《简·爱》 Chapter 07 第七章（7）

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Miss Temple passed her handkerchief over her lips, as if to smooth away the involuntary smile that curled them.

坦普尔小姐用手帕揩了一下嘴唇，仿佛要抹去嘴角上情不自禁的笑容。

She gave the order, however, and when the first class could take in what was required of them, they obeyed.

不过她还是下了命令。第一班学生弄明白对她们的要求之后，也都服从了。

Leaning a little back on my bench, I could see the looks and grimaces¹ with which they commented on this manoeuvre².

我坐在长凳上，身子微微后仰，可以看得见大家挤眉弄眼，做出各种表情，对这种调遣表示了不满。

It was a pity Mr. Brocklehurst could not see them too.

可惜布罗克赫斯特先生没有能看到。

He would perhaps have felt that, whatever he might do with the outside of the cup and platter, the inside was further beyond his interference than he imagined.

要不然他也许会感受到，他纵然可以摆布杯盘的外表，但其内部，却远非他所想的那样可以随意干涉了。

He scrutinised the reverse of these living medals some five minutes, then pronounced sentence.

他把这些活奖章的背面细细打量了大约五分钟，随后宣布了判决。

These words fell like the knell³ of doom⁴: "All those top-knots must be cut off."

他的话如丧钟般响了起来：“头上的顶髻都得剪掉。”

Miss Temple seemed to remonstrate⁵.

坦普尔小姐似乎在抗辩。

"Madam," he pursued, "I have a Master to serve whose kingdom is not of this world."

“小姐”他进而说，“我要为主效劳，他的王国并不是这个世界。”

My mission is to mortify⁶ in these girls the lusts⁷ of the flesh, to teach them to clothe themselves with shame-facedness and sobriety, not with braided hair and costly⁸ apparel.

我的使命是节制这些姑娘的肉欲，教导她们衣着要谦卑克制，不梳辫子，不穿贵重衣服。

And each of the young persons before us has a string of hair twisted in plaits which vanity itself might have woven.

而我们面前的每个年轻人，出于虚荣都把一束束头发编成了辫子。

These, I repeat, must be cut off; think of the time wasted, of...

我再说一遍，这些头发必须剪掉，想一想为此而浪费的时间，想……”

Mr. Brocklehurst was here interrupted.

布罗克赫斯特先生说到这儿被打断了。

Three other visitors, ladies, now entered the room.

另外三位来访者，都是女的，此刻进了房间。

They ought to have come a little sooner to have heard his lecture on dress, for they were splendidly attired⁹ in velvet¹⁰, silk, and furs.

他们来得再早一点就好了，赶得上聆听他关于服饰的高论。她们穿着华丽，一身丝绒、绸缎和毛皮。

The two younger of the trio (fine girls of sixteen and seventeen) had grey beaver¹¹ hats, then in fashion, shaded with ostrich¹² plumes¹³,

二位中的两位年轻的（十六、七岁的漂亮姑娘）戴着当时十分时髦的灰色水獭皮帽，

and from under the brim of this graceful¹⁴ head-dress fell a profusion¹⁵ of light tresses, elaborately curled.

上面插着驼鸟毛，在雅致的头饰边沿下，是一团浓密的卷发，烫得十分精致。

The elder lady was enveloped¹⁶ in a costly velvet shawl, trimmed with ermine, and she wore a false front of French curls.

那位年长一些的女人，裹着一条装饰着貂皮的贵重丝绒披巾，额前披着法国式的假卷发。

These ladies were deferentially¹⁷ received by Miss Temple, as Mrs. and the Misses Brocklehurst, and conducted to seats of honour at the top of the room.

这几位太太小姐，一位是布罗克赫斯特太太，还有两位是布罗克赫斯特小姐。她们受到了坦普尔小姐恭敬的接待，被领到了房间一头的上座。

It seems they had come in the carriage with their reverend relative,

她们看来是与担任圣职的亲属乘同一辆马车到达的，

and had been conducting a rummaging¹⁸ scrutiny¹⁹ of the room upstairs, while he transacted²⁰ business with the housekeeper²¹, questioned the laundress, and lectured the superintendent²².

