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Book I. Waterloo – Chapter fourteen: The Last Square (第十四章:最后的方阵)

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英文原文
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雅思词汇 (ZH-CN)
🔊 Several squares of the Guard, motionless amid this stream of the defeat, as rocks in running water, held their own until night. Night came, death also; they awaited that double shadow, and, invincible, allowed themselves to be enveloped therein. Each regiment, isolated from the rest, and having no bond with the army, now shattered in every part, died alone. They had taken up position for this final action, some on the heights of Rossomme, others on the plain of Mont-Saint-Jean. There, abandoned, vanquished, terrible, those gloomy squares endured their death-throes in formidable fashion. Ulm, Wagram, Jena, Friedland, died with them.

在这场溃败的洪流中,几块近卫军方阵岿然不动,如同激流中的岩石,坚守至夜幕降临。夜幕降临,死亡也接踵而至;它们等待着那双重阴影,且不可战胜般任其笼罩。每个军团都已与其余部队隔绝,与大军失去联系,此刻各部全面崩溃,各自孤军奋战至死。它们为这最后的行动设下阵势,一些在罗索姆的高地上,另一些则在圣让山的平原上。在那里,被遗弃、被击败却依然可怖的阴郁方阵,以骇人的方式忍受着垂死的剧痛。乌尔姆、瓦格拉姆、耶拿、弗里德兰,都随它们一同逝去了。

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motionless /ˈməʊʃənləs/
adj. 不动的,静止的
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stream /striːm/
n. 溪流;流动
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defeat /dɪˈfiːt/
n. 失败,战败
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invincible /ɪnˈvɪnsəbl/
adj. 不可战胜的,无敌的
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enveloped /ɪnˈveləpt/
v. 包裹,笼罩
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regiment /ˈredʒɪmənt/
n. (军队的)团
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isolated /ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/
adj. 孤立的,隔离的
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bond /bɒnd/
n. 联系,纽带;债券
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shattered /ˈʃætəd/
v. 粉碎,摧毁
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heights /haɪts/
n. 高处,高地;高度
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plain /pleɪn/
n. 平原,平地
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abandoned /əˈbændənd/
adj. 被遗弃的,放弃的
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vanquished /ˈvæŋkwɪʃt/
v. 征服,击败
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gloomy /ˈɡluːmi/
adj. 阴暗的,忧郁的
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endured /ɪnˈdjʊəd/
v. 忍受,忍耐
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death-throes /ˈdeθ θrəʊz/
n. 临终的痛苦,垂死挣扎
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formidable /ˈfɔːmɪdəbl/
adj. 可怕的,令人敬畏的;强大的
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fashion /ˈfæʃən/
n. 方式,样子;时尚
🔊 At twilight, towards nine oclock in the evening, one of them was left at the foot of the plateau of Mont-Saint-Jean. In that fatal valley, at the foot of that declivity which the cuirassiers had ascended, now inundated by the masses of the English, under the converging fires of the victorious hostile cavalry, under a frightful density of projectiles, this square fought on. It was commanded by an obscure officer named Cambronne. At each discharge, the square diminished and replied. It replied to the grapeshot with a fusillade, continually contracting its four walls. The fugitives pausing breathless for a moment in the distance, listened in the darkness to that gloomy and ever-decreasing thunder.

暮色中,将近晚上九点,其中一个方阵留在圣让山高地脚下。在那条致命的峡谷里,在那道曾让胸甲骑兵冲上来的斜坡脚下,此刻已被英军的人潮淹没,在凯旋的敌军骑兵的交叉火力下,在可怕密集的炮弹轰击中,这个方阵仍在战斗。指挥它的是一个名叫康布罗纳的默默无闻的军官。每次齐射,方阵都在缩小,却又还以颜色。它以齐射回应着葡萄弹,不断收缩着它的四壁。远处暂时喘息片刻的溃兵们,在黑暗中倾听着那阴郁而日益减弱的雷声。

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twilight /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
n. 黄昏,暮光
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plateau /ˈplætəʊ/
n. 高原;(发展后的)稳定期
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fatal /ˈfeɪtəl/
adj. 致命的;毁灭性的
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valley /ˈvæli/
n. 山谷,流域
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declivity /dɪˈklɪvəti/
n. 倾斜面,下坡
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cuirassiers /ˌkwɪrəˈsɪəz/
n. 胸甲骑兵
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ascended /əˈsendɪd/
v. 上升,攀登
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inundated /ˈɪnʌndeɪtɪd/
v. 淹没;使应接不暇
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masses /ˈmæsɪz/
n. 大量,众多;群众
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converging /kənˈvɜːdʒɪŋ/
adj. 会聚的,集中向一点的
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victorious /vɪkˈtɔːriəs/
adj. 获胜的,胜利的
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hostile /ˈhɒstaɪl/
adj. 敌对的,不友好的
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cavalry /ˈkævəlri/
n. 骑兵;装甲部队
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frightful /ˈfraɪtfəl/
adj. 可怕的,令人惊恐的
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density /ˈdensəti/
n. 密度;浓度
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projectiles /prəˈdʒektaɪlz/
n. 抛射物,射弹(如子弹、炮弹)
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obscure /əbˈskjʊə/
adj. 不知名的;模糊的;晦涩的
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discharge /dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/
n. 发射;排放;出院
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diminished /dɪˈmɪnɪʃt/
v. 减少,缩小
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grapeshot /ˈɡreɪpʃɒt/
n. 葡萄弹(旧时火炮用的一种散弹)
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fusillade /ˌfjuːzɪˈleɪd/
n. (枪炮的)齐射,连发
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contracting /kənˈtræktɪŋ/
v. 收缩;订约
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fugitives /ˈfjuːdʒətɪvz/
n. 逃亡者,逃犯
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pausing /ˈpɔːzɪŋ/
v. 暂停,停顿
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breathless /ˈbreθləs/
adj. 气喘吁吁的;屏息的
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darkness /ˈdɑːknəs/
n. 黑暗,阴暗
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ever-decreasing /ˈevə dɪˈkriːsɪŋ/
adj. 不断减少的,持续减小的
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thunder /ˈθʌndə/
n. 雷;雷鸣般的响声
🔊 When this legion had been reduced to a handful, when nothing was left of their flag but a rag, when their guns, the bullets all gone, were no longer anything but clubs, when the heap of corpses was larger than the group of survivors, there reigned among the conquerors, around those men dying so sublimely, a sort of sacred terror, and the English artillery, taking breath, became silent. This furnished a sort of respite. These combatants had around them something in the nature of a swarm of spectres, silhouettes of men on horseback, the black profiles of cannon, the white sky viewed through wheels and gun-carriages, the colossal deaths-head, which the heroes saw constantly through the smoke, in the depths of the battle, advanced upon them and gazed at them. Through the shades of twilight they could hear the pieces being loaded; the matches all lighted, like the eyes of tigers at night, formed a circle round their heads; all the lintstocks of the English batteries approached the cannons, and then, with emotion, holding the supreme moment suspended above these men, an English general, Colville according to some, Maitland according to others, shouted to them, "Surrender, brave Frenchmen!" Cambronne replied, "Merde!"

