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  • CHAPTER 30

    Catherine’s disposition1 was not naturally sedentary, nor had her habits been ever very industrious2; but whatever might hitherto have been her defects of that sort, her mother could not but perceive them now to be greatly increased. She could neither sit still nor employ herself for ten minutes together, walking round the garden and orchard3 again and again, as if nothing but motion was voluntary; and it seemed as if she could even walk about the house rather than remain fixed4 for any time in the parlour. Her loss of spirits was a yet greater alteration5. In her rambling6 and her idleness she might only be a caricature of herself; but in her silence and sadness she was the very reverse of all that she had been before.

    For two days Mrs. Morland allowed it to pass even without a hint7; but when a third night’s rest had neither restored her cheerfulness, improved her in useful activity, nor given her a greater inclination8 for needlework, she could no longer refrain from the gentle reproof9 of, “My dear Catherine, I am afraid you are growing quite a fine lady. I do not know when poor Richard’s cravats10 would be done, if he had no friend but you. Your head runs too much upon Bath; but there is a time for everything—a time for balls and plays, and a time for work. You have had a long run of amusement, and now you must try to be useful.”

    Catherine took up her work directly, saying, in a dejected voice, that “her head did not run upon Bath—much.”

    “Then you are fretting12 about General Tilney, and that is very simple of you; for ten to one whether you ever see him again. You should never fret11 about trifles.” After a short silence—“I hope, my Catherine, you are not getting out of humour with home because it is not so grand as Northanger. That would be turning your visit into an evil indeed. Wherever you are you should always be contented13, but especially at home, because there you must spend the most of your time. I did not quite like, at breakfast, to hear you talk so much about the French bread at Northanger.”

    “I am sure I do not care about the bread. It is all the same to me what I eat.”

    “There is a very clever essay in one of the books upstairs upon much such a subject, about young girls that have been spoilt for home by great acquaintance—The Mirror, I think. I will look it out for you some day or other, because I am sure it will do you good.”

    Catherine said no more, and, with an endeavour14 to do right, applied15 to her work; but, after a few minutes, sunk again, without knowing it herself, into languor16 and listlessness, moving herself in her chair, from the irritation17 of weariness, much oftener than she moved her needle. Mrs. Morland watched the progress of this relapse; and seeing, in her daughter’s absent and dissatisfied look, the full proof of that repining spirit to which she had now begun to attribute her want of cheerfulness, hastily left the room to fetch the book in question, anxious to lose no time in attacking so dreadful a malady18. It was some time before she could find what she looked for; and other family matters occurring to detain her, a quarter of an hour had elapsed ere she returned downstairs with the volume from which so much was hoped. Her avocations19 above having shut out all noise but what she created herself, she knew not that a visitor had arrived within the last few minutes, till, on entering the room, the first object she beheld20 was a young man whom she had never seen before. With a look of much respect, he immediately rose, and being introduced to her by her conscious daughter as “Mr. Henry Tilney,” with the embarrassment21 of real sensibility began to apologize for his appearance there, acknowledging that after what had passed he had little right to expect a welcome at Fullerton, and stating his impatience22 to be assured of Miss Morland’s having reached her home in safety, as the cause of his intrusion. He did not address himself to an uncandid judge or a resentful heart. Far from comprehending him or his sister in their father’s misconduct, Mrs. Morland had been always kindly23 disposed towards each, and instantly, pleased by his appearance, received him with the simple professions of unaffected benevolence24; thanking him for such an attention to her daughter, assuring him that the friends of her children were always welcome there, and entreating25 him to say not another word of the past.

    He was not ill-inclined to obey this request, for, though his heart was greatly relieved by such unlooked-for mildness, it was not just at that moment in his power to say anything to the purpose. Returning in silence to his seat, therefore, he remained for some minutes most civilly answering all Mrs. Morland’s common remarks about the weather and roads. Catherine meanwhile—the anxious, agitated26, happy, feverish27 Catherine—said not a word; but her glowing cheek and brightened eye made her mother trust that this good-natured visit would at least set her heart at ease for a time, and gladly therefore did she lay aside the first volume of The Mirror for a future hour.

