冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第649期:第三十一章 艾德(4)

 　　Robert was in a fury, until he heard talk of some monstrous¹ boar deeper in the forest.  劳勃气坏了，随后他听说森林深处有只怪物般的野猪，

　　Then nothing would do but he must have it. 这时怎么也拦不住他啦。

　　Prince Joffrey returned this morning, with the Royces, Sir Balon Swann, and some twenty others of the party.  乔佛里王子，罗伊斯家的人，巴隆·史文，以及其他二十几号人今早上回来了。

　　The rest are still with the king." 其他人陪着国王继续打猎。”

　　The Hound? Ned asked, frowning.  “猎狗呢？”奈德皱眉问。

　　Of all the Lannister party, Sandor Clegane was the one who concerned him the most,  兰尼斯特家的人里面，就数桑铎·克里冈最教他担心，

　　now that Sir Jaime had fled the city to join his father. 眼下詹姆爵士业已逃出城去和他父亲会师。

　　Oh, returned with Joffrey, and went straight to the queen.  “喔，他跟乔佛里一道回来，他们直接奔王后那儿去了。”

　　Littlefinger smiled."I would have given a hundred silver stags to have been a roach in the rushes  小指头微微一笑，“我宁可花一百枚银鹿变成草丛里的蟑螂，

　　when he learned that Lord Beric was off to behead his brother." 等他知道贝里大人带兵去杀他老哥的时候。”

　　Even a blind man could see the Hound loathed³ his brother. “就算瞎子也看得出猎狗恨透他哥哥。”

　　Ah, but Gregor was his to loathe², not yours to kill.  “是啊，可是格雷果也只有他能恨，轮不到你杀。

　　Once Dondarrion lops the summit off our Mountain, the Clegane lands and incomes will pass to Sandor, 待唐德利恩削平魔山的山峰，克里冈家族的领地与税赋自然会传给桑铎，

　　but I wouldn't hold my water waiting for his thanks, not that one. 但别奢望他跟你道谢啦，绝对不会。

　　And now you must forgive me. Lady Tanda awaits with her fatted calves⁴. 抱歉，我真的该走了，坦妲伯爵夫人和她的肥牛还等着我呢。”

　　On the way to the door, Lord Petyr spied Grand Maester Malleon's massive tome on the table and paused to idly flip⁵ open the cover. 还没到门边，培提尔瞥见桌上那本梅利恩国师的厚重巨著，便停下来，随意翻开封面。

　　"The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms, “《七国主要贵族之世家谱系与历史》

　　With Descriptions of Many High Lords and Noble Ladies and Their Children," he read. （内附许多关于爵爷夫人和他们子女的描述），” 他念道，

　　"Now there is tedious reading if ever I saw it. “这可真是我见过的最无聊的东西了。

　　A sleeping potion, my lord?" 大人，敢情您用这来帮助入眠？”

1 monstrous   

adj.巨大的；恐怖的；可耻的，丢脸的

参考例句：

• The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.浓烟开始盘旋上升，形成了一个巨大的烟柱。
• Your behaviour in class is monstrous!你在课堂上的行为真是丢人！

2 loathe   

v.厌恶，嫌恶

参考例句：

• I loathe the smell of burning rubber.我厌恶燃着的橡胶散发的气味。
• You loathe the smell of greasy food when you are seasick.当你晕船时，你会厌恶油腻的气味。

3 loathed   

v.憎恨，厌恶( loathe的过去式和过去分词 )；极不喜欢

参考例句：

• Baker loathed going to this red-haired young pup for supplies. 面包师傅不喜欢去这个红头发的自负的傻小子那里拿原料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Therefore, above all things else, he loathed his miserable self! 因此，他厌恶不幸的自我尤胜其它！ 来自英汉文学 - 红字

4 calves   

n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子，腓；腿肚子( calf的名词复数 )；牛犊；腓；小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 )；（冰川）崩解；生（小牛等），产（犊）；使（冰川）崩解

参考例句：

• a cow suckling her calves 给小牛吃奶的母牛
• The calves are grazed intensively during their first season. 小牛在生长的第一季里集中喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 flip   

vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。