英语听书《海底两万里》第107期 第8章 动中之动(10)
时间：2019-02-17 作者：英语课 分类：《海底两万里》中英双语有声读物
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He complained vehemently 1 about being imprisoned 2 in defiance 3 of his civil rights, asked by virtue 4 of which law he was hereby detained, invoked 5 writs 6 of habeas corpus,
他愤愤地埋怨人家蔑视人权，把我们关在这里，质问人家凭什么法律扣留我们，他引证了人身保障法的条文，
threatened to press charges against anyone holding him in illegal custody 7, ranted 8, gesticulated, shouted,
说要控诉非法羁禁他的人，他全身激动，指手画脚，大声叫喊，
and finally conveyed by an expressive 9 gesture that we were dying of hunger.
最后，他用富于表情的手势，让对方明白，我们饿得要命。
This was perfectly 10 true, but we had nearly forgotten the fact.
这却是真话，但我们差不多完全忘记自己饿了。
Much to his amazement 11, the harpooner 12 seemed no more intelligible 13 than I had been.
鱼叉手很吃惊，因为他的话跟我说的一样，好像也没有为对方所了解。
Our visitors didn't bat an eye. Apparently 14 they were engineers who understood the languages of neither the French physicist 15 Arago nor the English physicist Faraday.
来看我们的这两个人，连眉头也没有皱一皱。很明显，他们既不懂得阿拉哥的语言，也不懂得法拉第的语言。
Thoroughly 16 baffled after vainly exhausting our philological 17 resources, I no longer knew what tactic 18 to pursue, when Conseil told me:
我们所有的语言资本都拿出来了，可是并没有解决问题，我很为难，不知道怎么办才好，这时康塞尔对我说：
If master will authorize 19 me, I'll tell the whole business in German.
如果先生允许的活，我现在用德语来讲一讲。
adv. 热烈地
- He argued with his wife so vehemently that he talked himself hoarse. 他和妻子争论得很激烈，以致讲话的声音都嘶哑了。
- Both women vehemently deny the charges against them. 两名妇女都激烈地否认了对她们的指控。
下狱，监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )
- He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
- They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。
n.挑战，挑衅，蔑视，违抗
- He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
- He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。
n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力
- He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
- You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。
v.援引( invoke的过去式和过去分词 )；行使（权利等）；祈求救助；恳求
- It is unlikely that libel laws will be invoked. 不大可能诉诸诽谤法。
- She had invoked the law in her own defence. 她援引法律为自己辩护。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.书面命令，令状( writ的名词复数 )
- Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. 管理局须发出令状的选举，以填补这些空缺。 来自互联网
- Writs of arrest were issued for a thousand students throughout the country. 全国各地有一千名学生被拘捕。 来自互联网
n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。
v.夸夸其谈( rant的过去式和过去分词 )；大叫大嚷地以…说教；气愤地)大叫大嚷；不停地大声抱怨
- Drink in hand,he ranted about his adventures in Africa. 他端着酒杯，激动地叙述他在非洲的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Lu Xun ranted and raved against the enemy, but he felt warmth towards the people. 鲁迅对敌人冷嘲热讽，而对人民却是满腔热忱。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
adj.表现的，表达…的，富于表情的
- Black English can be more expressive than standard English.黑人所使用的英语可能比正式英语更有表现力。
- He had a mobile,expressive,animated face.他有一张多变的，富于表情的，生动活泼的脸。
adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地
- The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
- Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
n.惊奇，惊讶
- All those around him looked at him with amazement.周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
- He looked at me in blank amazement.他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。
- When a boat got close enough to the whale, the harpooner threw his harpoon at it. 等船非常接近鲸鱼时，鱼叉手就以鱼叉向它投射。 来自互联网
adj.可理解的，明白易懂的，清楚的
- This report would be intelligible only to an expert in computing.只有计算机运算专家才能看懂这份报告。
- His argument was barely intelligible.他的论点不易理解。
adv.显然地；表面上，似乎
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
n.物理学家，研究物理学的人
- He is a physicist of the first rank.他是一流的物理学家。
- The successful physicist never puts on airs.这位卓有成就的物理学家从不摆架子。
adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地
- The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
- The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。
adj.语言学的，文献学的
- Kanwa dictionary is a main kind of Japanese philological dictionary. 汉和辞典是日本语文词典的一个主要门类。 来自互联网
- Emotional education is the ultimate goal of philological teaching, while humanism the core of the former. 情感教育是语文教育的终极目标，而人文精神是情感教育的核心内容。 来自互联网
n.战略，策略；adj.战术的，有策略的
- Reducing prices is a common sales tactic.降价是常用的销售策略。
- She had often used the tactic of threatening to resign.她惯用以辞职相威胁的手法。