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  • The Return to the Mill

    Between four and five o’clock on the afternoon of the fifth day from that on which Stephen and Maggie had left St Ogg’s, Tom Tulliver was standing1 on the gravel2 walk outside the old house at Dorlcote Mill. He was master there now; he had half fulfilled his father’s dying wish, and by years of steady self-government and energetic work he had brought himself near to the attainment3 of more than the old respectability which had been the proud inheritance of the Dodsons and Tullivers.

    But Tom’s face, as he stood in the hot, still sunshine of that summer afternoon, had no gladness, no triumph in it. His mouth wore its bitterest expression, his severe brow its hardest and deepest fold, as he drew down his hat farther over his eyes to shelter them from the sun, and thrusting his hands deep into his pockets, began to walk up and down the gravel. No news of his sister had been heard since Bob Jakin had come back in the steamer from Mudport, and put an end to all improbable suppositions of an accident on the water by stating that he had seen her land from a vessel4 with Mr Stephen Guest. Would the next news be that she was married,—or what? Probably that she was not married; Tom’s mind was set to the expectation of the worst that could happen,—not death, but disgrace.

    As he was walking with his back toward the entrance gate, and his face toward the rushing mill-stream, a tall, dark-eyed figure, that we know well, approached the gate, and paused to look at him with a fast-beating heart. Her brother was the human being of whom she had been most afraid from her childhood upward; afraid with that fear which springs in us when we love one who is inexorable, unbending, unmodifiable, with a mind that we can never mould ourselves upon, and yet that we cannot endure to alienate5 from us.

    That deep-rooted fear was shaking Maggie now; but her mind was unswervingly bent6 on returning to her brother, as the natural refuge that had been given her. In her deep humiliation7 under the retrospect8 of her own weakness,—in her anguish9 at the injury she had inflicted,—she almost desired to endure the severity of Tom’s reproof10, to submit in patient silence to that harsh, disapproving11 judgment12 against which she had so often rebelled; it seemed no more than just to her now,—who was weaker than she was? She craved13 that outward help to her better purpose which would come from complete, submissive confession14; from being in the presence of those whose looks and words would be a reflection of her own conscience.

    Maggie had been kept on her bed at York for a day with that prostrating15 headache which was likely to follow on the terrible strain of the previous day and night. There was an expression of physical pain still about her brow and eyes, and her whole appearance, with her dress so long unchanged, was worn and distressed16. She lifted the latch17 of the gate and walked in slowly. Tom did not hear the gate; he was just then close upon the roaring dam; but he presently turned, and lifting up his eyes, saw the figure whose worn look and loneliness seemed to him a confirmation18 of his worst conjectures19. He paused, trembling and white with disgust and indignation.

    Maggie paused too, three yards before him. She felt the hatred20 in his face, felt it rushing through her fibres; but she must speak.

    “Tom,” she began faintly, “I am come back to you,—I am come back home—for refuge—to tell you everything.”

    “You will find no home with me,” he answered, with tremulous rage. “You have disgraced us all. You have disgraced my father’s name. You have been a curse to your best friends. You have been base, deceitful; no motives21 are strong enough to restrain you. I wash my hands of you forever. You don’t belong to me.”

    Their mother had come to the door now. She stood paralyzed by the double shock of seeing Maggie and hearing Tom’s words.

    “Tom,” said Maggie, with more courage, “I am perhaps not so guilty as you believe me to be. I never meant to give way to my feelings. I struggled against them. I was carried too far in the boat to come back on Tuesday. I came back as soon as I could.”

    “I can’t believe in you any more,” said Tom, gradually passing from the tremulous excitement of the first moment to cold inflexibility23. “You have been carrying on a clandestine24 relation with Stephen Guest,—as you did before with another. He went to see you at my aunt Moss’s; you walked alone with him in the lanes; you must have behaved as no modest girl would have done to her cousin’s lover, else that could never have happened. The people at Luckreth saw you pass; you passed all the other places; you knew what you were doing. You have been using Philip Wakem as a screen to deceive Lucy,—the kindest friend you ever had. Go and see the return you have made her. She’s ill; unable to speak. My mother can’t go near her, lest she should remind her of you.”

