Not to meander myself, at present, I will go back to my birth.

I was born at Blunderstone, in Suflolk,or "there by',as they say in Scotland.I was a posthumous child. My father's eyes had closed upon the light of this world six months,when mine opened on it. There is something strange to me, even now, in the reflection that he never saw me; and something stranger yet in the shadowy remembrance that I have of my first childish associations with his white grave-stone in the churchyard, and of the indefinable compassion I used to feel for it lying out alone there in the dark night when our little parlour was warm and bright with fire and candle and the doors of our house were - almost cruelly, it seemed to me sometimes - bolted and locked against it.

An aunt of my father's, and consequently a great-aunt of mine of whom I shall have more to relate by and by, was the principal magnate of our family. Miss Trotwood,or Miss Betsey,as my poor mother always called her,when she sufficiently overcame her dread of this formidable personage to mention her at all (which was seldom),had been married to a husband younger than herself, who was very handsome, except in the sense of the homely adage, 'hand- some is, that handsome does'- for he was strongly suspected of having beaten Miss Betsey, and even of having once, on a disputed question of supplies, made some hasty but determined arrangements to throw her out of a two pair of stairs' window. These evidences of an incompatibility of temper induced Miss Betsey to pay him off, and effect a separation by mutual consent. He went to India with his capital, and there, according to a wild legend in our family, he was once seen riding on an elephant, in company with a Baboon;but I think it must have been a Baboo- or a Begum. Anyhow,from India tidings of his death reached home, within ten years. How they affected my aunt, nobody knew; for immediately upon the separation, she took her maiden name again, bought a cottage in a hamlet on the sea-coast a long way off, established herself there as a single woman with one servant, and was understood to live secluded, ever afterwards, in an inflexible retirement.

注释：

1.posthumous adj. 死后的；遗腹的；作者死后出版的

例句：After Cao pi ascended the throne, he conferred posthumous honors on his father as the emperor of Wei dynasty.

曹丕登基后追封其父曹操为魏武帝。

2.reflection n. 反射；沉思；映象

例句：I looked at the problem and fell into reflection.

我看着这个问题，陷入了沉思。

词组：

sei**ic reflection 地震波反射

on reflection 经再三考虑

reflection coefficient 反射系数

total reflection 全反射

reflection method反射法；映

3.shadowy adj. 幽暗的，多阴影的；昏暗的，朦胧的；鲜为人知的，神秘莫测的；虚无的，虚幻的

例句：This shadowy environment is very suitable for bats to live.

这种阴暗的**很适合蝙蝠生活。

4.remembrance n. 回想，回忆；纪念品；记忆力

例句：This festival is in remembrance of the great king.

这个节日是为了缅怀那位伟大的国王。

词组：

in remembrance of纪念；

5.indefinable adj. 难下定义的；难确定的；模糊不清的 n. 难下定义的事物；难以确切描述的事物

例句：There was something indefinable in her eyes.

她的眼神里有种难以形容的东西。

6.compassion n. 同情；怜悯

例句：He had a compassion for the frozen snake.

他很同情这条冻僵的蛇。

7.parlour n. 客厅；会客室；雅座

n. (Parlour)人名；(英)帕勒

例句：Their wedding photos are hanging in the parlour.

会客室里挂着他们的结婚照。

词组：

beauty parlour美容院；美容室

funeral parlour 殡仪馆

8.cruelly

adv. 残酷地；非常

例句：

The boy cruelly refused my courtship.

那个男孩残忍地拒绝了我的求爱。

9.bolted adj. 用螺栓栓的；脱离的，分开的

v. 突然说出；突然冲撞；拴住（bolt的过去分词）

例句：The pig rose squealing and bolted.

那头猪尖叫着站起来，飞快地跑开了。

词组：

bolted flange栓结法兰；联接法兰；螺栓结合凸缘

bolted connection（钢结构）螺栓连接

bolted joint螺栓接合

10.principal adj. 主要的；资本的 n. 首长；校长；资本；当事人

例句：The principal rule of this game is not to reveal your identity.

这个游戏最重要的规则就是不能**自己身份。

词组：

principal component 主成分；[化]知组分

principal component analysis 主成分**

principal and interest 本利，本金及利息

principal stress 主应力；枝力，枝动

principal axis [物]主轴

11.magnate n. 巨头；大资本家；要人；富豪；……大王

例句：His father is an American media magnate.

他的父亲是一位美国媒体大亨

12.Trotwood n .(Trotwood)人名；(英)特罗特伍德

例句：The richest and most important person in our family was my father's aunt, Miss Betsey Trotwood.

在我们家族中最富有、最重要的人物要数我父亲的姨妈——贝茜·特拉·伍德**。

13.sufficiently adv. 充分地；足够地

例句：In this examination, she sufficiently played to her technical level.

在这次考核中，她充分地发挥了自己的技术水平。

14.overcame

v. 克服（overcome的过去式）

例句：He overcame many personal adversities.

