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  • Waking

    When Maggie was gone to sleep, Stephen, weary too with his unaccustomed amount of rowing, and with the intense inward life of the last twelve hours, but too restless to sleep, walked and lounged about the deck with his cigar far on into midnight, not seeing the dark water, hardly conscious there were stars, living only in the near and distant future. At last fatigue1 conquered restlessness, and he rolled himself up in a piece of tarpaulin2 on the deck near Maggie’s feet.

    She had fallen asleep before nine, and had been sleeping for six hours before the faintest hint3 of a midsummer daybreak was discernible. She awoke from that vivid dreaming which makes the margin4 of our deeper rest. She was in a boat on the wide water with Stephen, and in the gathering5 darkness something like a star appeared, that grew and grew till they saw it was the Virgin6 seated in St Ogg’s boat, and it came nearer and nearer, till they saw the Virgin was Lucy and the boatman was Philip,—no, not Philip, but her brother, who rowed past without looking at her; and she rose to stretch out her arms and call to him, and their own boat turned over with the movement, and they began to sink, till with one spasm7 of dread8 she seemed to awake, and find she was a child again in the parlour at evening twilight9, and Tom was not really angry. From the soothed10 sense of that false waking she passed to the real waking,—to the plash of water against the vessel11, and the sound of a footstep on the deck, and the awful starlit sky. There was a moment of utter bewilderment before her mind could get disentangled from the confused web of dreams; but soon the whole terrible truth urged itself upon her. Stephen was not by her now; she was alone with her own memory and her own dread. The irrevocable wrong that must blot12 her life had been committed; she had brought sorrow into the lives of others,—into the lives that were knit up with hers by trust and love. The feeling of a few short weeks had hurried her into the sins her nature had most recoiled13 from,—breach of faith and cruel selfishness; she had rent the ties that had given meaning to duty, and had made herself an outlawed15 soul, with no guide but the wayward choice of her own passion. And where would that lead her? Where had it led her now? She had said she would rather die than fall into that temptation. She felt it now,—now that the consequences of such a fall had come before the outward act was completed. There was at least this fruit from all her years of striving after the highest and best,—that her soul though betrayed, beguiled16, ensnared, could never deliberately17 consent to a choice of the lower. And a choice of what? O God! not a choice of joy, but of conscious cruelty and hardness; for could she ever cease to see before her Lucy and Philip, with their murdered trust and hopes? Her life with Stephen could have no sacredness; she must forever sink and wander vaguely18, driven by uncertain impulse; for she had let go the clue of life,—that clue which once in the far-off years her young need had clutched so strongly. She had renounced19 all delights then, before she knew them, before they had come within her reach. Philip had been right when he told her that she knew nothing of renunciation; she had thought it was quiet ecstasy21; she saw it face to face now,—that sad, patient, loving strength which holds the clue of life,—and saw that the thorns were forever pressing on its brow. The yesterday, which could never be revoked,—if she could have changed it now for any length of inward silent endurance, she would have bowed beneath that cross with a sense of rest.

    Day break came and the reddening eastern light, while her past life was grasping her in this way, with that tightening23 clutch which comes in the last moments of possible rescue. She could see Stephen now lying on the deck still fast asleep, and with the sight of him there came a wave of anguish24 that found its way in a long-suppressed sob25. The worst bitterness of parting—the thought that urged the sharpest inward cry for help—was the pain it must give to him. But surmounting26 everything was the horror at her own possible failure, the dread lest her conscience should be benumbed again, and not rise to energy till it was too late. Too late! it was too late already not to have caused misery27; too late for everything, perhaps, but to rush away from the last act of baseness,—the tasting of joys that were wrung28 from crushed hearts.

    The sun was rising now, and Maggie started up with the sense that a day of resistance was beginning for her. Her eyelashes were still wet with tears, as, with her shawl over her head, she sat looking at the slowly rounding sun. Something roused Stephen too, and getting up from his hard bed, he came to sit beside her. The sharp instinct of anxious love saw something to give him alarm in the very first glance. He had a hovering29 dread of some resistance in Maggie’s nature that he would be unable to overcome. He had the uneasy consciousness that he had robbed her of perfect freedom yesterday; there was too much native honour in him, for him not to feel that, if her will should recoil14, his conduct would have been odious30, and she would have a right to reproach him.

