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英语听书《白鲸记》第168期

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(单词翻译)

 Posted like silent sentinels all around the town, stand thousands upon thousands of mortal men fixed1 in ocean reveries.  那市镇的四周就象布着一匝沉默的哨兵似的,成千上万的人都站在那儿盯着海洋出神。

Some leaning against the spiles; some seated upon the pier-heads; some looking over the bulwarks2 glasses of ships from China; 有的倚着桩子;有的坐在码头边上;有的在望着从中国驶来的船只的舷墙;
some high aloft in the rigging, as if striving to get a still better seaward peep.  有的高高地爬在索具上,仿佛要尽量把海景看个痛快似的。
But these are all landsmen; of week days pent up in lath and plaster-tied to counters, nailed to benches, clinched3 to desks. 但是,这些都是陆地人,他们平日都给幽闭在木架泥糊的小屋里...拴在柜台上,钉在板凳上,伏在写字台上。
How then is this? Are the green fields gone? What do they here? 那么,这是怎么回事呀?翠绿的田野都消失了吗?他们到这里来干什么?
But look! here come more crowds, pacing straight for the water, and seemingly bound for a dive. Strange!  可是瞧哪!又有一群群的人来喽,他们直向海边走去,象是要跳水似的。怪事!
Nothing will content them but the extremest limit of the land;  只有陆地的尽头才称得了他们的心;
loitering under the shady lee of yonder warehouses4 will not suffice.  在仓库那边的背荫里闲逛一番,都还不够味儿。
No.They must get just as nigh the water as they possibly can without falling in. 不够。他们只要不掉进海里,是一定要尽可能走近海洋的。

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1 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
参考例句:
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
2 bulwarks 68b5dc8545fffb0102460d332814eb3d     
n.堡垒( bulwark的名词复数 );保障;支柱;舷墙
参考例句:
  • The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty. 新闻自由是自由最大的保障之一。 来自辞典例句
  • Surgery and X-irradiation nevertheless remain the bulwarks of cancer treatment throughout the world. 外科手术和X射线疗法依然是全世界治疗癌症的主要方法。 来自辞典例句
3 clinched 66a50317a365cdb056bd9f4f25865646     
v.(尤指两人)互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的过去式和过去分词 );解决(争端、交易),达成(协议)
参考例句:
  • The two businessmen clinched the deal quickly. 两位生意人很快达成了协议。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Evidently this information clinched the matter. 显然,这一消息使问题得以最终解决。 来自辞典例句
4 warehouses 544959798565126142ca2820b4f56271     
仓库,货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
  • Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。

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