美国语文第六册 第178期:洛切尔的警告(4)

Say, mounts he the ocean wave, banished¹, forlorn, like a limb from his country, cast bleeding and torn?

再说，他坐在海浪上，凄凉地被放逐了，难道像被他的国家抛弃的羔羊，流尽鲜血，泪水滂沱？

Ah no! for a darker departure is near;

啊，不！因为更伤心的离别就在眼前；

The war drum is muffled², and black is the bier;

战鼓哑了，黑魆魆的是棺材；

His death bell is tolling³; O mercy, dispel⁴ yon sight that it freezes my spirit to tell!

他的丧钟已经敲响；啊，万幸啊，使我情绪凝固的视线会告诉一切！

Life flutters convulsed in his quivering limbs,

生命的悸动在他颤抖的肢体里抽搐，

And his blood-streaming nostril⁵ in agony swims.

在被淹着的极大痛苦中，他的血顺着鼻孔流出。

Accursed be the fagots that blaze at his feet,

诅咒那在他的脚下燃烧的柴把，

Where his heart shall be thrown ere it ceases to beat,

他的心在停止跳动之前就被扔掉，

With the smoke of its ashes to poison the gale—

用冒着烟的灰烬在风中投毒——

Down, soothless insulter! I trust not the tale:

滚下来，恶毒的无礼之徒！我不相信瞎话？

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For never shall Albin a destiny meet so black with dishonor, so foul⁶ with retreat.

因为阿尔宾绝不会听从命运的安排丢脸的事情他怎做，更不会做出败退肮脏的肮脏勾当。

Though my perishing ranks should be strewed⁷ in their gore⁸,

尽管我那该死的地位会在他们以命相抵中

Like ocean weeds heaped on the surf-beaten shore,

就像海草堆满波浪拍打的堤岸，

Lochiel, untainted by flight or by chains,

洛切尔，没有被逃跑或锁链所玷污，

While the kindling⁹ of life in his bosom¹⁰ remains¹¹,

在他心里生活之火还在燃烧，

Shall victor exult¹², or in death be laid low,

胜利者欢呼雀跃，濒死者垂下头颅，

With his back to the field and his feet to the foe¹³!

他背向战场，把脚冲着敌人！

And leaving in battle no blot¹⁴ on his name,

从战场上离开时名誉没有半点污点，

Look proudly to heaven from the deathbed of fame.

从名誉的灵床上骄傲地仰望天上。

1 banished   

v.放逐，驱逐( banish的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later. 他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。
• He was banished to an uninhabited island for a year. 他被放逐到一个无人居住的荒岛一年。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 muffled   

adj.（声音）被隔的；听不太清的；（衣服）裹严的；蒙住的v.压抑，捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 )；用厚厚的衣帽包着（自己）

参考例句：

• muffled voices from the next room 从隔壁房间里传来的沉闷声音
• There was a muffled explosion somewhere on their right. 在他们的右面什么地方有一声沉闷的爆炸声。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 tolling   

[财]来料加工

参考例句：

• A remote bell is tolling. 远处的钟声响了。
• Indeed, the bells were tolling, the people were trooping into the handsome church. 真的，钟声响了，人们成群结队走进富丽堂皇的教堂。

4 dispel   

vt.驱走，驱散，消除

参考例句：

• I tried in vain to dispel her misgivings.我试图消除她的疑虑，但没有成功。
• We hope the programme will dispel certain misconceptions about the disease.我们希望这个节目能消除对这种疾病的一些误解。

5 nostril   

n.鼻孔

参考例句：

• The Indian princess wore a diamond in her right nostril.印弟安公主在右鼻孔中戴了一颗钻石。
• All South American monkeys have flat noses with widely spaced nostril.所有南美洲的猴子都有平鼻子和宽大的鼻孔。

6 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

7 strewed   

v.撒在…上( strew的过去式和过去分词 )；散落于；点缀；撒满

参考例句：

• Papers strewed the floor. 文件扔了一地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Autumn leaves strewed the lawn. 草地上撒满了秋叶。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

8 gore   

n.凝血，血污；v.（动物）用角撞伤，用牙刺破；缝以补裆；顶

参考例句：

• The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
• Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。

9 kindling   

n. 点火, 可燃物 动词kindle的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• There were neat piles of kindling wood against the wall. 墙边整齐地放着几堆引火柴。
• "Coal and kindling all in the shed in the backyard." “煤，劈柴，都在后院小屋里。” 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

10 bosom   

n.胸，胸部；胸怀；内心；adj.亲密的

参考例句：

• She drew a little book from her bosom.她从怀里取出一本小册子。
• A dark jealousy stirred in his bosom.他内心生出一阵恶毒的嫉妒。

11 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

12 exult   

v.狂喜，欢腾；欢欣鼓舞

参考例句：

• Few people would not exult at the abolition of slavery.奴隶制被废除了，人们无不为之欢乐鼓舞。
• Let's exult with the children at the drawing near of Children's Day.六一儿童节到了，让我们陪着小朋友们一起欢腾。

13 foe   

n.敌人，仇敌

参考例句：

• He knew that Karl could be an implacable foe.他明白卡尔可能会成为他的死敌。
• A friend is a friend;a foe is a foe;one must be clearly distinguished from the other.敌是敌，友是友，必须分清界限。

14 blot   

vt.弄脏（用吸墨纸）吸干；n.污点，污渍

参考例句：

• That new factory is a blot on the landscape.那新建的工厂破坏了此地的景色。
• The crime he committed is a blot on his record.他犯的罪是他的履历中的一个污点。