🔊 After escorting his wife upstairs, Levin went to Dolly's part of the house. Darya Alexandrovna, for her part, was in great distress too that day. She was walking about the room, talking angrily to a little girl, who stood in the corner roaring.

列文护送妻子上楼后,便去了多莉那一边。而达里娅·亚历山德罗夫娜那天也正心烦意乱。她在房间里走来走去,怒气冲冲地对一个站在角落里嚎啕大哭的小女孩说话。

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escorting /ɪˈskɔːtɪŋ/

v. 护送；陪同➕

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distress /dɪˈstres/

n. 痛苦；焦虑；窘迫➕

🔊 "And you shall stand all day in the corner, and have your dinner all alone, and not see one of your dolls, and I won't make you a new frock," she said, not knowing how to punish her. "Oh, she is a disgusting child!" she turned to Levin. "Where does she get such wicked propensities?"

"你就整天站在角落里吧,午饭一个人吃,一个洋娃娃也不许碰,我也不给你做新裙子了,"她说道,自己也拿不准该怎么惩罚她。"唉,这孩子真讨厌！"她转向列文,"她这些坏毛病从哪儿学来的？"

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disgusting /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/

adj. 令人厌恶的；讨厌的➕

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wicked /ˈwɪkɪd/

adj. 邪恶的；坏的➕

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propensities /prəˈpensɪtiz/

n. 倾向；习性（propensity的复数）➕

🔊 "Why, what has she done?" Levin said without much interest, for he had wanted to ask her advice, and so was annoyed that he had come at an unlucky moment.

"哦,她做了什么？"列文漫不经心地问道,他本想向她请教,却偏赶上这个不合时宜的当口,不免有些懊恼。

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annoyed /əˈnɔɪd/

adj. 恼怒的；生气的➕

🔊 "Grisha and she went into the raspberries, and there ... I can't tell you really what she did. It's a thousand pities Miss Elliot's not with us. This one sees to nothing--she's a machine... Figurez-vous que la petite?..."

"格里沙和她跑进覆盆子丛里,在那里……我真说不出口她干了什么。可惜埃利奥特小姐不在我们这儿。这个保姆什么也管不住--简直是个木头人……您想想看,那个小女孩……？"

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raspberries /ˈrɑːzbəriz/

n. 覆盆子；树莓（复数）➕

🔊 "Come, tell me, honor bright, has there been ... not in Kitty, but in that gentleman's behavior, a tone which might be unpleasant--not unpleasant, but horrible, offensive to a husband?"

"喂,说老实话,有没有……不是基蒂,而是那位先生的行为,有没有一种语调--让人不愉快,不,是--可怕的,对丈夫来说冒犯的？"

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behavior /bɪˈheɪvjə/

n. 行为；举止➕

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tone /təʊn/

n. 语气；语调；音调➕

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unpleasant /ʌnˈpleznt/

adj. 令人不快的；讨厌的➕

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horrible /ˈhɒrəbl/

adj. 可怕的；极讨厌的➕

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offensive /əˈfensɪv/

adj. 冒犯的；无礼的；攻击性的➕

🔊 "You mean, how shall I say... Stay, stay in the corner!" she said to Masha, who, detecting a faint smile in her mother's face, had been turning round. "The opinion of the world would be that he is behaving as young men do behave. Il fait la cour à une jeune et jolie femme, and a husband who's a man of the world should only be flattered by it."

"你是说,怎么说呢……站住,站到角落里去！"她对玛莎说,玛莎注意到母亲嘴角一丝隐约的微笑,正转过身来。"世人的看法是,他不过是在做年轻男人常做的事。他在向一位年轻漂亮的女人献殷勤,一个识大体的丈夫只会因此感到得意。"

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detecting /dɪˈtektɪŋ/

v. 察觉；发现（detect的现在分词）➕

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faint /feɪnt/

adj. 微弱的；模糊的；昏晕的➕

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flattered /ˈflætəd/

adj. 感到荣幸的；受宠若惊的➕

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behaving /bɪˈheɪvɪŋ/

v. 行为；举止（behave的现在分词）➕

🔊 "Yes, yes," said Levin gloomily; "but you noticed it?"

