wares
货物，商品
Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great river as she was entering the harbor.
当一艘大型班船进港的时候，许多小船载着各种货物快速向大河驶来。
They're got only one type of wares to produce,
他们只有一种商品可供生产，
and there's no market for it here.
而这里却没有销路。
Our company is not interested in these petty wares.
我们公司对这种小东西不感兴趣。
anchor
停航下锚
Before she had anchored,the men from the boats had climbed on board
大船还末下锚，小船上的人就纷纷爬上客轮。
and the decks were soon covered with colorful rugs from Persia,
一会儿工夫，甲板上就摆满了色彩斑斓的波斯地毯。
silks from India,copper coffee pots,and beautiful handmade silkware.
印度丝绸，铜咖啡壶及手工制作的漂亮的银器。
One of the two aircraft carriers was anchored in Greece.
两条航空母舰有一条停靠在希腊 。
Scobie went out in the police boat as soon as the liner anchored.
客轮一抛锚，斯考比马上坐着警察局的汽艇迎了出去。
deck
甲板
Let's go up on deck and sit in the sun.
我们到上面甲板坐着晒晒太阳吧。
The captain called the sailors up on to the main deck.
船长把手集合到主甲板上。
silverware
银器
She has a passion for silverware.
她很迷银器。
Vanilla's husband gave her a set of silverware on their wedding anniversary.
瓦尼拉的丈夫在他们结婚纪念日送了她一套银器。
tempt
吸引；引诱
It was difficult not to be tempted.
要想不动心是很因难的。
A mad scheme like this was bound to tempt me.
像这样疯狂的计划肯定会让我动心的。
Can't I tempt you to have another helping?
再吃一点，好不好？
bargain
讨价还价
Many of the tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesmen,
船上许多游客开始同商贩讲价，
but I decided not to buy anything until I had disembarked.
但我打定主意上岸之前什么也不买。
He was immediately lost in the noisy crowd where everyone was bargaining keenly.
眨眼间他就消失在嘈杂的人群里，那儿人人都在激烈地讨价还价。
disembark
下船上岸
They disembarked in Amsterdam after crossing the Atlantic.
他们横穿大西洋后在阿姆斯特丹上岸。
It is still unclear whether they will disembark at all.
他们到底会不会上岸还不清楚。
assail
攻击，袭击
I had no sooner got off the ship then I was assailed by a man
我刚下船，就被一个截住，
who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.
他向我兜售一枚钻石戒指。
The visiting president was assailed with stones and eggs.
出访的总统遭到石头和鸡蛋的袭击。
He was assailed with questions after the lecture.
讲座结束后他被问题围攻了。
marble
小玻璃球，弹子
Some of them were big as marbles.
有的像弹子那么大。
It is on this trip that Peggy won the most dazzling pearl necklace,
佩姬是在这次旅行赢得了一串光彩夺目的珍珠项链，
each pearl the size of a marble.
每颗都有弹子大小。
Just let's consider how long a row of ten million marbles would be.
让我们想象一下一千万颗弹子排起来朋多长。
inscribe
刻写，雕
At the base of the gold cap,
the words 'mad in the U.S.A.'had been neatly inscribed.
金笔帽子下方整齐地刻有“美国制造”的字样。
The scholar was presented with a specially inscribed copy of the book.
学者获得一部特别题刻的书。
They have inscribed their names upon the pages of history.
他们已经名垂青史。
favour
好处，优惠
The man said that the pen was worth $50,but as a special favour,
那人说那支笔值50英镑，
he would let me have it for $30.
他愿意为我特别优惠到30英镑。
There can be no greater error than to expect real favour from nation to nation.
斯待一国以真正的特惠给予另一国是极端错误的。
As a special favour,I'll let you stay up and watch the World Cup final.
作为对你的特别恩惠，我允许你今天晚上晚睡，看世界杯决赛 。
gesticulate
打手势
Gesticulating wildly,the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous,
那人疯狂地打着手势，仿佛我还价还得离谱，
but he eventually reduced the price to $10.
但他终于把价钱降到10英镑 。
The teacher gesticulated to stress the importance of the point.
老师做了个手势，强调这一点的重要性。
He has a habit of gesticulating while he speaks.
他说话时习惯做手势。
outrageous
出人预料的
The captain was so angry with this outrageous behaviour
船长看到这样过分的行径，大为恼火，
that he threatened to maroon him on the nearest desert island.
扬言要把他扔在最的一个荒岛。
The hotel charges outrageous prices.
