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  • Tom presented himself before Aunt Polly, who was sitting by an open window in a pleasant rearward apartment, which was bedroom, breakfast-room, dining-room, and library, combined. The balmy summer air, the restful quiet, the odor of the flowers, and the drowsing murmur1 of the bees had had their effect, and she was nodding over her knitting—for she had no company but the cat, and it was asleep in her lap. Her spectacles were propped2 up on her gray head for safety. She had thought that of course Tom had deserted3 long ago, and she wondered at seeing him place himself in her power again in this intrepid4 way. He said: “Mayn’t I go and play now, aunt?”

    “What, a’ready? How much have you done?”

    “It’s all done, aunt.”

    “Tom, don’t lie to me—I can’t bear it.”

    “I ain’t, aunt; it is all done.”

    Aunt Polly placed small trust in such evidence. She went out to see for herself; and she would have been content to find twenty per cent. of Tom’s statement true. When she found the entire fence white-washed, and not only whitewashed5 but elaborately coated and recoated, and even a streak6 added to the ground, her astonishment7 was almost unspeakable. She said:

    “Well, I never! There’s no getting round it, you can work when you’re a mind to, Tom.” And then she diluted8 the compliment by adding, “But it’s powerful seldom you’re a mind to, I’m bound to say. Well, go ’long and play; but mind you get back some time in a week, or I’ll tan you.”

    She was so overcome by the splendor9 of his achievement that she took him into the closet and selected a choice apple and delivered it to him, along with an improving lecture upon the added value and flavor a treat took to itself when it came without sin through virtuous10 effort. And while she closed with a happy Scriptural flourish, he “hooked” a doughnut.

    Then he skipped out, and saw Sid just starting up the outside stairway that led to the back rooms on the second floor. Clods were handy and the air was full of them in a twinkling. They raged around Sid like a hail-storm; and before Aunt Polly could collect her surprised faculties11 and sally to the rescue, six or seven clods had taken personal effect, and Tom was over the fence and gone. There was a gate, but as a general thing he was too crowded for time to make use of it. His soul was at peace, now that he had settled with Sid for calling attention to his black thread and getting him into trouble.

    Tom skirted the block, and came round into a muddy alley12 that led by the back of his aunt’s cow-stable. He presently got safely beyond the reach of capture and punishment, and hastened toward the public square of the village, where two “military” companies of boys had met for conflict, according to previous appointment. Tom was General of one of these armies, Joe Harper (a bosom13 friend) General of the other. These two great commanders did not condescend14 to fight in person—that being better suited to the still smaller fry—but sat together on an eminence15 and conducted the field operations by orders delivered through aides-de-camp. Tom’s army won a great victory, after a long and hard-fought battle. Then the dead were counted, prisoners exchanged, the terms of the next disagreement agreed upon, and the day for the necessary battle appointed; after which the armies fell into line and marched away, and Tom turned homeward alone.

    As he was passing by the house where Jeff Thatcher16 lived, he saw a new girl in the garden—a lovely little blue-eyed creature with yellow hair plaited into two long-tails, white summer frock17 and embroidered18 pantalettes. The fresh-crowned hero fell without firing a shot. A certain Amy Lawrence vanished out of his heart and left not even a memory of herself behind. He had thought he loved her to distraction19; he had regarded his passion as adoration20; and behold21 it was only a poor little evanescent partiality. He had been months winning her; she had confessed hardly a week ago; he had been the happiest and the proudest boy in the world only seven short days, and here in one instant of time she had gone out of his heart like a casual stranger whose visit is done.

    He worshipped this new angel with furtive22 eye, till he saw that she had discovered him; then he pretended he did not know she was present, and began to “show off” in all sorts of absurd boyish ways, in order to win her admiration23. He kept up this grotesque24 foolishness for some time; but by-and-by, while he was in the midst of some dangerous gymnastic performances, he glanced aside and saw that the little girl was wending her way toward the house. Tom came up to the fence and leaned on it, grieving, and hoping she would tarry yet awhile longer. She halted a moment on the steps and then moved toward the door. Tom heaved a great sigh as she put her foot on the threshold. But his face lit up, right away, for she tossed a pansy over the fence a moment before she disappeared.

