The Mysterious of Udolpho - Ann Radcliffe

vassals封臣，家臣（中世紀為國王或其他權貴效忠的受封者）

in the wild and solitary mountains of a foreign country, in the castle, and the power of a man

exercised an usurped盜用authority over her

promontories【地】岬,海角

battlements(塔、城堡等)設有槍砲眼的城垛

the asperities (聲音、語調、態度、脾氣的)粗暴of Madame Montoni's temper

'Well, Annette, well, I am better now.'

lacquey僕人；用人；聽差；跟班

loquacity多話,饒舌

the strength of her resolution remedied the weakness of her frame

how remote was her hope of happiness

vanguard先頭部隊；前衞；尖兵i

cavalcade（參加典禮的）騎馬隊列，車隊

condottieri (Condottieri (singular condottiero and condottiere) were the mercenary soldier leaders (or warlords) of the professional, military free companies contracted by the Italian city-states and the Papacy,[1] from the late Middle Ages and throughout the Renaissance. In contemporary Italian, condottiero means "contractor", and is synonymous with the modern English title Mercenary Captain, which, historiographically, does not connote the hired soldier’s nationality)

cymbals鈸，鐃鈸（打擊樂器）

the regattas (源出義大利威尼斯的)鳳尾船比賽of Venice

don't be in such a FLUSTER使忙亂；使慌亂；使緊張,

banish趕走；驅除

with a look of acrimony（態度、言辭）尖刻，譏諷

parried擋開；攔擋the blow

altercation爭論；爭辯；爭吵

the Count was rewarded for his treachery, had already appeared.

porter行李員；搬運工

undaunted 頑強；百折不撓；堅強不屈

It represented a lady in the flower of youth and beauty

to forget her own injuries in the misfortunes of her enemy

bewail悲悼；哀歎；為…感到悲慟 my lot命運；生活狀況


I refused to relinquish（尤指不情願地）放棄my settlements

upbraided 責罵,訓斥him with his shameful conduct

I will not submit to such usage.

Ariosto (Ludovico Ariosto (8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic Orlando Furioso (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato, describes the adventures of Charlemagne, Orlando, and the Franks as they battle against the Saracens with diversions into many side plots. Ariosto composed the poem in the ottava rima rhyme scheme and introduced narratorial commentary throughout the work.)

She had passed the spring of youth, but her wit prolonged the triumph of its reign

Her petits soupers were the most tasteful of any in Paris

the splendour of her establishment was chiefly supplied from the profits of her tables.

javelins標槍

The strange and horrible supposition was but momentary

equivocation含糊其詞；支吾；搪塞

execrations憎惡;詛咒;被詛咒之人或物

the violence of whose convulsions痙攣；抽搐 was abating減少,減弱,減輕


with fierce, yet subjugated征服;制服;使屈從; 克制,抑制, looks

turret塔樓，角樓of the castle

deserved this reproof責備；譴責；非難

connivance共謀；縱容；默許of the servant

wine ewers大口水壺，大口水罐

A damp chillness came over her; her sight became confused

sentinel哨兵
I shall be frightened out of my senses

heterogeneous由很多種類組成的；各種各樣的distresses of Annette

sleep was fled from her harassed mind

flurried（尤指事情過多而）慌亂的

fife小橫笛（用於軍樂中與鼓合奏）

As the hour of appointment drew near, her impatience increased.

carousing痛飲狂歡；狂飲作樂

soldiers' accoutrements(常用複)(武器及服裝以外的士兵)裝備

fiend魔鬼；惡魔

which was now risen high above the towers.

offer their orisons (常複數)【書】祈禱 to heaven

a receptacle容器for the dead

no vestige(通常用於否定句）絲毫，一點兒appear to proclaim明確顯示；成為標誌；表明it

IL PENSEROSO (Il Penseroso is a vision of poetic Melancholy by John Milton. Presented in the 1645 folio of verses, The Poems of Mr. John Milton, both English and Latin, Il Penseroso was presented as a companion piece to L'Allegro, a vision of poetic Mirth.)

