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  • Chapter VII.

    Enter the Aunts and Uncles

    The Dodsons were certainly a handsome family, and Mrs Glegg was not the least handsome of the sisters. As she sat in Mrs Tulliver’s arm-chair, no impartial1 observer could have denied that for a woman of fifty she had a very comely3 face and figure, though Tom and Maggie considered their aunt Glegg as the type of ugliness. It is true she despised the advantages of costume, for though, as she often observed, no woman had better clothes, it was not her way to wear her new things out before her old ones. Other women, if they liked, might have their best thread-lace in every wash; but when Mrs Glegg died, it would be found that she had better lace laid by in the right-hand drawer of her wardrobe in the Spotted4 Chamber5 than ever Mrs Wooll of St Ogg’s had bought in her life, although Mrs Wooll wore her lace before it was paid for. So of her curled fronts: Mrs Glegg had doubtless the glossiest6 and crispest brown curls in her drawers, as well as curls in various degrees of fuzzy laxness; but to look out on the week-day world from under a crisp and glossy7 front would be to introduce a most dreamlike and unpleasant confusion between the sacred and the secular8. Occasionally, indeed, Mrs Glegg wore one of her third-best fronts on a week-day visit, but not at a sister’s house; especially not at Mrs Tulliver’s, who, since her marriage, had hurt her sister’s feelings greatly by wearing her own hair, though, as Mrs Glegg observed to Mrs Deane, a mother of a family, like Bessy, with a husband always going to law, might have been expected to know better. But Bessy was always weak!

    So if Mrs Glegg’s front to-day was more fuzzy and lax than usual, she had a design under it: she intended the most pointed9 and cutting allusion10 to Mrs Tulliver’s bunches of blond curls, separated from each other by a due wave of smoothness on each side of the parting. Mrs Tulliver had shed tears several times at sister Glegg’s unkindness on the subject of these unmatronly curls, but the consciousness of looking the handsomer for them naturally administered support. Mrs Glegg chose to wear her bonnet12 in the house to-day,—untied and tilted13 slightly, of course—a frequent practice of hers when she was on a visit, and happened to be in a severe humour: she didn’t know what draughts14 there might be in strange houses. For the same reason she wore a small sable15 tippet, which reached just to her shoulders, and was very far from meeting across her well-formed chest, while her long neck was protected by a chevaux-de-frise of miscellaneous frilling. One would need to be learned in the fashions of those times to know how far in the rear of them Mrs Glegg’s slate-coloured silk gown must have been; but from certain constellations16 of small yellow spots upon it, and a mouldy odor about it suggestive of a damp clothes-chest, it was probable that it belonged to a stratum17 of garments just old enough to have come recently into wear.

    Mrs Glegg held her large gold watch in her hand with the many-doubled chain round her fingers, and observed to Mrs Tulliver, who had just returned from a visit to the kitchen, that whatever it might be by other people’s clocks and watches, it was gone half-past twelve by hers.

    “I don’t know what ails18 sister Pullet,” she continued. “It used to be the way in our family for one to be as early as another,—I’m sure it was so in my poor father’s time,—and not for one sister to sit half an hour before the others came. But if the ways o’ the family are altered, it sha’n’t be my fault; I’ll never be the one to come into a house when all the rest are going away. I wonder at sister Deane,—she used to be more like me. But if you’ll take my advice, Bessy, you’ll put the dinner forrard a bit, sooner than put it back, because folks are late as ought to ha’ known better.”

    “Oh dear, there’s no fear but what they’ll be all here in time, sister,” said Mrs Tulliver, in her mild-peevish tone. “The dinner won’t be ready till half-past one. But if it’s long for you to wait, let me fetch you a cheesecake and a glass o’ wine.”

    “Well, Bessy!” said Mrs Glegg, with a bitter smile and a scarcely perceptible toss of her head, “I should ha’ thought you’d known your own sister better. I never did eat between meals, and I’m not going to begin. Not but what I hate that nonsense of having your dinner at half-past one, when you might have it at one. You was never brought up in that way, Bessy.”

    “Why, Jane, what can I do? Mr Tulliver doesn’t like his dinner before two o’clock, but I put it half an hour earlier because o’ you.”

    “Yes, yes, I know how it is with husbands,—they’re for putting everything off; they’ll put the dinner off till after tea, if they’ve got wives as are weak enough to give in to such work; but it’s a pity for you, Bessy, as you haven’t got more strength o’ mind. It’ll be well if your children don’t suffer for it. And I hope you’ve not gone and got a great dinner for us,—going to expense for your sisters, as ’ud sooner eat a crust o’ dry bread nor help to ruin you with extravagance. I wonder you don’t take pattern by your sister Deane; she’s far more sensible. And here you’ve got two children to provide for, and your husband’s spent your fortin i’ going to law, and’s likely to spend his own too. A boiled joint, as you could make broth19 of for the kitchen,” Mrs Glegg added, in a tone of emphatic20 protest, “and a plain pudding, with a spoonful o’ sugar, and no spice, ’ud be far more becoming.”

    With sister Glegg in this humour, there was a cheerful prospect21 for the day. Mrs Tulliver never went the length of quarrelling with her, any more than a water-fowl that puts out its leg in a deprecating manner can be said to quarrel with a boy who throws stones. But this point of the dinner was a tender one, and not at all new, so that Mrs Tulliver could make the same answer she had often made before.

    “Mr Tulliver says he always will have a good dinner for his friends while he can pay for it,” she said; “and he’s a right to do as he likes in his own house, sister.”

    “Well, Bessy, I can’t leave your children enough out o’ my savings22 to keep ’em from ruin. And you mustn’t look to having any o’ Mr Glegg’s money, for it’s well if I don’t go first,—he comes of a long-lived family; and if he was to die and leave me well for my life, he’d tie all the money up to go back to his own kin11.”

    The sound of wheels while Mrs Glegg was speaking was an interruption highly welcome to Mrs Tulliver, who hastened out to receive sister Pullet; it must be sister Pullet, because the sound was that of a four-wheel.

    Mrs Glegg tossed her head and looked rather sour about the mouth at the thought of the “four-wheel.” She had a strong opinion on that subject.

    Sister Pullet was in tears when the one-horse chaise stopped before Mrs Tulliver’s door, and it was apparently23 requisite24 that she should shed a few more before getting out; for though her husband and Mrs Tulliver stood ready to support her, she sat still and shook her head sadly, as she looked through her tears at the vague distance.

    “Why, whativer is the matter, sister?” said Mrs Tulliver. She was not an imaginative woman, but it occurred to her that the large toilet-glass in sister Pullet’s best bedroom was possibly broken for the second time.

    There was no reply but a further shake of the head, as Mrs Pullet slowly rose and got down from the chaise, not without casting a glance at Mr Pullet to see that he was guarding her handsome silk dress from injury. Mr Pullet was a small man, with a high nose, small twinkling eyes, and thin lips, in a fresh-looking suit of black and a white cravat25, that seemed to have been tied very tight on some higher principle than that of mere26 personal ease. He bore about the same relation to his tall, good-looking wife, with her balloon sleeves, abundant mantle27, and a large befeathered and beribboned bonnet, as a small fishing-smack bears to a brig with all its sails spread.

    It is a pathetic sight and a striking example of the complexity28 introduced into the emotions by a high state of civilisation29, the sight of a fashionably dressed female in grief. From the sorrow of a Hottentot to that of a woman in large buckram sleeves, with several bracelets30 on each arm, an architectural bonnet, and delicate ribbon strings31, what a long series of gradations! In the enlightened child of civilisation the abandonment characteristic of grief is checked and varied32 in the subtlest manner, so as to present an interesting problem to the analytic33 mind. If, with a crushed heart and eyes half blinded by the mist of tears, she were to walk with a too devious34 step through a door-place, she might crush her buckram sleeves too, and the deep consciousness of this possibility produces a composition of forces by which she takes a line that just clears the door-post. Perceiving that the tears are hurrying fast, she unpins her strings and throws them languidly backward, a touching gesture, indicative, even in the deepest gloom, of the hope in future dry moments when cap-strings will once more have a charm. As the tears subside35 a little, and with her head leaning backward at the angle that will not injure her bonnet, she endures that terrible moment when grief, which has made all things else a weariness, has itself become weary; she looks down pensively36 at her bracelets, and adjusts their clasps with that pretty studied fortuity which would be gratifying to her mind if it were once more in a calm and healthy state.

    Mrs Pullet brushed each door-post with great nicety, about the latitude37 of her shoulders (at that period a woman was truly ridiculous to an instructed eye if she did not measure a yard and a half across the shoulders), and having done that sent the muscles of her face in quest of fresh tears as she advanced into the parlour where Mrs Glegg was seated.

    “Well, sister, you’re late; what’s the matter?” said Mrs Glegg, rather sharply, as they shook hands.

    Mrs Pullet sat down, lifting up her mantle carefully behind, before she answered,—

    “She’s gone,” unconsciously using an impressive figure of rhetoric38.

    “It isn’t the glass this time, then,” thought Mrs Tulliver.

    “Died the day before yesterday,” continued Mrs Pullet; “an’ her legs was as thick as my body,” she added, with deep sadness, after a pause. “They’d tapped her no end o’ times, and the water—they say you might ha’ swum in it, if you’d liked.”

    “Well, Sophy, it’s a mercy she’s gone, then, whoever she may be,” said Mrs Glegg, with the promptitude and emphasis of a mind naturally clear and decided39; “but I can’t think who you’re talking of, for my part.”

    “But I know,” said Mrs Pullet, sighing and shaking her head; “and there isn’t another such a dropsy in the parish. I know as it’s old Mrs Sutton o’ the Twentylands.”

    “Well, she’s no kin o’ yours, nor much acquaintance as I’ve ever heared of,” said Mrs Glegg, who always cried just as much as was proper when anything happened to her own “kin,” but not on other occasions.

    “She’s so much acquaintance as I’ve seen her legs when they was like bladders. And an old lady as had doubled her money over and over again, and kept it all in her own management to the last, and had her pocket with her keys in under her pillow constant. There isn’t many old parish’ners like her, I doubt.”

    “And they say she’d took as much physic as ’ud fill a wagon,” observed Mr Pullet.

