🔊 Princess Betsy drove home from the theatre, without waiting for the end of the last act. She had only just time to go into her dressing-room, sprinkle her long, pale face with powder, rub it, set her dress to rights, and order tea in the big drawing-room, when one after another carriages drove up to her huge house in Bolshaia Morskaia. Her guests stepped out at the wide entrance, and the stout porter, who used to read the newspapers in the mornings behind the glass door, to the edification of the passers-by, noiselessly opened the immense door, letting the visitors pass by him into the house.

贝特西公爵夫人没有等到最后一幕结束,就从剧院驱车回家。她刚来得及走进梳妆室,往自己苍白的长脸上扑粉、擦拭、整理好衣裙,又吩咐在大客厅备茶,这时一辆接一辆的马车陆续驶到她大莫尔斯卡亚街的豪宅前。客人们在大门口下车,那位胖胖的看门人--他从前每天早晨坐在玻璃门后看报,为过往行人提供消遣--悄无声息地推开巨大的门,让客人们从他身旁走进宅邸。

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stout /staʊt/

adj. 肥胖的；结实的➕

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porter /ˈpɔːrtər/

n. 门房；搬运工➕

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carriages /ˈkærɪdʒɪz/

n. 马车；车厢（复数）➕

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edification /ˌedɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

n. 教诲；启迪➕

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passers-by /ˈpɑːsərz baɪ/

n. 过路人（复数）➕

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noiselessly /ˈnɔɪzləsli/

adv. 无声地➕

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immense /ɪˈmens/

adj. 巨大的➕

🔊 Almost at the same instant the hostess, with freshly arranged coiffure and freshened face, walked in at one door and her guests at the other door of the drawing-room, a large room with dark walls, downy rugs, and a brightly lighted table, gleaming with the light of candles, white cloth, silver samovar, and transparent china tea-things.

几乎在同一瞬间,女主人新梳理了发式、脸上容光焕发地从一扇门走进客厅,而客人们则从另一扇门步入。这是一间大客厅,墙壁深色,铺着柔软的地毯,一张灯火通明的桌子闪烁着烛光、白色桌布、银制茶炊和晶莹剔透的瓷茶具的光芒。

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instant /ˈɪnstənt/

n. 瞬间➕

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coiffure /kwɑːˈfjʊr/

n. 发式；发型➕

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freshened /ˈfreʃənd/

v. 使新鲜；使清新（过去分词）➕

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downy /ˈdaʊni/

adj. 柔软的；毛绒绒的➕

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gleaming /ˈɡliːmɪŋ/

adj. 闪闪发光的➕

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transparent /trænsˈpærənt/

adj. 透明的➕

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china /ˈtʃaɪnə/

n. 瓷器➕

🔊 The hostess sat down at the table and took off her gloves. Chairs were set with the aid of footmen, moving almost imperceptibly about the room; the party settled itself, divided into two groups: one round the samovar near the hostess, the other at the opposite end of the drawing-room, round the handsome wife of an ambassador, in black velvet, with sharply defined black eyebrows. In both groups conversation wavered, as it always does, for the first few minutes, broken up by meetings, greetings, offers of tea, and as it were, feeling about for something to rest upon.

女主人坐到桌边,脱下手套。仆人们几乎无声地在房间里走动,摆好了椅子；客人们安顿下来,分成两组:一组围绕女主人身旁的茶炊,另一组在客厅另一端,围着一位穿黑色天鹅绒礼服、眉毛浓黑分明的公使夫人。两组人的谈话都像往常一样,开头几分钟因互相问候、寒暄和敬茶而断断续续,仿佛在摸索一个可以安顿下来的话题。

