🔊 Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

幸福的家庭都是相似的；不幸的家庭各有各的不幸。

🔊 Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys' house. The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her husband that she could not go on living in the same house with him. This position of affairs had now lasted three days, and not only the husband and wife themselves, but all the members of their family and household, were painfully conscious of it. Every person in the house felt that there was no sense in their living together, and that the stray people brought together by chance in any inn had more in common with one another than they, the members of the family and household of the Oblonskys. The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days. The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarrelled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new situation for her; the man-cook had walked off the day before just at dinner time; the kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given warning.

奥布隆斯基家的宅子里一片混乱。妻子发现丈夫与家里的一位法国姑娘有染,那姑娘原是家中的家庭女教师,妻子便向丈夫宣称,自己无法再与他同住一个屋檐下。这种局面已持续了三天,不光夫妻二人,全家上下乃至仆人们都为此痛苦不堪。宅子里的每个人都觉得,他们这样住在一起毫无意义,就连随便一家旅店里萍水相逢的陌生人,彼此之间也比他们这些奥布隆斯基家的成员及仆人要更亲近。妻子足不出户,丈夫已经三天没回家。孩子们满屋子疯跑；那位英国家庭女教师与管家吵了一架,还写信给朋友,请她帮忙物色新职位；男厨子在昨天晚饭时分就不干了；厨房女佣和马车夫也提出了辞呈。

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confusion /kənˈfjuːʒən/

n. 混乱,困惑➕

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intrigue /ˈɪntriːɡ/

n. 私通,阴谋➕

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governess /ˈɡʌvərnɪs/

n. 家庭女教师➕

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painfully /ˈpeɪnfəli/

adv. 痛苦地,令人痛苦地➕

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conscious /ˈkɒnʃəs/

adj. 意识到的,有意识的➕

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stray /streɪ/

adj. 走失的,零落的,偶然的➕

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inn /ɪn/

n. 小旅馆,客栈➕

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quarrelled /ˈkwɒrəld/

v. 争吵（过去式）➕

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housekeeper /ˈhaʊskiːpər/

n. 管家,主妇➕

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situation /ˌsɪtʃuˈeɪʃən/

n. 情况,处境,职位➕

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man-cook /ˈmæn kʊk/

n. 男厨师➕

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kitchen-maid /ˈkɪtʃɪn meɪd/

n. 厨房女佣➕

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coachman /ˈkoʊtʃmən/

n. 马车夫➕

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warning /ˈwɔːrnɪŋ/

n. 警告,预告➕

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household /ˈhaʊshoʊld/

n. 家庭,户➕

🔊 Three days after the quarrel, Prince Stepan Arkadyevitch Oblonsky-Stiva, as he was called in the fashionable world--woke up at his usual hour, that is, at eight o'clock in the morning, not in his wife's bedroom, but on the leather-covered sofa in his study. He turned over his stout, well-cared-for person on the springy sofa, as though he would sink into a long sleep again; he vigorously embraced the pillow on the other side and buried his face in it; but all at once he jumped up, sat up on the sofa, and opened his eyes.

吵架后的第三天,斯捷潘·阿尔卡季奇·奥布隆斯基公爵--在社交圈里人们都叫他斯捷潘·阿尔卡季奇·奥布隆斯基-斯蒂瓦--在惯常的时间,也就是早上八点醒来,但不是躺在妻子的卧室里,而是书房里蒙着皮革的沙发上。他把自己保养得圆滚滚的身子在那富有弹性的沙发上翻了个身,仿佛还想再沉沉地睡一觉；他使劲抱住另一边的枕头,把脸埋进去；可突然之间,他一跃而起,坐直了身子,睁开了眼。

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quarrel /ˈkwɒrəl/

n. 争吵➕

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fashionable /ˈfæʃənəbl/

adj. 时尚的,流行的➕

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leather-covered /ˈleðər ˈkʌvərd/

adj. 皮革覆盖的➕

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stout /staʊt/

adj. 肥胖的,结实的,强壮的➕

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well-cared-for /ˈwel ˈkeərd fɔːr/

adj. 精心照料的,保养良好的➕

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springy /ˈsprɪŋi/

adj. 有弹性的,轻快的➕

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vigorously /ˈvɪɡərəsli/

adv. 有力地,精力充沛地➕

🔊 "Yes, yes, how was it now?" he thought, going over his dream. "Now, how was it? To be sure! Alabin was giving a dinner at Darmstadt; no, not Darmstadt, but something American. Yes, but then, Darmstadt was in America. Yes, Alabin was giving a dinner on glass tables, and the tables sang, Il mio tesoro--not Il mio tesoro though, but something better, and there were some sort of little decanters on the table, and they were women, too," he remembered. Stepan Arkadyevitch's eyes twinkled gaily, and he pondered with a smile. "Yes, it was nice, very nice. There was a great deal more that was delightful, only there's no putting it into words, or even expressing it in one's thoughts awake."

