The Moon and Sixpence Chapter 9-12 词汇/好句
The Moon and Sixpence
Chapter 9-12
Chapter 9, P29
1. 词汇及用法
improbable a. 不大可能的，奇异的
Snow is improbable, albeit possible, at this time of year.
the gaudiest and most improbable water wheel the world has ever seen
occurrence n. 事件
wedlock n. 婚姻生活
chap n. 家伙
artful a. 狡猾的
sketchy a. 粗浅的
proceeding n. 进程；行动；诉讼程序
during the whole proceeding 整个进程中
the best way of proceeding 最好的做法
start legal proceedings against sb. 起诉某人
bring divorce proceedings against one’s wife 诉请与妻子离婚
2. 好句
It was clear that a man after seventeen years of wedlock did not leave his wife without certain occurrences which must have led her to suspect that all was not well with their married life.
He’s been drawing in his horns for the last year.
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1. 词汇及用法
bob n. (英口) (旧时的) 1先令，单复同形
don’t have a bob 一分钱没有
expletive n. 填充词；感叹语，咒骂语
Make it clear which you prefer. (it)
There is nothing left. (there)
In the interest of good taste, expletives were deleted from the transcript.
为了文雅起见，抄本中将骂人的词儿删掉了。
bereave v. 使丧失亲人，使孤寂，使凄凉；使失去
be bereaved of one’s wife (bereave-bereaved-bereaved)
The blow bereft him of consciousness. (bereave-bereft-bereft)
seemly a. 合适的，得体的；(古) 好看的，匀称的
Some old people do not consider modern dances seemly.
indignation n. 愤怒，义愤
I expressed my indignation at being unfairly dismissed.
They felt strong indignation against their boss.
arouse sb.’s indignation 激起某人的愤慨
with mounting indignation 越来越气愤地
public indignation 公愤
To my indignation, he screwed up such an important job.
austerity n. 严峻，严格；朴素；苦行，禁欲生活
2. 好句
The affair seemed to grow more complicated, and the Colonel, with his expletives and his indignation, confused rather than informed me.
Her black dress, simple to austerity, suggested her bereaved condition, and I was innocently astonished that notwithstanding a real emotion she was able to dress the part she had to play according to her notions of seemliness.
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1. 词汇及用法
brute n. 兽性
fly into a passion 情绪激动，火冒三丈
make my exit with dignity 有尊严的退场
compose v. (使自己、思想等)准备好；使自己平静或镇定；调解，调停
compose oneself to write
compose one’s thoughts for action 在行动前理好头绪
compose a patient 使病人平静下来
compose one’s passions
compose disputes/differences 调解争端/消除分歧
compose one’s difficulties 处理好自己的问题
infatuate v. 热恋，迷恋
get infatuated with sb.
2. 好句
Really. When you are a little older you will doubtless learn the advantage of minding your own business. If you will be so good as to turn your head slightly to the left, you will see the door. I wish you good afternoon.
I stole a glance at her. 我偷瞄了她一眼。
She was immersed in thought. 她沉浸在思绪里。
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1. 词汇及用法
thunderbolt n. 霹雳
His letter came like a thunderbolt. 他的信好似晴天霹雳。
surmise n. 推测
nigger n. (俚)老黑，黑人
minstrel n. 说唱演员，游吟诗人
2. 好句
Mrs. Strickland was the daughter of an Indian civilian, who on his retirement had settled in the depths of the country, but it was his habit every August to take his family to Eastbourne for change of air.
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1. 词汇及用法
irrevocable a. 不可撤回的，不可挽回的
an irrevocable promise/decision
2. 好句
I had the presence of mind to say that their father had been called away on business.
我还没有丧失理智……
It could not have been very easy to be right and careless with that sudden secret in her heart, nor to give her attention to all the things that needed doing to get her children comfortably packed off. Mrs. Strickland’s voice broke again.
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1. 词汇及用法
spasmodically ad. 痉挛地，间歇地
solicitude n. 关心，挂念；关心/担忧的事情
the tender solicitude of a parent
I was moved by the doctor’s genuine kindness and solicitude for the baby.
I have little cause for solicitude. 我没什么理由要担心。
She was worn by the solicitudes of daily life. 她为日常生活中的琐事而疲惫不堪。
2. 好句
If he’ll come back now everything can be smoothed over, and no one will know anything about it.
