🔊 The highest Petersburg society is essentially one: in it everyone knows everyone else, everyone even visits everyone else. But this great set has its subdivisions. Anna Arkadyevna Karenina had friends and close ties in three different circles of this highest society. One circle was her husband’s government official set, consisting of his colleagues and subordinates, brought together in the most various and capricious manner, and belonging to different social strata. Anna found it difficult now to recall the feeling of almost awe-stricken reverence which she had at first entertained for these persons. Now she knew all of them as people know one another in a country town; she knew their habits and weaknesses, and where the shoe pinched each one of them. She knew their relations with one another and with the head authorities, knew who was for whom, and how each one maintained his position, and where they agreed and disagreed. But the circle of political, masculine interests had never interested her, in spite of countess Lidia Ivanovna’s influence, and she avoided it.

上流彼得堡社交圈本质上是同一群人:这里人人都认识彼此,人人都会互相拜访。然而,这个大圈子又分成若干小圈子。安娜·阿尔卡季耶夫娜·卡列宁娜在这上流社会里拥有三个不同圈子中的朋友和密切关系。其一是她丈夫的政府官员圈子,由他的同事和下属组成,这些人以极其多样且随意的方式聚集在一起,分属不同的社会阶层。安娜如今已难以回忆起自己当初对这些人物那种近乎诚惶诚恐的敬畏之情。现在她对他们了如指掌,就像在小镇上认识彼此一样；她了解每个人的习惯和弱点,知道他们的痛处在哪里。她清楚他们彼此之间以及与上级的关系,知道谁支持谁,每个人如何维持自己的地位,以及他们在哪些方面一致、哪些方面分歧。不过,即便有利季娅·伊万诺夫娜伯爵夫人的影响,这个充满政治和男性利益的圈子也从未引起她的兴趣,所以她总是避而远之。

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essentially /ɪˈsenʃəli/

adv. 本质上；根本上➕

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subdivisions /ˌsʌbdɪˈvɪʒənz/

n. 细分；分支➕

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subordinates /səˈbɔːrdɪnɪts/

n. 下属；下级➕

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capricious /kəˈprɪʃəs/

adj. 反复无常的；任性的➕

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strata /ˈstrɑːtə/

n. 阶层；地层（stratum的复数）➕

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reverence /ˈrevərəns/

n. 尊敬；崇敬➕

🔊 Another little set with which Anna was in close relations was the one by means of which Alexey Alexandrovitch had made his career. The center of this circle was the Countess Lidia Ivanovna. It was a set made up of elderly, ugly, benevolent, and godly women, and clever, learned, and ambitious men. One of the clever people belonging to the set had called it "the conscience of Petersburg society." Alexey Alexandrovitch had the highest esteem for this circle, and Anna with her special gift for getting on with everyone, had in the early days of her life in Petersburg made friends in this circle also. Now, since her return from Moscow, she had come to feel this set insufferable. It seemed to her that both she and all of them were insincere, and she felt so bored and ill at ease in that world that she went to see the Countess Lidia Ivanovna as little as possible.

另一个与安娜关系密切的小圈子,是阿列克谢·亚历山德罗维奇赖以发迹的那个圈子。其核心人物是利季娅·伊万诺夫娜伯爵夫人。这个圈子由一群年老、丑陋、仁慈、虔诚的女人,以及一些聪明、博学、有野心的男人组成。圈中一位聪明人曾称之为“彼得堡社会的良心”。阿列克谢·亚历山德罗维奇对这个圈子推崇备至,而安娜凭借她与任何人融洽相处的天赋,在最初住在彼得堡时也结交了这里的朋友。然而,从莫斯科归来后,她开始觉得这个圈子令人难以忍受。她感到自己和他们所有人都不真诚,在那个世界里百无聊赖、如坐针毡,于是尽量少去拜访利季娅·伊万诺夫娜伯爵夫人。

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benevolent /bəˈnevələnt/

adj. 仁慈的；慈善的➕

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godly /ˈɡɒdli/

adj. 虔诚的；敬神的➕

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ambitious /æmˈbɪʃəs/

adj. 有雄心的；有野心的➕

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esteem /ɪˈstiːm/

n. 尊重；敬重➕

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insufferable /ɪnˈsʌfərəbl/

adj. 难以忍受的➕

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insincere /ˌɪnsɪnˈsɪər/

adj. 不真诚的；虚伪的➕

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learned /ˈlɜːrnɪd/

adj. 博学的；有学问的➕

🔊 The third circle with which Anna had ties was preeminently the fashionable world-the world of balls, of dinners, of sumptuous dresses, the world that hung on to the court with one hand, so as to avoid sinking to the level of the demi-monde. For the demi-monde the members of that fashionable world believed that they despised, though their tastes were not merely similar, but in fact identical. Her connection with this circle was kept up through Princess Betsy Tverskaya, her cousin’s wife, who had an income of a hundred and twenty thousand roubles, and who had taken a great fancy to Anna ever since she first came out, showed her much attention, and drew her into her set, making fun of Countess Lidia Ivanovna’s coterie.

