美丽新世界Brave New World 第14章(6)

 　　Obstinately¹ the beautiful memories refused to rise;

　　美丽的回忆总顽固地拒绝升起，

　　there was only a hateful resurrection of jealousies² and uglinesses and miseries³.

　　真正复活了的倒是关于妒忌、丑恶和苦难的可惜的记忆。

　　Pope with the blood trickling⁴ down from his cut shoulder; and Linda hideously⁵ asleep,

　　肩头被砍伤，滴着血的波培；睡相丑恶的琳妲；

　　and the flies buzzing round the spilt mescal on the floor beside the bed; and the boys calling those names as she passed.

　　绕着打翻在床前的美似可嗡嗡乱飞的苍蝇；琳妲经过时对她骂怪话的顽童

　　Ah, no, no! He shut his eyes, he shook his head in strenuous⁶ denial of these memories.

　　啊，不，不！他闭上了眼，死命地摇着头，竭力否定着这些回忆。

　　"A, B, C,vitamin D... " He tried to think of those times when he sat on her knees and she put her arms about him and sang, over and over again,

　　“A呀B呀C，维他命D……”他努力回忆自己坐在琳妲膝盖上的日子，琳妲用双臂搂住他，晃荡着他，反复地唱着歌，

　　rocking him, rocking him to sleep. "A, B, C, vitamin D, vitamin D, vitamin D... "

　　摇晃着他，直到把他摇睡着了：“A呀B呀C，维他命D，维他命D，维他命D……”。

　　The Super-Vox-Wurlitzeriana had risen to a sobbing⁷ crescendo⁸;

　　伍丽策瑞安娜的超级女高音逐级上升，已到了如泣如诉的高度。

　　and suddenly the verbena gave place, in the scent-circulating system, to an intense patchouli.

　　突然香味循环系统的马鞭草香味消失了，换成了浓郁的印度薄荷香。

　　Linda stirred, woke up, stared for a few seconds bewilderly at the Semi-finalists,

　　琳妲动了动，醒了过来，莫名其妙地看了几秒钟半决赛运动员，

　　then,lifting her face, sniffed⁹ once or twice at the newly perfumed air and suddenly smiled—a smile of childish ectasy.

　　然后抬起头嗅了几嗅刚换了香味的空气，突然笑了——一种儿童式的非常开心的关。

　　"Popé!" she murmured, and closed her eyes. "Oh, I do so like it, I do... " She sighed and let herself sink back into the pillows.

　　“波培！她喃喃地说着闭上了眼睛“啊，我太喜欢这个了，我太喜欢……”她叹了一口气，又倒进枕头。

　　"But, Linda!" The Savage¹⁰ spoke¹¹ imploringly¹², "Don't you know me?"

　　“可是琳妲，”野蛮人哀求道，“你不认识我了吗？”

　　He had tried so hard, had done his very best; why woudn't she allow him to forget?

　　他已经竭尽全力，做了最大努力；可为什么总忘不了她？

　　He squeezed her limp hand almost with violence, as though he would force her to come back from this dream of ignoble¹³ pleasures,

　　他几乎是使用着暴力紧捏她那软瘫的手，仿佛想强迫她从那淫猥快活的梦里醒来，

　　from these base and hateful memories–back into the present, back into reality:

　　从那卑贱可惜的回忆里醒来——回到目前来，回到现实来。

　　the appalling¹⁴ present, the awful reality—but sublime,but significant,

　　回到恐怖的现在，可怕的现实里来——而因为使得这一切都可怕的死亡即将到来，

　　but desperately¹⁵ important precisely¹⁶ because of the immience of that which made them so fearful.

　　那现实又显得崇高，深刻，无比的重要。

1 obstinately   

ad.固执地，顽固地

参考例句：

• He obstinately asserted that he had done the right thing. 他硬说他做得对。
• Unemployment figures are remaining obstinately high. 失业数字仍然顽固地居高不下。

2 jealousies   

n.妒忌( jealousy的名词复数 )；妒羡

参考例句：

• They were divided by mutual suspicion and jealousies. 他们因为相互猜疑嫉妒而不和。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• I am tired of all these jealousies and quarrels. 我厌恶这些妒忌和吵架的语言。 来自辞典例句

3 miseries   

n.痛苦( misery的名词复数 )；痛苦的事；穷困；常发牢骚的人

参考例句：

• They forgot all their fears and all their miseries in an instant. 他们马上忘记了一切恐惧和痛苦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• I'm suffering the miseries of unemployment. 我正为失业而痛苦。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 trickling   

n.油画底色含油太多而成泡沫状突起v.滴( trickle的现在分词 )；淌；使)慢慢走；缓慢移动

参考例句：

• Tears were trickling down her cheeks. 眼泪顺着她的面颊流了下来。
• The engine was trickling oil. 发动机在滴油。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 hideously   

adv.可怕地，非常讨厌地

参考例句：

• The witch was hideously ugly. 那个女巫丑得吓人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Pitt's smile returned, and it was hideously diabolic. 皮特的脸上重新浮现出笑容，但却狰狞可怕。 来自辞典例句

6 strenuous   

adj.奋发的，使劲的；紧张的；热烈的，狂热的

参考例句：

• He made strenuous efforts to improve his reading. 他奋发努力提高阅读能力。
• You may run yourself down in this strenuous week.你可能会在这紧张的一周透支掉自己。

7 sobbing   

<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的

参考例句：

• I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我听见有个孩子在呜呜地哭。
• Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因刚哭过而发红。

8 crescendo   

n.(音乐)渐强，高潮

参考例句：

• The gale reached its crescendo in the evening.狂风在晚上达到高潮。
• There was a crescendo of parliamentary and press criticism.来自议会和新闻界的批评越来越多。

9 sniffed   

v.以鼻吸气，嗅，闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 )；抽鼻子（尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气）；抱怨，不以为然地说

参考例句：

• When Jenney had stopped crying she sniffed and dried her eyes. 珍妮停止了哭泣，吸了吸鼻子，擦干了眼泪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The dog sniffed suspiciously at the stranger. 狗疑惑地嗅着那个陌生人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 savage   

adj.野蛮的；凶恶的，残暴的；n.未开化的人

参考例句：

• The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
• He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。

11 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

12 imploringly   

adv. 恳求地, 哀求地

参考例句：

• He moved his lips and looked at her imploringly. 他嘴唇动着，哀求地看着她。
• He broke in imploringly. 他用恳求的口吻插了话。

13 ignoble   

adj.不光彩的，卑鄙的；可耻的

参考例句：

• There's something cowardly and ignoble about such an attitude.这种态度有点怯懦可鄙。
• Some very great men have come from ignoble families.有些伟人出身低微。

14 appalling   

adj.骇人听闻的，令人震惊的，可怕的

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。

15 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

16 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。