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肖申克的救赎-2

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  It comes as no surprise to most these days that there's a lot of buggery going on inside thewalls - except to some of the new fish, maybe, who have the misfortune to be young,slim, good-looking, and unwary - but homosexuality, like straight sex, comes in ahundred different shapes and forms. There are men who can't stand to be without sex ofsome kind and turn to another man to keep from going crazy. Usually what follows is anarrangement between two fundamentally "Heterosexual men, although I've sometimeswondered if they are quite as heterosexual as they thought they were going to be whenthey get back to their wives or their girlfriends.
There are also men who get 'turned' in prison. In the current parlance1 they 'go gay', or'come out of the closet'. Mostly (but not always) they play the female, and their favoursare competed for fiercely.
And then there are the sisters.
They are to prison society what the rapist is to the society outside the walls. They'reusually long-timers, doing hard bullets for brutal2 crimes. Their prey3 is the young, theweak, and the inexperienced ... or, as in the case of Andy Dufresne, the weak-looking.
Their hunting grounds are the showers, the cramped4, tunnel-like area way behind theindustrial washers in the laundry, sometimes the infirmary. On more than one occasionrape has occurred in the closet-sized projection6 booth behind the auditorium7. Most oftenwhat the sisters take by force they could have had for free, if they wanted it; those whohave been turned always seem to have 'crushes' on one sister or another, like teenage girlswith their Sinatras, Presleys, or Redfords. But for the sisters, the joy has always been intaking it by force... and I guess it always will be.
Because of his small size and fair good looks (and maybe also because of that veryquality of self-possession I had admired), the sisters were after Andy from the day hewalked in. If this was some kind of fairy story, I'd tell you that Andy fought the goodfight until they left him alone. I wish I could say that, but I can't. Prison is no fairy-taleworld.
The first time for him was in the shower less than three days after he joined our happyShawshank family. Just a lot of slap and tickle8 that time, I understand. They like to sizeyou up before they make their real move, like jackals finding out if the prey is as weakand hamstrung as it looks.
Andy punched back and bloodied9 the lip of a big, hulking sister named Bogs10 Diamond -gone these many years since to who knows where. A guard broke it up before it could goany further, but Bogs promised to get him - and Bogs did.
The second time was behind the washers in the laundry. A lot has gone on in that long,dusty, and narrow space over the years; the guards know about it and just let it be. It'sdim and littered with bags of washing and bleaching11 compound, drums of Hexlitecatalyst, as harmless as salt if your hands are dry, murderous as battery acid if they'rewet. The guards don't like to go back there. There's no room to manoeuvre12, and one of thefirst things they teach them when they come to work in a place like this is to never let thecons get you in a place where you can't back up.
Bogs wasn't there that day, but Henry Backus, who had been washroom foreman downthere since 1922, told me that four of his friends were. Andy held them at bay for a whilewith a scoop14 of Hexlite, threatening to throw it in their eyes if they came any closer, buthe tripped trying to back around one of the big Washex four-pockets. That was ail15 it took.
They were on him.
I guess the phrase gang-rape5 is one that doesn't change much from one generation to thenext. That's what they did to him, those four sisters. They bent16 him over a gearbox andone of them held a Phillips screwdriver17 to his temple while they gave him the business. Itrips you up some, but not bad - am I speaking from personal experience, you ask? - I onlywish I weren't. You bleed for a while. If you don't want some clown asking you if youjust started your period, you wad up a bunch of toilet paper and keep it down the back ofyour underwear until it stops. The bleeding really is like a menstrual flow; it keeps up fortwo, maybe three days, a slow trickle19. Then it stops. No harm done, unless they've donesomething even more unnatural20 to you. No physical harm done - but rape is rape, andeventually you have to look at your face in the mirror again and decide what to make ofyourself.
Andy went through that alone, the way he went through everything alone in those days.
He must have come to the conclusion that others before him had come to, namely, thatthere are only two ways to deal with the sisters: fight them and get taken, or just gettaken.
He decided21 to fight When Bogs and two of his buddies22 came after him a week or so afterthe laundry incident ('I heard ya got broke in,' Bogs said, according to Ernie, who wasaround at the time), Andy slugged it out with them. He broke the nose of a fellow namedRooster MacBride, a heavy-gutted farmer who was in for beating his step-daughter todeath. Rooster died in here, I'm happy to add.
They took him, all three of them. When it was done, Rooster and the other egg - it mighthave been Pete Verness, but I'm not completely sure - forced Andy down to his knees.
Bogs Diamond stepped in front of him. He had a pearl-handled razor in those days withthe words Diamond Pearl engraved25 on both sides of the grip. He opened it and said, I'mgonna open my fly now, mister man, and you're going to swallow what I give you toswallow. And when you done swallowed mine, you're gonna swallow Rooster's. I guessyou done broke his nose and I think he ought to have something to pay for it'
Andy said, 'Anything of yours that you stick in my mouth, you're going to lose it.'
Bogs looked at Andy like he was crazy, Ernie said.
'No,' he told Andy, talking to him slowly, like Andy was a stupid kid. 'You didn'tunderstand what I said. You do anything like that and I'll put all eight inches of this steelinto your ear. Get it?'
'I understand what you said. I don't think you understand me. I'm going to bite whateveryou stick into my mouth. You can put that razor in my brain, I guess, but you shouldknow that a sudden serious brain injury causes the victim to simultaneously26 urinate,defecate... and bite down.'
He looked up at Bogs, smiling that little smile of his, old Ernie said, as if the three ofthem had been discussing stocks and bonds with him instead of throwing it to him just ashard as they could. Just as if he was wearing one of his three-piece bankers' suits insteadof kneeling on a dirty broom-closet floor with his pants around his ankles and bloodtrickling down the insides of his thighs27.
'In fact,' he went on, 'I understand that the bite-reflex is sometimes so strong that thevictim's jaws28 have to be pried29 open with a crowbar or a jackhandle.'
Bogs didn't put anything in Andy's mouth that night in late February of 1948, and neitherdid Rooster MacBride, and so far as I know, no one else ever did, either. What the threeof them did was to beat Andy within an inch of his life, and all four of them ended updoing a jolt30 in solitary31. Andy and Rooster MacBride went by way of the infirmary.
How many times did that particular crew have at him? I don't know. I think Rooster losthis taste fairly early on -being in nose-splints for a month can do that to a fellow -andBogs Diamond left off that summer, all at once.
That was a strange thing. Bogs was found in his cell, badly beaten, one morning in earlyJune, when he didn't show up in the breakfast nose-count He wouldn't say who had doneit, or how they had gotten to him, but being in my business, I know that a screw can bebribed to do almost anything accept get a gun for an inmate32. They didn't make bigsalaries then, and they don't now. And in those days there was no electronic lockingsystem, no closed-circuit TV, no master-switches which controlled whole areas of theprison. Back in 1948, each cellblock had its own turnkey. A guard could have beenbribed real easy to let someone - maybe two or three someones - into the block, and, yes,even into Diamond's cell.
Of course a job like that would have cost a lot of money. Not by outside standards, no.
Prison economics are on a smaller scale. When you've been in here a while, a dollar billin your hand looks like a twenty did outside. My guess is, that if Bogs was done, it costsomeone a serious piece of change - fifteen bucks34, well say, for the turnkey, and two orstore apiece for each of the lump-up guys.
I'm not saying it was Andy Dufresne, but I do know that he brought in five hundreddollars when he came, and he was a banker in the straight world - a man who understandsbetter than the rest of us the ways in which money can become power.
And I know this: After the beating - the three broken ribs35, the haemorrhaged eye, thesprained back and the dislocated hip36 - Bogs Diamond left Andy alone. In fact, after thathe left everyone pretty much alone. He got to be like a high wind in the summertime, allbluster and no bite. You could say, in fact, that he turned into a 'weak sister'.