It chilled me a little that Mrs. Strickland should be concerned with gossip, for I did not know then how great a part is played in women’s life by the opinion of others. It throws a shadow of insincerity over their most deeply felt emotions.
His partner, in a violent letter, sent to his bank, had taunted him with hiding his whereabouts.
嘲笑他不敢透露自己的藏身之地
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1. 词汇及用法
install v. 安顿，安置
Martin installed his family over the shop. 安顿在店铺的楼上
The visitor installed himself in the leather chair. 那客人在皮椅子里坐定。
observation n. (经过观察或思考后所发表的)评价，言论；观察资料，观测数据
You’d better get some firsthand observations.
The doctor examined the patient and wrote down his observations. 记下观察到的情况
a meteorological observations 气象观测报告
a childish/foolish observation
I wish to make a few general observations about your work so far.
misgiving n. 疑虑，担忧
spectacle n. 场面，场景，表演
the spectacle of Mrs. Strickland’s distress
2. 好句
Anger struggled in her breast with misery.
Tell him that our home cries out for him. 这个家迫切需要他。
His room is exactly as it was when he left it.
She gave me elaborate answers to every possible observation of his.
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1. 词汇及用法
provide oneself with a sufficiency of handkerchiefs 充足的
dread the tongue of scandal
perturb v. 搅得不安宁
anguish n. (身体上的)剧痛；(精神上的)极度痛苦，悲痛 v.
His whole frame quivered with anguish as one kick followed another.
the anguish of despair 绝望的痛苦
She was in anguish over her missing child. 她因孩子失踪而痛苦不已。
contemn v. 蔑视
sordid a. 肮脏的；悲惨的，可怜的；贪婪自私的，卑鄙的
sordid narrow streets in the poorest part of town
sordid shantytown 贫穷破烂的棚户区
sordid avarice 贪得无厌
His ambitions are a little sordid, too intent upon growing rich.
sordid motives 卑劣的动机
pose n. 装腔作势
The President’s visit to the slums was a mere pose.
He acquired a pose of sympathy for the troubles of others.
baseness n. 卑劣
base a. 卑鄙的，可耻的；无价值的；低劣的
base conduct 卑劣行为
It is base to cheat in an examination.
base minerals 低价值的矿物
find a base employment for oneself
reprobate a. 堕落的，道德败坏的；邪恶的
a reprobate, gambling aristocrat
a man of reprobate habits 有恶习之人
errant a. 迷途的；漫游的；犯错误的
an errant knight 游侠骑士
She went to London to bring back her errant daughter.
scold an errant child
connubial a. 婚姻的
concierge n. 看门人，欧洲的宾馆服务台职员
sumptuous a. 豪华的
a sumptuous banquet 华筵
a sumptuous apartment
a sumptuous education 费用昂贵的教育
2. 好句
I had not yet learnt how contradictory is human nature; I did not know how much pose there is in the sincere, how much baseness in the noble, or how much goodness in the reprobate.
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1. 词汇及用法
inkling n. 模糊概念
bedraggled a. 破旧的；湿漉漉的
the bedraggled buildings of the slums
She tried to comb her bedraggled hair.
vex v. 使恼火；使痛苦，使折磨
be vexed by the children
His wife was vexed with him. 他妻子生他的气。
She was vexed that I didn’t help her.
be vexed at one’s failure
be vexed by a restless desire 因欲望得不到满足而备受折磨
furtive a. 鬼鬼祟祟的
slippers n. 浅口便鞋，拖鞋
inquiry n. 询问
2. 好句
I do not know why I had an inkling that it would appeal to Strickland’s sense of humor to bring a furious stockbroker over to Paris on a fool’s errand to an ill-famed house in a mean street.
It was a street of small shops subservient to the needs of poor people, and about the middle of it, on the left as I walked down, was the Hotel.
I do not know why I made my inquiry as casual as possible.
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1. 词汇及用法
foul a. 难闻的；邪恶的，可恶的；奸诈的，不当的
The floor was foul with the dirt of weeks.
a foul motive
a foul traitor
a foul temper
Murder is a foul deed. 谋杀是残酷的行为。
resort to foul means 采取不正当手段
musty a. 发霉的
tousle v. 弄乱，使蓬乱
tousled hair 蓬乱的头发
He looked tousled. 他看上去蓬头垢面。
at length 最后
airy a. 欢快的
pew n. (英口)座位
take a pew
bedstead n. 床架
billow n. 巨浪，波涛；波涛般滚滚向前之物v. 翻腾，汹涌；波浪般起伏；鼓起
The small boat cut swiftly through the lake’s quiet billows.