    “Ah!” sighed Mrs Pullet, “she’d another complaint ever so many years before she had the dropsy, and the doctors couldn’t make out what it was. And she said to me, when I went to see her last Christmas, she said, ‘Mrs Pullet, if ever you have the dropsy, you’ll think o’ me.’ She did say so,” added Mrs Pullet, beginning to cry bitterly again; “those were her very words. And she’s to be buried o’ Saturday, and Pullet’s bid to the funeral.”

    “Sophy,” said Mrs Glegg, unable any longer to contain her spirit of rational remonstrance,—“Sophy, I wonder at you, fretting40 and injuring your health about people as don’t belong to you. Your poor father never did so, nor your aunt Frances neither, nor any o’ the family as I ever heard of. You couldn’t fret41 no more than this, if we’d heared as our cousin Abbott had died sudden without making his will.”

    Mrs Pullet was silent, having to finish her crying, and rather flattered than indignant at being upbraided42 for crying too much. It was not everybody who could afford to cry so much about their neighbours who had left them nothing; but Mrs Pullet had married a gentleman farmer, and had leisure and money to carry her crying and everything else to the highest pitch of respectability.

    “Mrs Sutton didn’t die without making her will, though,” said Mr Pullet, with a confused sense that he was saying something to sanction his wife’s tears; “ours is a rich parish, but they say there’s nobody else to leave as many thousands behind ’em as Mrs Sutton. And she’s left no leggicies to speak on,—left it all in a lump to her husband’s nevvy.”

    “There wasn’t much good i’ being so rich, then,” said Mrs Glegg, “if she’d got none but husband’s kin to leave it to. It’s poor work when that’s all you’ve got to pinch yourself for. Not as I’m one o’ those as ’ud like to die without leaving more money out at interest than other folks had reckoned; but it’s a poor tale when it must go out o’ your own family.”

    “I’m sure, sister,” said Mrs Pullet, who had recovered sufficiently43 to take off her veil and fold it carefully, “it’s a nice sort o’ man as Mrs Sutton has left her money to, for he’s troubled with the asthmy, and goes to bed every night at eight o’clock. He told me about it himself—as free as could be—one Sunday when he came to our church. He wears a hareskin on his chest, and has a trembling in his talk,—quite a gentleman sort o’ man. I told him there wasn’t many months in the year as I wasn’t under the doctor’s hands. And he said, ‘Mrs Pullet, I can feel for you.’ That was what he said,—the very words. Ah!” sighed Mrs Pullet, shaking her head at the idea that there were but few who could enter fully into her experiences in pink mixture and white mixture, strong stuff in small bottles, and weak stuff in large bottles, damp boluses at a shilling, and draughts at eighteenpence. “Sister, I may as well go and take my bonnet off now. Did you see as the cap-box was put out?” she added, turning to her husband.

    Mr Pullet, by an unaccountable lapse44 of memory, had forgotten it, and hastened out, with a stricken conscience, to remedy the omission45.

    “They’ll bring it upstairs, sister,” said Mrs Tulliver, wishing to go at once, lest Mrs Glegg should begin to explain her feelings about Sophy’s being the first Dodson who ever ruined her constitution with doctor’s stuff.

    Mrs Tulliver was fond of going upstairs with her sister Pullet, and looking thoroughly46 at her cap before she put it on her head, and discussing millinery in general. This was part of Bessy’s weakness that stirred Mrs Glegg’s sisterly compassion47: Bessy went far too well dressed, considering; and she was too proud to dress her child in the good clothing her sister Glegg gave her from the primeval strata48 of her wardrobe; it was a sin and a shame to buy anything to dress that child, if it wasn’t a pair of shoes. In this particular, however, Mrs Glegg did her sister Bessy some injustice49, for Mrs Tulliver had really made great efforts to induce Maggie to wear a leghorn bonnet and a dyed silk frock50 made out of her aunt Glegg’s, but the results had been such that Mrs Tulliver was obliged to bury them in her maternal51 bosom52; for Maggie, declaring that the frock smelt53 of nasty dye, had taken an opportunity of basting54 it together with the roast beef the first Sunday she wore it, and finding this scheme answer, she had subsequently pumped on the bonnet with its green ribbons, so as to give it a general resemblance to a sage55 cheese garnished56 with withered57 lettuces58. I must urge in excuse for Maggie, that Tom had laughed at her in the bonnet, and said she looked like an old Judy. Aunt Pullet, too, made presents of clothes, but these were always pretty enough to please Maggie as well as her mother. Of all her sisters, Mrs Tulliver certainly preferred her sister Pullet, not without a return of preference; but Mrs Pullet was sorry Bessy had those naughty, awkward children; she would do the best she could by them, but it was a pity they weren’t as good and as pretty as sister Deane’s child. Maggie and Tom, on their part, thought their aunt Pullet tolerable, chiefly because she was not their aunt Glegg. Tom always declined to go more than once during his holidays to see either of them. Both his uncles tipped him that once, of course; but at his aunt Pullet’s there were a great many toads59 to pelt60 in the cellar-area, so that he preferred the visit to her. Maggie shuddered61 at the toads, and dreamed of them horribly, but she liked her uncle Pullet’s musical snuff-box. Still, it was agreed by the sisters, in Mrs Tulliver’s absence, that the Tulliver blood did not mix well with the Dodson blood; that, in fact, poor Bessy’s children were Tullivers, and that Tom, notwithstanding he had the Dodson complexion63, was likely to be as “contrairy” as his father. As for Maggie, she was the picture of her aunt Moss64, Mr Tulliver’s sister,—a large-boned woman, who had married as poorly as could be; had no china, and had a husband who had much ado to pay his rent. But when Mrs Pullet was alone with Mrs Tulliver upstairs, the remarks were naturally to the disadvantage of Mrs Glegg, and they agreed, in confidence, that there was no knowing what sort of fright sister Jane would come out next. But their tête-à-tête was curtailed65 by the appearance of Mrs Deane with little Lucy; and Mrs Tulliver had to look on with a silent pang66 while Lucy’s blond curls were adjusted. It was quite unaccountable that Mrs Deane, the thinnest and sallowest of all the Miss Dodsons, should have had this child, who might have been taken for Mrs Tulliver’s any day. And Maggie always looked twice as dark as usual when she was by the side of Lucy.

    She did to-day, when she and Tom came in from the garden with their father and their uncle Glegg. Maggie had thrown her bonnet off very carelessly, and coming in with her hair rough as well as out of curl, rushed at once to Lucy, who was standing62 by her mother’s knee. Certainly the contrast between the cousins was conspicuous67, and to superficial eyes was very much to the disadvantage of Maggie though a connoisseur68 might have seen “points” in her which had a higher promise for maturity69 than Lucy’s natty70 completeness. It was like the contrast between a rough, dark, overgrown puppy and a white kitten. Lucy put up the neatest little rosebud71 mouth to be kissed; everything about her was neat,—her little round neck, with the row of coral beads72; her little straight nose, not at all snubby; her little clear eyebrows73, rather darker than her curls, to match hazel eyes, which looked up with shy pleasure at Maggie, taller by the head, though scarcely a year older. Maggie always looked at Lucy with delight.

    She was fond of fancying a world where the people never got any larger than children of their own age, and she made the queen of it just like Lucy, with a little crown on her head, and a little sceptre in her hand—only the queen was Maggie herself in Lucy’s form.

    “Oh, Lucy,” she burst out, after kissing her, “you’ll stay with Tom and me, won’t you? Oh, kiss her, Tom.”

    Tom, too, had come up to Lucy, but he was not going to kiss her—no; he came up to her with Maggie, because it seemed easier, on the whole, than saying, “How do you do?” to all those aunts and uncles. He stood looking at nothing in particular, with the blushing, awkward air and semi-smile which are common to shy boys when in company,—very much as if they had come into the world by mistake, and found it in a degree of undress that was quite embarrassing.

    Heyday74!” said aunt Glegg, with loud emphasis. “Do little boys and gells come into a room without taking notice of their uncles and aunts? That wasn’t the way when I was a little gell.”

    “Go and speak to your aunts and uncles, my dears,” said Mrs Tulliver, looking anxious and melancholy75. She wanted to whisper to Maggie a command to go and have her hair brushed.

    “Well, and how do you do? And I hope you’re good children, are you?” said Aunt Glegg, in the same loud, emphatic way, as she took their hands, hurting them with her large rings, and kissing their cheeks much against their desire. “Look up, Tom, look up. Boys as go to boarding-schools should hold their heads up. Look at me now.” Tom declined that pleasure apparently, for he tried to draw his hand away. “Put your hair behind your ears, Maggie, and keep your frock on your shoulder.”

    Aunt Glegg always spoke76 to them in this loud, emphatic way, as if she considered them deaf, or perhaps rather idiotic77; it was a means, she thought, of making them feel that they were accountable creatures, and might be a salutary check on naughty tendencies. Bessy’s children were so spoiled—they’d need have somebody to make them feel their duty.

    “Well, my dears,” said aunt Pullet, in a compassionate78 voice, “you grow wonderful fast. I doubt they’ll outgrow80 their strength,” she added, looking over their heads, with a melancholy expression, at their mother. “I think the gell has too much hair. I’d have it thinned and cut shorter, sister, if I was you; it isn’t good for her health. It’s that as makes her skin so brown, I shouldn’t wonder. Don’t you think so, sister Deane?”

    “I can’t say, I’m sure, sister,” said Mrs Deane, shutting her lips close again, and looking at Maggie with a critical eye.

    “No, no,” said Mr Tulliver, “the child’s healthy enough; there’s nothing ails her. There’s red wheat as well as white, for that matter, and some like the dark grain best. But it ’ud be as well if Bessy ’ud have the child’s hair cut, so as it ’ud lie smooth.”

    A dreadful resolve was gathering81 in Maggie’s breast, but it was arrested by the desire to know from her aunt Deane whether she would leave Lucy behind. Aunt Deane would hardly ever let Lucy come to see them. After various reasons for refusal, Mrs Deane appealed to Lucy herself.

    “You wouldn’t like to stay behind without mother, should you, Lucy?”

    “Yes, please, mother,” said Lucy, timidly, blushing very pink all over her little neck.

    “Well done, Lucy! Let her stay, Mrs Deane, let her stay,” said Mr Deane, a large but alert-looking man, with a type of physique to be seen in all ranks of English society,—bald crown, red whiskers, full forehead, and general solidity without heaviness. You may see noblemen like Mr Deane, and you may see grocers or day-labourers like him; but the keenness of his brown eyes was less common than his contour.