    Desirous of Mr. Morland’s assistance, as well in giving encouragement, as in finding conversation for her guest, whose embarrassment on his father’s account she earnestly pitied, Mrs. Morland had very early dispatched one of the children to summon him; but Mr. Morland was from home—and being thus without any support, at the end of a quarter of an hour she had nothing to say. After a couple of minutes’ unbroken silence, Henry, turning to Catherine for the first time since her mother’s entrance, asked her, with sudden alacrity28, if Mr. and Mrs. Allen were now at Fullerton? And on developing, from amidst all her perplexity of words in reply, the meaning, which one short syllable29 would have given, immediately expressed his intention of paying his respects to them, and, with a rising colour, asked her if she would have the goodness to show him the way. “You may see the house from this window, sir,” was information on Sarah’s side, which produced only a bow of acknowledgment from the gentleman, and a silencing nod from her mother; for Mrs. Morland, thinking it probable, as a secondary consideration in his wish of waiting on their worthy30 neighbours, that he might have some explanation to give of his father’s behaviour, which it must be more pleasant for him to communicate only to Catherine, would not on any account prevent her accompanying him. They began their walk, and Mrs. Morland was not entirely31 mistaken in his object in wishing it. Some explanation on his father’s account he had to give; but his first purpose was to explain himself, and before they reached Mr. Allen’s grounds he had done it so well that Catherine did not think it could ever be repeated too often. She was assured of his affection; and that heart in return was solicited32, which, perhaps, they pretty equally knew was already entirely his own; for, though Henry was now sincerely attached to her, though he felt and delighted in all the excellencies of her character and truly loved her society, I must confess that his affection originated in nothing better than gratitude33, or, in other words, that a persuasion34 of her partiality for him had been the only cause of giving her a serious thought. It is a new circumstance in romance, I acknowledge, and dreadfully derogatory of an heroine’s dignity; but if it be as new in common life, the credit of a wild imagination will at least be all my own.

    A very short visit to Mrs. Allen, in which Henry talked at random35, without sense or connection, and Catherine, wrapt in the contemplation of her own unutterable happiness, scarcely opened her lips, dismissed them to the ecstasies36 of another tête-à-tête; and before it was suffered to close, she was enabled to judge how far he was sanctioned by parental37 authority in his present application. On his return from Woodston, two days before, he had been met near the abbey by his impatient father, hastily informed in angry terms of Miss Morland’s departure, and ordered to think of her no more.

    Such was the permission upon which he had now offered her his hand. The affrighted Catherine, amidst all the terrors of expectation, as she listened to this account, could not but rejoice in the kind caution with which Henry had saved her from the necessity of a conscientious38 rejection39, by engaging her faith before he mentioned the subject; and as he proceeded to give the particulars, and explain the motives40 of his father’s conduct, her feelings soon hardened into even a triumphant41 delight. The general had had nothing to accuse her of, nothing to lay to her charge, but her being the involuntary, unconscious object of a deception42 which his pride could not pardon, and which a better pride would have been ashamed to own. She was guilty only of being less rich than he had supposed her to be. Under a mistaken persuasion of her possessions and claims, he had courted her acquaintance in Bath, solicited her company at Northanger, and designed her for his daughter-in-law. On discovering his error, to turn her from the house seemed the best, though to his feelings an inadequate43 proof of his resentment44 towards herself, and his contempt of her family.