plunder（尤指戰爭中）掠奪的財物

rapine【文】強奪,搶劫,劫掠
From this latter practice arose their name--CONDOTTIERI; a term formidable all over Italy, for a period, which concluded in the earlier part of the seventeenth century

their characters acquired a mixture of intrepidity大膽的行為and profligacy放蕩;浪費

obnoxious極討厭的；可憎的；令人作嘔的

whose inveterate惡感或陋習, though silent, hatred he had long ago incurred

ambuscade埋伏;伏兵

'Moderation is the virtue of cowards,' retorted Verezzi; 'they are
moderate in every thing--but in fear.'

scabbard(刀、劍的）鞘

a pale and emaciated（常指因疾病或缺少食物而）消瘦的，憔悴的，虛弱的face

debar阻止，防止，禁止（某人做某事，加入某團體等）
secure (to obtain or achieve something, especially when this means using a lot of effort （尤指經過努力）獲得，取得，實現) an opportunity of privately
dispatching her

succour救助；救援；幫助

cordial（不含酒精、加水飲用的）甜果汁飲料

her imperious (expecting people to obey you and treating them as if they are not as important as you 專橫的；蠻橫的；盛氣凌人的) aunt

precipitately猛進地

jocose開玩笑的;詼諧的

tapering尖端細的; 漸漸減少的
it is an omen, and bodes預兆 no good.

at this recital (a spoken description of a series of events, etc. that is often long and boring （口述）逐一列舉；贅述), shed tears

knell喪鐘

(Poems. By William Mason, M.A.: Containing, odes, elegies, dramatic pieces) (In 1762 Mason published three Elegies) (ELEGY V.
ON THE DEATH OF A LADY.)

the strange infatuation (very strong feelings of love or attraction for somebody/something, especially when these are unreasonable and do not last long （尤指一時的）熱戀，痴迷) that had proved so fatal to her aunt

Cerements屍布;蠟布;壽衣

Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri (or Domenichino) (October 21, 1581 – April 16, 1641) was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School, or Carracci School, of painters.)

aversion厭惡；憎惡

have none of those contemptible可輕蔑的；可鄙的；卑劣的foibles（性格上無傷大雅的）怪癖，弱點，小缺點

repository倉庫；貯藏室；存放處

She thought of her deceased parents and then of the absent Valancourt,
and frequently called upon their names

propitious順利的; 有利的; 適合的[(+to/for/towards)] to

a voice so full of pathos(文學或音樂作品、演講)激起憐憫(或同情等)的因素; 感傷力, 【罕】痛苦that it evidently sang not of imaginary sorrows

Ossian (Ossian is the narrator and supposed author of a cycle of poems which the Scottish poet James Macpherson claimed to have translated from ancient sources in the Scots Gaelic. He is based on Oisín, son of Finn or Fionn mac Cumhaill, a character from Irish mythology.)

cotes (家畜、家禽等的)棚,欄. 【英】【方】村舍;小屋)

hurly-burly (a very noisy and busy activity or situation 騷動；喧鬧)

uproar (situation in which people shout and make a lot of noise because they are angry or upset about something 吵鬧；喧囂；叫喊)

an act of injustice, inspired her with a noble, though imprudent, courage

pillaged搶劫；劫掠；掠奪

her impatience for intelligence became painful

surliness乖戾,粗暴,無禮

he is in the right, and I am in the wrong.

cypress【植】柏; 落羽杉; 白扁柏[C]

sycamore懸鈴木, 美國梧桐
mused若有所思地說; 沈思 upon her own situation

Abbe Berthelon on Electricity

a violent altercation爭論; 爭吵ensued

peal宏亮而持續的響聲, 隆隆聲[(+of)]

figs【植】無花果; 無花果樹[C]

fig【植】無花果; 無花果樹[C]

with a stilletto短劍in his hand

her pleasant embowered以樹蔭等遮蔽 chamber

perspicuity明晰; 簡明

Hesper (Hesper, the mortal star of evening) beams

venerate尊敬; 崇敬Florence as the seat of literature and of the fine arts

a man may falsely impeach【律】控告; 檢舉his enemy

obnoxious【文】令人非常不快的, 討厭的, 可憎的

was beset圍攻; 包圍住by dangers of another kind

carousing酒宴; 痛飲

taper細蠟燭; (點火用的)紙媒, 燭芯[C]

