英语听书《白鲸记》第446期

 This is much; yet Ahab's larger, darker, deeper part remains¹ unhinted.  这已说得不少了;然而,对于亚哈的更伟大。

But vain to popularize profundities², and all truth is profound.  更秘密。更深沉的部分却还只字未提。

Winding³ far down from within the very heart of this spiked⁴ Hotel de Cluny where we here stand--however grand and wonderful, now quit it; 不过,要把深奥的东西说得尽人皆懂是徒劳的,一切真理都是深奥的。

and take your way, ye nobler, sadder souls, to those vast Roman halls of Thermes;  我们现在站在这个克吕尼宫的中心了,那么就从这个尖顶的宫殿内部蜿蜒前进吧。

where far beneath the fantastic towers of man's upper earth, his root of grandeur⁵, his whole awful essence sits in bearded state; an antique buried beneath antiquities⁶, and throned on torsoes!  不管里边多么富丽堂皇,引人入胜,还是走吧。你们这些高贵而忧伤的灵魂,请走向那宏伟的古罗马的浴场里去吧,在那里,远在人类大地的珍奇的城堡下面,人类那种壮丽之本,整个令人敬畏之源真是幽深古老;

So with a broken throne, the great gods mock that captive king; so like a Caryatid, he patient sits, upholding on his frozen brow the piled entablatures of ages.  真是一种匿迹在许多古物下面的古物,是建筑在未完成的巨构上的宝座!于是,大神们就以这个毁坏了的宝座来嘲弄那个俘获的王尊;他却耐心耐性地坐在那里,有如一根象柱,在他那硬僵的头上顶着许多年代久远的柱顶线盘。

Wind ye down there, ye prouder, sadder souls! question that proud, sad king!  你们这些高傲而忧伤的灵魂,你们打那儿蜿蜒而下吧,去问那个高傲而忧伤的王尊吧!家世多相似!是

A family likeness⁷! aye, he did beget⁸ ye, ye young exiled royalties⁹; and from your grim sire only will the old State-secret come. 呀,他确是生下了你们,生下了你们这些被放逐的年轻贵胄;而且也只有从你那脸容严酷的祖先那里才获得了宗室的古老的秘密。

Now, in his heart, Ahab had some glimpse of this, namely; all my means are sane¹⁰, my motive¹¹ and my object mad.  现在,在亚哈心里,就有这么一种闪觉,就是说:我所有的手段都是神志清楚的,我的动机和目的却是疯狂的。

Yet without power to kill, or change, or shun¹² the fact; he likewise knew that to mankind he did now long dissemble;in some sort, did still.  然而,他却没有力量来摧毁。变更和规避那一事实;他同样也知道他久已对人掩饰真情了;可以说,直到现在还是这样。

But that thing of his dissembling was only subject to his perceptibility, not to his will determinate.  不过,关于他的这种掩饰做法,也只是以他的外表为限,而不涉及他那坚毅的意志。

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 profundities   

n.深奥，深刻，深厚( profundity的名词复数 )；堂奥

参考例句：

• Bessie's mind was not quite in tune with the profundities of that learned journal. 蓓西的头脑理解不了这本深奥的学术性杂志。 来自互联网

3 winding   

n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈

参考例句：

• A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。

4 spiked   

adj.有穗的；成锥形的；有尖顶的

参考例句：

• The editor spiked the story. 编辑删去了这篇报道。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They wondered whether their drinks had been spiked. 他们有些疑惑自己的饮料里是否被偷偷搀了烈性酒。 来自辞典例句

5 grandeur   

n.伟大，崇高，宏伟，庄严，豪华

参考例句：

• The grandeur of the Great Wall is unmatched.长城的壮观是独一无二的。
• These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place.这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟。

6 antiquities   

n.古老( antiquity的名词复数 )；古迹；古人们；古代的风俗习惯

参考例句：

• There is rest and healing in the contemplation of antiquities. 欣赏古物有休息和疗养之功。 来自辞典例句
• Bertha developed a fine enthusiasm for the antiquities of London. 伯沙对伦敦的古迹产生了很大的热情。 来自辞典例句

7 likeness   

n.相像，相似（之处）

参考例句：

• I think the painter has produced a very true likeness.我认为这位画家画得非常逼真。
• She treasured the painted likeness of her son.她珍藏她儿子的画像。

8 beget   

v.引起；产生

参考例句：

• Dragons beget dragons,phoenixes beget phoenixes.龙生龙，凤生凤。
• Economic tensions beget political ones.经济紧张导致政治紧张。

9 royalties   

特许权使用费

参考例句：

• I lived on about £3,000 a year from the royalties on my book. 我靠着写书得来的每年约3，000英镑的版税生活。 来自辞典例句
• Payments shall generally be made in the form of royalties. 一般应采取提成方式支付。 来自经济法规部分

10 sane   

adj.心智健全的，神志清醒的，明智的，稳健的

参考例句：

• He was sane at the time of the murder.在凶杀案发生时他的神志是清醒的。
• He is a very sane person.他是一个很有头脑的人。

11 motive   

n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的

参考例句：

• The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
• He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

12 shun   

vt.避开，回避，避免

参考例句：

• Materialists face truth,whereas idealists shun it.唯物主义者面向真理，唯心主义者则逃避真理。
• This extremist organization has shunned conventional politics.这个极端主义组织有意避开了传统政治。