🔊 Meanwhile Vassily Lukitch had not at first understood who this lady was, and had learned from their conversation that it was no other person than the mother who had left her husband, and whom he had not seen, as he had entered the house after her departure. He was in doubt whether to go in or not, or whether to communicate with Alexey Alexandrovitch. Reflecting finally that his duty was to get Seryozha up at the hour fixed, and that it was therefore not his business to consider who was there, the mother or anyone else, but simply to do his duty, he finished dressing, went to the door and opened it.

与此同时,瓦西里·卢基奇起初并未认出这位女士,从他们的对话中才得知,她不是别人,正是那位离家出走的母亲--他是在她离开之后才进这所宅子当差的,因此从未见过她。他犹豫着要不要进去,或者要不要通报阿列克谢·亚历山德罗维奇。最后他想,自己的职责是在规定时间叫醒谢廖扎,因此谁在那儿--是母亲还是别人--不是他该管的事,他只要尽职就行了。于是他穿好衣服,走到门前,打开了门。

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Meanwhile /ˈmiːnwaɪl/

adv. 与此同时；在此期间➕

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Reflecting /rɪˈflektɪŋ/

v. 思考；反映（reflect的现在分词）➕

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departure /dɪˈpɑːrtʃər/

n. 离开；出发➕

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consider /kənˈsɪdər/

v. 考虑；认为➕

🔊 But the embraces of the mother and child, the sound of their voices, and what they were saying, made him change his mind.

但母亲与孩子拥抱的情景、他们的声音以及他们所说的话,让他改变了主意。

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embraces /ɪmˈbreɪsɪz/

n. 拥抱（复数）➕

🔊 He shook his head, and with a sigh he closed the door. "I'll wait another ten minutes," he said to himself, clearing his throat and wiping away tears.

他摇摇头,叹了口气,关上了门。“再等十分钟吧,”他自言自语道,清了清嗓子,擦去了眼泪。

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sigh /saɪ/

n. 叹气；叹息➕

🔊 Among the servants of the household there was intense excitement all this time. All had heard that their mistress had come, and that Kapitonitch had let her in, and that she was even now in the nursery, and that their master always went in person to the nursery at nine o'clock, and everyone fully comprehended that it was impossible for the husband and wife to meet, and that they must prevent it. Korney, the valet, going down to the hall-porter's room, asked who had let her in, and how it was he had done so, and ascertaining that Kapitonitch had admitted her and shown her up, he gave the old man a talking-to. The hall-porter was doggedly silent, but when Korney told him he ought to be sent away, Kapitonitch darted up to him, and waving his hands in Korney's face, began:

这期间,宅邸里的仆人们都异常激动。所有人都听说女主人回来了,是卡皮托内奇放她进来的,她现在就在育儿室,而男主人每天九点都会亲自去育儿室。大家都完全明白,丈夫和妻子不能碰面,必须阻止这件事。贴身男仆科尔内下楼来到门厅,问是谁放她进来的,又是怎么放进来的,得知是卡皮托内奇放她进来并领她上楼后,他把老门房训斥了一顿。门房固执地沉默着,但当科尔内说他应该被赶走时,卡皮托内奇猛地冲到他面前,冲着科尔内的脸挥舞着双手,说道:

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intense /ɪnˈtens/

adj. 强烈的；紧张的➕

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excitement /ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/

n. 兴奋；激动➕

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nursery /ˈnɜːsəri/

n. 托儿所；育儿室➕

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mistress /ˈmɪstrəs/

n. 女主人；情妇➕

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master /ˈmɑːstər/

n. 主人；大师➕

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comprehended /ˌkɒmprɪˈhendɪd/

v. 理解；领会（comprehend的过去式）➕

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prevent /prɪˈvent/

v. 阻止；预防➕

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ascertaining /ˌæsərˈteɪnɪŋ/

v. 查明；弄清（ascertain的现在分词）➕

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admitted /ədˈmɪtɪd/

v. 承认；允许进入（admit的过去式）➕

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doggedly /ˈdɒɡɪdli/

adv. 顽强地；坚持不懈地➕

🔊 "Oh yes, to be sure you'd not have let her in! After ten years' service, and never a word but of kindness, and there you'd up and say, 'Be off, go along, get away with you!' Oh yes, you're a shrewd one at politics, I dare say! You don't need to be taught how to swindle the master, and to filch fur coats!"

