🔊 Kitty was particularly glad of a chance of being alone with her husband, for she had noticed the shade of mortification that had passed over his face--always so quick to reflect every feeling--at the moment when he had come onto the terrace and asked what they were talking of, and had got no answer.

基蒂特别高兴能有机会和丈夫单独在一起,因为她注意到,当他走上露台问他们在谈什么却没人回答时,脸上掠过的那一丝屈辱的阴影--他的脸总是那么迅速地反映出每一种情绪。

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mortification /ˌmɔːrtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

n. 羞愧；窘迫；屈辱➕

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reflect /rɪˈflekt/

v. 反映；表明；反射➕

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terrace /ˈterəs/

n. 露台；台阶；梯田➕

🔊 When they had set off on foot ahead of the others, and had come out of sight of the house onto the beaten dusty road, marked with rusty wheels and sprinkled with grains of corn, she clung faster to his arm and pressed it closer to him. He had quite forgotten the momentary unpleasant impression, and alone with her he felt, now that the thought of her approaching motherhood was never for a moment absent from his mind, a new and delicious bliss, quite pure from all alloy of sense, in the being near to the woman he loved. There was no need of speech, yet he longed to hear the sound of her voice, which like her eyes had changed since she had been with child. In her voice, as in her eyes, there was that softness and gravity which is found in people continually concentrated on some cherished pursuit.

当他们动身走在其他人前面,走出房子的视线,来到那条因锈迹斑斑的车轮而留下痕迹、撒着谷粒的尘土飞扬的大路上时,她更紧地挽住他的胳膊,把它拉近自己。他已经完全忘记了刚才那一瞬间的不愉快,单独和她在一起,他感到--因为想到她即将做母亲,这个念头一刻也没有离开过他的脑海--一种全新的、美妙的幸福,完全不受感官杂质的污染,就在于靠近他所爱的女人身边。无需言语,他却渴望听到她的声音,她的声音如同她的眼睛一样,自从她怀孕后也发生了变化。她的声音和她的眼睛里有一种柔和与庄重,这是人们全神贯注于某种珍爱事业时所常有的。

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momentary /ˈmoʊmənteri/

adj. 短暂的；瞬间的➕

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bliss /blɪs/

n. 极乐；幸福➕

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alloy /ˈælɔɪ/

n. 合金；混合（此处比喻掺杂）➕

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motherhood /ˈmʌðərhʊd/

n. 母亲身份；母性➕

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cherished /ˈtʃerɪʃt/

adj. 珍爱的；珍视的➕

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pursuit /pərˈsuːt/

n. 追求；追赶➕

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gravity /ˈɡrævəti/

n. 重力；严肃；严重性➕

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concentrated /ˈkɑːnsəntreɪtɪd/

adj. 专注的；集中的；浓缩的➕

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longed /lɒŋd/

v. 渴望；向往（long的过去式）➕

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continually /kənˈtɪnjuəli/

adv. 不断地；频繁地➕

🔊 "So you're not tired? Lean more on me," said he.

“你不累吗？多靠着我一点。”他说。

🔊 "No, I'm so glad of a chance of being alone with you, and I must own, though I'm happy with them, I do regret our winter evenings alone."

“不累,我很高兴能有机会和你单独在一起,而且我得承认,虽然和他们在一起很快乐,但我真怀念我们单独度过的那些冬夜。”

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regret /rɪˈɡret/

v. 感到遗憾；后悔➕

🔊 "That was good, but this is even better. Both are better," he said, squeezing her hand.

“那时很好,但现在更好。两个都好。”他握着她的手说。

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squeezing /ˈskwiːzɪŋ/

v. 紧握；挤压（squeeze的现在分词）➕

🔊 "Do you know what we were talking about when you came in?"

“你知道你进来时我们在谈什么吗？”

🔊 "About jam?"

“谈果酱？”

🔊 "Oh, yes, about jam too; but afterwards, about how men make offers."

“哦,是的,也谈果酱；但后来,谈的是男人怎么求婚。”

🔊 "Ah!" said Levin, listening more to the sound of her voice than to the words she was saying, and all the while paying attention to the road, which passed now through the forest, and avoiding places where she might make a false step.

“啊！”列文说,他更主要是听她说话的声音,而非她说出的词句,同时始终留意着那条现在穿过森林的路,避开她可能踩空的地方。

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attention /əˈtenʃən/

n. 注意力；关注➕

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avoiding /əˈvɔɪdɪŋ/

v. 避免；回避（avoid的现在分词）➕

🔊 "And about Sergey Ivanovitch and Varenka. You've noticed?... I'm very anxious for it," she went on. "What do you think about it?" And she peeped into his face.

