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  • Wakem in a New Light

    Before three days had passed after the conversation you have just overheard between Lucy and her father she had contrived1 to have a private interview with Philip during a visit of Maggie’s to her aunt Glegg. For a day and a night Philip turned over in his mind with restless agitation2 all that Lucy had told him in that interview, till he had thoroughly3 resolved on a course of action. He thought he saw before him now a possibility of altering his position with respect to Maggie, and removing at least one obstacle between them. He laid his plan and calculated all his moves with the fervid4 deliberation of a chess-player in the days of his first ardor5, and was amazed himself at his sudden genius as a tactician6. His plan was as bold as it was thoroughly calculated. Having watched for a moment when his father had nothing more urgent on his hands than the newspaper, he went behind him, laid a hand on his shoulder, and said,—

    “Father, will you come up into my sanctum, and look at my new sketches7? I’ve arranged them now.”

    “I’m getting terrible stiff in the joints8, Phil, for climbing those stairs of yours,” said Wakem, looking kindly9 at his son as he laid down his paper. “But come along, then.”

    “This is a nice place for you, isn’t it, Phil?—a capital light that from the roof, eh?” was, as usual, the first thing he said on entering the painting-room. He liked to remind himself and his son too that his fatherly indulgence had provided the accommodation10. He had been a good father. Emily would have nothing to reproach him with there, if she came back again from her grave.

    “Come, come,” he said, putting his double eye-glass over his nose, and seating himself to take a general view while he rested, “you’ve got a famous show here. Upon my word, I don’t see that your things aren’t as good as that London artist’s—what’s his name—that Leyburn gave so much money for.”

    Philip shook his head and smiled. He had seated himself on his painting-stool, and had taken a lead pencil in his hand, with which he was making strong marks to counteract11 the sense of tremulousness. He watched his father get up, and walk slowly round, good-naturedly dwelling12 on the pictures much longer than his amount of genuine taste for landscape would have prompted, till he stopped before a stand on which two pictures were placed,—one much larger than the other, the smaller one in a leather case.

    “Bless me! what have you here?” said Wakem, startled by a sudden transition from landscape to portrait. “I thought you’d left off figures. Who are these?”

    “They are the same person,” said Philip, with calm promptness, “at different ages.”

    “And what person?” said Wakem, sharply fixing his eyes with a growing look of suspicion on the larger picture.

    “Miss Tulliver. The small one is something like what she was when I was at school with her brother at King’s Lorton; the larger one is not quite so good a likeness13 of what she was when I came from abroad.”

    Wakem turned round fiercely, with a flushed face, letting his eye-glass fall, and looking at his son with a savage14 expression for a moment, as if he was ready to strike that daring feebleness from the stool. But he threw himself into the armchair again, and thrust his hands into his trouser-pockets, still looking angrily at his son, however. Philip did not return the look, but sat quietly watching the point of his pencil.

    “And do you mean to say, then, that you have had any acquaintance with her since you came from abroad?” said Wakem, at last, with that vain effort which rage always makes to throw as much punishment as it desires to inflict15 into words and tones, since blows are forbidden.

    “Yes; I saw a great deal of her for a whole year before her father’s death. We met often in that thicket—the Red Deeps—near Dorlcote Mill. I love her dearly; I shall never love any other woman. I have thought of her ever since she was a little girl.”

    “Go on, sir! And you have corresponded with her all this while?”

    “No. I never told her I loved her till just before we parted, and she promised her brother not to see me again or to correspond with me. I am not sure that she loves me or would consent to marry me. But if she would consent,—if she did love me well enough,—I should marry her.”

    “And this is the return you make me for all the indulgences I’ve heaped on you?” said Wakem, getting white, and beginning to tremble under an enraged16 sense of impotence before Philip’s calm defiance17 and concentration of purpose.

    “No, father,” said Philip, looking up at him for the first time; “I don’t regard it as a return. You have been an indulgent father to me; but I have always felt that it was because you had an affectionate wish to give me as much happiness as my unfortunate lot would admit, not that it was a debt you expected me to pay by sacrificing all my chances of happiness to satisfy feelings of yours which I can never share.”

    “I think most sons would share their father’s feelings in this case,” said Wakem, bitterly. “The girl’s father was an ignorant mad brute18, who was within an inch of murdering me. The whole town knows it. And the brother is just as insolent19, only in a cooler way. He forbade her seeing you, you say; he’ll break every bone in your body, for your greater happiness, if you don’t take care. But you seem to have made up your mind; you have counted the consequences, I suppose. Of course you are independent of me; you can marry this girl to-morrow, if you like; you are a man of five-and-twenty,—you can go your way, and I can go mine. We need have no more to do with each other.”