"是,是,"列文阴沉地说,"可你注意到了吗？"

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gloomily /ˈɡluːmɪli/

adv. 阴郁地；忧郁地➕

🔊 "Not only I, but Stiva noticed it. Just after breakfast he said to me in so many words, Je crois que Veslovsky fait un petit brin de cour à Kitty."

"不光是我,斯季瓦也注意到了。刚吃过早饭,他就直截了当地对我说,我觉得韦斯洛夫斯基在向基蒂献殷勤。"

🔊 "Well, that's all right then; now I'm satisfied. I'll send him away," said Levin.

"那就好办了,现在我放心了。我这就打发他走,"列文说。

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satisfied /ˈsætɪsfaɪd/

adj. 满意的；满足的➕

🔊 "What do you mean! Are you crazy?" Dolly cried in horror; "nonsense, Kostya, only think!" she said, laughing. "You can go now to Fanny," she said to Masha. "No, if you wish it, I'll speak to Stiva. He'll take him away. He can say you're expecting visitors. Altogether he doesn't fit into the house."

"你这是什么意思！疯了吗？"多莉惊恐地叫道,"别胡说,科斯佳,你想想！"她笑着说,"你现在可以去找范妮了,"她对玛莎说,"不,如果你愿意,我去跟斯季瓦说。让他把他带走。就说你家里有客人要来。总之,他住在这儿不合适。"

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horror /ˈhɒrə/

n. 恐惧；震惊；恐怖➕

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nonsense /ˈnɒnsəns/

n. 胡说；废话➕

🔊 "No, no, I'll do it myself."

"不,不,我自己来。"

🔊 "But you'll quarrel with him?"

"可你会跟他吵起来的！"

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quarrel /ˈkwɒrəl/

v. 争吵；吵架➕

🔊 "Not a bit. I shall so enjoy it," Levin said, his eyes flashing with real enjoyment. "Come, forgive her, Dolly, she won't do it again," he said of the little sinner, who had not gone to Fanny, but was standing irresolutely before her mother, waiting and looking up from under her brows to catch her mother's eye.

"一点也不会。我反而会很高兴,"列文说,眼睛里闪着真正快活的光芒。"来,原谅她吧,多莉,她再也不敢了,"他说的是那个犯了错的小家伙--她没有去找范妮,而是犹犹豫豫地站在母亲面前,抬起眼睛,偷偷地捕捉母亲的目光。

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flashing /ˈflæʃɪŋ/

v. 闪烁；闪亮（flash的现在分词）➕

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enjoyment /ɪnˈdʒɔɪmənt/

n. 享受；乐趣➕

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sinner /ˈsɪnə/

n. 罪人；有过失者➕

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irresolutely /ɪˈrezəluːtli/

adv. 犹豫不决地；优柔寡断地➕

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brows /braʊz/

n. 眉毛（复数）➕

🔊 The mother glanced at her. The child broke into sobs, hid her face on her mother's lap, and Dolly laid her thin, tender hand on her head.

母亲看了她一眼。孩子抽抽搭搭地哭起来,把脸埋进母亲的膝头,多莉伸出纤细温柔的手,轻轻按在她头上。

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glanced /ɡlɑːnst/

v. 瞥了一眼；扫视（glance的过去式）➕

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sobs /sɒbz/

n. 啜泣；抽噎（sob的复数）➕

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tender /ˈtendə/

adj. 温柔的；柔软的；脆弱的➕

🔊 "And what is there in common between us and him?" thought Levin, and he went off to look for Veslovsky.

"我们跟他之间有什么共同之处呢？"列文想道,便出去寻找韦斯洛夫斯基。

🔊 As he passed through the passage he gave orders for the carriage to be got ready to drive to the station.