    He held a silver snuff-box very tightly in his hand, and now and then exchanged a pinch with Mr Tulliver, whose box was only silver-mounted, so that it was naturally a joke between them that Mr Tulliver wanted to exchange snuff-boxes also. Mr Deane’s box had been given him by the superior partners in the firm to which he belonged, at the same time that they gave him a share in the business, in acknowledgment of his valuable services as manager. No man was thought more highly of in St Ogg’s than Mr Deane; and some persons were even of opinion that Miss Susan Dodson, who was once held to have made the worst match of all the Dodson sisters, might one day ride in a better carriage, and live in a better house, even than her sister Pullet. There was no knowing where a man would stop, who had got his foot into a great mill-owning, ship-owning business like that of Guest & Co., with a banking82 concern attached. And Mrs Deane, as her intimate female friends observed, was proud and “having” enough; she wouldn’t let her husband stand still in the world for want of spurring.

    “Maggie,” said Mrs Tulliver, beckoning83 Maggie to her, and whispering in her ear, as soon as this point of Lucy’s staying was settled, “go and get your hair brushed, do, for shame. I told you not to come in without going to Martha first, you know I did.”

    “Tom come out with me,” whispered Maggie, pulling his sleeve as she passed him; and Tom followed willingly enough.

    “Come upstairs with me, Tom,” she whispered, when they were outside the door. “There’s something I want to do before dinner.”

    “There’s no time to play at anything before dinner,” said Tom, whose imagination was impatient of any intermediate prospect.

    “Oh yes, there is time for this; do come, Tom.”

    Tom followed Maggie upstairs into her mother’s room, and saw her go at once to a drawer, from which she took out a large pair of scissors.

    “What are they for, Maggie?” said Tom, feeling his curiosity awakened84.

    Maggie answered by seizing her front locks and cutting them straight across the middle of her forehead.

    “Oh, my buttons! Maggie, you’ll catch it!” exclaimed Tom; “you’d better not cut any more off.”

    Snip85! went the great scissors again while Tom was speaking, and he couldn’t help feeling it was rather good fun; Maggie would look so queer.

    “Here, Tom, cut it behind for me,” said Maggie, excited by her own daring, and anxious to finish the deed.

    “You’ll catch it, you know,” said Tom, nodding his head in an admonitory manner, and hesitating a little as he took the scissors.

    “Never mind, make haste!” said Maggie, giving a little stamp with her foot. Her cheeks were quite flushed.

    The black locks were so thick, nothing could be more tempting86 to a lad who had already tasted the forbidden pleasure of cutting the pony’s mane. I speak to those who know the satisfaction of making a pair of scissors meet through a duly resisting mass of hair. One delicious grinding snip, and then another and another, and the hinder-locks fell heavily on the floor, and Maggie stood cropped in a jagged, uneven87 manner, but with a sense of clearness and freedom, as if she had emerged from a wood into the open plain.

    “Oh, Maggie,” said Tom, jumping round her, and slapping his knees as he laughed, “Oh, my buttons! what a queer thing you look! Look at yourself in the glass; you look like the idiot we throw out nutshells to at school.”

    Maggie felt an unexpected pang. She had thought beforehand chiefly at her own deliverance from her teasing hair and teasing remarks about it, and something also of the triumph she should have over her mother and her aunts by this very decided course of action; she didn’t want her hair to look pretty,—that was out of the question,—she only wanted people to think her a clever little girl, and not to find fault with her. But now, when Tom began to laugh at her, and say she was like an idiot, the affair had quite a new aspect. She looked in the glass, and still Tom laughed and clapped his hands, and Maggie’s cheeks began to pale, and her lips to tremble a little.

    “Oh, Maggie, you’ll have to go down to dinner directly,” said Tom. “Oh, my!”

    “Don’t laugh at me, Tom,” said Maggie, in a passionate79 tone, with an outburst of angry tears, stamping, and giving him a push.

    “Now, then, spitfire!” said Tom. “What did you cut it off for, then? I shall go down: I can smell the dinner going in.”

    He hurried downstairs and left poor Maggie to that bitter sense of the irrevocable which was almost an everyday experience of her small soul. She could see clearly enough, now the thing was done, that it was very foolish, and that she should have to hear and think more about her hair than ever; for Maggie rushed to her deeds with passionate impulse, and then saw not only their consequences, but what would have happened if they had not been done, with all the detail and exaggerated circumstance of an active imagination. Tom never did the same sort of foolish things as Maggie, having a wonderful instinctive88 discernment of what would turn to his advantage or disadvantage; and so it happened, that though he was much more wilful89 and inflexible90 than Maggie, his mother hardly ever called him naughty. But if Tom did make a mistake of that sort, he espoused91 it, and stood by it: he “didn’t mind.” If he broke the lash92 of his father’s gigwhip by lashing93 the gate, he couldn’t help it,—the whip shouldn’t have got caught in the hinge. If Tom Tulliver whipped a gate, he was convinced, not that the whipping of gates by all boys was a justifiable94 act, but that he, Tom Tulliver, was justifiable in whipping that particular gate, and he wasn’t going to be sorry. But Maggie, as she stood crying before the glass, felt it impossible that she should go down to dinner and endure the severe eyes and severe words of her aunts, while Tom and Lucy, and Martha, who waited at table, and perhaps her father and her uncles, would laugh at her; for if Tom had laughed at her, of course every one else would; and if she had only let her hair alone, she could have sat with Tom and Lucy, and had the apricot pudding and the custard! What could she do but sob95? She sat as helpless and despairing among her black locks as Ajax among the slaughtered96 sheep. Very trivial, perhaps, this anguish97 seems to weather-worn mortals who have to think of Christmas bills, dead loves, and broken friendships; but it was not less bitter to Maggie—perhaps it was even more bitter—than what we are fond of calling antithetically the real troubles of mature life. “Ah, my child, you will have real troubles to fret about by and by,” is the consolation98 we have almost all of us had administered to us in our childhood, and have repeated to other children since we have been grown up. We have all of us sobbed99 so piteously, standing with tiny bare legs above our little socks, when we lost sight of our mother or nurse in some strange place; but we can no longer recall the poignancy100 of that moment and weep over it, as we do over the remembered sufferings of five or ten years ago. Every one of those keen moments has left its trace, and lives in us still, but such traces have blent themselves irrecoverably with the firmer texture101 of our youth and manhood; and so it comes that we can look on at the troubles of our children with a smiling disbelief in the reality of their pain. Is there any one who can recover the experience of his childhood, not merely with a memory of what he did and what happened to him, of what he liked and disliked when he was in frock and trousers, but with an intimate penetration102, a revived consciousness of what he felt then, when it was so long from one Midsummer to another; what he felt when his school fellows shut him out of their game because he would pitch the ball wrong out of mere wilfulness103; or on a rainy day in the holidays, when he didn’t know how to amuse himself, and fell from idleness into mischief104, from mischief into defiance105, and from defiance into sulkiness; or when his mother absolutely refused to let him have a tailed coat that “half,” although every other boy of his age had gone into tails already? Surely if we could recall that early bitterness, and the dim guesses, the strangely perspectiveless conception of life, that gave the bitterness its intensity106, we should not pooh-pooh the griefs of our children.

    “Miss Maggie, you’re to come down this minute,” said Kezia, entering the room hurriedly. “Lawks! what have you been a-doing? I never see such a fright!”

    “Don’t, Kezia,” said Maggie, angrily. “Go away!”

    “But I tell you you’re to come down, Miss, this minute; your mother says so,” said Kezia, going up to Maggie and taking her by the hand to raise her from the floor.

    “Get away, Kezia; I don’t want any dinner,” said Maggie, resisting Kezia’s arm. “I sha’n’t come.”

    “Oh, well, I can’t stay. I’ve got to wait at dinner,” said Kezia, going out again.

    “Maggie, you little silly,” said Tom, peeping into the room ten minutes after, “why don’t you come and have your dinner? There’s lots o’ goodies, and mother says you’re to come. What are you crying for, you little spooney?”

    Oh, it was dreadful! Tom was so hard and unconcerned; if he had been crying on the floor, Maggie would have cried too. And there was the dinner, so nice; and she was so hungry. It was very bitter.

    But Tom was not altogether hard. He was not inclined to cry, and did not feel that Maggie’s grief spoiled his prospect of the sweets; but he went and put his head near her, and said in a lower, comforting tone,—

    “Won’t you come, then, Magsie? Shall I bring you a bit o’ pudding when I’ve had mine, and a custard and things?”

    “Ye-e-es,” said Maggie, beginning to feel life a little more tolerable.

    “Very well,” said Tom, going away. But he turned again at the door and said, “But you’d better come, you know. There’s the dessert,—nuts, you know, and cowslip wine.”

    Maggie’s tears had ceased, and she looked reflective as Tom left her. His good nature had taken off the keenest edge of her suffering, and nuts with cowslip wine began to assert their legitimate107 influence.

    Slowly she rose from amongst her scattered108 locks, and slowly she made her way downstairs. Then she stood leaning with one shoulder against the frame of the dining-parlour door, peeping in when it was ajar. She saw Tom and Lucy with an empty chair between them, and there were the custards on a side-table; it was too much. She slipped in and went toward the empty chair. But she had no sooner sat down than she repented109 and wished herself back again.

    Mrs Tulliver gave a little scream as she saw her, and felt such a “turn” that she dropped the large gravy-spoon into the dish, with the most serious results to the table-cloth. For Kezia had not betrayed the reason of Maggie’s refusal to come down, not liking111 to give her mistress a shock in the moment of carving112, and Mrs Tulliver thought there was nothing worse in question than a fit of perverseness113, which was inflicting114 its own punishment by depriving Maggie of half her dinner.

    Mrs Tulliver’s scream made all eyes turn towards the same point as her own, and Maggie’s cheeks and ears began to burn, while uncle Glegg, a kind-looking, white-haired old gentleman, said,—

    “Heyday! what little gell’s this? Why, I don’t know her. Is it some little gell you’ve picked up in the road, Kezia?”

    “Why, she’s gone and cut her hair herself,” said Mr Tulliver in an undertone to Mr Deane, laughing with much enjoyment. “Did you ever know such a little hussy as it is?”

    “Why, little miss, you’ve made yourself look very funny,” said Uncle Pullet, and perhaps he never in his life made an observation which was felt to be so lacerating.

    “Fie, for shame!” said aunt Glegg, in her loudest, severest tone of reproof115. “Little gells as cut their own hair should be whipped and fed on bread and water,—not come and sit down with their aunts and uncles.”