That was the end of Bogs Diamond, a man who might eventually have killed Andy ifAndy hadn't taken steps to prevent it (if it was him who took the steps). But it wasn't theend of Andy's trouble with the sisters. There was a little hiatus, and then it began again,although not so hard nor so often. Jackals like easy prey, and there were easier pickingsaround than Andy Dufresne.
He always fought them, that's what I remember. He knew, I guess, that if you let themhave at you even once, without fighting it, it got that much easier to let them have theirway without fighting next time. So Andy would turn up with bruises37 on his face everyonce in a while, and there was the matter of the two broken fingers six or eight monthsafter Diamond's beating. Oh yes - and sometime in late 1949, the man landed in theinfirmary with a broken cheekbone that was probably the result of someone swinging anice chunk38 of pipe with the business-end wrapped in flannel39. He always fought back, andas a result, he did his time in solitary. But don't think solitary was the hardship for Andythat it was for some men. He got along with himself.
The sisters was something he adjusted himself to - and then, in 1950, it stopped almostcompletely. That is a part of my story that 111 get to in due time.
In the fall of 1948, Andy met me one morning in the exercise yard and asked me if Icould get him half a dozen rock-blankets.
'What the hell are those?' I asked.
He told me that was just what rockhounds called them; they were polishing cloths aboutthe size of dishtowels. They were heavily padded, with a smooth side and a rough side -the smooth side like fine-grained sandpaper, the rough side almost as abrasive40 asindustrial steel wool (Andy also kept a box of that in his cell, although he didn't get itfrom me - I imagine he kited it from the prison laundry).
I told him I thought we could do business on those, and I ended up getting them from thevery same rock-and-gem shop where I'd arranged to get the rock-hammer. This time Icharged Andy my usual ten per cent and not a penny more. I didn't see anything lethal41 oreven dangerous in a dozen 7" x 7" squares of padded cloth. Rock-blankets, indeed.
It was about five months later that Andy asked if I could get him Rita Hayworth. Thatconversation took place in the auditorium, during a movie-show. Nowadays we get themovie-shows once or twice a week, but back then the shows were a monthly eventUsually the movies we got had a morally uplifting message to them, and this one, TheLost Weekend, was no different. The moral was that it's dangerous to drink. It was amoral we could take some comfort in.
Andy manoeuvred to get next to me, and about halfway42 through the show he leaned alittle closer and asked if I could get him Rita Hayworth. I'll tell you the truth, it kind oftickled me. He was usually cool, calm, and collected, but that night he was jumpy as hell,almost embarrassed, as if he was asking me to get him a load of Trojans or one of thosesheepskin-lined gadgets44 that are supposed to 'enhance your solitary pleasure,' as themagazines put it. He seemed overcharged, a man on the verge45 of blowing his radiator46.
'I can get her,' I said. 'No sweat, calm down. You want the big one or the little one?' Atthat time Rita was my best girl (a few years before it had been Betty Grable) and shecame in two sizes. For a buck33 you could get the little Rita. For two-fifty you could havethe big Rita, four feet high and all woman.
'The big one,' he said, not looking at me. I tell you, he was a hot sketch47 that night He wasblushing just like a kid trying to get into a kootch show with his big brother's draft-card.
'Can you do it?'
'Take it easy, sure I can. Does a bear shit in the woods?' The audience was applaudingand catcalling as the bugs48 came out of the walls to get Ray Milland, who was having abad case of the DT's.
'How soon?'
'A week. Maybe less.'
'Okay.' But he sounded disappointed, as if he had been hoping I had one stuffed down mypants right then. 'How much?"I quoted him the wholesale49 price. I could afford to give him this one at cost; he'd been agood customer, what with his rock-hammer and his rock-blankets. Furthermore, he'dbeen a good boy - on more than one night when he was having his problems with Bogs,Rooster, and the rest, I wondered how long it would be before he used the rock-hammerto crack someone's head open.
Posters are a big part of my business, just behind the booze and cigarettes, usually half astep ahead of the reefer. In the 60s the business exploded in every direction, with a lot ofpeople wanting funky50 hang-ups like Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, that Easy Rider poster.
But mostly it's girls; one pinup queen after another.
A few days after I spoke51 to Ernie, a laundry driver I did business with back then broughtin better than sixty posters, most of them Rita Hayworths. You may even remember thepicture; I sure do. Rita is dressed - sort of- in a bathing suit, one hand behind her head,her eyes half closed, those full, sulky red lips parted. They called it Rita Hayworth, butthey might as well have called it Woman in Heat.
The prison administration knows about the black market, in case you were wondering.
Sure they do. They probably know as much about my business as I do myself. They livewith it because they know that a prison is like a big pressure cooker, and there have to bevents somewhere to let off steam. They make the occasional bust53, and I've done time insolitary a time or three over the years, but when it's something like posters, they wink54.
Live and let live. And when a big Rita Hayworth went up in some fishie's cell, theassumption was that it came in the mail from a friend or a relative. Of course all the carepackagesfrom friends and relatives are opened and the contents inventoried55, but whogoes back and re-checks the inventory56 sheets for something as harmless as a RitaHayworth or an Ava Gardner pin-up? When you're in a pressure-cooker you learn to liveand let live or somebody will carve you a brand-new mouth just above the Adam's apple.
You learn to make allowances.
It was Ernie again who took the poster up to Andy's cell, 14, my own, 6. And it was Erniewho brought back the written in Andy's careful hand, just one word: Thanks.'
A little while later, as they filed us out for morning chow, I glanced into his ceil and sawRita over his bunk57 in all her swimsuited glory, one hand behind her head, her eyes halfclosed,those soft, satiny lips parted. It was over his bunk when he could look at hernights, after lights out, in the glow of the arc sodiums in the exercise yard.
But in the bright morning sunlight, there were dark slashes58 across her face - the shadowof the bars on his single slit-window.
Now I'm going to tell you what happened in mid-May of 1950 that finally ended Andy'sthree-year series of skirmishes with the sisters. It was also the incident which eventuallygot him out of the laundry and into the library, where he filled out his work-time until heleft our happy little family earlier this year.
You may have noticed now much of what I've told you Lready is hearsay59 - someone sawsomething and told me and I told you. Well, in some cases I've simplified it even morethan it really was, and have actually repeated (or will repeat) fourth- or fifth-handinformation. That's the way it s here. The grapevine is very real, and you have to use it ifyou're going to stay ahead. Also, of course, you have to know how to pick out the grainsof truth from the chaff60 of lies, rumours61, and wish-it-had-beens.
You may also have gotten the idea that I'm describing someone who's more legend thanman, and I would have to agree that there's some truth to that. To us long-timers whoknew Andy over a space of years, there was an element of fantasy to him, a sense,almost, of myth-magic, if you get what I mean. That story I passed on about Andyrefusing to give Bogs Diamond a head-job is part of that myth, and how he kept onfighting the sisters is part of it, and how he got the library job is part of it, too ... but withone important difference: I was there and I saw what happened, and I swear on mymother's name that it's all true. The oath of a convicted murderer may not be worth much,but believe this: I don't lie.
Andy and I were on fair speaking terms by then. The guy fascinated me. Looking back tothe poster episode, I see there's one thing I neglected to tell you, and maybe I should.
Five weeks after he hung Rita up (I'd forgotten all about it by then, and had gone on toother deals), Ernie passed a small white box through the bars of my cell.
'From Dufresne,' he said, low, and never missed a stroke with his push-broom.
Thanks, Ernie,' I said, and slipped him half a pack of Camels.
Now what the hell was this, I was wondering as I slipped the cover from the box. Therewas a lot of white cotton inside, and below that...