    Wakem rose and walked toward the door, but something held him back, and instead of leaving the room, he walked up and down it. Philip was slow to reply, and when he spoke20, his tone had a more incisive21 quietness and clearness than ever.

    “No; I can’t marry Miss Tulliver, even if she would have me, if I have only my own resources to maintain her with. I have been brought up to no profession. I can’t offer her poverty as well as deformity.”

    “Ah, there is a reason for your clinging to me, doubtless,” said Wakem, still bitterly, though Philip’s last words had given him a pang22; they had stirred a feeling which had been a habit for a quarter of a century. He threw himself into the chair again.

    “I expected all this,” said Philip. “I know these scenes are often happening between father and son. If I were like other men of my age, I might answer your angry words by still angrier; we might part; I should marry the woman I love, and have a chance of being as happy as the rest. But if it will be a satisfaction to you to annihilate23 the very object of everything you’ve done for me, you have an advantage over most fathers; you can completely deprive me of the only thing that would make my life worth having.”

    Philip paused, but his father was silent.

    “You know best what satisfaction you would have, beyond that of gratifying a ridiculous rancor24 worthy25 only of wandering savages26.”

    “Ridiculous rancor!” Wakem burst out. “What do you mean? Damn it! is a man to be horsewhipped by a boor27 and love him for it? Besides, there’s that cold, proud devil of a son, who said a word to me I shall not forget when we had the settling. He would be as pleasant a mark for a bullet as I know, if he were worth the expense.”

    “I don’t mean your resentment28 toward them,” said Philip, who had his reasons for some sympathy with this view of Tom, “though a feeling of revenge is not worth much, that you should care to keep it. I mean your extending the enmity to a helpless girl, who has too much sense and goodness to share their narrow prejudices. She has never entered into the family quarrels.”

    “What does that signify? We don’t ask what a woman does; we ask whom she belongs to. It’s altogether a degrading thing to you, to think of marrying old Tulliver’s daughter.”

    For the first time in the dialogue, Philip lost some of his self-control, and coloured with anger.

    “Miss Tulliver,” he said, with bitter incisiveness29, “has the only grounds of rank that anything but vulgar folly30 can suppose to belong to the middle class; she is thoroughly refined, and her friends, whatever else they may be, are respected for irreproachable31 honour and integrity. All St Ogg’s, I fancy, would pronounce her to be more than my equal.”

    Wakem darted32 a glance of fierce question at his son; but Philip was not looking at him, and with a certain penitent33 consciousness went on, in a few moments, as if in amplification34 of his last words,—

    “Find a single person in St Ogg’s who will not tell you that a beautiful creature like her would be throwing herself away on a pitiable object like me.”

    “Not she!” said Wakem, rising again, and forgetting everything else in a burst of resentful pride, half fatherly, half personal. “It would be a deuced fine match for her. It’s all stuff about an accidental deformity, when a girl’s really attached to a man.”

    “But girls are not apt to get attached under those circumstances,” said Philip.

    “Well, then,” said Wakem, rather brutally35, trying to recover his previous position, “if she doesn’t care for you, you might have spared yourself the trouble of talking to me about her, and you might have spared me the trouble of refusing my consent to what was never likely to happen.”

    Wakem strode to the door, and without looking round again, banged it after him.

    Philip was not without confidence that his father would be ultimately wrought36 upon as he had expected, by what had passed; but the scene had jarred upon his nerves, which were as sensitive as a woman’s. He determined37 not to go down to dinner; he couldn’t meet his father again that day. It was Wakem’s habit, when he had no company at home, to go out in the evening, often as early as half-past seven; and as it was far on in the afternoon now, Philip locked up his room and went out for a long ramble38, thinking he would not return until his father was out of the house again. He got into a boat, and went down the river to a favourite village, where he dined, and lingered till it was late enough for him to return. He had never had any sort of quarrel with his father before, and had a sickening fear that this contest, just begun, might go on for weeks; and what might not happen in that time? He would not allow himself to define what that involuntary question meant. But if he could once be in the position of Maggie’s accepted, acknowledged lover, there would be less room for vague dread39. He went up to his painting-room again, and threw himself with a sense of fatigue40 into the armchair, looking round absently at the views of water and rock that were ranged around, till he fell into a doze41, in which he fancied Maggie was slipping down a glistening42, green, slimy channel of a waterfall, and he was looking on helpless, till he was awakened43 by what seemed a sudden, awful crash.