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imperceptibly /ˌɪmpərˈseptəbli/

adv. 难以察觉地➕

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footmen /ˈfʊtmən/

n. 男仆；侍从（复数）➕

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ambassador /æmˈbæsədər/

n. 大使➕

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velvet /ˈvelvɪt/

n. 天鹅绒➕

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defined /dɪˈfaɪnd/

adj. 明确的；轮廓清晰的➕

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wavered /ˈweɪvərd/

v. 摇摆；犹豫（过去式）➕

🔊 “She’s exceptionally good as an actress; one can see she’s studied Kaulbach,” said a diplomatic attaché in the group round the ambassador’s wife. “Did you notice how she fell down?...“ “Oh, please, don’t let us talk about Nilsson! No one can possibly say anything new about her,” said a fat, red-faced, flaxen-headed lady, without eyebrows and chignon, wearing an old silk dress. This was Princess Myakaya, noted for her simplicity and the roughness of her manners, and nicknamed enfant terrible. Princess Myakaya, sitting in the middle between the two groups, and listening to both, took part in the conversation first of one and then of the other. “Three people have used that very phrase about Kaulbach to me today already, just as though they had made a compact about it. And I can’t see why they liked that remark so.”

她作为女演员真是出类拔萃；看得出她学过考尔巴赫,一位外交随员在公使夫人那一组里说。您注意到她摔倒的样子了吗？……“哦,请别提尼尔森了！谁也不可能对她说出什么新东西,”一个胖乎乎、红脸膛、淡黄色头发的女士说,她没有眉毛,也不戴假发髻,穿着旧绸裙。这是米亚卡娅公爵夫人,以坦率和举止粗鲁著称,绰号叫顽童。米亚卡娅公爵夫人坐在两组人中间,听着双方交谈,一会儿参与这边的话题,一会儿参与那边的。今天已经有三个人对我用过关于考尔巴赫的同样说法,就好像事先约好了一样。我真不明白他们为什么那么喜欢这句话。

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exceptionally /ɪkˈsepʃənəli/

adv. 特别地；异常地➕

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diplomatic /ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk/

adj. 外交的；有策略的➕

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attaché /əˈtæʃeɪ/

n. 大使随员；专员➕

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chignon /ˈʃiːnjɒn/

n. 发髻➕

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simplicity /sɪmˈplɪsəti/

n. 简单；朴素➕

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roughness /ˈrʌfnəs/

n. 粗糙；粗暴➕

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nicknamed /ˈnɪkneɪmd/

v. 给…起绰号（过去分词）➕

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enfant terrible /ˌɒnfɒn tɛˈriːbl/

n. 难对付的人；离经叛道者（法语短语）➕

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compact /ˈkɒmpækt/

n. 协议；合约➕

🔊 The conversation was cut short by this observation, and a new subject had to be thought of again.“Do tell me something amusing but not spiteful,” said the ambassador’s wife, a great proficient in the art of that elegant conversation called by the English small talk. She addressed the attaché, who was at a loss now what to begin upon.“They say that that’s a difficult task, that nothing’s amusing that isn’t spiteful,” he began with a smile. “But I’ll try. Get me a subject. It all lies in the subject. If a subject’s given me, it’s easy to spin something round it. I often think that the celebrated talkers of the last century would have found it difficult to talk cleverly now. Everything clever is so stale....”“That has been said long ago,” the ambassador’s wife interrupted him, laughing. The conversation began amiably, but just because it was too amiable, it came to a stop again.

这番话打断了谈话,只好另想新话题。“给我讲点有趣但不恶毒的事情吧,”公使夫人说,她是那种被英国人称为闲谈的优雅谈话艺术的高手。她对着那位不知该从何说起的随员。“据说这是个难题,不恶毒的事情就没趣,”他微笑着开口。“不过我会试试。给我个主题。一切都在主题上。只要给我一个主题,我就能轻松地围绕它编织些东西。我常想,上个世纪那些著名的健谈者,现在大概很难说出聪明话了。所有聪明的话都老掉牙了……”“这话早就有人说过了,”公使夫人笑着打断了他。谈话友好地开始了,但正因为太友好了,又停了下来。