那家酒店的收费高得吓人。
thrust
硬塞给
Shrugging my shoulders,I began to walk away when,
我耸耸肩膀掉头走开了，一会儿，
a moment later,he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands.
他突然从后面追了上来，把笔塞到我手里。
Felix thrust the baby into her rams and yelled:'Stay here!Don't move!'
费利克斯把孩子往她怀里一塞，喊道：“呆在这儿，别动！”
He hurriedly thrust a gun into his pocket.
他慌忙把一支枪塞进口袋。
Lesson 29
largely
在很大程度上
Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up.
我们是否觉得一个笑话好笑，很大程度上最决于我们是在哪儿长大的。
We are well awre he gave in largely because he had no other choice.
我们很清楚，他让步在很大程度上是因为他别无选择。
The secretary is largely responsible for the accident.
这次事故在很大程度上是秘书的责任。
comic
喜剧的，可笑的
Many funny stories are based on comic situations.
大部分滑稽故事脱胎于喜剧情境。
Next to Shakespeare's Flastaff,
Mr.Pickwick is perhaps the greatest comic figure in English literature.
匹克威克也许是英国文学里仅次于莎士比亚的福斯塔夫的最伟大的喜剧人物。
He put up a comic countenance.
他摆出一副滑稽的表情。
universal
普遍的
In spite of national differences,certain funny situations have a universal appeal.
有些滑稽场景超越了民族差异，具有普遍的感染力。
In his best work the local becomes the universal.
在他最好的作品里地域性获得了普遍意义。
Education,in theory,was'free and universal'.
从理论上说，教育“免费普及”。
comedian
滑稽演员，喜剧演员
Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations
喜剧演员根据情景诸如暴死，
like violent death or serious accidents.
重大事故制造笑料。
The comedian made the audience roll with laughter.
那个喜剧演员让观众笑得打滚。
He doesn't have the making of a comedian.
他没有演喜剧的天分。
distasteful
讨厌的
Many people find this sort of joke distasteful.
许多认为这种笑话低级庸俗。
This is a distasteful place,even the flowers seem to be poisoned.
这个地方令人生厌，连花都像中了毒似的。
Miss Sedley tried to read,but could hardly bring herself to go into the book,
赛得笠小姐试着读书，可是看不进去，
the very sight of the printed pages was distasteful.
一看到印刷的书页就觉得讨厌。
pester
一再要求，纠缠
From the moment he arrived there,
从他进医院的那一刻起，
he kept on pestering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.
他就缠着医生告诉他什么时候能回家。
The little girl has been pestering her parents to take her to the funfair.
小女孩一直缠着她的父母带她去游乐场 。
He is continually being pestered by journalists.
他老是遭到记者的纠缠。
dread
惧怕
He dreaded having to spend Christmas.
他深怕在医院过圣诞节。
He dreaded telling us the truth.
他害怕把真相告诉我们。
The more you dread a misfortune,the more it is likely to happen.
厄运是越怕越来。
recovery
康复
Though the doctor did his best,the patient's recovery was slow.
尽管医生竭力医治，但病人恢复缓慢。
The whole team was relieved at his recovery.
全队上下都为他的康复松了一口气。
The policy could easily prevent the government from taking the full steps necessary
这个政策很容易阻止政府取经济复苏所必要的全部步骤。
for economic recovery.
plaster
熟石膏
On Christmas Day,the man still had his right leg in plaster.
圣诞节那天，他的右腿还打着石膏。
Until fairly recently,breaks were treated mainly with'plaster and time.'
不久以前，骨折还是一直用“石膏+时间”来治疗的。
His left arm is in plaster.
他的左臂打着石膏。
console
安慰，慰问
The following day,however,the doctor consoled him by telling him
不过，第二天，医生安慰他说，
that his chances of being able to leave hospital
出院欢度新年的可能性还是很大的。
in time for New Year celebrations were good.
Nothing could console him till the inward storm had had its way.
除非他内心的风暴下息了，不然随便怎么样都安慰不了他。
Console yourself with the thought that it might have been worse.
好在没有更糟---就用这种想法自我安慰吧。
hobble
瘸着腿走
The man took heart and ,sure enough,
那人听后作了精神，果然，
on New Year's Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.
除夕他可以一瘸一拐地去参加晚会了。
Suddenly the door opened and an old woman,leaning on a crutch,hobbled out.
门突然开了，一个老太婆拄着拐杖，一瘸一拐地走了出来。
The poor old dog hobbled off with his master.