I looked for a long time. For a few minutes it was like I didn't even dare touch them, theywere so pretty. There's a crying shortage of pretty things in the slam, and the real pity ofit is that a lot of men don't even seem to miss them.
There were two pieces of quartz62 in that box, both of them carefully polished. They hadbeen chipped into driftwood shapes. There were little sparkles of iron pyrites in them likeflecks of gold. If they hadn't been so heavy, they would have served as a fine pair ofmen's cufflinks - they were that close to being a matched setHow much work went into creating those two pieces? Hours and hours after lights out, Iknew that First the chipping and shaping, and then the almost endless polishing andfinishing with those rock-blankets. Looking at them, I felt the warmth that any man orwoman feels when he or she is looking at something pretty, something that has beenworked and made - that's the thing that really separates us from the animals, I think - andI felt something else, too. A sense of awe63 for the man's brute64 persistence65. But I neverknew just how persistent66 Andy Dufresne could be until much later.
In May of 1950, the powers that be decided that the roof of the licence-plate factoryought to be resurfaced with roofing tar18. They wanted it done before it got too hot upthere, and they sued for volunteers for the work, which was planned to take about a week.
More than seventy men spoke up, because it was outside work and May is one damn finemonth for outside work. Nine or ten names were drawn67 out of a hat, and two of themhappened to be Andy's and my own.
For the next week we'd be marched out to the exercise yard after breakfast, with twoguards up front and two morebehind ... plus all the guards in the towers keeping a weathereye on the proceedings68 through their field-glasses for goodmeasure.
Four of us would be carrying a big extension ladder on those morning marches -1 alwaysgot a kick out of the way Dickie Betts, who was on that job, called that sort of ladder anextensible - and we'd put it up against the side of that low, lit building. Then we'd startbucket-brigading hot buckets of tar up to the roof. Spill that shit on you and you'djitterbug all the way to the infirmary.
There were six guards on the project, all of them picked on the basis of seniority. It wasalmost as good as a week's vacation, because instead of sweating it out in the laundry orthe plate-shop or standing70 over a bunch of cons13 cutting pulp71 or brush somewhere out inthe willy wags, they were having a regular May holiday in the sun, just sitting there withtheir backs up against the low parapet, shooting the bull back and forth72.
They didn't even have to keep more than half an eye on us, because the south wall sentrypost was close enough so that rte fellows up there could have spit their chews on us, ifihsy'd wanted to. If anyone on the roof-sealing party had made one funny move, it wouldtake four seconds to cut him smack74 in two with .45 calibre machine-gun bullets. So thosescrews just sat there and took their ease. All they needed was a couple of six-packsburied in crushed ice, and they would have been the lords of all creation.
One of them was a fellow named Byron Hadley, and in :hat year of 1950, he'd been atShawshank longer than I had. Longer than the last two wardens76 put together, as a matterof "act. The fellow running the show in 1950 was a prissy-looking downcast Yankeenamed George Dunahy. He had a degree in penal77 administration. No one liked him, as faras I could tell, except the people who had gotten him his appointment. I heard that hewasn't interested in anything but compiling statistics for a book (which was laterpublished by a small New England outfit78 called Light Side Press, where he probably hadto pay to have it done), who won the intramural baseball championship each September,and getting a death-penalty law passed in Maine. A regular bear for the death-penalty wasGeorge Dunahy. He was fired off the job in 1953, when it came out he was running adiscount auto79 repair service down in the prison garage and splitting the profits with ByronHadley and Greg Stammas. Hadley and Stammas came out of that one okay - they wereold hands at keeping their asses69 covered - but Dunahy took a walk. No one was sorry tosee him go, but nobody was exactly pleased to see Greg Stammas step into his shoes,either. He was a short man with a tight, hard gut24 and the coldest brown eyes you eversaw. He always had a painful, pursed little grin on his face, as if he had to go to thebathroom and couldn't quite manage it. During Stammas's tenure80 as warden75 there was alot of brutality81 at Shawshank, and although I have no proof, I believe there were maybehalf a dozen moonlight burials in the stand of scrub forest that lies east of the prison.
Dunahy was bad, but Greg Stammas was a cruel, wretched, cold-hearted man.
He and Byron Hadley were good friends. As warden, George Dunahy was nothing but aposturing figurehead; it was Stammas, and through him, Hadley, who actuallyadministered the prison.
Hadley was a tail, shambling man with thinning red hair. He sunburned easily and hetalked loud and if you didn't move fast enough to suit him, he'd clout82 you with his stick.
On that day, our third on the roof, he was talking to another guard named MertEntwhistle.
Hadley had gotten some amazingly good news, so he was griping about it. That was hisstyle - he was a thankless man with not a good word for anyone, a man who wasconvinced that the whole world was against him. The world had cheated him out of thebest years of his life, and the world would be more than happy to cheat him out of therest. I have seen some screws that I thought were almost saintly, and I think I know whythat happens - they are able to see the difference between their own lives, poor andstruggling as they might be, and the lives of the men they are paid by the state to watchover. These guards are able to formulate83 a comparison concerning pain. Others can't, orwon't.
For Byron Hadley there was no basis of comparison. He could sit there, cool and at hisease under the warm May sun and find the gall84 to mourn his own good luck while lessthan ten feet away a bunch of men were working and sweating and burning their hands ongreat big buckets filled with bubbling tar, men who had to work so hard in their ordinaryround of days that this looked like a respite85. You may remember the old question, the onethat's supposed to define your outlook on life when you answer it. For Byron Hadley theanswer would always be half empty, the glass is half empty. Forever and ever, amen. Ifyou gave him a cool drink of apple cider, he'd think about vinegar. If you told him hiswife had always been faithful to him, he'd tell you it was because she was so damn ugly.
So there he sat, talking to Mert Entwhistle loud enough for all of us to hear, his broadwhite forehead already starting to redden with the sun. He had one hand thrown backover the low parapet surrounding the roof. The other was on the butt52 of his .38.
We all got the story along with Mert. It seemed that Hadley's older brother had gone offto Texas some fourteen years ago and the rest of the family hadn't heard from the son of abitch since. They had all assumed he was dead, and good riddance. Then, a week and ahalf ago, a lawyer had called them long-distance from Austin. It seemed that Hadley'sbrother had died four months ago, and a rich man at that ('It's frigging incredible howlucky some assholes can get,' this paragon86 of gratitude87 on the plate-shop roof said). Themoney had come as a result of oil and oil-leases, and there was close to a million dollars.
No, Hadley wasn't a millionaire - that might have made even him happy, at least for awhile - but the brother had left a pretty damned decent bequest88 of thirty-five thousanddollars to each surviving member of his family back in Maine, if they could be found.
Not bad. Like getting lucky and winning a sweepstakes.
But to Byron Hadley the glass was always half-empty. He spent most of the morningbitching to Mert about the bite that the goddam government was going to take out of hiswindfall. "They'll leave me about enough to buy a new car with,' he allowed, 'and thenwhat happens? You have to pay the damn taxes on the car, and the repairs andmaintenance, you get your goddam kids pestering89 you to take 'em for a ride with the topdown -'
'And to drive it, if they're old enough,' Mert said. Old Mert Entwhistle knew which sidehis bread was buttered on, and he didn't say what must have been as obvious to him as tothe rest of us: If that money's worrying you so bad, Byron old kid old sock, I'll just take itoff your hands. After all, what are friends for?
That's right, wanting to drive it, wanting to learn to drive on it, for Chrissake,' Byron saidwith a shudder90. 'Then what happens at the end of the year? If you figured the tax wrongand you don't have enough left over to pay the overdraft91, you got to pay out of your ownpocket, or maybe even borrow it from one of those kikey loan agencies. And they audityou anyway, you know. It don't matter. And when the government audits92 you, theyalways take more. Who can fight Uncle Sam? He puts his hand inside your shirt andsqueezes your tit until it's purple, and you end up getting the short end. Christ.'