    John Thorpe had first misled him. The general, perceiving his son one night at the theatre to be paying considerable attention to Miss Morland, had accidentally inquired of Thorpe if he knew more of her than her name. Thorpe, most happy to be on speaking terms with a man of General Tilney’s importance, had been joyfully45 and proudly communicative; and being at that time not only in daily expectation of Morland’s engaging Isabella, but likewise pretty well resolved upon marrying Catherine himself, his vanity induced him to represent the family as yet more wealthy than his vanity and avarice46 had made him believe them. With whomsoever he was, or was likely to be connected, his own consequence47 always required that theirs should be great, and as his intimacy48 with any acquaintance grew, so regularly grew their fortune. The expectations of his friend Morland, therefore, from the first overrated, had ever since his introduction to Isabella been gradually increasing; and by merely adding twice as much for the grandeur49 of the moment, by doubling what he chose to think the amount of Mr. Morland’s preferment, trebling his private fortune, bestowing50 a rich aunt, and sinking half the children, he was able to represent the whole family to the general in a most respectable light. For Catherine, however, the peculiar51 object of the General’s curiosity, and his own speculations52, he had yet something more in reserve, and the ten or fifteen thousand pounds which her father could give her would be a pretty addition to Mr. Allen’s estate53. Her intimacy there had made him seriously determine on her being handsomely legacied hereafter; and to speak of her therefore as the almost acknowledged future heiress of Fullerton naturally followed. Upon such intelligence the general had proceeded; for never had it occurred to him to doubt its authority. Thorpe’s interest in the family, by his sister’s approaching connection with one of its members, and his own views on another (circumstances of which he boasted with almost equal openness), seemed sufficient vouchers54 for his truth; and to these were added the absolute facts of the Allens being wealthy and childless, of Miss Morland’s being under their care, and—as soon as his acquaintance allowed him to judge—of their treating her with parental kindness. His resolution was soon formed. Already had he discerned a liking55 towards Miss Morland in the countenance56 of his son; and thankful for Mr. Thorpe’s communication, he almost instantly determined57 to spare no pains in weakening his boasted interest and ruining his dearest hopes. Catherine herself could not be more ignorant at the time of all this, than his own children. Henry and Eleanor, perceiving nothing in her situation likely to engage their father’s particular respect, had seen with astonishment58 the suddenness, continuance, and extent of his attention; and though latterly, from some hints which had accompanied an almost positive command to his son of doing everything in his power to attach her, Henry was convinced of his father’s believing it to be an advantageous59 connection, it was not till the late explanation at Northanger that they had the smallest idea of the false calculations which had hurried him on. That they were false, the general had learnt from the very person who had suggested them, from Thorpe himself, whom he had chanced to meet again in town, and who, under the influence of exactly opposite feelings, irritated by Catherine’s refusal, and yet more by the failure of a very recent endeavour to accomplish a reconciliation60 between Morland and Isabella, convinced that they were separated forever, and spurning61 a friendship which could be no longer serviceable, hastened to contradict all that he had said before to the advantage of the Morlands—confessed himself to have been totally mistaken in his opinion of their circumstances and character, misled by the rhodomontade of his friend to believe his father a man of substance and credit, whereas the transactions of the two or three last weeks proved him to be neither; for after coming eagerly forward on the first overture62 of a marriage between the families, with the most liberal proposals, he had, on being brought to the point by the shrewdness of the relator, been constrained63 to acknowledge himself incapable64 of giving the young people even a decent support. They were, in fact, a necessitous family; numerous, too, almost beyond example; by no means respected in their own neighbourhood, as he had lately had particular opportunities of discovering; aiming at a style of life which their fortune could not warrant; seeking to better themselves by wealthy connections; a forward, bragging65, scheming race.

    The terrified general pronounced the name of Allen with an inquiring look; and here too Thorpe had learnt his error. The Allens, he believed, had lived near them too long, and he knew the young man on whom the Fullerton estate must devolve. The general needed no more. Enraged66 with almost everybody in the world but himself, he set out the next day for the abbey, where his performances have been seen.

    I leave it to my reader’s sagacity to determine how much of all this it was possible for Henry to communicate at this time to Catherine, how much of it he could have learnt from his father, in what points his own conjectures67 might assist him, and what portion must yet remain to be told in a letter from James. I have united for their ease what they must divide for mine. Catherine, at any rate, heard enough to feel that in suspecting General Tilney of either murdering or shutting up his wife, she had scarcely sinned against his character, or magnified his cruelty.

    Henry, in having such things to relate of his father, was almost as pitiable as in their first avowal68 to himself. He blushed for the narrow-minded counsel which he was obliged to expose. The conversation between them at Northanger had been of the most unfriendly kind. Henry’s indignation on hearing how Catherine had been treated, on comprehending his father’s views, and being ordered to acquiesce69 in them, had been open and bold. The general, accustomed on every ordinary occasion to give the law in his family, prepared for no reluctance70 but of feeling, no opposing desire that should dare to clothe itself in words, could ill brook71 the opposition72 of his son, steady as the sanction of reason and the dictate73 of conscience could make it. But, in such a cause, his anger, though it must shock, could not intimidate74 Henry, who was sustained in his purpose by a conviction of its justice. He felt himself bound as much in honour as in affection to Miss Morland, and believing that heart to be his own which he had been directed to gain, no unworthy retraction75 of a tacit consent, no reversing decree of unjustifiable anger, could shake his fidelity76, or influence the resolutions it prompted.

    He steadily77 refused to accompany his father into Herefordshire, an engagement formed almost at the moment to promote the dismissal of Catherine, and as steadily declared his intention of offering her his hand. The general was furious in his anger, and they parted in dreadful disagreement. Henry, in an agitation78 of mind which many solitary79 hours were required to compose, had returned almost instantly to Woodston, and, on the afternoon of the following day, had begun his journey to Fullerton.



