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  • The Spell Seems Broken

    The suite1 of rooms opening into each other at Park House looked duly brilliant with lights and flowers and the personal splendors2 of sixteen couples, with attendant parents and guardians3. The focus of brilliancy was the long drawing-room, where the dancing went forward, under the inspiration of the grand piano; the library, into which it opened at one end, had the more sober illumination of maturity4, with caps and cards; and at the other end the pretty sitting-room5, with a conservatory6 attached, was left as an occasional cool retreat. Lucy, who had laid aside her black for the first time, and had her pretty slimness set off by an abundant dress of white crape, was the acknowledged queen of the occasion; for this was one of the Miss Guests’ thoroughly7 condescending8 parties, including no member of any aristocracy higher than that of St Ogg’s, and stretching to the extreme limits of commercial and professional gentility.

    Maggie at first refused to dance, saying that she had forgotten all the figures—it was so many years since she had danced at school; and she was glad to have that excuse, for it is ill dancing with a heavy heart. But at length the music wrought9 in her young limbs, and the longing10 came; even though it was the horrible young Torry, who walked up a second time to try and persuade her. She warned him that she could not dance anything but a country-dance; but he, of course, was willing to wait for that high felicity, meaning only to be complimentary11 when he assured her at several intervals12 that it was a “great bore” that she couldn’t waltz, he would have liked so much to waltz with her. But at last it was the turn of the good old-fashioned dance which has the least of vanity and the most of merriment in it, and Maggie quite forgot her troublous life in a childlike enjoyment of that half-rustic rhythm which seems to banish14 pretentious15 etiquette16. She felt quite charitably toward young Torry, as his hand bore her along and held her up in the dance; her eyes and cheeks had that fire of young joy in them which will flame out if it can find the least breath to fan it; and her simple black dress, with its bit of black lace, seemed like the dim setting of a jewel.

    Stephen had not yet asked her to dance; had not yet paid her more than a passing civility. Since yesterday, that inward vision of her which perpetually made part of his consciousness, had been half screened by the image of Philip Wakem, which came across it like a blot17; there was some attachment18 between her and Philip; at least there was an attachment on his side, which made her feel in some bondage19. Here, then, Stephen told himself, was another claim of honour which called on him to resist the attraction that was continually threatening to overpower him. He told himself so; and yet he had once or twice felt a certain savage20 resistance, and at another moment a shuddering21 repugnance22, to this intrusion of Philip’s image, which almost made it a new incitement23 to rush toward Maggie and claim her for himself. Nevertheless, he had done what he meant to do this evening,—he had kept aloof24 from her; he had hardly looked at her; and he had been gayly assiduous to Lucy. But now his eyes were devouring25 Maggie; he felt inclined to kick young Torry out of the dance, and take his place. Then he wanted the dance to end that he might get rid of his partner. The possibility that he too should dance with Maggie, and have her hand in his so long, was beginning to possess him like a thirst. But even now their hands were meeting in the dance,—were meeting still to the very end of it, though they were far off each other.

    Stephen hardly knew what happened, or in what automatic way he got through the duties of politeness in the interval13, until he was free and saw Maggie seated alone again, at the farther end of the room. He made his way toward her round the couples that were forming for the waltz; and when Maggie became conscious that she was the person he sought, she felt, in spite of all the thoughts that had gone before, a glowing gladness at heart. Her eyes and cheeks were still brightened with her childlike enthusiasm in the dance; her whole frame was set to joy and tenderness; even the coming pain could not seem bitter,—she was ready to welcome it as a part of life, for life at this moment seemed a keen, vibrating consciousness poised26 above pleasure or pain. This one, this last night, she might expand unrestrainedly in the warmth of the present, without those chill, eating thoughts of the past and the future.

    “They’re going to waltz again,” said Stephen, bending to speak to her, with that glance and tone of subdued27 tenderness which young dreams create to themselves in the summer woods when low, cooing voices fill the air. Such glances and tones bring the breath of poetry with them into a room that is half stifling28 with glaring gas and hard flirtation29.