    It was the opening of the door, and he could hardly have dozed44 more than a few moments, for there was no perceptible change in the evening light. It was his father who entered; and when Philip moved to vacate the chair for him, he said,—

    “Sit still. I’d rather walk about.”

    He stalked up and down the room once or twice, and then, standing45 opposite Philip with his hands thrust in his side pockets, he said, as if continuing a conversation that had not been broken off,—

    “But this girl seems to have been fond of you, Phil, else she wouldn’t have met you in that way.”

    Philip’s heart was beating rapidly, and a transient flush passed over his face like a gleam. It was not quite easy to speak at once.

    “She liked me at King’s Lorton, when she was a little girl, because I used to sit with her brother a great deal when he had hurt his foot. She had kept that in her memory, and thought of me as a friend of a long while ago. She didn’t think of me as a lover when she met me.”

    “Well, but you made love to her at last. What did she say then?” said Wakem, walking about again.

    “She said she did love me then.”

    “Confound it, then; what else do you want? Is she a jilt?”

    “She was very young then,” said Philip, hesitatingly. “I’m afraid she hardly knew what she felt. I’m afraid our long separation, and the idea that events must always divide us, may have made a difference.”

    “But she’s in the town. I’ve seen her at church. Haven’t you spoken to her since you came back?”

    “Yes, at Mr Deane’s. But I couldn’t renew my proposals to her on several grounds. One obstacle would be removed if you would give your consent,—if you would be willing to think of her as a daughter-in-law.”

    Wakem was silent a little while, pausing before Maggie’s picture.

    “She’s not the sort of woman your mother was, though, Phil,” he said, at last. “I saw her at church,—she’s handsomer than this,—deuced fine eyes and fine figure, I saw; but rather dangerous and unmanageable, eh?”

    “She’s very tender and affectionate, and so simple,—without the airs and petty contrivances other women have.”

    “Ah?” said Wakem. Then looking round at his son, “But your mother looked gentler; she had that brown wavy46 hair and gray eyes, like yours. You can’t remember her very well. It was a thousand pities I’d no likeness of her.”

    “Then, shouldn’t you be glad for me to have the same sort of happiness, father, to sweeten my life for me? There can never be another tie so strong to you as that which began eight-and-twenty years ago, when you married my mother, and you have been tightening47 it ever since.”

    “Ah, Phil, you’re the only fellow that knows the best of me,” said Wakem, giving his hand to his son. “We must keep together if we can. And now, what am I to do? You must come downstairs and tell me. Am I to go and call on this dark-eyed damsel?”

    The barrier once thrown down in this way, Philip could talk freely to his father of their entire relation with the Tullivers,—of the desire to get the mill and land back into the family, and of its transfer to Guest & Co. as an intermediate step. He could venture now to be persuasive48 and urgent, and his father yielded with more readiness than he had calculated on.

    “I don’t care about the mill,” he said at last, with a sort of angry compliance49. “I’ve had an infernal deal of bother lately about the mill. Let them pay me for my improvements, that’s all. But there’s one thing you needn’t ask me. I shall have no direct transactions with young Tulliver. If you like to swallow him for his sister’s sake, you may; but I’ve no sauce that will make him go down.”

    I leave you to imagine the agreeable feelings with which Philip went to Mr Deane the next day, to say that Mr Wakem was ready to open the negotiations50, and Lucy’s pretty triumph as she appealed to her father whether she had not proved her great business abilities. Mr Deane was rather puzzled, and suspected that there had been something “going on” among the young people to which he wanted a clew. But to men of Mr Deane’s stamp, what goes on among the young people is as extraneous51 to the real business of life as what goes on among the birds and butterflies, until it can be shown to have a malign52 bearing on monetary53 affairs. And in this case the bearing appeared to be entirely54 propitious55.