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observation /ˌɒbzərˈveɪʃən/

n. 观察；评论➕

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spiteful /ˈspaɪtfəl/

adj. 恶意的；怀恨的➕

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proficient /prəˈfɪʃənt/

adj. 熟练的；精通的➕

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elegant /ˈelɪɡənt/

adj. 优雅的；精美的➕

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addressed /əˈdrest/

v. 向…讲话；处理（过去分词）➕

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celebrated /ˈselɪbreɪtɪd/

adj. 著名的；驰名的➕

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stale /steɪl/

adj. 陈腐的；不新鲜的➕

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amiably /ˈeɪmiəbli/

adv. 和蔼可亲地➕

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amiable /ˈeɪmiəbəl/

adj. 和蔼的；亲切的➕

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small talk /smɔːl tɔːk/

n. 寒暄；闲聊➕

🔊 They had to have recourse to the sure, never-failing topic-gossip.

他们只好求助于那个可靠、永不枯竭的话题--流言蜚语。

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recourse /rɪˈkɔːrs/

n. 求助；依靠➕

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never-failing /ˈnevər ˈfeɪlɪŋ/

adj. 从不失败的；一贯的➕

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topic-gossip /ˈtɒpɪk ˈɡɒsɪp/

n. 话题性八卦➕

🔊 “Don’t you think there’s something Louis Quinze about Tushkevitch?” he said, glancing towards a handsome, fair-haired young man, standing at the table.

您不觉得图什克维奇身上有点儿路易十五时代的味道吗？“他说道,瞥了一眼站在桌旁的一位漂亮的金发年轻人。

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glancing /ˈɡlɑːnsɪŋ/

v. 瞥；扫视（现在分词）➕

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fair-haired /ˈfeər hɛərd/

adj. 金发的➕

🔊 “Oh, yes! He’s in the same style as the drawing-room and that’s why it is he’s so often here.” This conversation was maintained, since it rested on allusions to what could not be talked of in that room-that is to say, of the relations of Tushkevitch with their hostess.

哦,是的！他的风格跟这间客厅很配,所以他才常来这里。这段对话之所以能持续,是因为它基于一些暗示,暗示那些不能在这间屋子里明说的事情--也就是说,图什克维奇与女主人的关系。

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maintained /meɪnˈteɪnd/

v. 维持；坚持（过去分词）➕

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allusions /əˈluːʒənz/

n. 暗示；典故（复数）➕

🔊 Round the samovar and the hostess the conversation had been meanwhile vacillating in just the same way between three inevitable topics: the latest piece of public news, the theater, and scandal. It, too, came finally to rest on the last topic, that is, ill-natured gossip.

与此同时,在茶炊和女主人周围,谈话也以同样的方式在三个不可避免的话题之间摇摆:最新的社会新闻、戏剧和丑闻。最终,它也停在了最后一个话题上,也就是恶意的闲话。

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vacillating /ˈvæsɪleɪtɪŋ/

adj. 摇摆不定的➕

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inevitable /ɪnˈevɪtəbəl/

adj. 不可避免的➕

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scandal /ˈskændl/

n. 丑闻➕

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ill-natured /ˈɪl ˈneɪtʃərd/

adj. 脾气坏的；恶意的➕

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gossip /ˈɡɒsɪp/

n. 八卦；流言蜚语➕

🔊 “Have you heard the Maltishtcheva woman-the mother, not the daughter-has ordered a costume in diable rose colour?”“Nonsense! No, that’s too lovely!”“I wonder that with her sense-for she’s not a fool, you know-that she doesn’t see how funny she is.” Everyone had something to say in censure or ridicule of the luckless Madame Maltishtcheva, and the conversation crackled merrily, like a burning faggot-stack.