    “Ay, ay,” said uncle Glegg, meaning to give a playful turn to this denunciation, “she must be sent to jail, I think, and they’ll cut the rest of her hair off there, and make it all even.”

    “She’s more like a gypsy nor ever,” said aunt Pullet, in a pitying tone; “it’s very bad luck, sister, as the gell should be so brown; the boy’s fair enough. I doubt it’ll stand in her way i’ life to be so brown.”

    “She’s a naughty child, as’ll break her mother’s heart,” said Mrs Tulliver, with the tears in her eyes.

    Maggie seemed to be listening to a chorus of reproach and derision. Her first flush came from anger, which gave her a transient power of defiance, and Tom thought she was braving it out, supported by the recent appearance of the pudding and custard. Under this impression, he whispered, “Oh, my! Maggie, I told you you’d catch it.” He meant to be friendly, but Maggie felt convinced that Tom was rejoicing in her ignominy. Her feeble power of defiance left her in an instant, her heart swelled116, and getting up from her chair, she ran to her father, hid her face on his shoulder, and burst out into loud sobbing117.

    “Come, come, my wench,” said her father, soothingly118, putting his arm round her, “never mind; you was i’ the right to cut it off if it plagued you; give over crying; father’ll take your part.”

    Delicious words of tenderness! Maggie never forgot any of these moments when her father “took her part”; she kept them in her heart, and thought of them long years after, when every one else said that her father had done very ill by his children.

    “How your husband does spoil that child, Bessy!” said Mrs Glegg, in a loud “aside,” to Mrs Tulliver. “It’ll be the ruin of her, if you don’t take care. My father never brought his children up so, else we should ha’ been a different sort o’ family to what we are.”

    Mrs Tulliver’s domestic sorrows seemed at this moment to have reached the point at which insensibility begins. She took no notice of her sister’s remark, but threw back her capstrings and dispensed119 the pudding, in mute resignation.

    With the dessert there came entire deliverance for Maggie, for the children were told they might have their nuts and wine in the summer-house, since the day was so mild; and they scampered120 out among the budding bushes of the garden with the alacrity121 of small animals getting from under a burning glass.

    Mrs Tulliver had her special reason for this permission: now the dinner was despatched, and every one’s mind disengaged, it was the right moment to communicate Mr Tulliver’s intention concerning Tom, and it would be as well for Tom himself to be absent. The children were used to hear themselves talked of as freely as if they were birds, and could understand nothing, however they might stretch their necks and listen; but on this occasion Mrs Tulliver manifested an unusual discretion122, because she had recently had evidence that the going to school to a clergyman was a sore point with Tom, who looked at it as very much on a par2 with going to school to a constable123. Mrs Tulliver had a sighing sense that her husband would do as he liked, whatever sister Glegg said, or sister Pullet either; but at least they would not be able to say, if the thing turned out ill, that Bessy had fallen in with her husband’s folly124 without letting her own friends know a word about it.

    “Mr Tulliver,” she said, interrupting her husband in his talk with Mr Deane, “it’s time now to tell the children’s aunts and uncles what you’re thinking of doing with Tom, isn’t it?”

    “Very well,” said Mr Tulliver, rather sharply, “I’ve no objections to tell anybody what I mean to do with him. I’ve settled,” he added, looking toward Mr Glegg and Mr Deane,—“I’ve settled to send him to a Mr Stelling, a parson, down at King’s Lorton, there,—an uncommon125 clever fellow, I understand, as’ll put him up to most things.”

    There was a rustling126 demonstration127 of surprise in the company, such as you may have observed in a country congregation when they hear an allusion to their week-day affairs from the pulpit. It was equally astonishing to the aunts and uncles to find a parson introduced into Mr Tulliver’s family arrangements. As for uncle Pullet, he could hardly have been more thoroughly obfuscated128 if Mr Tulliver had said that he was going to send Tom to the Lord Chancellor129; for uncle Pullet belonged to that extinct class of British yeoman who, dressed in good broadcloth, paid high rates and taxes, went to church, and ate a particularly good dinner on Sunday, without dreaming that the British constitution in Church and State had a traceable origin any more than the solar system and the fixed130 stars.

    It is melancholy, but true, that Mr Pullet had the most confused idea of a bishop131 as a sort of a baronet, who might or might not be a clergyman; and as the rector of his own parish was a man of high family and fortune, the idea that a clergyman could be a schoolmaster was too remote from Mr Pullet’s experience to be readily conceivable. I know it is difficult for people in these instructed times to believe in uncle Pullet’s ignorance; but let them reflect on the remarkable132 results of a great natural faculty133 under favouring circumstances. And uncle Pullet had a great natural faculty for ignorance. He was the first to give utterance134 to his astonishment135.

    “Why, what can you be going to send him to a parson for?” he said, with an amazed twinkling in his eyes, looking at Mr Glegg and Mr Deane, to see if they showed any signs of comprehension.

    “Why, because the parsons are the best schoolmasters, by what I can make out,” said poor Mr Tulliver, who, in the maze136 of this puzzling world, laid hold of any clue with great readiness and tenacity137. “Jacobs at th’ academy’s no parson, and he’s done very bad by the boy; and I made up my mind, if I send him to school again, it should be to somebody different to Jacobs. And this Mr Stelling, by what I can make out, is the sort o’ man I want. And I mean my boy to go to him at Midsummer,” he concluded, in a tone of decision, tapping his snuff-box and taking a pinch.

    “You’ll have to pay a swinging half-yearly bill, then, eh, Tulliver? The clergymen have highish notions, in general,” said Mr Deane, taking snuff vigorously, as he always did when wishing to maintain a neutral position.

    “What! do you think the parson’ll teach him to know a good sample o’ wheat when he sees it, neighbour Tulliver?” said Mr Glegg, who was fond of his jest, and having retired138 from business, felt that it was not only allowable but becoming in him to take a playful view of things.

    “Why, you see, I’ve got a plan i’ my head about Tom,” said Mr Tulliver, pausing after that statement and lifting up his glass.

    “Well, if I may be allowed to speak, and it’s seldom as I am,” said Mrs Glegg, with a tone of bitter meaning, “I should like to know what good is to come to the boy by bringin’ him up above his fortin.”

    “Why,” said Mr Tulliver, not looking at Mrs Glegg, but at the male part of his audience, “you see, I’ve made up my mind not to bring Tom up to my own business. I’ve had my thoughts about it all along, and I made up my mind by what I saw with Garnett and his son. I mean to put him to some business as he can go into without capital, and I want to give him an eddication as he’ll be even wi’ the lawyers and folks, and put me up to a notion now an’ then.”

    Mrs Glegg emitted a long sort of guttural sound with closed lips, that smiled in mingled139 pity and scorn.

    “It ’ud be a fine deal better for some people,” she said, after that introductory note, “if they’d let the lawyers alone.”

    “Is he at the head of a grammar school, then, this clergyman, such as that at Market Bewley?” said Mr Deane.

    “No, nothing of that,” said Mr Tulliver. “He won’t take more than two or three pupils, and so he’ll have the more time to attend to ’em, you know.”

    “Ah, and get his eddication done the sooner; they can’t learn much at a time when there’s so many of ’em,” said uncle Pullet, feeling that he was getting quite an insight into this difficult matter.

    “But he’ll want the more pay, I doubt,” said Mr Glegg.

    “Ay, ay, a cool hundred a year, that’s all,” said Mr Tulliver, with some pride at his own spirited course. “But then, you know, it’s an investment; Tom’s eddication ’ull be so much capital to him.”

    “Ay, there’s something in that,” said Mr Glegg. “Well well, neighbour Tulliver, you may be right, you may be right:

    ‘When land is gone and money’s spent,

    Then learning is most excellent.’

