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His train of reasoning is whimsical and ingenious, but I am not at leisure to give you the detail. 他一系列相关的推理堪称异想天开和匠心独运,不过我无暇详述。
but after much study, he thought he had discovered a method to divert the evil he could not subdue2. 经过下工夫研究后,他以为自己发现了一种能让他无法制服的魔鬼分心的方法。
For this purpose, he caused a small building, about twelve feet square, to be erected3 in his garden, 为此,他建了一幢很小的建筑物,有十二平方英尺,就伫立在他家花园里,
and furnished with some ordinary chairs and tables, and a few prints of the cheapest sort. 里面安置了几把正常尺寸的椅子和桌子,还有几幅很廉价的画。
His hope was, that when the whitewashing4 frenzy5 seized the females of his family, 他希望当粉刷房子这个极度冲动的念头攫住了他家女主人时,
they might repair to this apartment, and scrub, and scour6, and smear7 to their hearts' content; 她们能拿这个小建筑物作为发泄的出口,用力擦洗,擦亮和弄脏了她们的心爱之物,
and so spend the violence of the disease in this outpost, whilst he enjoyed himself in quiet at headquarters. 就这样病害导致的暴力在这个远离主宅的小屋里消耗殆尽了,而他则在主宅里悠然自得。
But the experiment did not answer his expectation. 然而,这个实验并不能满足他的期望。
It was impossible it should, since a principal part of the gratification consists in the lady's having an uncontrolled right to torment8 her husband at least once in every year; 由于这种满足的主要部分体现在女性握有无法遏制的每年至少一次折磨自己丈夫的权利,
to turn him out of doors, and take the reins9 of government into her own hands. 不可能将他关在门外,而将家中的大权统揽于自己手上。
There is a much better contrivance than this of the philosopher's; which is, to cover the walls of the house with paper. 还有比这种哲学上的思辨更好的变通之法;那就是用纸来糊墙。
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1 incurable | |
adj.不能医治的,不能矫正的,无救的;n.不治的病人,无救的人 | |
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2 subdue | |
vt.制服,使顺从,征服;抑制,克制 | |
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adj. 直立的,竖立的,笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立,建立 | |
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4 whitewashing | |
粉饰,美化,掩饰( whitewash的现在分词 ); 喷浆 | |
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5 frenzy | |
n.疯狂,狂热,极度的激动 | |
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6 scour | |
v.搜索;擦,洗,腹泻,冲刷 | |
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7 smear | |
v.涂抹;诽谤,玷污;n.污点;诽谤,污蔑 | |
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n.折磨;令人痛苦的东西(人);vt.折磨;纠缠 | |
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感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带 | |
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