🔊 In order to carry through any undertaking in family life, there must necessarily be either complete division between the husband and wife, or loving agreement. When the relations of a couple are vacillating and neither one thing nor the other, no sort of enterprise can be undertaken.

凡家庭生活之事,夫妻之间要么完全分离,要么恩爱和睦,方能善始善终。倘若两人关系摇摆不定,既非此亦非彼,则任何事业都难以为继。

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undertaking /ˌʌndərˈteɪkɪŋ/

n. 任务；事业；承诺➕

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vacillating /ˈvæsɪleɪtɪŋ/

adj. 摇摆不定的；犹豫不决的➕

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enterprise /ˈentərpraɪz/

n. 企业；事业；进取心➕

🔊 Many families remain for years in the same place, though both husband and wife are sick of it, simply because there is neither complete division nor agreement between them. Both Vronsky and Anna felt life in Moscow insupportable in the heat and dust, when the spring sunshine was followed by the glare of summer, and all the trees in the boulevards had long since been in full leaf, and the leaves were covered with dust. But they did not go back to Vozdvizhenskoe, as they had arranged to do long before; they went on staying in Moscow, though they both loathed it, because of late there had been no agreement between them.

许多家庭年复一年居于同处,尽管夫妻双方早已厌倦,只因既未彻底分离,亦未达成和睦。《弗龙斯基》与《安娜》在《莫斯科》度日,春日暖阳过后便是盛夏酷暑,尘土飞扬,林荫道上的树木早已枝繁叶茂,叶片覆满尘埃,两人都觉得不堪忍受。但他们并未像久前商定的那样返回《沃兹德维任斯科耶》,而是继续滞留《莫斯科》--尽管两人都厌恶此地--只因近来二人之间已无默契可言。

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insupportable /ˌɪnsəˈpɔːrtəbl/

adj. 无法忍受的；难以支持的➕

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glare /ɡler/

n. 刺眼的光；怒视➕

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boulevards /ˈbʊləvɑːrdz/

n. 林荫大道（复数）➕

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loathed /loʊðd/

v. 厌恶（过去式）➕

🔊 The irritability that kept them apart had no external cause, and all efforts to come to an understanding intensified it, instead of removing it. It was an inner irritation, grounded in her mind on the conviction that his love had grown less; in his, on regret that he had put himself for her sake in a difficult position, which she, instead of lightening, made still more difficult. Neither of them gave full utterance to their sense of grievance, but they considered each other in the wrong, and tried on every pretext to prove this to one another.

令他们疏远的那股烦躁并无外在缘由,一切试图沟通的努力非但未能消弭,反而愈演愈烈。这是一种内在的烦躁:在她心中,根源于深信他的爱已减退；在他心中,则懊悔自己为她陷入困境,而她非但不设法减轻,反倒使处境更为艰难。两人都未曾倾吐各自的不满,却都认为对方理亏,并寻尽借口向对方证明这一点。

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irritability /ˌɪrɪtəˈbɪləti/

n. 易怒；烦躁➕

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external /ɪkˈstɜːrnl/

adj. 外部的；外在的➕

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intensified /ɪnˈtensɪfaɪd/

v. 加剧；增强（过去式）➕

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irritation /ˌɪrɪˈteɪʃn/

n. 恼怒；刺激➕

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conviction /kənˈvɪkʃn/

n. 信念；坚信；定罪➕

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utterance /ˈʌtərəns/

n. 言论；表达；发声➕

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grievance /ˈɡriːvəns/

n. 委屈；抱怨；不满➕

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pretext /ˈpriːtekst/

n. 借口；托词➕

🔊 In her eyes the whole of him, with all his habits, ideas, desires, with all his spiritual and physical temperament, was one thing--love for women, and that love, she felt, ought to be entirely concentrated on her alone. That love was less; consequently, as she reasoned, he must have transferred part of his love to other women or to another woman--and she was jealous. She was jealous not of any particular woman but of the decrease of his love. Not having got an object for her jealousy, she was on the lookout for it. At the slightest hint she transferred her jealousy from one object to another. At one time she was jealous of those low women with whom he might so easily renew his old bachelor ties; then she was jealous of the society women he might meet; then she was jealous of the imaginary girl whom he might want to marry, for whose sake he would break with her. And this last form of jealousy tortured her most of all, especially as he had unwarily told her, in a moment of frankness, that his mother knew him so little that she had had the audacity to try and persuade him to marry the young Princess Sorokina.