他穿过走廊时,吩咐备好马车,准备去车站。

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passage /ˈpæsɪdʒ/

n. 通道；段落；经过➕

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carriage /ˈkærɪdʒ/

n. 马车；运输➕

🔊 "The spring was broken yesterday," said the footman.

"弹簧昨天断了,"仆人说。

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footman /ˈfʊtmən/

n. 男仆,跟班➕

🔊 "Well, the covered trap, then, and make haste. Where's the visitor?"

"那就用有篷马车吧,赶快。客人呢？"

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covered trap /ˈkʌvərd træp/

n. 有篷马车➕

🔊 "The gentleman's gone to his room."

"那位先生回自己房间了。"

🔊 Levin came upon Veslovsky at the moment when the latter, having unpacked his things from his trunk, and laid out some new songs, was putting on his gaiters to go out riding.

列文找到韦斯洛夫斯基时,他正从箱子里取出衣物,摊开几首新歌,在绑腿套上套上绑腿,准备出去骑马。

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latter /ˈlætər/

n. 后者；（两者中）后者的➕

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unpacked /ʌnˈpækt/

v. 打开（行李）的过去式➕

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trunk /trʌŋk/

n. 行李箱；树干➕

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gaiters /ˈɡeɪtərz/

n. 绑腿➕

🔊 Whether there was something exceptional in Levin's face, or that Vassenka was himself conscious that ce petit brin de cour he was making was out of place in this family, but he was somewhat (as much as a young man in society can be) disconcerted at Levin's entrance.

不知是因为列文脸上有异样的表情,还是瓦先卡自己也隐约觉得他对基蒂献的那点殷勤在这个家庭里不妥当,反正列文进来时,他多少有些局促不安--以一位社交界年轻人可能的不安程度而言。

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exceptional /ɪkˈsepʃənl/

adj. 异常的,杰出的➕

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conscious /ˈkɑːnʃəs/

adj. 有意识的；自觉的➕

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disconcerted /ˌdɪskənˈsɜːrtɪd/

adj. 不安的,困惑的➕

🔊 "You ride in gaiters?"

"您骑马还穿绑腿套？"

🔊 "Yes, it's much cleaner," said Vassenka, putting his fat leg on a chair, fastening the bottom hook, and smiling with simple-hearted good humor.

"嗯,这样干净些,"瓦先卡说,把一条粗壮的腿搁在椅子上,扣好最下面的钩子,露出单纯快活的微笑。

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fastening /ˈfæsənɪŋ/

v. 系紧（现在分词）➕

🔊 He was undoubtedly a good-natured fellow, and Levin felt sorry for him and ashamed of himself, as his host, when he saw the shy look on Vassenka's face.

他无疑是个和气的家伙,列文看到他脸上羞涩的神情,作为主人,不禁替他感到难过,也为自己感到羞愧。

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undoubtedly /ʌnˈdaʊtɪdli/

adv. 无疑地➕

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good-natured /ˌɡʊd ˈneɪtʃərd/

adj. 和善的,性情温和的➕

🔊 On the table lay a piece of stick which they had broken together that morning, trying their strength. Levin took the fragment in his hands and began smashing it up, breaking bits off the stick, not knowing how to begin.

桌上放着一根木棍--那是他们早上一起掰断较劲的那一根。列文拿起那根棍子,捏在手里,开始把它掰碎,掰成一小段一小段,不知如何开口。

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fragment /ˈfræɡmənt/

n. 碎片,片段➕

🔊 "I wanted..." He paused, but suddenly, remembering Kitty and everything that had happened, he said, looking him resolutely in the face: "I have ordered the horses to be put-to for you."

"我想……"他顿住了,但突然想起基蒂和所发生的一切,便直视着他的脸说:"我已经吩咐他们给您备马了。"

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resolutely /ˈrezəluːtli/

adv. 坚决地➕

🔊 "How so?" Vassenka began in surprise. "To drive where?"

