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  • 23.The Ebb-tide Runs

    二十三、潮水急退

    THE coracle--as I had ample reason to know before I was done with her--was a very safe boat for a person of my height and weight, both buoyant and clever in a seaway; but she was the most cross-grained, lop-sided craft to manage. Do as you pleased, she always made more leeway than anything else, and turning round and round was the manoeuvre1 she was best at. Even Ben Gunn himself has admitted that she was "queer to handle till you knew her way."

    那只小艇对于我这样体重和身高的人来说,非常安全。我有充分的体会,直到不再用它为止。小艇既轻便又灵巧,但划起来又很别扭,好向一边偏。无论你怎样划,它总是比其他船更好偏向下风方向,还来回打转,且精于此道。甚至本·葛恩自己也承认,这小船“不好对付,除非你摸透了它的脾气”。

    Certainly I did not know her way. She turned in every direction but the one I was bound to go; the most part of the time we were broadside on, and I am very sure I never should have made the ship at all but for the tide. By good fortune, paddle as I pleased, the tide was still sweeping2 me down; and there lay the HISPANIOLA right in the fairway, hardly to be missed.

    我当然不知道它的脾气。它能转向任何一个方向,就是不肯走我要去的方向,我大部分时间坐在船的内侧,要不是有潮水帮助,我相信我这辈子也无法靠近大船。算我运气好,无论我怎样划,潮水始终把我往下冲,而伊斯班袅拉号正巧在航道上,错过它也不太可能。

    First she loomed3 before me like a blot4 of something yet blacker than darkness, then her spars and hull5 began to take shape, and the next moment, as it seemed (for, the farther I went, the brisker grew the current of the ebb), I was alongside of her hawser6 and had laid hold.

    大船最初黑糊糊的一团出现在我面前。渐渐地显现出桅杆。帆桁和船体。紧接着由于我愈往前,退潮愈急,小船已接近锚索了,我就立刻把它抓在手里。

    The hawser was as taut7 as a bowstring, and the current so strong she pulled upon her anchor. All round the hull, in the blackness, the rippling8 current bubbled and chattered9 like a little mountain stream. One cut with my sea-gully and the HISPANIOLA would go humming down the tide.

    锚索绷得像弓弦一样紧,可见用多大的力量才把船拴住。夜色中泛着细浪的潮水在船身周围汩汩作响,犹如山间流淌的泉水。只要我用刀把锚索砍断,船就会被潮水冲走。

    So far so good, but it next occurred to my recollection that a taut hawser, suddenly cut, is a thing as dangerous as a kicking horse. Ten to one, if I were so foolhardy as to cut the HISPANIOLA from her anchor, I and the coracle would be knocked clean out of the water.

    到目前为止,一切都很顺利,但我忽然意识到,绷紧的绳索一经砍断,我的小船就会像被马蹄踢了一样翻进水里。这是由于小船与大船的比例相差太悬殊了。

    This brought me to a full stop, and if fortune had not again particularly favoured me, I should have had to abandon my design. But the light airs which had begun blowing from the south-east and south had hauled round after nightfall into the south-west. Just while I was meditating10, a puff11 came, caught the HISPANIOLA, and forced her up into the current; and to my great joy, I felt the hawser slacken in my grasp, and the hand by which I held it dip for a second under water.

    一想到这儿,我就停了下来,如果不是幸运之神再次垂青于我,我可能会干脆放弃原来的打算。但正在此时,从东南面,一会儿又从南面吹来的微风,在夜色中转成了西南风。我正在犹豫不决时,一阵风吹来,潮水把伊斯班袅拉号高高拱起。令我喜出望外的是被我抓紧的锚索松了一下,有那么一瞬间,我的手浸人了水中。

    With that I made my mind up, took out my gully, opened it with my teeth, and cut one strand12 after another, till the vessel13 swung only by two. Then I lay quiet, waiting to sever14 these last when the strain should be once more lightened by a breath of wind.

