Tess of D'Urberville - Thomas Hardy

flagstone石板;鋪石路 floor

seething煮沸;冒泡;翻騰 in the suds肥皂水.

jigging吉格舞 up and down; the water dribbled滴下;細流

matron's女總管;女舍監;護士長;女看守 elbows

ditty歌謠;小調

upbraided責罵,訓斥

blither胡扯

pedigree家譜,系譜

put on a deprecating不贊成的,不以為然的 look

beehives擁擠的地方

impetuously激烈地;性急地

Her rebuke指責,非難;訓斥

impart分給;給予;傳授

cowed恐嚇,威脅

expostulate勸告;告誡. S

slily祕密地

jaunt遠足;短途旅遊

Behold, when thy face is made bare, he that loved thee shall hate;
Thy face shall be no more fair at the fall of thy fate.
For thy life shall fall as a leaf and be shed as the rain;
And the veil of thine head shall be grief, and the crown shall be pain.

Decrepit衰老的;東倒西歪的;破舊的

effete衰弱的;無能力的 aristocracy

carters運貨馬車夫;趕大車的人

perennial終年的,常年的 necessity

creeds教義,信條 being transient

outlasting比...命長

circuitou迂曲的;繞行的s

bedstead床架

dimity麻紗,條格麻紗;提花布

mistletoe槲寄生

Having nothing more to fear, having scarce anything to hope

relent變溫和;變寬容;發慈悲,憐憫

speculative思索的;推測的

that having shifted the burden of her life to his shoulders

irresolute優柔寡斷的

Caroline bodice女用緊身馬甲

his small compressed mouth indexing表明,指示 his powers of self-control

passion's slave



enfranchisement解放

the harrowing使痛苦,折磨 contingencies意外事故;偶然事件 of human experience

the unexpectedness of things

The little less, and what worlds away!

ostensible外表的;假裝的

the night which had already swallowed up his happiness

listlessly無精打采地



ashy灰的;覆蓋著灰的 and furtive偷偷的;鬼鬼祟祟的;狡猾的, as though associated with crime

larder貯藏食品

facile熟練的;流暢的


The pair were, in truth, but the ashes of their former fires.

half-dried tears had left glistening traces thereon

trickery欺騙;奸計

The meal was passed in commonplace 老生常談;陳詞濫調talk of what he had been doing during the morning at the Abbey Mill

she murmured, in piteous raillery開玩笑;逗趣. "You mean in name!
Well, I don't want to be anything more."

only you urged me!

It had blocked his acceptance of the Church; it blocked his acceptance of Tess.

ebullition(感情等的)迸發

antipathetic引起反感(或厭惡)的

His thought had been unsuspended; he was becoming ill with thinking; eaten out with thinking, withered by thinking; scourged使痛苦;折磨 out of all his former pulsating搏動;悸動;脈動, flexuous不穩定的 domesticity家庭生活.

recuperative恢復中的;具恢復力的


lucid頭腦清楚的;神志清明的

fiat命令;許可

vulpine詭計多端的 slyness of Dame Nature

hoodwinked蒙住...的眼睛 by her love for Clare

proclivity傾向;癖性;氣質 of the supersensitive

fastidious愛挑剔的;難討好的;過分講究的

she was another woman than the one who had excited his desire.

bore the ring that mocked them both

Propensities癖好,偏愛, tendencies, habits

tyrannous暴虐的;壓制的;專橫的

assuaging 緩和,減輕(病痛等)

boreal北極的 light

when two people are once parted--have abandoned a common domicile and a common environment--new growths insensibly bud upward to fill each vacated place; unforeseen accidents hinder intentions, and old plans are forgotten.


The words of endearment were inexpressibly sweet to her forlorn and hungry heart.

banister(常複數)欄杆

precarious 任憑他人擺佈的

confluence匯合,聚集

Midnight came and passed silently, for there was nothing to announce
it in the Valley of the Froom.

somnambulistic夢遊(症)的 state

gyrated迴旋

aversion厭惡,反感


spurt突然的噴射 of mental excitement

mortify使感屈辱;使失面子;使羞愧

beatific喜氣洋洋的;快樂的,賜與祝福的 interval was over

acquiesced默認;默許;默從

Samson大力士, (聖經)參孫(舊約士師記13-16)

waited in expectancy to

scorch使枯萎

The words of endearment were inexpressibly sweet to her forlorn and hungry heart.

banister(常複數)欄杆

precarious 任憑他人擺佈的

confluence匯合,聚集

stultify使顯得愚蠢

vagary怪異的行為(或觀念);難以預測的變化

amatory愛情的;戀愛的

fiasco完全失敗;可恥的失敗

unobtrusive不唐突的;不冒昧的;謙虛的

stumps(樹倒或被砍後遺留下的)殘幹,根株

jocularity詼諧的言行

valiantly 勇敢地,英勇地

tacit緘默的,不說話的

estrangement疏遠;失和,不和

dissipate驅散(霧等),使消散;消除,使消失 the sadness o

sundered分開;隔開;切斷;割裂 like the poles

There is no anger between us, though there is that which I cannot endure at present.

