🔊 Saying good-bye to the princess, Sergey Ivanovitch was joined by Katavasov; together they got into a carriage full to overflowing, and the train started.

与公主告别后,谢尔盖·伊万诺维奇与卡塔瓦索夫会合；两人一同挤进一辆已满载的车厢,列车随即启动了。

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overflowing /ˌəʊvəˈfləʊɪŋ/

adj. 充满的；溢出的➕

🔊 At Tsaritsino station the train was met by a chorus of young men singing "Hail to Thee!" Again the volunteers bowed and poked their heads out, but Sergey Ivanovitch paid no attention to them. He had had so much to do with the volunteers that the type was familiar to him and did not interest him. Katavasov, whose scientific work had prevented his having a chance of observing them hitherto, was very much interested in them and questioned Sergey Ivanovitch. Sergey Ivanovitch advised him to go into the second-class and talk to them himself. At the next station Katavasov acted on this suggestion.

在察里津诺站,一队年轻人合唱着“向你致敬！”迎接列车。志愿者们再次鞠躬探出头来,但谢尔盖·伊万诺维奇并未理会。他与这些志愿者打交道太多,早已熟悉他们的类型,提不起兴趣。卡塔瓦索夫因科研工作此前无暇观察他们,此刻兴致勃勃,不断向谢尔盖·伊万诺维奇询问。谢尔盖·伊万诺维奇建议他亲自去二等车厢与他们交谈。到了下一站,卡塔瓦索夫依言而行。

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hitherto /ˌhɪðəˈtuː/

adv. 迄今为止；到目前为止➕

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chorus /ˈkɔːrəs/

n. 合唱；合唱团；齐声➕

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observing /əbˈzɜːvɪŋ/

v. 观察；注意到（observe的现在分词）➕

🔊 At the first stop he moved into the second-class and made the acquaintance of the volunteers. They were sitting in a corner of the carriage, talking loudly and obviously aware that the attention of the passengers and Katavasov as he got in was concentrated upon them. More loudly than all talked the tall, hollow-chested young man. He was unmistakably tipsy, and was relating some story that had occurred at his school. Facing him sat a middle-aged officer in the Austrian military jacket of the Guards uniform. He was listening with a smile to the hollow-chested youth, and occasionally pulling him up. The third, in an artillery uniform, was sitting on a box beside them. A fourth was asleep.

在第一个停靠站,他转到二等车厢,结识了那些志愿者。他们坐在车厢一角,高声谈笑,显然意识到乘客们和刚进来的卡塔瓦索夫的注意力都集中在自己身上。一个高个子、凹胸的年轻人嗓门最大。他明显喝醉了,正讲述着一件发生在学校的往事。他对面坐着一位中年军官,穿着禁卫军制服的奥地利式军大衣,面带微笑地听着凹胸青年说话,不时打断他。第三个人穿着炮兵制服,坐在他们旁边的箱子上。第四个人在睡觉。

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acquaintance /əˈkweɪntəns/

n. 认识；熟人➕

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unmistakably /ˌʌnmɪˈsteɪkəbli/

adv. 无误地；明确地➕

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tipsy /ˈtɪpsi/

adj. 微醉的；踉跄的➕

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artillery /ɑːˈtɪləri/

n. 大炮；炮兵部队➕

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hollow-chested /ˈhɒləʊ ˈtʃestɪd/

adj. 凹陷胸部的；胸肌不发达的➕

🔊 Entering into conversation with the youth, Katavasov learned that he was a wealthy Moscow merchant who had run through a large fortune before he was two-and-twenty. Katavasov did not like him, because he was unmanly and effeminate and sickly. He was obviously convinced, especially now after drinking, that he was performing a heroic action, and he bragged of it in the most unpleasant way.

与那年轻人攀谈后,卡塔瓦索夫得知他是一位富有的莫斯科商人,二十二岁前就已挥霍掉大笔家产。卡塔瓦索夫不喜欢他,因为他孱弱、缺乏男子气概且病怏怏的。显然,他深信自己在做一件英雄壮举--尤其是在喝醉之后--并以最令人不悦的方式夸夸其谈。

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effeminate /ɪˈfemɪnət/

adj. 女人气的；柔弱的➕

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unmanly /ʌnˈmænli/

adj. 不男子气的；怯懦的➕

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bragged /bræɡd/

v. 吹嘘；自夸（brag的过去式）➕

🔊 The second, the retired officer, made an unpleasant impression too upon Katavasov. He was, it seemed, a man who had tried everything. He had been on a railway, had been a land-steward, and had started factories, and he talked, quite without necessity, of all he had done, and used learned expressions quite inappropriately.

