冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第562期:第二十七章 布兰(34)

 　　Where to begin? I am a vile¹ little man, I confess it.  该从何说起呢？我承认我是个小坏蛋。

　　My crimes and sins are beyond counting, my lords and ladies.  各位老爷夫人，我犯下的罪过数不胜数。

　　I have lain with whores, not once but hundreds of times.  我跟婊子睡过，不是一回而是好几百回。

　　I have wished my own lord father dead, and my sister, our gracious queen, as well. 我曾暗自希望我父亲大人去死，也对我姐姐，亦即咱们美丽温柔的王后陛下，有过相同的念头。

　　Behind him, someone chuckled². I have not always treated my servants with kindness. I have gambled.  身后传来轻笑，我有时候对下人们不太好。

　　I have even cheated, I blush to admit.  我赌过钱，更教我脸红的是，我还耍老千。

　　I have said many cruel and malicious³ things about the noble lords and ladies of the court.  我说过许多关于朝廷里高贵的老爷夫人们的坏话，开过他们许多下流玩笑。

　　That drew outright⁴ laughter. Once I... 此话一出，众人哄堂大笑。有次我—

　　Silence! Lysa Arryn’s pale round face had turned a burning pink. What do you imagine you are doing, dwarf⁵? 住嘴！莱莎·艾林苍白的圆脸气得通红。侏儒，你以为你在干什么？

　　Tyrion cocked his head to one side.  提利昂歪头：唉，

　　Why, confessing my crimes, my lady... 我在认罪啊，夫人。

　　Catelyn Stark⁶ took a step forward.  凯特琳·史塔克向前一步。

　　You are accused of sending a hired knife to slay⁷ my son Bran in his bed, and of conspiring⁸ to murder Lord Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King. 你被控派人行刺我卧病在床的儿子布兰，以及密谋害死国王的首相，琼恩·艾林大人。

　　Tyrion gave a helpless shrug⁹.  提利昂爱莫能助地耸耸肩。

　　Those crimes I cannot confess, I fear.  恐怕我没办法承认这些罪名。

　　I know nothing of any murders. 我对杀人可是一窍不通。

　　Lady Lysa rose from her weirwood throne.  莱莎夫人霍地从鱼梁木王座上站起。

　　I will not be made mock of.  你别想寻我开心。

　　You have had your little jape, Imp¹⁰.  小恶魔，你闹也闹够了，

　　I trust you enjoyed it.  想必你玩得很愉快。

　　Ser Vardis, take him back to the dungeon¹¹...but this time find him a smaller cell, with a floor more sharply sloped. 瓦狄斯爵士，带他回地牢…这次找个房间更小，地板更斜的给他。

1 vile   

adj.卑鄙的，可耻的，邪恶的；坏透的

参考例句：

• Who could have carried out such a vile attack?会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击呢？
• Her talk was full of vile curses.她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂。

2 chuckled   

轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
• She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look. 想起他那惊讶的表情，她就轻轻地暗自发笑。

3 malicious   

adj.有恶意的，心怀恶意的

参考例句：

• You ought to kick back at such malicious slander. 你应当反击这种恶毒的污蔑。
• Their talk was slightly malicious.他们的谈话有点儿心怀不轨。

4 outright   

adv.坦率地；彻底地；立即；adj.无疑的；彻底的

参考例句：

• If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.如果你有不满意的事，你应该直率地对我说。
• You should persuade her to marry you outright.你应该彻底劝服她嫁给你。

5 dwarf   

n.矮子，侏儒，矮小的动植物；vt.使…矮小

参考例句：

• The dwarf's long arms were not proportional to his height.那侏儒的长臂与他的身高不成比例。
• The dwarf shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. 矮子耸耸肩膀，摇摇头。

6 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

7 slay   

v.杀死，宰杀，杀戮

参考例句：

• He intended to slay his father's murderer.他意图杀死杀父仇人。
• She has ordered me to slay you.她命令我把你杀了。

8 conspiring   

密谋( conspire的现在分词 )； 搞阴谋； （事件等）巧合； 共同导致

参考例句：

• They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
• John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。

9 shrug   

v.耸肩(表示怀疑、冷漠、不知等)

参考例句：

• With a shrug,he went out of the room.他耸一下肩，走出了房间。
• I admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism.我很佩服她能对错误的批评意见不予理会。

10 imp   

n.顽童

参考例句：

• What a little imp you are!你这个淘气包！
• There's a little imp always running with him.他总有一个小鬼跟着。

11 dungeon   

n.地牢，土牢

参考例句：

• They were driven into a dark dungeon.他们被人驱赶进入一个黑暗的地牢。
• He was just set free from a dungeon a few days ago.几天前，他刚从土牢里被放出来。