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    1 contrived [kənˈtraɪvd] ivBzmO   第12级
    adj.不自然的,做作的;虚构的
    参考例句:
    • There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said. 他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。
    • The plot seems contrived. 情节看起来不真实。
    2 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。
    3 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。
    4 fervid [ˈfɜ:vɪd] clvyf   第11级
    adj.热情的;炽热的
    参考例句:
    • He is a fervid orator. 他是个慷慨激昂的演说者。
    • He was a ready scholar as you are, but more fervid and impatient. 他是一个聪明的学者,跟你一样,不过更加热情而缺乏耐心。
    5 ardor ['ɑ:də] 5NQy8   第10级
    n.热情,狂热
    参考例句:
    • His political ardor led him into many arguments. 他的政治狂热使他多次卷入争论中。
    • He took up his pursuit with ardor. 他满腔热忱地从事工作。
    6 tactician [tæk'tiʃən] 4gvzsk   第8级
    n. 战术家, 策士
    参考例句:
    • This was why an airport manager needed to be a tactician as well as versatile administrator. 因此,一个空港经理必须既是一个计谋家,又是一个能应付各种情况的行政管理家。
    • The skillful tactician may be likened to the shuai-jan. 故善用兵者,譬如率然。
    7 sketches [sketʃiz] 8d492ee1b1a5d72e6468fd0914f4a701   第7级
    n.草图( sketch的名词复数 );素描;速写;梗概
    参考例句:
    • The artist is making sketches for his next painting. 画家正为他的下一幅作品画素描。
    • You have to admit that these sketches are true to life. 你得承认这些素描很逼真。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    8 joints [dʒɔints] d97dcffd67eca7255ca514e4084b746e   第7级
    接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语)
    参考例句:
    • Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在煤气的总管道上了。
    • Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on steam pipes. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在蒸气管道上了。
    9 kindly [ˈkaɪndli] tpUzhQ   第8级
    adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地
    参考例句:
    • Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable. 她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
    • A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman. 一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。
    10 accommodation [əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃn] kJDys   第8级
    n.设备,膳宿,旅馆房间;容纳,提供,适应;调解,妥协;贷款
    参考例句:
    • Many old people choose to live in sheltered accommodation. 许多老年人选择到养老院居住。
    • Have you found accommodation? 找到住处没有?
    11 counteract [ˌkaʊntərˈækt] vzlxb   第9级
    vt.对…起反作用,对抗,抵消
    参考例句:
    • The doctor gave him some medicine to counteract the effect of the poison. 医生给他些药解毒。
    • Our work calls for mutual support. We shouldn't counteract each other's efforts. 工作要互相支持,不要互相拆台。
    12 dwelling [ˈdwelɪŋ] auzzQk   第7级
    n.住宅,住所,寓所
    参考例句:
    • Those two men are dwelling with us. 那两个人跟我们住在一起。
    • He occupies a three-story dwelling place on the Park Street. 他在派克街上有一幢3层楼的寓所。
    13 likeness [ˈlaɪknəs] P1txX   第8级
    n.相像,相似(之处)
    参考例句:
    • I think the painter has produced a very true likeness. 我认为这位画家画得非常逼真。
    • She treasured the painted likeness of her son. 她珍藏她儿子的画像。
    14 savage [ˈsævɪdʒ] ECxzR   第7级
    adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人
    参考例句:
    • The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs. 那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
    • He has a savage temper. 他脾气粗暴。
    15 inflict [ɪnˈflɪkt] Ebnz7   第7级
    vt.(on)把…强加给,使遭受,使承担
    参考例句:
    • Don't inflict your ideas on me. 不要把你的想法强加于我。
    • Don't inflict damage on any person. 不要伤害任何人。
    16 enraged [enˈreɪdʒd] 7f01c0138fa015d429c01106e574231c   第10级
    使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 ); 歜; 激愤
    参考例句:
    • I was enraged to find they had disobeyed my orders. 发现他们违抗了我的命令,我极为恼火。
    • The judge was enraged and stroke the table for several times. 大法官被气得连连拍案。
    17 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。
    18 brute [bru:t] GSjya   第9级
    n.野兽,兽性
    参考例句:
    • The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute. 侵略军简直象一群野兽。
    • That dog is a dangerous brute. It bites people. 那条狗是危险的畜牲,它咬人。