    “I remembe

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    1 impartial [ɪmˈpɑ:ʃl] eykyR   第7级
    adj.(in,to)公正的,无偏见的
    参考例句:
    • He gave an impartial view of the state of affairs in Ireland. 他对爱尔兰的事态发表了公正的看法。
    • Careers officers offer impartial advice to all pupils. 就业指导员向所有学生提供公正无私的建议。
    2 par [pɑ:(r)] OK0xR   第8级
    n.标准,票面价值,平均数量;adj.票面的,平常的,标准的
    参考例句:
    • Sales of nylon have been below par in recent years. 近年来尼龙织品的销售额一直不及以往。
    • I don't think his ability is on a par with yours. 我认为他的能力不能与你的能力相媲美。
    3 comely [ˈkʌmli] GWeyX   第11级
    adj.漂亮的,合宜的
    参考例句:
    • His wife is a comely young woman. 他的妻子是一个美丽的少妇。
    • A nervous, comely-dressed little girl stepped out. 一个紧张不安、衣着漂亮的小姑娘站了出来。
    4 spotted [ˈspɒtɪd] 7FEyj   第8级
    adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的
    参考例句:
    • The milkman selected the spotted cows, from among a herd of two hundred. 牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
    • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks. 山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
    5 chamber [ˈtʃeɪmbə(r)] wnky9   第7级
    n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所
    参考例句:
    • For many, the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber. 对许多人来说,牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
    • The chamber was ablaze with light. 会议厅里灯火辉煌。
    6 glossiest [] 3b53335e4d1bbf01ea1f91863e1267eb   第9级
    光滑的( glossy的最高级 ); 虚有其表的; 浮华的
    参考例句:
    7 glossy [ˈglɒsi] nfvxx   第9级
    adj.平滑的;有光泽的
    参考例句:
    • I like these glossy spots. 我喜欢这些闪闪发光的花点。
    • She had glossy black hair. 她长着乌黑发亮的头发。
    8 secular [ˈsekjələ(r)] GZmxM   第8级
    n.牧师,凡人;adj.世俗的,现世的,不朽的
    参考例句:
    • We live in an increasingly secular society. 我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
    • Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates. 英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。
    9 pointed [ˈpɔɪntɪd] Il8zB4   第7级
    adj.尖的,直截了当的
    参考例句:
    • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil. 他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
    • A safety pin has a metal covering over the pointed end. 安全别针在尖端有一个金属套。
    10 allusion [əˈlu:ʒn] CfnyW   第9级
    n.暗示,间接提示
    参考例句:
    • He made an allusion to a secret plan in his speech. 在讲话中他暗示有一项秘密计划。
    • She made no allusion to the incident. 她没有提及那个事件。
    11 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。
    12 bonnet [ˈbɒnɪt] AtSzQ   第10级
    n.无边女帽;童帽
    参考例句:
    • The baby's bonnet keeps the sun out of her eyes. 婴孩的帽子遮住阳光,使之不刺眼。
    • She wore a faded black bonnet garnished with faded artificial flowers. 她戴着一顶褪了色的黑色无边帽,帽上缀着褪了色的假花。
    13 tilted [tɪltɪd] 3gtzE5   第7级
    v. 倾斜的
    参考例句:
    • Suddenly the boat tilted to one side. 小船突然倾向一侧。
    • She tilted her chin at him defiantly. 她向他翘起下巴表示挑衅。
    14 draughts [dræfts] 154c3dda2291d52a1622995b252b5ac8   第10级
    n. <英>国际跳棋
    参考例句:
    • Seal (up) the window to prevent draughts. 把窗户封起来以防风。
    • I will play at draughts with him. 我跟他下一盘棋吧!
    15 sable [ˈseɪbl] VYRxp   第11级
    n.黑貂;adj.黑色的
    参考例句:
    • Artists' brushes are sometimes made of sable. 画家的画笔有的是用貂毛制的。
    • Down the sable flood they glided. 他们在黑黝黝的洪水中随波逐流。
    16 constellations [kɒnstə'leɪʃnz] ee34f7988ee4aa80f9502f825177c85d   第10级
    n.星座( constellation的名词复数 );一群杰出人物;一系列(相关的想法、事物);一群(相关的人)
    参考例句:
    • The map of the heavens showed all the northern constellations. 这份天体图标明了北半部所有的星座。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • His time was coming, he would move in the constellations of power. 他时来运转,要进入权力中心了。 来自教父部分
    17 stratum [ˈstrɑ:təm] TGHzK   第10级
    n.地层,社会阶层
    参考例句:
    • The coal is a coal resource that reserves in old stratum. 石煤是贮藏在古老地层中的一种煤炭资源。
    • How does Chinese society define the class and stratum? 中国社会如何界定阶级与阶层?
    18 ails [eɪlz] c1d673fb92864db40e1d98aae003f6db   第11级
    v.生病( ail的第三人称单数 );感到不舒服;处境困难;境况不佳
    参考例句:
    • He will not concede what anything ails his business. 他不允许任何事情来干扰他的工作。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • Measles ails the little girl. 麻疹折磨着这个小女孩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    19 broth [brɒθ] acsyx   第11级
    n.原(汁)汤(鱼汤、肉汤、菜汤等)
    参考例句:
    • Every cook praises his own broth. 厨子总是称赞自己做的汤。
    • Just a bit of a mouse's dropping will spoil a whole saucepan of broth. 一粒老鼠屎败坏一锅汤。
    20 emphatic [ɪmˈfætɪk] 0P1zA   第9级
    adj.强调的,着重的;无可置疑的,明显的
    参考例句:
    • Their reply was too emphatic for anyone to doubt them. 他们的回答很坚决,不容有任何人怀疑。
    • He was emphatic about the importance of being punctual. 他强调严守时间的重要性。
    21 prospect [ˈprɒspekt] P01zn   第7级
    n.前景,前途;景色,视野
    参考例句:
    • This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect. 事态呈现出可喜的前景。
    • The prospect became more evident. 前景变得更加明朗了。
    22 savings ['seɪvɪŋz] ZjbzGu   第8级
    n.存款,储蓄
    参考例句:
    • I can't afford the vacation, for it would eat up my savings. 我度不起假,那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
    • By this time he had used up all his savings. 到这时,他的存款已全部用完。
    23 apparently [əˈpærəntli] tMmyQ   第7级
    adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
    参考例句:
    • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space. 山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
    • He was apparently much surprised at the news. 他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
    24 requisite [ˈrekwɪzɪt] 2W0xu   第9级
    adj.需要的,必不可少的;n.必需品
    参考例句:
    • He hasn't got the requisite qualifications for the job. 他不具备这工作所需的资格。
    • Food and air are requisite for life. 食物和空气是生命的必需品。
    25 cravat [krəˈvæt] 7zTxF   第11级
    n.领巾,领结;v.使穿有领结的服装,使结领结
    参考例句:
    • You're never fully dressed without a cravat. 不打领结,就不算正装。
    • Mr. Kenge adjusting his cravat, then looked at us. 肯吉先生整了整领带,然后又望着我们。
    26 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。
    27 mantle [ˈmæntl] Y7tzs   第9级
    n.斗篷,覆罩之物,罩子;vt.&vi.罩住,覆盖,脸红
    参考例句:
    • The earth had donned her mantle of brightest green. 大地披上了苍翠欲滴的绿色斗篷。
    • The mountain was covered with a mantle of snow. 山上覆盖着一层雪。
    28 complexity [kəmˈpleksəti] KO9z3   第7级
    n.复杂(性),复杂的事物
    参考例句:
    • Only now did he understand the full complexity of the problem. 直到现在他才明白这一问题的全部复杂性。
    • The complexity of the road map puzzled me. 错综复杂的公路图把我搞糊涂了。
    29 civilisation [sɪvɪlaɪ'zeɪʃən] civilisation   第8级
    n.文明,文化,开化,教化
    参考例句:
    • Energy and ideas are the twin bases of our civilisation. 能源和思想是我们文明的两大基石。
    • This opera is one of the cultural totems of Western civilisation. 这部歌剧是西方文明的文化标志物之一。
    30 bracelets [b'reɪslɪts] 58df124ddcdc646ef29c1c5054d8043d   第8级
    n.手镯,臂镯( bracelet的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • The lamplight struck a gleam from her bracelets. 她的手镯在灯光的照射下闪闪发亮。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • On display are earrings, necklaces and bracelets made from jade, amber and amethyst. 展出的有用玉石、琥珀和紫水晶做的耳环、项链和手镯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    31 strings [strɪŋz] nh0zBe   第12级
    n.弦
    参考例句:
    • He sat on the bed, idly plucking the strings of his guitar. 他坐在床上,随意地拨着吉他的弦。
    • She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp. 她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
    32 varied [ˈveərid] giIw9   第8级
    adj.多样的,多变化的
    参考例句:
    • The forms of art are many and varied. 艺术的形式是多种多样的。
    • The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment. 宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。
    33 analytic [ˌænəˈlɪtɪk] NwVzn   第7级
    adj.分析的,用分析方法的
    参考例句:
    • The boy has an analytic mind. 这男孩有分析的头脑。
    • Latin is a synthetic language, while English is analytic. 拉丁文是一种综合性语言,而英语是一种分析性语言。
    34 devious [ˈdi:viəs] 2Pdzv   第9级
    adj.不坦率的,狡猾的;迂回的,曲折的
    参考例句:
    • Susan is a devious person and we can't depend on her. 苏姗是个狡猾的人,我们不能依赖她。
    • He is a man who achieves success by devious means. 他这个人通过不正当手段获取成功。
    35 subside [səbˈsaɪd] OHyzt   第9级
    vi.平静,平息;下沉,塌陷,沉降
    参考例句:
    • The emotional reaction which results from a serious accident takes time to subside. 严重事故所引起的情绪化的反应需要时间来平息。
    • The controversies surrounding population growth are unlikely to subside soon. 围绕着人口增长问题的争论看来不会很快平息。
    36 pensively ['pensɪvlɪ] 0f673d10521fb04c1a2f12fdf08f9f8c   第10级
    adv.沉思地,焦虑地
    参考例句:
    • Garton pensively stirred the hotchpotch of his hair. 加顿沉思着搅动自己的乱发。 来自辞典例句
    • "Oh, me,'said Carrie, pensively. "I wish I could live in such a place." “唉,真的,"嘉莉幽幽地说,"我真想住在那种房子里。” 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
    37 latitude [ˈlætɪtju:d] i23xV   第7级
    n.纬度,行动或言论的自由(范围),(pl.)地区
    参考例句:
    • The latitude of the island is 20 degrees south. 该岛的纬度是南纬20度。
    • The two cities are at approximately the same latitude. 这两个城市差不多位于同一纬度上。
    38 rhetoric [ˈretərɪk] FCnzz   第8级
    n.修辞学,浮夸之言语
    参考例句:
    • Do you know something about rhetoric? 你懂点修辞学吗?
    • Behind all the rhetoric, his relations with the army are dangerously poised. 在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后,他和军队的关系岌岌可危。
    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 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。
    41 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.
    42 upbraided [ʌpˈbreɪdid] 20b92c31e3c04d3e03c94c2920baf66a   第10级
    v.责备,申斥,谴责( upbraid的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The captain upbraided his men for falling asleep. 上尉因他的部下睡着了而斥责他们。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • My wife upbraided me for not earning more money. 我的太太为了我没有赚更多的钱而责备我。 来自辞典例句
