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  • The Golden Gates Are Passed

    So Tom went on even to the fifth half-year—till he was turned sixteen—at King’s Lorton, while Maggie was growing with a rapidity which her aunts considered highly reprehensible1, at Miss Firniss’s boarding-school in the ancient town of Laceham on the Floss, with cousin Lucy for her companion. In her early letters to Tom she had always sent her love to Philip, and asked many questions about him, which were answered by brief sentences about Tom’s toothache, and a turf-house which he was helping2 to build in the garden, with other items of that kind. She was pained to hear Tom say in the holidays that Philip was as queer as ever again, and often cross. They were no longer very good friends, she perceived; and when she reminded Tom that he ought always to love Philip for being so good to him when his foot was bad, he answered: “Well, it isn’t my fault; I don’t do anything to him.” She hardly ever saw Philip during the remainder of their school-life; in the Midsummer holidays he was always away at the seaside, and at Christmas she could only meet him at long intervals3 in the street of St Ogg’s. When they did meet, she remembered her promise to kiss him, but, as a young lady who had been at a boarding-school, she knew now that such a greeting was out of the question, and Philip would not expect it. The promise was void, like so many other sweet, illusory promises of our childhood; void as promises made in Eden before the seasons were divided, and when the starry4 blossoms grew side by side with the ripening5 peach,—impossible to be fulfilled when the golden gates had been passed.

    But when their father was actually engaged in the long-threatened lawsuit6, and Wakem, as the agent at once of Pivart and Old Harry7, was acting8 against him, even Maggie felt, with some sadness, that they were not likely ever to have any intimacy9 with Philip again; the very name of Wakem made her father angry, and she had once heard him say that if that crook-backed son lived to inherit his father’s ill-gotten gains, there would be a curse upon him. “Have as little to do with him at school as you can, my lad,” he said to Tom; and the command was obeyed the more easily because Mr Sterling10 by this time had two additional pupils; for though this gentleman’s rise in the world was not of that meteor-like rapidity which the admirers of his extemporaneous11 eloquence12 had expected for a preacher whose voice demanded so wide a sphere, he had yet enough of growing prosperity to enable him to increase his expenditure13 in continued disproportion to his income.

    As for Tom’s school course, it went on with mill-like monotony, his mind continuing to move with a slow, half-stifled pulse in a medium of uninteresting or unintelligible14 ideas. But each vacation he brought home larger and larger drawings with the satiny rendering15 of landscape, and water-colours in vivid greens, together with manuscript books full of exercises and problems, in which the handwriting was all the finer because he gave his whole mind to it. Each vacation he brought home a new book or two, indicating his progress through different stages of history, Christian16 doctrine17, and Latin literature; and that passage was not entirely18 without results, besides the possession of the books. Tom’s ear and tongue had become accustomed to a great many words and phrases which are understood to be signs of an educated condition; and though he had never really applied19 his mind to any one of his lessons, the lessons had left a deposit of vague, fragmentary, ineffectual notions. Mr Tulliver, seeing signs of acquirement beyond the reach of his own criticism, thought it was probably all right with Tom’s education; he observed, indeed, that there were no maps, and not enough “summing”; but he made no formal complaint to Mr Stelling. It was a puzzling business, this schooling20; and if he took Tom away, where could he send him with better effect?

    By the time Tom had reached his last quarter at King’s Lorton, the years had made striking changes in him since the day we saw him returning from Mr Jacobs’s academy. He was a tall youth now, carrying himself without the least awkwardness, and speaking without more shyness than was a becoming symptom of blended diffidence and pride; he wore his tail-coat and his stand-up collars, and watched the down on his lip with eager impatience21, looking every day at his virgin22 razor, with which he had provided himself in the last holidays. Philip had already left,—at the autumn quarter,—that he might go to the south for the winter, for the sake of his health; and this change helped to give Tom the unsettled, exultant23 feeling that usually belongs to the last months before leaving school. This quarter, too, there was some hope of his father’s lawsuit being decided24; that made the prospect25 of home more entirely pleasurable. For Tom, who had gathered his view of the case from his father’s conversation, had no doubt that Pivart would be beaten.

    Tom had not heard anything from home for some weeks,—a fact which did not surprise him, for his father and mother were not apt to manifest their affection in unnecessary letters,—when, to his great surprise, on the morning of a dark, cold day near the end of November, he was told, soon after entering the study at nine o’clock, that his sister was in the drawing-room. It was Mrs Stelling who had come into the study to tell him, and she left him to enter the drawing-room alone.