    The boy ran around and stopped within a foot or two of the flower, and then shaded his eyes with his hand and began to look down street as if he had discovered something of interest going on in that direction. Presently he picked up a straw and began trying to balance it on his nose, with his head tilted25 far back; and as he moved from side to side, in his efforts, he edged nearer and nearer toward the pansy; finally his bare foot rested upon it, his pliant26 toes closed upon it, and he hopped27 away with the treasure and disappeared round the corner. But only for a minute—only while he could button the flower inside his jacket, next his heart—or next his stomach, possibly, for he was not much posted in anatomy28, and not hypercritical, anyway.

    He returned, now, and hung about the fence till nightfall, “showing off,” as before; but the girl never exhibited herself again, though Tom comforted himself a little with the hope that she had been near some window, meantime, and been aware of his attentions. Finally he strode home reluctantly, with his poor head full of visions.

    All through supper his spirits were so high that his aunt wondered “what had got into the child.” He took a good scolding about clodding Sid, and did not seem to mind it in the least. He tried to steal sugar under his aunt’s very nose, and got his knuckles29 rapped for it. He said:

    “Aunt, you don’t whack30 Sid when he takes it.”

    “Well, Sid don’t torment31 a body the way you do. You’d be always into that sugar if I warn’t watching you.”

    Presently she stepped into the kitchen, and Sid, happy in his immunity32, reached for the sugar-bowl—a sort of glorying over Tom which was wellnigh unbearable33. But Sid’s fingers slipped and the bowl dropped and broke. Tom was in ecstasies34. In such ecstasies that he even controlled his tongue and was silent. He said to himself that he would not speak a word, even when his aunt came in, but would sit perfectly35 still till she asked who did the mischief36; and then he would tell, and there would be nothing so good in the world as to see that pet model “catch it.” He was so brimful of exultation37 that he could hardly hold himself when the old lady came back and stood above the wreck38 discharging lightnings of wrath39 from over her spectacles. He said to himself, “Now it’s coming!” And the next instant he was sprawling40 on the floor! The potent41 palm was uplifted to strike again when Tom cried out:

    “Hold on, now, what ’er you belting me for?—Sid broke it!”

    Aunt Polly paused, perplexed42, and Tom looked for healing pity. But when she got her tongue again, she only said:

    “Umf! Well, you didn’t get a lick amiss, I reckon. You been into some other audacious mischief when I wasn’t around, like enough.”

    Then her conscience reproached her, and she yearned43 to say something kind and loving; but she judged that this would be construed44 into a confession45 that she had been in the wrong, and discipline forbade that. So she kept silence, and went about her affairs with a troubled heart. Tom sulked in a corner and exalted46 his woes47. He knew that in her heart his aunt was on her knees to him, and he was morosely48 gratified by the consciousness of it. He would hang out no signals, he would take notice of none. He knew that a yearning49 glance fell upon him, now and then, through a film of tears, but he refused recognition of it. He pictured himself lying sick unto death and his aunt bending over him beseeching50 one little forgiving word, but he would turn his face to the wall, and die with that word unsaid. Ah, how would she feel then? And he pictured himself brought home from the river, dead, with his curls all wet, and his sore heart at rest. How she would throw herself upon him, and how her tears would fall like rain, and her lips pray God to give her back her boy and she would never, never abuse him any more! But he would lie there cold and white and make no sign—a poor little sufferer, whose griefs were at an end. He so worked upon his feelings with the pathos51 of these dreams, that he had to keep swallowing, he was so like to choke; and his eyes swam in a blur52 of water, which overflowed53 when he winked54, and ran down and trickled55 from the end of his nose. And such a luxury to him was this petting of his sorrows, that he could not bear to have any worldly cheeriness or any grating delight intrude56 upon it; it was too sacred for such contact; and so, presently, when his cousin Mary danced in, all alive with the joy of seeing home again after an age-long visit of one week to the country, he got up and moved in clouds and darkness out at one door as she brought song and sunshine in at the other.