    But Maggie did not feel that right; she was too conscious of fatal weakness in herself, too full of the tenderness that comes with the foreseen need for inflicting31 a wound. She let him take her hand when he came to sit down beside her, and smiled at him, only with rather a sad glance; she could say nothing to pain him till the moment of possible parting was nearer. And so they drank their cup of coffee together, and walked about the deck, and heard the captain’s assurance that they should be in at Mudport by five o’clock, each with an inward burthen; but in him it was an undefined fear, which he trusted to the coming hours to dissipate; in her it was a definite resolve on which she was trying silently to tighten22 her hold. Stephen was continually, through the morning, expressing his anxiety at the fatigue and discomfort32 she was suffering, and alluded33 to landing and to the change of motion and repose34 she would have in a carriage, wanting to assure himself more completely by presupposing that everything would be as he had arranged it. For a long while Maggie contented35 herself with assuring him that she had had a good night’s rest, and that she didn’t mind about being on the vessel,—it was not like being on the open sea, it was only a little less pleasant than being in a boat on the Floss. But a suppressed resolve will betray itself in the eyes, and Stephen became more and more uneasy as the day advanced, under the sense that Maggie had entirely36 lost her passiveness. He longed, but did not dare, to speak of their marriage, of where they would go after it, and the steps he would take to inform his father, and the rest, of what had happened. He longed to assure himself of a tacit assent37 from her. But each time he looked at her, he gathered a stronger dread of the new, quiet sadness with which she met his eyes. And they were more and more silent.

    “Here we are in sight of Mudport,” he said at last. “Now, dearest,” he added, turning toward her with a look that was half beseeching38, “the worst part of your fatigue is over. On the land we can command swiftness. In another hour and a half we shall be in a chaise together, and that will seem rest to you after this.”

    Maggie felt it was time to speak; it would only be unkind now to assent by silence. She spoke39 in the lowest tone, as he had done, but with distinct decision.

    “We shall not be together; we shall have parted.”

    The blood rushed to Stephen’s face.

    “We shall not,” he said. “I’ll die first.”

    It was as he had dreaded—there was a struggle coming. But neither of them dared to say another word till the boat was let down, and they were taken to the landing-place. Here there was a cluster of gazers and passengers awaiting the departure of the steamboat to St Ogg’s. Maggie had a dim sense, when she had landed, and Stephen was hurrying her along on his arm, that some one had advanced toward her from that cluster as if he were coming to speak to her. But she was hurried along, and was indifferent to everything but the coming trial.

    A porter guided them to the nearest inn and posting-house, and Stephen gave the order for the chaise as they passed through the yard. Maggie took no notice of this, and only said, “Ask them to show us into a room where we can sit down.”

    When they entered, Maggie did not sit down, and Stephen, whose face had a desperate determination in it, was about to ring the bell, when she said, in a firm voice,—

    “I’m not going; we must part here.”

    “Maggie,” he said, turning round toward her, and speaking in the tones of a man who feels a process of torture beginning, “do you mean to kill me? What is the use of it now? The whole thing is done.”

    “No, it is not done,” said Maggie. “Too much is done,—more than we can ever remove the trace of. But I will go no farther. Don’t try to prevail with me again. I couldn’t choose yesterday.”

    What was he to do? He dared not go near her; her anger might leap out, and make a new barrier. He walked backward and forward in maddening perplexity.

    “Maggie,” he said at last, pausing before her, and speaking in a tone of imploring40 wretchedness, “have some pity—hear me—forgive me for what I did yesterday. I will obey you now; I will do nothing without your full consent. But don’t blight41 our lives forever by a rash perversity42 that can answer no good purpose to any one, that can only create new evils. Sit down, dearest; wait—think what you are going to do. Don’t treat me as if you couldn’t trust me.”

    He had chosen the most effective appeal; but Maggie’s will was fixed43 unswervingly on the coming wrench44. She had made up her mind to suffer.

    “We must not wait,” she said, in a low but distinct voice; “we must part at once.”

    “We can’t part, Maggie,” said Stephen, more impetuously. “I can’t bear it. What is the use of inflicting that misery on me? The blow—whatever it may have been—has been struck now. Will it help any one else that you should drive me mad?”

    “I will not begin any future, even for you,” said Maggie, tremulously, “with a deliberate consent to what ought not to have been. What I told you at Basset I feel now; I would rather have died than fall into this temptation. It would have been better if we had parted forever then. But we must part now.”

    “We will not part,” Stephen burst out, instinctively45 placing his back against the door, forgetting everything he had said a few moments before; “I will not endure it. You’ll make me desperate; I sha’n’t know what I do.”

    Maggie trembled. She felt that the parting could not be effected suddenly. She must rely on a slower appeal to Stephen’s better self; she must be prepared for a harder task than that of rushing away while resolution was fresh. She sat down. Stephen, watching her with that look of desperation which had come over him like a lurid46 light, approached slowly from the door, seated himself close beside her, and grasped her hand. Her heart beat like the heart of a frightened bird; but this direct opposition47 helped her. She felt her determination growing stronger.

    “Remember what you felt weeks ago,” she began, with beseeching earnestness; “remember what we both felt,—that we owed ourselves to others, and must conquer every inclination48 which could make us false to that debt. We have failed to keep our resolutions; but the wrong remains49 the same.”