    Maggie, too, was tall now, with braided and coiled hair; she was almost as tall as Tom, though she was only thirteen; and she really looked older than he did at that moment. She had thrown off her bonnet26, her heavy braids were pushed back from her forehead, as if it would not bear that extra load, and her young face had a strangely worn look, as her eyes turned anxiously toward the door. When Tom entered she did not speak, but only went up to him, put her arms round his neck, and kissed him earnestly. He was used to various moods of hers, and felt no alarm at the unusual seriousness of her greeting.

    “Why, how is it you’re come so early this cold morning, Maggie? Did you come in the gig?” said Tom, as she backed toward the sofa, and drew him to her side.

    “No, I came by the coach. I’ve walked from the turnpike.”

    “But how is it you’re not at school? The holidays have not begun yet?”

    “Father wanted me at home,” said Maggie, with a slight trembling of the lip. “I came home three or four days ago.”

    “Isn’t my father well?” said Tom, rather anxiously.

    “Not quite,” said Maggie. “He’s very unhappy, Tom. The lawsuit is ended, and I came to tell you because I thought it would be better for you to know it before you came home, and I didn’t like only to send you a letter.”

    “My father hasn’t lost?” said Tom, hastily, springing from the sofa, and standing27 before Maggie with his hands suddenly thrust into his pockets.

    “Yes, dear Tom,” said Maggie, looking up at him with trembling.

    Tom was silent a minute or two, with his eyes fixed28 on the floor. Then he said:

    “My father will have to pay a good deal of money, then?”

    “Yes,” said Maggie, rather faintly.

    “Well, it can’t be helped,” said Tom, bravely, not translating the loss of a large sum of money into any tangible29 results. “But my father’s very much vexed30, I dare say?” he added, looking at Maggie, and thinking that her agitated31 face was only part of her girlish way of taking things.

    “Yes,” said Maggie, again faintly. Then, urged to fuller speech by Tom’s freedom from apprehension32, she said loudly and rapidly, as if the words would burst from her: “Oh, Tom, he will lose the mill and the land and everything; he will have nothing left.”

    Tom’s eyes flashed out one look of surprise at her, before he turned pale, and trembled visibly. He said nothing, but sat down on the sofa again, looking vaguely33 out of the opposite window.

    Anxiety about the future had never entered Tom’s mind. His father had always ridden a good horse, kept a good house, and had the cheerful, confident air of a man who has plenty of property to fall back upon. Tom had never dreamed that his father would “fail”; that was a form of misfortune which he had always heard spoken of as a deep disgrace, and disgrace was an idea that he could not associate with any of his relations, least of all with his father. A proud sense of family respectability was part of the very air Tom had been born and brought up in. He knew there were people in St Ogg’s who made a show without money to support it, and he had always heard such people spoken of by his own friends with contempt and reprobation35. He had a strong belief, which was a lifelong habit, and required no definite evidence to rest on, that his father could spend a great deal of money if he chose; and since his education at Mr Stelling’s had given him a more expensive view of life, he had often thought that when he got older he would make a figure in the world, with his horse and dogs and saddle, and other accoutrements of a fine young man, and show himself equal to any of his contemporaries at St Ogg’s, who might consider themselves a grade above him in society because their fathers were professional men, or had large oil-mills. As to the prognostics and headshaking of his aunts and uncles, they had never produced the least effect on him, except to make him think that aunts and uncles were disagreeable society; he had heard them find fault in much the same way as long as he could remember. His father knew better than they did.

    The down had come on Tom’s lip, yet his thoughts and expectations had been hitherto only the reproduction, in changed forms, of the boyish dreams in which he had lived three years ago. He was awakened36 now with a violent shock.

    Maggie was frightened at Tom’s pale, trembling silence. There was something else to tell him,—something worse. She threw her arms round him at last, and said, with a half sob37:

    “Oh, Tom—dear, dear Tom, don’t fret38 too much; try and bear it well.”

    Tom turned his cheek passively to meet her entreating39 kisses, and there gathered a moisture in his eyes, which he just rubbed away with his hand. The action seemed to rouse him, for he shook himself and said: “I shall go home, with you, Maggie. Didn’t my father say I was to go?”

    “No, Tom, father didn’t wish it,” said Maggie, her anxiety about his feeling helping her to master her agitation40. What would he do when she told him all? “But mother wants you to come,—poor mother!—she cries so. Oh, Tom, it’s very dreadful at home.”

