《简·爱》 Chapter 15 第十五章（12）

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Yet I had not forgotten his faults.

不过我并没有忘记他的缺陷。

Indeed, I could not, for he brought them frequently before me.

说实话，要忘也忘不了，因为在我面前不断地暴露出来。

He was proud, sardonic¹, harsh to inferiority of every description.

对于各类低于他的人，他高傲刻薄，喜欢挖苦。

In my secret soul I knew that his great kindness to me was balanced by unjust severity to many others.

我心里暗自明白，他对我的和颜悦色，同对很多其他人的不当的严厉相对等。

He was moody², too; unaccountably so.

他还郁郁不欢，简直到了难以理解的程度。

I more than once, when sent for to read to him,

我被叫去读书给他听时，

found him sitting in his library alone, with his head bent³ on his folded arms.

曾不止一次地发现他独自一人坐在图书室里，脑袋伏在抱着的双臂上。

And, when he looked up, a morose⁴, almost a malignant⁵, scowl⁶ blackened his features.

他抬头时，露出闷闷不乐近乎恶意的怒容，脸色铁青。

But I believed that his moodiness⁷, his harshness, and his former faults of morality

不过我相信他的郁闷、他的严厉和他以前道德上的过错

(I say former, for now he seemed corrected of them) had their source in some cruel cross of fate.

（我说“以前”，因为现在他似乎已经纠正了）都来源于他命运中某些艰苦的磨难。

I believed he was naturally a man of better tendencies, higher principles,

我相信，比起那些受环境所薰陶，教育所灌输或者命运所鼓励的人来，

and purer tastes than such as circumstances had developed, education instilled⁸, or destiny encouraged.

他生来就有更好的脾性，更高的准则和更纯的旨趣。

I thought there were excellent materials in him,

我想他的素质很好，

though for the present they hung together somewhat spoiled and tangled⁹.

只是目前给糟塌了，乱纷纷地绞成了一团。

I cannot deny that I grieved for his grief, whatever that was, and would have given much to assuage¹⁰ it.

我无法否认，不管是什么样的哀伤，我为他的哀伤而哀伤，并且愿意付出很大代价去减轻它。

1 sardonic   

adj.嘲笑的，冷笑的，讥讽的

参考例句：

• She gave him a sardonic smile.她朝他讥讽地笑了一笑。
• There was a sardonic expression on her face.她脸上有一种嘲讽的表情。

2 moody   

adj.心情不稳的，易怒的，喜怒无常的

参考例句：

• He relapsed into a moody silence.他又重新陷于忧郁的沉默中。
• I'd never marry that girl.She's so moody.我决不会和那女孩结婚的。她太易怒了。

3 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

4 morose   

adj.脾气坏的，不高兴的

参考例句：

• He was silent and morose.他沉默寡言、郁郁寡欢。
• The publicity didn't make him morose or unhappy?公开以后，没有让他郁闷或者不开心吗？

5 malignant   

adj.恶性的，致命的；恶意的，恶毒的

参考例句：

• Alexander got a malignant slander.亚历山大受到恶意的诽谤。
• He started to his feet with a malignant glance at Winston.他爬了起来，不高兴地看了温斯顿一眼。

6 scowl   

vi.(at)生气地皱眉，沉下脸，怒视；n.怒容

参考例句：

• I wonder why he is wearing an angry scowl.我不知道他为何面带怒容。
• The boss manifested his disgust with a scowl.老板面带怒色，清楚表示出他的厌恶之感。

7 moodiness   

n.喜怒无常；喜怒无常，闷闷不乐；情绪

参考例句：

• Common symptoms can include anxiety, moodiness and problems with sleep. 常见的症状包括焦虑、闷闷不乐和睡眠问题。 来自互联网

8 instilled   

v.逐渐使某人获得（某种可取的品质），逐步灌输( instill的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Nature has instilled in our minds an insatiable desire to see truth. 自然给我们心灵注入了永无休止的发现真理的欲望。 来自辞典例句
• I instilled the need for kindness into my children. 我不断向孩子们灌输仁慈的必要。 来自辞典例句

9 tangled   

adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了，我梳不动。
• A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。

10 assuage   

v.缓和，减轻，镇定

参考例句：

• The medicine is used to assuage pain.这种药用来止痛。
• Your messages of cheer should assuage her suffering.你带来的这些振奋人心的消息一定能减轻她的痛苦。