在她眼中,他的全部--包括他的习惯、思想、欲望,以及他全部的精神与肉体气质--都凝聚为一件事:对女人的爱。她认为,这份爱理应全部倾注于她一人身上。可如今这份爱减少了；于是她推论,他必定将一部分爱转移到了别的女人--或另一个女人身上--于是她嫉妒了。她嫉妒的并非某个特定的女人,而是他爱的减少。既然没有具体的嫉妒对象,她便四处搜寻。稍有迹象,她便将其嫉妒从一个对象转向另一个。有时她嫉妒那些他可能轻易重拾旧日独身生活的低贱女人；有时她嫉妒他可能遇见的社交界女士；有时她又嫉妒那个想象中的少女--他可能想娶她,并因此与她断绝关系。而这最后一种嫉妒最令她痛苦,尤其因为他曾在一次坦率谈话中无意透露,他母亲对他知之甚少,竟敢劝他娶年轻的《索罗金娜公爵小姐》。

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spiritual /ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl/

adj. 精神的；心灵的➕

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temperament /ˈtemprəmənt/

n. 气质；性情➕

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consequently /ˈkɑːnsɪkwentli/

adv. 因此；结果➕

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transferred /trænsˈfɜːrd/

v. 转移；调动（过去式）➕

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decrease /ˈdiːkriːs/

n. 减少；降低➕

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renew /rɪˈnuː/

v. 更新；续约；重新开始➕

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bachelor /ˈbætʃələr/

n. 单身汉；学士➕

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imaginary /ɪˈmædʒɪneri/

adj. 想象的；虚构的➕

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tortured /ˈtɔːrtʃərd/

v. 折磨（过去式）➕

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unwarily /ʌnˈweərɪli/

adv. 不小心地；轻率地➕

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frankness /ˈfræŋknəs/

n. 坦率；直率➕

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audacity /ɔːˈdæsəti/

n. 大胆；无畏；厚颜➕

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persuade /pərˈsweɪd/

v. 说服；劝服➕

🔊 And being jealous of him, Anna was indignant against him and found grounds for indignation in everything. For everything that was difficult in her position she blamed him. The agonizing condition of suspense she had passed in Moscow, the tardiness and indecision of Alexey Alexandrovitch, her solitude--she put it all down to him. If he had loved her he would have seen all the bitterness of her position, and would have rescued her from it. For her being in Moscow and not in the country, he was to blame too. He could not live buried in the country as she would have liked to do. He must have society, and he had put her in this awful position, the bitterness of which he would not see. And again, it was his fault that she was forever separated from her son.

因此嫉妒他的《安娜》对他愤愤不平,并从中找到一切可指责之处。她将自己处境的种种艰难都归咎于他:她在《莫斯科》度过的痛苦而悬而未决的日子,《阿列克谢·亚历山德罗维奇》的拖延与犹豫,她的孤独--她将这些全算在他头上。倘若他爱她,他本该看出她处境的全部苦涩,并拯救她脱离困境。她之所以身在《莫斯科》而非乡下,也是他的错。他无法像她所希望的那样隐居乡下。他必须要有社交生活,而他将她置于这可怕的境地,却对她的痛苦视而不见。此外,还是他的错,使她永远与儿子分离。

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indignant /ɪnˈdɪɡnənt/

adj. 愤慨的；愤怒的➕

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indignation /ˌɪndɪɡˈneɪʃn/

n. 愤慨；愤怒➕

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agonizing /ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/

adj. 令人痛苦的；折磨人的➕

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suspense /səˈspens/

n. 悬念；焦虑；悬而未决的状态➕

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tardiness /ˈtɑːrdinəs/

n. 缓慢；迟到➕

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indecision /ˌɪndɪˈsɪʒn/

n. 优柔寡断；犹豫不决➕

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solitude /ˈsɑːlətuːd/

n. 孤独；独处➕

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rescued /ˈreskjuːd/

v. 营救（过去式）➕

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separated /ˈsepəreɪtɪd/

v. 分离；分开（过去分词）➕

🔊 Even the rare moments of tenderness that came from time to time did not soothe her; in his tenderness now she saw a shade of complacency, of self-confidence, which had not been of old, and which exasperated her.

即便偶尔出现的少许温柔时刻也无法抚慰她；如今在他的温柔中,她看到了一种前所未有的自满与自信,这更令她恼火。

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tenderness /ˈtendərnəs/

n. 温柔；柔软；亲切➕

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soothe /suːð/

v. 安慰；使平静；缓解➕

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complacency /kəmˈpleɪsnsi/

n. 自满；沾沾自喜➕

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self-confidence /ˌself ˈkɑːnfɪdəns/

n. 自信➕

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exasperated /ɪɡˈzæspəreɪtɪd/

v. 激怒；使恼怒（过去式）➕

🔊 It was dusk. Anna was alone, and waiting for him to come back from a bachelor dinner. She walked up and down in his study (the room where the noise from the street was least heard), and thought over every detail of their yesterday’s quarrel. Going back from the well-remembered, offensive words of the quarrel to what had been the ground of it, she arrived at last at its origin. For a long while she could hardly believe that their dissension had arisen from a conversation so inoffensive, of so little moment to either. But so it actually had been. It all arose from his laughing at the girls’ high schools, declaring they were useless, while she defended them. He had spoken slightingly of women’s education in general, and had said that Hannah, Anna’s English protégée, had not the slightest need to know anything of physics.