"怎么？"瓦先卡惊讶地开口,"备马去哪儿？"

🔊 "For you to drive to the station," Levin said gloomily.

"送您去车站,"列文阴沉地说。

🔊 "Are you going away, or has something happened?"

"是您要出门,还是出了什么事？"

🔊 "It happens that I expect visitors," said Levin, his strong fingers more and more rapidly breaking off the ends of the split stick. "And I'm not expecting visitors, and nothing has happened, but I beg you to go away. You can explain my rudeness as you like."

"我这儿有客人要来,"列文说,他有力的手指越来越快地掰着木棍的末端,"其实并不是有客人要来,什么事也没发生,但我请您离开。您可以把我的无礼往坏处想--随您怎么解释都行。"

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split /splɪt/

adj. 劈开的；分裂的➕

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rudeness /ˈruːdnəs/

n. 粗鲁,无礼➕

🔊 Vassenka drew himself up.

瓦先卡挺直了身子。

🔊 "I beg you to explain..." he said with dignity, understanding at last.

"请您解释清楚……"他带着尊严说道,终于明白了过来。

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dignity /ˈdɪɡnəti/

n. 尊严,庄重➕

🔊 "I can't explain," Levin said softly and deliberately, trying to control the trembling of his jaw; "and you'd better not ask."

"我无法解释,"列文轻轻而审慎地说,努力控制着下巴的颤抖,"您最好也别问。"

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deliberately /dɪˈlɪbərətli/

adv. 故意地,从容地➕

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trembling /ˈtremblɪŋ/

n. 颤抖,发抖➕

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jaw /dʒɔː/

n. 下巴,颌➕

🔊 And as the split ends were all broken off, Levin clutched the thick ends in his finger, broke the stick in two, and carefully caught the end as it fell.

末梢全掰完了,列文用指头捏住粗的一端,把木棍断成两截,小心地接住落下来的那一半。

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clutched /klʌtʃt/

v. 紧紧抓住（clutch的过去式）➕

🔊 Probably the sight of those nervous fingers, of the muscles he had proved that morning at gymnastics, of the glittering eyes, the soft voice, and quivering jaws, convinced Vassenka better than any words. He bowed, shrugging his shoulders, and smiling contemptuously.

大概那神经质的手指、他早上锻炼时试过的肌肉力量、闪闪发光的眼睛、轻柔的声音、和颤抖的下巴,比任何言辞都更能说服瓦先卡。他鞠了一躬,耸耸肩,轻蔑地笑了笑。

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gymnastics /dʒɪmˈnæstɪks/

n. 体操,体操运动➕

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glittering /ˈɡlɪtərɪŋ/

adj. 闪闪发光的,耀眼的➕

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quivering /ˈkwɪvərɪŋ/

adj. 颤抖的,发抖的➕

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contemptuously /kənˈtemptʃuəsli/

adv. 轻蔑地,鄙视地➕

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convinced /kənˈvɪnst/

v. 使信服（convince的过去式）➕

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shrugging /ˈʃrʌɡɪŋ/

v. 耸肩（shrug的现在分词）➕

🔊 "Can I not see Oblonsky?"

"我能见见奥布隆斯基吗？"

🔊 The shrug and the smile did not irritate Levin.

那耸肩和微笑并没有激怒列文。

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shrug /ʃrʌɡ/

n. 耸肩➕

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irritate /ˈɪrɪteɪt/

v. 激怒,使烦躁➕

🔊 "What else was there for him to do?" he thought.

"他还能怎么办呢？"他想。

🔊 "I'll send him to you at once."

"我马上让他来见您。"

🔊 "What madness is this?" Stepan Arkadyevitch said when, after hearing from his friend that he was being turned out of the house, he found Levin in the garden, where he was walking about waiting for his guest's departure. "Mais c'est ridicule! What fly has stung you? Mais c'est du dernier ridicule! What did you think, if a young man..."

