🔊 As he rode up to the house in the happiest frame of mind, Levin heard the bell ring at the side of the principal entrance of the house.

当他怀着无比愉快的心情骑着马来到房子前时,列文听见正门一侧的门铃响了。

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frame of mind /freɪm əv maɪnd/

n. phrase. 心态,心情➕

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principal /ˈprɪnsəp(ə)l/

adj. 主要的,最重要的➕

🔊 “Yes, that’s someone from the railway station,” he thought, “just the time to be here from the Moscow train ... Who could it be? What if it’s brother Nikolay? He did say: ‘Maybe I’ll go to the waters, or maybe I’ll come down to you.’” He felt dismayed and vexed for the first minute, that his brother Nikolay’s presence should come to disturb his happy mood of spring. But he felt ashamed of the feeling, and at once he opened, as it were, the arms of his soul, and with a softened feeling of joy and expectation, now he hoped with all his heart that it was his brother. He pricked up his horse, and riding out from behind the acacias he saw a hired three-horse sledge from the railway station, and a gentleman in a fur coat. It was not his brother.

他心想,“对,是火车站来的人,正好是莫斯科火车到站的时间……会是谁呢？万一是尼古拉哥哥呢？他确实说过:‘说不定我会去矿泉疗养地,或者到你那儿去。’”起初他感到沮丧和烦恼,因为尼古拉哥哥的到来会打扰他的春日好心情。但他又对这种想法感到羞愧,于是立刻敞开心扉,带着一种柔和喜悦和期待的心情,现在他真心希望来的人就是哥哥。他策马从金合欢树后面出来,看见一辆火车站雇来的三驾雪橇,车上坐着一位穿皮大衣的绅士。那不是他的哥哥。

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dismayed /dɪˈsmeɪd/

adj. 沮丧的➕

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vexed /vekst/

adj. 烦恼的➕

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presence /ˈprezəns/

n. 存在,到场➕

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disturb /dɪˈstɜːb/

v. 打扰,干扰➕

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expectation /ˌekspekˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

n. 期望,预期➕

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ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/

adj. 惭愧的,羞耻的➕

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sledge /sledʒ/

n. 雪橇➕

🔊 “Oh, if it were only some nice person one could talk to a little!” he thought.

“唉,要是个能聊上几句的好人就好了！”他心想。

🔊 “Ah,” cried Levin joyfully, flinging up both his hands. “Here’s a delightful visitor! Ah, how glad I am to see you!” he shouted, recognizing Stepan Arkadyevitch.

“啊,”列文高兴地喊道,举起双手,“来了位让人开心的客人！啊,见到你我真是太高兴了！”他认出是斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇,大声喊道。

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delightful /dɪˈlaɪtf(ə)l/

adj. 令人愉快的➕

🔊 “I shall find out for certain whether she’s married, or when she’s going to be married,” he thought. And on that delicious spring day he felt that the thought of her did not hurt him at all.

“我一定要弄清楚她到底结婚了没有,或者什么时候结婚,”他想。在那个美好的春日,他觉得想到她一点儿也不痛苦。

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delicious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/

adj. 美味的；令人愉悦的➕

🔊 “Well, you didn’t expect me, eh?” said Stepan Arkadyevitch, getting out of the sledge, splashed with mud on the bridge of his nose, on his cheek, and on his eyebrows, but radiant with health and good spirits. “I’ve come to see you in the first place,” he said, embracing and kissing him, “to have some stand-shooting second, and to sell the forest at Ergushovo third.”

“怎么,没想到我会来吧,嗯？”斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇说着从雪橇里爬出来,鼻梁、脸颊和眉毛上都溅了泥点,但红光满面,精神抖擞。“我来这里,首先是来看你,”他拥抱并亲吻了他说,“其次是打猎,第三是把叶尔古绍沃的那片树林卖掉。”

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radiant /ˈreɪdiənt/

adj. 容光焕发的,灿烂的➕

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spirits /ˈspɪrɪts/

n. pl. 情绪,精神➕

🔊 “Delightful! What a spring we’re having! How ever did you get along in a sledge?”

“太好了！这春天多美啊！你坐雪橇怎么过来的？”

🔊 “In a cart it would have been worse still, Konstantin Dmitrievitch,” answered the driver, who knew him.