在他与管家办理公务，饲问洗衣女，教训校长时，她们已经在楼上的房间仔细看过究竟。

1 grimaces   

n.（表蔑视、厌恶等）面部扭曲，鬼脸( grimace的名词复数 )v.扮鬼相，做鬼脸( grimace的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Mr. Clark winked at the rude child making grimaces. 克拉克先生假装没有看见那个野孩子做鬼脸。 来自辞典例句
• The most ridiculous grimaces were purposely or unconsciously indulged in. 故意或者无心地扮出最滑稽可笑的鬼脸。 来自辞典例句

2 manoeuvre   

n.策略，调动；v.用策略，调动

参考例句：

• Her withdrawal from the contest was a tactical manoeuvre.她退出比赛是一个战术策略。
• The clutter of ships had little room to manoeuvre.船只橫七竖八地挤在一起，几乎没有多少移动的空间。

3 knell   

n.丧钟声；v.敲丧钟

参考例句：

• That is the death knell of the British Empire.这是不列颠帝国的丧钟。
• At first he thought it was a death knell.起初，他以为是死亡的丧钟敲响了。

4 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

5 remonstrate   

v.抗议，规劝

参考例句：

• He remonstrated with the referee.他向裁判抗议。
• I jumped in the car and went to remonstrate.我跳进汽车去提出抗议。

6 mortify   

v.克制，禁欲，使受辱

参考例句：

• The first Sunday,in particular,their behaviours served to mortify me.到了这里第一个星期，她们的行为几乎把我气死。
• For if ye live after the flesh,ye shall die:but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body,ye shall live.你们若顺从肉体活着必要死。若靠着圣灵治死身体的恶行必要活着。

7 lusts   

贪求（lust的第三人称单数形式）

参考例句：

• A miser lusts for gold. 守财奴贪财。
• Palmer Kirby had wakened late blooming lusts in her. 巴穆·柯比在她心中煽动起一片迟暮的情欲。

8 costly   

adj.昂贵的，价值高的，豪华的

参考例句：

• It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
• This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。

9 attired   

adj.穿着整齐的v.使穿上衣服，使穿上盛装( attire的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The bride was attired in white. 新娘穿一身洁白的礼服。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It is appropriate that everyone be suitably attired. 人人穿戴得体是恰当的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 velvet   

n.丝绒，天鹅绒；adj.丝绒制的，柔软的

参考例句：

• This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
• The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。

11 beaver   

n.海狸，河狸

参考例句：

• The hat is made of beaver.这顶帽子是海狸毛皮制的。
• A beaver is an animals with big front teeth.海狸是一种长着大门牙的动物。

12 ostrich   

n.鸵鸟

参考例句：

• Ostrich is the fastest animal on two legs.驼鸟是双腿跑得最快的动物。
• The ostrich indeed inhabits continents.鸵鸟确实是生活在大陆上的。

13 plumes   

羽毛( plume的名词复数 )； 羽毛饰； 羽毛状物； 升上空中的羽状物

参考例句：

• The dancer wore a headdress of pink ostrich plumes. 那位舞蹈演员戴着粉色鸵鸟毛制作的头饰。
• The plumes on her bonnet barely moved as she nodded. 她点点头，那帽子的羽毛在一个劲儿颤动。

14 graceful   

adj.优美的，优雅的；得体的

参考例句：

• His movements on the parallel bars were very graceful.他的双杠动作可帅了!
• The ballet dancer is so graceful.芭蕾舞演员的姿态是如此的优美。

15 profusion   

n.挥霍；丰富

参考例句：

• He is liberal to profusion.他挥霍无度。
• The leaves are falling in profusion.落叶纷纷。

16 enveloped   

v.包围，笼罩，包住( envelop的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was enveloped in a huge white towel. 她裹在一条白色大毛巾里。
• Smoke from the burning house enveloped the whole street. 燃烧着的房子冒出的浓烟笼罩了整条街。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 deferentially   

adv.表示敬意地，谦恭地

参考例句：

• "Now, let me see,'said Hurstwood, looking over Carrie's shoulder very deferentially. “来，让我瞧瞧你的牌。”赫斯渥说着，彬彬有礼地从嘉莉背后看过去。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• He always acts so deferentially around his supervisor. 他总是毕恭毕敬地围着他的上司转。 来自互联网

18 rummaging   

翻找，搜寻( rummage的现在分词 )； 海关检查

参考例句：

• She was rummaging around in her bag for her keys. 她在自己的包里翻来翻去找钥匙。
• Who's been rummaging through my papers? 谁乱翻我的文件来着？

19 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

20 transacted   

v.办理（业务等）( transact的过去式和过去分词 )；交易，谈判

参考例句：

• We transacted business with the firm. 我们和这家公司交易。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Major Pendennis transacted his benevolence by deputy and by post. 潘登尼斯少校依靠代理人和邮局，实施着他的仁爱之心。 来自辞典例句

21 housekeeper   

n.管理家务的主妇，女管家

参考例句：

• A spotless stove told us that his mother is a diligent housekeeper.炉子清洁无瑕就表明他母亲是个勤劳的主妇。
• She is an economical housekeeper and feeds her family cheaply.她节约持家，一家人吃得很省。

22 superintendent   

n.监督人，主管，总监；(英国)警务长

参考例句：

• He was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of Foreign Trade.他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监。
• He decided to call the superintendent of the building.他决定给楼房管理员打电话。