🔊 The princess sat in her armchair, silent and smiling; the prince sat down beside her. Kitty stood by her father's chair, still holding his hand. All were silent.

公主坐在扶手椅上,沉默而微笑；王子在她身旁坐下。基蒂站在父亲的椅子旁,依然握着他的手。所有人都默不作声。

🔊 The princess was the first to put everything into words, and to translate all thoughts and feelings into practical questions. And all equally felt this strange and painful for the first minute.

是公主第一个将一切诉诸言语,把所有思绪和感情都转化为实际问题。而大家最初一刻都觉得这既陌生又痛苦。

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translate /trænsˈleɪt/

v. 翻译；转化；解释➕

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practical /ˈpræktɪkl/

adj. 实际的；实用的；可行的➕

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equally /ˈiːkwəli/

adv. 相等地；同样地➕

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painful /ˈpeɪnfl/

adj. 痛苦的；令人疼痛的➕

🔊 "When is it to be? We must have the benediction and announcement. And when's the wedding to be? What do you think, Alexander?"

“什么时候办？我们必须举行祝福仪式和公告。婚礼又定在何时？你觉得呢,亚历山大？”

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benediction /ˌbenɪˈdɪkʃən/

n. 祝福；祈祷；赐福➕

🔊 "Here he is," said the old prince, pointing to Levin--"he's the principal person in the matter."

“他就在这儿,”老公爵指着列文说,“这件事他才是主角。”

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principal /ˈprɪnsəpəl/

adj. 主要的；最重要的➕

🔊 "When?" said Levin blushing. "Tomorrow. If you ask me, I should say, the benediction to-day and the wedding to-morrow."

“什么时候？”列文红着脸说,“明天。如果问我,我就说今天祝福,明天结婚。”

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blushing /ˈblʌʃɪŋ/

v. 脸红；羞红➕

🔊 "Come, mon cher, that's nonsense!"

“得了,mon cher,这太荒唐了！”

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nonsense /ˈnɒnsəns/

n. 胡说；废话；荒谬的言行➕

🔊 "Well, in a week."

“那,一周后。”

🔊 "He's quite mad."

“他完全疯了。”

🔊 "No, why so?"

“不,为什么这么说？”

🔊 "Well, upon my word!" said the mother, smiling, delighted at this haste. "How about the trousseau?"

“哎呀,真是的！”母亲笑着说,对他的急切感到欣喜,“那嫁妆怎么办？”

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haste /heɪst/

n. 匆忙；急忙➕

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trousseau /ˈtruːsəʊ/

n. 嫁妆；嫁妆箱➕

🔊 "Will there really be a trousseau and all that?" Levin thought with horror. "But can the trousseau and the benediction and all that--can it spoil my happiness? Nothing can spoil it!" He glanced at Kitty, and noticed that she was not in the least, not in the very least, disturbed by the idea of the trousseau. "Then it must be all right," he thought.

“真的会有嫁妆和那些东西吗？”列文惊恐地想,“可是嫁妆、祝福以及这一切--难道会破坏我的幸福吗？什么都无法破坏它！”他瞥了一眼基蒂,注意到她丝毫没有被嫁妆的事所困扰。“那肯定没问题。”他想。

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horror /ˈhɒrə/

n. 恐怖；震惊；厌恶➕

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disturbed /dɪˈstɜːbd/

adj. 不安的；困扰的；心理失常的➕

🔊 "Oh, I know nothing about it; I only said what I should like," he said apologetically.

“哦,我对这些一无所知；我只是说了我想要的。”他抱歉地说。

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apologetically /əˌpɒləˈdʒetɪkli/

adv. 道歉地；带着歉意地➕

🔊 "We'll talk it over, then. The benediction and announcement can take place now. That's very well."

“那我们来商量一下。祝福和公告现在就可以举行。这样很好。”

🔊 The princess went up to her husband, kissed him, and would have gone away, but he kept her, embraced her, and, tenderly as a young lover, kissed her several times, smiling. The old people were obviously muddled for a moment, and did not quite know whether it was they who were in love again or their daughter. When the prince and the princess had gone, Levin went up to his betrothed and took her hand. He was self-possessed now and could speak, and he had a great deal he wanted to tell her. But he said not at all what he had to say.