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    1 disposition [ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃn] GljzO   第7级
    n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署
    参考例句:
    • He has made a good disposition of his property. 他已对财产作了妥善处理。
    • He has a cheerful disposition. 他性情开朗。
    2 industrious [ɪnˈdʌstriəs] a7Axr   第7级
    adj.勤劳的,刻苦的,奋发的
    参考例句:
    • If the tiller is industrious, the farmland is productive. 人勤地不懒。
    • She was an industrious and willing worker. 她是个勤劳肯干的员工。
    3 orchard [ˈɔ:tʃəd] UJzxu   第8级
    n.果园,果园里的全部果树,(美俚)棒球场
    参考例句:
    • My orchard is bearing well this year. 今年我的果园果实累累。
    • Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard. 每座竹楼周围都是茂密的果园。
    4 fixed [fɪkst] JsKzzj   第8级
    adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
    参考例句:
    • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet? 你们俩选定婚期了吗?
    • Once the aim is fixed, we should not change it arbitrarily. 目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
    5 alteration [ˌɔ:ltəˈreɪʃn] rxPzO   第9级
    n.变更,改变;蚀变
    参考例句:
    • The shirt needs alteration. 这件衬衣需要改一改。
    • He easily perceived there was an alteration in my countenance. 他立刻看出我的脸色和往常有些不同。
    6 rambling ['ræmbliŋ] MTfxg   第9级
    adj.[建]凌乱的,杂乱的
    参考例句:
    • We spent the summer rambling in Ireland. 我们花了一个夏天漫游爱尔兰。
    • It was easy to get lost in the rambling house. 在布局凌乱的大房子里容易迷路。
    7 hint [hɪnt] IdgxW   第7级
    n.暗示,示意;[pl]建议;线索,迹象;vi.暗示;vt.暗示;示意
    参考例句:
    • He gave me a hint that I was being cheated. 他暗示我在受人欺骗。
    • He quickly took the hint. 一点他就明白了。
    8 inclination [ˌɪnklɪˈneɪʃn] Gkwyj   第7级
    n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好
    参考例句:
    • She greeted us with a slight inclination of the head. 她微微点头向我们致意。
    • I did not feel the slightest inclination to hurry. 我没有丝毫着急的意思。
    9 reproof [rɪˈpru:f] YBhz9   第12级
    n.斥责,责备
    参考例句:
    • A smart reproof is better than smooth deceit. 严厉的责难胜过温和的欺骗。
    • He is impatient of reproof. 他不能忍受指责。
    10 cravats [krəˈvæts] 88ef1dbc7b31f0d8e7728a858f2b5eec   第11级
    n.(系在衬衫衣领里面的)男式围巾( cravat的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    11 fret [fret] wftzl   第9级
    vt.&vi.(使)烦恼;(使)焦急;(使)腐蚀,(使)磨损
    参考例句:
    • Don't fret. We'll get there on time. 别着急,我们能准时到那里。
    • She'll fret herself to death one of these days. 她总有一天会愁死的.
    12 fretting [fretɪŋ] fretting   第9级
    n. 微振磨损 adj. 烦躁的, 焦虑的
    参考例句:
    • Fretting about it won't help. 苦恼于事无补。
    • The old lady is always fretting over something unimportant. 那位老妇人总是为一些小事焦虑不安。
    13 contented [kənˈtentɪd] Gvxzof   第8级
    adj.满意的,安心的,知足的
    参考例句:
    • He won't be contented until he's upset everyone in the office. 不把办公室里的每个人弄得心烦意乱他就不会满足。
    • The people are making a good living and are contented, each in his station. 人民安居乐业。
    14 endeavour [ɪn'devə(r)] 1jZzE   第7级
    n.尽力;努力;力图
    参考例句:
    • We must always endeavour to improve our work. 我们总要努力改进自己的工作。
    • I will endeavour to do everything well. 我要尽力做好每件事。
    15 applied [əˈplaɪd] Tz2zXA   第8级
    adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
    参考例句:
    • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics. 她打算学习应用语言学课程。
    • This cream is best applied to the face at night. 这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
    16 languor [ˈlæŋgə(r)] V3wyb   第11级
    n.无精力,倦怠
    参考例句:
    • It was hot, yet with a sweet languor about it. 天气是炎热的,然而却有一种惬意的懒洋洋的感觉。
    • She, in her languor, had not troubled to eat much. 她懒懒的,没吃多少东西。
    17 irritation [ˌɪrɪ'teɪʃn] la9zf   第9级
    n.激怒,恼怒,生气
    参考例句:
    • He could not hide his irritation that he had not been invited. 他无法掩饰因未被邀请而生的气恼。
    • Barbicane said nothing, but his silence covered serious irritation. 巴比康什么也不说,但是他的沉默里潜伏着阴郁的怒火。