"这发的是什么疯？"斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇从朋友那里听说他被赶出这所房子,便在花园里找到了列文--他正走来走去,等着客人离开--说道,"但这太荒谬了！什么虫子叮了您？Mais c'est极其荒谬！您想,如果一位年轻人……"

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madness /ˈmædnəs/

n. 疯狂,愚蠢的行为➕

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departure /dɪˈpɑːrtʃər/

n. 离开,出发➕

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stung /stʌŋ/

v. 刺痛（sting的过去分词）➕

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ridicule /ˈrɪdɪkjuːl/

adj. 荒谬的,可笑的➕

🔊 But the place where Levin had been stung was evidently still sore, for he turned pale again, when Stepan Arkadyevitch would have enlarged on the reason, and he himself cut him short.

可是列文被叮的地方显然还在疼,因为斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇正要详细分析原因时,列文又脸色发白了,并且自己打断了他。

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evidently /ˈevɪdəntli/

adv. 明显地,显然➕

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sore /sɔːr/

adj. 疼痛的,酸痛的➕

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enlarged /ɪnˈlɑːrdʒd/

v. 扩大,详述（enlarge的过去分词）➕

🔊 "Please don't go into it! I can't help it. I feel ashamed of how I'm treating you and him. But it won't be, I imagine, a great grief to him to go, and his presence was distasteful to me and to my wife."

"请别再说了！我没办法。我对您和他这样处理,自己都感到难为情。但我想,他离开也不是什么大不了的事,我和我的妻子都不喜欢他待在这儿。"

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grief /ɡriːf/

n. 悲伤,悲痛➕

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distasteful /dɪsˈteɪstfl/

adj. 令人不快的,讨厌的➕

🔊 "But it's insulting to him! Et puis c'est ridicule."

"可这对他是侮辱！Et puis c'est ridicule."

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insulting /ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/

adj. 侮辱的,无礼的➕

🔊 "And to me it's both insulting and distressing! And I'm not at fault in any way, and there's no need for me to suffer."

"对我来说,这既是侮辱又是痛苦！我又没有错,凭什么要我来受折磨？"

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distressing /dɪˈstresɪŋ/

adj. 令人痛苦的,令人苦恼的➕

🔊 "Well, this I didn't expect of you! On peut être jaloux, mais à ce point, c'est du dernier ridicule!"

"唉,我真没想到您会这样！人可以嫉妒,但到这种程度,就极其荒谬了！"

🔊 Levin turned quickly, and walked away from him into the depths of the avenue, and he went on walking up and down alone. Soon he heard the rumble of the trap, and saw from behind the trees how Vassenka, sitting in the hay (unluckily there was no seat in the trap) in his Scotch cap, was driven along the avenue, jolting up and down over the ruts.

列文猛地转过身,从林荫路上走开,独自来回走着。不久,他听到马车的辘辘声,从树后看见瓦先卡戴着苏格兰帽,坐在干草堆上（不幸的是马车里没有座位）,沿着林荫路颠簸着驶去,在车辙里上下起伏。

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depths /dɛpθs/

n. 深处；深渊➕

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avenue /ˈævɪnjuː/

n. 林荫道；大街➕

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rumble /ˈrʌmbəl/

n. 隆隆声；辘辘声➕

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jolting /ˈdʒoʊltɪŋ/

v. 颠簸；震动➕

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ruts /rʌts/

n. 车辙；沟槽➕

🔊 "What's this?" Levin thought, when a footman ran out of the house and stopped the trap. It was the mechanician, whom Levin had totally forgotten. The mechanician, bowing low, said something to Veslovsky, then clambered into the trap, and they drove off together.