He lapsed93 into a morose94 silence, thinking of what terrible bad luck he'd had to inherit that$35,000. Andy Dufresne had been spreading tar with a big Padd brush less than fifteenfeet away and now he tossed it into his pail and walked over to where Mert and Hadleywere sitting.
We all tightened95 up, and I saw one of the other screws, Tim Youngblood, drag his handdown to where his pistol was bolstered96. One of the fellows in the sentry73 tower struck hispartner on the arm and they both turned, too. For one moment I thought Andy was goingto get shot, or clubbed, or Then he said, very softly, to Hadley: 'Do you trust your wife?'
Hadley just stared at him. He was starting to get red in the face, and I knew that was abad sign. In about three seconds he as going to pull his billy and give Andy the butt endof it right in the solar plexus, where that big bundle of nerves is. A hard enough hit therecan kill you, but they always go for it. If itdoesn't kill you it will paralyze you longenough to forget whatever cute move it was that you had planned.
"Boy," Hadley said, I'll give you just one chance to pick up that Padd. And then you'regoin' off this roof on your head.'
Andy just looked at him, very calm and still. His eyes were like ice. It was as if he hadn'theard. And I found myself wanting to tell him how it was, to give him the crash course.
The crash course is you never let on that you hear the guards talking, you never try tohorn in on their conversation unless you're asked (and then you always tell them just whatthey wanting to hear and shut up again). Black man, white man, red man., yellow man, inprison it doesn't matter because we've got our own brand of equality. In prison everycon's a nigger and you have to get used to the idea if you intend to survive men likeHadley and Greg Staminas, who really would kill you. just as soon as look at you. Whenyou're in stir you belong to the state and if you forget it, woe97 is you. I've known menwho've lost eyes, men who've lost toes and fingers; I knew one man who lost the tip ofhis penis and counted himself lucky that was all he lost. I wanted to tell Andy that it wasalready too late. He could go back and pick up his brush and there would still be somebig lug23 waiting for him in the showers that night, ready to charlie-horse both of his legsand leave him writhing98 on the cement. You could buy a lug like rat for a pack ofcigarettes or three Baby Ruths. Most of all, I wanted to tell him not to make it any worsethan it already was.
What I did was to keep on running tar onto the roof as if niching at all was happening.
Like everyone else, I look after n? own ass43 first. I have to. It's cracked already, and inShawshank there have always been Hadleys wiling99 to finish the job of breaking it.
Andy said, 'Maybe I put it wrong. Whether you trust her or not is immaterial. Theproblem is whether or not you believe she would ever go behind your back, try tohamstring you.'
Hadley got up. Mert got up. Tim Youngblood got up. Hadley's face was as red as the sideof a firebarn. 'Your only, problem,' he said, 'is going to be how many bones you still getunbroken. You can count them in the infirmary. Come on, Mert We're throwing thissucker over the side.'
Tim Youngblood drew his gun. The rest of us kept tarring like mad. The sun beat down.
They were going to do it; Hadley and Mert were simply going to pitch him over the side.
Terrible accident Dufresne, prisoner 81433-SHNK, was taking a couple of empties downand slipped on the ladder. Too bad.
They laid hold of him, Mert on the right arm, Hadley on the left. Andy didn't resist. Hiseyes never left Hadley's red, horsey face.
'If you've got your thumb on her, Mr Hadley,' he said in that same calm, composed voice,'there's not a reason why you shouldn't have every cent of that money. Final score, MrByron Hadley thirty-five thousand, Uncle Sam zip.'
Mert started to drag him towards the edge. Hadley just stood still. For a moment Andywas like a rope between them in a tug-of-war game. Then Hadley said, 'Hold on onesecond, Mert. What do you mean, boy?'
'I mean, if you've got your thumb on your wife, you can give it to her,' Andy said.
'You better start making sense, boy, or you're going over.'
"The government allows you a one-time-only gift to your spouse100,' Andy said. 'It's goodup to sixty thousand dollars.'
Hadley was now looking at Andy as if he had been poleaxed. 'Naw, that ain't right,' hesaid. 'Tax free?'
'Tax free,' Andy said. 'IRS can't touch cent one.'
'How would you know a thing like that?'
Tim Youngblood said: 'He used to be a banker, Byron. I s'pose he might-'
'Shut ya head, Trout101,' Hadley said without looking at him. Tim Youngblood flushed andshut up. Some of the guards called him Trout because of his thick lips and buggy eyes.
Hadley kept looking at Andy. 'You're the smart banker who shot his wife. Why should Ibelieve a smart banker like you? So I can wind up in here breaking rocks right alongsideyou? You'd like that, wouldn't you?'
Andy said quietly, 'If you went to jail for tax evasion102, you'd go to a federal penitentiary,not Shawshank. But you won't. The tax-free gift to the spouse is a perfectly103 legalloophole. I've done dozens ... no, hundreds of them'. It's meant primarily for people withsmall businesses to pass on, or for people who come into one-time-only windfalls. Likeyourself.'
'I think you're lying,' Hadley said, but he didn't - you could see he didn't. There was anemotion dawning on his face, something that was grotesque104 overlying that long, uglycountenence and that receding105, sunburned brow. An almost obscene emotion when seenon the features of Byron Hadley. It was hope.
'No, I'm not lying. There's no reason why you should take my word for it, either. Engagea lawyer -'
'Ambulance-chasing highway-robbing cocksuckers!'Hadley cried.
Andy shrugged106. "Then go to the IRS. They'll tell you the same thing for free. Actually,you don't need me to tell you at all. You would have investigated the matter for yourself.'
'You fucking-A. I don't need any smart wife-killing banker to show me where the bearshit in the buckwheat.'
'You'll need a tax lawyer or a banker to set up the gift for you and that will cost yousomething,' Andy said. 'Or ... if you were interested, I'd be glad to set it up for you nearlyfree of charge. The price would be three beers apiece for my co-workers -'
'Co-workers,' Mert said, and let out a rusty107 guffaw108. He slapped his knee. A real kneeslapperwas old Mert, and I hope he died of intestinal109 cancer in a part of the world weremorphine is as of yet undiscovered. 'Co-workers, ain't that cute? Co-workers! You ain'tgot any -'
'Shut your friggin' trap,' Hadley growled110, and Mert shut.
Hadley looked at Andy again. 'What was you saying?'
'I was saying that I'd only ask three beers apiece for my co-workers, if that seems fair,'
Andy said. 'I think a man feels more like a man when he's working out of doors in thespringtime if he can have a bottle of suds. That's only my opinion. It would go downsmooth, and I'm sure you'd have their gratitude.'
I have talked to some of the other men who were up there that day - Rennie Martin,Logan St Pierre, and Paul Bonsaint were three of them - and we all saw the same thingthen ...felt the same thing. Suddenly it was Andy who had the upper hand. It was Hadleywho had the gun on his hip and the billy in his hand, Hadley who had his friend GregStaminas behind him and the whole prison administration behind Stammas, the wholepower of the state behind that, but all at once in that golden sunshine it didn't matter, andI felt my heart leap up in my chest as it never had since the truck drove me and fourothers through the gate back in 1938 and I stepped out into the exercise yard.
Andy was looking at Hadley with those cold, clear, calm eyes, and it wasn't just thethirty-five thousand then, we all agreed on that. I've played it over and over in my mindand I know. It was man against man, and Andy simply forced him, the way a strong mancan force a weaker man's wrist to the table in a game of Indian wrestling. There was noreason, you see, why Hadley couldn't've given Mert the nod at that very minute, pitchedAndy overside onto his head, and still taken Andy's advice.