    43 sufficiently [sə'fɪʃntlɪ] 0htzMB   第8级
    adv.足够地,充分地
    参考例句:
    • It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently. 原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
    • The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views. 新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。
    44 lapse [læps] t2lxL   第7级
    n.过失,流逝,失效,抛弃信仰,间隔;vi.堕落,停止,失效,流逝;vt.使失效
    参考例句:
    • The incident was being seen as a serious security lapse. 这一事故被看作是一次严重的安全疏忽。
    • I had a lapse of memory. 我记错了。
    45 omission [əˈmɪʃn] mjcyS   第9级
    n.省略,删节;遗漏或省略的事物,冗长
    参考例句:
    • The omission of the girls was unfair. 把女孩排除在外是不公平的。
    • The omission of this chapter from the third edition was a gross oversight. 第三版漏印这一章是个大疏忽。
    46 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。
    47 compassion [kəmˈpæʃn] 3q2zZ   第8级
    n.同情,怜悯
    参考例句:
    • He could not help having compassion for the poor creature. 他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
    • Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children. 她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。
    48 strata [ˈstrɑ:tə] GUVzv   第12级
    n.地层(复数);社会阶层
    参考例句:
    • The older strata gradually disintegrate. 较老的岩层渐渐风化。
    • They represent all social strata. 他们代表各个社会阶层。
    49 injustice [ɪnˈdʒʌstɪs] O45yL   第8级
    n.非正义,不公正,不公平,侵犯(别人的)权利
    参考例句:
    • They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated. 他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
    • All his life he has been struggling against injustice. 他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。
    50 frock [frɒk] 4fuzh   第10级
    n.连衣裙;v.使穿长工作服
    参考例句:
    • That frock shows your petticoat.那件上衣太短,让你的衬裙露出来了。
    • Few Englishmen wear frock coats now.They went out years ago.现在,英国人很少穿大礼服了,大礼服在多年以前就不时兴了。
    51 maternal [məˈtɜ:nl] 57Azi   第8级
    adj.母亲的,母亲般的,母系的,母方的
    参考例句:
    • He is my maternal uncle. 他是我舅舅。
    • The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts. 那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。
    52 bosom [ˈbʊzəm] Lt9zW   第7级
    n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的
    参考例句:
    • She drew a little book from her bosom. 她从怀里取出一本小册子。
    • A dark jealousy stirred in his bosom. 他内心生出一阵恶毒的嫉妒。
    53 smelt [smelt] tiuzKF   第12级
    vt. 熔炼,冶炼;精炼 n. 香鱼;胡瓜鱼 vi. 熔炼,精炼
    参考例句:
    • Tin is a comparatively easy metal to smelt. 锡是比较容易熔化的金属。
    • Darby was looking for a way to improve iron when he hit upon the idea of smelting it with coke instead of charcoal. 达比一直在寻找改善铁质的方法,他猛然想到可以不用木炭熔炼, 而改用焦炭。
    54 basting ['beɪstɪŋ] 8d5dc183572d4f051f15afeb390ee908   第11级
    n.疏缝;疏缝的针脚;疏缝用线;涂油v.打( baste的现在分词 );粗缝;痛斥;(烤肉等时)往上抹[浇]油
    参考例句:
    • Pam was in the middle of basting the turkey. 帕姆正在往烤鸡上淋油。 来自辞典例句
    • Moreover, roasting and basting operations were continually carried on in front of the genial blaze. 此外,文火上还不断地翻烤着肉食。 来自辞典例句
    55 sage [seɪdʒ] sCUz2   第10级
    n.圣人,哲人;adj.贤明的,明智的
    参考例句:
    • I was grateful for the old man's sage advice. 我很感激那位老人贤明的忠告。
    • The sage is the instructor of a hundred ages. 这位哲人是百代之师。
    56 garnished [ˈgɑ:nɪʃt] 978c1af39d17f6c3c31319295529b2c3   第10级
    v.给(上餐桌的食物)加装饰( garnish的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • Her robes were garnished with gems. 她的礼服上装饰着宝石。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Serve the dish garnished with wedges of lime. 给这道菜配上几角酸橙。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    57 withered [ˈwɪðəd] 342a99154d999c47f1fc69d900097df9   第7级
    adj. 枯萎的,干瘪的,(人身体的部分器官)因病萎缩的或未发育良好的 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式
    参考例句:
    • The grass had withered in the warm sun. 这些草在温暖的阳光下枯死了。
    • The leaves of this tree have become dry and withered. 这棵树下的叶子干枯了。
    58 lettuces ['letɪsɪz] 36ffcdaf031f1bb6733a3cbf66f68f44   第7级
    n.莴苣,生菜( lettuce的名词复数 );生菜叶
    参考例句:
    • My lettuces have gone to seed. 我种的莴苣已结子。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • Are these lettuces home-grown or did you buy them in the market? 这些生菜是自家种的呢,还是你在市场上买的? 来自辞典例句
    59 toads [təudz] 848d4ebf1875eac88fe0765c59ce57d1   第8级
    n.蟾蜍,癞蛤蟆( toad的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • All toads blink when they swallow. 所有的癞蛤蟆吞食东西时都会眨眼皮。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Toads have shorter legs and are generally more clumsy than frogs. 蟾蜍比青蛙脚短,一般说来没有青蛙灵活。 来自辞典例句
    60 pelt [pelt] A3vzi   第11级
    vt.投掷,剥皮,抨击,开火;vi.连续投掷;雨等急降
    参考例句:
    • The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble. 那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。
    • Crowds started to pelt police cars with stones. 人群开始向警车扔石块。
    61 shuddered [ˈʃʌdəd] 70137c95ff493fbfede89987ee46ab86   第8级
    v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动
    参考例句:
    • He slammed on the brakes and the car shuddered to a halt. 他猛踩刹车,车颤抖着停住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • I shuddered at the sight of the dead body. 我一看见那尸体就战栗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    62 standing [ˈstændɪŋ] 2hCzgo   第8级
    n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
    参考例句:
    • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing. 地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
    • They're standing out against any change in the law. 他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
    63 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。
    64 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。
    65 curtailed [kə:ˈteild] 7746e1f810c323c484795ba1ce76a5e5   第9级
    v.截断,缩短( curtail的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • Spending on books has been severely curtailed. 购书开支已被大大削减。
    • Their public health programme had to be severely curtailed. 他们的公共卫生计划不得不大大收缩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    66 pang [pæŋ] OKixL   第9级
    n.剧痛,悲痛,苦闷;vt.使剧痛,折磨
    参考例句:
    • She experienced a sharp pang of disappointment. 她经历了失望的巨大痛苦。
    • She was beginning to know the pang of disappointed love. 她开始尝到了失恋的痛苦。
    67 conspicuous [kənˈspɪkjuəs] spszE   第7级
    adj.明眼的,惹人注目的;炫耀的,摆阔气的
    参考例句:
    • It is conspicuous that smoking is harmful to health. 很明显,抽烟对健康有害。
    • Its colouring makes it highly conspicuous. 它的色彩使它非常惹人注目。
    68 connoisseur [ˌkɒnəˈsɜ:(r)] spEz3   第9级
    n.鉴赏家,行家,内行
    参考例句:
    • Only the real connoisseur could tell the difference between these two wines. 只有真正的内行才能指出这两种酒的区别。
    • We are looking for a connoisseur of French champagne. 我们想找一位法国香槟酒品酒专家。
    69 maturity [məˈtʃʊərəti] 47nzh   第7级
    n.成熟;完成;(支票、债券等)到期
    参考例句:
    • These plants ought to reach maturity after five years. 这些植物五年后就该长成了。
    • This is the period at which the body attains maturity. 这是身体发育成熟的时期。
    70 natty [ˈnæti] YF1xY   第12级
    adj.整洁的,漂亮的
    参考例句:
    • Cliff was a natty dresser. 克利夫是讲究衣着整洁美观的人。
    • Please keep this office natty and use the binaries provided. 请保持办公室整洁,使用所提供的垃圾箱。
    71 rosebud [ˈrəʊzbʌd] xjZzfD   第11级
    n.蔷薇花蕾,妙龄少女
    参考例句:
    • At West Ham he was thought of as the rosebud that never properly flowered. 在西汉姆他被认为是一个尚未开放的花蕾。
    • Unlike the Rosebud salve, this stuff is actually worth the money. 跟玫瑰花蕾膏不一样,这个更值的买。
    72 beads [bi:dz] 894701f6859a9d5c3c045fd6f355dbf5   第7级
    n.(空心)小珠子( bead的名词复数 );水珠;珠子项链
    参考例句:
    • a necklace of wooden beads 一条木珠项链
    • Beads of perspiration stood out on his forehead. 他的前额上挂着汗珠。
    73 eyebrows ['aɪbraʊz] a0e6fb1330e9cfecfd1c7a4d00030ed5   第7级
    眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
    • His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。
    74 heyday [ˈheɪdeɪ] CdTxI   第10级
    n.全盛时期,青春期
    参考例句:
    • The 19th century was the heyday of steam railways. 19世纪是蒸汽机车鼎盛的时代。
    • She was a great singer in her heyday. 她在自己的黄金时代是个了不起的歌唱家。
    75 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。
    76 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。
    77 idiotic [ˌɪdiˈɒtɪk] wcFzd   第12级
    adj.白痴的
    参考例句:
    • It is idiotic to go shopping with no money. 去买东西而不带钱是很蠢的。
    • The child's idiotic deeds caused his family much trouble. 那小孩愚蠢的行为给家庭带来许多麻烦。
    78 compassionate [kəmˈpæʃənət] PXPyc   第9级
    adj.有同情心的,表示同情的
    参考例句:
    • She is a compassionate person. 她是一个有同情心的人。
    • The compassionate judge gave the young offender a light sentence. 慈悲的法官从轻判处了那个年轻罪犯。
    79 passionate [ˈpæʃənət] rLDxd   第8级
    adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的
    参考例句:
    • He is said to be the most passionate man. 据说他是最有激情的人。
    • He is very passionate about the project. 他对那个项目非常热心。
    80 outgrow [ˌaʊtˈgrəʊ] YJ8xE   第9级
    vt.长大得使…不再适用;成长得不再要
    参考例句:
    • The little girl will outgrow her fear of pet animals. 小女孩慢慢长大后就不会再怕宠物了。
    • Children who walk in their sleep usually outgrow the habit. 梦游的孩子通常在长大后这个习惯自然消失。
    81 gathering [ˈgæðərɪŋ] ChmxZ   第8级
    n.集会,聚会,聚集
    参考例句:
    • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering. 他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
    • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels. 他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
    82 banking [ˈbæŋkɪŋ] aySz20   第8级
    n.银行业,银行学,金融业
    参考例句:
    • John is launching his son on a career in banking. 约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
    • He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking. 他具有广博的银行业务知识。
    83 beckoning ['bekənŋ] fcbc3f0e8d09c5f29e4c5759847d03d6   第7级
    adj.引诱人的,令人心动的v.(用头或手的动作)示意,召唤( beckon的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • An even more beautiful future is beckoning us on. 一个更加美好的未来在召唤我们继续前进。 来自辞典例句