“哦,是啊,你当然不会放她进来！我干了十年活儿,主人从来说话都和和气气的,可你倒好,一开口就说‘滚开,走开,离我远点！’哦,是啊,你可真是个玩弄权术的聪明人！用不着别人教你怎么骗主人,怎么偷皮大衣！”

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shrewd /ʃruːd/

adj. 精明的；机敏的➕

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swindle /ˈswɪndl/

v. 诈骗；骗取➕

🔊 "Soldier!" said Korney contemptuously, and he turned to the nurse who was coming in. "Here, what do you think, Marya Efimovna: he let her in without a word to anyone," Korney said addressing her. "Alexey Alexandrovitch will be down immediately-and go into the nursery!"

“当兵的！”科尔内轻蔑地说,转向走进来的保姆。“喂,您觉得呢,玛丽亚·叶菲莫夫娜:他一声不吭就把她放进来了,”科尔内对保姆说道,“阿列克谢·亚历山德罗维奇马上就会下来--还会到育儿室去！”

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contemptuously /kənˈtemptʃuəsli/

adv. 轻蔑地➕

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addressing /əˈdresɪŋ/

v. 对……说话；处理（address的现在分词）➕

🔊 "A pretty business, a pretty business!" said the nurse. "You, Korney Vassilievitch, you'd best keep him some way or other, the master, while I'll run and get her away somehow. A pretty business!"

“真是件麻烦事,真是件麻烦事！”保姆说,“您,科尔内·瓦西里耶维奇,最好想个办法把老爷拖住,我则跑去想法子把她弄走。真是件麻烦事！”

🔊 When the nurse went into the nursery, Seryozha was telling his mother how he and Nadinka had had a fall in sledging downhill, and had turned over three times. She was listening to the sound of his voice, watching his face and the play of expression on it, touching his hand, but she did not follow what he was saying. She must go, she must leave him,-this was the only thing she was thinking and feeling. She heard the steps of Vassily Lukitch coming up to the door and coughing; she heard, too, the steps of the nurse as she came near; but she sat like one turned to stone, incapable of beginning to speak or to get up.

保姆走进育儿室时,谢廖扎正在告诉母亲,他和娜金卡滑雪橇下坡时摔了一跤,连翻了三个跟头。她听着他的声音,看着他的脸庞和上面表情的变化,抚摸着他的手,但她并没有听进去他在说什么。她必须走,必须离开他--这是她唯一在想、在感受的事。她听到瓦西里·卢基奇走到门边咳嗽的声音；她也听到保姆走近的脚步声；但她坐着,像变成了石头人一般,无法开口说话,也无法站起来。

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incapable /ɪnˈkeɪpəbl/

adj. 无能力的；不能的➕

🔊 "Mistress, darling!" began the nurse, going up to Anna and kissing her hands and shoulders. "God has brought joy indeed to our boy on his birthday. You aren't changed one bit."

“太太,亲爱的！”保姆走到安娜面前,吻着她的手和肩膀,“上帝在您孩子的生日这天给我们带来了真正的欢乐。您一点都没变。”

🔊 "Oh, nurse dear, I didn't know you were in the house," said Anna, rousing herself for a moment.

“哦,亲爱的保姆,我不知道您也在这儿,”安娜说,暂时清醒了一点儿。

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rousing /ˈraʊzɪŋ/

v. 唤醒；使觉醒（rouse的现在分词）➕

🔊 "I'm not living here, I'm living with my daughter. I came for the birthday, Anna Arkadyevna, darling!" The nurse suddenly burst into tears, and began kissing her hand again.