公主走到丈夫身边,吻了他,正要离开,但他拉住她,拥抱她,像年轻的恋人一样温柔地吻了她好几次,微笑着。两位老人显然一时间有些不知所措,不太清楚到底是他们自己又重新恋爱了,还是他们的女儿。当公爵和公主离开后,列文走到未婚妻面前,握住她的手。他现在镇定自若,能够开口说话,而且有许多话想对她说。但他说的根本不是他想说的话。

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embraced /ɪmˈbreɪst/

v. 拥抱；包含；欣然接受➕

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tenderly /ˈtendəli/

adv. 温柔地；体贴地➕

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muddled /ˈmʌdld/

adj. 糊涂的；混乱的；头脑不清的➕

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betrothed /bɪˈtrəʊðd/

n. 未婚夫或未婚妻➕

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self-possessed /ˌself pəˈzest/

adj. 沉着的；冷静的；泰然自若的➕

🔊 "How I knew it would be so! I never hoped for it; and yet in my heart I was always sure," he said. "I believe that it was ordained."

“我早就知道会是这样！我从未指望过；但内心深处一直确信。”他说,“我相信这是命中注定的。”

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ordained /ɔːˈdeɪnd/

v. 注定；命令；授予圣职➕

🔊 "And I!" she said. "Even when..." She stopped and went on again, looking at him resolutely with her truthful eyes, "Even when I thrust from me my happiness. I always loved you alone, but I was carried away. I ought to tell you... Can you forgive that?"

“我也是！”她说,“甚至当……”她停顿了一下,然后用真诚的目光坚定地看着他继续说道,“甚至当我推开我的幸福时。我始终只爱你一个人,但我被冲昏了头。我应该告诉你……你能原谅我吗？”

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resolutely /ˈrezəluːtli/

adv. 坚决地,果断地➕

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thrust /θrʌst/

v. 猛推,刺；强使➕

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carried away /ˈkærid əˈweɪ/

v. phr. 被冲昏头脑,失去自制➕

🔊 "Perhaps it was for the best. You will have to forgive me so much. I ought to tell you..."

“也许这样最好。你有很多需要原谅我的地方。我应该告诉你……”

🔊 This was one of the things he had meant to speak about. He had resolved from the first to tell her two things--that he was not chaste as she was, and that he was not a believer. It was agonizing, but he considered he ought to tell her both these facts.

这正是他原打算要说的一件事。他从一开始就决定告诉她两件事--他不如她纯洁,以及他并不信教。这很痛苦,但他认为应该把这两件事都告诉她。

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resolved /rɪˈzɒlvd/

v. 决定,决心（过去式）➕

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chaste /tʃeɪst/

adj. 贞洁的,纯洁的➕

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believer /bɪˈliːvə/

n. 信徒,相信者➕

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agonizing /ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/

adj. 痛苦难忍的,折磨人的➕

🔊 "No, not now, later!" he said.

“不,现在别说,以后再说！”他说。

🔊 "Very well, later, but you must certainly tell me. I'm not afraid of anything. I want to know everything. Now it is settled."

“好吧,以后再说,但你一定要告诉我。我什么都不怕。我想知道一切。现在事情已经定了。”

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certainly /ˈsɜːrtənli/

adv. 当然；肯定地➕

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afraid /əˈfreɪd/

adj. 害怕的；担心的➕

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settled /ˈsetld/

adj. 固定的；确定的；解决的➕

🔊 He added: "Settled that you'll take me whatever I may be--you won't give me up? Yes?"

他补充道:“定了你会接受我,不管我是什么样--你不会抛弃我？对吗？”

🔊 "Yes, yes."

“是的,是的。”

🔊 Their conversation was interrupted by Mademoiselle Linon, who with an affected but tender smile came to congratulate her favorite pupil. Before she had gone, the servants came in with their congratulations. Then relations arrived, and there began that state of blissful absurdity from which Levin did not emerge till the day after his wedding. Levin was in a continual state of awkwardness and discomfort, but the intensity of his happiness went on all the while increasing. He felt continually that a great deal was being expected of him-what, he did not know; and he did everything he was told, and it all gave him happiness. He had thought his engagement would have nothing about it like others, that the ordinary conditions of engaged couples would spoil his special happiness; but it ended in his doing exactly as other people did, and his happiness being only increased thereby and becoming more and more special, more and more unlike anything that had ever happened.