那条可怜的老狗一瘸一瘸地跟着主人走了。
compensate
补偿
To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in hospital,
为了补偿住院这一段不愉快的经历，
the man drank a little more than was good for him.
那人多喝了两杯。
You will have to compensate us for the lose.
你必须补偿我们的损失。
The most efficient antibiotic
cannot compensate for inadequate and poor surgical technique.
最有效的抗菌素出无法弥补粗劣的外科手术造成的恶果。
mumble
喃喃自语
He was still mumbling something about hospitals at the end of the party
晚会结束时，他嘴里还在嘟嚷着医院的事，
when he slipped on a piece of ice and broke his left leg.
突然踩到一块冰上，把左腿摔断了。
He walked down the line shaking hands with each
他走过来同在场的人一一握手，
and mumbling a few words that were inaudible.
嘴里喃喃地说了几句听不清的话。
Peter,with his mouth full,
彼得满嘴塞着饼干，
mumbled that he was admitted by the university football team.
嘟嘟嚷嚷地说他被校足球队录取了。
Lesson 30
labourer
劳动者
Farm labourers said that they always wake up to find that work had been done overnight.
雇工们说，常常一早起来发现有人在一夜之间把活儿干了。
The farmer hired several day labourers.
农场主雇佣了好几个日工。
During the break several labourers got together and played poker.
工间休息几个工人凑在一起打扑克。
overnight
一夜之间
And suddenly,overnight,
突然之间，一夜工夫，
before he had time to realize what was happening,he rose to fame.
他还来得及搞清楚怎么回事就成名了。
First,high birthrates cannot be altered substantially overnight.
首先，高出生率不可能在一夜之间就改变。
hay
干草
Hay had been cut and cowsheds had been cleaned.
干草已经割好了，牛棚也打扫干净了。
The cows have plenty of hay to eat this winter.
今年冬天奶牛有足够的干草吃。
We must make hay while the sun shines.
我们必须抓紧有利时机。
corn
谷物
A farm worker,who stayed up all night,
有一个彻夜未眠的雇工声称
claimed to have seen a figure cutting corn in the moonlight.
看见一个人影在月光下收割庄稼。
A field of ripe corn is spreading before them.
一片成熟的稻谷呈现在他们眼前。
moonlight
月光
I would rather travel by moonlight.
我宁可趁月光赶路。
How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank.
月光多么甜蜜地睡在这个岸上。
conscientious
认真的，谨慎的
In time,it became an accepted fact
久而久之，大家都相信
that the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost
考克斯兄弟雇了个尽心尽责的鬼，
that did most of their work for them.
替他们把大部分的农活都干了。
Everyone can see this is conscientious piece of work.
谁都看得出，这件活儿是用心做的。
During their years at college,these conscientious students are convinced
这些兢兢业业的学生们始终认为自已还不够努力，
that they are not working hard enough and will fail their finals,
大考会不及格，
yet end up by getting huge firsts.
结果却捧回一堆一堆的第一名。
suspect
怀疑
No one suspected that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen.
谁也没想到农场里竟会有一个从未露面的人。
It has long been suspected of being the source of many of the illnesses of man.
长期以来人们怀疑这是人类许多疾病的传染源。
They suspect him of giving false evidence.
他们怀疑他作伪证。
desert
开小差
As he hated army life,he decided to desert his regiment.
他讨厌军旅生活，决定逃离所在的团队。
They will not desert because if they do their families will be shot.
他们不会开小差的，不然一家老大都要被枪毙。
I have deserted from the army.
我从军队开了小差。
regiment
团
The two soldiers belonged to the same regiment.
这两个士兵的一个团的。
A regiment went by in the road and I watched them pass.
一团人开过去了，我看着他们经过。
action
战斗
His father told everybody that Eric had been killed in action.
他的父亲告诉大家，埃里克在战斗中被打死了。
On August 7,1942,the Allies began their first offensive action in the Pacific.
1942年8月7日，盟军第一次在太平洋地区发动攻势。
There will be lots of action around these parts.
这些地区战事一定会很频繁。
recluse
隐士
All these years,Eric had lived as a recluse.
这些年来，埃里克一直过着隐居生活。
A recluse is a person who lives alone away from the world and avoids other people.
隐士就是一个离群索居的人。
Tao Yuanming is the most famous and the admirable recluse in Chinese history.
陶渊明是中国历史上最有名也是最值得钦佩的隐士。
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