skirmishes小規模戰鬥；小衝突；（尤指）遭遇戰

loquacious話多的；健談的；喋喋不休的

with a countenance of ineffable（美好得）難以形容的，不可言喻的
tenderness and anxiety

trombone長號；伸縮長號

straggling 散落;四散;零星地出現(或離開)

impediment妨礙；阻礙；障礙

sylvan森林的；林木的and pastoral landscape

beneath the dark umbrage樹蔭 of gigantic pines

the most impious（對上帝和宗教）不敬的，不恭的men are often the most
superstitious

not irrecoverably lost

depredations掠奪；劫掠；蹂躪；破壞

connive共謀；狼狽為奸；同流合污, 縱容；默許；放任

celerity迅速;敏捷

coif頭巾

fretful煩躁的；苦惱的；不舒適的

her long fretting苦惱；煩躁；焦慮不安 had made her so

oriel突出主體牆外的建築；凸肚窗

vassals封臣，家臣

musing upon the melancholy fate of the Marchioness


hung round with dark arras花毯;掛毯

pall柩衣；棺材罩布

cut off使死亡

she perceived something of that pensive melancholy in the portrait

In this closet were many memorials of the departed已故的Marchioness

every object, on which her eye fixed, seemed to speak of the Marchioness

black counterpane床罩

got out of the chamber as fast as their trembling limbs would bear them

the deceased Marchioness

lamentation悲傷；悲痛；悲哀；十分失望

beech山毛櫸

umbrage樹蔭

intrepidity大膽,剛勇, 大膽的行為

approbation認可；批准

jocosely開玩笑地;詼諧地

scabbard（刀、劍的）鞘

reliques遺物；遺跡；遺風；遺俗

years are made up of moments, and that every step they took carried them nearer to their graves

tried to be deaf to the wind, that howled mournfully at the casement

Saracens (Saracen was a term used by the ancient Romans to refer to people who inhabited the deserts near the Roman province of Syria and who were distinct from Arabs. The term was later applied to Arab peoples and by the time of European chroniclers during the time of the Crusades came to be synonymous with Muslim.)

Troubadors (A troubadour (Occitan pronunciation: [tɾuβaˈðuɾ], originally [tɾuβaˈðoɾ]) was a composer and performer of Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word "troubadour" is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a trobairitz.)

strongly tinctured使帶有...氣息(或風味、特徵) with the superstition of the times

THE PROVENCAL普羅旺斯的TALE

thronged擠滿;湧入with illustrious knights

weltering雜亂的一堆

waylaid攔截（尤其是為了談話或襲擊）；攔路and murdered

took her customary walk

a laborious耗時費力的；辛苦的search

bigoted頑固盲從的；偏執的

the habit of indulging sorrow will subdue the strength of your mind, and discolour your future views with melancholy and regret

I feel, that my heart can never know a second affection; and that I must never hope even to recover its tranquility

a grief, which, if it had not been opposed by long continued effort, might have led me to the verge of madness

there IS happiness reserved for you

I was surprised, when I heard the Count had the temerity魯莽；冒失；蠻勇to inhabit it.

Her intellects are at times deranged精神錯亂的；精神失常的；瘋狂的.

carried off帶走

Tacitus (Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (AD 56 – AD 117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors.)

Beguile (愉快地度過)

chagrined懊惱的;苦惱的

become a convert改變宗教（或信仰、觀點）的人；皈依者to my system

presumptuous自負的；冒昧的；放肆的

'I shall consider your confidence in me as a favour,' said Emily, 'and
will not misuse it.'

her beauty, you must perceive, is fled; I can scarcely discover even a vestige of the loveliness, that once animated her features

taper細長蠟燭

all sense of her errors was overcome by the recollection of her misfortunes

remembered the fixed look of mingled tenderness and anguish, with which he had then regarded her

This recollection was too much for her heart

the tenderness of his love, the paroxysms發作of this grief

the conviction that he had repeatedly expressed, that they should never meet again in happiness!

