美国语文第六册 第205期:布鲁图和凯西尤的争吵(3)

There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats; For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.

凯西尤，不管你怎样恐吓威胁，我都不怕；因为正直的居心便是我最有力的武器，你那些话就像一阵毫无意义的风掠过一样，我全不放在心上。

I did send to you For certain sums of gold, which you denied me;— For I can raise no money by vile¹ means:

我曾经派人去向你借些金钱，你拂了我的面子；——因为我不会通过邪恶的手段敛钱的，

By heaven! I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring² From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection.

上帝啊！我宁愿把自己一滴滴心血熔铸成钱币，也不愿从农人粗硬的手里榨取他们那卑贱污秽的铜板。

I did send To you for gold to pay my legions, Which you denied me: was that done like Cassius?

我派人向你借钱，为了支付军饷，你却拂了我的面子；这哪像凯西尤的作为啊？

Should I have answered Caius Cassius so?

我应不应该也这样对待盖尤斯·凯西尤呢？

When Marcus Brutus grows so covetous³, To lock such rascal⁴ counters from his friends,

当马库斯·布鲁图要是也变得这般吝啬，像无赖似的锁住他的钱柜，不与他的朋友们时，

Be ready, gods, with an your thunderbolts; Dash him to pieces! I denied you not. You did.

神啊，就请你们用雷电把他劈得粉身碎骨吧！我并没有拂你的面子啊。你拒绝我了。

I did not: he was but a fool that brought My answer back.

我没有，传我口信的那家伙就是个傻瓜。

Brutus hath rived my heart: A friend should bear his friend's infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.

布鲁图把我的心都劈碎了，一个朋友应当担待他朋友的过失，可是布鲁图却把我的过失渲染得格外大。

I do not, till you practice them on me. You love me not. I do not like your faults.

我没有，是你有负于我的。你不喜欢我。我不喜欢你的过错。

A friendly eye could never see such faults.

一个朋友的眼里决不容许这种过错存在。

A flatterer's would not, though they do appear As huge as high Olympus.

布鲁图，在一个阿谀奉承的人眼里，即使有像奥林匹斯山一样高耸庞大的过错，也会视而不见的。

Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius, For Cassius is aweary of the world;

来，安东尼，来，年轻的屋大维，你们向凯西尤一个人复仇吧，因为凯西尤已经厌倦这个世界了，

Hated by one he loves; braved by his brother; Checked like a bondman;

被所爱的人憎恨，被他的兄弟胁迫，像一个奴隶似的被人呵来呵去，

all his faults observed, Set in a notebook, learned, and conned⁵ by rote⁶, To cast into my teeth.

他的一切过失都被人记在本上，烂熟于心，成了当面揭发我的罪状。

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 wring   

n.扭绞；v.拧，绞出，扭

参考例句：

• My socks were so wet that I had to wring them.我的袜子很湿，我不得不拧干它们。
• I'll wring your neck if you don't behave!你要是不规矩，我就拧断你的脖子。

3 covetous   

adj.贪婪的，贪心的

参考例句：

• She is envious of Jane's good looks and covetous of her car.她既忌妒简的美貌又垂涎她的汽车。
• He raised his head,with a look of unrestrained greed in his covetous eyes.他抬起头来，贪婪的眼光露出馋涎欲滴的神情。

4 rascal   

n.流氓；不诚实的人

参考例句：

• If he had done otherwise,I should have thought him a rascal.如果他不这样做，我就认为他是个恶棍。
• The rascal was frightened into holding his tongue.这坏蛋吓得不敢往下说了。

5 conned   

adj.被骗了v.指挥操舵( conn的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Lynn felt women had been conned. 林恩觉得女人们受骗了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was so plausible that he conned everybody. 他那么会花言巧语，以至于骗过了所有的人。 来自辞典例句

6 rote   

n.死记硬背，生搬硬套

参考例句：

• Learning by rote is discouraged in this school.这所学校不鼓励死记硬背的学习方式。
• He recited the poem by rote.他强记背诵了这首诗。