🔊 Some chapters back, one Bulkington was spoken of, a tall, new-landed mariner, encountered in New Bedford at the inn.

在先前的章节中,曾述及一位名叫布尔金顿的汉子,他身材高大,甫一登岸,便是在新贝德福德的旅店里遇到的。

🔊 When on that shivering winter's night, the Pequod thrust her vindictive bows into the cold malicious waves, who should I see standing at her helm but Bulkington! I looked with sympathetic awe and fearfulness upon the man, who in mid-winter just landed from a four years' dangerous voyage, could so unrestingly push off again for still another tempestuous term. The land seemed scorching to his feet. Wonderfulest things are ever the unmentionable; deep memories yield no epitaphs; this six-inch chapter is the stoneless grave of Bulkington.

当那个瑟瑟发抖的冬夜,裴廓德号将她那复仇般的船艏插入冰冷恶意的波涛中时,我竟看到站在舵旁的正是布尔金顿！我怀着感同身受的敬畏与恐惧,凝望着这个人；他刚在隆冬时节结束四年险象环生的航行登岸,竟能如此毅然决然地再次启程,奔赴另一段狂风暴雨的征途。陆地似乎灼烧着他的双脚。最奇妙之事往往不可言说；深沉的记忆不留墓志铭；这短短一章,便是布尔金顿无碑的坟墓。

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vindictive /vɪnˈdɪktɪv/

adj. 报复性的；怀恨的➕

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malicious /məˈlɪʃəs/

adj. 恶意的；恶毒的➕

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unrestingly /ˌʌnˈrestɪŋli/

adv. 不知疲倦地；不安地➕

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tempestuous /temˈpestʃuəs/

adj. 狂暴的；动荡的➕

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scorching /ˈskɔːrtʃɪŋ/

adj. 灼热的；激烈的➕

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Wonderfulest /ˈwʌndəfəlɪst/

adj. 最奇妙的 (最高级形式)➕

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unmentionable /ˌʌnˈmenʃənəbl/

adj. 不宜提及的；说不出口的➕

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epitaphs /ˈepɪtæfs/

n. 墓志铭 (复数)➕

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stoneless /ˈstoʊnləs/

adj. 无石的；没有墓碑的➕

🔊 Let me only say that it fared with him as with the storm-tossed ship, that miserably drives along the leeward land. The port would fain give succor; the port is pitiful; in the port is safety, comfort, hearthstone, supper, warm blankets, friends, all that's kind to our mortalities. But in that gale, the port, the land, is that ship's direst jeopardy; she must fly all hospitality; one touch of land, though it but graze the keel, would make her shudder through and through. With all her might she crowds all sail off shore; in so doing, fights 'gainst the very winds that fain would blow her homeward; seeks all the lashed sea's landlessness again; for refuge's sake forlornly rushing into peril; her only friend her bitterest foe!

容我仅说,他的境遇,便如那饱经风暴摧折的船只,悲惨地沿着背风岸行驶。港口本欲施以援手；港口是慈悲的；在港口里有安全、舒适、炉火、晚餐、温暖的毯子、朋友,一切对我们血肉之躯仁慈之物。但在那狂风中,港口、陆地,却是那船最可怕的危险；她必须逃离一切款待；陆地的一触,哪怕只是轻擦龙骨,也会令她通体战栗。她竭尽全力扬帆离岸；如此做时,对抗的正是那些本欲吹她归家的风；再度投向那怒涛汹涌、无边无岸的汪洋；为觅灵魂的避难所,却孤绝地奔向现实的凶险；她唯一的朋友成了她最苦的敌人！

