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  • Chapter VI.

    The Aunts and Uncles Are Coming

    It was Easter week, and Mrs Tulliver’s cheesecakes were more exquisitely1 light than usual. “A puff2 o’ wind ’ud make ’em blow about like feathers,” Kezia the housemaid said, feeling proud to live under a mistress who could make such pastry3; so that no season or circumstances could have been more propitious4 for a family party, even if it had not been advisable to consult sister Glegg and sister Pullet about Tom’s going to school.

    “I’d as lief not invite sister Deane this time,” said Mrs Tulliver, “for she’s as jealous and having as can be, and’s allays5 trying to make the worst o’ my poor children to their aunts and uncles.”

    “Yes, yes,” said Mr Tulliver, “ask her to come. I never hardly get a bit o’ talk with Deane now; we haven’t had him this six months. What’s it matter what she says? My children need be beholding6 to nobody.”

    “That’s what you allays say, Mr Tulliver; but I’m sure there’s nobody o’ your side, neither aunt nor uncle, to leave ’em so much as a five-pound note for a leggicy. And there’s sister Glegg, and sister Pullet too, saving money unknown, for they put by all their own interest and butter-money too; their husbands buy ’em everything.” Mrs Tulliver was a mild woman, but even a sheep will face about a little when she has lambs.

    “Tchuh!” said Mr Tulliver. “It takes a big loaf when there’s many to breakfast. What signifies your sisters’ bits o’ money when they’ve got half-a-dozen nevvies and nieces to divide it among? And your sister Deane won’t get ’em to leave all to one, I reckon, and make the country cry shame on ’em when they are dead?”

    “I don’t know what she won’t get ’em to do,” said Mrs Tulliver, “for my children are so awk’ard wi’ their aunts and uncles. Maggie’s ten times naughtier when they come than she is other days, and Tom doesn’t like ’em, bless him!—though it’s more nat’ral in a boy than a gell. And there’s Lucy Deane’s such a good child,—you may set her on a stool, and there she’ll sit for an hour together, and never offer to get off. I can’t help loving the child as if she was my own; and I’m sure she’s more like my child than sister Deane’s, for she’d allays a very poor colour for one of our family, sister Deane had.”

    “Well, well, if you’re fond o’ the child, ask her father and mother to bring her with ’em. And won’t you ask their aunt and uncle Moss7 too, and some o’ their children?”

    “Oh, dear, Mr Tulliver, why, there’d be eight people besides the children, and I must put two more leaves i’ the table, besides reaching down more o’ the dinner-service; and you know as well as I do as my sisters and your sister don’t suit well together.”

    “Well, well, do as you like, Bessy,” said Mr Tulliver, taking up his hat and walking out to the mill. Few wives were more submissive than Mrs Tulliver on all points unconnected with her family relations; but she had been a Miss Dodson, and the Dodsons were a very respectable family indeed,—as much looked up to as any in their own parish, or the next to it. The Miss Dodsons had always been thought to hold up their heads very high, and no one was surprised the two eldest9 had married so well,—not at an early age, for that was not the practice of the Dodson family. There were particular ways of doing everything in that family: particular ways of bleaching10 the linen11, of making the cowslip wine, curing the hams, and keeping the bottled gooseberries; so that no daughter of that house could be indifferent to the privilege of having been born a Dodson, rather than a Gibson or a Watson. Funerals were always conducted with peculiar12 propriety13 in the Dodson family: the hat-bands were never of a blue shade, the gloves never split at the thumb, everybody was a mourner who ought to be, and there were always scarfs for the bearers. When one of the family was in trouble or sickness, all the rest went to visit the unfortunate member, usually at the same time, and did not shrink from uttering the most disagreeable truths that correct family feeling dictated14; if the illness or trouble was the sufferer’s own fault, it was not in the practice of the Dodson family to shrink from saying so. In short, there was in this family a peculiar tradition as to what was the right thing in household management and social demeanour, and the only bitter circumstance attending this superiority was a painful inability to approve the condiments15 or the conduct of families ungoverned by the Dodson tradition. A female Dodson, when in “strange houses,” always ate dry bread with her tea, and declined any sort of preserves, having no confidence in the butter, and thinking that the preserves had probably begun to ferment16 from want of due sugar and boiling. There were some Dodsons less like the family than others, that was admitted; but in so far as they were “kin8,” they were of necessity better than those who were “no kin.” And it is remarkable17 that while no individual Dodson was satisfied with any other individual Dodson, each was satisfied, not only with him or herself, but with the Dodsons collectively. The feeblest member of a family—the one who has the least character—is often the merest epitome19 of the family habits and traditions; and Mrs Tulliver was a thorough Dodson, though a mild one, as small-beer, so long as it is anything, is only describable as very weak ale: and though she had groaned20 a little in her youth under the yoke21 of her elder sisters, and still shed occasional tears at their sisterly reproaches, it was not in Mrs Tulliver to be an innovator22 on the family ideas. She was thankful to have been a Dodson, and to have one child who took after her own family, at least in his features and complexion23, in liking24 salt and in eating beans, which a Tulliver never did.

    In other respects the true Dodson was partly latent in Tom, and he was as far from appreciating his “kin” on the mother’s side as Maggie herself, generally absconding25 for the day with a large supply of the most portable food, when he received timely warning that his aunts and uncles were coming,—a moral symptom from which his aunt Glegg deduced the gloomiest views of his future. It was rather hard on Maggie that Tom always absconded26 without letting her into the secret, but the weaker sex are acknowledged to be serious impedimenta in cases of flight.

    On Wednesday, the day before the aunts and uncles were coming, there were such various and suggestive scents27, as of plumcakes in the oven and jellies in the hot state, mingled28 with the aroma29 of gravy30, that it was impossible to feel altogether gloomy: there was hope in the air. Tom and Maggie made several inroads into the kitchen, and, like other marauders, were induced to keep aloof31 for a time only by being allowed to carry away a sufficient load of booty.

    “Tom,” said Maggie, as they sat on the boughs32 of the elder-tree, eating their jam-puffs, “shall you run away to-morrow?”

    “No,” said Tom, slowly, when he had finished his puff, and was eying the third, which was to be divided between them,—“no, I sha’n’t.”

    “Why, Tom? Because Lucy’s coming?”