    Maggie was half stunned,—too heavily pressed upon by her anguish even to discern any difference between her actual guilt22 and her brother’s accusations25, still less to vindicate26 herself.

    “Tom,” she said, crushing her hands together under her cloak, in the effort to speak again, “whatever I have done, I repent27 it bitterly. I want to make amends28. I will endure anything. I want to be kept from doing wrong again.”

    “What will keep you?” said Tom, with cruel bitterness. “Not religion; not your natural feelings of gratitude29 and honour. And he—he would deserve to be shot, if it were not——But you are ten times worse than he is. I loathe30 your character and your conduct. You struggled with your feelings, you say. Yes! I have had feelings to struggle with; but I conquered them. I have had a harder life than you have had; but I have found my comfort in doing my duty. But I will sanction no such character as yours; the world shall know that I feel the difference between right and wrong. If you are in want, I will provide for you; let my mother know. But you shall not come under my roof. It is enough that I have to bear the thought of your disgrace; the sight of you is hateful to me.”

    Slowly Maggie was turning away with despair in her heart. But the poor frightened mother’s love leaped out now, stronger than all dread31.

    “My child! I’ll go with you. You’ve got a mother.”

    Oh, the sweet rest of that embrace to the heart-stricken Maggie! More helpful than all wisdom is one draught32 of simple human pity that will not forsake33 us.

    Tom turned and walked into the house.

    “Come in, my child,” Mrs Tulliver whispered. “He’ll let you stay and sleep in my bed. He won’t deny that if I ask him.”

    “No, mother,” said Maggie, in a low tone, like a moan. “I will never go in.”

    “Then wait for me outside. I’ll get ready and come with you.”

    When his mother appeared with her bonnet34 on, Tom came out to her in the passage, and put money into her hands.

    “My house is yours, mother, always,” he said. “You will come and let me know everything you want; you will come back to me.”

    Poor Mrs Tulliver took the money, too frightened to say anything. The only thing clear to her was the mother’s instinct that she would go with her unhappy child.

    Maggie was waiting outside the gate; she took her mother’s hand and they walked a little way in silence.

    “Mother,” said Maggie, at last, “we will go to Luke’s cottage. Luke will take me in. He was very good to me when I was a little girl.”

    “He’s got no room for us, my dear, now; his wife’s got so many children. I don’t know where to go, if it isn’t to one o’ your aunts; and I hardly durst,” said poor Mrs Tulliver, quite destitute35 of mental resources in this extremity36.

    Maggie was silent a little while, and then said,—

    “Let us go to Bob Jakin’s, mother; his wife will have room for us, if they have no other lodger37.”

    So they went on their way to St Ogg’s, to the old house by the river-side.

    Bob himself was at home, with a heaviness at heart which resisted even the new joy and pride of possessing a two-months’-old baby, quite the liveliest of its age that had ever been born to prince or packman. He would perhaps not so thoroughly38 have understood all the dubiousness39 of Maggie’s appearance with Mr Stephen Guest on the quay40 at Mudport if he had not witnessed the effect it produced on Tom when he went to report it; and since then, the circumstances which in any case gave a disastrous41 character to her elopement had passed beyond the more polite circles of St Ogg’s, and had become matter of common talk, accessible to the grooms42 and errand-boys. So that when he opened the door and saw Maggie standing before him in her sorrow and weariness, he had no questions to ask except one which he dared only ask himself,—where was Mr Stephen Guest? Bob, for his part, hoped he might be in the warmest department of an asylum43 understood to exist in the other world for gentlemen who are likely to be in fallen circumstances there.

    The lodgings44 were vacant, and both Mrs Jakin the larger and Mrs Jakin the less were commanded to make all things comfortable for “the old Missis and the young Miss”; alas that she was still “Miss!” The ingenious Bob was sorely perplexed45 as to how this result could have come about; how Mr Stephen Guest could have gone away from her, or could have let her go away from him, when he had the chance of keeping her with him. But he was silent, and would not allow his wife to ask him a question; would not present himself in the room, lest it should appear like intrusion and a wish to pry46; having the same chivalry47 toward dark-eyed Maggie as in the days when he had bought her the memorable48 present of books.