    • He saw a youth of great radiance beckoning to him. 他看见一个丰神飘逸的少年向他招手。 来自辞典例句
    84 awakened [əˈweɪkənd] de71059d0b3cd8a1de21151c9166f9f0   第8级
    v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到
    参考例句:
    • She awakened to the sound of birds singing. 她醒来听到鸟的叫声。
    • The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation. 公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    85 snip [snɪp] XhcyD   第10级
    n.便宜货,廉价货,剪,剪断
    参考例句:
    • He has now begun to snip away at the piece of paper. 现在他已经开始剪这张纸。
    • The beautifully made briefcase is a snip at £74.25. 这个做工精美的公文包售价才74.25英镑,可谓物美价廉。
    86 tempting ['temptiŋ] wgAzd4   第7级
    a.诱人的, 吸引人的
    参考例句:
    • It is tempting to idealize the past. 人都爱把过去的日子说得那么美好。
    • It was a tempting offer. 这是个诱人的提议。
    87 uneven [ʌnˈi:vn] akwwb   第8级
    adj.不平坦的,不规则的,不均匀的
    参考例句:
    • The sidewalk is very uneven-be careful where you walk. 这人行道凹凸不平——走路时请小心。
    • The country was noted for its uneven distribution of land resources. 这个国家以土地资源分布不均匀出名。
    88 instinctive [ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv] c6jxT   第9级
    adj.(出于)本能的;直觉的;(出于)天性的
    参考例句:
    • He tried to conceal his instinctive revulsion at the idea. 他试图饰盖自己对这一想法本能的厌恶。
    • Animals have an instinctive fear of fire. 动物本能地怕火。
    89 wilful [ˈwɪlfl] xItyq   第12级
    adj.任性的,故意的
    参考例句:
    • A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon. 不能宽恕故意犯下的错误。
    • He later accused reporters of wilful distortion and bias. 他后来指责记者有意歪曲事实并带有偏见。
    90 inflexible [ɪnˈfleksəbl] xbZz7   第8级
    adj.不可改变的,不受影响的,不屈服的
    参考例句:
    • Charles was a man of settled habits and inflexible routine. 查尔斯是一个恪守习惯、生活规律不容打乱的人。
    • The new plastic is completely inflexible. 这种新塑料是完全不可弯曲的。
    91 espoused [ɪˈspaʊzd] e4bb92cfc0056652a51fe54370e2951b   第10级
    v.(决定)支持,拥护(目标、主张等)( espouse的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • They espoused the notion of equal opportunity for all in education. 他们赞同在教育方面人人机会均等的观念。
    • The ideas she espoused were incomprehensible to me. 她所支持的意见令我难以理解。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    92 lash [læʃ] a2oxR   第7级
    vt.系牢;鞭打;猛烈抨击;vi.鞭打;猛击;急速甩动;n.鞭打;眼睫毛
    参考例句:
    • He received a lash of her hand on his cheek. 他突然被她打了一记耳光。
    • With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her. 老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。
    93 lashing [ˈlæʃɪŋ] 97a95b88746153568e8a70177bc9108e   第7级
    n.鞭打;痛斥;大量;许多v.鞭打( lash的现在分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥
    参考例句:
    • The speaker was lashing the crowd. 演讲人正在煽动人群。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The rain was lashing the windows. 雨急打着窗子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    94 justifiable [ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪəbl] a3ExP   第11级
    adj.有理由的,无可非议的
    参考例句:
    • What he has done is hardly justifiable. 他的所作所为说不过去。
    • Justifiable defense is the act being exempted from crimes. 正当防卫不属于犯罪行为。
    95 sob [sɒb] HwMwx   第7级
    n.空间轨道的轰炸机;呜咽,哭泣;vi.啜泣,呜咽;(风等)发出呜咽声;vt.哭诉,啜泣
    参考例句:
    • The child started to sob when he couldn't find his mother. 孩子因找不到他妈妈哭了起来。
    • The girl didn't answer, but continued to sob with her head on the table. 那个女孩不回答,也不抬起头来。她只顾趴在桌子上低声哭着。
    96 slaughtered [ˈslɔ:təd] 59ed88f0d23c16f58790fb11c4a5055d   第8级
    v.屠杀,杀戮,屠宰( slaughter的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The invading army slaughtered a lot of people. 侵略军杀了许多人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered. 数百名无辜平民遭残杀。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    97 anguish [ˈæŋgwɪʃ] awZz0   第7级
    n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼
    参考例句:
    • She cried out for anguish at parting. 分手时,她由于痛苦而失声大哭。
    • The unspeakable anguish wrung his heart. 难言的痛苦折磨着他的心。
    98 consolation [ˌkɒnsəˈleɪʃn] WpbzC   第10级
    n.安慰,慰问
    参考例句:
    • The children were a great consolation to me at that time. 那时孩子们成了我的莫大安慰。
    • This news was of little consolation to us. 这个消息对我们来说没有什么安慰。
    99 sobbed ['sɒbd] 4a153e2bbe39eef90bf6a4beb2dba759   第7级
    哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说
    参考例句:
    • She sobbed out the story of her son's death. 她哭诉着她儿子的死。
    • She sobbed out the sad story of her son's death. 她哽咽着诉说她儿子死去的悲惨经过。
    100 poignancy ['pɔinənsi] xOMx3   第10级
    n.辛酸事,尖锐
    参考例句:
    • As she sat in church her face had a pathos and poignancy. 当她坐在教堂里时,脸上带着一种哀婉和辛辣的表情。
    • The movie, "Trains, Planes, and Automobiles" treats this with hilarity and poignancy. 电影“火车,飞机和汽车”是以欢娱和热情庆祝这个节日。
    101 texture [ˈtekstʃə(r)] kpmwQ   第7级
    n.(织物)质地;(材料)构造;结构;肌理
    参考例句:
    • We could feel the smooth texture of silk. 我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
    • Her skin has a fine texture. 她的皮肤细腻。
    102 penetration [ˌpenɪˈtreɪʃn] 1M8xw   第8级
    n.穿透,穿人,渗透
    参考例句:
    • He is a man of penetration. 他是一个富有洞察力的人。
    • Our aim is to achieve greater market penetration. 我们的目标是进一步打入市场。
    103 wilfulness ['wɪlfəlnɪs] 922df0f2716e8273f9323afc2b0c72af   第12级
    任性;倔强
    参考例句:
    • I refuse to stand by and see the company allowed to run aground because of one woman's wilfulness. 我不会袖手旁观,眼看公司因为一个女人的一意孤行而触礁。 来自柯林斯例句
    104 mischief [ˈmɪstʃɪf] jDgxH   第7级
    n.损害,伤害,危害;恶作剧,捣蛋,胡闹
    参考例句:
    • Nobody took notice of the mischief of the matter. 没有人注意到这件事情所带来的危害。
    • He seems to intend mischief. 看来他想捣蛋。
    105 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。
    106 intensity [ɪnˈtensəti] 45Ixd   第7级
    n.强烈,剧烈;强度;烈度
    参考例句:
    • I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue. 我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
    • The strike is growing in intensity. 罢工日益加剧。
    107 legitimate [lɪˈdʒɪtɪmət] L9ZzJ   第8级
    adj.合法的,合理的,合乎逻辑的;v.使合法
    参考例句:
    • Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave. 生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
    • That's a perfectly legitimate fear. 怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。
    108 scattered ['skætəd] 7jgzKF   第7级
    adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
    参考例句:
    • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
    109 repented [rɪˈpentid] c24481167c6695923be1511247ed3c08   第8级
    对(自己的所为)感到懊悔或忏悔( repent的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He repented his thoughtlessness. 他后悔自己的轻率。
    • Darren repented having shot the bird. 达伦后悔射杀了那只鸟。
    110 repent [rɪˈpent] 1CIyT   第8级
    vi. 后悔;忏悔 vt. 后悔;对…感到后悔 adj. [植] 匍匐生根的;[动] 爬行的
    参考例句:
    • He has nothing to repent of. 他没有什么要懊悔的。
    • Remission of sins is promised to those who repent. 悔罪者可得到赦免。
    111 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。
    112 carving [ˈkɑ:vɪŋ] 5wezxw   第8级
    n.雕刻品,雕花
    参考例句:
    • All the furniture in the room had much carving. 房间里所有的家具上都有许多雕刻。
    • He acquired the craft of wood carving in his native town. 他在老家学会了木雕手艺。
    113 perverseness [] 1e73ecc61d03e6d43ccc490ffb696d33   第9级
    n. 乖张, 倔强, 顽固
    参考例句:
    • A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness spirit. 温良的舌是生命树,乖谬的嘴使人心碎。
    • A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is spirit. 说安慰话的舌头是生命树;奸恶的舌头使人心碎。
    114 inflicting [inˈfliktɪŋ] 1c8a133a3354bfc620e3c8d51b3126ae   第7级
    把…强加给,使承受,遭受( inflict的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。
    • It's impossible to do research without inflicting some pain on animals. 搞研究不让动物遭点罪是不可能的。
    115 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。
    116 swelled [sweld] bd4016b2ddc016008c1fc5827f252c73   第7级
    增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情)
    参考例句:
    • The infection swelled his hand. 由于感染,他的手肿了起来。
    • After the heavy rain the river swelled. 大雨过后,河水猛涨。
    117 sobbing ['sɒbɪŋ] df75b14f92e64fc9e1d7eaf6dcfc083a   第7级
    <主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的
    参考例句:
    • I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我听见有个孩子在呜呜地哭。
    • Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因刚哭过而发红。
    118 soothingly [su:ðɪŋlɪ] soothingly   第7级
    adv.抚慰地,安慰地;镇痛地
    参考例句:
    • The mother talked soothingly to her child. 母亲对自己的孩子安慰地说。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • He continued to talk quietly and soothingly to the girl until her frightened grip on his arm was relaxed. 他继续柔声安慰那姑娘,她那因恐惧而紧抓住他的手终于放松了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    119 dispensed [disˈpenst] 859813db740b2251d6defd6f68ac937a   第7级
    v.分配( dispense的过去式和过去分词 );施与;配(药)
    参考例句:
    • Not a single one of these conditions can be dispensed with. 这些条件缺一不可。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • They dispensed new clothes to the children in the orphanage. 他们把新衣服发给孤儿院的小孩们。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    120 scampered [ˈskæmpəd] fe23b65cda78638ec721dec982b982df   第11级
    v.蹦蹦跳跳地跑,惊惶奔跑( scamper的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The cat scampered away. 猫刺棱一下跑了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • The rabbIt'scampered off. 兔子迅速跑掉了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    121 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。
    122 discretion [dɪˈskreʃn] FZQzm   第9级
    n.谨慎;随意处理
    参考例句:
    • You must show discretion in choosing your friend. 你择友时必须慎重。
    • Please use your best discretion to handle the matter. 请慎重处理此事。
    123 constable [ˈkʌnstəbl] wppzG   第9级
    n.(英国)警察,警官
    参考例句:
    • The constable conducted the suspect to the police station. 警官把嫌疑犯带到派出所。