湖面微波荡漾，小船疾驶而过。
billows of demonstrator marching down the street
flags billowing in the breeze
I saw fire billowing out of the chicken coop. 我看见火焰从鸡舍里滚滚地冒出来。
The launch site disappeared under the billowing dust. 发射场淹没在滚滚浓烟中。
The parachute has billowed correctly. 降落伞已正确张开。
eiderdown n. 鸭绒毛
rep n. 棱纹平布
shabby a. 破烂的
spruce a. 整洁漂亮的；v. 把……打扮得整洁漂亮
Spruce yourself up a bit---you look a mess.
spruce up the bodywork of an old car 把旧车的车身整修得既整洁又漂亮。
spruce up one’s boots 把自己的皮靴擦得锃亮
ill-kempt a. 收拾不整洁的
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1. 词汇及用法
bowler hat 保龄球帽
plunge v. (猛力)把……投入/插入/刺进 (into/in)；使骤然前倾，使陷入
The dagger was plunged deep into the left side.
The sudden application of the brakes plunged him forward.
Reduction in oil trade has plunged construction of tankers to the lowest level in years.
plunge oneself into grief/difficulties
He seemed plunged in thought. 他似乎陷入了沉思。
plunge a nation into complete chaos
n. 开始从事，突然的开始
The evening paper is his first plunge into journalism.
In switching to the metric system, the nation’s approach is the quick plunge.
在更换公制度量系统上，这个国家采用的办法是说干就干，立即行动。
personage n. 大人物；人物，角色
an important personage
the chief personage in a mystery story
frailty n. 脆弱，薄弱; (frailties) 品德或性格上的弱点
women’s emotional frailty
a novel marked by frailty of subject matter 题材空乏的小说
one’s frailty of character 性格软弱
A liking for flattery was one of his frailties. 喜欢听奉承话是他的一个弱点。
thronging a. 拥挤的，熙攘的
2. 好句
I flattered myself that I had got in that important question very naturally.
因为……自己很满足；get in that important question 触及到核心问题
He put on a bowler hat much in need of brushing.
It seemed hardly likely if, as appeared, he had been taking steps for a year to make his desperate plunge.
There were clerks and shop girls; old fellows who might have stepped out of the pages of Honore de Balzac; members, male and female, of the professions which make their profit of the frailties of mankind.
There is in the streets of the poorer quarters of Paris a thronging vitality which excites the blood and prepares the soul for the unexpected.
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1. 词汇及用法
callousness n. 冷酷无情
cordial a. 真心的，由衷的；热情友好的
a cordial invitation
a cordial distaste for formality 对客套的深恶痛绝
hortatory a. 劝告的，忠告的
2. 好句
I glanced at him with surprise. His cordial agreement with all I said cut the ground from under my feet. （让我无言以对；“把道理从我这边抢走了”）
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1. 词汇及用法
admonitory a. 告诫的，劝告的
an admonitory letter
keep an admonitory eye on sb. 以警告的目光监视某人
expostulate v. 规劝，忠告，劝诫
expostulate with sb. about the evils of gambling
expostulate against doing sth
Didn’t you ever expostulate with her on the subject?
expostulating a. 规劝的
vituperative a. 辱骂的，责骂的
get vituperative
vituperative remarks 责骂语
distinctly ad. 极度地
nettle n. 荨麻；使人烦恼的事物；v. 惹怒，使烦恼
be nettled by sb.’s refusal to help
carry out my embassy with any great skill
effrontery n. 厚颜无耻的行为，放肆
have the effrontery to propound such heresies 厚颜无耻地提出这样的学说
with cool effrontery
abominable a. 可恶的，讨厌的；极坏的
be abominable to sb.
abominable weather
abominable taste in clothes
chuck v. 抛弃，丢弃
2. 好句
But what the devil does a mentor do when the sinner makes no bones about confessing his sin?
*make no bones about 对……毫不犹豫；就……直言不讳
He makes no bones about being partisan.
I’ll tell what I think of him, and make no bones about it.