That was all she said on the matter. If Tess had been artful, had
she made a scene, fainted, wept hysterically, in that lonely lane,
notwithstanding the fury of fastidiousness with which he was
possessed, he would probably not have withstood抵擋,反抗;禁得起 her. But her mood of long-suffering made his way easy for him, and she herself was
his best advocate. Pride, too, entered into her submission

quoted a line from a poet, with peculiar emendations校訂;修改 of his own--

God's NOT in his heaven: All's WRONG with the world!(God's in his heaven. All's right with the world!
上帝在他的天堂里，整个世界都是那么美好！

这是英国诗人罗伯特.伯朗宁的诗歌Pippa's Song：

The year's at the spring
一年之计在于春,
And day's at the morn;
一日之计在于晨.
Morning's at seven;
一晨之计在七时，
The hillside's dew-pearled;
山坡上装点着珍珠般的露水;
The lark's on the wing;
云雀在风中飞跃;
The snail's on the thorn;
山垆上蜗牛在爬行;
God's in his heaven --- All's right with the world.
上帝在他的天堂里---整个世界都是那么祥和、太平、美好！

本诗描写了一个名叫Pippa的女孩,身为孤儿的她过着惨遭剥削的凄惨生活,可是她明知道世界上充满了不公和邪恶,但是她还是相信God's in his heaven ，All's right with the world ....)


stupor不省人事;恍惚

I don't know why children o' my bringing forth should all be bigger simpletons呆子;笨蛋 than other people's--not to know better than to blab洩漏(祕密) such a thing as that, when he couldn't ha' found it out till too late!"

How unexpected were the attacks of destiny!

encumbrance妨礙;障礙;拖累

The picture of life had changed for him. Before this time he had
known it but speculatively; now he thought he knew it as a practical
man

Wiertz Museum (Antoine Joseph Wiertz (February 22, 1806 - June 18, 1865) was a Belgian romantic painter and sculptor.)

Van Beers

desultory雜亂的;散漫的;不連貫的;古怪的 beyond

perturbed使心緒不寧,使不安,煩擾

the Nazarene基督教信徒.
transmuted使變形(或變質);使變化

dogged頑固的,固執的

stoically恬淡寡慾地;堅忍地

apostasy叛教;脫黨;變節

placard招貼,公告;海報;公告牌,標語牌

exposition闡述;說明;解說 of his plans

"The words of King Lemuel" (the chapter in Proverbs in praise
of a virtuous wife)

lectern讀經臺;講臺

dupe容易受騙的人;容易被愚弄的人

cooing柔情地低聲說 voice

deprecations反對

hung a deeper shade

In considering what Tess was not, he overlooked what she was, and forgot that the defective有缺陷的,不完美的 can be more than the entire.

emanation放射;發散

beatific賜與祝福的

enviable可羨慕的;引起妒忌的

estrange使疏遠;使感情失和

reconnoitre偵察;勘察

reverie白日夢;幻想

incensed激怒了的;憤怒的 against his fate

cooped him up把...關在籠子(或欄舍等)中;把...拘禁起來 in a corner, out of which there was no legitimate pathway.

disinterestedly公正地;無偏見地;無私地

no woman do when it comes to agony極度痛苦;苦-point

the prophet on the top of Peor (The name of a mountain peak (Num. 23:28) to which Balak led Balaam as a last effort to induce him to pronounce a curse upon Israel. The tribes of Israel are described as being visible from the peak, but nethertheless, Balaam refused to curse them, and continued to offer blessings (24:1-9). Peor is similar to the Egyptian Pi-Hor ("House of Horus"). )

unimpeachable無可指責的;無可懷疑的;清白的

levity不穩定;多變, 輕率;輕浮

a worthless lover, but a faithful friend

corroborated證實,確證

by Izz's

subsequent to the parting of Clare and Tess. We discover the latter in changed conditions;

porterage搬運;運輸業;運費

Mentally she remained in utter stagnation淤塞;停滯, a condition which the mechanical occupation rather fostered than checked.

supernumerary定額以外的人

consecrated被奉為神聖的

inclement天氣險惡的;氣候嚴酷的


mendicant乞丐

This hope she still fostered.

deluded受矇騙的;輕信的

people of means and social sophistication, and of manners other than rural.

gentility上流社會

purlieus邊緣地區,鄰近地區,外圍地區

wince畏縮;退避

all hope of obtaining her husband's forgiveness began to leave her

habitude本質,本性

obliterating忘掉,忘卻

superadded再加上,添加,附加,追加

don穿上;披上;穿著

boor農民;鄉下人

thinking of her wasted life

ensconced安置好的;安居的

arable適於耕種的;可開墾的 ground


amuck殺氣騰騰地;狂暴地

teeming多產的

to suppose myself the most miserable being on earth

not a twinge劇痛,刺痛;陣痛 of bodily pain about me!

condemnation譴責

fortitude堅忍;剛毅



the tolerable nature of her own

despise鄙視;看不起

several young men were troublesomely complimentary to her good looks.