    “No,” said Tom, opening his pocket-knife and holding it over the puff, with his head on one side in a dubitative manner. (It was a difficult problem to divide that very irregular polygon34 into two equal parts.) “What do I care about Lucy? She’s only a girl,—she can’t play at bandy.”

    “Is it the tipsy-cake, then?” said Maggie, exerting her hypothetic powers, while she leaned forward toward Tom with her eyes fixed35 on the hovering36 knife.

    “No, you silly, that’ll be good the day after. It’s the pudden. I know what the pudden’s to be,—apricot roll-up—O my buttons!”

    With this interjection, the knife descended37 on the puff, and it was in two, but the result was not satisfactory to Tom, for he still eyed the halves doubtfully. At last he said,—

    “Shut your eyes, Maggie.”

    “What for?”

    “You never mind what for. Shut ’em when I tell you.”

    Maggie obeyed.

    “Now, which’ll you have, Maggie,—right hand or left?”

    “I’ll have that with the jam run out,” said Maggie, keeping her eyes shut to please Tom.

    “Why, you don’t like that, you silly. You may have it if it comes to you fair, but I sha’n’t give it you without. Right or left,—you choose, now. Ha-a-a!” said Tom, in a tone of exasperation38, as Maggie peeped. “You keep your eyes shut, now, else you sha’n’t have any.”

    Maggie’s power of sacrifice did not extend so far; indeed, I fear she cared less that Tom should enjoy the utmost possible amount of puff, than that he should be pleased with her for giving him the best bit. So she shut her eyes quite close, till Tom told her to “say which,” and then she said, “Left hand.”

    “You’ve got it,” said Tom, in rather a bitter tone.

    “What! the bit with the jam run out?”

    “No; here, take it,” said Tom, firmly, handing, decidedly the best piece to Maggie.

    “Oh, please, Tom, have it; I don’t mind—I like the other; please take this.”

    “No, I sha’n’t,” said Tom, almost crossly, beginning on his own inferior piece.

    Maggie, thinking it was no use to contend further, began too, and ate up her half puff with considerable relish40 as well as rapidity. But Tom had finished first, and had to look on while Maggie ate her last morsel41 or two, feeling in himself a capacity for more. Maggie didn’t know Tom was looking at her; she was seesawing42 on the elder-bough33, lost to almost everything but a vague sense of jam and idleness.

    “Oh, you greedy thing!” said Tom, when she had swallowed the last morsel. He was conscious of having acted very fairly, and thought she ought to have considered this, and made up to him for it. He would have refused a bit of hers beforehand, but one is naturally at a different point of view before and after one’s own share of puff is swallowed.

    Maggie turned quite pale. “Oh, Tom, why didn’t you ask me?”

    “I wasn’t going to ask you for a bit, you greedy. You might have thought of it without, when you knew I gave you the best bit.”

    “But I wanted you to have it; you know I did,” said Maggie, in an injured tone.

    “Yes, but I wasn’t going to do what wasn’t fair, like Spouncer. He always takes the best bit, if you don’t punch him for it; and if you choose the best with your eyes shut, he changes his hands. But if I go halves, I’ll go ’em fair; only I wouldn’t be a greedy.”

    With this cutting innuendo43, Tom jumped down from his bough, and threw a stone with a “hoigh!” as a friendly attention to Yap, who had also been looking on while the eatables vanished, with an agitation44 of his ears and feelings which could hardly have been without bitterness. Yet the excellent dog accepted Tom’s attention with as much alacrity45 as if he had been treated quite generously.

    But Maggie, gifted with that superior power of misery46 which distinguishes the human being, and places him at a proud distance from the most melancholy47 chimpanzee, sat still on her bough, and gave herself up to the keen sense of unmerited reproach. She would have given the world not to have eaten all her puff, and to have saved some of it for Tom. Not but that the puff was very nice, for Maggie’s palate was not at all obtuse48, but she would have gone without it many times over, sooner than Tom should call her greedy and be cross with her. And he had said he wouldn’t have it, and she ate it without thinking; how could she help it? The tears flowed so plentifully49 that Maggie saw nothing around her for the next ten minutes; but by that time resentment50 began to give way to the desire of reconciliation51, and she jumped from her bough to look for Tom. He was no longer in the paddock behind the rickyard; where was he likely to be gone, and Yap with him? Maggie ran to the high bank against the great holly-tree, where she could see far away toward the Floss. There was Tom; but her heart sank again as she saw how far off he was on his way to the great river, and that he had another companion besides Yap,—naughty Bob Jakin, whose official, if not natural, function of frightening the birds was just now at a standstill. Maggie felt sure that Bob was wicked, without very distinctly knowing why; unless it was because Bob’s mother was a dreadfully large fat woman, who lived at a queer round house down the river; and once, when Maggie and Tom had wandered thither53, there rushed out a brindled54 dog that wouldn’t stop barking; and when Bob’s mother came out after it, and screamed above the barking to tell them not to be frightened, Maggie thought she was scolding them fiercely, and her heart beat with terror. Maggie thought it very likely that the round house had snakes on the floor, and bats in the bedroom; for she had seen Bob take off his cap to show Tom a little snake that was inside it, and another time he had a handful of young bats: altogether, he was an irregular character, perhaps even slightly diabolical55, judging from his intimacy56 with snakes and bats; and to crown all, when Tom had Bob for a companion, he didn’t mind about Maggie, and would never let her go with him.

    It must be owned that Tom was fond of Bob’s company. How could it be otherwise? Bob knew, directly he saw a bird’s egg, whether it was a swallow’s, or a tomtit’s, or a yellow-hammer’s; he found out all the wasps57’ nests, and could set all sorts of traps; he could climb the trees like a squirrel, and had quite a magical power of detecting hedgehogs and stoats; and he had courage to do things that were rather naughty, such as making gaps in the hedgerows, throwing stones after the sheep, and killing58 a cat that was wandering incognito59. Such qualities in an inferior, who could always be treated with authority in spite of his superior knowingness, had necessarily a fatal fascination60 for Tom; and every holiday-time Maggie was sure to have days of grief because he had gone off with Bob.

    Well! there was no hope for it; he was gone now, and Maggie could think of no comfort but to sit down by the hollow, or wander by the hedgerow, and fancy it was all different, refashioning her little world into just what she should like it to be.

    Maggie’s was a troublous life, and this was the form in which she took her opium61.

