🔊 Miusov, as a man of breeding and delicacy, could not but feel some inward qualms, when he reached the Father Superior’s with Ivan: he felt ashamed of having lost his temper. He felt that he ought to have disdained that despicable wretch, Fyodor Pavlovitch, too much to have been upset by him in Father Zossima’s cell, and so to have forgotten himself. 'The monks were not to blame, in any case,' he reflected, on the steps. 'And if they’re decent people here (and the Father Superior, I understand, is a nobleman) why not be friendly and courteous with them? I won’t argue, I’ll fall in with everything, I’ll win them by politeness, and ... and ... show them that I’ve nothing to do with that Æsop, that buffoon, that Pierrot, and have merely been taken in over this affair, just as they have.'

米乌索夫身为有教养、体面的人,偕伊万来到院长住处时,内心颇为忐忑:他为自己方才动了气感到羞愧。他觉得自己本该极度鄙视费奥多尔·帕夫洛维奇那个卑劣的无赖,以至于在佐西马长老的修道室里根本不会被他激怒而失态。‘修士们终归是无辜的,’他在台阶上思忖道。‘倘若这里都是体面人（我听说院长本人还是位贵族）,何不对他们以礼相待呢？我不争辩,凡事附和,以谦恭赢得他们的好感,并且……向他们表明,我与那个伊索、那个丑角、那个皮埃罗毫无瓜葛,不过同他们一样,也是在此事上受了蒙蔽罢了。’

🔊

breeding /ˈbriːdɪŋ/

n. 教养,风度；繁殖➕

🔊

delicacy /ˈdelɪkəsi/

n. 敏感,体贴；精致,美味➕

🔊

qualms /kwɑːmz/

n. 疑虑,不安（尤指道德上的）➕

🔊

disdained /dɪsˈdeɪnd/

v. 鄙视,蔑视；不屑于做➕

🔊

despicable /dɪˈspɪkəbl/

adj. 可鄙的,卑劣的➕

🔊

wretch /retʃ/

n. 可怜虫；卑鄙的人➕

🔊

Æsop /ˈiːsɒp/

n. 伊索（古希腊寓言作家）➕

🔊

buffoon /bəˈfuːn/

n. 小丑,滑稽可笑的人➕

🔊

Pierrot /ˈpɪərəʊ/

n. 皮埃罗（法国哑剧中的白脸小丑角色）➕

🔊

reflected /rɪˈflektɪd/

v. 思考,反省；反射➕

🔊

courteous /ˈkɜːtiəs/

adj. 有礼貌的,谦恭的➕

🔊 He determined to drop his litigation with the monastery, and relinquish his claims to the wood-cutting and fishery rights at once. He was the more ready to do this because the rights had become much less valuable, and he had indeed the vaguest idea where the wood and river in question were.

他决意撤回对修道院的诉讼,立即放弃那伐木与捕鱼的权利主张。他这么做更是顺水推舟,因为这些权益如今已大幅贬值,何况他对那所谓的林地与河流究竟坐落何方,实在只有个极模糊的印象。

🔊

litigation /ˌlɪtɪˈɡeɪʃn/

n. 诉讼,打官司➕

🔊

monastery /ˈmɒnəstri/

n. 修道院,寺院➕

🔊

relinquish /rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/

v. 放弃,让出➕

🔊

fishery /ˈfɪʃəri/

n. 渔业；渔场➕

🔊

vaguest /ˈveɪɡɪst/

adj. 最模糊的,最不明确的（vague的最高级）➕

🔊 These excellent intentions were strengthened when he entered the Father Superior’s dining-room. Actually, he had no time to examine the room, for he was at once called to order, so to speak, by the Father Superior himself, who was already standing at the head of the table, and, seeing him come in, went to meet him, and with a charming smile gave him his blessing, and asked him to sit down. Miusov was touched, and for a moment he was almost reconciled to the whole business. 'After all, it’s not their fault,' he thought. 'They seem to be very nice people, especially the Father Superior. They are kind and hospitable, and, I must admit, they have put me to shame by their courtesy, especially after the scenes that have just taken place.' He was about to sit down in the place assigned to him, when his eye fell on Ivan Fyodorovitch. The latter was looking at him with such an expression of gloomy irony that Miusov felt suddenly uncomfortable. He recalled at once that Ivan had not said a word to him all the way from the hermitage. 'He is angry with me for something,' thought Miusov, and he sat down with a slight feeling of annoyance.

踏入院长餐室时,这番善意更加坚定了。其实他根本无暇环顾四周,因为院长本人即刻便招呼他入座--院长早已立于桌前主位,见他进来,便迎上前来,面带亲切的微笑为他祝福,并请他落座。米乌索夫心头一热,刹那间,几乎对整件事都心下释然。‘终究不是他们的过错,’他想着。‘他们看来都是极好的人,尤其是院长。他们善良又好客,而且,我得承认,他们这般礼数周全,倒让我惭愧起来,特别是在刚上演了那几幕之后。’他正要走向指定给他的座位,目光却瞥见了伊万·费奥多罗维奇。后者正用一种阴郁又讥诮的神情盯着他,令米乌索夫顿感不适。他立刻想起,从隐修所一路到此,伊万未曾跟他搭过一言。‘他这是为着什么在生我的气呢,’米乌索夫想着,略带一丝不快坐了下来。

🔊

strengthened /ˈstreŋθnd/

v. 加强,巩固➕

🔊

charming /ˈtʃɑːmɪŋ/

adj. 迷人的,有魅力的➕

🔊

blessing /ˈblesɪŋ/

n. 祝福；幸事➕

🔊

reconciled /ˈrekənsaɪld/

v. 使和解；使接受（不愉快的事）➕

🔊

hospitable /hɒˈspɪtəbl/

adj. 好客的,热情友好的➕

🔊

courtesy /ˈkɜːtəsi/

n. 礼貌,谦恭；好意➕

🔊

scenes /siːnz/

n. 场面,情景；事件（尤指不愉快的）➕

🔊

assigned /əˈsaɪnd/

v. 分配,指派；指定（时间、地点等）➕

🔊

gloomy /ˈɡluːmi/

adj. 阴郁的,忧郁的；昏暗的➕

🔊

irony /ˈaɪrəni/

n. 反讽,讽刺➕

🔊

hermitage /ˈhɜːmɪtɪdʒ/

n. 隐居处,修道院➕

🔊

annoyance /əˈnɔɪəns/

n. 恼怒,烦恼；令人烦恼的事物➕

Chapter eight (第八章)

🔒 使用该功能需要授权码