冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第1144期:第五十四章 琼恩(21)

 　　You heard me. I mean to find Ben Stark¹, alive or dead. “不错。我打算把班·史塔克找回来，不论是死是活。”

　　He chewed and swallowed. 他嚼了几口，吞下火腿。

　　"I will not sit here meekly² and wait for the snows and the ice winds. “我不会在这里坐等风雪来临，

　　We must know what is happening. 我们一定要知道究竟发生了什么。

　　This time the Night's Watch will ride in force, against the King-beyond-the-Wall, the Others, and anything else that may be out there. 这次守夜人军团将大举出动，与塞外之王、异鬼，以及其他什么的东西作战。

　　I mean to command them myself." He pointed³ his dagger⁴ at Jon's chest. 我将亲自领军。”他拿匕首指着琼恩的胸膛。

　　"By custom, the Lord Commander's steward⁵ is his squire⁶ as well... but I do not care to wake every dawn wondering if you've run off again. “依惯例，总司令的事务官就是他的侍从……但我可不想每天早上醒来，都还要担心你是不是又逃了。

　　So I will have an answer from you, Lord Snow, and I will have it now. 所以呢，雪诺大人，你现在就给我个答案：

　　Are you a brother of the Night's Watch... or only a bastard⁷ boy who wants to play at war?" 你究竟是守夜人的弟兄……还是个只爱玩骑马打仗的私生小毛头？”

　　Jon Snow straightened himself and took a long deep breath. 琼恩·雪诺站直身子，深吸一口气。

　　Forgive me, Father. Robb, Arya, Bran... forgive me, I cannot help you. 父亲、罗柏、艾莉亚、布兰……请你们原谅我，原谅我不能帮助你们。

　　He has the truth of it. This is my place. 他说得没错，我属于这里。

　　"I am... yours, my lord. Your man. I swear it. I will not run again." “我……随时听候您差遣，大人。我郑重发誓，绝不再逃跑了。”

　　The Old Bear snorted. "Good. Now go put on your sword." 熊老哼了一声。“那敢情好。还不快把剑佩上？”

1 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

2 meekly   

adv.温顺地，逆来顺受地

参考例句：

• He stood aside meekly when the new policy was proposed. 当有人提出新政策时，他唯唯诺诺地站 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He meekly accepted the rebuke. 他顺从地接受了批评。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

4 dagger   

n.匕首，短剑，剑号

参考例句：

• The bad news is a dagger to his heart.这条坏消息刺痛了他的心。
• The murderer thrust a dagger into her heart.凶手将匕首刺进她的心脏。

5 steward   

n.乘务员，服务员；看管人；膳食管理员

参考例句：

• He's the steward of the club.他是这家俱乐部的管理员。
• He went around the world as a ship's steward.他当客船服务员，到过世界各地。

6 squire   

n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅

参考例句：

• I told him the squire was the most liberal of men.我告诉他乡绅是世界上最宽宏大量的人。
• The squire was hard at work at Bristol.乡绅在布里斯托尔热衷于他的工作。

7 bastard   

n.坏蛋，混蛋；私生子

参考例句：

• He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
• There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。