“对,对,后来怎样了？”他回想刚才的梦,心里琢磨着。“嗯,后来呢？想起来了！阿拉宾在达姆施塔特设宴；不对,不是达姆施塔特,是什么美国地方。对了,可那时达姆施塔特是在美国啊。对,阿拉宾在玻璃桌上设宴,那些桌子唱着我的宝藏--不过不是我的宝藏,是比那更好的什么,桌上还有好些小酒瓶,而且那些酒瓶也是女人,”他回忆着。斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇的眼睛快活地闪烁,他微笑地思索起来。“对,真不错,非常不错。还有很多美妙的事,可惜没法用语言形容,连醒着的时候都理不清思绪。”

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decanters /dɪˈkæntərz/

n. 玻璃酒瓶（复数）➕

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twinkled /ˈtwɪŋkld/

v. 闪烁,闪耀（过去式）➕

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gaily /ˈɡeɪli/

adv. 快活地,色彩鲜艳地➕

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pondered /ˈpɒndərd/

v. 沉思,考虑（过去式）➕

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delightful /dɪˈlaɪtfl/

adj. 令人愉快的,可爱的➕

🔊 And noticing a gleam of light peeping in beside one of the serge curtains, he cheerfully dropped his feet over the edge of the sofa, and felt about with them for his slippers, a present on his last birthday, worked for him by his wife on gold-coloured morocco. And, as he had done every day for the last nine years, he stretched out his hand, without getting up, towards the place where his dressing-gown always hung in his bedroom. And thereupon he suddenly remembered that he was not sleeping in his wife's room, but in his study, and why: the smile vanished from his face, he knitted his brows.

看到一线亮光从一面哔叽窗帘的缝隙中透进来,他轻快地双脚垂到沙发边沿,用脚去够拖鞋--那是妻子在他上次生日时用金色摩洛哥皮为他做的礼物。然后,像过去九年里每天所做的那样,他未曾起身,便伸手去够卧室里常挂晨衣的地方。就在这时,他猛然想起自己睡的不是妻子的房间,而是书房,以及为什么:笑容从他脸上消失了,他皱起了眉头。

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gleam /ɡliːm/

n. 闪光,一丝光线➕

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peeping /ˈpiːpɪŋ/

v. 偷看,窥视（现在分词）➕

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serge /sɜːrdʒ/

n. 哔叽布（一种布料）➕

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cheerfully /ˈtʃɪrfəli/

adv. 高兴地,乐呵呵地➕

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gold-coloured /ˈɡoʊld ˈkʌlərd/

adj. 金色的➕

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morocco /məˈrɒkoʊ/

n. 摩洛哥皮（一种山羊皮）➕

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thereupon /ˌðerəˈpɒn/

adv. 随即,于是➕

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vanished /ˈvænɪʃt/

v. 消失（过去式）➕

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knitted /ˈnɪtɪd/

v. 皱（眉）；编织（过去式）➕

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dressing-gown /ˈdresɪŋ ɡaʊn/

n. 晨衣,睡袍➕

🔊 "Ah, ah, ah! Oo!..." he muttered, recalling everything that had happened. And again every detail of his quarrel with his wife was present to his imagination, all the hopelessness of his position, and worst of all, his own fault.

“唉,唉,唉！呜！……”他喃喃自语,回想着发生的一切。与妻子争吵的每个细节重新浮现在他脑海里,他处境的无望,以及最糟糕的--全是他的错。

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muttered /ˈmʌtərd/

v. 咕哝,喃喃自语（过去式）➕

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recalling /rɪˈkɔːlɪŋ/

v. 回忆,想起（现在分词）➕

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hopelessness /ˈhoʊpləsnəs/

n. 绝望,无望➕

🔊 "Yes, she won't forgive me, and she can't forgive me. And the most awful thing about it is that it's all my fault--all my fault, though I'm not to blame. That's the point of the whole situation," he reflected. "Oh, oh, oh!" he kept repeating in despair, as he remembered the acutely painful sensations caused him by this quarrel.

“是的,她不会原谅我,她也不能原谅我。最可怕的是,这一切全是我的错--全怪我,尽管我并非存心要这样。整件事的关键就在这儿,”他思忖着。“唉,唉,唉！”他绝望地重复着,回忆起这场争吵给他带来的极度痛苦。

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reflected /rɪˈflektɪd/

v. 思考,反映（过去式）➕

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despair /dɪˈsper/

n. 绝望➕

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acutely /əˈkjuːtli/

adv. 剧烈地,敏锐地➕

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sensations /senˈseɪʃənz/

n. 感觉,知觉（复数）➕

🔊 Most unpleasant of all was the first minute when, on coming, happy and good-humoured, from the theatre, with a huge pear in his hand for his wife, he had not found his wife in the drawing-room, to his surprise had not found her in the study either, and saw her at last in her bedroom with the unlucky letter that revealed everything in her hand.