天色已暗。《安娜》独自一人,等着他从一场只有男人的晚宴归来。她在他的书房（街上噪音最小的房间）里来回踱步,反复思量昨天争吵的每个细节。从记忆中清晰的、伤人的话语回溯到争吵的起因,她最终找到了根源。她久久难以相信,他们的分歧竟始于一次对双方都微不足道、毫不伤人的谈话。然而事实确实如此。起因是他嘲笑女子中学,声称那些学校毫无用处,而她则为她们辩护。他对整个女性教育都嗤之以鼻,并说《安娜》的英国养女《汉娜》根本没必要学什么物理。

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quarrel /ˈkwɔːrəl/

n. 争吵；吵架➕

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offensive /əˈfensɪv/

adj. 冒犯的；攻击的；令人不快的➕

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origin /ˈɔːrɪdʒɪn/

n. 起源；源头➕

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dissension /dɪˈsenʃn/

n. 分歧；争执；不和➕

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arisen /əˈrɪzn/

v. 出现；产生（过去分词）➕

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inoffensive /ˌɪnəˈfensɪv/

adj. 无害的；不冒犯人的➕

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declaring /dɪˈklerɪŋ/

v. 宣布；声明（现在分词）➕

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slightingly /ˈslaɪtɪŋli/

adv. 轻蔑地；轻视地➕

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protégée /ˈprɒtəʒeɪ/

n. 女门徒；女被保护人➕

🔊 This irritated Anna. She saw in this a contemptuous reference to her occupations. And she bethought her of a phrase to pay him back for the pain he had given her. "I don’t expect you to understand me, my feelings, as anyone who loved me might, but simple delicacy I did expect," she said.

这惹恼了《安娜》。她从中看出他对她所从事之事的轻蔑。于是她想出一句话,要回敬他带给她的痛苦。她说:“我不指望你像任何一个爱我的人那样理解我、理解我的感受,但我至少指望你懂得基本的体恤。”

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contemptuous /kənˈtemptʃuəs/

adj. 轻蔑的；鄙视的➕

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delicacy /ˈdelɪkəsi/

n. 微妙；谨慎；美味佳肴➕

🔊 And he had actually flushed with vexation, and had said something unpleasant. She could not recall her answer, but at that point, with an unmistakable desire to wound her too, he had said: "I feel no interest in your infatuation over this girl, that’s true, because I see it’s unnatural."

而他的确因气恼而涨红了脸,说了些难听的话。她记不清自己是如何回应的,但就在那一刻,他明显是想伤害她,说道:“我对你迷恋这个小姑娘毫无兴趣,真的,因为我看得出这很不自然。”

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flushed /flʌʃt/

v. 脸红（过去式）➕

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vexation /vekˈseɪʃn/

n. 烦恼；恼怒➕

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unmistakable /ˌʌnmɪˈsteɪkəbl/

adj. 错不了的；明白无误的➕

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infatuation /ɪnˌfætʃuˈeɪʃn/

n. 迷恋；痴迷➕

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unnatural /ʌnˈnætʃrəl/

adj. 不自然的；反常的➕

🔊 The cruelty with which he shattered the world she had built up for herself so laboriously to enable her to endure her hard life, the injustice with which he had accused her of affectation, of artificiality, aroused her. "I am very sorry that nothing but what’s coarse and material is comprehensible and natural to you," she said and walked out of the room.

他如此残忍地粉碎了她为自己精心构建--借以忍受艰苦生活--的世界,他不公正地指责她做作、不真实--这一切激怒了她。她说:“我很抱歉,对你来说,除了粗俗和物质的东西,其他一切都不可理解、不够自然。”然后她走出了房间。

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cruelty /ˈkruːəlti/

n. 残忍；残酷➕

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shattered /ˈʃætərd/

v. 粉碎；打碎（过去式）➕

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laboriously /ləˈbɔːriəsli/

adv. 费力地；辛苦地➕

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endure /ɪnˈdʊr/

v. 忍受；忍耐➕

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injustice /ɪnˈdʒʌstɪs/

n. 不公正；不公平➕

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affectation /ˌæfekˈteɪʃn/

n. 做作；假装➕

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artificiality /ˌɑːrtɪfɪʃiˈæləti/

n. 虚假；做作；人造性➕

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aroused /əˈraʊzd/

v. 激起；唤醒（过去式）➕

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coarse /kɔːrs/

adj. 粗糙的；粗俗的➕

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comprehensible /ˌkɑːmprɪˈhensəbl/

adj. 可理解的；易懂的➕

🔊 When he had come in to her yesterday evening, they had not referred to the quarrel, but both felt that the quarrel had been smoothed over, but was not at an end.