当这支队伍减少到只剩寥寥数人,当他们的旗帜只剩一缕破布,当他们的枪炮子弹耗尽,变成了一根根棍棒,当尸堆比幸存者群体还要庞大时,征服者周围,在这些以如此崇高方式赴死的人们身边,弥漫着一种神圣的恐惧,英国炮兵也暂时停下喘息。这给予了片刻的喘息之机。这些战斗者周围仿佛萦绕着一群幽灵--骑兵的剪影、大炮的黑色轮廓、透过轮子和炮架看到的白色天空--如同巨大的死神头颅,英雄们在硝烟中、在战场深处始终目睹着它,它正向他们逼近,凝视着他们。在昏暗的暮色中,他们能听到装弹的声音;点燃的火绳,犹如夜晚老虎的眼睛,在他们的头顶围成一圈;英国炮兵连的所有火绳杆都已靠近炮身,然后,带着激动之情,将这至高无上的时刻悬在这些人的头顶,一位英国将军--有人说是科尔维尔,有人说是梅特兰--向他们喊道:“投降吧,勇敢的法兰西人!”康布罗纳回答:“他妈的!”

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legion /ˈliːdʒən/
n. 军团;众多,大量
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reduced /rɪˈdjuːst/
v. 减少,降低
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handful /ˈhændfʊl/
n. 一把;少量,少数
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rag /ræɡ/
n. 破布;碎片
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bullets /ˈbʊlɪts/
n. 子弹(复数)
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clubs /klʌbz/
n. 棍棒;俱乐部(复数)
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heap /hiːp/
n. 堆;大量
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corpses /ˈkɔːpsɪz/
n. 尸体(复数)
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survivors /səˈvaɪvəz/
n. 幸存者(复数)
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reigned /reɪnd/
v. 统治;盛行,弥漫
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conquerors /ˈkɒŋkərəz/
n. 征服者(复数)
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sublimely /səˈblaɪmli/
adv. 崇高地;卓越地
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sacred /ˈseɪkrɪd/
adj. 神圣的;宗教的
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terror /ˈterə/
n. 恐怖,恐惧
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artillery /ɑːˈtɪləri/
n. 火炮,炮兵
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respite /ˈrespaɪt/
n. 喘息,暂时的休息
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combatants /ˈkɒmbətənts/
n. 战斗人员,参战者
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swarm /swɔːm/
n. 一大群(昆虫、人等)
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spectres /ˈspektəz/
n. 幽灵,鬼怪
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silhouettes /ˌsɪluˈets/
n. 轮廓,剪影
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profiles /ˈprəʊfaɪlz/
n. 侧面;轮廓;简介
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cannon /ˈkænən/
n. 大炮,加农炮
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viewed /vjuːd/
v. 观察;看待
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wheels /wiːlz/
n. 轮子(复数)
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gun-carriages /ˈɡʌn ˌkærɪdʒɪz/
n. 炮架(复数)
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colossal /kəˈlɒsəl/
adj. 巨大的,庞大的
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death’s-head /ˈdeθs hɛd/
n. 骷髅头,死亡象征
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constantly /ˈkɒnstəntli/
adv. 持续地,不断地
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smoke /sməʊk/
n. 烟;烟雾
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depths /depθs/
n. 深处,深度
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advanced /ədˈvɑːnst/
v. 前进;推进
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gazed /ɡeɪzd/
v. 凝视,注视
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shades /ʃeɪdz/
n. 阴影;色调;窗帘
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loaded /ˈləʊdɪd/
v. 装载;装填子弹
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lintstocks /ˈlɪntstɒks/
n. (旧时火炮用的)引火棍
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batteries /ˈbætəriz/
n. 炮兵连;电池组
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approached /əˈprəʊtʃt/
v. 接近;靠近
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cannons /ˈkænənz/
n. 大炮(复数)
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emotion /ɪˈməʊʃən/
n. 情感,情绪
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supreme /suːˈpriːm/
adj. 最高的,至上的
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suspended /səˈspendɪd/
v. 悬挂;暂停
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Surrender /səˈrendə/
v. 投降;放弃
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