    Meanwhile Tom, forgetting all about Maggie and the sting of reproach which he had left in her heart, was hurrying along with Bob, whom he had met accidentally, to the scene of a great rat-catching in a neighbouring barn. Bob knew all about this particular affair, and spoke62 of the sport with an enthusiasm which no one who is not either divested63 of all manly64 feeling, or pitiably ignorant of rat-catching, can fail to imagine. For a person suspected of preternatural wickedness, Bob was really not so very villanous-looking; there was even something agreeable in his snub-nosed face, with its close-curled border of red hair. But then his trousers were always rolled up at the knee, for the convenience of wading65 on the slightest notice; and his virtue66, supposing it to exist, was undeniably “virtue in rags,” which, on the authority even of bilious67 philosophers, who think all well-dressed merit overpaid, is notoriously likely to remain unrecognised (perhaps because it is seen so seldom).

    “I know the chap as owns the ferrets,” said Bob, in a hoarse68 treble voice, as he shuffled69 along, keeping his blue eyes fixed on the river, like an amphibious animal who foresaw occasion for darting70 in. “He lives up the Kennel71 Yard at Sut Ogg’s, he does. He’s the biggest rot-catcher anywhere, he is. I’d sooner, be a rot-catcher nor anything, I would. The moles72 is nothing to the rots. But Lors! you mun ha’ ferrets. Dogs is no good. Why, there’s that dog, now!” Bob continued, pointing with an air of disgust toward Yap, “he’s no more good wi’ a rot nor nothin’. I see it myself, I did, at the rot-catchin’ i’ your feyther’s barn.”

    Yap, feeling the withering73 influence of this scorn, tucked his tail in and shrank close to Tom’s leg, who felt a little hurt for him, but had not the superhuman courage to seem behindhand with Bob in contempt for a dog who made so poor a figure.

    “No, no,” he said, “Yap’s no good at sport. I’ll have regular good dogs for rats and everything, when I’ve done school.”

    “Hev ferrets, Measter Tom,” said Bob, eagerly,—“them white ferrets wi’ pink eyes; Lors, you might catch your own rots, an’ you might put a rot in a cage wi’ a ferret, an’ see ’em fight, you might. That’s what I’d do, I know, an’ it ’ud be better fun a’most nor seein’ two chaps fight,—if it wasn’t them chaps as sold cakes an’ oranges at the Fair, as the things flew out o’ their baskets, an’ some o’ the cakes was smashed—But they tasted just as good,” added Bob, by way of note or addendum74, after a moment’s pause.

    “But, I say, Bob,” said Tom, in a tone of deliberation, “ferrets are nasty biting things,—they’ll bite a fellow without being set on.”

    “Lors! why that’s the beauty on ’em. If a chap lays hold o’ your ferret, he won’t be long before he hollows out a good un, he won’t.”

    At this moment a striking incident made the boys pause suddenly in their walk. It was the plunging75 of some small body in the water from among the neighbouring bulrushes; if it was not a water-rat, Bob intimated that he was ready to undergo the most unpleasant consequences.

    “Hoigh! Yap,—hoigh! there he is,” said Tom, clapping his hands, as the little black snout made its arrowy course to the opposite bank. “Seize him, lad! seize him!”

    Yap agitated76 his ears and wrinkled his brows, but declined to plunge77, trying whether barking would not answer the purpose just as well.

    “Ugh! you coward!” said Tom, and kicked him over, feeling humiliated78 as a sportsman to possess so poor-spirited an animal. Bob abstained79 from remark and passed on, choosing, however, to walk in the shallow edge of the overflowing80 river by way of change.

    “He’s none so full now, the Floss isn’t,” said Bob, as he kicked the water up before him, with an agreeable sense of being insolent81 to it. “Why, last ’ear, the meadows was all one sheet o’ water, they was.”

    “Ay, but,” said Tom, whose mind was prone82 to see an opposition83 between statements that were really accordant,—“but there was a big flood once, when the Round Pool was made. I know there was, ’cause father says so. And the sheep and cows all drowned, and the boats went all over the fields ever such a way.”

    “I don’t care about a flood comin’,” said Bob; “I don’t mind the water, no more nor the land. I’d swim, I would.”

    “Ah, but if you got nothing to eat for ever so long?” said Tom, his imagination becoming quite active under the stimulus84 of that dread52. “When I’m a man, I shall make a boat with a wooden house on the top of it, like Noah’s ark, and keep plenty to eat in it,—rabbits and things,—all ready. And then if the flood came, you know, Bob, I shouldn’t mind. And I’d take you in, if I saw you swimming,” he added, in the tone of a benevolent85 patron.

    “I aren’t frighted,” said Bob, to whom hunger did not appear so appalling86. “But I’d get in an’ knock the rabbits on th’ head when you wanted to eat ’em.”

    “Ah, and I should have halfpence, and we’d play at heads-and-tails,” said Tom, not contemplating87 the possibility that this recreation might have fewer charms for his mature age. “I’d divide fair to begin with, and then we’d see who’d win.”

    “I’ve got a halfpenny o’ my own,” said Bob, proudly, coming out of the water and tossing his halfpenny in the air. “Yeads or tails?”

    “Tails,” said Tom, instantly fired with the desire to win.

    “It’s yeads,” said Bob, hastily, snatching up the halfpenny as it fell.

    “It wasn’t,” said Tom, loudly and peremptorily88. “You give me the halfpenny; I’ve won it fair.”

    “I sha’n’t,” said Bob, holding it tight in his pocket.

    “Then I’ll make you; see if I don’t,” said Tom.

    “You can’t make me do nothing, you can’t,” said Bob.

    “Yes, I can.”

    “No, you can’t.”

    “I’m master.”

    “I don’t care for you.”

    “But I’ll make you care, you cheat,” said Tom, collaring Bob and shaking him.

    “You get out wi’ you,” said Bob, giving Tom a kick.

    Tom’s blood was thoroughly89 up: he went at Bob with a lunge and threw him down, but Bob seized hold and kept it like a cat, and pulled Tom down after him. They struggled fiercely on the ground for a moment or two, till Tom, pinning Bob down by the shoulders, thought he had the mastery.

    “You, say you’ll give me the halfpenny now,” he said, with difficulty, while he exerted himself to keep the command of Bob’s arms.