Hang it all, one can’t leave a woman without a bob. 这些都不说……
Of course, there were many things I might have answered to this. I might have spoken of the economic position of woman, of the contract, tacit and overt, which a man accepts by his marriage, and of much else; but I felt that there was only one point which really signified.
*signify v. 有重要性，要紧
What a child says does not signify.
I worked myself up into a state of moral indignation.
If you chuck everything like this, they’ll be thrown on the streets.
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1. 词汇及用法
tack n. 方法，行动方向
I tried another tack.
swine n. 猪；猪猡，下流坯；令人不快的东西
This car is a swine to drive at slow speeds.
piqued a. 被激怒的
pique n. 激怒，赌气；v. 使生气，激怒；激起(好奇心/兴趣)；挑动
She went off in a pique. 她一怒之下走了。
She took a pique against me. 她跟我赌气。
He piqued her by refusing her invitation.
That piqued her curiosity.
pique sb. to answer a challenge 挑动某人应战
straitened a. 窘迫的，困苦的
straiten v. 限制；使窘迫，使困苦
straiten the range of sb.’s authority 限制某人的职权
be in straitened circumstances 处于贫困境地
be straitened in time 时间紧迫
be straitened for money 经济拮据
2. 好句
His brief answer was so scornful that it made my question, natural though it was, seem absurd.
*scornful a. 轻蔑的，嘲笑的
He was no longer scornful of the desk job. 他不再鄙视文案工作了。
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1. 好句
If she wants to divorce me I don’t mind giving her the necessary grounds.
You can put any possibility of that definitely out of your head.
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1. 词汇及用法
ingenuous a. 坦率的，真诚的
She gave ingenuous answers to all the stranger’s questions.
an ingenuous expression/smile
throng n. 人群；众多；挤压，重压
A patient throng was waiting in silence.
a throng of confused notions
the throng of business 纷繁事务的重压
2. 好句
Do you think it’s likely that a man will do any good when he starts at your age? Most men begin painting at eighteen.
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1. 词汇及用法
blasted a. (口)该死的
vehement a. 激情的，热情的；强烈的，猛烈的
a vehement desire
vehement clapping 热烈的鼓掌
vehement patriotism
vehement protest/suspicion
a vehement wind/debate 一阵猛烈的风/一场激烈的辩论
rend v. 撕碎 (rend-rent-rent)；分裂，使分崩离析；划破；困扰，撕裂
rend sth apart/asunder
The buildings were rent by the earthquake.
a nation rent by civil war
The coalition of center-right parties is rent by dissension between its two leaders.
党派联盟由于领导人的争吵处于分崩离析状态。
*dissension n. 异见
a roar that rends the air/skies
The serenity was rent with war whoops. 战斗的呐喊打破了四下的宁静。
a mind rent by doubt
It rent his heart to witness her sorrow.
baggy a. 宽松下垂的
stubble n. 茬状物，须茬
2. 好句
Of course, a miracle may happen, and you may be a great painter, but you must confess the chances are a million to one against it. It’ll be an awful sell if at the end you have to acknowledge you’ve made a hash of it.
*hash v. 把(肉，蔬菜等) 切碎；把……搞糟，弄乱；杂乱无章的一大堆，一团糟
hash sth up
a hash of unorganized figures
make a hash of it
Supposing you’re never anything more than third-rate, do you think it will have been worthwhile to give up everything? After all, in any other walk in life it doesn’t matter if you’re not very good; you can get along quite comfortably if you’re just adequate; but it’s different with an artist.
When a man falls into the water it doesn’t matter how he swims, well or badly: he’s got to get out or else he’ll drown.
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1. 词汇及用法
uncouth a. 粗野不雅的；简陋的，不文明的
a large, uncouth man
find conditions rough and uncouth
covenant n. 盟约，契约，合同
The rival nations signed a covenant to reduce their armaments.