    He wandered far from the accustomed haunts of boys, and sought desolate57 places that were in harmony with his spirit. A log raft in the river invited him, and he seated himself on its outer edge and contemplated58 the dreary59 vastness of the stream, wishing, the while, that he could only be drowned, all at once and unconsciously, without undergoing the uncomfortable routine devised by nature. Then he thought of his flower. He got it out, rumpled60 and wilted61, and it mightily62 increased his dismal63 felicity. He wondered if she would pity him if she knew? Would she cry, and wish that she had a right to put her arms around his neck and comfort him? Or would she turn coldly away like all the hollow world? This picture brought such an agony of pleasurable suffering that he worked it over and over again in his mind and set it up in new and varied64 lights, till he wore it threadbare. At last he rose up sighing and departed in the darkness.

    About half-past nine or ten o’clock he came along the deserted street to where the Adored Unknown lived; he paused a moment; no sound fell upon his listening ear; a candle was casting a dull glow upon the curtain of a second-story window. Was the sacred presence there? He climbed the fence, threaded his stealthy way through the plants, till he stood under that window; he looked up at it long, and with emotion; then he laid him down on the ground under it, disposing himself upon his back, with his hands clasped upon his breast and holding his poor wilted flower. And thus he would die—out in the cold world, with no shelter over his homeless head, no friendly hand to wipe the death-damps from his brow, no loving face to bend pityingly over him when the great agony came. And thus she would see him when she looked out upon the glad morning, and oh! would she drop one little tear upon his poor, lifeless form, would she heave one little sigh to see a bright young life so rudely blighted65, so untimely cut down?

    The window went up, a maid-servant’s discordant66 voice profaned67 the holy calm, and a deluge68 of water drenched69 the prone70 martyr’s remains71!

    The strangling hero sprang up with a relieving snort. There was a whiz as of a missile in the air, mingled72 with the murmur of a curse, a sound as of shivering glass followed, and a small, vague form went over the fence and shot away in the gloom.

    Not long after, as Tom, all undressed for bed, was surveying his drenched garments by the light of a tallow dip, Sid woke up; but if he had any dim idea of making any “references to allusions,” he thought better of it and held his peace, for there was danger in Tom’s eye.

    Tom turned in without the added vexation of prayers, and Sid made mental note of the omission73.