    But at this moment Yap, who had been running on before, returned barking to the scene of action, and saw a favourable90 opportunity for biting Bob’s bare leg not only with inpunity but with honour. The pain from Yap’s teeth, instead of surprising Bob into a relaxation91 of his hold, gave it a fiercer tenacity92, and with a new exertion93 of his force he pushed Tom backward and got uppermost. But now Yap, who could get no sufficient purchase before, set his teeth in a new place, so that Bob, harassed94 in this way, let go his hold of Tom, and, almost throttling95 Yap, flung him into the river. By this time Tom was up again, and before Bob had quite recovered his balance after the act of swinging Yap, Tom fell upon him, threw him down, and got his knees firmly on Bob’s chest.

    “You give me the halfpenny now,” said Tom.

    “Take it,” said Bob, sulkily.

    “No, I sha’n’t take it; you give it me.”

    Bob took the halfpenny out of his pocket, and threw it away from him on the ground.

    Tom loosed his hold, and left Bob to rise.

    “There the halfpenny lies,” he said. “I don’t want your halfpenny; I wouldn’t have kept it. But you wanted to cheat; I hate a cheat. I sha’n’t go along with you any more,” he added, turning round homeward, not without casting a regret toward the rat-catching and other pleasures which he must relinquish96 along with Bob’s society.

    “You may let it alone, then,” Bob called out after him. “I shall cheat if I like; there’s no fun i’ playing else; and I know where there’s a goldfinch’s nest, but I’ll take care you don’t. An’ you’re a nasty fightin’ turkey-cock, you are——”

    Tom walked on without looking around, and Yap followed his example, the cold bath having moderated his passions.

    “Go along wi’ you, then, wi’ your drowned dog; I wouldn’t own such a dog—I wouldn’t,” said Bob, getting louder, in a last effort to sustain his defiance97. But Tom was not to be provoked into turning round, and Bob’s voice began to falter98 a little as he said,—

    “An’ I’n gi’en you everything, an’ showed you everything, an’ niver wanted nothin’ from you. An’ there’s your horn-handed knife, then as you gi’en me.” Here Bob flung the knife as far as he could after Tom’s retreating footsteps. But it produced no effect, except the sense in Bob’s mind that there was a terrible void in his lot, now that knife was gone.

    He stood still till Tom had passed through the gate and disappeared behind the hedge. The knife would do no good on the ground there; it wouldn’t vex99 Tom; and pride or resentment was a feeble passion in Bob’s mind compared with the love of a pocket-knife. His very fingers sent entreating100 thrills that he would go and clutch that familiar rough buck’s-horn handle, which they had so often grasped for mere18 affection, as it lay idle in his pocket. And there were two blades, and they had just been sharpened! What is life without a pocket-knife to him who has once tasted a higher existence? No; to throw the handle after the hatchet101 is a comprehensible act of desperation, but to throw one’s pocket-knife after an implacable friend is clearly in every sense a hyperbole, or throwing beyond the mark. So Bob shuffled back to the spot where the beloved knife lay in the dirt, and felt quite a new pleasure in clutching it again after the temporary separation, in opening one blade after the other, and feeling their edge with his well-hardened thumb. Poor Bob! he was not sensitive on the point of honour, not a chivalrous102 character. That fine moral aroma would not have been thought much of by the public opinion of Kennel Yard, which was the very focus or heart of Bob’s world, even if it could have made itself perceptible there; yet, for all that, he was not utterly103 a sneak104 and a thief as our friend Tom had hastily decided39.

    But Tom, you perceive, was rather a Rhadamanthine personage, having more than the usual share of boy’s justice in him,—the justice that desires to hurt culprits as much as they deserve to be hurt, and is troubled with no doubts concerning the exact amount of their deserts. Maggie saw a cloud on his brow when he came home, which checked her joy at his coming so much sooner than she had expected, and she dared hardly speak to him as he stood silently throwing the small gravel-stones into the mill-dam. It is not pleasant to give up a rat-catching when you have set your mind on it. But if Tom had told his strongest feeling at that moment, he would have said, “I’d do just the same again.” That was his usual mode of viewing his past actions; whereas Maggie was always wishing she had done something different.