All these circumstances rose afresh to her mind, and awakened the various emotions she had then suffered.

she was parting with him and happiness together

Her reflections increased her anguish

protracted延長her stay at Tholouse

sultry悶熱的

skiff（尤指單人的）小划艇，小帆船

chasm裂隙，深坑

interrupted the silence, which the rest of the party seemed by mutual
consent to preserve

beguiled使陶醉,使著迷

a horde of banditti, that had infested大批出沒於;侵擾;騷擾this part of the Pyrenees

supposition推測；推斷, that it was

secretly laughing at the extravagant boastings of the man

to facilitate his chace of the izard, or the wolf. The whole party,
the guides excepted, shuddered at the prospect of crossing this alpine
the impending即將發生的；迫在眉睫的 foliage threw athwart their way
reconnoitre偵察；勘察；觀測

buttresses橋墩of

izards伊扎德

keg（尤指盛啤酒的）小桶

the afflictions折磨；痛苦 and vicissitudes變遷,世事變化of her late life

when she might reasonably have expected happiness, she perceived that
she was as distant from it as ever

in some degree instrumental起重要作用

frets苦惱；煩躁；焦慮不安about M. Valancourt sadly

COMPORTED行為表現；舉止

in great tribulation憂患；苦難；磨難；痛苦

indebted to感謝you

I have forfeited (因犯罪、失職、違約等)喪失(權利、名譽、生命等) every
pretension to your esteem, your love. Yes! let me not forget, that I
once possessed your affections, though to know that I have lost them,
is my severest affliction. Affliction--do I call it!--that is a term of
mildness.'

in losing you--has lost all hope of peace! May you be happy, Emily, however wretched I remain

fixed, and the image of Valancourt still before them.

he wears his arm in a sling（懸吊受傷手臂的）懸帶，吊腕帶

disconsolate憂鬱的；沮喪的；鬱鬱寡歡的.

stipend（尤指神職人員的）生活津貼，薪俸；獻儀

joy rendered her forgetful of all rules of decorum towards her mistress

grim無吸引力的；陰森的；凄涼的figures in the tapestry

laugh at the credulity輕信of the old housekeeper

counterpane床罩

extraordinary sounds of lamentation悲傷；悲痛；悲哀；十分失望

lame瘸的；跛的

expostulated勸告;告誡

checking her own propensity（行為方面的）傾向；習性to fear

intercessions 仲裁;調解; 祈求,求情,說情

suffering an ill-placed affection to poison the happiness of her most valuable years

considering how much suffering she might have escaped, had she become a votaress尼姑of the order

dirge哀歌；輓歌

the faint-warbled用柔和的顫音唱歌dirge is heard no more

deprecate對…表示極不贊成；強烈反對
exemplary嚴厲的；儆戒性的；懲戒性的

Retribution嚴懲；懲罰；報應

what would that avail有幫助；有益；有用?

conjure變魔術；變戲法；使…變戲法般地出現（或消失）

casket（裝珠寶或其他貴重物品的精巧）小盒，小箱
bequeath（在遺囑中）把…遺贈給it to you

'I have seen this face before,' said Emily, at length; 'was it really
your resemblance?'

the commission of crimes, for which whole years of prayer and penitence cannot atone贖（罪）；彌補（過錯）

I had suffered the most agonizing pangs of human nature, in love, jealousy, and despair--but these pangs were ease, compared with the stings of conscience, which I have since endured.

for over features, which, in youth, must have been remarkably handsome, was spread a melancholy, that seemed the effect of long misfortune, rather than of constitution, or temper.

too much indisposed有（小）病；不舒服to attend her appointment with the abbess

relinquishing放棄;撤出;棄絕his pursuit of Emily to a lover

never obliterated 擦掉...的痕跡;沖刷(掉);消滅,忘掉,忘卻 from his heart

though his passions had been seduced, his heart was not depraved道德敗壞的；墮落的；腐化的, nor had habit riveted鉚接the chains, that hung heavily on his conscience

emancipated himself from the bondage of vice

ignominy公開的恥辱；不名譽of having received pecuniary obligations
from the Marchioness Chamfort

engaged in the depredating掠奪;劫掠;破壞schemes of gamesters,

the most dreadful calumnies誹謗

credulity輕信

the least reparation賠償；彌補；補償he could now make Valancourt was to
afford him an opportunity of explaining to Emily his former conduct

chalice大酒杯；（尤指基督教的）聖爵

vehemence熱烈;強烈, 激烈;憤怒

Her conduct was such as might have been expected, from the weakness of her principles and the strength of her passions.