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storm-tossed /ˈstɔːrm tɔːst/

adj. 被暴风雨袭击的；饱经风霜的➕

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leeward /ˈliːwərd/

adj./adv. 背风的；在下风处的➕

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succor /ˈsʌkər/

n. 援助；救济➕

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pitiful /ˈpɪtɪfl/

adj. 可怜的；可鄙的➕

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hearthstone /ˈhɑːrθstoʊn/

n. 炉底石；家庭➕

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mortalities /mɔːrˈtæləti/

n. 死亡数；必死性 (复数形式,此处指凡人之躯)➕

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direst /ˈdaɪərɪst/

adj. 最可怕的；最紧急的 (最高级)➕

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jeopardy /ˈdʒepərdi/

n. 危险；风险➕

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hospitality /ˌhɑːspɪˈtæləti/

n. 好客；款待➕

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graze /ɡreɪz/

v. 轻轻擦过；放牧➕

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shudder /ˈʃʌdər/

v. 战栗；发抖➕

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lashed /læʃt/

adj. 受鞭打的；被猛烈冲击的 (过去分词作形容词)➕

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landlessness /ˈlændlɪsnɪs/

n. 无陆地；漂泊不定➕

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forlornly /fərˈlɔːrnli/

adv. 孤独凄凉地；绝望地➕

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peril /ˈperəl/

n. 严重危险➕

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bitterest /ˈbɪtərɪst/

adj. 最痛苦的；最激烈的 (最高级)➕

🔊 Know ye now, Bulkington? Glimpses do ye seem to see of that mortally intolerable truth; that all deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea; while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore?

你现在明白了吗,布尔金顿？你可曾窥见那令人无法承受的致命真理的一斑:所有深邃、诚挚的思考,不过是灵魂为守护其如海洋般开放独立的疆域,所进行的一场无畏奋战；而天地间最狂野的风却共谋将她抛向那险诈的、令人沦为奴隶的陆地？

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Glimpses /ɡlɪmpsɪz/

n. 一瞥；短暂的感受 (复数)➕

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intolerable /ɪnˈtɑːlərəbl/

adj. 无法忍受的➕

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earnest /ˈɜːrnɪst/

adj. 认真的；诚挚的➕

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intrepid /ɪnˈtrepɪd/

adj. 无畏的；勇敢的➕

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conspire /kənˈspaɪər/

v. 密谋；共同导致➕

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treacherous /ˈtretʃərəs/

adj. 奸诈的；危险的➕

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slavish /ˈsleɪvɪʃ/

adj. 奴隶般的；盲从的➕

🔊 But as in landlessness alone resides the highest truth, shoreless, indefinite as God-so better is it to perish in that howling infinite, than be ingloriously dashed upon the lee, even if that were safety! For worm-like, then, oh! who would craven crawl to land! Terrors of the terrible! is all this agony so vain? Take heart, take heart, O Bulkington! Bear thee grimly, demigod! Up from the spray of thy ocean-perishing-straight up, leaps thy apotheosis!

然而,既然最高的真理只寓于无垠之境,它无岸无定,宛若神明--那么,即便背风岸意味着安全,与其在那苟且偷安、不光彩地触岸粉碎,倒不如葬身于那咆哮的无限之中！因为,像蠕虫一般,哦！谁愿怯懦地匍匐上岸！可怖之极境啊！这一切苦难难道终属徒劳？鼓起勇气,鼓起勇气,哦布尔金顿！坚忍承受吧,半神！从你海洋消亡的浪花中--直冲而上,你便就此涅槃飞升！

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shoreless /ˈʃɔːrləs/

adj. 无边无际的；无岸的➕

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indefinite /ɪnˈdefɪnət/

adj. 不确定的；无限的➕

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howling /ˈhaʊlɪŋ/

adj. 咆哮的；嚎叫的➕

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infinite /ˈɪnfɪnət/

adj. 无限的；无穷的➕

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ingloriously /ɪnˈɡlɔːriəsli/

adv. 不光彩地；可耻地➕

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lee /liː/

n. 背风处；庇护所➕

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worm-like /ˈwɜːrm laɪk/

adj. 蠕虫般的；卑躬屈膝的➕

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craven /ˈkreɪvn/

adj. 懦弱的；胆小的➕

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agony /ˈæɡəni/

n. 极大的痛苦；煎熬➕

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vain /veɪn/

adj. 徒劳的；自负的➕

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grimly /ˈɡrɪmli/

adv. 严厉地；坚定地➕

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demigod /ˈdemɪɡɑːd/

n. 半神半人；被崇拜的人➕

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spray /spreɪ/

n. 浪花；水雾➕

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apotheosis /əˌpɑːθiˈoʊsɪs/

n. 神化；巅峰；典范➕

Chapter twenty-three: The Lee Shore (第二十三章:背风岸)

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