“还有关于谢尔盖·伊万诺维奇和瓦莲卡。你注意到了吗？……我非常希望这件事能成。”她继续说,“你觉得呢？”她偷偷看了看他的脸。

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peeped /piːpt/

v. 偷看；窥视（peep的过去式）➕

🔊 "I don't know what to think," Levin answered, smiling. "Sergey seems very strange to me in that way. I told you, you know...."

“我不知道该怎么想,”列文微笑着回答,“谢尔盖在那方面对我来说很奇怪。我跟你说过,你知道……”

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strange /streɪndʒ/

adj. 奇怪的；陌生的➕

🔊 "Yes, that he was in love with that girl who died...."

“是的,他爱上了那个死去的女孩……”

🔊 "That was when I was a child; I know about it from hearsay and tradition. I remember him then. He was wonderfully sweet. But I've watched him since with women; he is friendly, some of them he likes, but one feels that to him they're simply people, not women."

“那是我小时候的事；我是听传闻和传说知道的。我记得他那时的样子。他极其可爱。但后来我观察他和女人们在一起:他很友好,有些女人他喜欢,但让人觉得对他而言她们只是人,不是女人。”

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hearsay /ˈhɪrseɪ/

n. 传闻；道听途说➕

🔊 "Yes, but now with Varenka ... I fancy there's something...."

“是的,但现在和瓦莲卡在一起……我觉得有点……”

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fancy /ˈfænsi/

v. 想象；认为；喜欢➕

🔊 "Perhaps there is.... But one has to know him.... He's a peculiar, wonderful person. He lives a spiritual life only. He's too pure, too exalted a nature."

“也许有……但必须了解他……他是个奇特、了不起的人。他只过精神生活。他太纯洁、太高尚了。”

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peculiar /pɪˈkjuːliər/

adj. 奇怪的；独特的➕

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spiritual /ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl/

adj. 精神的；心灵的➕

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exalted /ɪɡˈzɔːltɪd/

adj. 崇高的；高尚的➕

🔊 "Why? Would this lower him, then?"

“为什么？那会降低他的身份吗？”

🔊 "No, but he's so used to a spiritual life that he can't reconcile himself with actual fact, and Varenka is after all fact."

“不,但他太习惯于精神生活,无法与现实调和,而瓦莲卡终究是现实。”

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reconcile /ˈrekənsaɪl/

v. 调和；使一致➕

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actual /ˈæktʃuəl/

adj. 实际的；真实的➕

🔊 Levin had grown used by now to uttering his thought boldly, without taking the trouble of clothing it in exact language. He knew that his wife, in such moments of loving tenderness as now, would understand what he meant to say from a hint, and she did understand him.

列文现在已经习惯于大胆说出自己的想法,而不费心用准确的语言表达。他知道他的妻子在像现在这样充满爱意温柔的时刻,会从暗示中理解他想说什么,而她确实理解他。

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uttering /ˈʌtərɪŋ/

v. 说出；发出声音（utter的动名词）➕

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boldly /ˈboʊldli/

adv. 大胆地；勇敢地➕

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tenderness /ˈtendərnəs/

n. 温柔；亲切➕

🔊 "Yes, but there's not so much of that actual fact about her as about me. I can see that he would never have cared for me. She is altogether spiritual."

“是的,但她身上的现实没有我多。我看得出来他永远不会喜欢我。她完全是精神层面的。”

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altogether /ˌɔːltəˈɡeðər/

adv. 完全地；总共➕

🔊 "Oh, no, he is so fond of you, and I am always so glad when my people like you...."

“哦,不,他很喜欢你,而且每当我家人喜欢你的时候,我总是很高兴……”

🔊 "Yes, he's very nice to me; but...."

“是的,他对我很好；但是……”

🔊 "It's not as it was with poor Nikolay ... you really cared for each other," Levin finished. "Why not speak of him?" he added. "I sometimes blame myself for not; it ends in one's forgetting. Ah, how terrible and dear he was!... Yes, what were we talking about?" Levin said, after a pause.

“不像可怜的尼古拉那样……你们是真心相爱,”列文接着说,“为什么不能谈谈他呢？”他补充道,“我有时责备自己不提他；结果就会忘记。啊,他又可怕又可爱！……是的,我们刚才在说什么？”列文停顿了一下说。

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blame /bleɪm/

v. 责备；归咎于➕

🔊 "You think he can't fall in love," said Kitty, translating into her own language.

“你认为他不会谈恋爱,”基蒂用自己的话翻译道。

🔊 "It's not so much that he can't fall in love," Levin said, smiling, "but he has not the weakness necessary.... I've always envied him, and even now, when I'm so happy, I still envy him."

“倒不是说他不会谈恋爱,”列文微笑着说,“而是他没有必要的弱点……我一直羡慕他,甚至现在,我这么幸福,我还是羡慕他。”

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envied /ˈenvid/

v. 嫉妒（envy的过去分词）➕

🔊 "You envy him for not being able to fall in love?"