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    1 exquisitely [ekˈskwɪzɪtlɪ] Btwz1r   第7级
    adv.精致地;强烈地;剧烈地;异常地
    参考例句:
    • He found her exquisitely beautiful. 他觉得她异常美丽。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • He wore an exquisitely tailored gray silk and accessories to match. 他穿的是做工非常考究的灰色绸缎衣服,还有各种配得很协调的装饰。 来自教父部分
    2 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。
    3 pastry [ˈpeɪstri] Q3ozx   第8级
    n.油酥面团,酥皮糕点
    参考例句:
    • The cook pricked a few holes in the pastry. 厨师在馅饼上戳了几个洞。
    • The pastry crust was always underdone. 馅饼的壳皮常常烤得不透。
    4 propitious [prəˈpɪʃəs] aRNx8   第11级
    adj.吉利的;顺利的
    参考例句:
    • The circumstances were not propitious for further expansion of the company. 这些情况不利于公司的进一步发展。
    • The cool days during this week are propitious for out trip. 这种凉爽的天气对我们的行程很有好处。
    5 allays [əˈleɪz] f45fdd769a96a81776867dc31c85398d   第10级
    v.减轻,缓和( allay的第三人称单数 )
    参考例句:
    • This leads to better leak integrity and allays contamination concerns. 这导致了更好的泄露完整性,减少了对污染的担心。 来自互联网
    • And from a security standpoint the act raises as many fears as allays. 而从安全角度来说,该法案消除恐惧的同时也增加了担忧。 来自互联网
    6 beholding [bɪˈhəʊldɪŋ] 05d0ea730b39c90ee12d6e6b8c193935   第10级
    v.看,注视( behold的现在分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟
    参考例句:
    • Beholding, besides love, the end of love,/Hearing oblivion beyond memory! 我看见了爱,还看到了爱的结局,/听到了记忆外层的哪一片寂寥! 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
    • Hence people who began by beholding him ended by perusing him. 所以人们从随便看一看他开始的,都要以仔细捉摸他而终结。 来自辞典例句
    7 moss [mɒs] X6QzA   第7级
    n.苔,藓,地衣
    参考例句:
    • Moss grows on a rock. 苔藓生在石头上。
    • He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss. 有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。
    8 kin [kɪn] 22Zxv   第7级
    n.家族,亲属,血缘关系;adj.亲属关系的,同类的
    参考例句:
    • He comes of good kin. 他出身好。
    • She has gone to live with her husband's kin. 她住到丈夫的亲戚家里去了。
    9 eldest [ˈeldɪst] bqkx6   第8级
    adj.最年长的,最年老的
    参考例句:
    • The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne. 国王的长子是王位的继承人。
    • The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son. 城堡和土地限定由长子继承。
    10 bleaching ['bli:tʃɪŋ] c8f59fe090b4d03ec300145821501bd3   第9级
    漂白法,漂白
    参考例句:
    • Moderately weathered rock showed more intense bleaching and fissuring in the feldspars. 中等风化岩石则是指长石有更为强烈的变白现象和裂纹现象。
    • Bleaching effects are very strong and show on air photos. 退色效应非常强烈,并且反映在航空象片上。
    11 linen [ˈlɪnɪn] W3LyK   第7级
    n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的
    参考例句:
    • The worker is starching the linen. 这名工人正在给亚麻布上浆。
    • Fine linen and cotton fabrics were known as well as wool. 精细的亚麻织品和棉织品像羊毛一样闻名遐迩。
    12 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。
    13 propriety [prəˈpraɪəti] oRjx4   第10级
    n.正当行为;正当;适当
    参考例句:
    • We hesitated at the propriety of the method. 我们对这种办法是否适用拿不定主意。
    • The sensitive matter was handled with great propriety. 这件机密的事处理得极为适当。
    14 dictated [dikˈteitid] aa4dc65f69c81352fa034c36d66908ec   第7级
    v.大声讲或读( dictate的过去式和过去分词 );口授;支配;摆布
    参考例句:
    • He dictated a letter to his secretary. 他向秘书口授信稿。
    • No person of a strong character likes to be dictated to. 没有一个个性强的人愿受人使唤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    15 condiments ['kɒndɪmənt] a632be4317089bb19457274e84060853   第11级
    n.调味品
    参考例句:
    • Refill and clean all salt and peppers, sugar bowls, and other condiments. 清洁并续满所有的胡椒瓶、盐瓶、糖缸及其他调料。
    • Go easy on condiments, they tend to be salty. 别放太多调味品,这样往往会太咸。
    16 ferment [fəˈment] lgQzt   第8级
    vt.使发酵;n./vt.(使)激动,(使)动乱
    参考例句:
    • Fruit juices ferment if they are kept a long time. 果汁若是放置很久,就会发酵。
    • The sixties were a time of theological ferment. 六十年代是神学上骚动的时代。
    17 remarkable [rɪˈmɑ:kəbl] 8Vbx6   第7级
    adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的
    参考例句:
    • She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills. 她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
    • These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines. 这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
    18 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。
    19 epitome [ɪˈpɪtəmi] smyyW   第10级
    n.典型,梗概
    参考例句:
    • He is the epitome of goodness. 他是善良的典范。
    • This handbook is a neat epitome of everyday hygiene. 这本手册概括了日常卫生的要点。
    20 groaned [ɡrəund] 1a076da0ddbd778a674301b2b29dff71   第7级
    v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦
    参考例句:
    • He groaned in anguish. 他痛苦地呻吟。
    • The cart groaned under the weight of the piano. 大车在钢琴的重压下嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    21 yoke [jəʊk] oeTzRa   第9级
    n.轭;支配;vt.给...上轭,连接,使成配偶;vi.结合;匹配
    参考例句:
    • An ass and an ox, fastened to the same yoke, were drawing a wagon. 驴子和公牛一起套在轭上拉车。
    • The defeated army passed under the yoke. 败军在轭门下通过。
    22 innovator ['ɪnəveɪtə(r)] r6bxp   第8级
    n.改革者;创新者
    参考例句:
    • The young technical innovator didn't lose heart though the new system was not yet brought into a workable condition. 尽管这种新方法尚未达到切实可行的状况,这位青年技术革新者也没有泄气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Caesar planned vast projects and emerged as a great innovator. 恺撒制定了庞大的革新计划。 来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
    23 complexion [kəmˈplekʃn] IOsz4   第8级
    n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格
    参考例句:
    • Red does not suit with her complexion. 红色与她的肤色不协调。
    • Her resignation puts a different complexion on things. 她一辞职局面就全变了。
    24 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。
    25 absconding [æbˈskɔndɪŋ] a827fcc2cad7ee841f17247bc5994624   第10级
    v.(尤指逃避逮捕)潜逃,逃跑( abscond的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He was charged with absconding from lawful custody. 他被指控从合法监护人那里逃走。 来自互联网
    26 absconded [æbˈskɔndid] 8087b98e5ae96bad5aa8e0bf24a33ba2   第10级