    “They are going to waltz again. It is rather dizzy work to look on, and the room is very warm; shall we walk about a little?”

    He took her hand and placed it within his arm, and they walked on into the sitting-room, where the tables were strewn with engravings for the accommodation30 of visitors who would not want to look at them. But no visitors were here at this moment. They passed on into the conservatory.

    “How strange and unreal the trees and flowers look with the lights among them!” said Maggie, in a low voice. “They look as if they belonged to an enchanted31 land, and would never fade away; I could fancy they were all made of jewels.”

    She was looking at the tier of geraniums as she spoke32, and Stephen made no answer; but he was looking at her; and does not a supreme33 poet blend light and sound into one, calling darkness mute, and light eloquent34? Something strangely powerful there was in the light of Stephen’s long gaze, for it made Maggie’s face turn toward it and look upward at it, slowly, like a flower at the ascending35 brightness. And they walked unsteadily on, without feeling that they were walking; without feeling anything but that long, grave, mutual36 gaze which has the solemnity belonging to all deep human passion. The hovering37 thought that they must and would renounce38 each other made this moment of mute confession39 more intense in its rapture40.

    But they had reached the end of the conservatory, and were obliged to pause and turn. The change of movement brought a new consciousness to Maggie; she blushed deeply, turned away her head, and drew her arm from Stephen’s, going up to some flowers to smell them. Stephen stood motionless, and still pale.

    “Oh, may I get this rose?” said Maggie, making a great effort to say something, and dissipate the burning sense of irretrievable confession. “I think I am quite wicked with roses; I like to gather them and smell them till they have no scent41 left.”

    Stephen was mute; he was incapable42 of putting a sentence together, and Maggie bent43 her arm a little upward toward the large half-opened rose that had attracted her. Who has not felt the beauty of a woman’s arm? The unspeakable suggestions of tenderness that lie in the dimpled elbow, and all the varied44 gently lessening45 curves, down to the delicate wrist, with its tiniest, almost imperceptible nicks in the firm softness. A woman’s arm touched the soul of a great sculptor46 two thousand years ago, so that he wrought an image of it for the Parthenon which moves us still as it clasps lovingly the timeworn marble of a headless trunk. Maggie’s was such an arm as that, and it had the warm tints47 of life.

    A mad impulse seized on Stephen; he darted48 toward the arm, and showered kisses on it, clasping the wrist.

    But the next moment Maggie snatched it from him, and glared at him like a wounded war-goddess, quivering with rage and humiliation49.

    “How dare you?” She spoke in a deeply shaken, half-smothered voice. “What right have I given you to insult me?”

    She darted from him into the adjoining room, and threw herself on the sofa, panting and trembling.

    A horrible punishment was come upon her for the sin of allowing a moment’s happiness that was treachery to Lucy, to Philip, to her own better soul. That momentary50 happiness had been smitten51 with a blight52, a leprosy; Stephen thought more lightly of her than he did of Lucy.

    As for Stephen, he leaned back against the framework of the conservatory, dizzy with the conflict of passions,—love, rage, and confused despair; despair at his want of self-mastery, and despair that he had offended Maggie.

    The last feeling surmounted53 every other; to be by her side again and entreat54 forgiveness was the only thing that had the force of a motive55 for him, and she had not been seated more than a few minutes when he came and stood humbly56 before her. But Maggie’s bitter rage was unspent.

    “Leave me to myself, if you please,” she said, with impetuous haughtiness57, “and for the future avoid me.”

    Stephen turned away, and walked backward and forward at the other end of the room. There was the dire58 necessity of going back into the dancing-room again, and he was beginning to be conscious of that. They had been absent so short a time, that when he went in again the waltz was not ended.

