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I say 150 meters, although I had no instruments for estimating this distance. 我说我们是在一百五十米的深度;虽然没有什么器械可以让我测量,
But I knew that the sun's rays, even in the clearest seas, could reach no deeper. 但我知道,即最清澈的海水,阳光也不能再往下照了。
Not a single object was visible past ten paces. 在十步外什么也看不见。
Consequently, I had begun to grope my way when suddenly I saw the glow of an intense white light. 所以我只能摸索着走,这时我看见一道相当明亮的白光忽然闪出来。
His companion did likewise. Conseil and I followed suit. 他的同伴照他那样做。康塞尔和我也学着他们的榜样。
By turning a switch, 我转动螺丝钉,
I established contact between the induction3 coil and the glass spiral, and the sea, lit up by our four lanterns, was illuminated4 for a radius5 of twenty-five meters. 使电磁铁跟曲玻璃管接通,灯亮了,海中有我们四盏探照灯的照射,周围二十五米内都明亮起来。
Captain Nemo continued to plummet6 into the dark depths of this forest, whose shrubbery grew ever more sparse7. 尼摩船长继续走人森林中最幽深的地方,沿途树木渐渐稀少。
I observed that vegetable life was disappearing more quickly than animal life. 我注意到,在海底,植物界要比动物界消失得早些。
The open-sea plants had already left behind the increasingly arid8 seafloor, where a prodigious9 number of animals were still swarming: 海产植物虽然已经放弃了这些变为贫瘠的土地,但数量很多的动物、植虫动物、
zoophytes, articulates, mollusks, and fish. 节肢动物、软体动物和鱼类仍然到处皆是。
While we were walking, I thought the lights of our Ruhmkorff devices would automatically attract some inhabitants of these dark strata10. 我一边走一边想,我们带的兰可夫灯的灯光必然要引起那些沉黑的海底下居民的注意,齐集前来。
But if they did approach us, at least they kept at a distance regrettable from the hunter's standpoint. 可是,它们虽然前来,但总是留在猎人力量不可及,距离相当远的地方。
Several times I saw Captain Nemo stop and take aim with his rifle; 好几次,我看见尼摩船长停步,瞄准他的枪,
then, after sighting down its barrel for a few seconds, he would straighten up and resume his walk. 但经过一些时候的观察后,他又把枪放下,再向前行。
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1 precisely | |
adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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adj. 激活的 动词activate的过去式和过去分词 | |
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adj.被照明的;受启迪的 | |
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n.半径,半径范围;有效航程,范围,界限 | |
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vi.(价格、水平等)骤然下跌;n.铅坠;重压物 | |
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