    于是我当机立断,掏出折刀,用牙齿把它拉开,开始一股股地割断绳索,直剩下最后两股绳牵紧船身。于是我停了一会儿,静候下一阵风能再次使锚索松弛下来,以便割断最后两股。

    All this time I had heard the sound of loud voices from the cabin, but to say truth, my mind had been so entirely15 taken up with other thoughts that I had scarcely given ear. Now, however, when I had nothing else to do, I began to pay more heed16.

    整个这段时间,我一直听到从船舱里传出的大声谈话,但是,说句实话,我的心思一直在别的事情上,压根儿没去听。然而现在由于我没有什么事可做,便开始留心听他们讲话。

    One I recognized for the coxswain's, Israel Hands, that had been Flint's gunner in former days. The other was, of course, my friend of the red night-cap. Both men were plainly the worse of drink, and they were still drinking, for even while I was listening, one of them, with a drunken cry, opened the stern window and threw out something, which I divined to be an empty bottle. But they were not only tipsy; it was plain that they were furiously angry. Oaths flew like hailstones, and every now and then there came forth17 such an explosion as I thought was sure to end in blows. But each time the quarrel passed off and the voices grumbled18 lower for a while, until the next crisis came and in its turn passed away without result.

    我听出其中一个声音是副水手长伊斯莱尔·汉兹的,他曾经做过弗林特的炮手。另一个声音,当然是出自那个戴红帽子的家伙。两个人显然已酒醉如泥,但还在喝。因为在我侧耳聆听时,他们中的一个推开尾窗,随着一声大喊,扔出一件东西来,我猜是一只空酒瓶。但他们不光是喝醉了,看起来还暴跳如雷,吵骂声像雹子一样,不时达到高潮。我总以为这次定会打起来,但是每次对骂都会平息下去,声音逐渐压下来,转为嘟囔声。过一会儿,危机重新爆发,但又会转危为安。

    On shore, I could see the glow of the great camp-fire burning warmly through the shore-side trees. Someone was singing, a dull, old, droning sailor's song, with a droop19 and a quaver at the end of every verse, and seemingly no end to it at all but the patience of the singer. I had heard it on the voyage more than once and remembered these words:

    在岸上,我可以看到一大堆熊熊燃烧的篝火,从岸边的树丛中透出红光来,有人在唱一首老歌,一支单调的水手歌谣。歌谣的每一句的尾音都唱得发颤,都要降低,没完没了,除非唱歌的人自己不耐烦了才不唱了。在航行中我听到过不只一次,还记得其中两句是这样的:

    "But one man of her crew alive, What put to sea with seventy-five."

    七十五个汉子驾船出海;只剩一人活着回来。

    And I thought it was a ditty rather too dolefully appropriate for a company that had met such cruel losses in the morning. But, indeed, from what I saw, all these buccaneers were as callous20 as the sea they sailed on.

    我想对于今天早上伤亡惨重的一群海盗来说,这只悲伤的调子再合适不过了。但是,接下来我看到的是,这群海盗同大海一样对此毫无感觉。

    At last the breeze came; the schooner21 sidled and drew nearer in the dark; I felt the hawser slacken once more, and with a good, tough effort, cut the last fibres through.

    终于又吹来一阵海风,大船在黑暗中侧着船身向我靠近了些,我感觉到锚素又松了一下,就用力把最后两股完全割断。

    The breeze had but little action on the coracle, and I was almost instantly swept against the bows of the HISPANIOLA. At the same time, the schooner began to turn upon her heel, spinning slowly, end for end, across the current.

    小艇只稍稍被风推了一下,我几乎一下子对准伊斯班袅拉号的船头撞去。与此同时,大帆船开始慢慢掉转船身,在潮水的带动下头尾倒了个过儿。

    I wrought22 like a fiend, for I expected every moment to be swamped; and since I found I could not push the coracle directly off, I now shoved straight astern. At length I was clear of my dangerous neighbour, and just as I gave the last impulsion, my hands came across a light cord that was trailing overboard across the stern bulwarks23. Instantly I grasped it.