敌对的国家签署了削减军备条约。
They have made their covenant with death. 他们难逃一死。
coarse a. 粗糙的；粗俗的，粗鲁的；未精炼的
coarse manners
coarse language
coarse metals
unmitigated a. 全然的，十足的；未缓和的，未软化的
unmitigated hostility
The heat is unmitigated.
tell the unmitigated truth 说出全部真相
an unmitigated evil/scoundrel
cad n. 无赖
2. 好句
I could not have placed him. 我无法对他进行/做出评价。
Chapter 9-12
Chapter 9, P29
1. 词汇及用法
improbable a. 不大可能的，奇异的
Snow is improbable, albeit possible, at this time of year.
the gaudiest and most improbable water wheel the world has ever seen
occurrence n. 事件
wedlock n. 婚姻生活
chap n. 家伙
artful a. 狡猾的
sketchy a. 粗浅的
proceeding n. 进程；行动；诉讼程序
during the whole proceeding 整个进程中
the best way of proceeding 最好的做法
start legal proceedings against sb. 起诉某人
bring divorce proceedings against one’s wife 诉请与妻子离婚
2. 好句
It was clear that a man after seventeen years of wedlock did not leave his wife without certain occurrences which must have led her to suspect that all was not well with their married life.
He’s been drawing in his horns for the last year.
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1. 词汇及用法
bob n. (英口) (旧时的) 1先令，单复同形
don’t have a bob 一分钱没有
expletive n. 填充词；感叹语，咒骂语
Make it clear which you prefer. (it)
There is nothing left. (there)
In the interest of good taste, expletives were deleted from the transcript.
为了文雅起见，抄本中将骂人的词儿删掉了。
bereave v. 使丧失亲人，使孤寂，使凄凉；使失去
be bereaved of one’s wife (bereave-bereaved-bereaved)
The blow bereft him of consciousness. (bereave-bereft-bereft)
seemly a. 合适的，得体的；(古) 好看的，匀称的
Some old people do not consider modern dances seemly.
indignation n. 愤怒，义愤
I expressed my indignation at being unfairly dismissed.
They felt strong indignation against their boss.
arouse sb.’s indignation 激起某人的愤慨
with mounting indignation 越来越气愤地
public indignation 公愤
To my indignation, he screwed up such an important job.
austerity n. 严峻，严格；朴素；苦行，禁欲生活
2. 好句
The affair seemed to grow more complicated, and the Colonel, with his expletives and his indignation, confused rather than informed me.
Her black dress, simple to austerity, suggested her bereaved condition, and I was innocently astonished that notwithstanding a real emotion she was able to dress the part she had to play according to her notions of seemliness.
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1. 词汇及用法
brute n. 兽性
fly into a passion 情绪激动，火冒三丈
make my exit with dignity 有尊严的退场
compose v. (使自己、思想等)准备好；使自己平静或镇定；调解，调停
compose oneself to write
compose one’s thoughts for action 在行动前理好头绪
compose a patient 使病人平静下来
compose one’s passions
compose disputes/differences 调解争端/消除分歧
compose one’s difficulties 处理好自己的问题
infatuate v. 热恋，迷恋
get infatuated with sb.
2. 好句
Really. When you are a little older you will doubtless learn the advantage of minding your own business. If you will be so good as to turn your head slightly to the left, you will see the door. I wish you good afternoon.
I stole a glance at her. 我偷瞄了她一眼。
She was immersed in thought. 她沉浸在思绪里。
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1. 词汇及用法
thunderbolt n. 霹雳
His letter came like a thunderbolt. 他的信好似晴天霹雳。
surmise n. 推测
nigger n. (俚)老黑，黑人
minstrel n. 说唱演员，游吟诗人
2. 好句
Mrs. Strickland was the daughter of an Indian civilian, who on his retirement had settled in the depths of the country, but it was his habit every August to take his family to Eastbourne for change of air.
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1. 词汇及用法
irrevocable a. 不可撤回的，不可挽回的
an irrevocable promise/decision
2. 好句
I had the presence of mind to say that their father had been called away on business.
我还没有丧失理智……
It could not have been very easy to be right and careless with that sudden secret in her heart, nor to give her attention to all the things that needed doing to get her children comfortably packed off. Mrs. Strickland’s voice broke again.
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1. 词汇及用法
spasmodically ad. 痉挛地，间歇地
solicitude n. 关心，挂念；关心/担忧的事情
the tender solicitude of a parent
I was moved by the doctor’s genuine kindness and solicitude for the baby.
I have little cause for solicitude. 我没什么理由要担心。
She was worn by the solicitudes of daily life. 她为日常生活中的琐事而疲惫不堪。
2. 好句
If he’ll come back now everything can be smoothed over, and no one will know anything about it.