    Maggie, too, was not long before she re-entered. All the pride of her nature was stung into activity; the hateful weakness which had dragged her within reach of this wound to her self-respect had at least wrought its own cure. The thoughts and temptations of the last month should all be flung away into an unvisited chamber59 of memory. There was nothing to allure60 her now; duty would be easy, and all the old calm purposes would reign61 peacefully once more. She re-entered the drawing-room still with some excited brightness in her face, but with a sense of proud self-command that defied anything to agitate62 her. She refused to dance again, but she talked quite readily and calmly with every one who addressed her. And when they got home that night, she kissed Lucy with a free heart, almost exulting63 in this scorching64 moment, which had delivered her from the possibility of another word or look that would have the stamp of treachery toward that gentle, unsuspicious sister.

    The next morning Maggie did not set off to Basset quite so soon as she had expected. Her mother was to accompany her in the carriage, and household business could not be dispatched hastily by Mrs Tulliver. So Maggie, who had been in a hurry to prepare herself, had to sit waiting, equipped for the drive, in the garden. Lucy was busy in the house wrapping up some bazaar65 presents for the younger ones at Basset, and when there was a loud ring at the door-bell, Maggie felt some alarm lest Lucy should bring out Stephen to her; it was sure to be Stephen.

    But presently the visitor came out into the garden alone, and seated himself by her on the garden-chair. It was not Stephen.

    “We can just catch the tips of the Scotch66 firs, Maggie, from this seat,” said Philip.

    They had taken each other’s hands in silence, but Maggie had looked at him with a more complete revival67 of the old childlike affectionate smile than he had seen before, and he felt encouraged.

    “Yes,” she said, “I often look at them, and wish I could see the low sunlight on the stems again. But I have never been that way but once,—to the churchyard with my mother.”

    “I have been there, I go there, continually,” said Philip. “I have nothing but the past to live upon.”

    A keen remembrance and keen pity impelled68 Maggie to put her hand in Philip’s. They had so often walked hand in hand!

    “I remember all the spots,” she said,—“just where you told me of particular things, beautiful stories that I had never heard of before.”

    “You will go there again soon, won’t you, Maggie?” said Philip, getting timid. “The Mill will soon be your brother’s home again.”

    “Yes; but I shall not be there,” said Maggie. “I shall only hear of that happiness. I am going away again; Lucy has not told you, perhaps?”

    “Then the future will never join on to the past again, Maggie? That book is quite closed?”

    The gray eyes that had so often looked up at her with entreating69 worship, looked up at her now, with a last struggling ray of hope in them, and Maggie met them with her large sincere gaze.

    “That book never will be closed, Philip,” she said, with grave sadness; “I desire no future that will break the ties of the past. But the tie to my brother is one of the strongest. I can do nothing willingly that will divide me always from him.”

    “Is that the only reason that would keep us apart forever, Maggie?” said Philip, with a desperate determination to have a definite answer.

    “The only reason,” said Maggie, with calm decision. And she believed it. At that moment she felt as if the enchanted cup had been dashed to the ground. The reactionary70 excitement that gave her a proud self-mastery had not subsided71, and she looked at the future with a sense of calm choice.

    They sat hand in hand without looking at each other or speaking for a few minutes; in Maggie’s mind the first scenes of love and parting were more present than the actual moment, and she was looking at Philip in the Red Deeps.

    Philip felt that he ought to have been thoroughly happy in that answer of hers; she was as open and transparent72 as a rock-pool. Why was he not thoroughly happy? Jealousy73 is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience74 that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart.