昨晚他进来时,他们并未提及争吵,但两人都感到争执虽已平息,却并未结束。

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referred /rɪˈfɜːd/

v. 提及,参考（refer的过去式）➕

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smoothed /smuːðd/

v. 使平滑,抚平（smooth的过去式）➕

🔊 Today he had not been at home all day, and she felt so lonely and wretched in being on bad terms with him that she wanted to forget it all, to forgive him, and be reconciled with him; she wanted to throw the blame on herself and to justify him. "I am myself to blame. I’m irritable, I’m insanely jealous. I will make it up with him, and we’ll go away to the country; there I shall be more at peace."

今天他一整天都不在家,她感到如此孤独与不幸,因为与他关系不和,她想要忘记这一切,原谅他,与他重归于好；她想要把过错揽在自己身上,为他开脱。“是我自己的错。我太易怒,我嫉妒得发狂。我要与他讲和,我们搬到乡下去；在那里我会更平静。”

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wretched /ˈretʃɪd/

adj. 悲惨的；极不愉快的；糟透的➕

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reconciled /ˈrekənsaɪld/

v. 和解；调和（过去分词）➕

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justify /ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ/

v. 证明…正当；辩护➕

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irritable /ˈɪrɪtəbl/

adj. 易怒的；急躁的➕

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insanely /ɪnˈseɪnli/

adv. 疯狂地；极度地➕

🔊 "Unnatural!" She suddenly recalled the word that had stung her most of all, not so much the word itself as the intent to wound her with which it was said. "I know what he meant; he meant--unnatural, not loving my own daughter, to love another person’s child. What does he know of love for children, of my love for Seryozha, whom I’ve sacrificed for him? But that wish to wound me! No, he loves another woman, it must be so."

“不自然！”她突然想起那个最刺痛她的词--与其说是这个词本身,不如说是他说出它时意图伤害她的恶意。“我知道他是什么意思；他是指--不自然,不爱自己的女儿,却去爱别人的孩子。他对孩子之爱懂得什么,又懂得我为爱他而牺牲了什么--我放弃了对《谢廖扎》的爱？可他存心要伤害我！不,他爱别的女人,一定是这样。”

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stung /stʌŋ/

v. 刺痛；刺伤（过去式）➕

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intent /ɪnˈtent/

n. 意图；目的➕

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sacrificed /ˈsækrɪfaɪst/

v. 牺牲（过去式）➕

🔊 And perceiving that, while trying to regain her peace of mind, she had gone round the same circle that she had been round so often before, and had come back to her former state of exasperation, she was horrified at herself. "Can it be impossible? Can it be beyond me to control myself?" she said to herself, and began again from the beginning. "He’s truthful, he’s honest, he loves me. I love him, and in a few days the divorce will come. What more do I want? I want peace of mind and trust, and I will take the blame on myself. Yes, now when he comes in, I will tell him I was wrong, though I was not wrong, and we will go away tomorrow."

她发觉,自己试图恢复内心平静时,却又兜回了那个她早已转过无数次的圈子,重新陷入先前的愤怒状态,她对自己感到恐惧。“难道就不可能吗？难道我就无法控制自己吗？”她对自己说,然后重新从头开始。“他是真诚的,他是诚实的,他爱我。我爱他,再过几天《离婚》就能办妥。我还想要什么？我渴望平静与信任,我要把罪责揽到自己身上。是的,等他进来时,我就告诉他是我错了--尽管我并没有错--我们明天就离开这里。”

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perceiving /pərˈsiːvɪŋ/

v. 感知；察觉（现在分词）➕

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regain /rɪˈɡeɪn/

v. 重新获得；恢复➕

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former /ˈfɔːrmər/

adj. 从前的；前任的➕

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exasperation /ɪɡˌzæspəˈreɪʃn/

n. 恼怒；激怒➕

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horrified /ˈhɔːrɪfaɪd/

v. 使惊骇；使恐惧（过去分词）➕

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truthful /ˈtruːθfl/

adj. 诚实的；真实的➕

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divorce /dɪˈvɔːrs/

n. 离婚➕

🔊 And to escape thinking any more, and being overcome by irritability, she rang, and ordered the boxes to be brought up for packing their things for the country.

为了不再多想,不再被烦躁所左右,她按铃吩咐仆人把箱子搬上来,准备收拾行李去乡下。

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escape /ɪˈskeɪp/

v. 逃避,逃脱➕

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overcome /ˌəʊvəˈkʌm/

v. 克服,战胜➕

🔊 At ten o’clock Vronsky came in.

十点钟时,《弗龙斯基》回来了。

Part Seven – Chapter twenty-three (第二十三章)

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