他们的谈话被利农小姐打断了,她带着故作温柔的笑容前来祝贺她心爱的学生。她还没走,仆人们就进来祝贺。接着亲戚们到了,于是开始了那种幸福的荒唐状态,直到列文婚礼后的第二天他才从中解脱出来。列文一直感到尴尬和不适,但他的幸福感却在不断增强。他总觉得人们对他期望很多--具体是什么,他不知道；他听从一切吩咐,而这一切都带给他幸福。他原以为他的订婚不会像别人那样,普通情侣的常规会破坏他特殊的幸福；但结果他做的和别人完全一样,而他的幸福反而因此增加,变得更加特殊,更加不同于以往的一切。

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interrupted /ˌɪntəˈrʌptɪd/

v. 打断,中断（过去式）➕

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affected /əˈfektɪd/

adj. 做作的,假装的➕

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tender /ˈtendə/

adj. 温柔的,体贴的➕

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congratulate /kənˈɡrætʃuleɪt/

v. 祝贺➕

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blissful /ˈblɪsfəl/

adj. 极幸福的,快乐的➕

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absurdity /əbˈsɜːdəti/

n. 荒谬,荒唐➕

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emerge /ɪˈmɜːdʒ/

v. 出现,浮现➕

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awkwardness /ˈɔːkwədnəs/

n. 尴尬,笨拙➕

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discomfort /dɪsˈkʌmfət/

n. 不适,不舒服➕

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intensity /ɪnˈtensəti/

n. 强烈,强度➕

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continually /kənˈtɪnjuəli/

adv. 持续地,不断地➕

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thereby /ˌðeəˈbaɪ/

adv. 因此,从而➕

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engagement /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/

n. 订婚；约会➕

🔊 "Now we shall have sweetmeats to eat," said Mademoiselle Linon--and Levin drove off to buy sweetmeats.

“现在我们该吃糖果了,”利农小姐说,于是列文驱车去买糖果。

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sweetmeats /ˈswiːtmiːts/

n. 甜食,糖果（旧用法）➕

🔊 "Well, I'm very glad," said Sviazhsky. "I advise you to get the bouquets from Fomin's."

“嗯,我很高兴,”斯维亚日斯基说,“我建议你去福明店买花束。”

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advise /ədˈvaɪz/

v. 建议,劝告➕

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bouquets /buːˈkeɪz/

n. 花束（复数）➕

🔊 "Oh, are they wanted?" And he drove to Fomin's.

“哦,需要花束吗？”于是他驱车去了福明店。

🔊 His brother offered to lend him money, as he would have so many expenses, presents to give...

他的哥哥提出借钱给他,因为他会有很多开销,要送礼物……

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expenses /ɪkˈspensɪz/

n. 费用,开支（复数）➕

🔊 "Oh, are presents wanted?" And he galloped to Foulde's.

“哦,需要礼物吗？”于是他飞奔到富尔德店。

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galloped /ˈɡæləpt/

v. 飞驰,疾驰（过去式）➕

🔊 And at the confectioner's, and at Fomin's, and at Foulde's he saw that he was expected; that they were pleased to see him, and prided themselves on his happiness, just as everyone whom he had to do with during those days. What was extraordinary was that everyone not only liked him, but even people previously unsympathetic, cold, and callous, were enthusiastic over him, gave way to him in everything, treated his feeling with tenderness and delicacy, and shared his conviction that he was the happiest man in the world because his betrothed was beyond perfection. Kitty too felt the same thing. When Countess Nordston ventured to hint that she had hoped for something better, Kitty was so angry and proved so conclusively that nothing in the world could be better than Levin, that Countess Nordston had to admit it, and in Kitty's presence never met Levin without a smile of ecstatic admiration.