No reason. But he didn't.
'I could get you all a couple of beers if I wanted to,' Hadley said. 'A beer does taste goodwhile you're workin'.' The colossal111 prick112 even managed to sound magnanimous.
'I'd just give you one piece of advice the IRS wouldn't bother with,' Andy said. His eyeswere fixed113 unwinkingly on Hadley's. 'Make the gift to your wife if you're sure. If youthink there's even a chance she might double-cross you or backshoot you, we could workout something else -'
'Double-cross me?' Hadley asked harshly. 'Double-cross me! Mr Hotshot Banker, if sheate her way through a boxcar of Ex-Lax, she wouldn't dare fart unless I gave her the nod.'
Mert, Youngblood, and the other screws yucked it up dutifully. Andy never cracked asmile.
'I'll write down the forms you need,' he said. 'You can get them at the post office, and I'llfill them out for your signature.'
That sounded suitably important, and Hadley's chest swelled114. Then he glared around atthe rest of us and hollered, "What are you jimmies starin' at? Move your asses,goddammit!' He looked back at Andy. 'You come over here with me, hotshot. And listento me well: if you're Jewing me somehow, you're gonna find yourself chasing your headaround Shower C before the week's out.'
'Yes, I understand that,' Andy said softly.
And he did understand it. The way it turned out, he understood a lot more than I did -more than any of us did.
That's how, on the second-to-last day of the job, the convict crew that tarred the platefactoryroof in 1950 ending up sitting in a row at ten o'clock on a spring morning,drinking Black Label beer supplied by the hardest screw that ever walked a turn atShawshank Prison. That beer was piss-warm, but it was still the best I ever had in my life.
We sat and drank it and felt the sun on our shoulders, and not even the expression of halfamusement, half-contempt on Hadley's face - as if he was watching apes drink beerinstead of men -could spoil it. It lasted twenty minutes, that beer-break, and for thosetwenty minutes we felt like free men. We could have been drinking beer and tarring theroof of one of our own houses.
Only Andy didn't drink. I already told you about his -linking habits. He sat hunkereddown in the shade, hands dangling115 between his knees, watching us and smiling a little.
It's amazing how many men remember him that way, and amazing how many men wereon that work-crew when Andy Dufresne faced down Byron Hadley. I thought there werenine or ten of us, but by 1955 there must have been two hundred of us, maybe more ... ifyou believed what you heard.
So, yeah - if you asked me to give you a flat-out answer to the question of whether I'mtrying to tell you about a man or a legend that got made up around the man, like a pearlaround a little piece of grit116 - I'd have to say that the answer lies somewhere in between.
All I know for sure is that Andy Dufresne wasn't much like me or anyone else I everknew since I came inside. He brought in five hundred dollars jammed up his back porch,but somehow that graymeat son of a bitch managed to bring in something else as well. Asense of his own worth, maybe, or a feeling that he would be the winner in the end ... ormaybe it was only a sense of freedom, even inside these goddamned grey walls. It was akind of inner light he carried around with him. I only knew him to lose that light once,and that is also a part of this story.


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1 parlance VAbyp     
n.说法;语调
参考例句:
  • The term "meta directory" came into industry parlance two years ago.两年前,商业界开始用“元目录”这个术语。
  • The phrase is common diplomatic parlance for spying.这种说法是指代间谍行为的常用外交辞令。
2 brutal bSFyb     
adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的
参考例句:
  • She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
  • They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼,骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
3 prey g1czH     
n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨
参考例句:
  • Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
  • The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。
4 cramped 287c2bb79385d19c466ec2df5b5ce970     
a.狭窄的
参考例句:
  • The house was terribly small and cramped, but the agent described it as a bijou residence. 房子十分狭小拥挤,但经纪人却把它说成是小巧别致的住宅。
  • working in cramped conditions 在拥挤的环境里工作
5 rape PAQzh     
n.抢夺,掠夺,强奸;vt.掠夺,抢夺,强奸
参考例句:
  • The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
  • He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
6 projection 9Rzxu     
n.发射,计划,突出部分
参考例句:
  • Projection takes place with a minimum of awareness or conscious control.投射在最少的知觉或意识控制下发生。
  • The projection of increases in number of house-holds is correct.对户数增加的推算是正确的。
7 auditorium HO6yK     
n.观众席,听众席;会堂,礼堂
参考例句:
  • The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
  • The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出,伸入观众席。
8 tickle 2Jkzz     
v.搔痒,胳肢;使高兴;发痒;n.搔痒,发痒
参考例句:
  • Wilson was feeling restless. There was a tickle in his throat.威尔逊只觉得心神不定。嗓子眼里有些发痒。
  • I am tickle pink at the news.听到这消息我高兴得要命。
9 bloodied f2573ec56eb96f1ea4f1cc51207f137f     
v.血污的( bloody的过去式和过去分词 );流血的;屠杀的;残忍的
参考例句:
  • his bruised and bloodied nose 他沾满血的青肿的鼻子
  • His pants leg was torn and bloodied when he fell. 他跌交时裤腿破了,还染上了血。 来自辞典例句
10 bogs d60480275cf60a95a369eb1ebd858202     
n.沼泽,泥塘( bog的名词复数 );厕所v.(使)陷入泥沼, (使)陷入困境( bog的第三人称单数 );妨碍,阻碍
参考例句:
  • Whenever It'shows its true nature, real life bogs to a standstill. 无论何时,只要它显示出它的本来面目,真正的生活就陷入停滞。 来自名作英译部分
  • At Jitra we went wading through bogs. 在日得拉我们步行着从泥水塘里穿过去。 来自辞典例句
11 bleaching c8f59fe090b4d03ec300145821501bd3     
漂白法,漂白
参考例句:
  • Moderately weathered rock showed more intense bleaching and fissuring in the feldspars. 中等风化岩石则是指长石有更为强烈的变白现象和裂纹现象。
  • Bleaching effects are very strong and show on air photos. 退色效应非常强烈,并且反映在航空象片上。
12 manoeuvre 4o4zbM     
n.策略,调动;v.用策略,调动
参考例句:
  • Her withdrawal from the contest was a tactical manoeuvre.她退出比赛是一个战术策略。
  • The clutter of ships had little room to manoeuvre.船只橫七竖八地挤在一起,几乎没有多少移动的空间。
13 cons eec38a6d10735a91d1247a80b5e213a6     
n.欺骗,骗局( con的名词复数 )v.诈骗,哄骗( con的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前,应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》
14 scoop QD1zn     
n.铲子,舀取,独家新闻;v.汲取,舀取,抢先登出
参考例句:
  • In the morning he must get his boy to scoop it out.早上一定得叫佣人把它剜出来。
  • Uh,one scoop of coffee and one scoop of chocolate for me.我要一勺咖啡的和一勺巧克力的。
15 ail lVAze     
v.生病,折磨,苦恼
参考例句:
  • It may provide answers to some of the problems that ail America.这一点可能解答困扰美国的某些问题。
  • Seek your sauce where you get your ail.心痛还须心药治。
16 bent QQ8yD     
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
参考例句:
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
17 screwdriver rDpza     
n.螺丝起子;伏特加橙汁鸡尾酒
参考例句:
  • He took a screwdriver and teased out the remaining screws.他拿出螺丝刀把其余的螺丝卸了下来。
  • The electric drill can also be used as a screwdriver.这把电钻也可用作螺丝刀。
18 tar 1qOwD     
n.柏油,焦油;vt.涂或浇柏油/焦油于
参考例句:
  • The roof was covered with tar.屋顶涂抹了一层沥青。
  • We use tar to make roads.我们用沥青铺路。
19 trickle zm2w8     
vi.淌,滴,流出,慢慢移动,逐渐消散
参考例句:
  • The stream has thinned down to a mere trickle.这条小河变成细流了。
  • The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.汹涌的车流现在已经变得稀稀拉拉。
20 unnatural 5f2zAc     
adj.不自然的;反常的
参考例句:
  • Did her behaviour seem unnatural in any way?她有任何反常表现吗?