“我现在不住在这儿了,我和女儿住在一起。我是来祝贺生日的,安娜·阿尔卡季耶夫娜,亲爱的！”保姆突然哭了起来,又开始吻她的手。

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burst /bɜːrst/

v. 爆发；突然发生（burst的过去式）➕

🔊 Seryozha, with radiant eyes and smiles, holding his mother by one hand and his nurse by the other, pattered on the rug with his fat little bare feet. The tenderness shown by his beloved nurse to his mother threw him into an ecstasy.

谢廖扎眼睛闪闪发光,笑容满面,一只手拉着母亲,另一只手拉着保姆,光着胖胖的小脚丫在地毯上啪嗒啪嗒地走。心爱的保姆对母亲表现出的亲昵让他欣喜若狂。

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radiant /ˈreɪdiənt/

adj. 容光焕发的；光芒四射的➕

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tenderness /ˈtendərnəs/

n. 温柔；柔情➕

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beloved /bɪˈlʌvɪd/

adj. 心爱的；挚爱的➕

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ecstasy /ˈekstəsi/

n. 狂喜；陶醉➕

🔊 "Mother! She often comes to see me, and when she comes...." he was beginning, but he stopped, noticing that the nurse was saying something in a whisper to his mother, and that in his mother's face there was a look of dread and something like shame, which was so strangely unbecoming to her. She went up to him.

“妈妈！她常来看我,她来的时候……”他正要往下说,但停住了,因为他注意到保姆正小声对母亲说着什么,而母亲脸上露出一种恐惧和近乎羞愧的神情,这在她脸上显得异常不相称。她走向他。

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dread /dred/

n. 恐惧；忧虑➕

🔊 "My sweet!" she said. She could not say good-bye, but the expression on her face said it, and he understood. "Darling, darling Kootik!" she used the name by which she had called him when he was little, "you won't forget me? You...." but she could not say more.

“我的心肝！”她说。她没法说出告别的话,但她脸上的表情已经表达了告别,而他明白了。“亲爱的,亲爱的库季克！”她用了他小时候叫的名字,“你不会忘记我吧？你……”但她再也说不下去了。

🔊 How often afterwards she thought of words she might have said. But now she did not know how to say it, and could say nothing. But Seryozha knew all she wanted to say to him. He understood that she was unhappy and loved him. He understood even what the nurse had whispered. He had caught the words "always at nine o'clock," and he knew that this was said of his father, and that his father and mother could not meet. That he understood, but one thing he could not understand-why there should be a look of dread and shame in her face?... She was not in fault, but she was afraid of him and ashamed of something. He would have liked to put a question that would have set at rest this doubt, but he did not dare; he saw that she was miserable, and he felt for her. Silently he pressed close to her and whispered, "Don't go yet. He won't come just yet."

后来她常常想起自己当时本该说的话。可那一刻她不知道怎么说,也什么都说不出来。但谢廖扎知道她所有想对他说的话。他明白她不快乐,而且爱他。他甚至明白保姆低声说的话。他听到了“总是九点钟”这几个字,他知道这是指他父亲,也知道父亲和母亲不能见面。这些他都明白,但有一件事他无法理解--为什么她脸上会有恐惧和羞愧的表情？……她并没有错,却怕他,为某些事感到羞愧。他很想问一个问题来打消这个疑虑,但他不敢；他看出她很痛苦,他同情她。他默默地紧紧依偎着她,低声说:“别走,他暂时还不会来。”

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afterwards /ˈɑːftərwərdz/

adv. 之后；后来➕

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ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/

adj. 羞愧的；感到羞耻的➕

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miserable /ˈmɪzərəbl/

adj. 痛苦的；悲惨的➕

🔊 The mother held him away from her to see what he was thinking, what to say to him, and in his frightened face she read not only that he was speaking of his father, but, as it were, asking her what he ought to think about his father.

母亲把他从身边稍稍推开,想看看他到底在想什么,想对他说什么,在他惊恐的脸上,她不仅看出他在说父亲,而且仿佛在问她,他应该怎样看待父亲。

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as it were /æz ɪt wɜːr/

adv. 可以说；在一定程度上；仿佛是➕

🔊 "Seryozha, my darling," she said, "love him; he's better and kinder than I am, and I have done him wrong. When you grow up you will judge."