“你羡慕他不能谈恋爱？”

🔊 "I envy him for being better than I," said Levin. "He does not live for himself. His whole life is subordinated to his duty. And that's why he can be calm and contented."

“我羡慕他比我好,”列文说,“他不为自己活。他的一生都服从于他的责任。所以他才能那么平静和满足。”

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subordinated /səˈbɔːrdɪneɪtɪd/

v. 使从属；使服从（subordinate的过去分词）➕

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contented /kənˈtentɪd/

adj. 满足的；满意的➕

🔊 "And you?" Kitty asked, with an ironical and loving smile. She could never have explained the chain of thought that made her smile; but the last link in it was that her husband, in exalting his brother and abasing himself, was not quite sincere. Kitty knew that this insincerity came from his love for his brother, from his sense of shame at being too happy, and above all from his unflagging craving to be better--she loved it in him, and so she smiled.

“那你呢？”基蒂带着讽刺而爱怜的微笑问道。她永远也说不清是什么思绪让她微笑；但最后一环是,她的丈夫称赞他的兄弟而贬低自己,并不完全真诚。基蒂知道这种不真诚源于他对兄弟的爱,源于他为太幸福而感到的羞愧,尤其是源于他不断渴望变得更好--她爱他这一点,所以她笑了。

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ironical /aɪˈrɑːnɪkl/

adj. 讽刺的；反讽的➕

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exalting /ɪɡˈzɔːltɪŋ/

v. 赞扬；提升（exalt的现在分词）➕

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abasing /əˈbeɪsɪŋ/

v. 贬低；降低（abase的现在分词）➕

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sincere /sɪnˈsɪr/

adj. 真诚的；诚挚的➕

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insincerity /ˌɪnsɪnˈserəti/

n. 不真诚；虚伪➕

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unflagging /ʌnˈflæɡɪŋ/

adj. 不懈的；持续的➕

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craving /ˈkreɪvɪŋ/

n. 渴望；热望➕

🔊 "And you? What are you dissatisfied with?" she asked, with the same smile. Her disbelief in his self-dissatisfaction delighted him, and unconsciously he tried to draw her into giving utterance to the grounds of her disbelief.

“那你呢？你对什么不满意？”她用同样的微笑问道。她不相信他的自我不满,这让他很高兴,他不自觉地想让她说出她不相信的理由。

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dissatisfied /dɪsˈsætɪsfaɪd/

adj. 不满的➕

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disbelief /ˌdɪsbɪˈliːf/

n. 不信；怀疑➕

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self-dissatisfaction /ˌself dɪsˌsætɪsˈfækʃən/

n. 自我不满➕

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unconsciously /ʌnˈkɑːnʃəsli/

adv. 无意识地➕

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utterance /ˈʌtərəns/

n. 表达；说话➕

🔊 "I am happy, but dissatisfied with myself...." he said.

“我很幸福,但对自己不满意……”他说。

🔊 "Why, how can you be dissatisfied with yourself if you are happy?"

“为什么？如果你幸福,怎么会对自己不满意？”

🔊 "Well, how shall I say?... In my heart I really care for nothing whatever but that you should not stumble--see? Oh, but really you mustn't skip about like that!" he cried, breaking off to scold her for too agile a movement in stepping over a branch that lay in the path. "But when I think about myself, and compare myself with others, especially with my brother, I feel I'm a poor creature."

“嗯,怎么说呢？……我心里其实什么都不在乎,只希望你别绊倒--看见了吗？哦,你真的不能那样跳！”他突然喊道,打断自己责备她跨过路上树枝时动作太敏捷。“但当我想到自己,拿自己和别人比,特别是和我兄弟比,我觉得自己是个可怜虫。”

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agile /ˈædʒaɪl/

adj. 敏捷的,灵活的➕

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creature /ˈkriːtʃər/

n. 生物,动物；（尤指）人➕

🔊 "But in what way?" Kitty pursued with the same smile. "Don't you too work for others? What about your co-operative settlement, and your work on the estate, and your book?..."

“在哪些方面？”基蒂追问道,仍然带着同样的微笑,“你不是也在为别人工作吗？你的合作社、你在地产上的工作、你的书呢？……”

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pursued /pərˈsjuːd/

v. 追问；继续（讨论）➕

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co-operative /koʊˈɑːpərətɪv/

adj. 合作的；合作社的➕

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settlement /ˈsetlmənt/

n. 定居点；解决；结算➕

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estate /ɪˈsteɪt/

n. 庄园；地产；不动产➕

🔊 "Oh, but I feel, and particularly just now--it's your fault," he said, pressing her hand--"that all that doesn't count. I do it in a way halfheartedly. If I could care for all that as I care for you!... Instead of that, I do it in these days like a task that is set me."

