时间:2019-01-29 作者:英语课 分类:白鲸记


英语课

 The dignity of our calling the very heavens attest 1. Cetus is a constellation 2 in the South! No more!  鲸座是天上的一个星座,捕鲸者是何等的威风也便可想而知了。


Drive down your hat in presence of the Czar, and take it off to Queequeg! No more!  如果你对沙皇脱帽的话,那么我相信你也会对魁魁格脱帽的!
I know a man that, in his lifetime, has taken three hundred and fifty whales.  噢,天知道,人们除了捕鲸还有什么可以称为威风的事呢? 
I account that man more honourable 3 than that great captain of antiquity 4 who boasted of taking as many walled towns.  一个一生中捕到过三百五十条鲸鱼的捕鲸者,远比占领过同样多的城池的将军威风!
And, as for me, if, by any possibility, there be any as yet undiscovered prime thing in me;  我个人就更不用说了。如果我的生命中还有什么闪光之处的话;
if I shall ever deserve any real repute in that small but high hushed world which I might not be unreasonably 5 ambitious of;  如果我在这个纷纷攘攘的世界上还配有一点我并不追求的名望的话;
if hereafter I shall do anything that, upon the whole, a man might rather have done than to have left undone 6;  如果我还为人类做了一点有益的事情的话;
if, at my death, my executors, or more properly my creditors 7, find any precious MSS.  或者说我的继承人—也许叫债权人更合适
in my desk, then here I prospectively 8 ascribe all the honour and the glory to whaling; for a whale-ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.  在我的抽屉里还能找到一部什么手稿的话,那么所有的这一切都应归功于捕鲸业! 捕鲸船就是我的哈佛大学! 捕鲸船就是我的耶鲁大学!

vt.证明,证实;表明
  • I can attest to the absolute truth of his statement. 我可以证实他的话是千真万确的。
  • 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。
n.星座n.灿烂的一群
  • A constellation is a pattern of stars as seen from the earth. 一个星座只是从地球上看到的某些恒星的一种样子。
  • The Big Dipper is not by itself a constellation. 北斗七星本身不是一个星座。
adj.可敬的;荣誉的,光荣的
  • I don't think I am worthy of such an honourable title.这样的光荣称号,我可担当不起。
  • I hope to find an honourable way of settling difficulties.我希望设法找到一个体面的办法以摆脱困境。
n.古老;高龄;古物,古迹
  • The museum contains the remains of Chinese antiquity.博物馆藏有中国古代的遗物。
  • There are many legends about the heroes of antiquity.有许多关于古代英雄的传说。
adv. 不合理地
  • He was also petty, unreasonably querulous, and mean. 他还是个气量狭窄,无事生非,平庸刻薄的人。
  • Food in that restaurant is unreasonably priced. 那家饭店价格不公道。
a.未做完的,未完成的
  • He left nothing undone that needed attention.所有需要注意的事他都注意到了。
n.债权人,债主( creditor的名词复数 )
  • They agreed to repay their creditors over a period of three years. 他们同意3年内向债主还清欠款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors. 债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adv.预期; 前瞻性; 潜在; 可能
  • Methods: Twenty-four cases with JAS were prospectively analyzed and followed up. 方法对24例JAS进行前瞻性分析及随访研究。 来自互联网
  • Our study appears to be the only one a prospectively randomized investigation of 2 different surgeries. 我们的研究似乎是仅有的一个对2种术式前瞻性随机性研究。 来自互联网
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