在糖果店、福明店和富尔德店,他发现人们都在期待他；他们很高兴见到他,并为他的幸福感到自豪,就像那几天他接触到的每一个人一样。不同寻常的是,不仅人人都喜欢他,甚至以前不友善、冷漠、麻木的人,也都对他热情洋溢,处处迁就他,温柔体贴地对待他的感情,并且和他一样相信,他是世上最幸福的人,因为他的未婚妻完美无瑕。基蒂也感受到了同样的事。当诺德斯顿伯爵夫人斗胆暗示她曾期望更好的归宿时,基蒂非常生气,并用无可辩驳的道理证明世上不可能有比列文更好的人,诺德斯顿伯爵夫人只好承认,并且在基蒂面前,每次见到列文都会露出欣喜崇拜的微笑。

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confectioner's /kənˈfekʃənəz/

n. 糖果店（所有格）➕

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prided /ˈpraɪdɪd/

v. 以……为自豪（过去式）➕

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extraordinary /ɪkˈstrɔːrdəneri/

adj. 非凡的,特别的➕

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previously /ˈpriːviəsli/

adv. 以前,先前➕

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unsympathetic /ˌʌnsɪmpəˈθetɪk/

adj. 冷漠的,不同情的➕

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callous /ˈkæləs/

adj. 冷酷的,麻木的➕

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enthusiastic /ɪnˌθjuːziˈæstɪk/

adj. 热情的,热心的➕

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tenderness /ˈtendənəs/

n. 温柔,柔情➕

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delicacy /ˈdelɪkəsi/

n. 精致,微妙；微妙之处➕

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conviction /kənˈvɪkʃn/

n. 信念,坚信➕

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perfection /pəˈfekʃn/

n. 完美,完善➕

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ventured /ˈventʃəd/

v. 冒险,敢于（过去式）➕

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conclusively /kənˈkluːsɪvli/

adv. 决定性地,确凿地➕

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ecstatic /ɪkˈstætɪk/

adj. 狂喜的,心醉神迷的➕

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admiration /ˌædməˈreɪʃn/

n. 钦佩,赞赏➕

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Countess /ˈkaʊntɪs/

n. 伯爵夫人➕

🔊 The confession he had promised was the one painful incident of this time. He consulted the old prince, and with his sanction gave Kitty his diary, in which there was written the confession that tortured him. He had written this diary at the time with a view to his future wife. Two things caused him anguish: his lack of purity and his lack of faith. His confession of unbelief passed unnoticed. She was religious, had never doubted the truths of religion, but his external unbelief did not affect her in the least. Through love she knew all his soul, and in his soul she saw what she wanted, and that such a state of soul should be called unbelieving was to her a matter of no account. The other confession set her weeping bitterly.

他曾承诺的忏悔是这段时期唯一的痛苦插曲。他请教了老公爵,经他同意,把自己的日记交给了基蒂,日记里写着他痛苦煎熬的忏悔。这本日记是他当时为未来的妻子写的。有两件事让他痛苦:他的不纯洁和缺乏信仰。对不信神的忏悔并未引起注意。她笃信宗教,从未怀疑过宗教真理,但他的外在不信教丝毫没影响她。通过爱,她了解他的整个灵魂,并在他的灵魂中看到了她想要的东西,而这样的灵魂状态被称为不信教,对她来说无关紧要。另一件忏悔则让她痛哭流涕。

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confession /kənˈfeʃn/

n. 忏悔,坦白➕

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incident /ˈɪnsɪdənt/

n. 事件,事变➕

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sanction /ˈsæŋkʃn/

n. 批准,许可；制裁➕

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tortured /ˈtɔːtʃəd/

v. 折磨,拷问（过去式）➕

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anguish /ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/

n. 极度痛苦➕

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purity /ˈpjʊərəti/

n. 纯洁,纯净➕

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unbelief /ˌʌnbɪˈliːf/

n. 不信,怀疑（尤指宗教信仰）➕

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unnoticed /ʌnˈnəʊtɪst/

adj. 不被注意的,被忽视的➕

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external /ɪkˈstɜːnl/

adj. 外部的,外界的➕

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unbelieving /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvɪŋ/

adj. 不信的,怀疑的➕

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weeping /ˈwiːpɪŋ/

v. 哭泣（现在分词）➕

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bitterly /ˈbɪtəli/

adv. 痛苦地,苦涩地➕

🔊 Levin, not without an inner struggle, handed her his diary. He knew that between him and her there could not be, and should not be, secrets, and so he had decided that so it must be. But he had not realized what an effect it would have on her, he had not put himself in her place. It was only when the same evening he came to their house before the theater, went into her room and saw her tear-stained, pitiful, sweet face, miserable with suffering he had caused and nothing could undo, he felt the abyss that separated his shameful past from her dovelike purity, and was appalled at what he had done.