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    1 murmur [ˈmɜ:mə(r)] EjtyD   第7级
    n.低语,低声的怨言;vi.低语,低声而言;vt.低声说
    参考例句:
    • They paid the extra taxes without a murmur. 他们毫无怨言地交了附加税。
    • There was a low murmur of conversation in the hall. 大厅里有窃窃私语声。
    2 propped [prɔpt] 557c00b5b2517b407d1d2ef6ba321b0e   第7级
    支撑,支持,维持( prop的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He sat propped up in the bed by pillows. 他靠着枕头坐在床上。
    • This fence should be propped up. 这栅栏该用东西支一支。
    3 deserted [dɪˈzɜ:tɪd] GukzoL   第8级
    adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的
    参考例句:
    • The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence. 这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
    • The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers. 敌人头目众叛亲离。
    4 intrepid [ɪnˈtrepɪd] NaYzz   第10级
    adj.无畏的,刚毅的
    参考例句:
    • He is not really satisfied with his intrepid action. 他没有真正满意他的无畏行动。
    • John's intrepid personality made him a good choice for team leader. 约翰勇敢的个性适合作领导工作。
    5 whitewashed [ˈhwaɪtˌwɔʃt] 38aadbb2fa5df4fec513e682140bac04   第8级
    粉饰,美化,掩饰( whitewash的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The wall had been whitewashed. 墙已粉过。
    • The towers are in the shape of bottle gourds and whitewashed. 塔呈圆形,状近葫芦,外敷白色。 来自汉英文学 - 现代散文
    6 streak [stri:k] UGgzL   第7级
    n.条理,斑纹,倾向,少许,痕迹;v.加条纹,变成条纹,奔驰,快速移动
    参考例句:
    • The Indians used to streak their faces with paint. 印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
    • Why did you streak the tree? 你为什么在树上刻条纹?
    7 astonishment [əˈstɒnɪʃmənt] VvjzR   第8级
    n.惊奇,惊异
    参考例句:
    • They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment. 他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
    • I was filled with astonishment at her strange action. 我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。
    8 diluted [daɪ'lju:tɪd] 016e8d268a5a89762de116a404413fef   第7级
    无力的,冲淡的
    参考例句:
    • The paint can be diluted with water to make a lighter shade. 这颜料可用水稀释以使色度淡一些。
    • This pesticide is diluted with water and applied directly to the fields. 这种杀虫剂用水稀释后直接施用在田里。
    9 splendor ['splendə] hriy0   第10级
    n.光彩;壮丽,华丽;显赫,辉煌
    参考例句:
    • Never in his life had he gazed on such splendor. 他生平从没有见过如此辉煌壮丽的场面。
    • All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend. 人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。
    10 virtuous [ˈvɜ:tʃuəs] upCyI   第9级
    adj.有品德的,善良的,贞洁的,有效力的
    参考例句:
    • She was such a virtuous woman that everybody respected her. 她是个有道德的女性,人人都尊敬她。
    • My uncle is always proud of having a virtuous wife. 叔叔一直为娶到一位贤德的妻子而骄傲。
    11 faculties [ˈfækəltiz] 066198190456ba4e2b0a2bda2034dfc5   第7级
    n.能力( faculty的名词复数 );全体教职员;技巧;院
    参考例句:
    • Although he's ninety, his mental faculties remain unimpaired. 他虽年届九旬,但头脑仍然清晰。
    • All your faculties have come into play in your work. 在你的工作中,你的全部才能已起到了作用。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    12 alley [ˈæli] Cx2zK   第7级
    n.小巷,胡同;小径,小路
    参考例句:
    • We live in the same alley. 我们住在同一条小巷里。
    • The blind alley ended in a brick wall. 这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。
    13 bosom [ˈbʊzəm] Lt9zW   第7级
    n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的
    参考例句:
    • She drew a little book from her bosom. 她从怀里取出一本小册子。
    • A dark jealousy stirred in his bosom. 他内心生出一阵恶毒的嫉妒。
    14 condescend [ˌkɒndɪˈsend] np7zo   第9级
    vi.俯就,屈尊;堕落,丢丑
    参考例句:
    • Would you condescend to accompany me? 你肯屈尊陪我吗?
    • He did not condescend to answer. He turned his back on me. 他不愿屈尊回答我的问题。他不理睬我。
    15 eminence [ˈemɪnəns] VpLxo   第9级
    n.卓越,显赫;高地,高处;名家
    参考例句:
    • He is a statesman of great eminence. 他是个声名显赫的政治家。