    “No, it does not remain the same,” said Stephen. “We have proved that it was impossible to keep our resolutions. We have proved that the feeling which draws us toward each other is too strong to be overcome. That natural law surmounts50 every other; we can’t help what it clashes with.”

    “It is not so, Stephen; I’m quite sure that is wrong. I have tried to think it again and again; but I see, if we judged in that way, there would be a warrant for all treachery and cruelty; we should justify51 breaking the most sacred ties that can ever be formed on earth. If the past is not to bind52 us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.”

    “But there are ties that can’t be kept by mere53 resolution,” said Stephen, starting up and walking about again. “What is outward faithfulness? Would they have thanked us for anything so hollow as constancy without love?”

    Maggie did not answer immediately. She was undergoing an inward as well as an outward contest. At last she said, with a passionate54 assertion of her conviction, as much against herself as against him,—

    “That seems right—at first; but when I look further, I’m sure it is not right. Faithfulness and constancy mean something else besides doing what is easiest and pleasantest to ourselves. They mean renouncing55 whatever is opposed to the reliance others have in us,—whatever would cause misery to those whom the course of our lives has made dependent on us. If we—if I had been better, nobler, those claims would have been so strongly present with me,—I should have felt them pressing on my heart so continually, just as they do now in the moments when my conscience is awake,—that the opposite feeling would never have grown in me, as it has done; it would have been quenched56 at once, I should have prayed for help so earnestly, I should have rushed away as we rush from hideous57 danger. I feel no excuse for myself, none. I should never have failed toward Lucy and Philip as I have done, if I had not been weak, selfish, and hard,—able to think of their pain without a pain to myself that would have destroyed all temptation. Oh, what is Lucy feeling now? She believed in me—she loved me—she was so good to me. Think of her——”

    Maggie’s voice was getting choked as she uttered these last words.

    “I can’t think of her,” said Stephen, stamping as if with pain. “I can think of nothing but you, Maggie. You demand of a man what is impossible. I felt that once; but I can’t go back to it now. And where is the use of your thinking of it, except to torture me? You can’t save them from pain now; you can only tear yourself from me, and make my life worthless to me. And even if we could go back, and both fulfil our engagements,—if that were possible now,—it would be hateful, horrible, to think of your ever being Philip’s wife,—of your ever being the wife of a man you didn’t love. We have both been rescued from a mistake.”

    A deep flush came over Maggie’s face, and she couldn’t speak. Stephen saw this. He sat down again, taking her hand in his, and looking at her with passionate entreaty58.

    “Maggie! Dearest! If you love me, you are mine. Who can have so great a claim on you as I have? My life is bound up in your love. There is nothing in the past that can annul59 our right to each other; it is the first time we have either of us loved with our whole heart and soul.”

    Maggie was still silent for a little while, looking down. Stephen was in a flutter of new hope; he was going to triumph. But she raised her eyes and met his with a glance that was filled with the anguish of regret, not with yielding.

    “No, not with my whole heart and soul, Stephen,” she said with timid resolution. “I have never consented to it with my whole mind. There are memories, and affections, and longings60 after perfect goodness, that have such a strong hold on me; they would never quit me for long; they would come back and be pain to me—repentance. I couldn’t live in peace if I put the shadow of a wilful61 sin between myself and God. I have caused sorrow already—I know—I feel it; but I have never deliberately consented to it; I have never said, ‘They shall suffer, that I may have joy.’ It has never been my will to marry you; if you were to win consent from the momentary62 triumph of my feeling for you, you would not have my whole soul. If I could wake back again into the time before yesterday, I would choose to be true to my calmer affections, and live without the joy of love.”

    Stephen loosed her hand, and rising impatiently, walked up and down the room in suppressed rage.

    “Good God!” he burst out at last, “what a miserable63 thing a woman’s love is to a man’s! I could commit crimes for you,—and you can balance and choose in that way. But you don’t love me; if you had a tithe64 of the feeling for me that I have for you, it would be impossible to you to think for a moment of sacrificing me. But it weighs nothing with you that you are robbing me of my life’s happiness.”

    Maggie pressed her fingers together almost convulsively as she held them clasped on her lap. A great terror was upon her, as if she were ever and anon seeing where she stood by great flashes of lightning, and then again stretched forth65 her hands in the darkness.

    “No, I don’t sacrifice you—I couldn’t sacrifice you,” she said, as soon as she could speak again; “but I can’t believe in a good for you, that I feel, that we both feel, is a wrong toward others. We can’t choose happiness either for ourselves or for another; we can’t tell where that will lie. We can only choose whether we will indulge ourselves in the present moment, or whether we will renounce20 that, for the sake of obeying the divine voice within us,—for the sake of being true to all the motives66 that sanctify our lives. I know this belief is hard; it has slipped away from me again and again; but I have felt that if I let it go forever, I should have no light through the darkness of this life.”