My husband that was is gone away, and never will love me any more; but I love him just the same, and hate all other men


serge嗶嘰 cape披肩;斗篷[

red woollen cravat領帶

There is no sign of young passion in her now--

roved徘徊(在...);流浪(在...)

percipient感知的;知覺的

inorganic無組織的


there was the record of a pulsing life which had learnt too well, for its years, of the dust and ashes of things, of the cruelty of lust and the fragility of love.

trudged跋涉,步履艱難地走

enmity敵意;不和

disconcerting挫敗;擾亂(計劃等),使倉皇失措;使困窘 her but little

stringencies迫切 b

poultry家禽

Cybele希神】西芭莉(古代小亞細亞人崇拜的自然女神)

supinely懶散地;怠慢地

bastions堡壘

gable山牆,三角牆 jutted使突出;使伸出

her loneliness was excessive,

the truth is, I don't care anything about my looks

"O yes it is, quite fair; though I am very unhappy."


draughty通風良好的

harridans醜老太婆;巫婆;魔女

surcharged使負擔過重 with emotion

winced畏縮;退避 like a wounded animal

under injunction命令;指令;訓諭 to

flustered激動不安的;慌張的

in trust for your wife託管,信託;管理,照顧

incongruous不合適的;不適宜的;不相稱 act

heirlooms祖傳遺物,傳家寶

donned穿上;披上;穿著

fine feathers make fine birds

acreage英畝數;以英畝計算的土地面積


Tess's sense of her striking appearance

The ale had gone flat(啤酒等)走了氣的;走了味的 with long standing.

skein一束,一絞


withy細枝;柳條繩索-bed

belated誤期的;太遲的

wistfully沈思地;憂愁地

gratuity賞錢,小費

they had deserved better at the hands of Fate. She had deserved worse--yet she was the chosen one. It was wicked of her to take all without paying. She would pay to the uttermost farthing

andirons(暖爐或壁爐的)鐵製柴架;薪架

Providential上帝的;根據神意的 interposition介入;干涉 .

I did not mention it because I was afraid of endangering my chance
of you, darling, the great prize of my life

I thought it might frighten you away from me. I put it off




plenary完全的,充分的;絕對的

dissipation放蕩

grate爐柵,爐格

exculpatory辯解的

strait困境,危難

iteration重複;重述

imparted告知;透露

In the strenuousness緊張的;艱苦的;繁重的

perfunctory敷衍的,馬虎的;得過且過的

prestidigitation變戲法


"I repeat, the woman I have been loving is not you." -"But who?" - "Another woman in your shape."

imposter騙子;冒充者

flaccid軟弱的

strained牽強附會的

apathetically不露感情地;無動於衷地,不感興趣地;冷淡地

inimical敵意的,不友好的

smothering忍住,抑制;扼殺

agape洞開著(的),張開著(的)

it might lead you to show pity to your poor lonely one.

I grieve and grieve to miss you who used to see them with me

Your faithful heartbroken
TESS

decry責難;誹謗

decided not to intrude into a situation which they knew no way of bettering.

relinquish 放棄;撤出;棄絕


He had come to this place in a fit of desperation

During this time of absence he had mentally aged a dozen years.

What arrested him now as of value in life was less its beauty than
its pathos痛苦.

especially when in distant lands, to entrust to strangers details of their lives which they would on no account mention to friends

The stranger had sojourned in many more lands and among many more
peoples than Angel; to his COSMOPOLITAN MIND

cursory匆忙的;粗略的

parochialism鄉土觀念;眼光狹窄; 教區制度

Hellenic Paganism

from being her critic he grew to be her advocate辯護者;律師

musty發霉的;有霉味的, 陳腐的;過時的

to-day towards yesterday, of hereafter towards to-day

oblivion遺忘,失去感覺

Was not the gleaning拾落穗;拾遺集;選集;蒐集物 of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

renascent新生的;再生的

attenuated (使)變細;(使)變小

posy花束,

melted the heart of a stone

ditties歌謠;小調
名複: ditties

traipsing遊蕩,閒蕩