    • Many of the pilots were to achieve eminence in the aeronautical world. 这些飞行员中很多人将会在航空界声名显赫。
    16 thatcher ['θætʃə(r)] ogQz6G   第10级
    n.茅屋匠
    参考例句:
    • Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher. 汤姆 - 索亚和撒切尔法官同乘一条小艇。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
    • Mrs. Thatcher was almost crazed; and Aunt Polly, also. 撒切尔夫人几乎神经失常,还有波莉姨妈也是。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
    17 frock [frɒk] 4fuzh   第10级
    n.连衣裙;v.使穿长工作服
    参考例句:
    • That frock shows your petticoat.那件上衣太短,让你的衬裙露出来了。
    • Few Englishmen wear frock coats now.They went out years ago.现在,英国人很少穿大礼服了,大礼服在多年以前就不时兴了。
    18 embroidered [im'brɔidəd] StqztZ   第9级
    adj.绣花的
    参考例句:
    • She embroidered flowers on the cushion covers. 她在这些靠垫套上绣了花。
    • She embroidered flowers on the front of the dress. 她在连衣裙的正面绣花。
    19 distraction [dɪˈstrækʃn] muOz3l   第8级
    n.精神涣散,精神不集中,消遣,娱乐
    参考例句:
    • Total concentration is required with no distractions. 要全神贯注,不能有丝毫分神。
    • Their national distraction is going to the disco. 他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。
    20 adoration [ˌædəˈreɪʃn] wfhyD   第12级
    n.爱慕,崇拜
    参考例句:
    • He gazed at her with pure adoration. 他一往情深地注视着她。
    • The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images. 那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
    21 behold [bɪˈhəʊld] jQKy9   第10级
    vt. 看;注视;把...视为 vi. 看
    参考例句:
    • The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold. 这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
    • The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold. 海滨日出真是个奇景。
    22 furtive [ˈfɜ:tɪv] kz9yJ   第9级
    adj.鬼鬼崇崇的,偷偷摸摸的
    参考例句:
    • The teacher was suspicious of the student's furtive behaviour during the exam. 老师怀疑这个学生在考试时有偷偷摸摸的行为。
    • His furtive behaviour aroused our suspicion. 他鬼鬼祟祟的行为引起了我们的怀疑。
    23 admiration [ˌædməˈreɪʃn] afpyA   第8级
    n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕
    参考例句:
    • He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene. 他对风景之美赞不绝口。
    • We have a great admiration for the gold medalists. 我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。
    24 grotesque [grəʊˈtesk] O6ryZ   第8级
    adj.怪诞的,丑陋的;n.怪诞的图案,怪人(物)
    参考例句:
    • His face has a grotesque appearance. 他的面部表情十分怪。
    • Her account of the incident was a grotesque distortion of the truth. 她对这件事的陈述是荒诞地歪曲了事实。
    25 tilted [tɪltɪd] 3gtzE5   第7级
    v. 倾斜的
    参考例句:
    • Suddenly the boat tilted to one side. 小船突然倾向一侧。
    • She tilted her chin at him defiantly. 她向他翘起下巴表示挑衅。
    26 pliant [ˈplaɪənt] yO4xg   第12级
    adj.顺从的;可弯曲的
    参考例句:
    • She's proud and stubborn, you know, under that pliant exterior. 你要知道,在温顺的外表下,她既自傲又固执。
    • They weave a basket out of pliant osiers. 他们用易弯的柳枝编制篮子。
    27 hopped [hɔpt] 91b136feb9c3ae690a1c2672986faa1c   第7级
    跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花
    参考例句:
    • He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
    • He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车,向市区开去。
    28 anatomy [əˈnætəmi] Cwgzh   第9级
    n.解剖学,解剖;功能,结构,组织
    参考例句:
    • He found out a great deal about the anatomy of animals. 在动物解剖学方面,他有过许多发现。
    • The hurricane's anatomy was powerful and complex. 对飓风的剖析是一项庞大而复杂的工作。
    29 knuckles [ˈnʌklz] c726698620762d88f738be4a294fae79   第10级
    n.(指人)指关节( knuckle的名词复数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝v.(指人)指关节( knuckle的第三人称单数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝
    参考例句:
    • He gripped the wheel until his knuckles whitened. 他紧紧握住方向盘,握得指关节都变白了。
    • Her thin hands were twisted by swollen knuckles. 她那双纤手因肿大的指关节而变了形。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    30 whack [wæk] kMKze   第11级