    “But, Maggie,” said Stephen, seating himself by her again, “is it possible you don’t see that what happened yesterday has altered the whole position of things? What infatuation is it, what obstinate67 prepossession, that blinds you to that? It is too late to say what we might have done or what we ought to have done. Admitting the very worst view of what has been done, it is a fact we must act on now; our position is altered; the right course is no longer what it was before. We must accept our own actions and start afresh from them. Suppose we had been married yesterday? It is nearly the same thing. The effect on others would not have been different. It would only have made this difference to ourselves,” Stephen added bitterly, “that you might have acknowledged then that your tie to me was stronger than to others.”

    Again a deep flush came over Maggie’s face, and she was silent. Stephen thought again that he was beginning to prevail,—he had never yet believed that he should not prevail; there are possibilities which our minds shrink from too completely for us to fear them.

    “Dearest,” he said, in his deepest, tenderest tone, leaning toward her, and putting his arm round her, “you are mine now,—the world believes it; duty must spring out of that now.

    “In a few hours you will be legally mine, and those who had claims on us will submit,—they will see that there was a force which declared against their claims.”

    Maggie’s eyes opened wide in one terrified look at the face that was close to hers, and she started up, pale again.

    “Oh, I can’t do it,” she said, in a voice almost of agony; “Stephen, don’t ask me—don’t urge me. I can’t argue any longer,—I don’t know what is wise; but my heart will not let me do it. I see,—I feel their trouble now; it is as if it were branded on my mind. I have suffered, and had no one to pity me; and now I have made others suffer. It would never leave me; it would embitter68 your love to me. I do care for Philip—in a different way; I remember all we said to each other; I know how he thought of me as the one promise of his life. He was given to me that I might make his lot less hard; and I have forsaken69 him. And Lucy—she has been deceived; she who trusted me more than any one. I cannot marry you; I cannot take a good for myself that has been wrung out of their misery. It is not the force that ought to rule us,—this that we feel for each other; it would rend70 me away from all that my past life has made dear and holy to me. I can’t set out on a fresh life, and forget that; I must go back to it, and cling to it, else I shall feel as if there were nothing firm beneath my feet.”

    “Good God, Maggie!” said Stephen, rising too and grasping her arm, “you rave71. How can you go back without marrying me? You don’t know what will be said, dearest. You see nothing as it really is.”

    “Yes, I do. But they will believe me. I will confess everything. Lucy will believe me—she will forgive you, and—and—oh, some good will come by clinging to the right. Dear, dear Stephen, let me go!—don’t drag me into deeper remorse72. My whole soul has never consented; it does not consent now.”

    Stephen let go her arm, and sank back on his chair, half-stunned by despairing rage. He was silent a few moments, not looking at her; while her eyes were turned toward him yearningly73, in alarm at this sudden change. At last he said, still without looking at her,—

    “Go, then,—leave me; don’t torture me any longer,—I can’t bear it.”

    Involuntarily she leaned toward him and put out her hand to touch his. But he shrank from it as if it had been burning iron, and said again,—

    “Leave me.”

    Maggie was not conscious of a decision as she turned away from that gloomy averted74 face, and walked out of the room; it was like an automatic action that fulfils a forgotten intention. What came after? A sense of stairs descended75 as if in a dream, of flagstones, of a chaise and horses standing76, then a street, and a turning into another street where a stage-coach was standing, taking in passengers, and the darting77 thought that that coach would take her away, perhaps toward home. But she could ask nothing yet; she only got into the coach.

    Home—where her mother and brother were, Philip, Lucy, the scene of her very cares and trials—was the haven78 toward which her mind tended; the sanctuary79 where sacred relics80 lay, where she would be rescued from more falling. The thought of Stephen was like a horrible throbbing81 pain, which yet, as such pains do, seemed to urge all other thoughts into activity. But among her thoughts, what others would say and think of her conduct was hardly present. Love and deep pity and remorseful82 anguish left no room for that.

    The coach was taking her to York, farther away from home; but she did not learn that until she was set down in the old city at midnight. It was no matter; she could sleep there, and start home the next day. She had her purse in her pocket, with all her money in it,—a bank-note and a sovereign; she had kept it in her pocket from forgetfulness, after going out to make purchases the day before yesterday.

    Did she lie down in the gloomy bedroom of the old inn that night with her will bent83 unwaveringly on the path of penitent84 sacrifice? The great struggles of life are not so easy as that; the great problems of life are not so clear. In the darkness of that night she saw Stephen’s face turned toward her in passionate, reproachful misery; she lived through again all the tremulous delights of his presence with her that made existence an easy floating in a stream of joy, instead of a quiet resolved endurance and effort. The love she had renounced came back upon her with a cruel charm; she felt herself opening her arms to receive it once more; and then it seemed to slip away and fade and vanish, leaving only the dying sound of a deep, thrilling voice that said, “Gone, forever gone.”