安娜有联系的第三个圈子,主要是时尚界--那个由舞会、宴席、华服丽饰组成的世界；这个世界一只手紧攀宫廷,以免沦为半上流社会。时尚界的成员自以为鄙视半上流社会,可他们的品味不仅相似,实则毫无二致。她与这个圈子的联系是通过贝特西·特韦尔斯卡娅公爵夫人--她表兄的妻子,年收入十二万卢布。这位公爵夫人自安娜初入社交界起就对她极为喜爱,对她关怀备至,把她拉进自己的圈子,同时揶揄利季娅·伊万诺夫娜伯爵夫人那个小团体。

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preeminently /priˈemɪnəntli/

adv. 卓越地；杰出地➕

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sumptuous /ˈsʌmptʃuəs/

adj. 豪华的；奢侈的➕

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demi-monde /ˈdemiˌmɒnd/

n. 半上流社会（指名声不好的女性或有问题的群体）➕

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identical /aɪˈdentɪkl/

adj. 完全相同的➕

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coterie /ˈkoʊtəri/

n. 小圈子；（有共同兴趣的）小团体➕

🔊 "When I’m old and ugly I’ll be the same," Betsy used to say; "but for a pretty young woman like you it’s early days for that house of charity."

“等我老了丑了,我也会那样,”贝特西常说,“可对你这样年轻漂亮的女人来说,去那种慈善机构还为时过早。”

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charity /ˈtʃærəti/

n. 慈善；慈善机构；宽容➕

🔊 Anna had at first avoided as far as she could Princess Tverskaya’s world, because it necessitated an expenditure beyond her means, and besides in her heart she preferred the first circle. But since her visit to Moscow she had done quite the contrary. She avoided her serious-minded friends, and went out into the fashionable world. There she met Vronsky, and experienced an agitating joy at those meetings. She met Vronsky specially often at Betsy’s for Betsy was a Vronsky by birth and his cousin. Vronsky was everywhere where he had any chance of meeting Anna, and speaking to her, when he could, of his love. She gave him no encouragement, but every time she met him there surged up in her heart that same feeling of quickened life that had come upon her that day in the railway carriage when she saw him for the first time. She was conscious herself that her delight sparkled in her eyes and curved her lips into a smile, and she could not quench the expression of this delight.

安娜起初尽量避开特韦尔斯卡娅公爵夫人的圈子,因为那需要超出她财力的开销,而且她内心更偏爱第一个圈子。但从莫斯科回来后,她完全反其道而行之。她避开那些一本正经的朋友,转而出入上流社交界。在那里她遇到了弗龙斯基,并体会到一种令人迷醉的快乐。她尤其常在贝特西家见到弗龙斯基,因为贝特西是弗龙斯基的亲戚,是他表姐。弗龙斯基出现在任何可能遇见安娜的地方,跟她说话,在可能的时候倾诉爱意。她没有给他任何鼓励,可每次见面,她心中都会涌起同样充满活力的感觉,就像那天在火车车厢里第一次见到他时一样。她自己意识到,这喜悦在她眼中闪烁,让她的嘴唇弯成微笑,她无法抑制这种喜悦的流露。

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necessitated /nəˈsesɪteɪtɪd/

v. 使成为必要；需要➕

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expenditure /ɪkˈspendɪtʃər/

n. 支出；花费➕

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agitating /ˈædʒɪteɪtɪŋ/

adj. 令人焦虑的；煽动性的➕

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surged /sɜːrdʒd/

v. 涌起；激增➕

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quickened /ˈkwɪkənd/

v. 加快；使活跃➕

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quench /kwentʃ/

v. 抑制；扑灭；解渴➕

🔊 At first Anna sincerely believed that she was displeased with him for daring to pursue her. Soon after her return from Moscow, on arriving at a soirée where she had expected to meet him, and not finding him there, she realized distinctly from the rush of disappointment that she had been deceiving herself, and that this pursuit was not merely not distasteful to her, but that it made the whole interest of her life.