“哦,但我觉得,尤其是现在--都怪你,”他握着她的手说,“那些都不算什么。我做这些事有点心不在焉。如果我能像在乎你那样在乎这一切就好了！……可是相反,这些日子我做这些事就像完成一项任务。”

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halfheartedly /ˌhæfˈhɑːrtɪdli/

adv. 半心半意地,不认真地➕

🔊 "Well, what would you say about papa?" asked Kitty. "Is he a poor creature then, as he does nothing for the public good?"

“那么,你爸爸呢？”基蒂问道,“他不做公益的事,难道他也是可怜虫？”

🔊 "He?--no! But then one must have the simplicity, the straightforwardness, the goodness of your father: and I haven't got that. I do nothing, and I fret about it. It's all your doing. Before there was you--and this too," he added with a glance towards her waist that she understood--"I put all my energies into work; now I can't, and I'm ashamed; I do it just as though it were a task set me, I'm pretending...."

“他？--不是！但人必须像你父亲那样淳朴、直率、善良；而我没有。我什么也没做,还为此烦恼。都是因为你。在没有你之前--还有这个,”他朝她的腰部看了一眼,她明白那意思,“我把所有的精力都放在工作上；现在我不能了,我感到羞愧；我做事就像完成一项任务,我在装样子……”

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simplicity /sɪmˈplɪsəti/

n. 简单；朴素；纯朴➕

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straightforwardness /ˌstreɪtˈfɔːrwərdnəs/

n. 直率；坦诚➕

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fret /fret/

v. 烦恼；焦急➕

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energies /ˈenərdʒiz/

n. 精力；能量（复数形式）➕

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ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/

adj. 羞愧的,不好意思的➕

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pretending /prɪˈtendɪŋ/

v. 假装（现在分词形式）➕

🔊 "Well, but would you like to change this minute with Sergey Ivanovitch?" said Kitty. "Would you like to do this work for the general good, and to love the task set you, as he does, and nothing else?"

“那么,你愿意现在就和谢尔盖·伊万诺维奇交换吗？”基蒂说,“你愿意像他那样为公益工作,热爱分配给自己的任务,其他什么都不管吗？”

🔊 "Of course not," said Levin. "But I'm so happy that I don't understand anything. So you think he'll make her an offer today?" he added after a brief silence.

“当然不,”列文说,“但我太幸福了,什么都不明白。那么你觉得他今天会向她求婚吗？”他沉默片刻后补充道。

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brief /briːf/

adj. 短暂的；简洁的➕

🔊 "I think so, and I don't think so. Only, I'm awfully anxious for it. Here, wait a minute." She stooped down and picked a wild camomile at the edge of the path. "Come, count: he does propose, he doesn't," she said, giving him the flower.

“我觉得会,又觉得不会。只是我特别希望这样。来,等一下。”她弯腰在路边摘了一朵野雏菊,“来,数数:他会求婚,他不会,”她把花递给他。

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anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/

adj. 焦虑的；渴望的➕

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camomile /ˈkæməmaɪl/

n. 洋甘菊（一种植物）➕

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propose /prəˈpoʊz/

v. 提议；求婚➕

🔊 "He does, he doesn't," said Levin, tearing off the white petals.

“他会,他不会,”列文说着撕下白色的花瓣。

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petals /ˈpetlz/

n. 花瓣（复数形式）➕

🔊 "No, no!" Kitty, snatching at his hand, stopped him. She had been watching his fingers with interest. "You picked off two."

“不,不！”基蒂抓住他的手,阻止了他。她一直饶有兴趣地看着他的手指。“你揪下了两片。”

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snatching /ˈsnætʃɪŋ/

v. 抢,夺取（snatch的现在分词形式）➕

🔊 "Oh, but see, this little one shan't count to make up," said Levin, tearing off a little half- grown petal. "Here's the wagonette overtaking us."

“哦,可是你看,这一片小的不算,抵过来,”列文撕下一片半大的花瓣说,“马车赶上我们了。”

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wagonette /ˌwæɡəˈnet/

n. 四轮轻便马车➕

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overtaking /ˌoʊvərˈteɪkɪŋ/

v. 超过；追上（现在分词形式）➕

🔊 "Aren't you tired, Kitty?" called the princess.

“你不累吗,基蒂？”公爵夫人喊道。

🔊 "Not in the least."

“一点也不累。”

🔊 "If you are you can get in, as the horses are quiet and walking."

“如果累了可以上车,马很安静,在慢慢走。”

🔊 But it was not worth while to get in, they were quite near the place, and all walked on together.

但没必要上车,他们已经离那地方很近了,大家都一起走着。

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worth while /wɜːrθ waɪl/

adj. 值得的；有价值的（通常写作worthwhile）➕

Part Six – Chapter three (第三章)

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