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    1 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。
    2 tarpaulin [tɑ:ˈpɔ:lɪn] nIszk   第12级
    n.涂油防水布,防水衣,防水帽
    参考例句:
    • The pool furniture was folded, stacked and covered with a tarpaulin. 游泳池的设备都已经折叠起来,堆在那里,还盖上了防水布。
    3 hint [hɪnt] IdgxW   第7级
    n.暗示,示意;[pl]建议;线索,迹象;vi.暗示;vt.暗示;示意
    参考例句:
    • He gave me a hint that I was being cheated. 他暗示我在受人欺骗。
    • He quickly took the hint. 一点他就明白了。
    4 margin [ˈmɑ:dʒɪn] 67Mzp   第7级
    n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘
    参考例句:
    • We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train. 我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
    • The village is situated at the margin of a forest. 村子位于森林的边缘。
    5 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。
    6 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。
    7 spasm [ˈspæzəm] dFJzH   第10级
    n.痉挛,抽搐;一阵发作
    参考例句:
    • When the spasm passed, it left him weak and sweating. 一阵痉挛之后,他虚弱无力,一直冒汗。
    • He kicked the chair in a spasm of impatience. 他突然变得不耐烦,一脚踢向椅子。
    8 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。
    9 twilight [ˈtwaɪlaɪt] gKizf   第7级
    n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期
    参考例句:
    • Twilight merged into darkness. 夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
    • Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth. 薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。
    10 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》
    11 vessel [ˈvesl] 4L1zi   第7级
    n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管
    参考例句:
    • The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai. 这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
    • You should put the water into a vessel. 你应该把水装入容器中。
    12 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。
    13 recoiled [rɪˈkɔɪld] 8282f6b353b1fa6f91b917c46152c025   第8级
    v.畏缩( recoil的过去式和过去分词 );退缩;报应;返回
    参考例句:
    • She recoiled from his touch. 她躲开他的触摸。
    • Howard recoiled a little at the sharpness in my voice. 听到我的尖声,霍华德往后缩了一下。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    14 recoil [rɪˈkɔɪl] GA4zL   第8级
    vi.退却,退缩,畏缩
    参考例句:
    • Most people would recoil at the sight of the snake. 许多人看见蛇都会向后退缩。
    • Revenge may recoil upon the person who takes it. 报复者常会受到报应。
    15 outlawed [] e2d1385a121c74347f32d0eb4aa15b54   第7级
    宣布…为不合法(outlaw的过去式与过去分词形式)
    参考例句:
    • Most states have outlawed the use of marijuana. 大多数州都宣布使用大麻为非法行为。
    • I hope the sale of tobacco will be outlawed someday. 我希望有朝一日烟草制品会禁止销售。
    16 beguiled [bɪˈgaɪld] f25585f8de5e119077c49118f769e600   第10级
    v.欺骗( beguile的过去式和过去分词 );使陶醉;使高兴;消磨(时间等)
    参考例句:
    • She beguiled them into believing her version of events. 她哄骗他们相信了她叙述的事情。
    • He beguiled me into signing this contract. 他诱骗我签订了这项合同。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    17 deliberately [dɪˈlɪbərətli] Gulzvq   第7级
    adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地
    参考例句:
    • The girl gave the show away deliberately. 女孩故意泄露秘密。
    • They deliberately shifted off the argument. 他们故意回避这个论点。
    18 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。
    19 renounced [riˈnaunst] 795c0b0adbaedf23557e95abe647849c   第9级
    v.声明放弃( renounce的过去式和过去分词 );宣布放弃;宣布与…决裂;宣布摒弃
    参考例句:
    • We have renounced the use of force to settle our disputes. 我们已再次宣布放弃使用武力来解决争端。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Andrew renounced his claim to the property. 安德鲁放弃了财产的所有权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    20 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。
    21 ecstasy [ˈekstəsi] 9kJzY   第8级
    n.狂喜,心醉神怡,入迷
    参考例句:
    • He listened to the music with ecstasy. 他听音乐听得入了神。
    • Speechless with ecstasy, the little boys gazed at the toys. 小孩注视着那些玩具,高兴得说不出话来。
    22 tighten [ˈtaɪtn] 9oYwI   第7级
    vt.&vi.(使)变紧;(使)绷紧
    参考例句:
    • Turn the screw to the right to tighten it. 向右转动螺钉把它拧紧。
    • Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation. 一些国家实行紧缩银根的货币政策,以避免通货膨胀。