  • She has an unnatural smile on her face.她脸上挂着做作的微笑。
21 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
22 buddies ea4cd9ed8ce2973de7d893f64efe0596     
n.密友( buddy的名词复数 );同伴;弟兄;(用于称呼男子,常带怒气)家伙v.(如密友、战友、伙伴、弟兄般)交往( buddy的第三人称单数 );做朋友;亲近(…);伴护艾滋病人
参考例句:
  • We became great buddies. 我们成了非常好的朋友。 来自辞典例句
  • The two of them have become great buddies. 他们俩成了要好的朋友。 来自辞典例句
23 lug VAuxo     
n.柄,突出部,螺帽;(英)耳朵;(俚)笨蛋;vt.拖,拉,用力拖动
参考例句:
  • Nobody wants to lug around huge suitcases full of clothes.谁都不想拖着个装满衣服的大箱子到处走。
  • Do I have to lug those suitcases all the way to the station?难道非要我把那些手提箱一直拉到车站去吗?
24 gut MezzP     
n.[pl.]胆量;内脏;adj.本能的;vt.取出内脏
参考例句:
  • It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
  • My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。
25 engraved be672d34fc347de7d97da3537d2c3c95     
v.在(硬物)上雕刻(字,画等)( engrave的过去式和过去分词 );将某事物深深印在(记忆或头脑中)
参考例句:
  • The silver cup was engraved with his name. 银杯上刻有他的名字。
  • It was prettily engraved with flowers on the back. 此件雕刻精美,背面有花饰图案。 来自《简明英汉词典》
26 simultaneously 4iBz1o     
adv.同时发生地,同时进行地
参考例句:
  • The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
  • The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。
27 thighs e4741ffc827755fcb63c8b296150ab4e     
n.股,大腿( thigh的名词复数 );食用的鸡(等的)腿
参考例句:
  • He's gone to London for skin grafts on his thighs. 他去伦敦做大腿植皮手术了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The water came up to the fisherman's thighs. 水没到了渔夫的大腿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
28 jaws cq9zZq     
n.口部;嘴
参考例句:
  • The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
  • The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。
29 pried 4844fa322f3d4b970a4e0727867b0b7f     
v.打听,刺探(他人的私事)( pry的过去式和过去分词 );撬开
参考例句:
  • We pried open the locked door with an iron bar. 我们用铁棍把锁着的门撬开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • So Tom pried his mouth open and poured down the Pain-killer. 因此汤姆撬开它的嘴,把止痛药灌下去。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
30 jolt ck1y2     
v.(使)摇动,(使)震动,(使)颠簸
参考例句:
  • We were worried that one tiny jolt could worsen her injuries.我们担心稍微颠簸一下就可能会使她的伤势恶化。
  • They were working frantically in the fear that an aftershock would jolt the house again.他们拼命地干着,担心余震可能会使房子再次受到震动。
31 solitary 7FUyx     
adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士
参考例句:
  • I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
  • The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际,显得十分壮美。
32 inmate l4cyN     
n.被收容者;(房屋等的)居住人;住院人
参考例句:
  • I am an inmate of that hospital.我住在那家医院。
  • The prisoner is his inmate.那个囚犯和他同住一起。
33 buck ESky8     
n.雄鹿,雄兔;v.马离地跳跃
参考例句:
  • The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
  • The female deer attracts the buck with high-pitched sounds.雌鹿以尖声吸引雄鹿。
34 bucks a391832ce78ebbcfc3ed483cc6d17634     
n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 );钱;(英国十九世纪初的)花花公子;(用于某些表达方式)责任v.(马等)猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 );抵制;猛然震荡;马等尥起后蹄跳跃
参考例句:
  • They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
  • They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》
35 ribs 24fc137444401001077773555802b280     
n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 );(船或屋顶等的)肋拱;肋骨状的东西;(织物的)凸条花纹
参考例句:
  • He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
  • Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。
36 hip 1dOxX     
n.臀部,髋;屋脊
参考例句:
  • The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
  • The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
37 bruises bruises     
n.瘀伤,伤痕,擦伤( bruise的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • He was covered with bruises after falling off his bicycle. 他从自行车上摔了下来,摔得浑身伤痕。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The pear had bruises of dark spots. 这个梨子有碰伤的黑斑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
38 chunk Kqwzz     
n.厚片,大块,相当大的部分(数量)
参考例句:
  • They had to be careful of floating chunks of ice.他们必须当心大块浮冰。
  • The company owns a chunk of farmland near Gatwick Airport.该公司拥有盖特威克机场周边的大片农田。
39 flannel S7dyQ     
n.法兰绒;法兰绒衣服
参考例句:
  • She always wears a grey flannel trousers.她总是穿一条灰色法兰绒长裤。
  • She was looking luscious in a flannel shirt.她穿着法兰绒裙子,看上去楚楚动人。
40 abrasive 3yDz3     
adj.使表面磨损的;粗糙的;恼人的
参考例句:
  • His abrasive manner has won him an unenviable notoriety.他生硬粗暴的态度让他声名狼藉。
  • She had abrasions to her wrists where the abrasive rope had scraped her.她的手腕有多出磨伤,那是被粗糙的绳子擦伤的。
41 lethal D3LyB     
adj.致死的;毁灭性的
参考例句:
  • A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
  • She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。
42 halfway Xrvzdq     
adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途
参考例句:
  • We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路,天就黑了。
  • In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上,最忌讳的是有始无终。
43 ass qvyzK     
n.驴;傻瓜,蠢笨的人
参考例句:
  • He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
  • An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。
44 gadgets 7239f3f3f78d7b7d8bbb906e62f300b4     
n.小机械,小器具( gadget的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. 当然。设想是房屋不再充满小配件。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
  • This meant more gadgets and more experiments. 这意味着要设计出更多的装置,做更多的实验。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
45 verge gUtzQ     
n.边,边缘;v.接近,濒临
参考例句:
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。
46 radiator nTHxu     
n.暖气片,散热器
参考例句:
  • The two ends of the pipeline are connected with the radiator.管道的两端与暖气片相连接。
  • Top up the radiator before making a long journey.在长途旅行前加满散热器。
47 sketch UEyyG     
n.草图;梗概;素描;v.素描;概述
参考例句:
  • My sister often goes into the country to sketch. 我姐姐常到乡间去写生。
  • I will send you a slight sketch of the house.我将给你寄去房屋的草图。
48 bugs e3255bae220613022d67e26d2e4fa689     
adj.疯狂的,发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 );病菌;虫子;[计算机](制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的)错误
参考例句:
  • All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞,都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
49 wholesale Ig9wL     
n.批发;adv.以批发方式;vt.批发,成批出售
参考例句:
  • The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物,以零售价卖出。
  • Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。
50 funky 1fjzc     
adj.畏缩的,怯懦的,霉臭的;adj.新式的,时髦的
参考例句:
  • The kitchen smelled really funky.这个厨房有一股霉味。
  • It is a funky restaurant with very interesting art on the walls.那是一家墙上挂着很有意思的绘画的新潮餐馆。
51 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
52 butt uSjyM     
n.笑柄;烟蒂;枪托;臀部;v.用头撞或顶
参考例句:
  • The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
  • He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。
53 bust WszzB     
vt.打破;vi.爆裂;n.半身像;胸部
参考例句:
  • I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。
  • She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。
54 wink 4MGz3     
n.眨眼,使眼色,瞬间;v.眨眼,使眼色,闪烁
参考例句:
  • He tipped me the wink not to buy at that price.他眨眼暗示我按那个价格就不要买。
  • The satellite disappeared in a wink.瞬息之间,那颗卫星就消失了。
55 inventoried 87c2ab37b2bcf75f30fe5ebedd70b589     
vt.编制…的目录(inventory的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • These items have not been inventoried yet. 这些物品尚未编入目录。 来自互联网
  • The broker inventoried the bankrupt company and offered the buyer a reasonable price. 代理人将这家破产公司的财产编录清单,向买家提出了合理的价格。 来自互联网
56 inventory 04xx7     
n.详细目录,存货清单
参考例句:
  • Some stores inventory their stock once a week.有些商店每周清点存货一次。
