Ninety Eighty Four - George Orwell

varicose ulcer靜脈腫潰瘍

contrived人為的; 做作的, 不自然的

pig-iron生鐵

oblong矩形的

flapped拍打; 拍擊fitfully發作地; 斷斷續續地in the wind

In the far distance a helicopter skimmed down between
hovered for an instant like a bluebottle青蠅
conceivable可想到的, 可想像的; 可理解的; 可相信的

Airstrip臨時飛機跑道, 簡便機場; 小型機場One

baulks樑木, 大樑
their roofs with corrugated縮成皺紋的; 成波狀的; 波紋的iron

ramifications分枝; 分派; 縱橫交錯

armed with jointed truncheons【主英】警棍
furtively偷偷地; 祕密地

compendium概略; 概要of all the heresies

inexorably無情地; 冷酷地

lucid頭腦清楚的; 神志清明的

vindictiveness惡毒; 懷恨在心

truncheon【主英】警棍

Saint Sebastian (Saint Sebastian (died c. 288) was a Christian saint and martyr, who is said to have been killed during the Roman emperor Diocletian's persecution of Christians. He is commonly depicted in art and literature tied to a post and shot with arrows.)

ravish強姦her and cut her throat at the moment of climax

round her sweet supple身體柔軟的; 動作輕快敏捷的waist

He let out a belch打嗝

You might dodge閃開;躲開;避開successfully for a while, even for
years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you.

His heart was thumping like a drum, but his face, from long habit, was probably expressionless.

discountenanced不贊成by the Party

built in 1930 or thereabouts

Games impedimenta (the bags and other equipment that you take with you, especially when travelling, and that are difficult to carry 行囊;妨礙行進的重負(行李);輜重)--hockey-sticks, boxing-gloves, a burst爆滿;漲滿football, a pair of sweaty shorts turned inside out

dog-eared捲角的;翻舊了的exercise-books

a mass of imbecile笨蛋;蠢貨 enthusiasms

neckerchiefs

calculating精明的;精於算計的ferocity兇猛;兇惡;殘忍;猛烈in the boy's eye

capering雀躍,蹦跳round

catapult彈弓.

symptoms of unorthodoxy非正統的

Thoughtcrime does not entail牽涉;須要;使必要death: thoughtcrime IS death.

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