    18 malady [ˈmælədi] awjyo   第10级
    n.病,疾病(通常做比喻)
    参考例句:
    • There is no specific remedy for the malady. 没有医治这种病的特效药。
    • They are managing to control the malady into a small range. 他们设法将疾病控制在小范围之内。
    19 avocations [ˌævəʊˈkeɪʃənz] ced84b6cc413c20155f985ee94d0e492   第11级
    n.业余爱好,嗜好( avocation的名词复数 );职业
    参考例句:
    • Most seem to come from technical avocations, like engineering, computers and sciences. 绝大多数人原有技术方面的爱好,比如工程、计算机和科学。 来自互联网
    • In terms of avocations, there is hardly anything in common between Jenny and her younger sister. 就业余爱好而言,珍妮和她妹妹几乎没什么共同之处。 来自互联网
    20 beheld [bɪ'held] beheld   第10级
    v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟
    参考例句:
    • His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。 来自英汉文学 - 红字
    21 embarrassment [ɪmˈbærəsmənt] fj9z8   第9级
    n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫
    参考例句:
    • She could have died away with embarrassment. 她窘迫得要死。
    • Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment. 在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。
    22 impatience [ɪm'peɪʃns] OaOxC   第8级
    n.不耐烦,急躁
    参考例句:
    • He expressed impatience at the slow rate of progress. 进展缓慢,他显得不耐烦。
    • He gave a stamp of impatience. 他不耐烦地跺脚。
    23 kindly [ˈkaɪndli] tpUzhQ   第8级
    adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地
    参考例句:
    • Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable. 她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
    • A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman. 一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。
    24 benevolence [bə'nevələns] gt8zx   第10级
    n.慈悲,捐助
    参考例句:
    • We definitely do not apply a policy of benevolence to the reactionaries. 我们对反动派决不施仁政。
    • He did it out of pure benevolence. 他做那件事完全出于善意。
    25 entreating [enˈtri:tɪŋ] 8c1a0bd5109c6bc77bc8e612f8bff4a0   第9级
    恳求,乞求( entreat的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • We have not bound your feet with our entreating arms. 我们不曾用恳求的手臂来抱住你的双足。
    • The evening has come. Weariness clings round me like the arms of entreating love. 夜来到了,困乏像爱的恳求用双臂围抱住我。
    26 agitated [ˈædʒɪteɪtɪd] dzgzc2   第11级
    adj.被鼓动的,不安的
    参考例句:
    • His answers were all mixed up, so agitated was he. 他是那样心神不定,回答全乱了。
    • She was agitated because her train was an hour late. 她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时,她十分焦虑。
    27 feverish [ˈfi:vərɪʃ] gzsye   第9级
    adj.发烧的,狂热的,兴奋的
    参考例句:
    • He is too feverish to rest. 他兴奋得安静不下来。
    • They worked with feverish haste to finish the job. 为了完成此事他们以狂热的速度工作着。
    28 alacrity [əˈlækrəti] MfFyL   第10级
    n.敏捷,轻快,乐意
    参考例句:
    • Although the man was very old, he still moved with alacrity. 他虽然很老,动作仍很敏捷。
    • He accepted my invitation with alacrity. 他欣然接受我的邀请。
    29 syllable [ˈsɪləbl] QHezJ   第8级
    n.音节;vt.分音节
    参考例句:
    • You put too much emphasis on the last syllable. 你把最后一个音节读得太重。
    • The stress on the last syllable is light. 最后一个音节是轻音节。
    30 worthy [ˈwɜ:ði] vftwB   第7级
    adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
    参考例句:
    • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust. 我认为他不值得信赖。
    • There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned. 没有值得一提的事发生。
    31 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。
    32 solicited [ˌsə'lɪsɪtɪd] 42165ba3a0defc35cb6bc86d22a9f320   第9级
    v.恳求( solicit的过去式和过去分词 );(指娼妇)拉客;索求;征求
    参考例句:
    • He's already solicited their support on health care reform. 他已就医疗改革问题请求他们的支持。 来自辞典例句
    • We solicited ideas from Princeton University graduates and under graduates. 我们从普林斯顿大学的毕业生与大学生中征求意见。 来自辞典例句
    33 gratitude [ˈgrætɪtju:d] p6wyS   第7级
    adj.感激,感谢
    参考例句:
    • I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him. 我向他表示了深切的谢意。