您听说了吗？马尔季谢娃那个女人--母亲,不是女儿--定做了一件魔鬼玫瑰色的衣服？胡说！不,那太可爱了！我真奇怪,凭她的理智--她可不是傻瓜,您知道--她怎么就看不出来自己有多可笑。每个人都说了一些批评或嘲笑那位不幸的马尔季谢娃夫人的话,谈话像燃烧的柴堆一样愉快地噼啪作响。

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costume /ˈkɒstjuːm/

n. 服装；戏装➕

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censure /ˈsenʃər/

n. 指责；谴责➕

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ridicule /ˈrɪdɪkjuːl/

n. 嘲笑；嘲弄➕

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luckless /ˈlʌkləs/

adj. 不幸的➕

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crackled /ˈkrækəld/

v. 发出噼啪声（过去式）➕

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faggot-stack /ˈfæɡət stæk/

n. 柴堆➕

🔊 The husband of Princess Betsy, a good-natured fat man, an ardent collector of engravings, hearing that his wife had visitors, came into the drawing-room before going to his club. Stepping noiselessly over the thick rugs, he went up to Princess Myakaya.“How did you like Nilsson?” he asked.“Oh, how can you steal upon anyone like that! How you startled me!” she responded. “Please don’t talk to me about the opera; you know nothing about music. I’d better meet you on your own ground, and talk about your majolica and engravings. Come now, what treasure have you been buying lately at the old curiosity shops?”“Would you like me to show you? But you don’t understand such things.”“Oh, do show me! I’ve been learning about them at those-what’s their names?... the bankers ... they’ve some splendid engravings. They showed them to us.”“Why, have you been at the Schützburgs?” asked the hostess from the samovar.“Yes, ma chère. They asked my husband and me to dinner, and told us the sauce at that dinner cost a hundred pounds,” Princess Myakaya said, speaking loudly, and conscious everyone was listening; “and very nasty sauce it was, some green mess. We had to ask them, and I made them sauce for eighteen pence, and everybody was very much pleased with it. I can’t run to hundred-pound sauces.”“She’s unique!” said the lady of the house.“Marvelous!” said someone. The sensation produced by Princess Myakaya’s speeches was always unique, and the secret of the sensation she produced lay in the fact that though she spoke not always appropriately, as now, she said simple things with some sense in them. In the society in which she lived such plain statements produced the effect of the wittiest epigram. Princess Myakaya could never see why it had that effect, but she knew it had, and took advantage of it.

贝特西公爵夫人的丈夫,一位和蔼的胖子,热心的版画收藏家,听说妻子有客人,在去俱乐部之前走进了客厅。他悄无声息地走过厚厚的地毯,来到米亚卡娅公爵夫人面前。“您觉得尼尔森怎么样？”他问。“哦,您怎么能这样悄悄走近别人！吓了我一跳！”她回答。“请别跟我谈歌剧；您对音乐一窍不通。我还是在您的领域跟您谈吧,谈谈您的彩陶和版画。来,说说吧,您最近在古董店里买了什么宝贝？”“您想让我给您看看吗？但您不懂这些东西。”“哦,给我看看吧！我在那些--叫什么来着？--银行家那里学过……他们有一些精美的版画。他们给我们看过。”“怎么,您去过舒茨堡家了？”女主人从茶炊那边问道。“是的,亲爱的。他们请我和我丈夫吃饭,而且告诉我们那顿饭的酱汁花了一百英镑,”米亚卡娅公爵夫人大声说,意识到每个人都在听,“那酱汁很难吃,就是些绿色的糊糊。我们不得不回请他们,我花了十八便士做了酱汁,所有人都很喜欢。我可花不起一百英镑的酱汁。”“她独一无二！”女主人说。“太妙了！”有人说。米亚卡娅公爵夫人的话总是能引起轰动,而这轰动的秘密在于,尽管她说话并不总是得体--就像现在这样--但她说的都是简单而有道理的事情。在她所处的社交圈里,这样直白的陈述会产生最机智的警句般的效果。米亚卡娅公爵夫人从来不明白为什么会这样,但她知道确实如此,并加以利用。

