《简·爱》 Chapter 37 第三十七章（3）

It opened slowly: a figure came out into the twilight¹ and stood on the step;

门慢慢地开了。薄暮中一个人影走了出来，站在台阶上。

a man without a hat: he stretched forth² his hand as if to feel whether it rained.

一个没有戴帽子的男人。他伸出手仿佛要感觉一下是不是在下雨。

Dusk as it was, I had recognised him -- it was my master, Edward Fairfax Rochester, and no other.

尽管已是黄昏，我还是认出他来了——那不是别人，恰恰就是我主人，爱德华·费尔法克斯·罗切斯特。

I stayed my step, almost my breath, and stood to watch him -- to examine him, myself unseen, and alas³! to him invisible.

我留住脚步，几乎屏住了呼吸，站立着看他——仔细打量他，而不让他看见，呵，他看不见我。

It was a sudden meeting, and one in which rapture⁴ was kept well in check by pain.

这次突然相遇，巨大的喜说已被痛苦所制约。

I had no difficulty in restraining my voice from exclamation⁵, my step from hasty advance.

我毫不费力地压住了我的嗓音，免得喊出声来，控制了我的脚步，免得急乎乎冲上前去。

His form was of the same strong and stalwart contour as ever:

他的外形依然象往昔那么健壮，

his port was still erect⁶, his heir was still raven⁷ black; nor were his features altered or sunk:

腰背依然笔直、头发依然乌黑。他的面容没有改变或者消瘦。

not in one year's space, by any sorrow, could his athletic⁸ strength be quelled⁹ or his vigorous prime blighted¹⁰.

任何哀伤都不可能在一年之内消蚀他强劲的力量，或是摧毁他蓬勃的青春。

But in his countenance¹¹ I saw a change: that looked desperate and brooding --

但在他的面部表情上，我看到了变化。他看上去绝望而深沉——

that reminded me of some wronged and fettered¹² wild beast or bird, dangerous to approach in his sullen¹³ woe¹⁴.

令我想起受到虐待和身陷囹圄的野兽或鸟类，在恼怒痛苦之时，走近它是很危险的。

The caged eagle, whose gold-ringed eyes cruelty has extinguished, might look as looked that sightless Samson.

一只笼中的鹰，被残酷地割去了金色的双眼，看上去也许就像这位失明的参孙。

And, reader, do you think I feared him in his blind ferocity?

读者呀，你们认为，他那么又瞎又凶，我会怕他吗？

-- if you do, you little know me.

——要是你认为我怕，那你太不了解我了。

A soft hope blest with my sorrow that soon I should dare to drop a kiss on that brow of rock,

伴随着哀痛，我心头浮起了温存的希望，那就是很快就要胆大包天，吻一吻他岩石般的额头

and on those lips so sternly sealed beneath it: but not yet.

和额头下冷峻地封闭的眼睑。但时机未到，

I would not accost¹⁵ him yet.

我还不想招呼他呢。

1 twilight   

n.暮光，黄昏；暮年，晚期，衰落时期

参考例句：

• Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
• Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。

2 forth   

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。

3 alas   

int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等)

参考例句：

• Alas!The window is broken!哎呀！窗子破了！
• Alas,the truth is less romantic.然而，真理很少带有浪漫色彩。

4 rapture   

n.狂喜；全神贯注；着迷；v.使狂喜

参考例句：

• His speech was received with rapture by his supporters.他的演说受到支持者们的热烈欢迎。
• In the midst of his rapture,he was interrupted by his father.他正欢天喜地，被他父亲打断了。

5 exclamation   

n.感叹号，惊呼，惊叹词

参考例句：

• He could not restrain an exclamation of approval.他禁不住喝一声采。
• The author used three exclamation marks at the end of the last sentence to wake up the readers.作者在文章的最后一句连用了三个惊叹号，以引起读者的注意。

6 erect   

n./v.树立，建立，使竖立；adj.直立的，垂直的

参考例句：

• She held her head erect and her back straight.她昂着头，把背挺得笔直。
• Soldiers are trained to stand erect.士兵们训练站得笔直。

7 raven   

n.渡鸟，乌鸦；adj.乌亮的

参考例句：

• We know the raven will never leave the man's room.我们知道了乌鸦再也不会离开那个男人的房间。
• Her charming face was framed with raven hair.她迷人的脸上垂落着乌亮的黑发。

8 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

9 quelled   

v.（用武力）制止，结束，镇压( quell的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Thanks to Kao Sung-nien's skill, the turmoil had been quelled. 亏高松年有本领，弹压下去。 来自汉英文学 - 围城
• Mr. Atkinson was duly quelled. 阿特金森先生被及时地将了一军。 来自辞典例句

10 blighted   

adj.枯萎的，摧毁的

参考例句：

• Blighted stems often canker.有病的茎往往溃烂。
• She threw away a blighted rose.她把枯萎的玫瑰花扔掉了。

11 countenance   

n.脸色，面容；面部表情；vt.支持，赞同

参考例句：

• At the sight of this photograph he changed his countenance.他一看见这张照片脸色就变了。
• I made a fierce countenance as if I would eat him alive.我脸色恶狠狠地，仿佛要把他活生生地吞下去。

12 fettered   

v.给…上脚镣，束缚( fetter的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• We reverence tradition but will not be fettered by it. 我们尊重传统，但不被传统所束缚。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Many people are fettered by lack of self-confidence. 许多人都因缺乏自信心而缩手缩脚。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

13 sullen   

adj.愠怒的，闷闷不乐的，(天气等)阴沉的

参考例句：

• He looked up at the sullen sky.他抬头看了一眼阴沉的天空。
• Susan was sullen in the morning because she hadn't slept well.苏珊今天早上郁闷不乐，因为昨晚没睡好。

14 woe   

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。

15 accost   

v.向人搭话，打招呼

参考例句：

• He ruminated on his defenses before he should accost her father.他在与她父亲搭话前，仔细地考虑着他的防范措施。
• They have been assigned to accost strangers and extract secrets from them.他们被指派去与生疏人搭讪从并从他们那里套出奥秘。