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    1 suite [swi:t] MsMwB   第7级
    n.一套(家具);套房;随从人员
    参考例句:
    • She has a suite of rooms in the hotel. 她在那家旅馆有一套房间。
    • That is a nice suite of furniture. 那套家具很不错。
    2 splendors [ˈsplendəz] 9604948927e16d12b7c4507da39c016a   第10级
    n.华丽( splendor的名词复数 );壮丽;光辉;显赫
    参考例句:
    • The sun rose presently and sent its unobstructed splendors over the land. 没多大工夫,太阳就出来了,毫无阻碍,把它的光华异彩散布在大地之上。 来自辞典例句
    • Her mortal frame could not endure the splendors of the immortal radiance. 她那世人的肉身禁不住炽热的神光。 来自辞典例句
    3 guardians ['ɡɑ:dɪənz] 648b3519bd4469e1a48dff4dc4827315   第7级
    监护人( guardian的名词复数 ); 保护者,维护者
    参考例句:
    • Farmers should be guardians of the countryside. 农民应是乡村的保卫者。
    • The police are guardians of law and order. 警察是法律和秩序的护卫者。
    4 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。
    5 sitting-room ['sɪtɪŋrʊm] sitting-room   第8级
    n.(BrE)客厅,起居室
    参考例句:
    • The sitting-room is clean. 起居室很清洁。
    • Each villa has a separate sitting-room. 每栋别墅都有一间独立的起居室。
    6 conservatory [kənˈsɜ:vətri] 4YeyO   第9级
    n.温室,音乐学院;adj.保存性的,有保存力的
    参考例句:
    • At the conservatory, he learned how to score a musical composition. 在音乐学校里,他学会了怎样谱曲。
    • The modern conservatory is not an environment for nurturing plants. 这个现代化温室的环境不适合培育植物。
    7 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。
    8 condescending [ˌkɔndi'sendiŋ] avxzvU   第9级
    adj.谦逊的,故意屈尊的
    参考例句:
    • He has a condescending attitude towards women. 他对女性总是居高临下。
    • He tends to adopt a condescending manner when talking to young women. 和年轻女子说话时,他喜欢摆出一副高高在上的姿态。
    9 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。
    10 longing [ˈlɒŋɪŋ] 98bzd   第8级
    n.(for)渴望
    参考例句:
    • Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her. 再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
    • His heart burned with longing for revenge. 他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。
    11 complimentary [ˌkɒmplɪˈmentri] opqzw   第8级
    adj.赠送的,免费的,赞美的,恭维的
    参考例句:
    • She made some highly complimentary remarks about their school. 她对他们的学校给予高度的评价。
    • The supermarket operates a complimentary shuttle service. 这家超市提供免费购物班车。
    12 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。
    13 interval [ˈɪntəvl] 85kxY   第7级
    n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息
    参考例句:
    • The interval between the two trees measures 40 feet. 这两棵树的间隔是40英尺。
    • There was a long interval before he anwsered the telephone. 隔了好久他才回了电话。
    14 banish [ˈbænɪʃ] nu8zD   第7级
    vt.放逐,驱逐;消除,排除
    参考例句:
    • The doctor advised her to banish fear and anxiety. 医生劝她消除恐惧和忧虑。
    • He tried to banish gloom from his thought. 他试图驱除心中的忧愁。
    15 pretentious [prɪˈtenʃəs] lSrz3   第9级
    adj.自命不凡的,自负的,炫耀的
    参考例句:
    • He is a talented but pretentious writer. 他是一个有才华但自命不凡的作家。
    • Speaking well of yourself would only make you appear conceited and pretentious. 自夸只会使你显得自负和虚伪。
    16 etiquette [ˈetɪket] Xiyz0   第7级
    n.礼仪,礼节;规矩
    参考例句:
    • The rules of etiquette are not so strict nowadays. 如今的礼仪规则已不那么严格了。
    • According to etiquette, you should stand up to meet a guest. 按照礼节你应该站起来接待客人。
    17 blot [blɒt] wtbzA   第8级
    vt.弄脏(用吸墨纸)吸干;n.污点,污渍
    参考例句:
    • That new factory is a blot on the landscape. 那新建的工厂破坏了此地的景色。