    19 insolent [ˈɪnsələnt] AbGzJ   第10级
    adj.傲慢的,无理的
    参考例句:
    • His insolent manner really got my blood up. 他那傲慢的态度把我的肺都气炸了。
    • It was insolent of them to demand special treatment. 他们要求给予特殊待遇,脸皮真厚。
    20 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。
    21 incisive [ɪnˈsaɪsɪv] vkQyj   第10级
    adj.敏锐的,机敏的,锋利的,切入的
    参考例句:
    • His incisive remarks made us see the problems in our plans. 他的话切中要害,使我们看到了计划中的一些问题。
    • He combined curious qualities of naivety with incisive wit and worldly sophistication. 他集天真质朴的好奇,锐利的机智和老练的世故于一体。
    22 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。
    23 annihilate [əˈnaɪəleɪt] Peryn   第9级
    vt.使无效;毁灭;取消;vi.湮灭;湮没
    参考例句:
    • Archer crumpled up the yellow sheet as if the gesture could annihilate the news it contained. 阿切尔把这张黄纸揉皱,好象用这个动作就会抹掉里面的消息似的。
    • We should bear in mind that we have to annihilate the enemy. 我们要把歼敌的重任时刻记在心上。
    24 rancor ['ræŋkə] hA6zj   第11级
    n.深仇,积怨
    参考例句:
    • I have no rancor against him. 我对他无怨无仇。
    • Their rancor dated from a political dogfight between them. 他们的积怨来自于他们之间在政治上的狗咬狗。
    25 worthy [ˈwɜ:ði] vftwB   第7级
    adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
    参考例句:
    • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust. 我认为他不值得信赖。
    • There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned. 没有值得一提的事发生。
    26 savages ['sævɪgɪz] 2ea43ddb53dad99ea1c80de05d21d1e5   第7级
    未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • There're some savages living in the forest. 森林里居住着一些野人。
    • That's an island inhabited by savages. 那是一个野蛮人居住的岛屿。
    27 boor [bʊə(r)] atRzU   第12级
    n.举止粗野的人;乡下佬
    参考例句:
    • I'm a bit of a boor, so I hope you won't mind if I speak bluntly. 我是一个粗人,说话直来直去,你可别见怪。
    • He is skettical to the intellectual, and he despises the boor. 他对知识分子有戒心,更瞧不起乡下人。
    28 resentment [rɪˈzentmənt] 4sgyv   第8级
    n.怨愤,忿恨
    参考例句:
    • All her feelings of resentment just came pouring out. 她一股脑儿倾吐出所有的怨恨。
    • She cherished a deep resentment under the rose towards her employer. 她暗中对她的雇主怀恨在心。
    29 incisiveness [ɪn'saɪsɪvnəs] 42c97f5ec398f8c86545b2a27b0f7fc2   第10级
    n.敏锐,深刻
    参考例句:
    • He never quarreled with the directness and incisiveness of Cowperwood's action. 他对柯帕乌举动的直截了当,锋利无比,从不表示异议。 来自辞典例句
    • A few candidates stood out for the incisiveness of their arguments. 几个候选人因他们犀利的观点出众。 来自互联网
    30 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。
    31 irreproachable [ˌɪrɪˈprəʊtʃəbl] yaZzj   第12级
    adj.不可指责的,无过失的
    参考例句:
    • It emerged that his past behavior was far from irreproachable. 事实表明,他过去的行为绝非无可非议。
    • She welcomed her unexpected visitor with irreproachable politeness. 她以无可指责的礼仪接待了不速之客。
    32 darted [dɑ:tid] d83f9716cd75da6af48046d29f4dd248   第8级
    v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔
    参考例句:
    • The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了,瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    33 penitent [ˈpenɪtənt] wu9ys   第12级
    adj.后悔的;n.后悔者;忏悔者
    参考例句:
    • They all appeared very penitent, and begged hard for their lives. 他们一个个表示悔罪,苦苦地哀求饶命。
    • She is deeply penitent. 她深感愧疚。
    34 amplification [ˌæmplɪfɪ'keɪʃn] pLvyI   第11级
    n.扩大,发挥;(物)振幅,放大率
    参考例句:
    • The voice of despair may be weak and need amplification. 绝望的呼声可能很微弱,需要扩大。
    • Some of them require further amplification. 其中有些内容需进一步详细阐明。
    35 brutally ['bru:təlɪ] jSRya   第7级
    adv.残忍地,野蛮地,冷酷无情地
    参考例句:
    • The uprising was brutally put down.起义被残酷地镇压下去了。
    • A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.一场争取民主的起义被残酷镇压了。
    36 wrought [rɔ:t] EoZyr   第11级
    v.(wreak的过去分词)引起;以…原料制作;运转;adj.制造的
    参考例句:
    • Events in Paris wrought a change in British opinion towards France and Germany. 巴黎发生的事件改变了英国对法国和德国的看法。
    • It's a walking stick with a gold head wrought in the form of a flower. 那是一个金质花形包头的拐杖。
    37 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。
    38 ramble [ˈræmbl] DAszo   第9级