"这是怎么回事？"列文想道,这时一个仆人从屋里跑出来,叫住了马车。原来是那位机械师--列文完全把他忘了。机械师深深地鞠了一躬,对韦斯洛夫斯基说了些什么,然后爬上马车,两人一起走了。

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mechanician /ˌmekəˈnɪʃən/

n. 机械师；技师➕

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clambered /ˈklæmbərd/

v. 攀登；爬➕

🔊 Stepan Arkadyevitch and the princess were much upset by Levin's action. And he himself felt not only in the highest degree ridicule, but also utterly guilty and disgraced. But remembering what sufferings he and his wife had been through, when he asked himself how he should act another time, he answered that he should do just the same again.

斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇和公爵夫人对列文的举动大为恼火。而列文本人也觉得自己不仅极其可笑,而且完全有罪、丢尽了脸。但一想到他和妻子所受的痛苦,当他问自己下次该怎么办时,他回答说,他还会这样做。

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utterly /ˈʌtərli/

adv. 完全地；绝对地➕

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disgraced /dɪsˈɡreɪst/

adj. 丢脸的；蒙羞的➕

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sufferings /ˈsʌfərɪŋz/

n. 痛苦；苦难➕

🔊 In spite of all this, towards the end of that day, everyone except the princess, who could not pardon Levin's action, became extraordinarily lively and good-humored, like children after a punishment or grown-up people after a dreary, ceremonious reception, so that by the evening Vassenka's dismissal was spoken of, in the absence of the princess, as though it were some remote event. And Dolly, who had inherited her father's gift of humorous storytelling, made Varenka helpless with laughter as she related for the third and fourth time, always with fresh humorous additions, how she had only just put on her new shoes for the benefit of the visitor, and on going into the drawing-room, heard suddenly the rumble of the trap. And who should be in the trap but Vassenka himself, with his Scotch cap, and his songs and his gaiters, and all, sitting in the hay.

尽管如此,那天快到傍晚时,除了那位不肯原谅列文的公爵夫人外,所有人都变得异常活跃、快活--就像挨了罚之后的孩子,或像参加完沉闷正式招待会的大人一样。到了晚上,在公爵夫人不在场的时候,提起瓦先卡被赶走的事,简直就像谈什么遥远的往事。多莉继承了她父亲讲幽默故事的才能,她把这件事讲了三四遍,每次都添上新的幽默细节,讲得瓦莲卡笑得直不起腰来。她说,她刚穿上新鞋准备去招待客人,一走进客厅,突然听见马车的辘辘声。车里坐的竟是瓦先卡本人,戴着苏格兰帽,带着他的歌谱和绑腿套,还有一切东西,坐在干草堆上。

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pardon /ˈpɑːrdən/

v. 原谅；宽恕➕

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extraordinarily /ɪkˈstrɔːrdɪnerəli/

adv. 非常地；格外地➕

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good-humored /ˌɡʊd ˈhjuːmərd/

adj. 心情愉快的；脾气好的➕

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dreary /ˈdrɪəri/

adj. 沉闷的；枯燥的➕

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ceremonious /ˌserəˈmoʊniəs/

adj. 隆重的；讲究礼节的➕

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dismissal /dɪsˈmɪsəl/

n. 解雇；驳回➕

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inherited /ɪnˈherɪtɪd/

v. 继承➕

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storytelling /ˈstɔːriˌtelɪŋ/

n. 讲故事；叙述➕

🔊 "If only you'd ordered out the carriage! But no! and then I hear: 'Stop!' Oh, I thought they've relented. I look out, and behold a fat German being sat down by him and driving away... And my new shoes all for nothing!..."

"要是您吩咐套那辆大马车就好了！可您偏不！然后我听见:'停下！'哦,我以为他们心软了呢。我探出头一看,只见一个胖胖的德国人坐到了他身边,然后车子就走了……我的新鞋算是白穿了！……"

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relented /rɪˈlentɪd/

v. 变温和；发慈悲➕

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behold /bɪˈhoʊld/

v. 看到；注视➕

Part Six – Chapter fifteen (第十五章)

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