    • The crime he committed is a blot on his record. 他犯的罪是他的履历中的一个污点。
    18 attachment [əˈtætʃmənt] POpy1   第7级
    n.附属物,附件;依恋;依附
    参考例句:
    • She has a great attachment to her sister. 她十分依恋她的姐姐。
    • She's on attachment to the Ministry of Defense. 她现在隶属于国防部。
    19 bondage [ˈbɒndɪdʒ] 0NtzR   第10级
    n.奴役,束缚
    参考例句:
    • Masters sometimes allowed their slaves to buy their way out of bondage. 奴隶主们有时允许奴隶为自己赎身。
    • They aim to deliver the people who are in bondage to superstitious belief. 他们的目的在于解脱那些受迷信束缚的人。
    20 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。
    21 shuddering ['ʃʌdərɪŋ] 7cc81262357e0332a505af2c19a03b06   第8级
    v.战栗( shudder的现在分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动
    参考例句:
    • 'I am afraid of it,'she answered, shuddering. “我害怕,”她发着抖,说。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
    • She drew a deep shuddering breath. 她不由得打了个寒噤,深深吸了口气。 来自飘(部分)
    22 repugnance [rɪˈpʌgnəns] oBWz5   第11级
    n.嫌恶
    参考例句:
    • He fought down a feelings of repugnance. 他抑制住了厌恶感。
    • She had a repugnance to the person with whom she spoke. 她看不惯这个和她谈话的人。
    23 incitement [ɪnˈsaɪtmənt] 4114f37f5337a7296283079efe923dad   第9级
    激励; 刺激; 煽动; 激励物
    参考例句:
    • incitement to racial hatred 种族仇恨的挑起
    • Interest is an incitement to study. 兴趣刺激学习。
    24 aloof [əˈlu:f] wxpzN   第9级
    adj.远离的;冷淡的,漠不关心的
    参考例句:
    • Never stand aloof from the masses. 千万不可脱离群众。
    • On the evening the girl kept herself timidly aloof from the crowd. 这小女孩在晚上一直胆怯地远离人群。
    25 devouring [diˈvauərɪŋ] c4424626bb8fc36704aee0e04e904dcf   第7级
    吞没( devour的现在分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光
    参考例句:
    • The hungry boy was devouring his dinner. 那饥饿的孩子狼吞虎咽地吃饭。
    • He is devouring novel after novel. 他一味贪看小说。
    26 poised [pɔizd] SlhzBU   第8级
    a.摆好姿势不动的
    参考例句:
    • The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋,准备俯冲。
    • Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张,手悬在电话机上。
    27 subdued [səbˈdju:d] 76419335ce506a486af8913f13b8981d   第7级
    adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词
    参考例句:
    • He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
    • I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候,我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。
    28 stifling ['staifliŋ] dhxz7C   第9级
    a.令人窒息的
    参考例句:
    • The weather is stifling. It looks like rain. 今天太闷热,光景是要下雨。
    • We were stifling in that hot room with all the windows closed. 我们在那间关着窗户的热屋子里,简直透不过气来。
    29 flirtation [flɜ:ˈteɪʃn] 2164535d978e5272e6ed1b033acfb7d9   第7级
    n.调情,调戏,挑逗
    参考例句:
    • a brief and unsuccessful flirtation with the property market 对房地产市场一时兴起、并不成功的介入
    • At recess Tom continued his flirtation with Amy with jubilant self-satisfaction. 课间休息的时候,汤姆继续和艾美逗乐,一副得意洋洋、心满意足的样子。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
    30 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?
    31 enchanted [ɪn'tʃɑ:ntɪd] enchanted   第9级
    adj. 被施魔法的,陶醉的,入迷的 动词enchant的过去式和过去分词
    参考例句:
    • She was enchanted by the flowers you sent her. 她非常喜欢你送给她的花。
    • He was enchanted by the idea. 他为这个主意而欣喜若狂。
    32 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。
    33 supreme [su:ˈpri:m] PHqzc   第7级
    adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
    参考例句:
    • It was the supreme moment in his life. 那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
    • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court. 他把起诉书送交最高法院。
    34 eloquent [ˈeləkwənt] ymLyN   第7级
    adj.雄辩的,口才流利的;明白显示出的
    参考例句:
    • He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator. 他能言善辩,胜过最好的演说家。
    • These ruins are an eloquent reminder of the horrors of war. 这些废墟形象地提醒人们不要忘记战争的恐怖。
    35 ascending [ə'sendiŋ] CyCzrc   第7级
    adj.上升的,向上的
    参考例句:
    • Now draw or trace ten dinosaurs in ascending order of size.现在按照体型由小到大的顺序画出或是临摹出10只恐龙。
    36 mutual [ˈmju:tʃuəl] eFOxC   第7级
    adj.相互的,彼此的;共同的,共有的
    参考例句:
    • We must pull together for mutual interest. 我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
    • Mutual interests tied us together. 相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。
    37 hovering ['hɒvərɪŋ] 99fdb695db3c202536060470c79b067f   第7级
    鸟( hover的现在分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫
    参考例句:
    • The helicopter was hovering about 100 metres above the pad. 直升机在离发射台一百米的上空盘旋。
    • I'm hovering between the concert and the play tonight. 我犹豫不决今晚是听音乐会还是看戏。
    38 renounce [rɪˈnaʊns] 8BNzi   第9级
    vt.放弃;拒绝承认,宣布与…断绝关系;vi.放弃权利;垫牌
    参考例句:
    • She decided to renounce the world and enter a convent. 她决定弃绝尘世去当修女。
    • It was painful for him to renounce his son. 宣布与儿子脱离关系对他来说是很痛苦的。
    39 confession [kənˈfeʃn] 8Ygye   第10级
    n.自白,供认,承认
    参考例句:
    • Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation. 她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
    • The police used torture to extort a confession from him. 警察对他用刑逼供。
    40 rapture [ˈræptʃə(r)] 9STzG   第9级
    n.狂喜;全神贯注;着迷;vt.使狂喜
    参考例句:
    • His speech was received with rapture by his supporters. 他的演说受到支持者们的热烈欢迎。
    • In the midst of his rapture, he was interrupted by his father. 他正欢天喜地,被他父亲打断了。
    41 scent [sent] WThzs   第7级
    n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;vt.嗅,发觉;vi.发出…的气味;有…的迹象;嗅着气味追赶
    参考例句:
    • The air was filled with the scent of lilac. 空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。
    • The flowers give off a heady scent at night. 这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。
    42 incapable [ɪnˈkeɪpəbl] w9ZxK   第8级
    adj.无能力的,不能做某事的
    参考例句:
    • He would be incapable of committing such a cruel deed. 他不会做出这么残忍的事。
    • Computers are incapable of creative thought. 计算机不会创造性地思维。
    43 bent [bent] QQ8yD   第7级
    n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的;v.(使)弯曲,屈身(bend的过去式和过去分词)
    参考例句:
    • He was fully bent upon the project. 他一心扑在这项计划上。
    • We bent over backward to help them. 我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
    44 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。
    45 lessening ['lesnɪŋ] 7da1cd48564f42a12c5309c3711a7945   第7级
    减轻,减少,变小
    参考例句:
    • So however much he earned, she spent it, her demands growing and lessening with his income. 祥子挣多少,她花多少,她的要求随着他的钱涨落。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
    • The talks have resulted in a lessening of suspicion. 谈话消减了彼此的怀疑。
    46 sculptor [ˈskʌlptə(r)] 8Dyz4   第8级
    n.雕刻家,雕刻家
    参考例句:
    • A sculptor forms her material. 雕塑家把材料塑造成雕塑品。
    • The sculptor rounded the clay into a sphere. 那位雕塑家把黏土做成了一个球状。
    47 tints [tɪnts] 41fd51b51cf127789864a36f50ef24bf   第9级
    色彩( tint的名词复数 ); 带白的颜色; (淡色)染发剂; 痕迹