    But after a day or two Mrs Tulliver was gone to the Mill again for a few hours to see to Tom’s household matters. Maggie had wished this; after the first violent outburst of feeling which came as soon as she had no longer any active purpose to fulfil, she was less in need of her mother’s presence; she even desired to be alone with her grief. But she had been solitary49 only a little while in the old sitting-room50 that looked on the river, when there came a tap at the door, and turning round her sad face as she said “Come in,” she saw Bob enter, with the baby in his arms and Mumps51 at his heels.

    “We’ll go back, if it disturbs you, Miss,” said Bob.

    “No,” said Maggie, in a low voice, wishing she could smile.

    Bob, closing the door behind him, came and stood before her.

    “You see, we’ve got a little un, Miss, and I want’d you to look at it, and take it in your arms, if you’d be so good. For we made free to name it after you, and it ’ud be better for your takin’ a bit o’ notice on it.”

    Maggie could not speak, but she put out her arms to receive the tiny baby, while Mumps snuffed at it anxiously, to ascertain52 that this transference was all right. Maggie’s heart had swelled53 at this action and speech of Bob’s; she knew well enough that it was a way he had chosen to show his sympathy and respect.

    “Sit down, Bob,” she said presently, and he sat down in silence, finding his tongue unmanageable in quite a new fashion, refusing to say what he wanted it to say.

    “Bob,” she said, after a few moments, looking down at the baby, and holding it anxiously, as if she feared it might slip from her mind and her fingers, “I have a favour to ask of you.”

    “Don’t you speak so, Miss,” said Bob, grasping the skin of Mumps’s neck; “if there’s anything I can do for you, I should look upon it as a day’s earnings54.”

    “I want you to go to Dr Kenn’s, and ask to speak to him, and tell him that I am here, and should be very grateful if he would come to me while my mother is away. She will not come back till evening.”

    “Eh, Miss, I’d do it in a minute,—it is but a step,—but Dr Kenn’s wife lies dead; she’s to be buried to-morrow; died the day I come from Mudport. It’s all the more pity she should ha’ died just now, if you want him. I hardly like to go a-nigh him yet.”

    “Oh no, Bob,” said Maggie, “we must let it be,—till after a few days, perhaps, when you hear that he is going about again. But perhaps he may be going out of town—to a distance,” she added, with a new sense of despondency at this idea.

    “Not he, Miss,” said Bob. “He’ll none go away. He isn’t one o’ them gentlefolks as go to cry at waterin’-places when their wives die; he’s got summat else to do. He looks fine and sharp after the parish, he does. He christened the little un; an’ he was at me to know what I did of a Sunday, as I didn’t come to church. But I told him I was upo’ the travel three parts o’ the Sundays,—an’ then I’m so used to bein’ on my legs, I can’t sit so long on end,—‘an’ lors, sir,’ says I, ‘a packman can do wi’ a small ’lowance o’ church; it tastes strong,’ says I; ‘there’s no call to lay it on thick.’ Eh, Miss, how good the little un is wi’ you! It’s like as if it knowed you; it partly does, I’ll be bound,—like the birds know the mornin’.”

    Bob’s tongue was now evidently loosed from its unwonted bondage55, and might even be in danger of doing more work than was required of it. But the subjects on which he longed to be informed were so steep and difficult of approach, that his tongue was likely to run on along the level rather than to carry him on that unbeaten road. He felt this, and was silent again for a little while, ruminating56 much on the possible forms in which he might put a question. At last he said, in a more timid voice than usual,—

    “Will you give me leave to ask you only one thing, Miss?”

    Maggie was rather startled, but she answered, “Yes, Bob, if it is about myself—not about any one else.”

    “Well, Miss, it’s this. Do you owe anybody a grudge57?”

    “No, not any one,” said Maggie, looking up at him inquiringly. “Why?”

    “Oh, lors, Miss,” said Bob, pinching Mumps’s neck harder than ever. “I wish you did, an’ tell me; I’d leather him till I couldn’t see—I would—an’ the Justice might do what he liked to me arter.”

