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英语听书《白鲸记》第699期

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 It is plain, then, that phrenologically the head of this Leviathan, in the creature's living intact state, is an entire delusion1. 于是,很明白,从骨相学上说来,在大鲸活着而毫无损伤的时候,它的头就全然是一种使人迷惑的东西。

As for his true brain, you can then see no indications of it, nor feel any. 至于它的真正的头脑,你根本就一点也找不到什么迹象,一点也觉察不到。
The whale, like all things that are mighty2, wears a false brow to the common world. 跟凡是伟大的一切东西一样,大鲸也是对人间戴起一副假面具的。
If you unload his skull3 of its spermy heaps and then take a rear view of its rear end, which is the high end, 如果你拿掉了它脑壳里那些鲸油块,然后,打它后边(也就是它那隆起的地方)看一看它的后形,
you will be struck by its resemblance to the human skull, beheld4 in the same situation, and from the same point of view. 那么,它那跟你从同样角度、同样观点来看人类的后脑而结果却是完全相似的情况,一定会教你大吃一惊。
Indeed, place this reversed skull (scaled down to the human magnitude) among a plate of men's skulls5, and you would involuntarily confound it with them; 老实说,如果把这只倒置的脑壳(把它缩得跟人类的脑壳一般大小)放在装有许多人类脑壳的一只器皿里,你准会不自觉地把它跟人头混淆不清;
and remarking the depressions on one part of its summit, in phrenological phrase you would say—This man had no self-esteem, and no veneration6. 同时,看到它脑顶那地方的凹处后,你准会照骨相学的术语说——这家伙是毫无自尊心,毫无虔敬心的了。
And by those negations, considered along with the affirmative fact of his prodigious7 bulk and power, 而你把这些否定的断语,跟它那巨大的躯干和威力的肯定的事实一起考虑一下的话,你自己就会对那具有最高的威力的道理所在,
you can best form to yourself the truest, though not the most exhilarating conception of what the most exalted8 potency9 is. 出乎意料地得出虽然不是最痛快的然而却是最正确的概念来。
But if from the comparative dimensions of the whale's proper brain, 不过,如果你从原来的鲸脑的相当容积上,
you deem it incapable10 of being adequately charted, then I have another idea for you. 还认为不能对它获得适当的轮廓的话,那么,我给你另外出个主意。
If you attentively11 regard almost any quadruped's spine12, 如果你对差不多任何一种四足动物的背脊都留心地注意一下,
you will be struck with the resemblance of its vertebrae to a strung necklace of dwarfed13 skulls, all bearing rudimental resemblance to the skull proper. 那么,就它那脊骨跟一串结在项链里的许多缩小的脑壳,全都跟发育不全的正式的脑壳极相仿佛这一点说来,又要叫你大吃一惊了。

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1 delusion x9uyf     
n.谬见,欺骗,幻觉,迷惑
参考例句:
  • He is under the delusion that he is Napoleon.他患了妄想症,认为自己是拿破仑。
  • I was under the delusion that he intended to marry me.我误认为他要娶我。
2 mighty YDWxl     
adj.强有力的;巨大的
参考例句:
  • A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
  • The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
3 skull CETyO     
n.头骨;颅骨
参考例句:
  • The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
  • He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去,跌裂了颅骨。
4 beheld beheld     
v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟
参考例句:
  • His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。 来自英汉文学 - 红字
5 skulls d44073bc27628272fdd5bac11adb1ab5     
颅骨( skull的名词复数 ); 脑袋; 脑子; 脑瓜
参考例句:
  • One of the women's skulls found exceeds in capacity that of the average man of today. 现已发现的女性颅骨中,其中有一个的脑容量超过了今天的普通男子。
  • We could make a whole plain white with skulls in the moonlight! 我们便能令月光下的平原变白,遍布白色的骷髅!
6 veneration 6Lezu     
n.尊敬,崇拜
参考例句:
  • I acquired lasting respect for tradition and veneration for the past.我开始对传统和历史产生了持久的敬慕。
  • My father venerated General Eisenhower.我父亲十分敬仰艾森豪威尔将军。
7 prodigious C1ZzO     
adj.惊人的,奇妙的;异常的;巨大的;庞大的
参考例句:
  • This business generates cash in prodigious amounts.这种业务收益丰厚。
  • He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory.他惊人的记忆力让所有见过他的人都印象深刻。
8 exalted ztiz6f     
adj.(地位等)高的,崇高的;尊贵的,高尚的
参考例句:
  • Their loveliness and holiness in accordance with their exalted station.他们的美丽和圣洁也与他们的崇高地位相称。
  • He received respect because he was a person of exalted rank.他因为是个地位崇高的人而受到尊敬。
9 potency 9Smz8     
n. 效力,潜能
参考例句:
  • Alcohol increases the drug's potency.酒精能增加这种毒品的效力。
  • Sunscreen can lose its potency if left over winter in the bathroom cabinet.如果把防晒霜在盥洗室的壁橱里放一个冬天,就有可能失效。
10 incapable w9ZxK     
adj.无能力的,不能做某事的
参考例句:
  • He would be incapable of committing such a cruel deed.他不会做出这么残忍的事。
  • Computers are incapable of creative thought.计算机不会创造性地思维。
11 attentively AyQzjz     
adv.聚精会神地;周到地;谛;凝神
参考例句:
  • She listened attentively while I poured out my problems. 我倾吐心中的烦恼时,她一直在注意听。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She listened attentively and set down every word he said. 她专心听着,把他说的话一字不漏地记下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
12 spine lFQzT     
n.脊柱,脊椎;(动植物的)刺;书脊
参考例句:
  • He broke his spine in a fall from a horse.他从马上跌下摔断了脊梁骨。
  • His spine developed a slight curve.他的脊柱有点弯曲。
13 dwarfed cf071ea166e87f1dffbae9401a9e8953     
vt.(使)显得矮小(dwarf的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • The old houses were dwarfed by the huge new tower blocks. 这些旧房子在新建的高楼大厦的映衬下显得十分矮小。
  • The elephant dwarfed the tortoise. 那只乌龟跟那头象相比就显得很小。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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