It chilled me a little that Mrs. Strickland should be concerned with gossip, for I did not know then how great a part is played in women’s life by the opinion of others. It throws a shadow of insincerity over their most deeply felt emotions.
His partner, in a violent letter, sent to his bank, had taunted him with hiding his whereabouts.
嘲笑他不敢透露自己的藏身之地
P35
1. 词汇及用法
install v. 安顿，安置
Martin installed his family over the shop. 安顿在店铺的楼上
The visitor installed himself in the leather chair. 那客人在皮椅子里坐定。
observation n. (经过观察或思考后所发表的)评价，言论；观察资料，观测数据
You’d better get some firsthand observations.
The doctor examined the patient and wrote down his observations. 记下观察到的情况
a meteorological observations 气象观测报告
a childish/foolish observation
I wish to make a few general observations about your work so far.
misgiving n. 疑虑，担忧
spectacle n. 场面，场景，表演
the spectacle of Mrs. Strickland’s distress
2. 好句
Anger struggled in her breast with misery.
Tell him that our home cries out for him. 这个家迫切需要他。
His room is exactly as it was when he left it.
She gave me elaborate answers to every possible observation of his.
P36
1. 词汇及用法
provide oneself with a sufficiency of handkerchiefs 充足的
dread the tongue of scandal
perturb v. 搅得不安宁
anguish n. (身体上的)剧痛；(精神上的)极度痛苦，悲痛 v.
His whole frame quivered with anguish as one kick followed another.
the anguish of despair 绝望的痛苦
She was in anguish over her missing child. 她因孩子失踪而痛苦不已。
contemn v. 蔑视
sordid a. 肮脏的；悲惨的，可怜的；贪婪自私的，卑鄙的
sordid narrow streets in the poorest part of town
sordid shantytown 贫穷破烂的棚户区
sordid avarice 贪得无厌
His ambitions are a little sordid, too intent upon growing rich.
sordid motives 卑劣的动机
pose n. 装腔作势
The President’s visit to the slums was a mere pose.
He acquired a pose of sympathy for the troubles of others.
baseness n. 卑劣
base a. 卑鄙的，可耻的；无价值的；低劣的
base conduct 卑劣行为
It is base to cheat in an examination.
base minerals 低价值的矿物
find a base employment for oneself
reprobate a. 堕落的，道德败坏的；邪恶的
a reprobate, gambling aristocrat
a man of reprobate habits 有恶习之人
errant a. 迷途的；漫游的；犯错误的
an errant knight 游侠骑士
She went to London to bring back her errant daughter.
scold an errant child
connubial a. 婚姻的
concierge n. 看门人，欧洲的宾馆服务台职员
sumptuous a. 豪华的
a sumptuous banquet 华筵
a sumptuous apartment
a sumptuous education 费用昂贵的教育
2. 好句
I had not yet learnt how contradictory is human nature; I did not know how much pose there is in the sincere, how much baseness in the noble, or how much goodness in the reprobate.
P37
1. 词汇及用法
inkling n. 模糊概念
bedraggled a. 破旧的；湿漉漉的
the bedraggled buildings of the slums
She tried to comb her bedraggled hair.
vex v. 使恼火；使痛苦，使折磨
be vexed by the children
His wife was vexed with him. 他妻子生他的气。
She was vexed that I didn’t help her.
be vexed at one’s failure
be vexed by a restless desire 因欲望得不到满足而备受折磨
furtive a. 鬼鬼祟祟的
slippers n. 浅口便鞋，拖鞋
inquiry n. 询问
2. 好句
I do not know why I had an inkling that it would appeal to Strickland’s sense of humor to bring a furious stockbroker over to Paris on a fool’s errand to an ill-famed house in a mean street.
It was a street of small shops subservient to the needs of poor people, and about the middle of it, on the left as I walked down, was the Hotel.
I do not know why I made my inquiry as casual as possible.
P38
1. 词汇及用法
foul a. 难闻的；邪恶的，可恶的；奸诈的，不当的
The floor was foul with the dirt of weeks.
a foul motive
a foul traitor
a foul temper
Murder is a foul deed. 谋杀是残酷的行为。
resort to foul means 采取不正当手段
musty a. 发霉的
tousle v. 弄乱，使蓬乱
tousled hair 蓬乱的头发
He looked tousled. 他看上去蓬头垢面。
at length 最后
airy a. 欢快的
pew n. (英口)座位
take a pew
bedstead n. 床架
billow n. 巨浪，波涛；波涛般滚滚向前之物v. 翻腾，汹涌；波浪般起伏；鼓起
The small boat cut swiftly through the lake’s quiet billows.