    参考例句:
    • leaves with red and gold autumn tints 金秋时节略呈红黄色的树叶
    • The whole countryside glowed with autumn tints. 乡间处处呈现出灿烂的秋色。
    48 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》
    49 humiliation [hju:ˌmɪlɪ'eɪʃn] Jd3zW   第7级
    n.羞辱
    参考例句:
    • He suffered the humiliation of being forced to ask for his cards.他蒙受了被迫要求辞职的羞辱。
    • He will wish to revenge his humiliation in last Season's Final.他会为在上个季度的决赛中所受的耻辱而报复的。
    50 momentary [ˈməʊməntri] hj3ya   第7级
    adj.片刻的,瞬息的;短暂的
    参考例句:
    • We are in momentary expectation of the arrival of you. 我们无时无刻不在盼望你的到来。
    • I caught a momentary glimpse of them. 我瞥了他们一眼。
    51 smitten [ˈsmɪtn] smitten   第11级
    猛打,重击,打击( smite的过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • From the moment they met, he was completely smitten by her. 从一见面的那一刻起,他就完全被她迷住了。
    • It was easy to see why she was smitten with him. 她很容易看出为何她为他倾倒。
    52 blight [blaɪt] 0REye   第10级
    n.枯萎病;造成破坏的因素;vt.破坏,摧残
    参考例句:
    • The apple crop was wiped out by blight. 枯萎病使苹果全无收成。
    • There is a blight on all his efforts. 他的一切努力都遭到挫折。
    53 surmounted [sɚ'maʊnt] 74f42bdb73dca8afb25058870043665a   第10级
    战胜( surmount的过去式和过去分词 ); 克服(困难); 居于…之上; 在…顶上
    参考例句:
    • She was well aware of the difficulties that had to be surmounted. 她很清楚必须克服哪些困难。
    • I think most of these obstacles can be surmounted. 我认为这些障碍大多数都是可以克服的。
    54 entreat [ɪnˈtri:t] soexj   第9级
    vt.&vi.恳求,恳请
    参考例句:
    • Charles Darnay felt it hopeless entreat him further, and his pride was touched besides. 查尔斯·达尔内感到再恳求他已是枉然,自尊心也受到了伤害。
    • I entreat you to contribute generously to the building fund. 我恳求您慷慨捐助建设基金。
    55 motive [ˈməʊtɪv] GFzxz   第7级
    n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的
    参考例句:
    • The police could not find a motive for the murder. 警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
    • He had some motive in telling this fable. 他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
    56 humbly ['hʌmblɪ] humbly   第7级
    adv. 恭顺地,谦卑地
    参考例句:
    • We humbly beg Your Majesty to show mercy. 我们恳请陛下发发慈悲。
    • "You must be right, Sir,'said John humbly. “你一定是对的,先生,”约翰恭顺地说道。
    57 haughtiness ['hɔ:tɪnəs] drPz4U   第9级
    n.傲慢;傲气
    参考例句:
    • Haughtiness invites disaster,humility receives benefit. 满招损,谦受益。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Finally he came to realize it was his haughtiness that held people off. 他终于意识到是他的傲慢态度使人不敢同他接近。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    58 dire [ˈdaɪə(r)] llUz9   第10级
    adj.可怕的,悲惨的,阴惨的,极端的
    参考例句:
    • There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV. 曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
    • We were indeed in dire straits. But we pulled through. 那时我们的困难真是大极了,但是我们渡过了困难。
    59 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。
    60 allure [əˈlʊə(r)] 4Vqz9   第9级
    n.诱惑力,魅力;vt.诱惑,引诱,吸引
    参考例句:
    • The window displays allure customers to buy goods. 橱窗陈列品吸引顾客购买货物。
    • The book has a certain allure for which it is hard to find a reason. 这本书有一种难以解释的魅力。
    61 reign [reɪn] pBbzx   第7级
    n.统治时期,统治,支配,盛行;vi.占优势
    参考例句:
    • The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century. 伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
    • The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years. 朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。