    vt.敲击,重打,瓜分;vi.重击;n.重击,重打,尝试,一份
    参考例句:
    • After years of dieting, Carol's metabolism was completely out of whack. 经过数年的节食,卡罗尔的新陈代谢完全紊乱了。
    • He gave me a whack on the back to wake me up. 他为把我弄醒,在我背上猛拍一下。
    31 torment [ˈtɔ:ment] gJXzd   第7级
    n.折磨;令人痛苦的东西(人);vt.折磨;纠缠
    参考例句:
    • He has never suffered the torment of rejection. 他从未经受过遭人拒绝的痛苦。
    • Now nothing aggravates me more than when people torment each other. 没有什么东西比人们的互相折磨更使我愤怒。
    32 immunity [ɪˈmju:nəti] dygyQ   第9级
    n.优惠;免除;豁免,豁免权
    参考例句:
    • The law gives public schools immunity from taxation. 法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
    • He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested. 他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。
    33 unbearable [ʌnˈbeərəbl] alCwB   第7级
    adj.不能容忍的;忍受不住的
    参考例句:
    • It is unbearable to be always on thorns. 老是处于焦虑不安的情况中是受不了的。
    • The more he thought of it the more unbearable it became. 他越想越觉得无法忍受。
    34 ecstasies [ˈekstəsiz] 79e8aad1272f899ef497b3a037130d17   第8级
    狂喜( ecstasy的名词复数 ); 出神; 入迷; 迷幻药
    参考例句:
    • In such ecstasies that he even controlled his tongue and was silent. 但他闭着嘴,一言不发。
    • We were in ecstasies at the thought of going home. 一想到回家,我们高兴极了。
    35 perfectly [ˈpɜ:fɪktli] 8Mzxb   第8级
    adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
    参考例句:
    • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said. 证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
    • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board. 我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
    36 mischief [ˈmɪstʃɪf] jDgxH   第7级
    n.损害,伤害,危害;恶作剧,捣蛋,胡闹
    参考例句:
    • Nobody took notice of the mischief of the matter. 没有人注意到这件事情所带来的危害。
    • He seems to intend mischief. 看来他想捣蛋。
    37 exultation [egzʌl'teiʃən] wzeyn   第10级
    n.狂喜,得意
    参考例句:
    • It made him catch his breath, it lit his face with exultation. 听了这个名字,他屏住呼吸,乐得脸上放光。
    • He could get up no exultation that was really worthy the name. 他一点都激动不起来。
    38 wreck [rek] QMjzE   第7级
    n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难
    参考例句:
    • Weather may have been a factor in the wreck. 天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
    • No one can wreck the friendship between us. 没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。
    39 wrath [rɒθ] nVNzv   第7级
    n.愤怒,愤慨,暴怒
    参考例句:
    • His silence marked his wrath. 他的沉默表明了他的愤怒。
    • The wrath of the people is now aroused. 人们被激怒了。
    40 sprawling [ˈsprɔ:lɪŋ] 3ff3e560ffc2f12f222ef624d5807902   第9级
    adj.蔓生的,不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 );蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着)
    参考例句:
    • He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV. 他伸开手脚坐在电视机前的一张扶手椅上。
    • a modern sprawling town 一座杂乱无序拓展的现代城镇
    41 potent [ˈpəʊtnt] C1uzk   第7级
    adj.强有力的,有权势的;有效力的
    参考例句:
    • The medicine had a potent effect on your disease. 这药物对你的病疗效很大。
    • We must account of his potent influence. 我们必须考虑他的强有力的影响。
    42 perplexed [pəˈplekst] A3Rz0   第11级
    adj.不知所措的;困惑的
    参考例句:
    • The farmer felt the cow, went away, returned, sorely perplexed, always afraid of being cheated. 那农民摸摸那头牛,走了又回来,犹豫不决,总怕上当受骗。
    • The child was perplexed by the intricate plot of the story. 这孩子被那头绪纷繁的故事弄得迷惑不解。
    43 yearned [jə:nd] df1a28ecd1f3c590db24d0d80c264305   第9级
    渴望,切盼,向往( yearn的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The people yearned for peace. 人民渴望和平。
    • She yearned to go back to the south. 她渴望回到南方去。
    44 construed [kənˈstru:d] b4b2252d3046746b8fae41b0e85dbc78   第10级
    v.解释(陈述、行为等)( construe的过去式和过去分词 );翻译,作句法分析
    参考例句:
    • He considered how the remark was to be construed. 他考虑这话该如何理解。