    vi.漫步,漫谈,漫游;vt.漫步于;n.漫步,闲谈,蔓延
    参考例句:
    • This is the best season for a ramble in the suburbs. 这是去郊区漫游的最好季节。
    • I like to ramble about the street after work. 我喜欢下班后在街上漫步。
    39 dread [dred] Ekpz8   第7级
    vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧
    参考例句:
    • We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes. 我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
    • Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread. 她极度恐惧的心理消除了。
    40 fatigue [fəˈti:g] PhVzV   第7级
    n.疲劳,劳累
    参考例句:
    • The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey. 这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
    • I have got over my weakness and fatigue. 我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。
    41 doze [dəʊz] IsoxV   第8级
    vi. 打瞌睡;假寐 vt. 打瞌睡度过 n. 瞌睡
    参考例句:
    • He likes to have a doze after lunch. 他喜欢午饭后打个盹。
    • While the adults doze, the young play. 大人们在打瞌睡,而孩子们在玩耍。
    42 glistening ['glɪstnɪŋ] glistening   第8级
    adj.闪耀的,反光的v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼里闪着晶莹的泪花。
    • Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼睛中的泪水闪着柔和的光。 来自《用法词典》
    43 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》
    44 dozed [dəuzd] 30eca1f1e3c038208b79924c30b35bfc   第8级
    v.打盹儿,打瞌睡( doze的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He boozed till daylight and dozed into the afternoon. 他喝了个通霄,昏沉沉地一直睡到下午。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • I dozed off during the soporific music. 我听到这催人入睡的音乐,便不知不觉打起盹儿来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    45 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。
    46 wavy [ˈweɪvi] 7gFyX   第10级
    adj.有波浪的,多浪的,波浪状的,波动的,不稳定的
    参考例句:
    • She drew a wavy line under the word. 她在这个词的下面画了一条波纹线。
    • His wavy hair was too long and flopped just beneath his brow. 他的波浪式头发太长了,正好垂在他的眉毛下。
    47 tightening ['taɪtnɪŋ] 19aa014b47fbdfbc013e5abf18b64642   第7级
    上紧,固定,紧密
    参考例句:
    • Make sure the washer is firmly seated before tightening the pipe. 旋紧水管之前,检查一下洗衣机是否已牢牢地固定在底座上了。
    • It needs tightening up a little. 它还需要再收紧些。
    48 persuasive [pəˈsweɪsɪv] 0MZxR   第8级
    adj.有说服力的,能说得使人相信的
    参考例句:
    • His arguments in favour of a new school are very persuasive. 他赞成办一座新学校的理由很有说服力。
    • The evidence was not really persuasive enough. 证据并不是太有说服力。
    49 compliance [kəmˈplaɪəns] ZXyzX   第9级
    n.顺从;服从;附和;屈从
    参考例句:
    • I was surprised by his compliance with these terms. 我对他竟然依从了这些条件而感到吃惊。
    • She gave up the idea in compliance with his desire. 她顺从他的愿望而放弃自己的主意。
    50 negotiations [nɪɡəʊʃ'ɪeɪʃnz] af4b5f3e98e178dd3c4bac64b625ecd0   第7级
    协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
    参考例句:
    • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
    • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
    51 extraneous [ɪkˈstreɪniəs] el5yq   第9级
    adj.体外的;外来的;外部的
    参考例句:
    • I can choose to ignore these extraneous thoughts. 我可以选择无视这些外来的想法。
    • Reductant from an extraneous source is introduced. 外来的还原剂被引进来。
    52 malign [məˈlaɪn] X8szX   第10级
    adj.有害的;恶性的;恶意的;v.诽谤,诬蔑
    参考例句:
    • It was easy to see why the cartoonists regularly portrayed him as a malign cherub. 难怪漫画家总是把他画成一个邪恶的小天使。
    • She likes to malign innocent persons. 她爱诋毁那些清白的人。
    53 monetary [ˈmʌnɪtri] pEkxb   第7级
    adj.货币的,钱的;通货的;金融的;财政的
    参考例句:
    • The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold. 过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
    • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means. 荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
    54 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。
    55 propitious [prəˈpɪʃəs] aRNx8   第11级
    adj.吉利的;顺利的
    参考例句:
    • The circumstances were not propitious for further expansion of the company. 这些情况不利于公司的进一步发展。
    • The cool days during this week are propitious for out trip. 这种凉爽的天气对我们的行程很有好处。

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