    “Oh, Bob,” said Maggie, smiling faintly, “you’re a very good friend to me. But I shouldn’t like to punish any one, even if they’d done me wrong; I’ve done wrong myself too often.”

    This view of things was puzzling to Bob, and threw more obscurity than ever over what could possibly have happened between Stephen and Maggie. But further questions would have been too intrusive58, even if he could have framed them suitably, and he was obliged to carry baby away again to an expectant mother.

    “Happen you’d like Mumps for company, Miss,” he said when he had taken the baby again. “He’s rare company, Mumps is; he knows iverything, an’ makes no bother about it. If I tell him, he’ll lie before you an’ watch you, as still,—just as he watches my pack. You’d better let me leave him a bit; he’ll get fond on you. Lors, it’s a fine thing to hev a dumb brute59 fond on you; it’ll stick to you, an’ make no jaw60.”

    “Yes, do leave him, please,” said Maggie. “I think I should like to have Mumps for a friend.”

    “Mumps, lie down there,” said Bob, pointing to a place in front of Maggie, “and niver do you stir till you’re spoke61 to.”

    Mumps lay down at once, and made no sign of restlessness when his master left the room.



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    1 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。
    2 gravel [ˈgrævl] s6hyT   第7级
    n.砂跞;砂砾层;结石
    参考例句:
    • We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path. 我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
    • More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive. 需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。
    3 attainment [əˈteɪnmənt] Dv3zY   第9级
    n.达到,到达;[常pl.]成就,造诣
    参考例句:
    • We congratulated her upon her attainment to so great an age. 我们祝贺她高寿。
    • The attainment of the success is not easy. 成功的取得并不容易。
    4 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。
    5 alienate [ˈeɪliəneɪt] hxqzH   第9级
    vt.使疏远,离间;转让(财产等)
    参考例句:
    • His attempts to alienate the two friends failed because they had complete faith. 他离间那两个朋友的企图失败了,因为他们彼此完全信任。
    • We'd better not alienate ourselves from the colleagues. 我们最好还是不要与同事们疏远。
    6 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。
    7 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。
    8 retrospect [ˈretrəspekt] xDeys   第7级
    n.回顾,追溯;vt.&vi.回顾,回想,追溯
    参考例句:
    • One's school life seems happier in retrospect than in reality. 学校生活回忆起来显得比实际上要快乐。
    • In retrospect, it's easy to see why we were wrong. 回顾过去就很容易明白我们的错处了。
    9 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。
    10 reproof [rɪˈpru:f] YBhz9   第12级
    n.斥责,责备
    参考例句:
    • A smart reproof is better than smooth deceit. 严厉的责难胜过温和的欺骗。
    • He is impatient of reproof. 他不能忍受指责。
    11 disapproving [ˌdɪsəˈpru:vɪŋ] bddf29198e28ab64a272563d29c1f915   第8级
    adj.不满的,反对的v.不赞成( disapprove的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • Mother gave me a disapproving look. 母亲的眼神告诉我她是不赞成的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Her father threw a disapproving glance at her. 她父亲不满地瞥了她一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    12 judgment ['dʒʌdʒmənt] e3xxC   第7级
    n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见
    参考例句:
    • The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people. 主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
    • He's a man of excellent judgment. 他眼力过人。
