Brave New World

deftly靈巧地; 熟練地; 敏捷地

said Mr. Foster with relish食慾; 興味; 愛好

If you knew the amount of overtime I had to put in after the last Japanese earthquake!

said Mr. Foster waggishly 詼諧地, 幽默地

the symptoms of lupus【天】豺狼座

keep the embryo below par平均, 標準[

an ingenuous率直的; 無邪的, 天真的student

caste社會地位, 社會身分

“And that,” put in加進the Director sententiously, “that is the secret of happiness
….”

Making people like their unescapable social destiny

she was uncommonly pretty.

deferential恭敬的; 慣於順從的

is a ticklish難對付的; 棘手的job

The nurses stiffened to attention as the D.H.C. came in.

an ’instinctive’ hatred of books and flowers


snigger竊笑; 暗笑

many years were to elapse (時間)過去, 消逝before …

“I always think,” the Director was continuing in the same rather maudlin容易流淚的; 感情脆弱的,易流淚; 傷感tone, …

Barring除...以外


his hand outstretched

smiling with all his teeth, effusive過分熱情的

History is bunk【俚】假話; 空話; 胡說[U]

home was as squalid psychically as physically

not merely as true, but as axiomatic自明之理的; 公理的, self-evident, utterly indisputable

Fanny’s tone was coaxing勸誘; 哄

furtive偷偷的; 鬼鬼祟祟的; 狡猾的

in his flivver【口】廉價物; 私人用廉價小型飛機; 小型驅逐艦

“Do you know Bernard Marx?” she asked in a tone whose excessive casualness was
evidently forced.

countered an insurmountable不能克服的obstacle

he’s so stunted (發育、生長等)受妨礙的; 發育不良的. 長得矮小的

Government’s an affair of sitting, not hitting. You rule with the brains and
the buttocks, never with the fists.

Ending is better than mending

Green corduroy燈芯絨shorts