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good-natured /ˌɡʊd ˈneɪtʃərd/

adj. 性情温和的；善良的➕

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ardent /ˈɑːrdnt/

adj. 热情的；热烈的➕

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collector /kəˈlektər/

n. 收藏家；收集者➕

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engravings /ɪnˈɡreɪvɪŋz/

n. 版画；雕刻品（复数）➕

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startled /ˈstɑːrtld/

v. 使吃惊；吓一跳（过去式）➕

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responded /rɪˈspɒndɪd/

v. 回应；回答（过去式）➕

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opera /ˈɒpərə/

n. 歌剧➕

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treasure /ˈtreʒər/

n. 宝藏；珍品➕

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curiosity /ˌkjʊriˈɒsəti/

n. 好奇心；古玩➕

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splendid /ˈsplendɪd/

adj. 极好的；辉煌的➕

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conscious /ˈkɒnʃəs/

adj. 意识到的；有意识的➕

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nasty /ˈnæsti/

adj. 令人讨厌的；恶劣的➕

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unique /juˈniːk/

adj. 独特的；唯一的➕

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marvelous /ˈmɑːrvələs/

adj. 了不起的；极佳的➕

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sensation /senˈseɪʃən/

n. 轰动；感觉➕

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appropriately /əˈproʊpriətli/

adv. 适当地➕

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statements /ˈsteɪtmənts/

n. 陈述；声明（复数）➕

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wittiest /ˈwɪtiɪst/

adj. 最诙谐的（最高级）➕

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epigram /ˈepɪɡræm/

n. 警句；讽刺短诗➕

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advantage /ədˈvɑːntɪdʒ/

n. 优势；好处➕

🔊 As everyone had been listening while Princess Myakaya spoke, and so the conversation around the ambassador’s wife had dropped, Princess Betsy tried to bring the whole party together, and turned to the ambassador’s wife.

既然大家都在听米亚卡娅公爵夫人说话,公使夫人那边的谈话就停了下来。贝特西公爵夫人试图把所有人都聚到一起,于是转向公使夫人。

🔊 “Will you really not have tea? You should come over here by us.”

您真的不喝茶吗？您应该到我们这边来。

🔊 “No, we’re very happy here,” the ambassador’s wife responded with a smile, and she went on with the conversation that had been begun.

不,我们在这儿很开心,公使夫人微笑着回答,然后继续刚才的谈话。

🔊 It was a very agreeable conversation. They were criticizing the Karenins, husband and wife.

这是一次非常愉快的交谈。他们在评论卡列宁夫妇,丈夫和妻子。

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agreeable /əˈɡriːəbəl/

adj. 令人愉快的；同意的➕

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criticizing /ˈkrɪtɪsaɪzɪŋ/

v. 批评；批判（现在分词）➕

🔊 “Anna is quite changed since her stay in Moscow. There’s something strange about her,” said her friend.

安娜自从莫斯科回来以后变了很多。她身上有些奇怪,她的朋友说。

🔊 “The great change is that she brought back with her the shadow of Alexey Vronsky,” said the ambassador’s wife.

最大的变化是她带回来了阿列克谢·弗龙斯基的影子,公使夫人说。

🔊 “Well, what of it? There’s a fable of Grimm’s about a man without a shadow, a man who’s lost his shadow. And that’s his punishment for something. I never could understand how it was a punishment. But a woman must dislike being without a shadow.”

哦,那又怎么样？格林有一个寓言,说的是一个没有影子的人,一个失去了自己影子的人。那是他因为什么事所受的惩罚。我从来不明白为什么那是一种惩罚。但女人一定不喜欢没有影子。

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fable /ˈfeɪbəl/

n. 寓言；传说➕

🔊 “Yes, but women with a shadow usually come to a bad end,” said Anna’s friend.

是啊,但有影子的女人通常都没有好下场,安娜的朋友说。

🔊 “Bad luck to your tongue!” said Princess Myakaya suddenly. “Madame Karenina’s a splendid woman. I don’t like her husband, but I like her very much.”