    13 craved [kreivd] e690825cc0ddd1a25d222b7a89ee7595   第8级
    渴望,热望( crave的过去式 ); 恳求,请求
    参考例句:
    • She has always craved excitement. 她总渴望刺激。
    • A spicy, sharp-tasting radish was exactly what her stomach craved. 她正馋着想吃一个香甜可口的红萝卜呢。
    14 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。
    15 prostrating [p'rɒstreɪtɪŋ] 482e821b17a343ce823104178045bf20   第11级
    v.使俯伏,使拜倒( prostrate的现在分词 );(指疾病、天气等)使某人无能为力
    参考例句:
    • The pain associated with pancreatitis has been described as prostrating. 胰腺炎的疼痛曾被描述为衰竭性的。 来自辞典例句
    16 distressed [dis'trest] du1z3y   第7级
    痛苦的
    参考例句:
    • He was too distressed and confused to answer their questions. 他非常苦恼而困惑,无法回答他们的问题。
    • The news of his death distressed us greatly. 他逝世的消息使我们极为悲痛。
    17 latch [lætʃ] g2wxS   第10级
    n.门闩,窗闩;弹簧锁
    参考例句:
    • She laid her hand on the latch of the door. 她把手放在门闩上。
    • The repairman installed an iron latch on the door. 修理工在门上安了铁门闩。
    18 confirmation [ˌkɒnfəˈmeɪʃn] ZYMya   第8级
    n.证实,确认,批准
    参考例句:
    • We are waiting for confirmation of the news. 我们正在等待证实那个消息。
    • We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out. 给你们发送订购的货物之前,我们需要书面确认。
    19 conjectures [kənˈdʒektʃəz] 8334e6a27f5847550b061d064fa92c00   第9级
    推测,猜想( conjecture的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • That's weighing remote military conjectures against the certain deaths of innocent people. 那不过是牵强附会的军事假设,而现在的事实却是无辜者正在惨遭杀害,这怎能同日而语!
    • I was right in my conjectures. 我所猜测的都应验了。
    20 hatred [ˈheɪtrɪd] T5Gyg   第7级
    n.憎恶,憎恨,仇恨
    参考例句:
    • He looked at me with hatred in his eyes. 他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
    • The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists. 老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。
    21 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。
    22 guilt [gɪlt] 9e6xr   第7级
    n.犯罪;内疚;过失,罪责
    参考例句:
    • She tried to cover up her guilt by lying. 她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
    • Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork. 别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。
    23 inflexibility [ɪnˌfleksə'bɪlətɪ] 73709869d6362de15495566c92f3fc0e   第8级
    n.不屈性,顽固,不变性;不可弯曲;非挠性;刚性
    参考例句:
    • One basic advantage of organization planning is avoidance of organizational inflexibility. 组织规划的一个基本优点就是可避免组织缺乏弹性。 来自辞典例句
    • Allenda was brought down by his own incompetence and inflexibility. 阿连德之所以倒台,是由于他自己的无能和固执。 来自辞典例句
    24 clandestine [klænˈdestɪn] yqmzh   第9级
    adj.秘密的,暗中从事的
    参考例句:
    • She is the director of clandestine operations of the CIA. 她是中央情报局秘密行动的负责人。
    • The early Christians held clandestine meetings in caves. 早期的基督徒在洞穴中秘密聚会。
    25 accusations [ˌækju:ˈzeɪʃənz] 3e7158a2ffc2cb3d02e77822c38c959b   第8级
    n.指责( accusation的名词复数 );指控;控告;(被告发、控告的)罪名
    参考例句:
    • There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
    • He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
    26 vindicate [ˈvɪndɪkeɪt] zLfzF   第9级
    vt.为…辩护或辩解,辩明;证明…正确
    参考例句:
    • He tried hard to vindicate his honor. 他拼命维护自己的名誉。
    • How can you vindicate your behavior to the teacher? 你怎样才能向老师证明你的行为是对的呢?
    27 repent [rɪˈpent] 1CIyT   第8级
    vi. 后悔;忏悔 vt. 后悔;对…感到后悔 adj. [植] 匍匐生根的;[动] 爬行的
    参考例句:
    • He has nothing to repent of. 他没有什么要懊悔的。
    • Remission of sins is promised to those who repent. 悔罪者可得到赦免。
    28 amends [ə'mendz] AzlzCR   第7级
    n. 赔偿
    参考例句:
    • He made amends for his rudeness by giving her some flowers. 他送给她一些花,为他自己的鲁莽赔罪。
    • This country refuses stubbornly to make amends for its past war crimes. 该国顽固地拒绝为其过去的战争罪行赔罪。
    29 gratitude [ˈgrætɪtju:d] p6wyS   第7级
    adj.感激,感谢
    参考例句:
    • I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him. 我向他表示了深切的谢意。
    • She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face. 她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。
    30 loathe [ləʊð] 60jxB   第9级
    vt.厌恶,嫌恶
    参考例句:
    • I loathe the smell of burning rubber. 我厌恶燃着的橡胶散发的气味。
    • You loathe the smell of greasy food when you are seasick. 当你晕船时,你会厌恶油腻的气味。
    31 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。
    32 draught [drɑ:ft] 7uyzIH   第10级
    n.拉,牵引,拖;一网(饮,吸,阵);顿服药量,通风;v.起草,设计
    参考例句:
    • He emptied his glass at one draught. 他将杯中物一饮而尽。
    • It's a pity the room has no north window and you don't get a draught. 可惜这房间没北窗,没有过堂风。
    33 forsake [fəˈseɪk] iiIx6   第7级
    vt.遗弃,抛弃;舍弃,放弃
    参考例句:
    • She pleaded with her husband not to forsake her. 她恳求丈夫不要抛弃她。
    • You must forsake your bad habits. 你必须革除你的坏习惯。
    34 bonnet [ˈbɒnɪt] AtSzQ   第10级
    n.无边女帽;童帽
    参考例句:
    • The baby's bonnet keeps the sun out of her eyes. 婴孩的帽子遮住阳光,使之不刺眼。
    • She wore a faded black bonnet garnished with faded artificial flowers. 她戴着一顶褪了色的黑色无边帽,帽上缀着褪了色的假花。
    35 destitute [ˈdestɪtju:t] 4vOxu   第9级
    adj.缺乏的;穷困的
    参考例句:
    • They were destitute of necessaries of life. 他们缺少生活必需品。
    • They are destitute of common sense. 他们缺乏常识。
    36 extremity [ɪkˈstreməti] tlgxq   第9级
    n.末端,尽头;尽力;终极;极度
    参考例句:
    • I hope you will help them in their extremity. 我希望你能帮助在穷途末路的他们。
    • What shall we do in this extremity? 在这种极其困难的情况下我们该怎么办呢?
    37 lodger [ˈlɒdʒə(r)] r8rzi   第12级
    n.寄宿人,房客
    参考例句:
    • My friend is a lodger in my uncle's house. 我朋友是我叔叔家的房客。
    • Jill and Sue are at variance over their lodger. 吉尔和休在对待房客的问题上意见不和。
    38 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。
    39 dubiousness [] 401c434e0e4e0f2d03b68d3109d9ab6f   第7级
    n.dubious(令人怀疑的)的变形
    参考例句:
    40 quay [ki:] uClyc   第10级
    n.码头,靠岸处
    参考例句:
    • There are all kinds of ships in a quay. 码头停泊各式各样的船。
    • The side of the boat hit the quay with a grinding jar. 船舷撞到码头发出刺耳的声音。
    41 disastrous [dɪˈzɑ:strəs] 2ujx0   第7级
    adj.灾难性的,造成灾害的;极坏的,很糟的
    参考例句:
    • The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood. 暴雨成灾。
    • Her investment had disastrous consequences. She lost everything she owned. 她的投资结果很惨,血本无归。
    42 grooms [ɡrumz] b9d1c7c7945e283fe11c0f1d27513083   第8级
    n.新郎( groom的名词复数 );马夫v.照料或梳洗(马等)( groom的第三人称单数 );使做好准备;训练;(给动物)擦洗
    参考例句:
    • Plender end Wilcox became joint grooms of the chambers. 普伦德和威尔科克斯成为共同的贴身侍从。 来自辞典例句
    • Egypt: Families, rather than grooms, propose to the bride. 埃及:在埃及,由新郎的家人,而不是新郎本人,向新娘求婚。 来自互联网
    43 asylum [əˈsaɪləm] DobyD   第8级
    n.避难所,庇护所,避难
    参考例句:
    • The people ask for political asylum. 人们请求政治避难。
    • Having sought asylum in the West for many years, they were eventually granted it. 他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
    44 lodgings ['lɒdʒɪŋz] f12f6c99e9a4f01e5e08b1197f095e6e   第9级
    n. 出租的房舍, 寄宿舍
    参考例句:
    • When he reached his lodgings the sun had set. 他到达公寓房间时,太阳已下山了。
    • I'm on the hunt for lodgings. 我正在寻找住所。
    45 perplexed [pəˈplekst] A3Rz0   第11级
    adj.不知所措的;困惑的
    参考例句:
    • The farmer felt the cow, went away, returned, sorely perplexed, always afraid of being cheated. 那农民摸摸那头牛,走了又回来,犹豫不决,总怕上当受骗。