for she had now lost all taste for the pleasures of society and the gaiety of amusement

her whole heart being devoted to one object, life became hateful to her, when she believed that object lost

for many hours, upbraiding責罵(的),訓斥(的) , reproaching and caressing it
alternately.

assailed困擾;使煩惱her heart,

the mild virtues of that amiable lady did not recompense賠償；補償；報酬him for her indifference, which appeared, notwithstanding her efforts to conceal it

to employ all her enchantments to win his consent to the diabolical deed, which she believed was necessary to the security of her happiness.

extorted牽強地引出from him a solemn promise

adduced引用;舉例such seeming proof of his wife's infidelity

the instigator發起人；（尤指）唆使者，煽動者，慫恿者of his crime

enjoined命令；責令；囑咐

transgressed違反,違背(規則、法律等); 侵犯,越過(限度、範圍等); 違法,犯罪; 越界against the rules of the convent

dressed in the habiliments衣服;裝飾of the grave

committed some offence against the prerogative權利；特權；專利
of the church


forfeiting（因犯錯）喪失，被沒收 to the church a certain part of his domain

her reason could neither vanquish完全征服；徹底擊敗；戰勝 , or confirm

the exploits英勇（或激動人心、引人注目）的行為 of Charlemagne and his twelve peers;

incantation符咒；咒語；唸咒語
JARL (中古時代北歐之)首領;貴族

colonnade列柱；柱廊

approbation認可；批准

the bowers樹陰處；陰涼處 of La Vallee

SACRED DRAMAS (Sacred dramas : chiefly intended for young persons, the subjects taken from the Bible to which is added Sensibility, an epistle by Hannah More)

the mode of life, on which he was entering, had, for him, at least, the charm of novelty

a cup of the waters of Lethe (In Greek mythology, Lethe was one of the five rivers of Hades.)

Perchance偶然地; 意外地

badinage【法】玩笑against Henri

pavilion (公園、花園中的)亭子, 涼亭; 閣

tremendous peals宏亮而持續的響聲, 隆隆聲[(+of)] of thunder

abated減少, 減弱, 減輕

a kind of beacon燈塔; 信號浮標; (飛機場的)燈標; 指路明燈; 指路人to the vessel

benignity溫和; 仁慈

time had softened her grief for the loss of St. Aubert, though it could not annihilate it, and she felt a soothing sadness in indulging the recollections, which this scene recalled.

he took leave of her with a countenance so expressive of love and grief

with melancholy indulgence, meant to retrace the tenderness, that had so
often soothed her

the affection had, perhaps, yielded to the powers of time and absence

transport強烈的情感；激情；激動

clusters群聚；聚集

festoons給…飾以花彩；結綵於；張燈結綵

import意思；含意

She fixed on him a mournful and enquiring eye. 'Do not look thus on me,'
said he, turning away and pressing her hand; 'I cannot bear those
looks.'

I had once an uncorrupted heart.

candour真誠；誠懇；坦率

his associates, had drawn him into a course of dissipation放蕩；花天酒地, from which he appeared to have neither the power, nor the inclination, to extricate解救；救出；掙脫himself

remonstrated抗議；抱怨；埋怨 with him

conviction深信；堅信；堅定；肯定

play is not his only vice? he appears to have a taste for every vicious pleasure.

perturbation憂慮；不安；煩惱

tremulous因緊張）顫抖的，戰栗的；使打戰的；使顫動的with his anxiety

indisposed有（小）病；不舒服

with a look so expressive of tenderness and grief, that Emily's heart was not proof against it, he bade her good morning

having been separated so long--do we meet, only to be miserable--only to part for ever

pertinaciously執拗地;頑固地

who could only reply by a mournful smile

Is all the council that we two have shared,
the hours that we have spent,
When we have chid the hasty-footed time
For parting us--Oh! and is all forgot?

And will you rend撕開；撕碎our ancient love asunder (into pieces; apart 碎；散)?
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

under such oppression of heart

be spared the further torture of suspense, which your altered manner had occasioned me

time and absence have weakened the affection you once felt for me

a gleam of hope appeared to cross his mind

you cannot mean to throw me from you forever

My heart is wrung with anguish

that you are no longer the Valancourt I have been accustomed to love

despicable令人厭惡的；可鄙的；卑鄙的