 She smiled because, though she said he could not know her, in her heart she was sure that he knew not merely Agafea Mihalovna, but that he knew and understood everything, and knew and understood a great deal too that no one else knew, and that she, his mother, had learned and come to understand only through him.

她微笑是因为,尽管她说孩子不可能认识她,但在内心深处她确信,他不仅认识阿加菲娅·米哈伊洛夫娜,而且知道和理解所有的事情,甚至知道和理解许多别人不知道的事,而这些事只有她这个做母亲的,通过他才学会并理解。

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merely /ˈmɪəli/

adv. 仅仅；只不过➕

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deal /diːl/

n. 大量；交易➕

🔊 To Agafea Mihalovna, to the nurse, to his grandfather, to his father even, Mitya was a living being, requiring only material care, but for his mother he had long been a mortal being, with whom there had been a whole series of spiritual relations already.

对于阿加菲娅·米哈伊洛夫娜、保姆、祖父,甚至父亲来说,米佳只是一个需要物质照料的活人；但对母亲来说,他早就是一个有灵魂的人,他们之间已经建立起一系列精神上的联系。

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material /məˈtɪəriəl/

adj. 物质的,实际的➕

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mortal /ˈmɔːrtəl/

adj. 终有一死的,凡人的➕

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spiritual /ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl/

adj. 精神的,宗教的➕

🔊 "When he wakes up, please God, you shall see for yourself. Then when I do like this, he simply beams on me, the darling! Simply beams like a sunny day!" said Agafea Mihalovna.

“等他醒了,请您看在上帝份上,您自己看看。那时我这样一动,他呀,立刻就对我笑嘻嘻的,那个宝贝！简直像阳光灿烂的日子一样！”阿加菲娅·米哈伊洛夫娜说道。

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beams /biːmz/

v. 发出光芒,微笑（第三人称单数）➕

🔊 "Well, well; then we shall see," whispered Kitty. "But now go away, he's going to sleep."

“好了,好了；那我们到时候看吧,”基蒂低声说。“现在你走吧,他要睡了。”

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whispered /ˈwɪspəd/

v. 低语,悄悄说（过去式）➕

Part Eight – Chapter six (第六章)

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