说话小心点！米亚卡娅公爵夫人突然说道。卡列宁娜夫人是个出色的女人。我不喜欢她丈夫,但我非常喜欢她。

🔊 “Why don’t you like her husband? He’s such a remarkable man,” said the ambassador’s wife. “My husband says there are few statesmen like him in Europe.”

您为什么不喜欢她丈夫？他是那么杰出的人,公使夫人说。我丈夫说欧洲像他这样的政治家没几个。

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remarkable /rɪˈmɑːrkəbəl/

adj. 非凡的；显著的➕

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statesmen /ˈsteɪtsmən/

n. 政治家（复数）➕

🔊 “And my husband tells me just the same, but I don’t believe it,” said Princess Myakaya. “If our husbands didn’t talk to us, we should see the facts as they are. Alexey Alexandrovitch, to my thinking, is simply a fool. I say it in a whisper ... but doesn’t it really make everything clear? Before, when I was told to consider him clever, I kept looking for his ability, and thought myself a fool for not seeing it; but directly I said, he’s a fool, though only in a whisper, everything’s explained, isn’t it?”

我丈夫也跟我说同样的话,但我不信,米亚卡娅公爵夫人说。要是我们丈夫不跟我们说话,我们就能看清事实真相。阿列克谢·亚历山德罗维奇,依我看,纯粹是个傻瓜。我悄悄说……但这难道不能让一切变得明白吗？以前,别人告诉我说他聪明,我老是在寻找他的才能,还觉得自己笨,看不出来；但一旦我说他是傻瓜--虽然只是悄悄说--一切就都解释清楚了,不是吗？

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whisper /ˈwɪspər/

n. 低语；耳语➕

🔊 “How spiteful you are today!”

您今天真刻薄！

🔊 “Not a bit. I’d no other way out of it. One of the two had to be a fool. And, well, you know one can’t say that of oneself.”

一点也不。我别无选择。两个人中必须有一个是傻瓜。而且,您知道,不能说自己傻。

🔊 “‘No one is satisfied with his fortune, and everyone is satisfied with his wit.’” The attaché repeated the French saying.

没有人对自己的命运满意,但每个人都对自己的才智满意。随员重复了一句法语谚语。

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fortune /ˈfɔːrtʃən/

n. 财富；运气➕

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wit /wɪt/

n. 才智；机智➕

🔊 “That’s just it, just it,” Princess Myakaya turned to him. “But the point is that I won’t abandon Anna to your mercies. She’s so nice, so charming. How can she help it if they’re all in love with her, and follow her about like shadows?”

正是这样,正是这样,米亚卡娅公爵夫人转向他。但关键是,我不愿意把安娜丢给你们随意评论。她那么可爱,那么迷人。如果他们都爱上了她,像影子一样跟着她,这能怪她吗？

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abandon /əˈbændən/

v. 抛弃；放弃➕

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charming /ˈtʃɑːrmɪŋ/

adj. 迷人的；有魅力的➕

🔊 “Oh, I had no idea of blaming her for it,” Anna’s friend said in self-defense.

哦,我绝没有责备她的意思,安娜的朋友辩解道。

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self-defense /ˌsɛlf dɪˈfɛns/

n. 自卫➕

🔊 “If no one follows us about like a shadow, that’s no proof that we’ve any right to blame her.”

如果没有人像影子一样跟着我们,那并不能证明我们有权责备她。

🔊 And having duly disposed of Anna’s friend, the Princess Myakaya got up, and together with the ambassador’s wife, joined the group at the table, where the conversation was dealing with the king of Prussia.

说完安娜的朋友之后,米亚卡娅公爵夫人站起身,和公使夫人一起加入了桌边的那群人,那里正在谈论普鲁士国王。

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duly /ˈduːli/

adv. 适当地；按时地➕

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disposed of /dɪˈspoʊzd ʌv/

v. phr. 处理掉；解决➕

🔊 “What wicked gossip were you talking over there?” asked Betsy.