“要是坐马车就更糟了,康斯坦丁·德米特里奇,”认识他的车夫答道。

🔊 “Well, I’m very, very glad to see you,” said Levin, with a genuine smile of childlike delight.

“嗯,见到你我非常非常高兴,”列文说,露出孩子般真诚愉快的笑容。

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genuine /ˈdʒenjuɪn/

adj. 真诚的,真正的➕

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delight /dɪˈlaɪt/

n. 高兴,喜悦➕

🔊 Levin led his friend to the room set apart for visitors, where Stepan Arkadyevitch’s things were carried also-a bag, a gun in a case, a satchel for cigars. Leaving him there to wash and change his clothes, Levin went off to the counting house to speak about the ploughing and clover. Agafea Mihalovna, always very anxious for the credit of the house, met him in the hall with inquiries about dinner.

列文带朋友到专门接待客人的房间,斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇的东西也搬了进去--一个包、一支装在枪套里的猎枪、一个雪茄烟袋。让他留下梳洗更衣后,列文去账房谈耕地和苜蓿的事。阿加菲娅·米哈伊洛夫娜一向很重视家族的体面,在大厅里迎住他,问晚饭的事。

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anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/

adj. 焦虑的,担忧的➕

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inquiries /ɪnˈkwaɪəriz/

n. pl. 询问,调查➕

🔊 “Do just as you like, only let it be as soon as possible,” he said, and went to the bailiff.

“你看着办吧,只是要尽快,”他说着,去找管家了。

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bailiff /ˈbeɪlɪf/

n. 法警,管家➕

🔊 When he came back, Stepan Arkadyevitch, washed and combed, came out of his room with a beaming smile, and they went upstairs together.

他回来的时候,斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇已经洗了脸,梳了头,笑容满面地从房间里走出来,两人一起上楼去了。

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beaming /ˈbiːmɪŋ/

adj. 笑容满面的,喜气洋洋的➕

🔊 “Well, I am glad I managed to get away to you! Now I shall understand what the mysterious business is that you are always absorbed in here. No, really, I envy you. What a house, how nice it all is! So bright, so cheerful!” said Stepan Arkadyevitch, forgetting that it was not always spring and fine weather like that day. “And your nurse is simply charming! A pretty maid in an apron might be even more agreeable, perhaps; but for your severe monastic style it does very well.”

“唉,我真高兴能抽出身来你这里！现在我可算明白你在这儿整天忙活的是什么神秘事儿了。不,说真的,我真羡慕你。这房子多好啊,一切都那么美好！这么明亮,这么愉快！”斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇说,忘了并不总是像这天一样的春天和好天气。“你的女管家真是太可爱了！也许一个系着围裙的漂亮女佣会更讨人喜欢；不过,对于你这清苦的修士式生活来说,这样已经非常合适了。”

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mysterious /mɪˈstɪəriəs/

adj. 神秘的➕

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absorbed /əbˈzɔːbd/

adj. 专注的,被吸收的➕

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envy /ˈenvi/

n. 嫉妒,羡慕➕

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charming /ˈtʃɑːmɪŋ/

adj. 迷人的,有魅力的➕

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agreeable /əˈɡriːəb(ə)l/

adj. 令人愉快的,惬意的➕

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severe /sɪˈvɪə/

adj. 严格的,严重的➕

🔊 Stepan Arkadyevitch told him many interesting pieces of news; especially interesting to Levin was the news that his brother, Sergey Ivanovitch, was intending to pay him a visit in the summer.

斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇告诉他许多有趣的消息；尤其让列文感兴趣的是,他哥哥谢尔盖·伊万诺维奇打算夏天来看他。

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intending /ɪnˈtendɪŋ/

v. 打算（intend的现在分词）➕

🔊 Not one word did Stepan Arkadyevitch say in reference to Kitty and the Shtcherbatskys; he merely gave him greetings from his wife. Levin was grateful to him for his delicacy and was very glad of his visitor. As always happened with him during his solitude, a mass of ideas and feelings had been accumulating within him, which he could not communicate to those about him. And now he poured out upon Stepan Arkadyevitch his poetic joy in the spring, and his failures and plans for the land, and his thoughts and criticisms on the books he had been reading, and the idea of his own book, the basis of which really was, though he was unaware of it himself, a criticism of all the old books on agriculture. Stepan Arkadyevitch, always charming, understanding everything at the slightest reference, was particularly charming on this visit, and Levin noticed in him a special tenderness, as it were, and a new tone of respect that flattered him.

斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇对于基蒂和谢尔巴茨基家的事只字未提；他只转达了他妻子的问候。列文感激他的体贴,对这位客人感到非常高兴。就像他独处时经常发生的那样,他心里积压了许多想法和感受,无法向周围的人倾诉。现在他向斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇倾诉了自己对春天的诗情画意般的喜悦,在土地上的失败和计划,对他所读书籍的思考和批评,以及他自己那本书的构思--虽然他自己没有意识到,这本书的基础实际上是对所有旧农业书籍的批判。斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇向来讨人喜欢,一点就通,这次来访尤其迷人,列文注意到他有一种特别的温柔,似乎还有一股新的敬意,这让他很受用。

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reference /ˈref(ə)rəns/

n. 提及,参考➕

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grateful /ˈɡreɪtf(ə)l/

adj. 感激的➕

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delicacy /ˈdelɪkəsi/

n. 微妙,体贴➕

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solitude /ˈsɒlɪtjuːd/

n. 孤独,独处➕

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accumulating /əˈkjuːmjʊleɪtɪŋ/

v. 积累（accumulate的现在分词）➕

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criticisms /ˈkrɪtɪsɪz(ə)mz/

n. pl. 批评,评论➕

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unaware /ˌʌnəˈweə/

adj. 未察觉的,不知道的➕

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tenderness /ˈtendənəs/

n. 温柔,柔情➕

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flattered /ˈflætəd/

adj. 感到荣幸的,受宠若惊的➕

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poetic /pəʊˈetɪk/

adj. 诗意的,诗歌的➕

🔊 The efforts of Agafea Mihalovna and the cook, that the dinner should be particularly good, only ended in the two famished friends attacking the preliminary course, eating a great deal of bread and butter, salt goose and salted mushrooms, and in Levin’s finally ordering the soup to be served without the accompaniment of little pies, with which the cook had particularly meant to impress their visitor. But though Stepan Arkadyevitch was accustomed to very different dinners, he thought everything excellent: the herb brandy, and the bread, and the butter, and above all the salt goose and the mushrooms, and the nettle soup, and the chicken in white sauce, and the white Crimean wine-everything was superb and delicious.

阿加菲娅·米哈伊洛夫娜和厨子费尽心机想把这顿饭弄得特别好,结果却是两个饿坏了的朋友把开胃菜一扫而光,吃了大量黄油面包、咸鹅和腌蘑菇,最后列文干脆吩咐先上汤,不要那些小馅饼--厨子本想用这些小馅饼给客人留下深刻印象的。不过,尽管斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇平时吃惯了完全不同的饭菜,他却觉得每样东西都棒极了:香草白兰地、面包、黄油,尤其是咸鹅和蘑菇、荨麻汤、白酱汁鸡、克里米亚白葡萄酒--全都美味无比。

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famished /ˈfæmɪʃt/

adj. 非常饥饿的➕

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preliminary /prɪˈlɪmɪnəri/

adj. 初步的；预备的➕

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accompaniment /əˈkʌmpənɪmənt/

n. 伴随物；伴奏➕

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impress /ɪmˈpres/

v. 给……留下深刻印象；使钦佩➕

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accustomed /əˈkʌstəmd/

adj. 习惯的；通常的➕

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herb /hɜːrb/

n. 香草；草本植物➕

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brandy /ˈbrændi/

n. 白兰地酒➕

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nettle /ˈnetl/

n. 荨麻➕

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superb /suːˈpɜːrb/

adj. 极好的；卓越的➕

🔊 “Splendid, splendid!” he said, lighting a fat cigar after the roast. “I feel as if, coming to you, I had landed on a peaceful shore after the noise and jolting of a steamer. And so you maintain that the laborer himself is an element to be studied and to regulate the choice of methods in agriculture. Of course, I’m an ignorant outsider; but I should fancy theory and its application will have its influence on the laborer too.”

