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经典名著:月亮与六便士40
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  • For the next month, occupied with my own affairs, I saw no one connected with this lamentable1 business, and my mind ceased to be occupied with it. But one day, when I was walking along, bent2 on some errand, I passed Charles Strickland. The sight of him brought back to me all the horror which I was not unwilling3 to forget, and I felt in me a sudden repulsion for the cause of it. Nodding, for it would have been childish to cut him, I walked on quickly; but in a minute I felt a hand on my shoulder.

    “You’re in a great hurry,” he said cordially.

    It was characteristic of him to display geniality4 with anyone who showed a disinclination to meet him, and the coolness of my greeting can have left him in little doubt of that.

    “I am,” I answered briefly5.

    “I’ll walk along with you,” he said.

    “Why?” I asked.

    “For the pleasure of your society.”

    I did not answer, and he walked by my side silently. We continued thus for perhaps a quarter of a mile. I began to feel a little ridiculous. At last we passed a stationer’s, and it occurred to me that I might as well buy some paper. It would be an excuse to be rid of him.

    “I’m going in here,” I said. “Good-bye.”

    “I’ll wait for you.”

    I shrugged7 my shoulders, and went into the shop. I reflected that French paper was bad, and that, foiled of my purpose, I need not burden myself with a purchase that I did not need. I asked for something I knew could not be provided, and in a minute came out into the street.

    “Did you get what you wanted?” he asked.

    “No.”

    We walked on in silence, and then came to a place where several streets met. I stopped at the curb8.

    “Which way do you go?” I enquired9.

    “Your way,” he smiled.

    “I’m going home.”

    “I’ll come along with you and smoke a pipe.”

    “You might wait for an invitation,” I retorted frigidly10.

    “I would if I thought there was any chance of getting one.”

    “Do you see that wall in front of you?” I said, pointing.

    “Yes.”

    “In that case I should have thought you could see also that I don’t want your company.”

    “I vaguely11 suspected it, I confess.”

    I could not help a chuckle12. It is one of the defects of my character that I cannot altogether dislike anyone who makes me laugh. But I pulled myself together.

    “I think you’re detestable. You’re the most loathsome13 beast that it’s ever been my misfortune to meet. Why do you seek the society of someone who hates and despises you?”

    “My dear fellow, what the hell do you suppose I care what you think of me?”

    “Damn it all,” I said, more violently because I had an inkling my motive14 was none too creditable, “I don’t want to know you.”

    “Are you afraid I shall corrupt15 you?”

    His tone made me feel not a little ridiculous. I knew that he was looking at me sideways, with a sardonic16 smile.

    “I suppose you are hard up,” I remarked insolently17.

    “I should be a damned fool if I thought I had any chance of borrowing money from you.”

    “You’ve come down in the world if you can bring yourself to flatter.”

    He grinned.

    “You’ll never really dislike me so long as I give you the opportunity to get off a good thing now and then.”

    I had to bite my lip to prevent myself from laughing. What he said had a hateful truth in it, and another defect of my character is that I enjoy the company of those, however depraved, who can give me a Roland for my Oliver. I began to feel that my abhorrence18 for Strickland could only be sustained by an effort on my part. I recognised my moral weakness, but saw that my disapprobation had in it already something of a pose; and I knew that if I felt it, his own keen instinct had discovered it, too. He was certainly laughing at me up his sleeve. I left him the last word, and sought refuge in a shrug6 of the shoulders and taciturnity.



