Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham
人性的枷锁 

毛姆

 

An extraordinary sensation filled him.

顿时，菲利普心里涌泛出一股异样的情感。

sen'sa'tion

1 [uncountable and countable] a feeling that you get from one of your five senses, especially the sense of touch

burning/prickling/tingling etc sensation

One sign of a heart attack is a tingling sensation in the left arm.

sensation of

a sensation of heat

2 [countable] a feeling that is difficult to describe, caused by a particular event, experience, or memory

sensation that

Caroline had the sensation that she was being watched.

strange/curious/odd sensation

It was a strange sensation - I felt I'd been there before.

3 [uncountable] the ability to feel things, especially through your sense of touch:

Jerry realized that he had no sensation in his legs.

4 [countable usually singular] extreme excitement or interest, or someone or something that causes this

cause/create a sensation

The sex scenes in the film caused a sensation.

pop/fashion/media etc sensation

the latest pop sensation from England

 

 He had felt certain that Sally's suspicion was well-founded; it had never occurred to him for an instant that there was a possibility of error.

他一直确信莎莉的疑心是充分根据的，可不曾想到会出差错，这样的念头在他脑海里连闪也没有闪一下。

 

 All his plans were suddenly overthrown, and the existence, so elaborately pictured, was no more than a dream which would never be realised.

眨眼间，他的种种设想都被打乱了，朝思暮想勾勒出来的生活图景到头只不过是一枕黄粱，永远成不了现实。

e'lab'o'rate1

1 having a lot of small parts or details put together in a complicated way:

pure silks embroidered with elaborate patterns

2 carefully planned and organized in great detail:

a very elaborate telecommunications network

—elaborately adverb:

an elaborately carved wooden statue

 

He was free once more. Free!

他又一次摆脱了枷锁！自由啦！

 

He need give up none of his projects, and life still was in his hands for him to do what he liked with.

他设想的种种计划，一个也不必放弃，生活依然掌在自己的手心之中，要把它捏成啥样就可以捏成啥样。

 

He felt no exhilaration, but only dismay.

他无激动可言，有的只是满腹惆怅。

ex'hil'a'ra'tion [uncountable]

a feeling of being happy, excited, and full of energy

exhilaration of

She enjoyed the exhilaration of jet-skiing.

 

dis'mayed n.

worried, disappointed, and upset when something unpleasant happens

dismayed to see/discover/learn etc

Ruth was dismayed to see how thin he had grown.

dismayed at/by

They were dismayed at the cost of the repairs.

dismayed that

We are dismayed that the demonstration was allowed to take place.

 

His heart sank.

他的心沉甸甸的。

The future stretched out before him in desolate emptiness.

展现在

des'o'late1

1 a place that is desolate is empty and looks sad because there are no people there:

a desolate landscape

2 someone who is desolate feels very sad and lonely

 

 

It was as though he had sailed for many years over a great waste of waters, with peril and privation, and at last had come upon a fair haven, but as he was about to enter, some contrary wind had arisen and drove him out again into the open sea; and because he had let his mind dwell on these soft meads and pleasant woods of the land, the vast deserts of the ocean filled him with anguish.

仿佛多年来，他备尝艰辛，越过了一片汪洋，最后终于来到美妙的天国。但是，正当他要抬脚跨进天国之际，骤然间刮起一阵逆风，又把他刮进汪洋大海之中。因为多年来他耽迷于下界的一块块芳草地以及一片片赏心悦目的丛林，所以这苍茫寂寥的大海使他心里充满了苦恼和烦闷。

pri'va'tion [uncountable and countable]

formal a lack or loss of the things that everyone needs, such as food, warmth, and shelter:

the privations of wartime

 

per'il

1 [uncountable] literary or formal great danger, especially of being harmed or killed

in peril

They put their own lives in peril to rescue their friends.

great/grave/serious peril

The economy is now in grave peril.

a voyage that was fraught with peril (=full of danger)

2 [countable usually plural] literary or formal a danger or problem in a particular activity or situation:

the perils posed by mountaineering

peril of

the perils of the sea

3 do something at your peril used to say that what someone is intending to do is dangerous or could cause them problems:

Politicians ignore this issue at their peril.

 

dwell past tense and past participle dwelt or dwelled [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]

literary to live in a particular place:

They dwelt in the forest.

dwell on/upon something phrasal verb

to think or talk for too long about something, especially something unpleasant:

That is not a subject I want to dwell on.

 

mead

1 [uncountable]DFD an alcoholic drink made from honey:

a glass of mead

2 [countable] literary a meadow:

the flowery mead

 

pleas'ant S3 W3

1 enjoyable or attractive and making you feel happy [= nice; ?nbsp;pleasure]:

It had been a pleasant evening.

the pleasant climate of Southern California

The restaurant was large and pleasant.

Kate! What a pleasant surprise!

it is pleasant to do something

It was pleasant to sit in a sidewalk cafe and watch people pass.

2 friendly, polite, and easy to talk to:

Nick seemed very pleasant on the phone.

a pleasant-looking woman

pleasant to

He's always been very pleasant to me.

 

WORD FOCUS: nice
person: lovely, pleasant, charming, sweet, adorable
thing/place/activity/time: lovely, pleasant, delightful

 

an'guish [uncountable] written

mental or physical suffering caused by extreme pain or worry:

the anguish of not knowing what had happened to her

—anguished adjective:

an anguished cry for help

 

 

 He could not confront again the loneliness and the tempest.

他再也经不住孤单寂寞的侵袭和暴风雨的冲击。

Sally looked at him with her clear eyes.

莎莉张着她那对明澈的眸子，凝神地望着菲利普。