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That same ocean rolls now; that same ocean destroyed the wrecked1 ships of last year. 现在这个白浪滔滔的海洋,却就是上一年毁掉了许多失事船只的同一个海洋。
Yea, foolish mortals, Noah's flood is not yet subsided2; two thirds of the fair world it yet covers. 是呀,愚蠢的人类,挪亚的洪水(挪亚的洪水——《旧约·创世记》上称在挪亚整六百岁时,正值洪水泛滥。)可还没有消退;这个美好的世界还有三分之二是它的领域呢。
Where in differ the sea and the land, that a miracle upon one is not a miracle upon the other? 难道说因为海跟陆有所不同,所以前者的奇迹就未必也是后者的奇迹吗?
Preternatural terrors rested upon the Hebrews, when under the feet of Korah and his company the live ground opened and swallowed them up for ever; 当不可思议的恐怖降临在希伯来人的身上时,可拉和他的属下们脚下的地面就开了口,把他们全都永远吞掉了(指可拉和其属下要攻击摩西而受罚,事见《旧约·民数记》第十六章。);
yet not a modern sun ever sets, but in precisely3 the same manner the live sea swallows up ships and crews. 现代的太阳虽然从来没有沉落过,可是海洋恰恰是以同样的方法把船只和水手都吞掉了。
But not only is the sea such a foe4 to man who is an alien to it, but it is also a fiend to its own off-spring; 但是,海洋不仅是那跟它敌对的人类的仇人,而且也是它自己的子孙的死对头;
worse than the Persian host who murdered his own guests; sparing not the creatures which itself hath spawned5. 它比之那个谋害了他的贵宾的波斯主人还要坏(据百周年纪念版注:作者可能指古波斯吕底亚的统治者奥里奥底斯,他在公元前五一五年,诱骗萨摩斯的暴君波利克拉底斯来到宫中,然后把他处以磔刑。),对它自己所生的生物也不肯饶命。
Like a savage6 tigress that tossing in the jungle overlays her own cubs7, so the sea dashes even the mightiest8 whales against the rocks, 它象一只野性勃发的雌老虎,在丛林里翻翻腾腾地把它自己的小老虎压死了一样,海洋也是这样汹涌奔腾,连最有威力的大鲸也给冲得撞上礁石,
No mercy, no power but its own controls it. 除了它才能控制自己以外,谁都支配不了它,控制不了它。
Panting and snorting like a mad battle steed that has lost its rider, the masterless ocean overruns the globe. 它象一匹发疯的战马,呼呼喘喘地使它的骑手丧命,这个无主的海洋蹂躏了地球。
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1 wrecked | |
adj.失事的,遇难的 | |
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2 subsided | |
v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上 | |
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adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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4 foe | |
n.敌人,仇敌 | |
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5 spawned | |
(鱼、蛙等)大量产(卵)( spawn的过去式和过去分词 ); 大量生产 | |
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adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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n.幼小的兽,不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 ) | |
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8 mightiest | |
adj.趾高气扬( mighty的最高级 );巨大的;强有力的;浩瀚的 | |
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n.沉船( wreck的名词复数 );(事故中)遭严重毁坏的汽车(或飞机等);(身体或精神上)受到严重损伤的人;状况非常糟糕的车辆(或建筑物等)v.毁坏[毁灭]某物( wreck的第三人称单数 );使(船舶)失事,使遇难,使下沉 | |
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