最不愉快的是头一分钟:他从剧院回来,兴高采烈、心情愉快,手里拿着一只大梨子要给妻子,却发现客厅里没有她,书房里也没有,最后在卧室里看到她,手里正拿着那封泄露一切的不幸的信。

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unpleasant /ʌnˈpleznt/

adj. 不愉快的,令人讨厌的➕

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good-humoured /ˈɡʊd ˈhjuːmərd/

adj. 和善的,心情好的➕

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drawing-room /ˈdrɔːɪŋ ruːm/

n. 客厅,起居室➕

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revealed /rɪˈviːld/

v. 揭示,透露（过去式）➕

🔊 She, his Dolly, for ever fussing and worrying over household details, and limited in her ideas, as he considered, was sitting perfectly still with the letter in her hand, looking at him with an expression of horror, despair, and indignation.

她,他的多莉,那个在他看来永远为家务琐事忙忙碌碌、忧心忡忡、见识有限的女人,此刻正一动不动地坐着,手里攥着那封信,望着他,脸上带着恐惧、绝望和愤怒的神情。

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fussing /ˈfʌsɪŋ/

v. 瞎忙,大惊小怪（现在分词）➕

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horror /ˈhɒrər/

n. 恐怖,惊恐➕

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indignation /ˌɪndɪɡˈneɪʃn/

n. 愤怒,愤慨➕

🔊 "What's this? this?" she asked, pointing to the letter.

“这是什么？这个？”她指着信问道。

🔊 And at this recollection, Stepan Arkadyevitch, as is so often the case, was not so much annoyed at the fact itself as at the way in which he had met his wife's words. There happened to him at that instant what does happen to people when they are unexpectedly caught in something very disgraceful. He did not succeed in adapting his face to the position in which he was placed towards his wife by the discovery of his fault. Instead of being hurt, denying, defending himself, begging forgiveness, instead of remaining indifferent even--anything would have been better than what he did do--his face utterly involuntarily (reflex spinal action, reflected Stepan Arkadyevitch, who was fond of physiology)--utterly involuntarily assumed its habitual, good-humoured, and therefore idiotic smile.

每当回想起这一幕,斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇--正如常有的情形那样--与其说对事情本身感到懊恼,不如说是对自己当时回应妻子话语的方式懊恼。那一瞬间,他发生了人们被意外撞破极其可耻之事时常见的情形:他没能让自己的脸色适应他在妻子面前处于的境地--由于过错败露后的局面。他没有表现出受伤害、否认、辩护、乞求原谅,甚至也没有保持无动于衷--任何反应都会比他实际做的要好--他的脸却完全不由自主地（这是脊髓反射作用,斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇心中想着,他对生理学颇有兴趣）--完全不由自主地露出了平时那种和善的、因而显得愚蠢的微笑。

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recollection /ˌrekəˈlekʃn/

n. 回忆,记忆➕

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annoyed /əˈnɔɪd/

adj. 恼怒的,烦恼的➕

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unexpectedly /ˌʌnɪkˈspektɪdli/

adv. 意外地,出乎意料地➕

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disgraceful /dɪsˈɡreɪsfl/

adj. 可耻的,丢脸的➕

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adapting /əˈdæptɪŋ/

v. 适应,调整（现在分词）➕

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denying /dɪˈnaɪɪŋ/

v. 否认,拒绝（现在分词）➕

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defending /dɪˈfendɪŋ/

v. 辩护,防御（现在分词）➕

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indifferent /ɪnˈdɪfərənt/

adj. 冷漠的,不关心的➕

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utterly /ˈʌtərli/

adv. 完全地,彻底地➕

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involuntarily /ɪnˈvɒləntrəli/

adv. 不由自主地,非自愿地➕

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reflex /ˈriːfleks/

adj. 反射的（生理）➕

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spinal /ˈspaɪnl/

adj. 脊髓的,脊柱的➕

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physiology /ˌfɪziˈɒlədʒi/

n. 生理学➕

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assumed /əˈsjuːmd/

v. 呈现,假设,接受（过去式）➕

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habitual /həˈbɪtʃuəl/

adj. 习惯的,惯常的➕

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idiotic /ˌɪdiˈɑːtɪk/

adj. 愚蠢的,白痴般的➕

🔊 This idiotic smile he could not forgive himself. Catching sight of that smile, Dolly shuddered as though at physical pain, broke out with her characteristic heat into a flood of cruel words, and rushed out of the room. Since then she had refused to see her husband.

这个愚蠢的微笑令他无法原谅自己。多莉一看到那个笑容,就像被肉体上的痛苦刺中一样打了个寒噤,以她特有的激烈性情爆发出一连串刻薄的话语,然后冲出了房间。从那以后,她就拒绝见丈夫。

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shuddered /ˈʃʌdərd/

v. 颤抖,战栗（过去式）➕

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characteristic /ˌkærəktəˈrɪstɪk/

adj. 特有的,典型的➕

🔊 "It's that idiotic smile that's to blame for it all," thought Stepan Arkadyevitch. "But what's to be done? What's to be done?" he said to himself in despair, and found no answer.

“全怪那个愚蠢的微笑,”斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇想道。“可是有什么办法呢？有什么办法呢？”他绝望地自言自语,却找不到答案。

Chapter one (第一章)