    v.(尤指逃避逮捕)潜逃,逃跑( abscond的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He absconded with the company funds. 他卷走公司的资金潜逃了。
    • She absconded from every children's home they placed her in. 她被安置在哪家儿童收容所里,就从哪儿偷偷逃跑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    27 scents [sents] 9d41e056b814c700bf06c9870b09a332   第7级
    n.香水( scent的名词复数 );气味;(动物的)臭迹;(尤指狗的)嗅觉
    参考例句:
    • The air was fragrant with scents from the sea and the hills. 空气中荡漾着山和海的芬芳气息。
    • The winds came down with scents of the grass and wild flowers. 微风送来阵阵青草和野花的香气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    28 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。
    29 aroma [əˈrəʊmə] Nvfz9   第9级
    n.香气,芬芳,芳香
    参考例句:
    • The whole house was filled with the aroma of coffee. 满屋子都是咖啡的香味。
    • The air was heavy with the aroma of the paddy fields. 稻花飘香。
    30 gravy [ˈgreɪvi] Przzt1   第9级
    n.肉汁;轻易得来的钱,外快
    参考例句:
    • You have spilled gravy on the tablecloth. 你把肉汁泼到台布上了。
    • The meat was swimming in gravy. 肉泡在浓汁之中。
    31 aloof [əˈlu:f] wxpzN   第9级
    adj.远离的;冷淡的,漠不关心的
    参考例句:
    • Never stand aloof from the masses. 千万不可脱离群众。
    • On the evening the girl kept herself timidly aloof from the crowd. 这小女孩在晚上一直胆怯地远离人群。
    32 boughs [baʊz] 95e9deca9a2fb4bbbe66832caa8e63e0   第9级
    大树枝( bough的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • The green boughs glittered with all their pearls of dew. 绿枝上闪烁着露珠的光彩。
    • A breeze sighed in the higher boughs. 微风在高高的树枝上叹息着。
    33 bough [baʊ] 4ReyO   第9级
    n.大树枝,主枝
    参考例句:
    • I rested my fishing rod against a pine bough. 我把钓鱼竿靠在一棵松树的大树枝上。
    • Every bough was swinging in the wind. 每条树枝都在风里摇摆。
    34 polygon [ˈpɒlɪgən] 0iFy9   第12级
    n.多边形;多角形
    参考例句:
    • A polygon with ten sides is a decagon. 十条边的形状叫十边形。
    • He conceived the first proof that the 17-sided polygon is constructible. 他构思了17边形可以作图的第一个证明。
    35 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。
    36 hovering ['hɒvərɪŋ] 99fdb695db3c202536060470c79b067f   第7级
    鸟( hover的现在分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫
    参考例句:
    • The helicopter was hovering about 100 metres above the pad. 直升机在离发射台一百米的上空盘旋。
    • I'm hovering between the concert and the play tonight. 我犹豫不决今晚是听音乐会还是看戏。
    37 descended [di'sendid] guQzoy   第7级
    a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
    参考例句:
    • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
    • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
    38 exasperation [ɪɡˌzɑ:spə'reɪʃn] HiyzX   第12级
    n.愤慨
    参考例句:
    • He snorted with exasperation. 他愤怒地哼了一声。
    • She rolled her eyes in sheer exasperation. 她气急败坏地转动着眼珠。
    39 decided [dɪˈsaɪdɪd] lvqzZd   第7级
    adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
    参考例句:
    • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents. 这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
    • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting. 英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
    40 relish [ˈrelɪʃ] wBkzs   第7级
    n.滋味,享受,爱好,调味品;vt.加调味料,享受,品味;vi.有滋味
    参考例句:
    • I have no relish for pop music. 我对流行音乐不感兴趣。
    • I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down. 我喜欢挑战别人拒绝做的工作。
    41 morsel [ˈmɔ:sl] Q14y4   第11级
    n.一口,一点点
    参考例句:
    • He refused to touch a morsel of the food they had brought. 他们拿来的东西他一口也不吃。
    • The patient has not had a morsel of food since the morning. 从早上起病人一直没有进食。
    42 seesawing [ˈsi:ˌsɔ:ɪŋ] 52b336bb4d06543f86e93332f2146250   第11级
    v.使上下(来回)摇动( seesaw的现在分词 );玩跷跷板,上下(来回)摇动
    参考例句:
    • The score had been seesawing from the very start. 从一开始比分就成拉锯局面。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    43 innuendo [ˌɪnjuˈendəʊ] vbXzE   第11级
    n.暗指,讽刺
    参考例句:
    • The report was based on rumours, speculation, and innuendo. 这份报告建立在谣言、臆断和含沙射影的基础之上。
    • Mark told by innuendo that the opposing team would lose the game. 马克暗讽地说敌队会在比赛中输掉。
    44 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。
    45 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。
    46 misery [ˈmɪzəri] G10yi   第7级
    n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦
    参考例句:
    • Business depression usually causes misery among the working class. 商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
    • He has rescued me from the mire of misery. 他把我从苦海里救了出来。
    47 melancholy [ˈmelənkəli] t7rz8   第8级
    n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的
    参考例句:
    • All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy. 他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
    • He felt melancholy after he failed the exam. 这次考试没通过,他感到很郁闷。
    48 obtuse [əbˈtju:s] 256zJ   第10级
    adj.钝的;愚钝的
    参考例句:
    • You were too obtuse to take the hint. 你太迟钝了,没有理解这种暗示。
    • "Sometimes it looks more like an obtuse triangle, " Winter said.“有时候它看起来更像一个钝角三角形。”温特说。
    49 plentifully [] f6b211d13287486e1bf5cd496d4f9f39   第7级
    adv. 许多地,丰饶地
    参考例句:
    • The visitors were plentifully supplied with food and drink. 给来宾准备了丰富的食物和饮料。
    • The oil flowed plentifully at first, but soon ran out. 起初石油大量涌出,但很快就枯竭了。
    50 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。
    51 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。
    52 dread [dred] Ekpz8   第7级
    vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧
    参考例句:
    • We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes. 我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
    • Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread. 她极度恐惧的心理消除了。
    53 thither [ˈðɪðə(r)] cgRz1o   第12级
    adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的
    参考例句:
    • He wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate. 他逛来逛去找玩伴。
    • He tramped hither and thither. 他到处流浪。
    54 brindled ['brɪndld] RsQzq   第12级
    adj.有斑纹的
    参考例句:
    • I saw his brindled cow feeding on fish remnants. 我看见他的用鱼杂碎喂养的斑纹奶牛。
    • He had one brindled eye that sometimes made him look like a clown. 他一只眼睛上有块花斑,这使得他有时看上去活象个小丑。