“谢廖扎,我的心肝,”她说,“爱他吧；他比我更好、更善良,是我对不起他。等你长大了,你会明白的。”

🔊 "There's no one better than you!..." he cried in despair through his tears, and, clutching her by the shoulders, he began squeezing her with all his force to him, his arms trembling with the strain.

“谁也没有你好！……”他绝望地哭喊着,抓住她的肩膀,用尽全身力气把她紧紧搂住,双臂因用力而颤抖。

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despair /dɪˈspeər/

n. 绝望➕

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clutching /ˈklʌtʃɪŋ/

v. 抓住,紧握➕

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squeezing /ˈskwiːzɪŋ/

v. 挤压,紧握➕

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trembling /ˈtremblɪŋ/

v. 颤抖,哆嗦➕

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strain /streɪn/

n. 压力,紧张；拉紧➕

🔊 "My sweet, my little one!" said Anna, and she cried as weakly and childishly as he. At that moment the door opened. Vassily Lukitch came in.

“我的心肝,我的小宝贝！”安娜说,她哭得像他一样脆弱、孩子气。就在这时,门开了。瓦西里·卢基奇走了进来。

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weakly /ˈwiːkli/

adv. 虚弱地,无力地➕

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childishly /ˈtʃaɪldɪʃli/

adv. 孩子气地,幼稚地➕

🔊 At the other door there was the sound of steps, and the nurse in a scared whisper said, "He's coming," and gave Anna her hat. Seryozha sank onto the bed and sobbed, hiding his face in his hands. Anna removed his hands, once more kissed his wet face, and with rapid steps went to the door. Alexey Alexandrovitch walked in, meeting her. Seeing her, he stopped short and bowed his head. Although she had just said he was better and kinder than she, in the rapid glance she flung at him, taking in his whole figure in all its details, feelings of repulsion and hatred for him and jealousy over her son took possession of her. With a swift gesture she put down her veil, and, quickening her pace, almost ran out of the room.

另一扇门那边传来脚步声,保姆惊恐地低声说:“他来了,”并把安娜的帽子递给她。谢廖扎瘫倒在床上,双手捂着脸抽泣起来。安娜挪开他的手,再次吻了吻他湿漉漉的脸,然后快步走向门口。阿列克谢·亚历山德罗维奇走了进来,迎面遇上了她。一看见她,他猛地停住,低下了头。尽管她刚才还说他又好又善良,但她在飞快地瞥了他一眼--那目光将他整个人从头到脚扫视了一遍--时,心中涌起了对他的厌恶与憎恨,以及因为儿子而产生的嫉妒。她迅速地放下面纱,加快了脚步,几乎是跑着出了房间。

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sobbed /sɒbd/

v. 啜泣,呜咽➕

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flung /flʌŋ/

v. 猛扔,猛推（fling的过去式）➕

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repulsion /rɪˈpʌlʃən/

n. 厌恶,反感➕

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hatred /ˈheɪtrɪd/

n. 仇恨,憎恨➕

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jealousy /ˈdʒeləsi/

n. 嫉妒,吃醋➕

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possession /pəˈzeʃən/

n. 拥有,占有；控制➕

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swift /swɪft/

adj. 迅速的,敏捷的➕

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gesture /ˈdʒestʃər/

n. 手势,姿势；姿态➕

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veil /veɪl/

n. 面纱,面罩➕

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quickening /ˈkwɪkənɪŋ/

v. 加快,加速➕

🔊 She had not time to undo, and so carried back with her, the parcel of toys she had chosen the day before in a toy shop with such love and sorrow.

她前一天怀着那么深的爱与悲伤在玩具店里挑选的那包玩具,她还没来得及解开,就这样又带着它走了。

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undo /ʌnˈduː/

v. 解开,取消➕

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parcel /ˈpɑːrsəl/

n. 包裹,邮包➕

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sorrow /ˈsɒrəʊ/

n. 悲伤,悲痛➕

Part Five – Chapter 30 (第三十章)

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