    我拼命地划桨,时刻都提心吊胆怕被大船带翻。我发现我无论怎样也不能把小艇从大船身边划开,就手撑着大船把小艇划向大船尾部,这才逃离了险境。就在我撑罢最后一桨时,我的手仍然碰到一条从后舷墙上垂挂下来的绳子,就一下子把它抓在手里。

    Why I should have done so I can hardly say. It was at first mere24 instinct, but once I had it in my hands and found it fast, curiosity began to get the upper hand, and I determined25 I should have one look through the cabin window.

    我为什么要抓住它,我自己也说不清楚。起初只是下意识的动作,但我既然已经抓住了它,并发现绳子另一端栓得很牢,好奇心开始占了上风。我决心要向船舱里面张望一下。

    I pulled in hand over hand on the cord, and when I judged myself near enough, rose at infinite risk to about half my height and thus commanded the roof and a slice of the interior of the cabin.

    我两手交替地抓住绳子往大船上靠,当我估计已靠得够近时,就冒着生命危险升高大约半个身体,见到了船舱的舱顶和舱内的一个角落。

    By this time the schooner and her little consort26 were gliding27 pretty swiftly through the water; indeed, we had already fetched up level with the camp-fire. The ship was talking, as sailors say, loudly, treading the innumerable ripples28 with an incessant29 weltering splash; and until I got my eye above the window-sill I could not comprehend why the watchmen had taken no alarm. One glance, however, was sufficient; and it was only one glance that I durst take from that unsteady skiff. It showed me Hands and his companion locked together in deadly wrestle30, each with a hand upon the other's throat.

    正在这时,大船和小艇正在迅速地顺着潮水向下滑,最终滑向和岸边的篝火一齐。按水手的说法,大船嗓门大,也就是溅起的哗哗的水声不绝于耳。但是在我的眼睛高过窗棂之前,我始终弄不清楚守卫的人为什么不发警报信号。在这么不稳的小船上我只能看一眼,但只这一眼就看得明明白白:原来汉兹和他的伙伴都用一只手掐住对方的脖子扭作一团,在做拼死的搏斗。

    I dropped upon the thwart31 again, none too soon, for I was near overboard. I could see nothing for the moment but these two furious, encrimsoned faces swaying together under the smoky lamp, and I shut my eyes to let them grow once more familiar with the darkness.

    我又及时跳回到座板上,差一点儿就掉进水里。刹时间我什么也看不见,只有两张凶神恶煞似的脸在熏黑了的灯下晃荡着,显得通红。我闭上眼睛,让它们重新适应黑暗。

    The endless ballad32 had come to an end at last, and the whole diminished company about the camp-fire had broken into the chorus I had heard so often:

    没完没了的歌谣终于停了下来。篝火旁所剩无几的海盗又唱起我听腻了的那个调子:

    "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"

    十五个汉子扒上了死人胸——哟——嗬——嗬,再来郎姆酒一大瓶!酗酒和魔鬼使其余的人都丧了命——哟——嗬——嗬,再来他郎姆酒一大瓶!

    I was just thinking how busy drink and the devil were at that very moment in the cabin of the HISPANIOLA, when I was surprised by a sudden lurch33 of the coracle. At the same moment, she yawed sharply and seemed to change her course. The speed in the meantime had strangely increased.

    我正思量着,酒和魔鬼在这伊斯班袅拉号的船舱里想必正忙得不可开交,不曾想小艇突然一斜来了个急转弯,好像要改变航向,而这时我又突然感到小艇奇怪地加速了。

    I opened my eyes at once. All round me were little ripples, combing over with a sharp, bristling34 sound and slightly phosphorescent. The HISPANIOLA herself, a few yards in whose wake I was still being whirled along, seemed to stagger in her course, and I saw her spars toss a little against the blackness of the night; nay35, as I looked longer, I made sure she also was wheeling to the southward.