    • She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face. 她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。
    34 persuasion [pəˈsweɪʒn] wMQxR   第7级
    n.劝说;说服;持有某种信仰的宗派
    参考例句:
    • He decided to leave only after much persuasion. 经过多方劝说,他才决定离开。
    • After a lot of persuasion, she agreed to go. 经过多次劝说后,她同意去了。
    35 random [ˈrændəm] HT9xd   第7级
    adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
    参考例句:
    • The list is arranged in a random order. 名单排列不分先后。
    • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad. 经抽查,发现肉变质了。
    36 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。
    37 parental [pəˈrentl] FL2xv   第9级
    adj.父母的;父的;母的
    参考例句:
    • He encourages parental involvement in the running of school. 他鼓励学生家长参与学校的管理。
    • Children always revolt against parental disciplines. 孩子们总是反抗父母的管束。
    38 conscientious [ˌkɒnʃiˈenʃəs] mYmzr   第7级
    adj.审慎正直的,认真的,本着良心的
    参考例句:
    • He is a conscientious man and knows his job. 他很认真负责,也很懂行。
    • He is very conscientious in the performance of his duties. 他非常认真地履行职责。
    39 rejection [rɪ'dʒekʃn] FVpxp   第7级
    n.拒绝,被拒,抛弃,被弃
    参考例句:
    • He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection. 他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
    • The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair. 遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。
    40 motives [ˈməutivz] 6c25d038886898b20441190abe240957   第7级
    n.动机,目的( motive的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
    • His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。
    41 triumphant [traɪˈʌmfənt] JpQys   第9级
    adj.胜利的,成功的;狂欢的,喜悦的
    参考例句:
    • The army made a triumphant entry into the enemy's capital. 部队胜利地进入了敌方首都。
    • There was a positively triumphant note in her voice. 她的声音里带有一种极为得意的语气。
    42 deception [dɪˈsepʃn] vnWzO   第9级
    n.欺骗,欺诈;骗局,诡计
    参考例句:
    • He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception. 他承认曾与人合谋骗取财产。
    • He was jailed for two years for fraud and deception. 他因为诈骗和欺诈入狱服刑两年。
    43 inadequate [ɪnˈædɪkwət] 2kzyk   第7级
    adj.(for,to)不充足的,不适当的
    参考例句:
    • The supply is inadequate to meet the demand. 供不应求。
    • She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her. 她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。
    44 resentment [rɪˈzentmənt] 4sgyv   第8级
    n.怨愤,忿恨
    参考例句:
    • All her feelings of resentment just came pouring out. 她一股脑儿倾吐出所有的怨恨。
    • She cherished a deep resentment under the rose towards her employer. 她暗中对她的雇主怀恨在心。
    45 joyfully ['dʒɔɪfəlɪ] joyfully   第8级
    adv. 喜悦地, 高兴地
    参考例句:
    • She tripped along joyfully as if treading on air. 她高兴地走着,脚底下轻飘飘的。
    • During these first weeks she slaved joyfully. 在最初的几周里,她干得很高兴。
    46 avarice [ˈævərɪs] KeHyX   第10级
    n.贪婪;贪心
    参考例句:
    • Avarice is the bane to happiness. 贪婪是损毁幸福的祸根。
    • Their avarice knows no bounds and you can never satisfy them. 他们贪得无厌,你永远无法满足他们。
    47 consequence [ˈkɒnsɪkwəns] Jajyr   第8级
    n.结果,后果;推理,推断;重要性
    参考例句:
    • The consequence was that he caught a bad cold. 结果是他得了重感冒。
    • In consequence he lost his place. 结果,他失去了他的位置。
    48 intimacy [ˈɪntɪməsi] z4Vxx   第8级
    n.熟悉,亲密,密切关系,亲昵的言行
    参考例句:
    • His claims to an intimacy with the President are somewhat exaggerated. 他声称自己与总统关系密切,这有点言过其实。
    • I wish there were a rule book for intimacy. 我希望能有个关于亲密的规则。
    49 grandeur [ˈgrændʒə(r)] hejz9   第8级
    n.伟大,崇高,宏伟,庄严,豪华
    参考例句:
    • The grandeur of the Great Wall is unmatched. 长城的壮观是独一无二的。
    • These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place. 这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟。
    50 bestowing [bɪs'təʊɪŋ] ec153f37767cf4f7ef2c4afd6905b0fb   第9级
    砖窑中砖堆上层已烧透的砖
    参考例句:
    • Apollo, you see, is bestowing the razor on the Triptolemus of our craft. 你瞧,阿波罗正在把剃刀赠给我们这项手艺的特里泼托勒默斯。
    • What thanks do we not owe to Heaven for thus bestowing tranquillity, health and competence! 我们要谢谢上苍,赐我们的安乐、健康和饱暖。
    51 peculiar [pɪˈkju:liə(r)] cinyo   第7级
    adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的
    参考例句:
    • He walks in a peculiar fashion. 他走路的样子很奇特。
    • He looked at me with a very peculiar expression. 他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。
    52 speculations [ˌspekjəˈleɪʃənz] da17a00acfa088f5ac0adab7a30990eb   第7级
    n.投机买卖( speculation的名词复数 );思考;投机活动;推断
    参考例句:
    • Your speculations were all quite close to the truth. 你的揣测都很接近于事实。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • This possibility gives rise to interesting speculations. 这种可能性引起了有趣的推测。 来自《用法词典》
    53 estate [ɪˈsteɪt] InSxv   第7级
    n.所有地,地产,庄园;住宅区;财产,资产
    参考例句:
    • My estate lies within a mile. 我的地产离那有一英里。
    • The great real estate brokers do far more than this. 而优秀的房地产经纪人做得可比这多得多。
    54 vouchers [ˈvaʊtʃəz] 4f649eeb2fd7ec1ef73ed951059af072   第9级
    n.凭证( voucher的名词复数 );证人;证件;收据
    参考例句:
    • These vouchers are redeemable against any future purchase. 这些优惠券将来购物均可使用。
    • This time we were given free vouchers to spend the night in a nearby hotel. 这一次我们得到了在附近一家旅馆入住的免费券。 来自英语晨读30分(高二)
    55 liking [ˈlaɪkɪŋ] mpXzQ5   第7级
    n.爱好;嗜好;喜欢
    参考例句:
    • The word palate also means taste or liking. Palate这个词也有“口味”或“嗜好”的意思。
    • I must admit I have no liking for exaggeration. 我必须承认我不喜欢夸大其词。
    56 countenance [ˈkaʊntənəns] iztxc   第9级
    n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同
    参考例句:
    • At the sight of this photograph he changed his countenance. 他一看见这张照片脸色就变了。
    • I made a fierce countenance as if I would eat him alive. 我脸色恶狠狠地,仿佛要把他活生生地吞下去。
    57 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。
    58 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。
    59 advantageous [ˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs] BK5yp   第7级
    adj.有利的;有帮助的
    参考例句:
    • Injections of vitamin C are obviously advantageous. 注射维生素C显然是有利的。
    • You're in a very advantageous position. 你处于非常有利的地位。
    60 reconciliation [ˌrekənsɪliˈeɪʃn] DUhxh   第8级
    n.和解,和谐,一致
    参考例句:
    • He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife. 他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
    • Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation. 他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。
    61 spurning [spɜ:nɪŋ] 803f55bab6c4dc1227d8379096ad239a   第12级
    v.一脚踢开,拒绝接受( spurn的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • There is no point in spurning sth. 鄙视某事物是毫无意义的。 来自互联网
    • It does its job with subtlety, however, spurning the hammer intensity of something like cranberry juice. 然而,它与微妙做它的工作践踏象酸果蔓的果实果汁一样的一些东西的榔头紧张。 来自互联网
    62 overture [ˈəʊvətʃʊə(r)] F4Lza   第9级
    n.前奏曲、序曲,提议,提案,初步交涉
    参考例句:
    • The opera was preceded by a short overture. 这部歌剧开始前有一段简短的序曲。
    • His overture led to nothing. 他的提议没有得到什么结果。
    63 constrained [kən'streind] YvbzqU   第7级
    adj.束缚的,节制的
    参考例句:
    • The evidence was so compelling that he felt constrained to accept it. 证据是那样的令人折服,他觉得不得不接受。
    • I feel constrained to write and ask for your forgiveness. 我不得不写信请你原谅。
    64 incapable [ɪnˈkeɪpəbl] w9ZxK   第8级
    adj.无能力的,不能做某事的
    参考例句:
    • He would be incapable of committing such a cruel deed. 他不会做出这么残忍的事。
    • Computers are incapable of creative thought. 计算机不会创造性地思维。
    65 bragging [b'ræɡɪŋ] 4a422247fd139463c12f66057bbcffdf   第8级
    v.自夸,吹嘘( brag的现在分词 );大话
    参考例句:
    • He's always bragging about his prowess as a cricketer. 他总是吹嘘自己板球水平高超。 来自辞典例句
    • Now you're bragging, darling. You know you don't need to brag. 这就是夸口,亲爱的。你明知道你不必吹。 来自辞典例句