起初,安娜真心相信自己对他胆敢追求她感到不满。从莫斯科回来后不久,在一场她以为会遇见他的晚会上,她没有见到他,于是她从失望的冲击中清楚地意识到,她一直在自欺欺人:这种追求不仅不令她反感,反而成了她全部生活乐趣所在。

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soirée /swɑːˈreɪ/

n. 晚会（尤指社交性的）➕

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distasteful /dɪsˈteɪstfl/

adj. 令人不快的；讨厌的➕

🔊 The celebrated singer was singing for the second time, and all the fashionable world was in the theater. Vronsky, seeing his cousin from his stall in the front row, did not wait till the entr’acte, but went to her box.

那位著名歌手正在演唱第二支曲子,整个时尚界都聚集在剧院里。弗龙斯基从正厅前排看到了他的表姐,不等幕间休息就径直去了她的包厢。

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celebrated /ˈselɪbreɪtɪd/

adj. 著名的；驰名的➕

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stall /stɔːl/

n. （剧院的）正厅前排座位；售货摊➕

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entr’acte /ˈɒntrækt/

n. 幕间休息；幕间节目➕

🔊 "Why didn’t you come to dinner?" she said to him. "I marvel at the second sight of lovers," she added with a smile, so that no one but he could hear; "she wasn’t there. But come after the opera."

“你为什么不来赴宴？”她对他说。“我对情人的预见力感到惊奇,”她微笑着补充道,声音轻得只有他能听见:“她没来。不过歌剧结束后过来吧。”

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marvel /ˈmɑːrvəl/

v. 感到惊讶；惊叹➕

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second sight /ˈsekənd saɪt/

n. 预见力；千里眼➕

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opera /ˈɒp(ə)rə/

n. 歌剧；歌剧院➕

🔊 Vronsky looked inquiringly at her. She nodded. He thanked her by a smile, and sat down beside her.

弗龙斯基询问地看着她。她点点头。他以微笑表示谢意,随后在她身旁坐下。

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inquiringly /ɪnˈkwaɪərɪŋli/

adv. 探询地；疑惑地➕

🔊 "But how I remember your jeers!" continued Princess Betsy, who took a peculiar pleasure in following up this passion to a successful issue. "What’s become of all that? You’re caught, my dear boy."

“可我还记得你的嘲讽呢！”贝特西公爵夫人继续说道,她特别喜欢围观这段恋情走向圆满。“那些话都哪去了？你上钩了,亲爱的孩子。”

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jeers /dʒɪrz/

n. 嘲讽；嘲笑➕

🔊 "That’s my one desire, to be caught," answered Vronsky, with his serene, good-humored smile. "If I complain of anything it’s only that I’m not caught enough, to tell the truth. I begin to lose hope."

“我唯一的愿望就是被俘获,”弗龙斯基带着平静而愉快的微笑回答。“要说有什么可抱怨的,那只是我还没有被彻底俘获,说实话。我开始失去希望了。”

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serene /səˈriːn/

adj. 宁静的；安详的➕

🔊 "Why, whatever hope can you have?" said Betsy, offended on behalf of her friend. "Entendons nous...." But in her eyes there were gleams of light that betrayed that she understood perfectly and precisely as he did what hope he might have.

“哎呀,你还能有什么希望？”贝特西替朋友不平地说。“Entendons nous……”可她眼里闪烁着光芒,表明她完全理解--和他一样清楚他可能怀有怎样的希望。

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behalf /bɪˈhɑːf/

n. 代表；利益➕

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gleams /ɡliːmz/

n. 闪光；微光➕

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betrayed /bɪˈtreɪd/

v. 泄露；背叛➕

🔊 "None whatever," said Vronsky, laughing and showing his even rows of teeth. "Excuse me," he added, taking an opera-glass out of her hand, and proceeding to scrutinize, over her bare shoulder, the row of boxes facing them. "I’m afraid I’m becoming ridiculous."

“完全没有,”弗龙斯基笑着说,露出一排齐整的牙齿。“请原谅,”他补充道,从她手里拿过观剧镜,开始越过她裸露的肩头,审视对面的一排包厢。“恐怕我要变得可笑了。”

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scrutinize /ˈskruːtɪnaɪz/

v. 仔细检查；审视➕

🔊 He was very well aware that he ran no risk of being ridiculous in the eyes of Betsy or any other fashionable people. He was very well aware that in their eyes the position of an unsuccessful lover of a girl, or of any woman free to marry, might be ridiculous. But the position of a man pursuing a married woman, and, regardless of everything, staking his life on drawing her into adultery, has something fine and grand about it, and can never be ridiculous; and so it was with a proud and gay smile under his mustaches that he lowered the opera-glass and looked at his cousin.