  • We will need to call on our supplier to get more inventory.我们必须请供应商送来更多存货。
57 bunk zWyzS     
n.(车、船等倚壁而设的)铺位;废话
参考例句:
  • He left his bunk and went up on deck again.他离开自己的铺位再次走到甲板上。
  • Most economists think his theories are sheer bunk.大多数经济学家认为他的理论纯属胡说。
58 slashes 56bb1b94ee9e9eea535fc173e91c6ee0     
n.(用刀等)砍( slash的名词复数 );(长而窄的)伤口;斜杠;撒尿v.挥砍( slash的第三人称单数 );鞭打;割破;削减
参考例句:
  • They report substantial slashes in this year's defense outlays. 他们报道今年度国防经费的大量削减。 来自辞典例句
  • Inmates suffered injuries ranging from stab wounds and slashes to head trauma. 囚犯们有的被刺伤,有的被砍伤,而有的头部首创,伤势不一而足。 来自互联网
59 hearsay 4QTzB     
n.谣传,风闻
参考例句:
  • They started to piece the story together from hearsay.他们开始根据传闻把事情的经过一点点拼湊起来。
  • You are only supposing this on hearsay.You have no proof.你只是根据传闻想像而已,并没有证据。
60 chaff HUGy5     
v.取笑,嘲笑;n.谷壳
参考例句:
  • I didn't mind their chaff.我不在乎他们的玩笑。
  • Old birds are not caught with chaff.谷糠难诱老雀。
61 rumours ba6e2decd2e28dec9a80f28cb99e131d     
n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 );风闻;谣言;谣传
参考例句:
  • The rumours were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据。
  • Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。
62 quartz gCoye     
n.石英
参考例句:
  • There is a great deal quartz in those mountains.那些山里蕴藏着大量石英。
  • The quartz watch keeps good time.石英表走时准。
63 awe WNqzC     
n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧
参考例句:
  • The sight filled us with awe.这景色使我们大为惊叹。
  • The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
64 brute GSjya     
n.野兽,兽性
参考例句:
  • The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute.侵略军简直象一群野兽。
  • That dog is a dangerous brute.It bites people.那条狗是危险的畜牲,它咬人。
65 persistence hSLzh     
n.坚持,持续,存留
参考例句:
  • The persistence of a cough in his daughter puzzled him.他女儿持续的咳嗽把他难住了。
  • He achieved success through dogged persistence.他靠着坚持不懈取得了成功。
66 persistent BSUzg     
adj.坚持不懈的,执意的;持续的
参考例句:
  • Albert had a persistent headache that lasted for three days.艾伯特连续头痛了三天。
  • She felt embarrassed by his persistent attentions.他不时地向她大献殷勤,使她很难为情。
67 drawn MuXzIi     
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
参考例句:
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
68 proceedings Wk2zvX     
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报
参考例句:
  • He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
  • to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
69 asses asses     
n. 驴,愚蠢的人,臀部 adv. (常用作后置)用于贬损或骂人
参考例句:
  • Sometimes I got to kick asses to make this place run right. 有时我为了把这个地方搞得像个样子,也不得不踢踢别人的屁股。 来自教父部分
  • Those were wild asses maybe, or zebras flying around in herds. 那些也许是野驴或斑马在成群地奔跑。
70 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
71 pulp Qt4y9     
n.果肉,纸浆;v.化成纸浆,除去...果肉,制成纸浆
参考例句:
  • The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy.这西瓜瓤儿太肉了。
  • The company manufactures pulp and paper products.这个公司制造纸浆和纸产品。
72 forth Hzdz2     
adv.向前;向外,往外
参考例句:
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
73 sentry TDPzV     
n.哨兵,警卫
参考例句:
  • They often stood sentry on snowy nights.他们常常在雪夜放哨。
  • The sentry challenged anyone approaching the tent.哨兵查问任一接近帐篷的人。
74 smack XEqzV     
vt.拍,打,掴;咂嘴;vi.含有…意味;n.拍
参考例句:
  • She gave him a smack on the face.她打了他一个嘴巴。
  • I gave the fly a smack with the magazine.我用杂志拍了一下苍蝇。
75 warden jMszo     
n.监察员,监狱长,看守人,监护人
参考例句:
  • He is the warden of an old people's home.他是一家养老院的管理员。
  • The warden of the prison signed the release.监狱长签发释放令。
76 wardens e2599ddd0efb9a7622608a7c43692b1e     
n.看守人( warden的名词复数 );管理员;监察员;监察官
参考例句:
  • Air raid wardens in tin hats self-importantly stalked the streets. 空袭民防队员戴着钢盔神气活现地走在街上昂首阔步。 来自辞典例句
  • The game wardens tranquillized the rhinoceros with a drugged dart. 猎物保护区管理员用麻醉射器让犀牛静了下来。 来自辞典例句
77 penal OSBzn     
adj.刑罚的;刑法上的
参考例句:
  • I hope you're familiar with penal code.我希望你们熟悉本州法律规则。
  • He underwent nineteen years of penal servitude for theft.他因犯了大窃案受过十九年的苦刑。
78 outfit YJTxC     
n.(为特殊用途的)全套装备,全套服装
参考例句:
  • Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
  • His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。
79 auto ZOnyW     
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
参考例句:
  • Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
  • The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
80 tenure Uqjy2     
n.终身职位;任期;(土地)保有权,保有期
参考例句:
  • He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.他在担任市长的整个任期内都深得民心。
  • Land tenure is a leading political issue in many parts of the world.土地的保有权在世界很多地区是主要的政治问题。
81 brutality MSbyb     
n.野蛮的行为,残忍,野蛮
参考例句:
  • The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
  • a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军
82 clout GXhzG     
n.用手猛击;权力,影响力
参考例句:
  • The queen may have privilege but she has no real political clout.女王有特权,但无真正的政治影响力。
  • He gave the little boy a clout on the head.他在那小男孩的头部打了一下。
83 formulate L66yt     
v.用公式表示;规划;设计;系统地阐述
参考例句:
  • He took care to formulate his reply very clearly.他字斟句酌,清楚地做了回答。
  • I was impressed by the way he could formulate his ideas.他陈述观点的方式让我印象深刻。
84 gall jhXxC     
v.使烦恼,使焦躁,难堪;n.磨难
参考例句:
  • It galled him to have to ask for a loan.必须向人借钱使他感到难堪。
  • No gall,no glory.没有磨难,何来荣耀。
85 respite BWaxa     
n.休息,中止,暂缓
参考例句:
  • She was interrogated without respite for twenty-four hours.她被不间断地审问了二十四小时。
  • Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite.贬值只能让经济得到暂时的缓解。
86 paragon 1KexV     
n.模范,典型
参考例句:
  • He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
  • Man is the paragon of animals.人是万物之灵。
87 gratitude p6wyS     
adj.感激,感谢
参考例句:
  • I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
  • She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。
88 bequest dWPzq     
n.遗赠;遗产,遗物
参考例句:
  • In his will he made a substantial bequest to his wife.在遗嘱里他给妻子留下了一大笔遗产。
  • The library has received a generous bequest from a local businessman.图书馆从当地一位商人那里得到了一大笔遗赠。
89 pestering cbb7a3da2b778ce39088930a91d2c85b     
使烦恼,纠缠( pester的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • He's always pestering me to help him with his homework. 他总是泡蘑菇要我帮他做作业。
  • I'm telling you once and for all, if you don't stop pestering me you'll be sorry. 我这是最后一次警告你。如果你不停止纠缠我,你将来会后悔的。
90 shudder JEqy8     
v.战粟,震动,剧烈地摇晃;n.战粟,抖动
参考例句:
  • The sight of the coffin sent a shudder through him.看到那副棺材,他浑身一阵战栗。
  • We all shudder at the thought of the dreadful dirty place.我们一想到那可怕的肮脏地方就浑身战惊。
91 overdraft 3m3z5T     
n.透支,透支额
参考例句:
  • Her bank warned that unless she repaid the overdraft she could face legal action.银行警告她如果不偿还透支钱款,她将面临诉讼。
  • An overdraft results when a note discounted at a bank is not met when due.银行贴现的支票到期而未能支付就成为透支。
92 audits c54379fa058a9ad836b60a32f9ceb5bd     
n.审计,查账( audit的名词复数 )v.审计,查账( audit的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • Requires that use of all bond funds is subject to independent audits. 需要使用的所有债券基金是受独立审计。 来自互联网
  • Support the locations during customer-visits, audits and quality-improvement programs. 支持客户参观,稽核和提高品质等项目。 来自互联网
93 lapsed f403f7d09326913b001788aee680719d     
adj.流失的,堕落的v.退步( lapse的过去式和过去分词 );陷入;倒退;丧失
参考例句:
  • He had lapsed into unconsciousness. 他陷入了昏迷状态。
  • He soon lapsed into his previous bad habits. 他很快陷入以前的恶习中去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
94 morose qjByA     
adj.脾气坏的,不高兴的
参考例句:
  • He was silent and morose.他沉默寡言、郁郁寡欢。
  • The publicity didn't make him morose or unhappy?公开以后,没有让他郁闷或者不开心吗?