    66 enraged [enˈreɪdʒd] 7f01c0138fa015d429c01106e574231c   第10级
    使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 ); 歜; 激愤
    参考例句:
    • I was enraged to find they had disobeyed my orders. 发现他们违抗了我的命令,我极为恼火。
    • The judge was enraged and stroke the table for several times. 大法官被气得连连拍案。
    67 conjectures [kənˈdʒektʃəz] 8334e6a27f5847550b061d064fa92c00   第9级
    推测,猜想( conjecture的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • That's weighing remote military conjectures against the certain deaths of innocent people. 那不过是牵强附会的军事假设,而现在的事实却是无辜者正在惨遭杀害,这怎能同日而语!
    • I was right in my conjectures. 我所猜测的都应验了。
    68 avowal [ə'vaʊəl] Suvzg   第11级
    n.公开宣称,坦白承认
    参考例句:
    • The press carried his avowal throughout the country. 全国的报纸登载了他承认的消息。
    • This was not a mere empty vaunt, but a deliberate avowal of his real sentiments. 这倒不是一个空洞的吹牛,而是他真实感情的供状。
    69 acquiesce [ˌækwiˈes] eJny5   第10级
    vi.默许,顺从,同意
    参考例句:
    • Her parents will never acquiesce in such an unsuitable marriage. 她的父母决不会答应这门不相宜的婚事。
    • He is so independent that he will never acquiesce. 他很有主见,所以绝不会顺从。
    70 reluctance [rɪ'lʌktəns] 8VRx8   第7级
    n.厌恶,讨厌,勉强,不情愿
    参考例句:
    • The police released Andrew with reluctance. 警方勉强把安德鲁放走了。
    • He showed the greatest reluctance to make a reply. 他表示很不愿意答复。
    71 brook [brʊk] PSIyg   第7级
    n.小河,溪;vt.忍受,容让
    参考例句:
    • In our room we could hear the murmur of a distant brook. 在我们房间能听到远处小溪汩汩的流水声。
    • The brook trickled through the valley. 小溪涓涓流过峡谷。
    72 opposition [ˌɒpəˈzɪʃn] eIUxU   第8级
    n.反对,敌对
    参考例句:
    • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard. 该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
    • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition. 警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
    73 dictate [dɪkˈteɪt] fvGxN   第7级
    vt.口授;(使)听写;指令,指示,命令;vi.口述;听写
    参考例句:
    • It took him a long time to dictate this letter. 口述这封信花了他很长时间。
    • What right have you to dictate to others? 你有什么资格向别人发号施令?
    74 intimidate [ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt] 5Rvzt   第7级
    vt.恐吓,威胁
    参考例句:
    • You think you can intimidate people into doing what you want? 你以为你可以威胁别人做任何事?
    • The first strike capacity is intended mainly to intimidate adversary. 第一次攻击的武力主要是用来吓阻敌方的。
    75 retraction [rɪˈtrækʃn] zBJzP   第10级
    n.撤消;收回
    参考例句:
    • He demanded a full retraction of the allegations against him.他要求完全收回针对他的言论。
    • The newspaper published a retraction of the erroneous report.那家报纸声明撤回那篇错误的报道。
    76 fidelity [fɪˈdeləti] vk3xB   第8级
    n.忠诚,忠实;精确
    参考例句:
    • There is nothing like a dog's fidelity. 没有什么能比得上狗的忠诚。
    • His fidelity and industry brought him speedy promotion. 他的尽职及勤奋使他很快地得到晋升。
    77 steadily ['stedɪlɪ] Qukw6   第7级
    adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地
    参考例句:
    • The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow. 人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
    • Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path. 我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
    78 agitation [ˌædʒɪˈteɪʃn] TN0zi   第9级
    n.搅动;搅拌;鼓动,煽动
    参考例句:
    • Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores. 小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。
    • These materials require constant agitation to keep them in suspension. 这些药剂要经常搅动以保持悬浮状态。
    79 solitary [ˈsɒlətri] 7FUyx   第7级
    adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士
    参考例句:
    • I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country. 我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
    • The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert. 这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际,显得十分壮美。

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