    Maggie’s lips grew whiter, and she began to tremble almost as Tom had done. The two poor things clung closer to each other, both trembling,—the one at an unshapen fear, the other at the image of a terrible certainty. When Maggie spoke34, it was hardly above a whisper.

    “And—and—poor father——”

    Maggie could not utter it. But the suspense41 was intolerable to Tom. A vague idea of going to prison, as a consequence42 of debt, was the shape his fears had begun to take.

    “Where’s my father?” he said impatiently. “Tell me, Maggie.”

    “He’s at home,” said Maggie, finding it easier to reply to that question. “But,” she added, after a pause, “not himself—he fell off his horse. He has known nobody but me ever since—he seems to have lost his senses. O father, father——”

    With these last words, Maggie’s sobs43 burst forth44 with the more violence for the previous struggle against them. Tom felt that pressure of the heart which forbids tears; he had no distinct vision of their troubles as Maggie had, who had been at home; he only felt the crushing weight of what seemed unmitigated misfortune. He tightened45 his arm almost convulsively round Maggie as she sobbed46, but his face looked rigid47 and tearless, his eyes blank,—as if a black curtain of cloud had suddenly fallen on his path.

    But Maggie soon checked herself abruptly48; a single thought had acted on her like a startling sound.

    “We must set out, Tom, we must not stay. Father will miss me; we must be at the turnpike at ten to meet the coach.” She said this with hasty decision, rubbing her eyes, and rising to seize her bonnet.

    Tom at once felt the same impulse, and rose too. “Wait a minute, Maggie,” he said. “I must speak to Mr Stelling, and then we’ll go.”

    He thought he must go to the study where the pupils were; but on his way he met Mr Stelling, who had heard from his wife that Maggie appeared to be in trouble when she asked for her brother, and now that he thought the brother and sister had been alone long enough, was coming to inquire and offer his sympathy.

    “Please, sir, I must go home,” Tom said abruptly, as he met Mr Stelling in the passage. “I must go back with my sister directly. My father’s lost his lawsuit—he’s lost all his property—and he’s very ill.”

    Mr Stelling felt like a kind-hearted man; he foresaw a probable money loss for himself, but this had no appreciable49 share in his feeling, while he looked with grave pity at the brother and sister for whom youth and sorrow had begun together. When he knew how Maggie had come, and how eager she was to get home again, he hurried their departure, only whispering something to Mrs Stelling, who had followed him, and who immediately left the room.

    Tom and Maggie were standing on the door-step, ready to set out, when Mrs Stelling came with a little basket, which she hung on Maggie’s arm, saying: “Do remember to eat something on the way, dear.” Maggie’s heart went out toward this woman whom she had never liked, and she kissed her silently. It was the first sign within the poor child of that new sense which is the gift of sorrow,—that susceptibility to the bare offices of humanity which raises them into a bond of loving fellowship, as to haggard men among the ice-bergs the mere50 presence of an ordinary comrade stirs the deep fountains of affection.

    Mr Stelling put his hand on Tom’s shoulder and said: “God bless you, my boy; let me know how you get on.” Then he pressed Maggie’s hand; but there were no audible good-byes. Tom had so often thought how joyful he should be the day he left school “for good”! And now his school years seemed like a holiday that had come to an end.

    The two slight youthful figures soon grew indistinct on the distant road,—were soon lost behind the projecting hedgerow.

    They had gone forth together into their life of sorrow, and they would never more see the sunshine undimmed by remembered cares. They had entered the thorny51 wilderness52, and the golden gates of their childhood had forever closed behind them.