“妙极了,妙极了！”他吃完烤肉后点起一支粗雪茄说道,“我觉得到你这儿来,就像在轮船的喧嚣颠簸之后登上了宁静的岸边。那么你认为,劳动者本身就是一个需要研究的要素,并且要据此选择农业方法。当然,我是个无知的外行；但我总觉得,理论及其应用也会对劳动者产生影响。”

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Splendid /ˈsplendɪd/

adj. 极好的；辉煌的➕

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cigar /sɪˈɡɑːr/

n. 雪茄烟➕

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roast /roʊst/

n. 烤肉；烤制食物➕

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peaceful /ˈpiːsfəl/

adj. 和平的；安宁的➕

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shore /ʃɔːr/

n. 海岸；湖滨➕

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jolting /ˈdʒoʊltɪŋ/

n. 颠簸；震动➕

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steamer /ˈstiːmər/

n. 汽船；蒸锅➕

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maintain /meɪnˈteɪn/

v. 维持；保持；主张➕

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laborer /ˈleɪbərər/

n. 劳动者；工人➕

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element /ˈelɪmənt/

n. 要素；元素；成分➕

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regulate /ˈreɡjuleɪt/

v. 调节；管理；控制➕

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agriculture /ˈæɡrɪkʌltʃər/

n. 农业；农学➕

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ignorant /ˈɪɡnərənt/

adj. 无知的；不了解的➕

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outsider /aʊtˈsaɪdər/

n. 外人；局外人➕

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fancy /ˈfænsi/

v. 想象；设想；喜爱➕

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theory /ˈθɪri/

n. 理论；学说➕

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application /ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃən/

n. 应用；申请；应用程序➕

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influence /ˈɪnfluəns/

n. 影响力；作用➕

🔊 “Yes, but wait a bit. I’m not talking of political economy, I’m talking of the science of agriculture. It ought to be like the natural sciences, and to observe given phenomena and the laborer in his economic, ethnographical....”

“是的,不过你等一下。我说的不是政治经济学,我说的是农业科学。它应该像自然科学一样,观察既定的现象,以及劳动者在经济、人种学等方面的……”

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political /pəˈlɪtɪkəl/

adj. 政治的；政党的➕

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economy /ɪˈkɑːnəmi/

n. 经济；节约➕

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natural /ˈnætʃərəl/

adj. 自然的；天然的；天生的➕

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sciences /ˈsaɪənsɪz/

n. 科学（复数）➕

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observe /əbˈzɜːrv/

v. 观察；遵守；注意到➕

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phenomena /fɪˈnɑːmɪnə/

n. 现象（复数）➕

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economic /ˌiːkəˈnɑːmɪk/

adj. 经济的；经济学的➕

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ethnographical /ˌeθnəˈɡræfɪkəl/

adj. 人种志的；民族志的➕

🔊 At that instant Agafea Mihalovna came in with jam.

这时阿加菲娅·米哈伊洛夫娜端着果酱走了进来。

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instant /ˈɪnstənt/

n. 瞬间；片刻➕

🔊 “Oh, Agafea Mihalovna,” said Stepan Arkadyevitch, kissing the tips of his plump fingers, “what salt goose, what herb brandy!... What do you think, isn’t it time to start, Kostya?” he added.

“哦,阿加菲娅·米哈伊洛夫娜,”斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇吻了吻自己胖乎乎的手指头说,“这咸鹅,这香草白兰地！……你说呢,是不是该出发了,科斯佳？”他补充道。

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plump /plʌmp/

adj. 丰满的；圆胖的➕

🔊 Levin looked out of the window at the sun sinking behind the bare tree-tops of the forest.

列文向窗外望去,太阳正落到森林光秃秃的树梢后面。

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sinking /ˈsɪŋkɪŋ/

v. 下沉；下降（sink的现在分词）➕

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bare /ber/

adj. 光秃的；裸露的；空的➕

🔊 “Yes, it’s time,” he said. “Kouzma, get ready the trap,” and he ran downstairs.

“是的,该走了,”他说。“库兹马,准备好马车,”他跑下楼去。

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trap /træp/

n. 陷阱；捕捉器；轻便马车➕

🔊 Stepan Arkadyevitch, going down, carefully took the canvas cover off his varnished gun case with his own hands, and opening it, began to get ready his expensive new-fashioned gun. Kouzma, who already scented a big tip, never left Stepan Arkadyevitch’s side, and put on him both his stockings and boots, a task which Stepan Arkadyevitch readily left him.

斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇下楼时,亲手小心地揭掉他那上了漆的枪套上的帆布罩,打开枪套,开始摆弄他那昂贵的新式猎枪。库兹马已经嗅到了丰厚小费的气味,一直不离斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇左右,替他穿上袜子和靴子--斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇也乐意把这些活儿交给他做。

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canvas /ˈkænvəs/

n. 帆布；画布➕

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varnished /ˈvɑːrnɪʃt/

adj. 涂了清漆的；上过釉的➕

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new-fashioned /ˌnuː ˈfæʃənd/

adj. 新式的；新潮的➕

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scented /ˈsentɪd/

v. 嗅出；察觉到（scent的过去式）➕

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readily /ˈredɪli/

adv. 乐意地；容易地➕

🔊 “Kostya, give orders that if the merchant Ryabinin comes ... I told him to come today, he’s to be brought in and to wait for me....”

“科斯佳,吩咐下去,要是商人里亚比宁来了……我让他今天就来的,就请他进来等我……”

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merchant /ˈmɜːrtʃənt/

n. 商人；批发商➕

🔊 “Why, do you mean to say you’re selling the forest to Ryabinin?”

“怎么,你是说你要把树林卖给里亚比宁吗？”

🔊 “Yes. Do you know him?”

“是的。你认识他？”

🔊 “To be sure I do. I have had to do business with him, ‘positively and conclusively.’”

“我当然认识。我和他做过生意,‘干脆利落,毫不含糊。’”

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positively /ˈpɑːzətɪvli/

adv. 肯定地；明确地；积极地➕

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conclusively /kənˈkluːsɪvli/

adv. 决定性地；结论性地➕

🔊 Stepan Arkadyevitch laughed. “Positively and conclusively” were the merchant’s favorite words.

斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇笑了。“干脆利落,毫不含糊”是那个商人最爱说的口头禅。

🔊 “Yes, it’s wonderfully funny the way he talks. She knows where her master’s going!” he added, patting Laska, who hung about Levin, whining and licking his hands, his boots, and his gun.

“是啊,他说话的方式特别好笑。她知道主人要去哪儿了！”他拍拍绕着列文打转、呜呜叫着舔他的手、靴子和枪的拉斯卡,补充道。

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wonderfully /ˈwʌndərfəli/

adv. 极好地；精彩地➕

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patting /ˈpætɪŋ/

v. 轻拍（pat的现在分词）➕

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whining /ˈwaɪnɪŋ/

v. 哀鸣；低声抱怨（whine的现在分词）➕

🔊 The trap was already at the steps when they went out.

他们出门的时候,马车已经停在台阶前了。

🔊 “I told them to bring the trap round; or would you rather walk?”

“我让他们把马车赶过来；或者你更愿意步行？”

🔊 “No, we’d better drive,” said Stepan Arkadyevitch, getting into the trap. He sat down, tucked the tiger-skin rug round him, and lighted a cigar. “How is it you don’t smoke? A cigar is a sort of thing, not exactly a pleasure, but the crown and outward sign of pleasure. Come, this is life! How splendid it is! This is how I should like to live!”

“不,我们还是坐车吧,”斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇说着上了马车。他坐下来,把虎皮毯子裹好,点起一支雪茄。“你怎么不抽烟？雪茄这东西,不完全是享受,但它是享受的皇冠和外在标志。来,这才是生活！多美好啊！我就想过这样的日子！”

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crown /kraʊn/

n. 王冠；顶部；顶峰➕

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outward /ˈaʊtwərd/

adj. 外部的；表面的➕

🔊 “Why, who prevents you?” said Levin, smiling.

“怎么,谁拦着你了？”列文微笑着说。

🔊 “No, you’re a lucky man! You’ve got everything you like. You like horses-and you have them; dogs-you have them; shooting-you have it; farming-you have it.”

“不,你是个幸运的人！你喜欢的东西你都有。你喜欢马--你有马；喜欢狗--你有狗；喜欢打猎--你有；喜欢农务--你也有。”

🔊 “Perhaps because I rejoice in what I have, and don’t fret for what I haven’t,” said Levin, thinking of Kitty.