    • The child was perplexed by the intricate plot of the story. 这孩子被那头绪纷繁的故事弄得迷惑不解。
    46 pry [praɪ] yBqyX   第9级
    vi.窥(刺)探,打听;vt.撬动(开,起)
    参考例句:
    • He's always ready to pry into other people's business. 他总爱探听别人的事。
    • We use an iron bar to pry open the box. 我们用铁棍撬开箱子。
    47 chivalry [ˈʃɪvəlri] wXAz6   第10级
    n.骑士气概,侠义;(男人)对女人彬彬有礼,献殷勤
    参考例句:
    • The Middle Ages were also the great age of chivalry. 中世纪也是骑士制度盛行的时代。
    • He looked up at them with great chivalry. 他非常有礼貌地抬头瞧她们。
    48 memorable [ˈmemərəbl] K2XyQ   第8级
    adj.值得回忆的,难忘的,特别的,显著的
    参考例句:
    • This was indeed the most memorable day of my life. 这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
    • The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles. 这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。
    49 solitary [ˈsɒlətri] 7FUyx   第7级
    adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士
    参考例句:
    • I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country. 我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
    • The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert. 这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际,显得十分壮美。
    50 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。
    51 mumps [mʌmps] 6n4zbS   第10级
    n.腮腺炎
    参考例句:
    • Sarah got mumps from her brother. 萨拉的弟弟患腮腺炎,传染给她了。
    • I was told not go near Charles. He is sickening for mumps. 别人告诉我不要走近查尔斯,他染上了流行性腮腺炎。
    52 ascertain [ˌæsəˈteɪn] WNVyN   第7级
    vt.发现,确定,查明,弄清
    参考例句:
    • It's difficult to ascertain the coal deposits. 煤储量很难探明。
    • We must ascertain the responsibility in light of different situtations. 我们必须根据不同情况判定责任。
    53 swelled [sweld] bd4016b2ddc016008c1fc5827f252c73   第7级
    增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情)
    参考例句:
    • The infection swelled his hand. 由于感染,他的手肿了起来。
    • After the heavy rain the river swelled. 大雨过后,河水猛涨。
    54 earnings [ˈɜ:nɪŋz] rrWxJ   第7级
    n.工资收人;利润,利益,所得
    参考例句:
    • That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter. 那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
    • Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings. 去年他的收入减少了20%。
    55 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。
    56 ruminating [ˈru:məˌneɪtɪŋ] 29b02bd23c266a224e13df488b3acca0   第10级
    v.沉思( ruminate的现在分词 );反复考虑;反刍;倒嚼
    参考例句:
    • He sat there ruminating and picking at the tablecloth. 他坐在那儿沉思,轻轻地抚弄着桌布。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • He is ruminating on what had happened the day before. 他在沉思前一天发生的事情。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    57 grudge [grʌdʒ] hedzG   第8级
    n.不满,怨恨,妒嫉;vt.勉强给,不情愿做
    参考例句:
    • I grudge paying so much for such inferior goods. 我不愿花这么多钱买次品。
    • I do not grudge him his success. 我不嫉妒他的成功。
    58 intrusive [ɪnˈtru:sɪv] Palzu   第11级
    adj.打搅的;侵扰的
    参考例句:
    • The cameras were not an intrusive presence. 那些摄像机的存在并不令人反感。
    • Staffs are courteous but never intrusive. 员工谦恭有礼却从不让人感到唐突。
    59 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。
    60 jaw [dʒɔ:] 5xgy9   第7级
    n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训
    参考例句:
    • He delivered a right hook to his opponent's jaw. 他给了对方下巴一记右钩拳。
    • A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character. 强健的方下巴是刚毅性格的标志。
    61 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。

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