月亮和六便士 第四十章(2)

 "Did you get what you wanted?" he asked. “买到你要买的东西了吗？”他问。

"No." “没有。”

We walked on in silence, and then came to a place where several streets met. I stopped at the curb¹. 我们又一声不响地往前走，最后走到一处几条路交叉的路口。我在马路边上停下来。

"Which way do you go?" I enquired². “你往哪边走？”我问他。

"Your way," he smiled. “同你走一条路。”

"I'm going home." “我回家。”

"I'll come along with you and smoke a pipe." “我到你那里去抽一斗烟。”

"You might wait for an invitation," I retorted frigidly³. “你总得等人请你吧。”我冷冷地说。

"I would if I thought there was any chance of getting one." “要是我知道有被邀请的可能我就等着了。”

"Do you see that wall in front of you?" I said, pointing. “你看到前面那堵墙了吗？”我问，向前面指了一下。

"Yes." “看到了。”

"In that case I should have thought you could see also that I don't want your company." “要是你还有这种眼力，我想你也就会看到我并不欢迎你了。”

"I vaguely⁴ suspected it, I confess." “说老实话，我猜到了这一点。”

I could not help a chuckle⁵. 我噗哧地一声笑了。

It is one of the defects of my character that I cannot altogether dislike anyone who makes me laugh. But I pulled myself together. 我不能讨厌一个能惹我发笑的人，这也许是我性格上的一个弱点。但是我马上就绷起脸来。

"I think you're detestable. You're the most loathsome⁶ beast that it's ever been my misfortune to meet. “我觉得你是一个非常讨厌的人。我怎么会那么倒霉，认识了你这么一个最惹人嫌的东西。

Why do you seek the society of someone who hates and despises you?" 你为什么偏偏要缠着一个讨厌你、看不起你的人呢？”

"My dear fellow, what the hell do you suppose I care what you think of me?" “你以为我很注意你对我的看法吗，老兄？”

"Damn it all," I said, more violently because I had an inkling my motive⁷ was none too creditable, "I don't want to know you." “真见鬼！”我说，因为感觉到我的动机一点也站不住脚，反而装出一副更加气愤的样子。“我不想认识你。”

"Are you afraid I shall corrupt⁸ you?" “你怕我会把你带坏了吗？”

His tone made me feel not a little ridiculous. 他的语气让我觉得自己非常可笑。

I knew that he was looking at me sideways, with a sardonic⁹ smile. 我知道他正斜着眼睛看我，脸上带着讥嘲的笑容。

"I suppose you are hard up," I remarked insolently¹⁰. “我猜想你手头又窘了吧！”我傲慢地说。

"I should be a damned fool if I thought I had any chance of borrowing money from you." “要是我还认为有希望从你手里借到钱，我真是个大傻瓜了。”

"You've come down in the world if you can bring yourself to flatter." “要是你硬逼着自己讨别人喜欢，那说明你现在已经穷得没有办法了。”

He grinned. 他咧开嘴笑了笑。

"You'll never really dislike me so long as I give you the opportunity to get off a good thing now and then." “只要我不时地能叫你开开心，你是永远也不会真正讨厌我的。”

I had to bite my lip to prevent myself from laughing. 我不能不咬住嘴唇才憋着没有笑出来。

What he said had a hateful truth in it, 他说的话尽管可恶，却有一定的真实性。

and another defect of my character is that I enjoy the company of those, however depraved, who can give me a Roland for my Oliver. 此外，我的性格还有一个弱点：不论什么人，尽管道德上非常堕落，但只要能够和我唇枪舌剑，针锋相对，我还是愿意同他在一起的。

I began to feel that my abhorrence¹¹ for Strickland could only be sustained by an effort on my part. 我开始觉得我对思特里克兰德的厌恶只有靠我单方面努力才能维持下去。

I recognised my moral weakness, but saw that my disapprobation had in it already something of a pose; 我认识到我精神上的弱点，看到我对他的态度实在有点儿装腔作势。

and I knew that if I felt it, his own keen instinct had discovered it, too. 而且我还知道，如果我自己已经感觉到这点，思特里克兰德的敏锐的观察力是不会看不到的。

He was certainly laughing at me up his sleeve. 他肯定正在暗暗地笑我呢。

I left him the last word, and sought refuge in a shrug¹² of the shoulders and taciturnity. 我耸了耸肩膀，没有再说什么，让他在这场舌战中占了上风。

1 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

2 enquired   

打听( enquire的过去式和过去分词 )； 询问； 问问题； 查问

参考例句：

• He enquired for the book in a bookstore. 他在书店查询那本书。
• Fauchery jestingly enquired whether the Minister was coming too. 浮式瑞嘲笑着问部长是否也会来。

3 frigidly   

adv.寒冷地；冷漠地；冷淡地；呆板地

参考例句：

4 vaguely   

adv.含糊地，暖昧地

参考例句：

• He had talked vaguely of going to work abroad.他含糊其词地说了到国外工作的事。
• He looked vaguely before him with unseeing eyes.他迷迷糊糊的望着前面，对一切都视而不见。

5 chuckle   

vi.／n.轻声笑，咯咯笑

参考例句：

• He shook his head with a soft chuckle.他轻轻地笑着摇了摇头。
• I couldn't suppress a soft chuckle at the thought of it.想到这个，我忍不住轻轻地笑起来。

6 loathsome   

adj.讨厌的，令人厌恶的

参考例句：

• The witch hid her loathsome face with her hands.巫婆用手掩住她那张令人恶心的脸。
• Some people think that snakes are loathsome creatures.有些人觉得蛇是令人憎恶的动物。

7 motive   

n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的

参考例句：

• The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
• He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

8 corrupt   

v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的

参考例句：

• The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
• This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。

9 sardonic   

adj.嘲笑的，冷笑的，讥讽的

参考例句：

• She gave him a sardonic smile.她朝他讥讽地笑了一笑。
• There was a sardonic expression on her face.她脸上有一种嘲讽的表情。

10 insolently   

adv.自豪地，自傲地

参考例句：

• No does not respect, speak insolently,satire, etc for TT management team member. 不得发表对TT管理层人员不尊重、出言不逊、讽刺等等的帖子。 来自互联网
• He had replied insolently to his superiors. 他傲慢地回答了他上司的问题。 来自互联网

11 abhorrence   

n.憎恶；可憎恶的事

参考例句：

• This nation has an abhorrence of terrrorism.这个民族憎恶恐怖主义。
• It is an abhorrence to his feeling.这是他深恶痛绝的事。

12 shrug   

v.耸肩(表示怀疑、冷漠、不知等)

参考例句：

• With a shrug,he went out of the room.他耸一下肩，走出了房间。
• I admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism.我很佩服她能对错误的批评意见不予理会。