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    1 reprehensible [ˌreprɪˈhensəbl] 7VpxT   第12级
    adj.该受责备的
    参考例句:
    • Lying is not seen as being morally reprehensible in any strong way. 人们并不把撒谎当作一件应该大加谴责的事儿。
    • It was reprehensible of him to be so disloyal. 他如此不忠,应受谴责。
    2 helping [ˈhelpɪŋ] 2rGzDc   第7级
    n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
    参考例句:
    • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
    • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来,他们在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
    3 intervals ['ɪntevl] f46c9d8b430e8c86dea610ec56b7cbef   第7级
    n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息
    参考例句:
    • The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴,有阵雨。
    • Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。
    4 starry [ˈstɑ:ri] VhWzfP   第11级
    adj.星光照耀的, 闪亮的
    参考例句:
    • He looked at the starry heavens. 他瞧着布满星星的天空。
    • I like the starry winter sky. 我喜欢这满天星斗的冬夜。
    5 ripening ['raɪpənɪŋ] 5dd8bc8ecf0afaf8c375591e7d121c56   第7级
    v.成熟,使熟( ripen的现在分词 );熟化;熟成
    参考例句:
    • The corn is blossoming [ripening]. 玉米正在开花[成熟]。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • When the summer crop is ripening, the autumn crop has to be sowed. 夏季作物成熟时,就得播种秋季作物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    6 lawsuit [ˈlɔ:su:t] A14xy   第9级
    n.诉讼,控诉
    参考例句:
    • They threatened him with a lawsuit. 他们以诉讼威逼他。
    • He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit. 他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
    7 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。
    8 acting [ˈæktɪŋ] czRzoc   第7级
    n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
    参考例句:
    • Ignore her, she's just acting. 别理她,她只是假装的。
    • During the seventies, her acting career was in eclipse. 在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
    9 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。
    10 sterling [ˈstɜ:lɪŋ] yG8z6   第9级
    adj.英币的(纯粹的,货真价实的);n.英国货币(英镑)
    参考例句:
    • Could you tell me the current rate for sterling, please? 能否请您告诉我现行英国货币的兑换率?
    • Sterling has recently been strong, which will help to abate inflationary pressures. 英国货币最近非常坚挺,这有助于减轻通胀压力。
    11 extemporaneous [eks'tempə'reɪnɪəs] A7oyd   第11级
    adj.即席的,一时的
    参考例句:
    • She made an extemporaneous speech on the ceremony. 她在典礼上做了一次即兴演讲。
    • Nixon carried away with it all, delivered his extemporaneous toast. 尼克松对一切都很满意,颇有些情不自禁地发表了他的即席祝酒词。
    12 eloquence ['eləkwəns] 6mVyM   第9级
    n.雄辩;口才,修辞
    参考例句:
    • I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts. 恐怕我的雄辩也无补于事实了。
    • The people were charmed by his eloquence. 人们被他的口才迷住了。
    13 expenditure [ɪkˈspendɪtʃə(r)] XPbzM   第7级
    n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出;使用,消耗
    参考例句:
    • The entry of all expenditure is necessary. 有必要把一切开支入账。
    • The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether. 我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。
    14 unintelligible [ˌʌnɪnˈtelɪdʒəbl] sfuz2V   第9级
    adj.无法了解的,难解的,莫明其妙的
    参考例句:
    • If a computer is given unintelligible data, it returns unintelligible results. 如果计算机得到的是难以理解的数据,它给出的也将是难以理解的结果。
    • The terms were unintelligible to ordinary folk. 这些术语一般人是不懂的。
    15 rendering [ˈrendərɪŋ] oV5xD   第12级
    n.表现,描写
    参考例句:
    • She gave a splendid rendering of Beethoven's piano sonata. 她精彩地演奏了贝多芬的钢琴奏鸣曲。
    • His narrative is a super rendering of dialect speech and idiom. 他的叙述是方言和土语最成功的运用。
    16 Christian [ˈkrɪstʃən] KVByl   第7级
    adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
    参考例句:
    • They always addressed each other by their Christian name. 他们总是以教名互相称呼。
    • His mother is a sincere Christian. 他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
    17 doctrine [ˈdɒktrɪn] Pkszt   第7级
    n.教义;主义;学说
    参考例句:
    • He was impelled to proclaim his doctrine. 他不得不宣扬他的教义。
    • The council met to consider changes to doctrine. 宗教议会开会考虑更改教义。
    18 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。
    19 applied [əˈplaɪd] Tz2zXA   第8级
    adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
    参考例句:
    • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics. 她打算学习应用语言学课程。
    • This cream is best applied to the face at night. 这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
    20 schooling [ˈsku:lɪŋ] AjAzM6   第7级
    n.教育;正规学校教育
    参考例句:
    • A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area. 孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。
    • Backward children need a special kind of schooling. 天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。
    21 impatience [ɪm'peɪʃns] OaOxC   第8级
    n.不耐烦,急躁
    参考例句:
    • He expressed impatience at the slow rate of progress. 进展缓慢,他显得不耐烦。
    • He gave a stamp of impatience. 他不耐烦地跺脚。
    22 virgin [ˈvɜ:dʒɪn] phPwj   第7级
    n.处女,未婚女子;adj.未经使用的;未经开发的