    55 diabolical [ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪkl] iPCzt   第11级
    adj.恶魔似的,凶暴的
    参考例句:
    • This maneuver of his is a diabolical conspiracy. 他这一手是一个居心叵测的大阴谋。
    • One speaker today called the plan diabolical and sinister. 今天一名发言人称该计划阴险恶毒。
    56 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。
    57 wasps ['wɒsps] fb5b4ba79c574cee74f48a72a48c03ef   第9级
    黄蜂( wasp的名词复数 ); 胡蜂; 易动怒的人; 刻毒的人
    参考例句:
    • There's a wasps' nest in that old tree. 那棵老树上有一个黄蜂巢。
    • We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless ones like moths. 我们不仅生活在对象蜘蛛或黄蜂这样的小虫的惧怕中,而且生活在对诸如飞蛾这样无害昆虫的惧怕中
    58 killing [ˈkɪlɪŋ] kpBziQ   第9级
    n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
    参考例句:
    • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off. 投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
    • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street. 上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
    59 incognito [ˌɪnkɒgˈni:təʊ] ucfzW   第12级
    adv.匿名地;n.隐姓埋名;adj.化装的,用假名的,隐匿姓名身份的
    参考例句:
    • He preferred to remain incognito. 他更喜欢继续隐姓埋名下去。
    • He didn't want to be recognized, so he travelled incognito. 他不想被人认出,所以出行时隐瞒身分。
    60 fascination [ˌfæsɪˈneɪʃn] FlHxO   第8级
    n.令人着迷的事物,魅力,迷恋
    参考例句:
    • He had a deep fascination with all forms of transport. 他对所有的运输工具都很着迷。
    • His letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience. 广大观众一直迷恋于他的来信。
    61 opium [ˈəʊpiəm] c40zw   第8级
    n.鸦片;adj.鸦片的
    参考例句:
    • That man gave her a dose of opium. 那男人给了她一剂鸦片。
    • Opium is classed under the head of narcotic. 鸦片是归入麻醉剂一类的东西。
    62 spoke [spəʊk] XryyC   第11级
    n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
    参考例句:
    • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company. 他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
    • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre. 辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
    63 divested [dɪˈvestid] 2004b9edbfcab36d3ffca3edcd4aec4a   第12级
    v.剥夺( divest的过去式和过去分词 );脱去(衣服);2。从…取去…;1。(给某人)脱衣服
    参考例句:
    • He divested himself of his jacket. 他脱去了短上衣。
    • He swiftly divested himself of his clothes. 他迅速脱掉衣服。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    64 manly [ˈmænli] fBexr   第8级
    adj.有男子气概的;adv.男子般地,果断地
    参考例句:
    • The boy walked with a confident manly stride. 这男孩以自信的男人步伐行走。
    • He set himself manly tasks and expected others to follow his example. 他给自己定下了男子汉的任务,并希望别人效之。
    65 wading ['weɪdɪŋ] 0fd83283f7380e84316a66c449c69658   第7级
    (从水、泥等)蹚,走过,跋( wade的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The man tucked up his trousers for wading. 那人卷起裤子,准备涉水。
    • The children were wading in the sea. 孩子们在海水中走着。
    66 virtue [ˈvɜ:tʃu:] BpqyH   第7级
    n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力
    参考例句:
    • He was considered to be a paragon of virtue. 他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
    • You need to decorate your mind with virtue. 你应该用德行美化心灵。
    67 bilious [ˈbɪliəs] GdUy3   第11级
    adj.胆汁过多的;易怒的
    参考例句:
    • She suffered from bilious attacks. 她遭受到胆汁病发作的痛苦。
    • He was a bilious old gentleman. 他是一位脾气乖戾的老先生。
    68 hoarse [hɔ:s] 5dqzA   第9级
    adj.嘶哑的,沙哑的
    参考例句:
    • He asked me a question in a hoarse voice. 他用嘶哑的声音问了我一个问题。
    • He was too excited and roared himself hoarse. 他过于激动,嗓子都喊哑了。
    69 shuffled [ˈʃʌfəld] cee46c30b0d1f2d0c136c830230fe75a   第8级
    v.洗(纸牌)( shuffle的过去式和过去分词 );拖着脚步走;粗心地做;摆脱尘世的烦恼
    参考例句:
    • He shuffled across the room to the window. 他拖着脚走到房间那头的窗户跟前。
    • Simon shuffled awkwardly towards them. 西蒙笨拙地拖着脚朝他们走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    70 darting [dɑ:tɪŋ] darting   第8级
    v.投掷,投射( dart的现在分词 );向前冲,飞奔
    参考例句:
    • Swallows were darting through the clouds. 燕子穿云急飞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • Swallows were darting through the air. 燕子在空中掠过。 来自辞典例句
    71 kennel [ˈkenl] axay6   第11级
    n.狗舍,狗窝
    参考例句:
    • Sporting dogs should be kept out of doors in a kennel. 猎狗应该养在户外的狗窝中。
    • Rescued dogs are housed in a standard kennel block. 获救的狗被装在一个标准的犬舍里。
    72 moles [məʊlz] 2e1eeabf4f0f1abdaca739a4be445d16   第10级
    防波堤( mole的名词复数 ); 鼹鼠; 痣; 间谍
    参考例句:
    • Unsightly moles can be removed surgically. 不雅观的痣可以手术去除。
    • Two moles of epoxy react with one mole of A-1100. 两个克分子环氧与一个克分子A-1100反应。
    73 withering [ˈwɪðərɪŋ] 8b1e725193ea9294ced015cd87181307   第7级
    使人畏缩的,使人害羞的,使人难堪的
    参考例句:
    • She gave him a withering look. 她极其蔑视地看了他一眼。
    • The grass is gradually dried-up and withering and pallen leaves. 草渐渐干枯、枯萎并落叶。
    74 addendum [əˈdendəm] FyFzR   第12级
    n.补充,附录
    参考例句:
    • This is an addendum to the book. 这是本书的附录。
    • Six parts and one addendum are separated in the paper. 论文由六章和一个附录组成。
    75 plunging [ˈplʌndʒɪŋ] 5fe12477bea00d74cd494313d62da074   第7级
    adj.跳进的,突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
    参考例句:
    • War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering. 战祸复发,生灵涂炭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • He is plunging into an abyss of despair. 他陷入了绝望的深渊。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    76 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。
    77 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。
    78 humiliated [hjuˈmilieitid] 97211aab9c3dcd4f7c74e1101d555362   第7级
    感到羞愧的
    参考例句:
    • Parents are humiliated if their children behave badly when guests are present. 子女在客人面前举止失当,父母也失体面。
    • He was ashamed and bitterly humiliated. 他感到羞耻,丢尽了面子。
    79 abstained [əbˈsteind] d7e1885f31dd3d021db4219aad4071f1   第8级
    v.戒(尤指酒),戒除( abstain的过去式和过去分词 );弃权(不投票)
    参考例句:
    • Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained. 十人投票赞成,五人反对,两人弃权。
    • They collectively abstained (from voting) in the elections for local councilors. 他们在地方议会议员选举中集体弃权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    80 overflowing [əʊvə'fləʊɪŋ] df84dc195bce4a8f55eb873daf61b924   第7级