    • They construed her silence as meaning that she agreed. 他们把她的沉默解释为表示赞同。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    45 confession [kənˈfeʃn] 8Ygye   第10级
    n.自白,供认,承认
    参考例句:
    • Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation. 她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
    • The police used torture to extort a confession from him. 警察对他用刑逼供。
    46 exalted [ɪgˈzɔ:ltɪd] ztiz6f   第10级
    adj.(地位等)高的,崇高的;尊贵的,高尚的
    参考例句:
    • Their loveliness and holiness in accordance with their exalted station. 他们的美丽和圣洁也与他们的崇高地位相称。
    • He received respect because he was a person of exalted rank. 他因为是个地位崇高的人而受到尊敬。
    47 woes [wəʊz] 887656d87afcd3df018215107a0daaab   第7级
    困境( woe的名词复数 ); 悲伤; 我好苦哇; 某人就要倒霉
    参考例句:
    • Thanks for listening to my woes. 谢谢您听我诉说不幸的遭遇。
    • She has cried the blues about its financial woes. 对于经济的困难她叫苦不迭。
    48 morosely [mə'rəʊslɪ] faead8f1a0f6eff59213b7edce56a3dc   第11级
    adv.愁眉苦脸地,忧郁地
    参考例句:
    • Everybody, thought Scarlett, morosely, except me. 思嘉郁郁不乐地想。除了我,人人都去了。 来自飘(部分)
    • He stared at her morosely. 他愁容满面地看着她。 来自辞典例句
    49 yearning ['jə:niŋ] hezzPJ   第9级
    a.渴望的;向往的;怀念的
    参考例句:
    • a yearning for a quiet life 对宁静生活的向往
    • He felt a great yearning after his old job. 他对过去的工作有一种强烈的渴想。
    50 beseeching [bɪˈsi:tʃɪŋ] 67f0362f7eb28291ad2968044eb2a985   第11级
    adj.恳求似的v.恳求,乞求(某事物)( beseech的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • She clung to her father, beseeching him for consent. 她紧紧挨着父亲,恳求他答应。 来自辞典例句
    • He casts a beseeching glance at his son. 他用恳求的眼光望着儿子。 来自辞典例句
    51 pathos [ˈpeɪθɒs] dLkx2   第10级
    n.哀婉,悲怆
    参考例句:
    • The pathos of the situation brought tears to our eyes. 情况令人怜悯,看得我们不禁流泪。
    • There is abundant pathos in her words. 她的话里富有动人哀怜的力量。
    52 blur [blɜ:(r)] JtgzC   第7级
    n.模糊不清的事物;vt.使模糊,使看不清楚
    参考例句:
    • The houses appeared as a blur in the mist. 房子在薄雾中隐隐约约看不清。
    • If you move your eyes and your head, the picture will blur. 如果你的眼睛或头动了,图像就会变得模糊不清。
    53 overflowed [] 4cc5ae8d4154672c8a8539b5a1f1842f   第7级
    溢出的
    参考例句:
    • Plates overflowed with party food. 聚会上的食物碟满盘盈。
    • A great throng packed out the theater and overflowed into the corridors. 一大群人坐满剧院并且还有人涌到了走廊上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    54 winked [wiŋkt] af6ada503978fa80fce7e5d109333278   第7级
    v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮
    参考例句:
    • He winked at her and she knew he was thinking the same thing that she was. 他冲她眨了眨眼,她便知道他的想法和她一样。
    • He winked his eyes at her and left the classroom. 他向她眨巴一下眼睛走出了教室。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    55 trickled [ˈtrikld] 636e70f14e72db3fe208736cb0b4e651   第8级
    v.滴( trickle的过去式和过去分词 );淌;使)慢慢走;缓慢移动
    参考例句:
    • Blood trickled down his face. 血从他脸上一滴滴流下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The tears trickled down her cheeks. 热泪一滴滴从她脸颊上滚下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    56 intrude [ɪnˈtru:d] Lakzv   第7级
    vi.闯入;侵入;打扰,侵扰
    参考例句:
    • I do not want to intrude if you are busy. 如果你忙我就不打扰你了。
    • I don't want to intrude on your meeting. 我不想打扰你们的会议。
    57 desolate [ˈdesələt] vmizO   第7级
    adj.荒凉的,荒芜的;孤独的,凄凉的;vt.使荒芜,使孤寂
    参考例句:
    • The city was burned into a desolate waste. 那座城市被烧成一片废墟。
    • We all felt absolutely desolate when she left. 她走后,我们都觉得万分孤寂。
    58 contemplated ['kɒntəmpleɪtɪd] d22c67116b8d5696b30f6705862b0688   第7级
    adj. 预期的 动词contemplate的过去分词形式
    参考例句:
    • The doctor contemplated the difficult operation he had to perform. 医生仔细地考虑他所要做的棘手的手术。
    • The government has contemplated reforming the entire tax system. 政府打算改革整个税收体制。
    59 dreary [ˈdrɪəri] sk1z6   第8级
    adj.令人沮丧的,沉闷的,单调乏味的
    参考例句:
    • They live such dreary lives. 他们的生活如此乏味。
    • She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence. 她听够了那些关于酗酒和暴力的乏味故事。
    60 rumpled [ˈrʌmpəld] 86d497fd85370afd8a55db59ea16ef4a   第11级
    v.弄皱,使凌乱( rumple的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • She rumpled his hair playfully. 她顽皮地弄乱他的头发。
    • The bed was rumpled and strewn with phonograph records. 那张床上凌乱不堪,散放着一些唱片。 来自辞典例句
    61 wilted [ˈwɪltɪd] 783820c8ba2b0b332b81731bd1f08ae0   第10级
    (使)凋谢,枯萎( wilt的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The flowers wilted in the hot sun. 花在烈日下枯萎了。
    • The romance blossomed for six or seven months, and then wilted. 那罗曼史持续六七个月之后就告吹了。
    62 mightily ['maitili] ZoXzT6   第7级
    ad.强烈地;非常地
    参考例句:
    • He hit the peg mightily on the top with a mallet. 他用木槌猛敲木栓顶。
    • This seemed mightily to relieve him. 干完这件事后,他似乎轻松了许多。
    63 dismal [ˈdɪzməl] wtwxa   第8级
    adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的
    参考例句:
    • That is a rather dismal melody. 那是一支相当忧郁的歌曲。
    • My prospects of returning to a suitable job are dismal. 我重新找到一个合适的工作岗位的希望很渺茫。
    64 varied [ˈveərid] giIw9   第8级
    adj.多样的,多变化的
    参考例句:
    • The forms of art are many and varied. 艺术的形式是多种多样的。
    • The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment. 宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。
    65 blighted [b'laɪtɪd] zxQzsD   第11级
    adj.枯萎的,摧毁的
    参考例句:
    • Blighted stems often canker. 有病的茎往往溃烂。
    • She threw away a blighted rose. 她把枯萎的玫瑰花扔掉了。
    66 discordant [dɪsˈkɔ:dənt] VlRz2   第12级
    adj.不调和的
    参考例句:
    • Leonato thought they would make a discordant pair. 里奥那托认为他们不适宜作夫妻。
    • For when we are deeply mournful discordant above all others is the voice of mirth. 因为当我们极度悲伤的时候,欢乐的声音会比其他一切声音都更显得不谐调。
    67 profaned [prəʊˈfeɪnd] 51eb5b89c3789623630c883966de3e0b   第10级
    v.不敬( profane的过去式和过去分词 );亵渎,玷污
    参考例句:
    • They have profaned the long upheld traditions of the church. 他们亵渎了教会长期沿袭的传统。 来自辞典例句
    • Their behaviour profaned the holy place. 他们的行为玷污了这处圣地。 来自辞典例句
    68 deluge [ˈdelju:dʒ] a9nyg   第10级
    n./vt.洪水,暴雨,使泛滥
    参考例句:
    • This little stream can become a deluge when it rains heavily. 雨大的时候,这条小溪能变作洪流。
    • I got caught in the deluge on the way home. 我在回家的路上遇到倾盆大雨。
    69 drenched [drentʃd] cu0zJp   第8级
    adj.湿透的;充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 );在某人(某物)上大量使用(某液体)
    参考例句:
    • We were caught in the storm and got drenched to the skin. 我们遇上了暴雨,淋得浑身透湿。
    • The rain drenched us. 雨把我们淋得湿透。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    70 prone [prəʊn] 50bzu   第7级
    adj.(to)易于…的,很可能…的;俯卧的
    参考例句:
    • Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions. 有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
    • He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him. 人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。
    71 remains [rɪˈmeɪnz] 1kMzTy   第7级
    n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
    参考例句:
    • He ate the remains of food hungrily. 他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
    • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog. 残羹剩饭喂狗了。
    72 mingled [ˈmiŋɡld] fdf34efd22095ed7e00f43ccc823abdf   第7级
    混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系]
    参考例句:
    • The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air. 笑声和歌声交织在夜空中。
    • The man and the woman mingled as everyone started to relax. 当大家开始放松的时候,这一男一女就开始交往了。
    73 omission [əˈmɪʃn] mjcyS   第9级
    n.省略,删节;遗漏或省略的事物,冗长
    参考例句:
    • The omission of the girls was unfair. 把女孩排除在外是不公平的。
    • The omission of this chapter from the third edition was a gross oversight. 第三版漏印这一章是个大疏忽。

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