    我立刻睁开双眼。我周围伴随有刺耳的流水声和波光粼粼的细浪。我始终未能脱离伊斯班袅拉号后面几码的漩涡,而大船本身好像也在摇摇摆摆地转变方向,我看见船的桅杆在漆黑的夜幕的映衬下颠了一下,就敢断定大船也正朝南转弯。

    I glanced over my shoulder, and my heart jumped against my ribs36. There, right behind me, was the glow of the camp-fire. The current had turned at right angles, sweeping round along with it the tall schooner and the little dancing coracle; ever quickening, ever bubbling higher, ever muttering louder, it went spinning through the narrows for the open sea.

    我回头一望,心吓得差点蹦出来,我背后就是红红的篝火。潮水已转向右边,把高高的大船和我那不断颠簸的小艇一并带走。水流愈来愈急,浪花愈溅愈高,潮声愈来愈响。潮水一路旋转着冲向那个狭小的口子向宽阔的海洋退去。

    Suddenly the schooner in front of me gave a violent yaw, turning, perhaps, through twenty degrees; and almost at the same moment one shout followed another from on board; I could hear feet pounding on the companion ladder and I knew that the two drunkards had at last been interrupted in their quarrel and awakened37 to a sense of their disaster.

    突然,我前面的大船猛地一歪,大约转了一个二十度的弯。几乎就在同时,从船上传来两次叫喊声,我听到了匆匆登上升降口梯子的脚步声。我知道两个醉鬼最终停止了那场搏斗,终于意识到灾难即将来临。

    I lay down flat in the bottom of that wretched skiff and devoutly38 recommended my spirit to its Maker39. At the end of the straits, I made sure we must fall into some bar of raging breakers, where all my troubles would be ended speedily; and though I could, perhaps, bear to die, I could not bear to look upon my fate as it approached.

    我趴在可怜的小艇底部,把我的灵魂虔诚地交给造物主安排。到了海峡的尽头,我相信我们必定会被汹涌的波浪所吞没,那时所有的烦恼都将消失得无影无踪。死对我来说并没什么可怕,可眼看着厄运临头却让我无法忍受。

    So I must have lain for hours, continually beaten to and fro upon the billows, now and again wetted with flying sprays, and never ceasing to expect death at the next plunge40. Gradually weariness grew upon me; a numbness41, an occasional stupor42, fell upon my mind even in the midst of my terrors, until sleep at last supervened and in my sea-tossed coracle I lay and dreamed of home and the old Admiral Benbow.

    我这样将近趴了几个小时,不断地被海浪抛来荡去。不时地被海浪打湿衣裳,每次都担心会被下一次大浪抛入海中。渐渐地,疲倦使我在惊恐万状的情况下打起盹来,最后终于睡着了。我躺在惊涛骇浪中的一叶小舟里,梦见了家乡和我的“本葆海军上将”老店。