“也许是因为我为自己拥有的感到高兴,不为没有的烦恼,”列文说着,想起了基蒂。

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rejoice /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/

v. 感到高兴；充满喜悦➕

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fret /fret/

v. 烦恼；焦急➕

🔊 Stepan Arkadyevitch comprehended, looked at him, but said nothing.

斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇明白了,看了看他,但没有作声。

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comprehended /ˌkɒmprɪˈhendɪd/

v. 理解；领会（comprehend的过去式）➕

🔊 Levin was grateful to Oblonsky for noticing, with his never-failing tact, that he dreaded conversation about the Shtcherbatskys, and so saying nothing about them. But now Levin was longing to find out what was tormenting him so, yet he had not the courage to begin.

列文很感激奥布隆斯基以他那一贯的得体,察觉到他害怕谈论谢尔巴茨基家的事,所以只字不提。但现在列文渴望知道到底是什么事如此折磨他,却又没有勇气开口。

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tact /tækt/

n. 机智；得体；圆滑➕

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dreaded /ˈdredɪd/

v. 害怕；恐惧（dread的过去式）➕

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tormenting /tɔːrˈmentɪŋ/

v. 折磨；使痛苦（torment的现在分词）➕

🔊 “Come, tell me how things are going with you,” said Levin, bethinking himself that it was not nice of him to think only of himself.

“来,跟我说说你的事情怎么样,”列文说,心想光想着自己可不太好。

🔊 Stepan Arkadyevitch’s eyes sparkled merrily.

斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇的眼睛欢快地闪着光。

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sparkled /ˈspɑːrkld/

v. 闪烁；发光（sparkle的过去式）➕

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merrily /ˈmerəli/

adv. 快乐地；愉快地➕

🔊 “You don’t admit, I know, that one can be fond of new rolls when one has had one’s rations of bread-to your mind it’s a crime; but I don’t count life as life without love,” he said, taking Levin’s question his own way. “What am I to do? I’m made that way. And really, one does so little harm to anyone, and gives oneself so much pleasure....”

“我知道,你不承认一个人在有了面包定额之后还会喜欢新鲜面包卷--在你看来这是一种罪恶；但我认为没有爱情的生活就不算生活,”他用自己的方式理解列文的问题,说道。“我有什么办法呢？我就是这样的人。而且说真的,一个人对别人几乎没什么伤害,却能给自己带来那么多快乐……”

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rations /ˈræʃənz/

n. 配给量；口粮➕

🔊 “What! is there something new, then?” queried Levin.

“什么！那么是有什么新情况了？”列文问道。

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queried /ˈkwɪrid/

v. 询问；质疑（query的过去式）➕

🔊 “Yes, my boy, there is! There, do you see, you know the type of Ossian’s women.... Women, such as one sees in dreams.... Well, these women are sometimes to be met in reality ... and these women are terrible. Woman, don’t you know, is such a subject that however much you study it, it’s always perfectly new.”

“是的,老弟,有情况！你看,你知道奥西恩笔下的那种女人吧……就像梦中见到的那种女人……嗯,这种女人有时候在现实中也能遇到……这种女人太可怕了。女人,你知道吗,就是这样一种课题,无论你怎样研究,它永远都是全新的。”

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reality /riˈæləti/

n. 现实；实际情况➕

🔊 “Well, then, it would be better not to study it.”

“那么,还是不去研究为好。”

🔊 “No. Some mathematician has said that enjoyment lies in the search for truth, not in the finding it.”

“不。有位数学家说过,乐趣在于探索真理,而不在于找到真理。”

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mathematician /ˌmæθəməˈtɪʃn/

n. 数学家➕

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enjoyment /ɪnˈdʒɔɪmənt/

n. 享受；乐趣➕

🔊 Levin listened in silence, and in spite of all the efforts he made, he could not in the least enter into the feelings of his friend and understand his sentiments and the charm of studying such women.

列文默默地听着,尽管他努力尝试,却丝毫不能体会朋友的心情,无法理解他的感受以及研究这类女人的魅力。

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sentiments /ˈsentɪmənts/

n. 情感；观点；情绪➕

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charm /tʃɑːrm/

n. 魅力；吸引力➕

Part Two – Chapter fourteen (第十四章)

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