湖面微波荡漾，小船疾驶而过。
billows of demonstrator marching down the street
flags billowing in the breeze
I saw fire billowing out of the chicken coop. 我看见火焰从鸡舍里滚滚地冒出来。
The launch site disappeared under the billowing dust. 发射场淹没在滚滚浓烟中。
The parachute has billowed correctly. 降落伞已正确张开。
eiderdown n. 鸭绒毛
rep n. 棱纹平布
shabby a. 破烂的
spruce a. 整洁漂亮的；v. 把……打扮得整洁漂亮
Spruce yourself up a bit---you look a mess.
spruce up the bodywork of an old car 把旧车的车身整修得既整洁又漂亮。
spruce up one’s boots 把自己的皮靴擦得锃亮
ill-kempt a. 收拾不整洁的
P39
1. 词汇及用法
bowler hat 保龄球帽
plunge v. (猛力)把……投入/插入/刺进 (into/in)；使骤然前倾，使陷入
The dagger was plunged deep into the left side.
The sudden application of the brakes plunged him forward.
Reduction in oil trade has plunged construction of tankers to the lowest level in years.
plunge oneself into grief/difficulties
He seemed plunged in thought. 他似乎陷入了沉思。
plunge a nation into complete chaos
n. 开始从事，突然的开始
The evening paper is his first plunge into journalism.
In switching to the metric system, the nation’s approach is the quick plunge.
在更换公制度量系统上，这个国家采用的办法是说干就干，立即行动。
personage n. 大人物；人物，角色
an important personage
the chief personage in a mystery story
frailty n. 脆弱，薄弱; (frailties) 品德或性格上的弱点
women’s emotional frailty
a novel marked by frailty of subject matter 题材空乏的小说
one’s frailty of character 性格软弱
A liking for flattery was one of his frailties. 喜欢听奉承话是他的一个弱点。
thronging a. 拥挤的，熙攘的
2. 好句
I flattered myself that I had got in that important question very naturally.
因为……自己很满足；get in that important question 触及到核心问题
He put on a bowler hat much in need of brushing.
It seemed hardly likely if, as appeared, he had been taking steps for a year to make his desperate plunge.
There were clerks and shop girls; old fellows who might have stepped out of the pages of Honore de Balzac; members, male and female, of the professions which make their profit of the frailties of mankind.
There is in the streets of the poorer quarters of Paris a thronging vitality which excites the blood and prepares the soul for the unexpected.
P40
1. 词汇及用法
callousness n. 冷酷无情
cordial a. 真心的，由衷的；热情友好的
a cordial invitation
a cordial distaste for formality 对客套的深恶痛绝
hortatory a. 劝告的，忠告的
2. 好句
I glanced at him with surprise. His cordial agreement with all I said cut the ground from under my feet. （让我无言以对；“把道理从我这边抢走了”）
P41
1. 词汇及用法
admonitory a. 告诫的，劝告的
an admonitory letter
keep an admonitory eye on sb. 以警告的目光监视某人
expostulate v. 规劝，忠告，劝诫
expostulate with sb. about the evils of gambling
expostulate against doing sth
Didn’t you ever expostulate with her on the subject?
expostulating a. 规劝的
vituperative a. 辱骂的，责骂的
get vituperative
vituperative remarks 责骂语
distinctly ad. 极度地
nettle n. 荨麻；使人烦恼的事物；v. 惹怒，使烦恼
be nettled by sb.’s refusal to help
carry out my embassy with any great skill
effrontery n. 厚颜无耻的行为，放肆
have the effrontery to propound such heresies 厚颜无耻地提出这样的学说
with cool effrontery
abominable a. 可恶的，讨厌的；极坏的
be abominable to sb.
abominable weather
abominable taste in clothes
chuck v. 抛弃，丢弃
2. 好句
But what the devil does a mentor do when the sinner makes no bones about confessing his sin?
*make no bones about 对……毫不犹豫；就……直言不讳
He makes no bones about being partisan.
I’ll tell what I think of him, and make no bones about it.