    62 agitate [ˈædʒɪteɪt] aNtzi   第7级
    vi.(for,against)煽动,鼓动;vt.搅动
    参考例句:
    • They sent agents to agitate the local people. 他们派遣情报人员煽动当地的民众。
    • All you need to do is gently agitate the water with a finger or paintbrush. 你只需要用手指或刷子轻轻地搅动水。
    63 exulting [ɪgˈzʌltɪŋ] 2f8f310798e5e8c1b9dd92ff6395ba84   第10级
    vi. 欢欣鼓舞,狂喜
    参考例句:
    • He leaned back, exulting at the success of his plan. 他向后一靠,为自己计划成功而得意扬扬。
    • Jones was exulting in the consciousness of his integrity. 琼斯意识到自己的忠贞十分高兴。
    64 scorching ['skɔ:tʃiŋ] xjqzPr   第9级
    adj. 灼热的
    参考例句:
    • a scorching, pitiless sun 灼热的骄阳
    • a scorching critique of the government's economic policy 对政府经济政策的严厉批评
    65 bazaar [bəˈzɑ:(r)] 3Qoyt   第9级
    n.集市,商店集中区
    参考例句:
    • Chickens, goats and rabbits were offered for barter at the bazaar. 在集市上,鸡、山羊和兔子被摆出来作物物交换之用。
    • We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar. 我们在集市通过讨价还价买到了一条很漂亮的地毯。
    66 scotch [skɒtʃ] ZZ3x8   第9级
    n.伤口,刻痕;苏格兰威士忌酒;vi.粉碎,消灭,阻止;adj.苏格兰(人)的
    参考例句:
    • Facts will eventually scotch these rumours. 这种谣言在事实面前将不攻自破。
    • Italy was full of fine views and virtually empty of Scotch whiskey. 意大利多的是美景,真正缺的是苏格兰威士忌。
    67 revival [rɪˈvaɪvl] UWixU   第8级
    n.复兴,复苏,(精力、活力等的)重振
    参考例句:
    • The period saw a great revival in the wine trade. 这一时期葡萄酒业出现了很大的复苏。
    • He claimed the housing market was showing signs of a revival. 他指出房地产市场正出现复苏的迹象。
    68 impelled [ɪm'peld] 8b9a928e37b947d87712c1a46c607ee7   第9级
    v.推动、推进或敦促某人做某事( impel的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He felt impelled to investigate further. 他觉得有必要作进一步调查。
    • I feel impelled to express grave doubts about the project. 我觉得不得不对这项计划深表怀疑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    69 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。
    70 reactionary [riˈækʃənri] 4TWxJ   第8级
    n.反动者,反动主义者;adj.反动的,反动主义的,反对改革的
    参考例句:
    • They forced thousands of peasants into their reactionary armies. 他们迫使成千上万的农民参加他们的反动军队。
    • The reactionary ruling clique was torn by internal strife. 反动统治集团内部勾心斗角,四分五裂。
    71 subsided [səbˈsaidid] 1bda21cef31764468020a8c83598cc0d   第9级
    v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上
    参考例句:
    • After the heavy rains part of the road subsided. 大雨过后,部分公路塌陷了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • By evening the storm had subsided and all was quiet again. 傍晚, 暴风雨已经过去,四周开始沉寂下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    72 transparent [trænsˈpærənt] Smhwx   第7级
    adj.明显的,无疑的;透明的
    参考例句:
    • The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming. 水清澈透明,可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
    • The window glass is transparent. 窗玻璃是透明的。
    73 jealousy [ˈdʒeləsi] WaRz6   第7级
    n.妒忌,嫉妒,猜忌
    参考例句:
    • Some women have a disposition to jealousy. 有些女人生性爱妒忌。
    • I can't support your jealousy any longer. 我再也无法忍受你的嫉妒了。
    74 omniscience [ɒm'nɪsɪəns] bb61d57b9507c0bbcae0e03a6067f84e   第10级
    n.全知,全知者,上帝
    参考例句:
    • Omniscience is impossible, but we be ready at all times, constantly studied. 无所不知是不可能,但我们应该时刻准备着,不断地进修学习。 来自互联网
    • Thus, the argument concludes that omniscience and omnipotence are logically incompatible. 因此,争论断定那个上帝和全能是逻辑地不兼容的。 来自互联网

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