第二位,那位退役军官,也给卡塔瓦索夫留下了不快的印象。他似乎是个什么都尝试过的人:干过铁路、当过土地管家、办过工厂。他毫无必要地讲述自己做过的一切,并且不合时宜地滥用学术词汇。

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learned /ˈlɜːnɪd/

adj. 有学问的；博学的➕

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inappropriately /ˌɪnəˈprəʊpriətli/

adv. 不恰当地；不合适地➕

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land-steward /ˈlænd ˌstjuːəd/

n. 土地管理人；地产管家➕

🔊 The third, the artilleryman, on the contrary, struck Katavasov very favorably. He was a quiet, modest fellow, unmistakably impressed by the knowledge of the officer and the heroic self-sacrifice of the merchant and saying nothing about himself. When Katavasov asked him what had impelled him to go to Servia, he answered modestly: "Oh, well, everyone's going. The Servians want help, too. I'm sorry for them."

相反,第三位炮兵给卡塔瓦索夫的印象非常好。他是个安静、谦逊的小伙子,显然对那位军官的见识和那位商人的英雄式自我牺牲印象深刻,却对自己只字不提。当卡塔瓦索夫问他是什么促使他去塞尔维亚时,他谦逊地回答:“哦,大家都去嘛。塞尔维亚人也需要帮助。我同情他们。”

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artilleryman /ˌɑːtɪˈlɪərimən/

n. 炮兵；炮手➕

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self-sacrifice /ˌself ˈsækrɪfaɪs/

n. 自我牺牲；献身➕

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impelled /ɪmˈpeld/

v. 推动；迫使（impel的过去式）➕

🔊 "Yes, you artillerymen especially are scarce there," said Katavasov. "Oh, I wasn't long in the artillery, maybe they'll put me into the infantry or the cavalry." "Into the infantry when they need artillery more than anything?" said Katavasov, fancying from the artilleryman's apparent age that he must have reached a fairly high grade. "I wasn't long in the artillery; I'm a cadet retired," he said, and he began to explain how he had failed in his examination.

“是啊,那边尤其缺你们炮兵,”卡塔瓦索夫说。“哦,我在炮兵服役时间不长,也许他们会把我编入步兵或骑兵。”“编入步兵？可他们最需要的是炮兵啊？”卡塔瓦索夫说道,根据那炮兵的年龄推测,他应该已达到相当高的军衔。“我在炮兵待的时间不长；我是个退役的士官生,”他答道,接着解释自己如何考试不及格。

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scarce /skeəs/

adj. 稀少的；稀缺的➕

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infantry /ˈɪnfəntri/

n. 步兵；步兵团➕

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cavalry /ˈkævəlri/

n. 骑兵；装甲部队➕

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fancying /ˈfænsiɪŋ/

v. 想象；认为（fancy的现在分词）➕

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cadet /kəˈdet/

n. 军校学员；候补军官➕

🔊 All of this together made a disagreeable impression on Katavasov, and when the volunteers got out at a station for a drink, Katavasov would have liked to compare his unfavorable impression in conversation with someone. There was an old man in the carriage, wearing a military overcoat, who had been listening all the while to Katavasov's conversation with the volunteers. When they were left alone, Katavasov addressed him.

所有这些加在一起,给卡塔瓦索夫留下了不快的印象。当志愿者们在一个车站下车喝酒时,卡塔瓦索夫很想找人聊聊,对比一下自己的不良印象。车厢里有一位身穿军大衣的老人,一直听着卡塔瓦索夫与志愿者们的谈话。待他们走后,卡塔瓦索夫便向老人搭话。

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disagreeable /ˌdɪsəˈɡriːəbl/

adj. 令人不快的；讨厌的➕

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unfavorable /ʌnˈfeɪvərəbl/

adj. 不利的；反对的➕

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overcoat /ˈəʊvəkəʊt/

n. 大衣；外套➕

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addressed /əˈdrest/

v. 向...说话；称呼（address的过去式）➕

🔊 "What different positions they come from, all those fellows who are going off there," Katavasov said vaguely, not wishing to express his own opinion, and at the same time anxious to find out the old man's views.

