欧美文化博览 柴可夫斯基 生命中的女性(4)

In addition he was conscious of having to compete with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and was so nervous that he failed to appear at the final examination and very nearly lost his diploma.

此外他意识到必须和贝多芬的第九交响曲竞争,他非常紧张，所以未能参加期末考试并且几乎丢了自己的文凭。

But the music was performed in his absence at the prize-giving ceremony and was a full-scale disaster.

但是,颁奖典礼在他的缺席中所演奏的音乐简直就是一场灾难。

It drew widespread criticism both at the conservatoire and in the press,.

这引起了音乐学院及媒体的广泛批评,。

The conservatoire composer, Mr.Tchaikovsky, is utterly¹ feeble.

音乐学校的作曲家,柴可夫斯基,完全非常软弱。

It is true that his composition was written under the most unfavorable circumstances, but if he had any gift at all then at least somewhere or other it would have broken through.

确实,他的创作条件最为最不利,但是如果他有任何先决条件，那么至少在某个地方会有突破。

1 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。