他非常清楚,在贝特西或其他上流人士眼中,他绝无变成笑柄的风险。他深知,在他们看来,追求一个姑娘或任何可以自由婚嫁的女人而遭拒的位置,或许可笑。然而,追求有夫之妇,不顾一切,用生命去诱她逾矩--这种行为有一种高尚与宏大之处,绝不会可笑。正因如此,他放下观剧镜,望着表姐时,胡子下的嘴角才漾出骄傲而快活的微笑。

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staking /ˈsteɪkɪŋ/

v. 冒险；以...打赌；下注➕

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adultery /əˈdʌltəri/

n. 通奸➕

🔊 "But why was it you didn’t come to dinner?" she said, admiring him.

“可你为什么不来赴宴呢？”她问道,欣赏地看着他。

🔊 "I must tell you about that. I was busily employed, and doing what, do you suppose? I’ll give you a hundred guesses, a thousand ... you’d never guess. I’ve been reconciling a husband with a man who’d insulted his wife. Yes, really!"

“我得跟您说说这事儿。我一直忙得不可开交,猜猜我在干什么？让您猜一百回、一千回……您永远猜不到。我正在调解一位丈夫和一个侮辱了他妻子的人。真的！”

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busily /ˈbɪzɪli/

adv. 忙碌地,起劲地➕

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employed /ɪmˈplɔɪd/

v. (过去分词/adj.). 受雇佣的；使用（employ的过去分词）➕

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reconciling /ˈrekənsaɪlɪŋ/

v. (现在分词). 调和,和解➕

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insulted /ɪnˈsʌltɪd/

v. (过去式/过去分词). 侮辱,辱骂➕

🔊 "Well, did you succeed?"

“哦,调解成了吗？”

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succeed /səkˈsiːd/

v. 成功,达到目的➕

🔊 "Almost."

“差不多。”

🔊 "You really must tell me about it," she said, getting up. "Come to me in the next entr’acte."

“您一定得跟我讲讲,”她站起身来说。“下一个幕间休息时到我这儿来。”

🔊 "I can’t; I’m going to the French theater."

“不行；我要去法国剧院。”

🔊 "From Nilsson?" Betsy queried in horror, though she could not herself have distinguished Nilsson’s voice from any chorus girl’s.

“从尼尔森那里出来？”贝特西惊恐地问,尽管她自己根本分不清尼尔森的嗓音和任何一个合唱团女歌手的声音。

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queried /ˈkwɪrid/

v. (过去式). 质疑,询问➕

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horror /ˈhɒrə/

n. 恐怖,震惊➕

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distinguished /dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt/

v. (过去分词/adj.). 区分,辨别；杰出的➕

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chorus /ˈkɔːrəs/

n. 合唱团；合唱曲➕

🔊 "Can’t help it. I’ve an appointment there, all to do with my mission of peace."

“没办法,我有约会,全是为了我的和平使命。”

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appointment /əˈpɔɪntmənt/

n. 约会,预约；任命➕

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mission /ˈmɪʃn/

n. 使命,任务；代表团➕

🔊 "Blessed are the peacemakers; theirs is the kingdom of heaven," said Betsy, vaguely recollecting she had heard some similar saying from someone. "Very well, then, sit down, and tell me what it’s all about."

“使人和睦的人有福了,因为他们必称为上帝的儿子。”贝特西说道,依稀记得从谁那里听到过类似的话。“好吧,那您坐下,跟我讲讲这到底是怎么回事。”

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Blessed /ˈblesɪd/

adj. 有福的；神圣的➕

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peacemakers /ˈpiːsmeɪkəz/

n. (复数). 调解者,和事佬➕

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kingdom /ˈkɪŋdəm/

n. 王国；领域➕

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heaven /ˈhevn/

n. 天堂,极乐世界➕

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vaguely /ˈveɪɡli/

adv. 模糊地,不清晰地➕

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recollecting /ˌrekəˈlektɪŋ/

v. (现在分词). 回忆,想起➕

🔊 And she sat down again.

于是她又坐了下来。

Part Two – Chapter four (第四章)

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