“这些要去那边的人,出身可真五花八门啊,”卡塔瓦索夫含糊地说,既不想表达自己的看法,又急于了解老人的观点。

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vaguely /ˈveɪɡli/

adv. 模糊地；含糊地➕

🔊 The old man was an officer who had served on two campaigns. He knew what makes a soldier, and judging by the appearance and the talk of those persons, by the swagger with which they had recourse to the bottle on the journey, he considered them poor soldiers. Moreover, he lived in a district town, and he was longing to tell how one soldier had volunteered from his town, a drunkard and a thief whom no one would employ as a laborer. But knowing by experience that in the present condition of the public temper it was dangerous to express an opinion opposed to the general one, and especially to criticize the volunteers unfavorably, he too watched Katavasov without committing himself.

那位老人是一位参加过两次战役的军官。他懂得什么是真正的士兵,根据那些人的外表和言谈,以及他们一路上醉醺醺的嚣张气焰,他认为他们是糟糕的士兵。此外,他住在一个县城,很想讲讲自己镇上有一个醉鬼和小偷自愿参军,那人连当苦工都没人肯雇。但他凭经验知道,在当前公众情绪下,发表与主流意见相左的看法,尤其是不利于志愿者的批评,是危险的。因此他也只是观察着卡塔瓦索夫,不发表意见。

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campaigns /kæmˈpeɪnz/

n. 战役；运动（campaign的复数）➕

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swagger /ˈswæɡə(r)/

n. 大摇大摆；自负的神气➕

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recourse /rɪˈkɔːs/

n. 求助；依靠➕

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drunkard /ˈdrʌŋkəd/

n. 酒鬼；醉汉➕

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longing /ˈlɒŋɪŋ/

adj. 渴望的；热望的➕

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unfavorably /ʌnˈfeɪvərəbli/

adv. 不利地；反对地➕

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committing /kəˈmɪtɪŋ/

v. 承诺；犯罪（commit的现在分词）➕

🔊 "Well, men are wanted there," he said, laughing with his eyes. And they fell to talking of the last war news, and each concealed from the other his perplexity as to the engagement expected next day, since the Turks had been beaten, according to the latest news, at all points. And so they parted, neither giving expression to his opinion.

“嗯,那边需要人嘛,”他眼睛带笑地说道。接着他们聊起了最近的战况,两人都隐藏着对次日战斗的困惑--因为根据最新消息,土耳其人在所有战线上都被打败了。两人便这样分手,各自都没有说出自己的看法。

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concealed /kənˈsiːld/

v. 隐藏；隐瞒（conceal的过去式）➕

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perplexity /pərˈpleksəti/

n. 困惑；茫然➕

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engagement /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/

n. 交战；约会；订婚➕

🔊 Katavasov went back to his own carriage, and with reluctant hypocrisy reported to Sergey Ivanovitch his observations of the volunteers, from which it would appear that they were capital fellows.

卡塔瓦索夫回到自己的车厢,心怀不情愿的虚伪向谢尔盖·伊万诺维奇报告了他对志愿者的观察,仿佛他们都是了不起的小伙子。

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reluctant /rɪˈlʌktənt/

adj. 不情愿的；勉强的➕

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hypocrisy /hɪˈpɒkrəsi/

n. 虚伪；伪善➕

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observations /ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃənz/

n. 观察；观察结果（observation的复数）➕

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capital /ˈkæpɪtl/

adj. 极好的；主要的；资本的➕

🔊 At a big station at a town the volunteers were again greeted with shouts and singing, again men and women with collecting boxes appeared, and provincial ladies brought bouquets to the volunteers and followed them into the refreshment room; but all this was on a much smaller and feebler scale than in Moscow.

在一个大城镇的车站,志愿者们再次受到欢呼和歌声的迎接,又有手持捐款箱的男女出现,地方上的女士们向志愿者们献上花束,跟着他们走进餐厅；但这一切的规模与声势都比在莫斯科时小得多、弱得多。

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provincial /prəˈvɪnʃl/

adj. 省的；地方的；偏狭的➕

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bouquets /buːˈkeɪz/

n. 花束（bouquet的复数）➕

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refreshment /rɪˈfreʃmənt/

n. 点心；茶点；恢复精力➕

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feebler /ˈfiːblə(r)/

adj. 更虚弱的；更软弱的（feeble的比较级）➕

Part Eight – Chapter three (第三章)

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