    23 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。
    24 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。
    25 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。
    26 surmounting [səˈmaʊntɪŋ] b3a8dbce337095904a3677d7985f22ad   第10级
    战胜( surmount的现在分词 ); 克服(困难); 居于…之上; 在…顶上
    参考例句:
    • Surmounting the risks and fears of some may be difficult. 解除某些人的疑虑可能是困难的。
    • There was high French-like land in one corner, and a tumble-down grey lighthouse surmounting it. 一角画着一块像是法国风光的高地,上面有一座破烂的灰色灯塔。
    27 misery [ˈmɪzəri] G10yi   第7级
    n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦
    参考例句:
    • Business depression usually causes misery among the working class. 商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
    • He has rescued me from the mire of misery. 他把我从苦海里救了出来。
    28 wrung [rʌŋ] b11606a7aab3e4f9eebce4222a9397b1   第7级
    绞( wring的过去式和过去分词 ); 握紧(尤指别人的手); 把(湿衣服)拧干; 绞掉(水)
    参考例句:
    • He has wrung the words from their true meaning. 他曲解这些字的真正意义。
    • He wrung my hand warmly. 他热情地紧握我的手。
    29 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。
    30 odious [ˈəʊdiəs] l0zy2   第10级
    adj.可憎的,讨厌的
    参考例句:
    • The judge described the crime as odious. 法官称这一罪行令人发指。
    • His character could best be described as odious. 他的人格用可憎来形容最贴切。
    31 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。
    32 discomfort [dɪsˈkʌmfət] cuvxN   第8级
    n.不舒服,不安,难过,困难,不方便
    参考例句:
    • One has to bear a little discomfort while travelling. 旅行中总要忍受一点不便。
    • She turned red with discomfort when the teacher spoke. 老师讲话时她不好意思地红着脸。
    33 alluded [əˈlu:did] 69f7a8b0f2e374aaf5d0965af46948e7   第8级
    提及,暗指( allude的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • In your remarks you alluded to a certain sinister design. 在你的谈话中,你提到了某个阴谋。
    • She also alluded to her rival's past marital troubles. 她还影射了对手过去的婚姻问题。
    34 repose [rɪˈpəʊz] KVGxQ   第11级
    vt.(使)休息;n.安息
    参考例句:
    • Don't disturb her repose. 不要打扰她休息。
    • Her mouth seemed always to be smiling, even in repose. 她的嘴角似乎总是挂着微笑,即使在睡眠时也是这样。
    35 contented [kənˈtentɪd] Gvxzof   第8级
    adj.满意的,安心的,知足的
    参考例句:
    • He won't be contented until he's upset everyone in the office. 不把办公室里的每个人弄得心烦意乱他就不会满足。
    • The people are making a good living and are contented, each in his station. 人民安居乐业。
    36 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。
    37 assent [əˈsent] Hv6zL   第9级
    vi.批准,认可;n.批准,认可
    参考例句:
    • I cannot assent to what you ask. 我不能应允你的要求。
    • The new bill passed by Parliament has received Royal Assent. 议会所通过的新方案已获国王批准。
    38 beseeching [bɪˈsi:tʃɪŋ] 67f0362f7eb28291ad2968044eb2a985   第11级
    adj.恳求似的v.恳求,乞求(某事物)( beseech的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • She clung to her father, beseeching him for consent. 她紧紧挨着父亲,恳求他答应。 来自辞典例句
    • He casts a beseeching glance at his son. 他用恳求的眼光望着儿子。 来自辞典例句
    39 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。
    40 imploring [imˈplɔ:riŋ] cb6050ff3ff45d346ac0579ea33cbfd6   第9级
    恳求的,哀求的
    参考例句:
    • Those calm, strange eyes could see her imploring face. 那平静的,没有表情的眼睛还能看得到她的乞怜求情的面容。
    • She gave him an imploring look. 她以哀求的眼神看着他。
    41 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。
    42 perversity [pə'vɜ:sɪtɪ] D3kzJ   第12级
    n.任性;刚愎自用
    参考例句:
    • She's marrying him out of sheer perversity. 她嫁给他纯粹是任性。
    • The best of us have a spice of perversity in us. 在我们最出色的人身上都有任性的一面。
    43 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。
    44 wrench [rentʃ] FMvzF   第7级
    vt.猛拧;挣脱;使扭伤;vi. 扭伤;猛扭;猛绞;n.扳手;痛苦,难受,扭伤
    参考例句:
    • He gave a wrench to his ankle when he jumped down. 他跳下去的时候扭伤了足踝。
    • It was a wrench to leave the old home. 离开这个老家非常痛苦。
    45 instinctively [ɪn'stɪŋktɪvlɪ] 2qezD2   第9级
    adv.本能地
    参考例句:
    • As he leaned towards her she instinctively recoiled. 他向她靠近,她本能地往后缩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • He knew instinctively where he would find her. 他本能地知道在哪儿能找到她。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    46 lurid [ˈlʊərɪd] 9Atxh   第11级
    adj.可怕的;血红的;苍白的
