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美国语文第六册 第198期:教育的必要性(4)

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（单词翻译）

I would add, as a motive1 to immediate2 action, that if we do fail in our great experiment of self-government,

我还要补充一下，作为直接采取行动的动机，如果我们未能在自治上获得重要经验，

our destruction will be as signal as the birthright abandoned, the mercies abused, and the provocation3 offered to beneficent Heaven.

那么我们的失败将如同放弃生育权，滥施仁慈一样，成了向仁慈的上帝挑衅的标志。

The descent of desolation will correspond with the past elevation4.

沦落到被遗弃是与过去的提升相一致的。

No punishments of Heaven are so severe as those for mercies abused;

对于滥施仁慈而言，没有什么比上帝的惩罚更严厉的了；

and no instrumentality employed in their infliction5 is so dreadful as the wrath6 of man.

在导致他们的原因中，没哪种施加的手段同人的愤怒一样骇人。

No spasms7 are like the spasms of expiring liberty, and no wailing8 such as her convulsions extort9.

没有什么样的痉挛堪比濒临死亡的自由所产生的痉挛，没有哪种哀号堪比对国家灾变的曲解。

It took Rome three hundred years to die;

罗马帝国历经三百年的痛苦才寿终正寝；

and our death, if we perish, will be as much more terrific as our intelligence and free institutions have given us more bone, sinew, and vitality10.

如果我们消亡的话，我们的死差不多与我们的智慧和自由的体制所给予我们的骨骼、肌肉和生命力的消亡一样可怕。

May God hide from me the day when the dying agonies of my country shall begin!

但愿上帝不让我看到，我的国家遭受的置她于死地的极大痛苦开始发作的那一天！

O thou beloved land, bound together by the ties of brotherhood11, and common interest, and perils12! live forever — one and undivided!

啊，你们深爱的这片土地，由同胞之爱这个纽带和共同利益将大家连在一起的这片土地，处于极大的危险之中！永远屹立不倒——一个整体永不分开！


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1 motive GFzxz     
n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的
参考例句：
  • The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
  • He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
2 immediate aapxh     
adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的
参考例句：
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
3 provocation QB9yV     
n.激怒，刺激，挑拨，挑衅的事物，激怒的原因
参考例句：
  • He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation.他是火爆性子，一点就着。
  • They did not react to this provocation.他们对这一挑衅未作反应。
4 elevation bqsxH     
n.高度；海拔；高地；上升；提高
参考例句：
  • The house is at an elevation of 2,000 metres.那幢房子位于海拔两千米的高处。
  • His elevation to the position of General Manager was announced yesterday.昨天宣布他晋升总经理职位。
5 infliction nbxz6     
n.（强加于人身的）痛苦，刑罚
参考例句：
  • Don't immerse yourself in the infliction too long.不要长时间沉浸在痛苦经历中。
  • Instead of rivets there came an invasion,an infliction,and a visitation.但是铆钉并没有运来，来的却是骚扰、混乱和视察。
6 wrath nVNzv     
n.愤怒，愤慨，暴怒
参考例句：
  • His silence marked his wrath. 他的沉默表明了他的愤怒。
  • The wrath of the people is now aroused. 人们被激怒了。
7 spasms 5efd55f177f67cd5244e9e2b74500241     
n.痉挛( spasm的名词复数 )；抽搐；（能量、行为等的）突发；发作
参考例句：
  • After the patient received acupuncture treatment,his spasms eased off somewhat. 病人接受针刺治疗后，痉挛稍微减轻了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The smile died, squeezed out by spasms of anticipation and anxiety. 一阵阵预测和焦虑把她脸上的微笑挤掉了。 来自辞典例句
8 wailing 25fbaeeefc437dc6816eab4c6298b423     
v.哭叫，哀号( wail的现在分词 )；沱
参考例句：
  • A police car raced past with its siren wailing. 一辆警车鸣着警报器飞驰而过。
  • The little girl was wailing miserably. 那小女孩难过得号啕大哭。
9 extort KP1zQ     
v.勒索，敲诈，强要
参考例句：
  • The blackmailer tried to extort a large sum of money from him.勒索者企图向他勒索一大笔钱。
  • They absolutely must not harm the people or extort money from them.严格禁止坑害勒索群众。
10 vitality lhAw8     
n.活力，生命力，效力
参考例句：
  • He came back from his holiday bursting with vitality and good health.他度假归来之后，身强体壮，充满活力。
  • He is an ambitious young man full of enthusiasm and vitality.他是个充满热情与活力的有远大抱负的青年。
11 brotherhood 1xfz3o     
n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊
参考例句：
  • They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
  • They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。
12 perils 3c233786f6fe7aad593bf1198cc33cbe     
极大危险( peril的名词复数 )； 危险的事（或环境）
参考例句：
  • The commander bade his men be undaunted in the face of perils. 指挥员命令他的战士要临危不惧。
  • With how many more perils and disasters would he load himself? 他还要再冒多少风险和遭受多少灾难？

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