你们在那边聊什么恶毒的闲话了？贝特西问道。

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wicked /ˈwɪkɪd/

adj. 邪恶的；缺德的➕

🔊 “About the Karenins. The princess gave us a sketch of Alexey Alexandrovitch,” said the ambassador’s wife with a smile, as she sat down at the table.

聊卡列宁夫妇。公爵夫人给我们描述了一下阿列克谢·亚历山德罗维奇,公使夫人微笑着在桌边坐下。

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sketch /sketʃ/

n. 素描,草图；概述➕

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ambassador’s /æmˈbæsədərz/

n. 大使的（所有格）➕

🔊 “Pity we didn’t hear it!” said Princess Betsy, glancing towards the door. “Ah, here you are at last!” she said, turning with a smile to Vronsky, as he came in.

真可惜我们没听到！贝特西公爵夫人说着,朝门口瞥了一眼。啊,你终于来了！她微笑着对走进来的弗龙斯基说。

🔊 Vronsky was not merely acquainted with all the persons whom he was meeting here; he saw them all every day; and so he came in with the quiet manner with which one enters a room full of people from whom one has only just parted.

弗龙斯基不仅认识这里遇见的所有人,他每天都见到他们；所以他进来时带着那种刚从一群刚刚分别的人中离开又返回的安静神态。

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merely /ˈmɪrli/

adv. 仅仅,只不过➕

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acquainted /əˈkweɪntɪd/

adj. 熟悉的,了解的➕

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persons /ˈpɜːrsənz/

n. 人员,个人（正式复数）➕

🔊 “Where do I come from?” he said, in answer to a question from the ambassador’s wife. “Well, there’s no help for it, I must confess. From the opera bouffe. I do believe I’ve seen it a hundred times, and always with fresh enjoyment. It’s exquisite! I know it’s disgraceful, but I go to sleep at the opera, and I sit out the opera bouffe to the last minute, and enjoy it. This evening....”

我从哪儿来？他回答公使夫人提出的问题。好吧,没办法,我只好承认。从滑稽歌剧那儿。我相信我已经看过一百遍了,但每次都有新的乐趣。太精彩了！我知道这很丢脸,但我在正经歌剧院里会睡着,而在滑稽歌剧里却能坐到最后一分钟,而且享受其中。今晚……

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confess /kənˈfes/

v. 承认,坦白➕

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enjoyment /ɪnˈdʒɔɪmənt/

n. 享受,乐趣➕

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exquisite /ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/

adj. 精美的,精致的,极致的➕

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disgraceful /dɪsˈɡreɪsfəl/

adj. 可耻的,不光彩的➕

🔊 He mentioned a French actress, and was going to tell something about her; but the ambassador’s wife, with playful horror, cut him short.

他提到了一位法国女演员,正要说些什么关于她的事,但公使夫人带着戏谑的惊恐打断了他。

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mentioned /ˈmenʃənd/

v. 提及,说起➕

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playful /ˈpleɪfəl/

adj. 爱玩的,嬉戏的,玩笑的➕

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horror /ˈhɔːrər/

n. 恐怖,震惊➕

🔊 “Please don’t tell us about that horror.”

请别跟我们讲那个恐怖故事。

🔊 “All right, I won’t especially as everyone knows those horrors.”

好吧,我不讲,反正大家都知道那些恐怖故事。

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especially /ɪˈspeʃəli/

adv. 尤其,特别➕

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horrors /ˈhɔːrərz/

n. 恐怖的事物（复数）➕

🔊 “And we should all go to see them if it were accepted as the correct thing, like the opera,” chimed in Princess Myakaya.

如果这被当作像歌剧一样正当的事情,我们都会去看的,米亚卡娅公爵夫人插嘴道。

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accepted /ækˈseptɪd/

v. 接受,认可➕

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chimed /tʃaɪmd/

v. 插话,敲钟➕

Part Two – Chapter six (第六章)

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