    • The constable kept his temper, and would not be provoked. 那警察压制着自己的怒气,不发火。
    124 folly [ˈfɒli] QgOzL   第8级
    n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话
    参考例句:
    • Learn wisdom by the folly of others. 从别人的愚蠢行动中学到智慧。
    • Events proved the folly of such calculations. 事情的进展证明了这种估计是愚蠢的。
    125 uncommon [ʌnˈkɒmən] AlPwO   第8级
    adj.罕见的,非凡的,不平常的
    参考例句:
    • Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago. 这些看法在30年前很常见。
    • Phil has uncommon intelligence. 菲尔智力超群。
    126 rustling [ˈrʌslɪŋ] c6f5c8086fbaf68296f60e8adb292798   第9级
    n. 瑟瑟声,沙沙声 adj. 发沙沙声的
    参考例句:
    • the sound of the trees rustling in the breeze 树木在微风中发出的沙沙声
    • the soft rustling of leaves 树叶柔和的沙沙声
    127 demonstration [ˌdemənˈstreɪʃn] 9waxo   第8级
    n.表明,示范,论证,示威
    参考例句:
    • His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism. 他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
    • He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there. 他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
    128 obfuscated [ˈɔbfəˌskeɪtid] 8e7b5619f9eab74dec707ea767d197ce   第10级
    v.使模糊,使混乱( obfuscate的过去式和过去分词 );使糊涂
    参考例句:
    129 chancellor ['tʃɑ:nsələ(r)] aUAyA   第7级
    n.(英)大臣;法官;(德、奥)总理;大学校长
    参考例句:
    • They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday. 他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
    • He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times. 他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
    130 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。
    131 bishop [ˈbɪʃəp] AtNzd   第8级
    n.主教,(国际象棋)象
    参考例句:
    • He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all. 他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
    • Two years after his death the bishop was canonised. 主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。
    132 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。
    133 faculty [ˈfæklti] HhkzK   第7级
    n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员
    参考例句:
    • He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages. 他有学习外语的天赋。
    • He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time. 他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。
    134 utterance [ˈʌtərəns] dKczL   第11级
    n.用言语表达,话语,言语
    参考例句:
    • This utterance of his was greeted with bursts of uproarious laughter. 他的讲话引起阵阵哄然大笑。
    • My voice cleaves to my throat, and sob chokes my utterance. 我的噪子哽咽,泣不成声。
    135 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。
    136 maze [meɪz] F76ze   第8级
    n.迷宫,八阵图,混乱,迷惑
    参考例句:
    • He found his way through the complex maze of corridors. 他穿过了迷宮一样的走廊。
    • She was lost in the maze for several hours. 一连几小时,她的头脑处于一片糊涂状态。
    137 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。
    138 retired [rɪˈtaɪəd] Njhzyv   第8级
    adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
    参考例句:
    • The old man retired to the country for rest. 这位老人下乡休息去了。
    • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby. 许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
    139 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。
    140 belongings [bɪˈlɒŋɪŋz] oy6zMv   第8级
    n.私人物品,私人财物
    参考例句:
    • I put a few personal belongings in a bag. 我把几件私人物品装进包中。
    • Your personal belongings are not dutiable. 个人物品不用纳税。
    141 winking ['wɪŋkɪŋ] b599b2f7a74d5974507152324c7b8979   第7级
    n.瞬眼,目语v.使眼色( wink的现在分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮
    参考例句:
    • Anyone can do it; it's as easy as winking. 这谁都办得到,简直易如反掌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • The stars were winking in the clear sky. 星星在明亮的天空中闪烁。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    142 considerably [kənˈsɪdərəbli] 0YWyQ   第9级
    adv.极大地;相当大地;在很大程度上
    参考例句:
    • The economic situation has changed considerably. 经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
    • The gap has narrowed considerably. 分歧大大缩小了。
    143 nettled [] 1329a37399dc803e7821d52c8a298307   第10级
    v.拿荨麻打,拿荨麻刺(nettle的过去式与过去分词形式)
    参考例句:
    • My remarks clearly nettled her. 我的话显然惹恼了她。
    • He had been growing nettled before, but now he pulled himself together. 他刚才有些来火,但现在又恢复了常态。 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
    144 judiciously [dʒʊ'dɪʃəslɪ] 18cfc8ca2569d10664611011ec143a63   第9级
    adv.明断地,明智而审慎地
    参考例句:
    • Let's use these intelligence tests judiciously. 让我们好好利用这些智力测试题吧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • His ideas were quaint and fantastic. She brought him judiciously to earth. 他的看法荒廖古怪,她颇有见识地劝他面对现实。 来自辞典例句
    145 deformed [dɪˈfɔ:md] iutzwV   第12级
    adj.畸形的;变形的;丑的,破相了的
    参考例句:
    • He was born with a deformed right leg. 他出生时右腿畸形。
    • His body was deformed by leprosy. 他的身体因为麻风病变形了。
    146 harry [ˈhæri] heBxS   第8级
    vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
    参考例句:
    • Today, people feel more hurried and harried. 今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
    • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan. 奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
    147 funereal [fjuˈnɪəriəl] Zhbx7   第12级
    adj.悲哀的;送葬的
    参考例句:
    • He addressed the group in funereal tones. 他语气沉痛地对大家讲话。
    • The mood of the music was almost funereal. 音乐的调子几乎像哀乐。
    148 plausibility [ˌplɔ:zə'bɪlətɪ] 61dc2510cb0f5a78f45d67d5f7172f8f   第7级
    n. 似有道理, 能言善辩
    参考例句:
    • We can add further plausibility to the above argument. 我们可以在上述论据之外,再进一步增添一个合理的论据。
    • Let us consider the charges she faces, and the legal plausibility of those charges. 让我们考虑一下她面临的指控以及这些指控在法律上的可信性。
    149 ooze [u:z] 7v2y3   第9级
    n.软泥,渗出物;vi.渗出,泄漏;vt.慢慢渗出,流露
    参考例句:
    • Soon layer of oceanic ooze began to accumulate above the old hard layer. 不久后海洋软泥层开始在老的硬地层上堆积。
    • Drip or ooze systems are common for pot watering. 滴灌和渗灌系统一般也用于盆栽灌水。
    150 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。
    151 corked [kɔ:kt] 5b3254ed89f9ef75591adeb6077299c0   第8级
    adj.带木塞气味的,塞着瓶塞的v.用瓶塞塞住( cork的过去式 )
    参考例句:
    • Our army completely surrounded and corked up the enemy stronghold. 我军把敌人的堡垒完全包围并封锁起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • He kept his emotions corked up inside him. 他把感情深藏于内心。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    152 sarcastically [sɑ:'kæstɪklɪ] sarcastically   第12级
    adv.挖苦地,讽刺地
    参考例句:
    • What a surprise! ' Caroline murmured sarcastically. “太神奇了!”卡罗琳轻声挖苦道。
    • Pierce mocked her and bowed sarcastically. 皮尔斯嘲笑她,讽刺地鞠了一躬。
    153 raisins ['reɪzɪnz] f7a89b31fdf9255863139804963e88cf   第8级
    n.葡萄干( raisin的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • These raisins come from Xinjiang,they taste delicious. 这些葡萄干产自新疆,味道很甜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Mother put some raisins in the cake. 母亲在糕饼中放了一些葡萄干。 来自辞典例句
    154 gnawing ['nɔ:iŋ] GsWzWk   第9级
    a.痛苦的,折磨人的
    参考例句:
    • The dog was gnawing a bone. 那狗在啃骨头。
    • These doubts had been gnawing at him for some time. 这些疑虑已经折磨他一段时间了。
    155 shrill [ʃrɪl] EEize   第9级
    adj.尖声的;刺耳的;vt.&vi.尖叫
    参考例句:
    • Whistles began to shrill outside the barn. 哨声开始在谷仓外面尖叫。
    • The shrill ringing of a bell broke up the card game on the cutter. 刺耳的铃声打散了小汽艇的牌局。
    156 pacify [ˈpæsɪfaɪ] xKFxa   第10级
    vt.使(某人)平静(或息怒);抚慰
    参考例句:
    • He tried to pacify the protesters with promises of reform. 他试图以改革的承诺安抚抗议者。
    • He tried to pacify his creditors by repaying part of the money. 他为安抚债权人偿还了部分借款。
    157 obtrusive [əbˈtru:sɪv] b0uy5   第11级
    adj.显眼的;冒失的
    参考例句:
    • These heaters are less obtrusive and are easy to store away in the summer. 这些加热器没那么碍眼,夏天收起来也很方便。
    • The factory is an obtrusive eyesore. 这工厂很刺眼。
    158 causticity [kɔ:s'tɪsɪtɪ] 55c5a70ff6825eb8ecb4dc7fb557a900   第9级
    n.尖刻,苛性度,刻薄
    参考例句:
    • The valve axis adopt stainless steel, it has good abradability and anti-causticity. 阀杆采用不锈钢,有良好的抗腐蚀性,抗擦伤和耐磨性能。 来自互联网
    • Especially, the measure of some causticity liquid is very difficult using the old flow meter. 特别是工业中对一些具有腐蚀性的液体的流量测量,普通的流量计根本无法测量。 来自互联网
    159 frivolous [ˈfrɪvələs] YfWzi   第9级
    adj.轻薄的;轻率的;无聊的
    参考例句:
    • This is a frivolous way of attacking the problem. 这是一种轻率敷衍的处理问题的方式。
    • He spent a lot of his money on frivolous things. 他在一些无聊的事上花了好多钱。
    160 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。
    161 vessels ['vesəlz] fc9307c2593b522954eadb3ee6c57480   第7级
    n.血管( vessel的名词复数 );船;容器;(具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的)人
    参考例句:
    • The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    162 soothed [su:ðd] 509169542d21da19b0b0bd232848b963   第7级
    v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 );抚慰;使舒服;减轻痛苦
    参考例句:
    • The music soothed her for a while. 音乐让她稍微安静了一会儿。
    • The soft modulation of her voice soothed the infant. 她柔和的声调使婴儿安静了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    163 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。
    164 prey [preɪ] g1czH   第7级
    n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;vi.捕食,掠夺,折磨
    参考例句:
    • Stronger animals prey on weaker ones. 弱肉强食。
    • The lion was hunting for its prey. 狮子在寻找猎物。
    165 radicals ['rædɪklz] 5c853925d2a610c29b107b916c89076e   第7级
    n.激进分子( radical的名词复数 );根基;基本原理;[数学]根数
    参考例句:
    • Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals. 一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The worry is that the radicals will grow more intransigent. 现在人们担忧激进分子会变得更加不妥协。 来自辞典例句

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