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    1 lamentable [ˈlæməntəbl] A9yzi   第11级
    adj.令人惋惜的,悔恨的
    参考例句:
    • This lamentable state of affairs lasted until 1947. 这一令人遗憾的事态一直持续至1947年。
    • His practice of inebriation was lamentable. 他的酗酒常闹得别人束手无策。
    2 bent [bent] QQ8yD   第7级
    n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的;v.(使)弯曲,屈身(bend的过去式和过去分词)
    参考例句:
    • He was fully bent upon the project. 他一心扑在这项计划上。
    • We bent over backward to help them. 我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
    3 unwilling [ʌnˈwɪlɪŋ] CjpwB   第7级
    adj.不情愿的
    参考例句:
    • The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power. 土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
    • His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise. 他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。
    4 geniality [ˌdʒi:nɪ'ælətɪ] PgSxm   第11级
    n.和蔼,诚恳;愉快
    参考例句:
    • They said he is a pitiless, cold-blooded fellow, with no geniality in him. 他们说他是个毫无怜悯心、一点也不和蔼的冷血动物。
    • Not a shade was there of anything save geniality and kindness. 他的眼神里只显出愉快与和气,看不出一丝邪意。
    5 briefly [ˈbri:fli] 9Styo   第8级
    adv.简单地,简短地
    参考例句:
    • I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem. 我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
    • He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group. 他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
    6 shrug [ʃrʌg] Ry3w5   第7级
    n.耸肩;vt.耸肩,(表示怀疑、冷漠、不知等);vi.耸肩
    参考例句:
    • With a shrug, he went out of the room. 他耸一下肩,走出了房间。
    • I admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism. 我很佩服她能对错误的批评意见不予理会。
    7 shrugged [ʃ'rʌɡd] 497904474a48f991a3d1961b0476ebce   第7级
    vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式)
    参考例句:
    • Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀,什么也没说。
    • She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩,装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    8 curb [kɜ:b] LmRyy   第7级
    n.场外证券市场,场外交易;vt.制止,抑制
    参考例句:
    • I could not curb my anger. 我按捺不住我的愤怒。
    • You must curb your daughter when you are in church. 你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。
    9 enquired [inˈkwaiəd] 4df7506569079ecc60229e390176a0f6   第7级
    打听( enquire的过去式和过去分词 ); 询问; 问问题; 查问
    参考例句:
    • He enquired for the book in a bookstore. 他在书店查询那本书。
    • Fauchery jestingly enquired whether the Minister was coming too. 浮式瑞嘲笑着问部长是否也会来。
    10 frigidly ['frɪdʒɪdlɪ] 3f87453f096c6b9661c44deab443cec0   第9级
    adv.寒冷地;冷漠地;冷淡地;呆板地
    参考例句:
    11 vaguely [ˈveɪgli] BfuzOy   第9级
    adv.含糊地,暖昧地
    参考例句:
    • He had talked vaguely of going to work abroad. 他含糊其词地说了到国外工作的事。
    • He looked vaguely before him with unseeing eyes. 他迷迷糊糊的望着前面,对一切都视而不见。
    12 chuckle [ˈtʃʌkl] Tr1zZ   第9级
    vi./n.轻声笑,咯咯笑
    参考例句:
    • He shook his head with a soft chuckle. 他轻轻地笑着摇了摇头。
    • I couldn't suppress a soft chuckle at the thought of it. 想到这个,我忍不住轻轻地笑起来。
    13 loathsome [ˈləʊðsəm] Vx5yX   第11级
    adj.讨厌的,令人厌恶的
    参考例句:
    • The witch hid her loathsome face with her hands. 巫婆用手掩住她那张令人恶心的脸。
    • Some people think that snakes are loathsome creatures. 有些人觉得蛇是令人憎恶的动物。
    14 motive [ˈməʊtɪv] GFzxz   第7级
    n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的
    参考例句:
    • The police could not find a motive for the murder. 警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
    • He had some motive in telling this fable. 他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
    15 corrupt [kəˈrʌpt] 4zTxn   第7级
    vi.贿赂,收买;vt.使腐烂;使堕落,使恶化;adj.腐败的,贪污的
    参考例句:
    • The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices. 那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
    • This judge is corrupt. 这个法官贪污。
    16 sardonic [sɑ:ˈdɒnɪk] jYyxL   第10级
    adj.嘲笑的,冷笑的,讥讽的
    参考例句:
    • She gave him a sardonic smile. 她朝他讥讽地笑了一笑。
    • There was a sardonic expression on her face. 她脸上有一种嘲讽的表情。
    17 insolently ['ɪnsələntlɪ] 830fd0c26f801ff045b7ada72550eb93   第10级
    adv.自豪地,自傲地
    参考例句:
    • No does not respect, speak insolently,satire, etc for TT management team member. 不得发表对TT管理层人员不尊重、出言不逊、讽刺等等的帖子。 来自互联网
    • He had replied insolently to his superiors. 他傲慢地回答了他上司的问题。 来自互联网
    18 abhorrence [əbˈhɒrəns] Vyiz7   第11级
    n.憎恶;可憎恶的事
    参考例句:
    • This nation has an abhorrence of terrrorism. 这个民族憎恶恐怖主义。
    • It is an abhorrence to his feeling. 这是他深恶痛绝的事。

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