    n. 溢出物,溢流 adj. 充沛的,充满的 动词overflow的现在分词形式
    参考例句:
    • The stands were overflowing with farm and sideline products. 集市上农副产品非常丰富。
    • The milk is overflowing. 牛奶溢出来了。
    81 insolent [ˈɪnsələnt] AbGzJ   第10级
    adj.傲慢的,无理的
    参考例句:
    • His insolent manner really got my blood up. 他那傲慢的态度把我的肺都气炸了。
    • It was insolent of them to demand special treatment. 他们要求给予特殊待遇,脸皮真厚。
    82 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。
    83 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。
    84 stimulus [ˈstɪmjələs] 3huyO   第8级
    n.刺激,刺激物,促进因素,引起兴奋的事物
    参考例句:
    • Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts. 把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
    • Light is a stimulus to growth in plants. 光是促进植物生长的一个因素。
    85 benevolent [bəˈnevələnt] Wtfzx   第9级
    adj.仁慈的,乐善好施的
    参考例句:
    • His benevolent nature prevented him from refusing any beggar who accosted him. 他乐善好施的本性使他不会拒绝走上前向他行乞的任何一个乞丐。
    • He was a benevolent old man and he wouldn't hurt a fly. 他是一个仁慈的老人,连只苍蝇都不愿伤害。
    86 appalling [əˈpɔ:lɪŋ] iNwz9   第8级
    adj.骇人听闻的,令人震惊的,可怕的
    参考例句:
    • The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
    • Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour. 这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。
    87 contemplating [ˈkɔntempleitɪŋ] bde65bd99b6b8a706c0f139c0720db21   第7级
    深思,细想,仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 ); 注视,凝视; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑,沉思,苦思冥想
    参考例句:
    • You're too young to be contemplating retirement. 你考虑退休还太年轻。
    • She stood contemplating the painting. 她站在那儿凝视那幅图画。
    88 peremptorily [pəˈremptrəli] dbf9fb7e6236647e2b3396fe01f8d47a   第11级
    adv.紧急地,不容分说地,专横地
    参考例句:
    • She peremptorily rejected the request. 她断然拒绝了请求。
    • Their propaganda was peremptorily switched to an anti-Western line. 他们的宣传断然地转而持反对西方的路线。 来自辞典例句
    89 thoroughly [ˈθʌrəli] sgmz0J   第8级
    adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地
    参考例句:
    • The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting. 一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
    • The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons. 士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。
    90 favourable [ˈfeɪvərəbl] favourable   第8级
    adj.赞成的,称赞的,有利的,良好的,顺利的
    参考例句:
    • The company will lend you money on very favourable terms. 这家公司将以非常优惠的条件借钱给你。
    • We found that most people are favourable to the idea. 我们发现大多数人同意这个意见。
    91 relaxation [ˌri:lækˈseɪʃn] MVmxj   第7级
    n.松弛,放松;休息;消遣;娱乐
    参考例句:
    • The minister has consistently opposed any relaxation in the law. 部长一向反对法律上的任何放宽。
    • She listens to classical music for relaxation. 她听古典音乐放松。
    92 tenacity [tə'næsətɪ] dq9y2   第9级
    n.坚韧
    参考例句:
    • Tenacity is the bridge to success.坚韧是通向成功的桥。
    • The athletes displayed great tenacity throughout the contest.运动员在比赛中表现出坚韧的斗志。
    93 exertion [ɪgˈzɜ:ʃn] F7Fyi   第11级
    n.尽力,努力
    参考例句:
    • We were sweating profusely from the exertion of moving the furniture. 我们搬动家具大费气力,累得大汗淋漓。
    • She was hot and breathless from the exertion of cycling uphill. 由于用力骑车爬坡,她浑身发热。
    94 harassed [ˈhærəst] 50b529f688471b862d0991a96b6a1e55   第9级
    adj. 疲倦的,厌烦的 动词harass的过去式和过去分词
    参考例句:
    • He has complained of being harassed by the police. 他投诉受到警方侵扰。
    • harassed mothers with their children 带着孩子的疲惫不堪的母亲们
    95 throttling [θ'rɒtlɪŋ] b19f08b5e9906febcc6a8c717035f8ed   第10级
    v.扼杀( throttle的现在分词 );勒死;使窒息;压制
    参考例句:
    • This fight scarf is throttling me. 这条束得紧紧的围巾快要把我窒息死了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The latter may be used with bypass or throttling valves in the tower water pipework circuit. 近来,可采用在冷却塔的水管系统中设置旁通阀或节流阀。 来自辞典例句
    96 relinquish [rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ] 4Bazt   第8级
    vt.放弃,撤回,让与,放手
    参考例句:
    • He was forced to relinquish control of the company. 他被迫放弃公司的掌控权。
    • They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence. 他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。
    97 defiance [dɪˈfaɪəns] RmSzx   第8级
    n.挑战,挑衅,蔑视,违抗
    参考例句:
    • He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning. 他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
    • He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance. 他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。
    98 falter [ˈfɔ:ltə(r)] qhlzP   第8级
    vi.(嗓音)颤抖,结巴地说;犹豫;蹒跚
    参考例句:
    • His voice began to falter. 他的声音开始发颤。
    • As he neared the house his steps faltered. 当他走近房子时,脚步迟疑了起来。
    99 vex [veks] TLVze   第8级
    vt.使烦恼,使苦恼
    参考例句:
    • Everything about her vexed him. 有关她的一切都令他困惑。
    • It vexed me to think of others gossiping behind my back. 一想到别人在背后说我闲话,我就很恼火。
    100 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。
    101 hatchet [ˈhætʃɪt] Dd0zr   第10级
    n.短柄小斧;v.扼杀
    参考例句:
    • I shall have to take a hatchet to that stump. 我得用一把短柄斧来劈这树桩。
    • Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet. 别用斧头拍打朋友额头上的苍蝇。
    102 chivalrous [ˈʃɪvlrəs] 0Xsz7   第11级
    adj.武士精神的;对女人彬彬有礼的
    参考例句:
    • Men are so little chivalrous now. 现在的男人几乎没有什么骑士风度了。
    • Toward women he was nobly restrained and chivalrous. 对于妇女,他表现得高尚拘谨, 尊敬三分。
    103 utterly ['ʌtəli:] ZfpzM1   第9级
    adv.完全地,绝对地
    参考例句:
    • Utterly devoted to the people, he gave his life in saving his patients. 他忠于人民,把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
    • I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled. 她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。
    104 sneak [sni:k] vr2yk   第7级
    vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝);偷偷摸摸做;n.潜行;adj.暗中进行
    参考例句:
    • He raised his spear and sneaked forward. 他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
    • I saw him sneak away from us. 我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。

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