🔊 In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts. But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause-such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

为了维护捕鲸业的尊严,我本应只陈述确凿的事实。但一位律师在罗列事实后,若完全压制一个并非不合理的推测--这推测或许能雄辩地支持他的论点--这样的律师,岂非该受指责？

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substantiated /səbˈstænʃieɪtɪd/

adj. 被证实的,有根据的➕

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embattling /ɪmˈbætlɪŋ/

v. 使备战,使准备战斗（现在分词）➕

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surmise /səˈmaɪz/

n. 推测,猜测➕

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eloquently /ˈeləkwəntli/

adv. 雄辩地,有说服力地➕

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blameworthy /ˈbleɪmwɜːrði/

adj. 应受谴责的,有过错的➕

🔊 It is well known that at the coronation of kings and queens, even modern ones, a certain curious process of seasoning them for their functions is gone through. There is a saltcellar of state, so called, and there may be a castor of state. How they use the salt, precisely-who knows? Certain I am, however, that a king's head is solemnly oiled at his coronation, even as a head of salad. Can it be, though, that they anoint it with a view of making its interior run well, as they anoint machinery? Much might be ruminated here, concerning the essential dignity of this regal process, because in common life we esteem but meanly and contemptibly a fellow who anoints his hair, and palpably smells of that anointing. In truth, a mature man who uses hair-oil, unless medicinally, that man has probably got a quoggy spot in him somewhere. As a general rule, he can't amount to much in his totality.

众所周知,国王和女王加冕时,即便是现代君主,也需经过一种奇特的仪式来为他们履职做准备。有一种所谓的“御用盐瓶”,或许还有“御用调味瓶”。他们究竟如何用盐,谁又知晓呢？然而我确信,国王的头颅在加冕时会庄严地涂油,犹如给沙拉拌油一般。但莫非他们涂油是为了让头脑运转顺畅,如同给机器上油？关于这一皇家仪式的本质尊严,大可深思一番,因为在日常生活中,我们对于那些涂抹发油、浑身油味的人,往往评价甚低,乃至鄙夷。事实上,一个成年男子若非药用而使用发油,此人身上恐怕总有某个软肋。一般而言,他整体上难成大器。

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coronation /ˌkɒrəˈneɪʃn/

n. 加冕典礼➕

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seasoning /ˈsiːzənɪŋ/

n. 调味,调味料；处理过程➕

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saltcellar /ˈsɔːltselə(r)/

n. 盐瓶,盐碟➕

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castor /ˈkɑːstə(r)/

n. 调味瓶,调味瓶架➕

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solemnly /ˈsɒləmli/

adv. 庄严地,严肃地➕

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anoint /əˈnɔɪnt/

v. （尤指在宗教仪式上）涂油,施以涂油礼➕

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ruminated /ˈruːmɪneɪtɪd/

v. 沉思,反复思考（过去分词）➕

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regal /ˈriːɡl/

adj. 王室的,帝王般的,庄严的➕

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esteem /ɪˈstiːm/

v. 尊重,敬重➕

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meanly /ˈmiːnli/

adv. 吝啬地,小气地；卑劣地➕

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contemptibly /kənˈtemptəbli/

adv. 可鄙地,卑劣地➕

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palpably /ˈpælpəbli/

adv. 明显地,易察觉地➕

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medicinally /məˈdɪsɪnəli/

adv. 药用上,在医学上➕

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quoggy /ˈkwɒɡi/

adj. （生僻词,可能意为）松软的,不稳固的,有缺陷的➕

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totality /təʊˈtæləti/

n. 整体,全部➕

🔊 But the only thing to be considered here is this-what kind of oil is used at coronations? Certainly it cannot be olive oil, nor macassar oil, nor castor oil, nor bear's oil, nor train oil, nor cod-liver oil. What then can it possibly be, but sperm oil in its unmanufactured, unpolluted state, the sweetest of all oils?

但此处唯一需要考虑的是:加冕时用的是何种油？肯定不是橄榄油,也不是马卡发油,也不是蓖麻油,也不是熊油,也不是鲸油,也不是鱼肝油。那么,除了未加工、未受污染的抹香鲸油--所有油中最甜美的一种--还能是什么呢？

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olive oil /ˌɒlɪv ˈɔɪl/

n. 橄榄油➕

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macassar oil /məˈkæsər ɔɪl/

n. 马卡发油（一种过去流行的护发油）➕

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castor oil /ˌkɑːstər ˈɔɪl/

n. 蓖麻油➕

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bear's oil /beəz ɔɪl/

n. 熊油➕

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train oil /treɪn ɔɪl/

n. 鲸油,鲸脂油➕

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cod-liver oil /ˌkɒd ˈlɪvər ɔɪl/

n. 鱼肝油➕

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sperm oil /spɜːm ɔɪl/

n. 抹香鲸油➕

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unmanufactured /ˌʌnˌmænjʊˈfæktʃəd/

adj. 未经加工的,天然的➕

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unpolluted /ˌʌnpəˈluːtɪd/

adj. 未被污染的,纯净的➕

🔊 Think of that, ye loyal Britons! we whalemen supply your kings and queens with coronation stuff!

想想吧,忠诚的不列颠人！我们捕鲸人为你们的国王和女王提供加冕用的油料！

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Britons /ˈbrɪtnz/

n. 英国人（尤指古代或泛指）➕

Chapter twenty-five: Postscript (第二十五章:后记)

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