    参考例句:
    • Have you ever been to a virgin forest? 你去过原始森林吗?
    • There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions. 在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。
    23 exultant [ɪgˈzʌltənt] HhczC   第11级
    adj.欢腾的,狂欢的,大喜的
    参考例句:
    • The exultant crowds were dancing in the streets. 欢欣的人群在大街上跳起了舞。
    • He was exultant that she was still so much in his power. 他仍然能轻而易举地摆布她,对此他欣喜若狂。
    24 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。
    25 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。
    26 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。
    27 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。
    28 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。
    29 tangible [ˈtændʒəbl] 4IHzo   第7级
    adj.有形的,可触摸的,确凿的,实际的
    参考例句:
    • The policy has not yet brought any tangible benefits. 这项政策还没有带来任何实质性的好处。
    • There is no tangible proof. 没有确凿的证据。
    30 vexed [vekst] fd1a5654154eed3c0a0820ab54fb90a7   第8级
    adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论
    参考例句:
    • The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls. 会议花了几天的时间讨论边境关卡这个难题。
    • He was vexed at his failure. 他因失败而懊恼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    31 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。
    32 apprehension [ˌæprɪˈhenʃn] bNayw   第7级
    n.理解,领悟;逮捕,拘捕;忧虑
    参考例句:
    • There were still areas of doubt and her apprehension grew. 有些地方仍然存疑,于是她越来越担心。
    • She is a girl of weak apprehension. 她是一个理解力很差的女孩。
    33 vaguely [ˈveɪgli] BfuzOy   第9级
    adv.含糊地,暖昧地
    参考例句:
    • He had talked vaguely of going to work abroad. 他含糊其词地说了到国外工作的事。
    • He looked vaguely before him with unseeing eyes. 他迷迷糊糊的望着前面,对一切都视而不见。
    34 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。
    35 reprobation [ˌreprə'beɪʃən] TVTxX   第11级
    n.斥责
    参考例句:
    • Nearly everyone had something to say in reprobation of the views suggested by Owen. 几乎每个人都说几句话来表示反对欧文的见解。 来自辞典例句
    36 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》
    37 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。
    38 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.
    39 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。
    40 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。
    41 suspense [səˈspens] 9rJw3   第8级
    n.(对可能发生的事)紧张感,担心,挂虑
    参考例句:
    • The suspense was unbearable. 这样提心吊胆的状况实在叫人受不了。
    • The director used ingenious devices to keep the audience in suspense. 导演用巧妙手法引起观众的悬念。
    42 consequence [ˈkɒnsɪkwəns] Jajyr   第8级
    n.结果,后果;推理,推断;重要性
    参考例句:
    • The consequence was that he caught a bad cold. 结果是他得了重感冒。
    • In consequence he lost his place. 结果,他失去了他的位置。
    43 sobs ['sɒbz] d4349f86cad43cb1a5579b1ef269d0cb   第7级
    啜泣(声),呜咽(声)( sob的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • She was struggling to suppress her sobs. 她拼命不让自己哭出来。
    • She burst into a convulsive sobs. 她突然抽泣起来。
    44 forth [fɔ:θ] Hzdz2   第7级
    adv.向前;向外,往外
    参考例句:
    • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth. 风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
    • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession. 他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
    45 tightened [ˈtaɪtnd] bd3d8363419d9ff838bae0ba51722ee9   第7级
    收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)变紧; (使)绷紧; 加紧
    参考例句:
    • The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
    • His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机,然后又松开了。
    46 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。
    47 rigid [ˈrɪdʒɪd] jDPyf   第7级
    adj.严格的,死板的;刚硬的,僵硬的
    参考例句:
    • She became as rigid as adamant. 她变得如顽石般的固执。
    • The examination was so rigid that nearly all aspirants were ruled out. 考试很严,几乎所有的考生都被淘汰了。
    48 abruptly [ə'brʌptlɪ] iINyJ   第7级
    adv.突然地,出其不意地
    参考例句:
    • He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
    • I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。
    49 appreciable [əˈpri:ʃəbl] KNWz7   第8级
    adj.明显的,可见的,可估量的,可觉察的
    参考例句:
    • There is no appreciable distinction between the twins. 在这对孪生子之间看不出有什么明显的差别。
    • We bought an appreciable piece of property. 我们买下的资产有增值的潜力。
    50 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。
    51 thorny [ˈθɔ:ni] 5ICzQ   第11级
    adj.多刺的,棘手的
    参考例句:
    • The young captain is pondering over a thorny problem. 年轻的上尉正在思考一个棘手的问题。
    • The boys argued over the thorny points in the lesson. 孩子们辩论功课中的难点。
    52 wilderness [ˈwɪldənəs] SgrwS   第8级
    n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等,荒漠
    参考例句:
    • She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness. 她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
    • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means. 荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

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