95 tightened bd3d8363419d9ff838bae0ba51722ee9     
收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)变紧; (使)绷紧; 加紧
参考例句:
  • The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
  • His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机,然后又松开了。
96 bolstered 8f664011b293bfe505d7464c8bed65c8     
v.支持( bolster的过去式和过去分词 );支撑;给予必要的支持;援助
参考例句:
  • He bolstered his plea with new evidence. 他举出新的证据来支持他的抗辩。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The data must be bolstered by inferences and indirect estimates of varying degrees of reliability. 这些资料必须借助于推理及可靠程度不同的间接估计。 来自辞典例句
97 woe OfGyu     
n.悲哀,苦痛,不幸,困难;int.用来表达悲伤或惊慌
参考例句:
  • Our two peoples are brothers sharing weal and woe.我们两国人民是患难与共的兄弟。
  • A man is well or woe as he thinks himself so.自认祸是祸,自认福是福。
98 writhing 8e4d2653b7af038722d3f7503ad7849c     
(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • She was writhing around on the floor in agony. 她痛得在地板上直打滚。
  • He was writhing on the ground in agony. 他痛苦地在地上打滚。
99 wiling ea1d128a7d34124e0ef819428505e745     
v.引诱( wile的现在分词 );诱惑;消遣;消磨
参考例句:
100 spouse Ah6yK     
n.配偶(指夫或妻)
参考例句:
  • Her spouse will come to see her on Sunday.她的丈夫星期天要来看她。
  • What is the best way to keep your spouse happy in the marriage?在婚姻中保持配偶幸福的最好方法是什么?
101 trout PKDzs     
n.鳟鱼;鲑鱼(属)
参考例句:
  • Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution.成千上万的鲑鱼和鳟鱼的鱼苗因污染而死亡。
  • We hooked a trout and had it for breakfast.我们钓了一条鳟鱼,早饭时吃了。
102 evasion 9nbxb     
n.逃避,偷漏(税)
参考例句:
  • The movie star is in prison for tax evasion.那位影星因为逃税而坐牢。
  • The act was passed as a safeguard against tax evasion.这项法案旨在防止逃税行为。
103 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • 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。
104 grotesque O6ryZ     
adj.怪诞的,丑陋的;n.怪诞的图案,怪人(物)
参考例句:
  • His face has a grotesque appearance.他的面部表情十分怪。
  • Her account of the incident was a grotesque distortion of the truth.她对这件事的陈述是荒诞地歪曲了事实。
105 receding c22972dfbef8589fece6affb72f431d1     
v.逐渐远离( recede的现在分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题
参考例句:
  • Desperately he struck out after the receding lights of the yacht. 游艇的灯光渐去渐远,他拼命划水追赶。 来自辞典例句
  • Sounds produced by vehicles receding from us seem lower-pitched than usual. 渐渐远离我们的运载工具发出的声似乎比平常的音调低。 来自辞典例句
106 shrugged 497904474a48f991a3d1961b0476ebce     
vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀,什么也没说。
  • She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩,装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
107 rusty hYlxq     
adj.生锈的;锈色的;荒废了的
参考例句:
  • The lock on the door is rusty and won't open.门上的锁锈住了。
  • I haven't practiced my French for months and it's getting rusty.几个月不用,我的法语又荒疏了。
108 guffaw XyUyr     
n.哄笑;突然的大笑
参考例句:
  • All the boys burst out into a guffaw at the joke.听到这个笑话,男孩子们发出一阵哄笑。
  • As they guffawed loudly,the ticket collector arrived.他们正哈哈大笑的时候,检票员到了。
109 intestinal DbHzX     
adj.肠的;肠壁;肠道细菌
参考例句:
  • A few other conditions are in high intestinal obstruction. 其它少数情况是高位肠梗阻。 来自辞典例句
  • This complication has occasionally occurred following the use of intestinal antiseptics. 这种并发症偶而发生在使用肠道抗菌剂上。 来自辞典例句
110 growled 65a0c9cac661e85023a63631d6dab8a3     
v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说
参考例句:
  • \"They ought to be birched, \" growled the old man. 老人咆哮道:“他们应受到鞭打。” 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He growled out an answer. 他低声威胁着回答。 来自《简明英汉词典》
111 colossal sbwyJ     
adj.异常的,庞大的
参考例句:
  • There has been a colossal waste of public money.一直存在巨大的公款浪费。
  • Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.那座城市里的一些高层建筑很庞大。
112 prick QQyxb     
v.刺伤,刺痛,刺孔;n.刺伤,刺痛
参考例句:
  • He felt a sharp prick when he stepped on an upturned nail.当他踩在一个尖朝上的钉子上时,他感到剧烈的疼痛。
  • He burst the balloon with a prick of the pin.他用针一戳,气球就爆了。
113 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
参考例句:
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
114 swelled bd4016b2ddc016008c1fc5827f252c73     
增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情)
参考例句:
  • The infection swelled his hand. 由于感染,他的手肿了起来。
  • After the heavy rain the river swelled. 大雨过后,河水猛涨。
115 dangling 4930128e58930768b1c1c75026ebc649     
悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口
参考例句:
  • The tooth hung dangling by the bedpost, now. 结果,那颗牙就晃来晃去吊在床柱上了。
  • The children sat on the high wall,their legs dangling. 孩子们坐在一堵高墙上,摇晃着他们的双腿。
116 grit LlMyH     
n.沙粒,决心,勇气;v.下定决心,咬紧牙关
参考例句:
  • The soldiers showed that they had plenty of grit. 士兵们表现得很有勇气。
  • I've got some grit in my shoe.我的鞋子里弄进了一些砂子。
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