    参考例句:
    • The paper gave all the lurid details of the murder. 这份报纸对这起凶杀案耸人听闻的细节描写得淋漓尽致。
    • The lurid sunset puts a red light on their faces. 血红一般的夕阳映红了他们的脸。
    47 opposition [ˌɒpəˈzɪʃn] eIUxU   第8级
    n.反对,敌对
    参考例句:
    • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard. 该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
    • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition. 警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
    48 inclination [ˌɪnklɪˈneɪʃn] Gkwyj   第7级
    n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好
    参考例句:
    • She greeted us with a slight inclination of the head. 她微微点头向我们致意。
    • I did not feel the slightest inclination to hurry. 我没有丝毫着急的意思。
    49 remains [rɪˈmeɪnz] 1kMzTy   第7级
    n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
    参考例句:
    • He ate the remains of food hungrily. 他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
    • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog. 残羹剩饭喂狗了。
    50 surmounts [səˈmaʊnts] 355983785cd3023f9ac4708eb0848f5d   第10级
    战胜( surmount的第三人称单数 ); 克服(困难); 居于…之上; 在…顶上
    参考例句:
    • A weather-vane surmounts the spire/The spire is surmounted by a weather-vane. 风向标装置在尖塔上[尖塔上装有风向标]。
    • One inch of joy surmounts grief of a span. 点滴欢乐就能克服大量的忧伤。
    51 justify [ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ] j3DxR   第7级
    vt.证明…正当(或有理),为…辩护
    参考例句:
    • He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses. 他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
    • Can you justify your rude behavior to me? 你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗?
    52 bind [baɪnd] Vt8zi   第7级
    vt.捆,包扎;装订;约束;使凝固;vi.变硬
    参考例句:
    • I will let the waiter bind up the parcel for you. 我让服务生帮你把包裹包起来。
    • He wants a shirt that does not bind him. 他要一件不使他觉得过紧的衬衫。
    53 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。
    54 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。
    55 renouncing [riˈnaunsɪŋ] 377770b8c6f521d1e519852f601d42f7   第9级
    v.声明放弃( renounce的现在分词 );宣布放弃;宣布与…决裂;宣布摒弃
    参考例句:
    • He enraged the government by renouncing the agreement. 他否认那项协议,从而激怒了政府。 来自辞典例句
    • What do you get for renouncing Taiwan and embracing Beijing instead? 抛弃台湾,并转而拥抱北京之后,你会得到什么? 来自互联网
    56 quenched [kwentʃt] dae604e1ea7cf81e688b2bffd9b9f2c4   第7级
    解(渴)( quench的过去式和过去分词 ); 终止(某事物); (用水)扑灭(火焰等); 将(热物体)放入水中急速冷却
    参考例句:
    • He quenched his thirst with a long drink of cold water. 他喝了好多冷水解渴。
    • I quenched my thirst with a glass of cold beer. 我喝了一杯冰啤酒解渴。
    57 hideous [ˈhɪdiəs] 65KyC   第8级
    adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的
    参考例句:
    • The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare. 整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
    • They're not like dogs, they're hideous brutes. 它们不像狗,是丑陋的畜牲。
    58 entreaty [ɪnˈtri:ti] voAxi   第11级
    n.恳求,哀求
    参考例句:
    • Mrs. Quilp durst only make a gesture of entreaty. 奎尔普太太仅做出一种哀求的姿势。
    • Her gaze clung to him in entreaty. 她的眼光带着恳求的神色停留在他身上。
    59 annul [əˈnʌl] kwzzG   第9级
    vt.宣告…无效,取消,废止
    参考例句:
    • They have the power to alter or annul inappropriate decisions of their own standing committees. 他们有权改变或者撤销本级人民代表大会常务委员会不适当的决定。
    • The courts later found grounds to annul the results, after the king urged them to sort out the "mess". 在国王敦促法庭收拾烂摊子后,法庭随后宣布废除选举结果。
    60 longings [ˈlɔ:ŋɪŋz] 093806503fd3e66647eab74915c055e7   第8级
    渴望,盼望( longing的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • Ah, those foolish days of noble longings and of noble strivings! 啊,那些充满高贵憧憬和高尚奋斗的傻乎乎的时光!
    • I paint you and fashion you ever with my love longings. 我永远用爱恋的渴想来描画你。
    61 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。
    62 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。
    63 miserable [ˈmɪzrəbl] g18yk   第7级
    adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
    参考例句:
    • It was miserable of you to make fun of him. 你取笑他,这是可耻的。
    • Her past life was miserable. 她过去的生活很苦。
    64 tithe [taɪð] MoFwS   第12级
    n.十分之一税;v.课什一税,缴什一税
    参考例句:
    • It's not Christ plus your tithe. 这不是基督再加上你的什一税。
    • The bible tells us that the tithe is the lords. 圣经说十分之一是献给主的。
    65 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。
    66 motives [ˈməutivz] 6c25d038886898b20441190abe240957   第7级
    n.动机,目的( motive的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
    • His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。
    67 obstinate [ˈɒbstɪnət] m0dy6   第9级
    adj.顽固的,倔强的,不易屈服的,较难治愈的
    参考例句:
    • She's too obstinate to let anyone help her. 她太倔强了,不会让任何人帮她的。
    • The trader was obstinate in the negotiation. 这个商人在谈判中拗强固执。
    68 embitter [ɪmˈbɪtə(r)] cqfxZ   第12级
    vt.使苦;激怒
    参考例句:
    • The loss of all his money embitters the old man. 失去全部的钱,使这位老人甚为痛苦。
    • Hops serve to embitter beer. 酒花的作用是使啤酒发苦。
    69 Forsaken [] Forsaken   第7级
    adj. 被遗忘的, 被抛弃的 动词forsake的过去分词
    参考例句:
    • He was forsaken by his friends. 他被朋友们背弃了。
    • He has forsaken his wife and children. 他遗弃了他的妻子和孩子。
    70 rend [rend] 3Blzj   第9级
    vt.把…撕开,割裂;把…揪下来,强行夺取
    参考例句:
    • Her screams would rend the heart of any man. 她的喊叫声会撕碎任何人的心。
    • Will they rend the child from his mother? 他们会不会把这个孩子从他的母亲身边夺走呢?
    71 rave [reɪv] MA8z9   第9级
    vi.胡言乱语;热衷谈论;n.热情赞扬
    参考例句:
    • The drunkard began to rave again. 这酒鬼又开始胡言乱语了。
    • Now I understand why readers rave about this book. 我现明白读者为何对这本书赞不绝口了。
    72 remorse [rɪˈmɔ:s] lBrzo   第9级
    n.痛恨,悔恨,自责
    参考例句:
    • She had no remorse about what she had said. 她对所说的话不后悔。
    • He has shown no remorse for his actions. 他对自己的行为没有任何悔恨之意。
    73 yearningly ['jɜ:nɪŋlɪ] 19736d7af4185fdeb223ae2582edd93d   第9级
    怀念地,思慕地,同情地; 渴
    参考例句:
    • He asked himself yearningly, wondered secretly and sorely, if it would have lurked here or there. 她急切地问自己,一面又暗暗伤心地思索着,它会不会就藏匿在附近。
    • His mouth struggled yearningly. 他满怀渴望,嘴唇发抖。
    74 averted [əˈvə:tid] 35a87fab0bbc43636fcac41969ed458a   第7级
    防止,避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 ); 转移
    参考例句:
    • A disaster was narrowly averted. 及时防止了一场灾难。
    • Thanks to her skilful handling of the affair, the problem was averted. 多亏她对事情处理得巧妙,才避免了麻烦。
    75 descended [di'sendid] guQzoy   第7级
    a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
    参考例句:
    • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
    • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
    76 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。
    77 darting [dɑ:tɪŋ] darting   第8级
    v.投掷,投射( dart的现在分词 );向前冲,飞奔
    参考例句:
    • Swallows were darting through the clouds. 燕子穿云急飞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • Swallows were darting through the air. 燕子在空中掠过。 来自辞典例句
    78 haven [ˈheɪvn] 8dhzp   第8级
    n.安全的地方,避难所,庇护所
    参考例句:
    • It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day. 忙碌了一整天后,这真是一个安乐窝。
    • The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet. 学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。
    79 sanctuary [ˈsæŋktʃuəri] iCrzE   第9级
    n.圣所,圣堂,寺庙;禁猎区,保护区
    参考例句:
    • There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital. 医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
    • Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes. 大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。
    80 relics ['reliks] UkMzSr   第8级
    [pl.]n.遗物,遗迹,遗产;遗体,尸骸
    参考例句:
    • The area is a treasure house of archaeological relics. 这个地区是古文物遗迹的宝库。
    • Xi'an is an ancient city full of treasures and saintly relics. 西安是一个有很多宝藏和神圣的遗物的古老城市。
    81 throbbing ['θrɔbiŋ] 8gMzA0   第9级
    a. 跳动的,悸动的
    参考例句:
    • My heart is throbbing and I'm shaking. 我的心在猛烈跳动,身子在不住颤抖。
    • There was a throbbing in her temples. 她的太阳穴直跳。
    82 remorseful [rɪ'mɔ:sfl] IBBzo   第9级
    adj.悔恨的
    参考例句:
    • He represented to the court that the accused was very remorseful.他代被告向法庭陈情说被告十分懊悔。
    • The minister well knew--subtle,but remorseful hypocrite that he was!牧师深知这一切——他是一个多么难以捉摸又懊悔不迭的伪君子啊!
    83 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。
    84 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。

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