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    1 manoeuvre [məˈnu:və(r)] 4o4zbM   第9级
    n.策略,调动;vi.用策略,调动;vt.诱使;操纵;耍花招
    参考例句:
    • Her withdrawal from the contest was a tactical manoeuvre. 她退出比赛是一个战术策略。
    • The clutter of ships had little room to manoeuvre. 船只橫七竖八地挤在一起,几乎没有多少移动的空间。
    2 sweeping [ˈswi:pɪŋ] ihCzZ4   第8级
    adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的
    参考例句:
    • The citizens voted for sweeping reforms. 公民投票支持全面的改革。
    • Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches? 你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗?
    3 loomed [lu:md] 9423e616fe6b658c9a341ebc71833279   第7级
    v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近
    参考例句:
    • A dark shape loomed up ahead of us. 一个黑糊糊的影子隐隐出现在我们的前面。
    • The prospect of war loomed large in everyone's mind. 战事将起的庞大阴影占据每个人的心。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    4 blot [blɒt] wtbzA   第8级
    vt.弄脏(用吸墨纸)吸干;n.污点,污渍
    参考例句:
    • That new factory is a blot on the landscape. 那新建的工厂破坏了此地的景色。
    • The crime he committed is a blot on his record. 他犯的罪是他的履历中的一个污点。
    5 hull [hʌl] 8c8xO   第9级
    n.船身;(果、实等的)外壳;vt.去(谷物等)壳
    参考例句:
    • The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard. 船体的外表面非常坚硬。
    • The boat's hull has been staved in by the tremendous seas. 小船壳让巨浪打穿了。
    6 hawser [ˈhɔ:zə(r)] N58yc   第11级
    n.大缆;大索
    参考例句:
    • The fingers were pinched under a hawser. 手指被夹在了大缆绳下面。
    • There's a new hawser faked down there. 有条新铁索盘卷在那里。
    7 taut [tɔ:t] iUazb   第10级
    adj.拉紧的,绷紧的,紧张的
    参考例句:
    • The bowstring is stretched taut. 弓弦绷得很紧。
    • Scarlett's taut nerves almost cracked as a sudden noise sounded in the underbrush near them. 思嘉紧张的神经几乎一下绷裂了,因为她听见附近灌木丛中突然冒出的一个声音。
    8 rippling ['rɪplɪŋ] b84b2d05914b2749622963c1ef058ed5   第7级
    起涟漪的,潺潺流水般声音的
    参考例句:
    • I could see the dawn breeze rippling the shining water. 我能看见黎明的微风在波光粼粼的水面上吹出道道涟漪。
    • The pool rippling was caused by the waving of the reeds. 池塘里的潺潺声是芦苇摇动时引起的。
    9 chattered [ˈtʃætəd] 0230d885b9f6d176177681b6eaf4b86f   第7级
    (人)喋喋不休( chatter的过去式 ); 唠叨; (牙齿)打战; (机器)震颤
    参考例句:
    • They chattered away happily for a while. 他们高兴地闲扯了一会儿。
    • We chattered like two teenagers. 我们聊着天,像两个十多岁的孩子。
    10 meditating ['medɪteɪtɪŋ] hoKzDp   第8级
    a.沉思的,冥想的
    参考例句:
    • They were meditating revenge. 他们在谋划进行报复。
    • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics. 这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
    11 puff [pʌf] y0cz8   第7级
    n.一口(气);一阵(风); 粉扑;泡芙;蓬松;vt.喷出,张开;使膨胀;夸张;使骄傲自满;vi.膨胀;张开;鼓吹;夸张
    参考例句:
    • He took a puff at his cigarette. 他吸了一口香烟。
    • They tried their best to puff the book they published. 他们尽力吹捧他们出版的书。
    12 strand [strænd] 7GAzH   第8级
    vt.使(船)搁浅,使(某人)困于(某地)
    参考例句:
    • She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears. 她把一缕散发夹到了耳后。
    • The climbers had been stranded by a storm. 登山者被暴风雨困住了。
    13 vessel [ˈvesl] 4L1zi   第7级
    n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管
    参考例句:
    • The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai. 这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
    • You should put the water into a vessel. 你应该把水装入容器中。
    14 sever [ˈsevə(r)] wTXzb   第9级
    vt.切开,割开;断绝,中断;vi.断;裂开;分离
    参考例句:
    • She wanted to sever all her connections with the firm. 她想断绝和那家公司的所有联系。
    • We must never sever the cultural vein of our nation. 我们不能割断民族的文化血脉。
    15 entirely [ɪnˈtaɪəli] entirely   第9级
    ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
    参考例句:
    • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
    • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
    16 heed [hi:d] ldQzi   第9级
    vt.&vi.注意,留意;n.注意,留心
    参考例句:
    • You must take heed of what he has told. 你要注意他所告诉的事。
    • For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance. 这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。
    17 forth [fɔ:θ] Hzdz2   第7级
    adv.向前;向外,往外
    参考例句:
    • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth. 风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
    • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession. 他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
    18 grumbled [ˈɡrʌmbld] ed735a7f7af37489d7db1a9ef3b64f91   第7级
    抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声
    参考例句:
    • He grumbled at the low pay offered to him. 他抱怨给他的工资低。
    • The heat was sweltering, and the men grumbled fiercely over their work. 天热得让人发昏,水手们边干活边发着牢骚。
    19 droop [dru:p] p8Zyd   第10级
    vi. 下垂;萎靡;凋萎 vt. 使…下垂 n. 下垂;消沉
    参考例句:
    • The heavy snow made the branches droop. 大雪使树枝垂下来。
    • Don't let your spirits droop. 不要萎靡不振。
    20 callous [ˈkæləs] Yn9yl   第9级
    adj.无情的,冷淡的,硬结的,起老茧的
    参考例句:
    • He is callous about the safety of his workers. 他对他工人的安全毫不关心。
    • She was selfish, arrogant and often callous. 她自私傲慢, 而且往往冷酷无情。
    21 schooner [ˈsku:nə(r)] mDoyU   第12级
    n.纵帆船
    参考例句:
    • The schooner was driven ashore. 那条帆船被冲上了岸。
    • The current was bearing coracle and schooner southward at an equal rate. 急流正以同样的速度将小筏子和帆船一起冲向南方。
    22 wrought [rɔ:t] EoZyr   第11级
    v.(wreak的过去分词)引起;以…原料制作;运转;adj.制造的
    参考例句:
    • Events in Paris wrought a change in British opinion towards France and Germany. 巴黎发生的事件改变了英国对法国和德国的看法。
    • It's a walking stick with a gold head wrought in the form of a flower. 那是一个金质花形包头的拐杖。
    23 bulwarks [ˈbʊlwəks] 68b5dc8545fffb0102460d332814eb3d   第10级
    n.堡垒( bulwark的名词复数 );保障;支柱;舷墙
    参考例句:
    • The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty. 新闻自由是自由最大的保障之一。 来自辞典例句
    • Surgery and X-irradiation nevertheless remain the bulwarks of cancer treatment throughout the world. 外科手术和X射线疗法依然是全世界治疗癌症的主要方法。 来自辞典例句
    24 mere [mɪə(r)] rC1xE   第7级
    adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
    参考例句:
    • That is a mere repetition of what you said before. 那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
    • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer. 再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
    25 determined [dɪˈtɜ:mɪnd] duszmP   第7级
    adj.坚定的;有决心的;v.决定;断定(determine的过去分词)
    参考例句:
    • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation. 我已决定毕业后去西藏。
    • He determined to view the rooms behind the office. 他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
    26 consort [ˈkɒnsɔ:t] Iatyn   第10级
    vi. 结交;陪伴;符合 vt. 使结合;使联系 n. 配偶;伙伴
    参考例句:
    • They went in consort two or three together. 他们三三两两结伴前往。
    • The nurses are instructed not to consort with their patients. 护士得到指示不得与病人交往。
    27 gliding [ˈglaɪdɪŋ] gliding   第7级
    v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的
    参考例句:
    • Swans went gliding past. 天鹅滑行而过。
    • The weather forecast has put a question mark against the chance of doing any gliding tomorrow. 天气预报对明天是否能举行滑翔表示怀疑。
    28 ripples ['rɪplz] 10e54c54305aebf3deca20a1472f4b96   第7级
    逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • The moon danced on the ripples. 月亮在涟漪上舞动。
    • The sea leaves ripples on the sand. 海水在沙滩上留下了波痕。
    29 incessant [ɪnˈsesnt] WcizU   第8级
    adj.不停的,连续的
    参考例句:
    • We have had incessant snowfall since yesterday afternoon. 从昨天下午开始就持续不断地下雪。
    • She is tired of his incessant demands for affection. 她厌倦了他对感情的不断索取。
    30 wrestle [ˈresl] XfLwD   第7级
    vi.摔跤,角力;搏斗;全力对付
    参考例句:
    • He taught his little brother how to wrestle. 他教他小弟弟如何摔跤。
    • We have to wrestle with difficulties. 我们必须同困难作斗争。
    31 thwart [θwɔ:t] wIRzZ   第9级
    vt.阻挠,妨碍,反对;adj.横(断的)
    参考例句:
    • We must thwart his malevolent schemes. 我们决不能让他的恶毒阴谋得逞。
    • I don't think that will thwart our purposes. 我认为那不会使我们的目的受到挫折。
    32 ballad [ˈbæləd] zWozz   第8级
    n.歌谣,民谣,流行爱情歌曲
    参考例句:
    • This poem has the distinctive flavour of a ballad. 这首诗有民歌风味。
    • This is a romantic ballad that is pure corn. 这是一首极为伤感的浪漫小曲。
    33 lurch [lɜ:tʃ] QR8z9   第10级
    n.突然向前或旁边倒;v.蹒跚而行
    参考例句:
    • It has been suggested that the ground movements were a form of lurch movements. 地震的地面运动曾被认为是一种突然倾斜的运动形式。
    • He walked with a lurch. 他步履蹒跚。
    34 bristling ['brisliŋ] tSqyl   第8级
    a.竖立的
    参考例句:
    • "Don't you question Miz Wilkes' word,'said Archie, his beard bristling. "威尔克斯太太的话,你就不必怀疑了。 "阿尔奇说。他的胡子也翘了起来。
    • You were bristling just now. 你刚才在发毛。
    35 nay [neɪ] unjzAQ   第12级
    adv.不;n.反对票,投反对票者
    参考例句:
    • He was grateful for and proud of his son's remarkable, nay, unique performance. 他为儿子出色的,不,应该是独一无二的表演心怀感激和骄傲。
    • Long essays, nay, whole books have been written on this. 许多长篇大论的文章,不,应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。
    36 ribs ['rɪbz] 24fc137444401001077773555802b280   第7级
    n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 );(船或屋顶等的)肋拱;肋骨状的东西;(织物的)凸条花纹
    参考例句:
    • He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
    • Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。
    37 awakened [əˈweɪkənd] de71059d0b3cd8a1de21151c9166f9f0   第8级
    v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到
    参考例句:
    • She awakened to the sound of birds singing. 她醒来听到鸟的叫声。
    • The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation. 公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    38 devoutly [dɪ'vaʊtlɪ] b33f384e23a3148a94d9de5213bd205f   第10级
    adv.虔诚地,虔敬地,衷心地
    参考例句:
    • She was a devoutly Catholic. 她是一个虔诚地天主教徒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • This was not a boast, but a hope, at once bold and devoutly humble. 这不是夸夸其谈,而是一个即大胆而又诚心、谦虚的希望。 来自辞典例句
    39 maker [ˈmeɪkə(r)] DALxN   第8级
    n.制造者,制造商
    参考例句:
    • He is a trouble maker. You must be distant with him. 他是个捣蛋鬼,你不要跟他在一起。
    • A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman. 家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
    40 plunge [plʌndʒ] 228zO   第7级
    vt.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲;vi.突然地下降;投入;陷入;跳进;n.投入;跳进
    参考例句:
    • Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in. 在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
    • That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries. 那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。
    41 numbness [nʌmnəs] BmTzzc   第7级
    n.无感觉,麻木,惊呆
    参考例句:
    • She was fighting off the numbness of frostbite. 她在竭力摆脱冻僵的感觉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Sometimes they stay dead, causing' only numbness. 有时,它们没有任何反应,只会造成麻木。 来自时文部分
    42 stupor [ˈstju:pə(r)] Kqqyx   第10级
    n.昏迷;不省人事
    参考例句:
    • As the whisky took effect, he gradually fell into a drunken stupor. 随着威士忌酒力发作,他逐渐醉得不省人事。
    • The noise of someone banging at the door roused her from her stupor. 梆梆的敲门声把她从昏迷中唤醒了。

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