列文经过内心挣扎,把日记交给了她。他知道他和她之间不可能也不应该有秘密,所以他决定必须这样做。但他没有意识到这会对她产生什么影响,他没有设身处地为她着想。直到同一天晚上,他在戏院前来到他们家,走进她的房间,看到她泪痕满面、可怜又可爱的脸庞,因他造成且无法挽回的痛苦而悲伤,他才感到自己可耻的过去与她鸽子般的纯洁之间的鸿沟,并对自己所做的事感到震惊。

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inner /ˈɪnər/

adj. 内部的；内心的➕

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struggle /ˈstrʌɡl/

n. 斗争；挣扎➕

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diary /ˈdaɪəri/

n. 日记➕

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effect /ɪˈfekt/

n. 效果；影响➕

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theater /ˈθɪətər/

n. 剧院；剧场➕

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tear-stained /ˈtɪər steɪnd/

adj. 沾满泪痕的➕

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pitiful /ˈpɪtɪfl/

adj. 可怜的；令人同情的➕

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miserable /ˈmɪzrəbl/

adj. 悲惨的；痛苦的➕

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suffering /ˈsʌfərɪŋ/

n. 痛苦；苦难➕

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undo /ʌnˈduː/

v. 取消；消除；解开➕

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abyss /əˈbɪs/

n. 深渊；无底洞➕

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shameful /ˈʃeɪmfl/

adj. 可耻的；丢脸的➕

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dovelike /ˈdʌvlaɪk/

adj. 如鸽子般纯洁温柔的➕

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appalled /əˈpɔːld/

adj. 震惊的；惊骇的➕

🔊 "Take them, take these dreadful books!" she said, pushing away the notebooks lying before her on the table. "Why did you give them me? No, it was better anyway," she added, touched by his despairing face. "But it's awful, awful!"

“拿走,拿走这些可怕的本子！”她说着,推开桌上摆在她面前的那些笔记本,“你为什么给我？不,这样总归更好,”她被他的绝望表情打动,补充道,“但这太可怕了,太可怕了！”

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dreadful /ˈdredfl/

adj. 可怕的；糟糕透顶的➕

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despairing /dɪˈsperɪŋ/

adj. 绝望的；感到绝望的➕

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awful /ˈɔːfl/

adj. 极坏的；可怕的➕

🔊 His head sank, and he was silent. He could say nothing.

他低下头,沉默不语。他什么也说不出来。

🔊 "You can't forgive me," he whispered.

“你无法原谅我,”他低声说。

🔊 "Yes, I forgive you; but it's terrible!"

“不,我原谅你；但这太可怕了！”

🔊 But his happiness was so immense that this confession did not shatter it, it only added another shade to it. She forgave him; but from that time more than ever he considered himself unworthy of her, morally bowed down lower than ever before her, and prized more highly than ever his undeserved happiness.

但他的幸福如此巨大,这份忏悔并没有摧毁它,只是给它增添了另一层色彩。她原谅了他；但从那以后,他比以往任何时候都更觉得自己配不上她,在精神上比以往更低微地拜倒在她面前,并比以往任何时候都更珍视自己不配得到的幸福。

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immense /ɪˈmens/

adj. 巨大的；极大的➕

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shatter /ˈʃætər/

v. 打碎；粉碎；破坏➕

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shade /ʃeɪd/

n. 细微差别；阴影；色调➕

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unworthy /ʌnˈwɜːrði/

adj. 不值得的；不配的➕

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morally /ˈmɔːrəli/

adv. 道德上；道义上➕

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bowed /baʊd/

v. 弯曲；鞠躬（过去式）➕

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prized /praɪzd/

v. 珍视；珍惜（过去式）➕

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undeserved /ˌʌndɪˈzɜːrvd/

adj. 不应得的；冤枉的➕

Part Four – Chapter sixteen (第十六章)

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