Hang it all, one can’t leave a woman without a bob. 这些都不说……
Of course, there were many things I might have answered to this. I might have spoken of the economic position of woman, of the contract, tacit and overt, which a man accepts by his marriage, and of much else; but I felt that there was only one point which really signified.
*signify v. 有重要性，要紧
What a child says does not signify.
I worked myself up into a state of moral indignation.
If you chuck everything like this, they’ll be thrown on the streets.
P42
1. 词汇及用法
tack n. 方法，行动方向
I tried another tack.
swine n. 猪；猪猡，下流坯；令人不快的东西
This car is a swine to drive at slow speeds.
piqued a. 被激怒的
pique n. 激怒，赌气；v. 使生气，激怒；激起(好奇心/兴趣)；挑动
She went off in a pique. 她一怒之下走了。
She took a pique against me. 她跟我赌气。
He piqued her by refusing her invitation.
That piqued her curiosity.
pique sb. to answer a challenge 挑动某人应战
straitened a. 窘迫的，困苦的
straiten v. 限制；使窘迫，使困苦
straiten the range of sb.’s authority 限制某人的职权
be in straitened circumstances 处于贫困境地
be straitened in time 时间紧迫
be straitened for money 经济拮据
2. 好句
His brief answer was so scornful that it made my question, natural though it was, seem absurd.
*scornful a. 轻蔑的，嘲笑的
He was no longer scornful of the desk job. 他不再鄙视文案工作了。
P43
1. 好句
If she wants to divorce me I don’t mind giving her the necessary grounds.
You can put any possibility of that definitely out of your head.
P44
1. 词汇及用法
ingenuous a. 坦率的，真诚的
She gave ingenuous answers to all the stranger’s questions.
an ingenuous expression/smile
throng n. 人群；众多；挤压，重压
A patient throng was waiting in silence.
a throng of confused notions
the throng of business 纷繁事务的重压
2. 好句
Do you think it’s likely that a man will do any good when he starts at your age? Most men begin painting at eighteen.
P45
1. 词汇及用法
blasted a. (口)该死的
vehement a. 激情的，热情的；强烈的，猛烈的
a vehement desire
vehement clapping 热烈的鼓掌
vehement patriotism
vehement protest/suspicion
a vehement wind/debate 一阵猛烈的风/一场激烈的辩论
rend v. 撕碎 (rend-rent-rent)；分裂，使分崩离析；划破；困扰，撕裂
rend sth apart/asunder
The buildings were rent by the earthquake.
a nation rent by civil war
The coalition of center-right parties is rent by dissension between its two leaders.
党派联盟由于领导人的争吵处于分崩离析状态。
*dissension n. 异见
a roar that rends the air/skies
The serenity was rent with war whoops. 战斗的呐喊打破了四下的宁静。
a mind rent by doubt
It rent his heart to witness her sorrow.
baggy a. 宽松下垂的
stubble n. 茬状物，须茬
2. 好句
Of course, a miracle may happen, and you may be a great painter, but you must confess the chances are a million to one against it. It’ll be an awful sell if at the end you have to acknowledge you’ve made a hash of it.
*hash v. 把(肉，蔬菜等) 切碎；把……搞糟，弄乱；杂乱无章的一大堆，一团糟
hash sth up
a hash of unorganized figures
make a hash of it
Supposing you’re never anything more than third-rate, do you think it will have been worthwhile to give up everything? After all, in any other walk in life it doesn’t matter if you’re not very good; you can get along quite comfortably if you’re just adequate; but it’s different with an artist.
When a man falls into the water it doesn’t matter how he swims, well or badly: he’s got to get out or else he’ll drown.
P46
1. 词汇及用法
uncouth a. 粗野不雅的；简陋的，不文明的
a large, uncouth man
find conditions rough and uncouth
covenant n. 盟约，契约，合同
The rival nations signed a covenant to reduce their armaments.
敌对的国家签署了削减军备条约。
They have made their covenant with death. 他们难逃一死。
coarse a. 粗糙的；粗俗的，粗鲁的；未精炼的
coarse manners
coarse language
coarse metals
unmitigated a. 全然的，十足的；未缓和的，未软化的
unmitigated hostility
The heat is unmitigated.
tell the unmitigated truth 说出全部真相
an unmitigated evil/scoundrel
cad n. 无赖
2. 好句
I could not have placed him. 我无法对他进行/做出评价。
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