他克服了多次个人不幸。

词组：

overcome difficulties克服困难

15.dread v.惧怕，担心；敬畏n.恐惧，可怕的人（或物）；（鸟群的）惊飞，惊起；将头发编成“骇人”发型的人adj.可怕的；令人敬畏的

This dread thought gradually drove him out of his mind.这种令人恐惧的想法逐渐让他失去了理智。

The girl was dreaded by the horror story.这个女孩被这个恐怖的故事吓坏了。

I was filled with dread of marriage.我内心充满了对婚姻的恐惧。

He's dreading the exam - he's sure he's going to fail.他很担心考试 他觉得自己肯定过不了

The prospect of growing old fills me with dread.

想到人会一天天老下去便使我充满恐惧。

My greatest dread is that my parents will find out.

我最担心的就是父母会察觉出来。

Hath it always this dread effect?

它总是有这种可怕的效果吗？

"I have often," said Smee, "noticed your strange dread of crocodiles."

“我常常注意到，”斯迈说，“你对鳄鱼有种奇怪的恐惧。”

16.formidable adj. 强大的；可怕的；令人敬畏的；艰难的

例句：He has a formidable knowledge of botany.

他有丰富的植物学知识

17.personage n. 要人；角色；名士

例句：The village chief invited a personage from nearby Taoist temple to exorcise demons.

村长请来了附近道观的一位名士来驱魔。

18.mention vt. 提到，谈到；提及，论及；说起 n. 提及，说起 n. (Mention)人名；(法)芒雄

例句：I've mentioned it before.

我之前已经提过它了。

词组：

not to mention更不必说；不必提及

mention of提及…

make mention of v. 提到，提及

at the mention of 在提到……时；一提起

don't mention it 不用介意

19.adage n. 格言，谚语；箴言

例句：Some folk adages are still very logical.

有些民间的俗语还是很符合逻辑的。

20.disputed adj. 有争议的

v. 争论；激烈争辩（dispute的过去分词）

例句：The results were hotly disputed.

结果引起了极大争议。

词组：

disputed area有争议地区

21.hasty adj. 轻率的；匆忙的；草率的；懈怠的 n. (Hasty)人名；(英)黑斯蒂

[ 比较级 hastier **级 hastiest ]

收起释义

例句：I'm sorry for my hasty words, I didn't mean to hurt you.

我为我的草率言语而感到抱歉，我并不是要伤害你。

22.incompatibility

n. 不相容；不协调；不一致

例句：The incompatibility between environmental protection and economic development is my focus.

**保护和经济**的不兼容是我的关注重点。

23.temper n. 脾气；（钢等）回火；性情；倾向

vt. 使回火；锻炼；调和；使缓和

vi. 回火；调和

例句：She is a woman who has a temper.

她是个脾气暴躁的女人。

词组：

bad temper 坏脾气；暴躁

temper mill 平整机

hot temper 急躁的脾气

in a temper 在盛怒之下；发着脾气

lose your temper 发脾气

24.induced adj. 感应的；诱发型 v. 引诱；说服（induce的过去分词）

例句：Opacity of the eye lens can be induced by deficiency of certain vitamins.

眼球晶状体的混浊可由缺乏某些维生素引起。

词组：

induced polarization 感应极化

induced abortionn. [医]人工流产

induced current感生电流，感应电流

induced draft诱导通风；进气通风

induced draft fan引风机；

25.separation n. 分离，分开；间隔，距离；[法] 分居；缺口

例句：The long-term separation gradually faded the love of the couple.

**分离使这对夫妻的感情逐渐变淡。

词组：

membrane separation 薄膜分离

magnetic separation 磁选；磁性分离；磁力分离；磁力选矿

air separation 空气分离；风选

phase separation 相位分离，相位差

color separation 分色，色彩

26.mutual adj. 共同的；相互的，彼此的

例句：

Husband and wife are at odds because of mutualsuspicion.

夫妻因为相互猜疑而不和。

词组：

mutual benefit互惠互利

mutual understanding互相谅解，相互理解

mutual trust[营]相互信任；互相信赖

equality and mutual benefit平等互利

mutual information交互信息

27.consent n. 准许，同意；赞同，同意；正式批准文件，批文；（古）一致，和谐

v. 同意，准许；（古）赞成（意见、看法等）

n. (Consent)（法、荷、美）孔桑（人名）

例句：You can't come in without my consent.

未经我的同意你不能进来。

词组：

informed consent 知情同意，知会同意；知后同意

written consent 书面同意；同意书

mutual consent 双方同意

by common consent adv

28.pay him off 支付给他

After we had come to terms, we discovered that we did not have enough money in the bank to pay him off.

我们谈妥条件之后，竟发现我们银行存款不够全部给他偿付。

29.legend n. 传奇；说明；图例；刻印文字

n. (Legend)人名；(西)莱亨德；(英)莱金德

例句：The legend artist won many prizes in the competition.

这位著名的艺术家**了很多比赛的大奖。

词组：

urban legendn. 都市传奇，传闻

legend groupn. 联想集团

30.Baboon n. [脊椎] 狒狒

例句：The Arabian baboon in the zoo looks listless.

动物园里的**伯狒狒看起来无精打采的。

31.Baboo n. 先生（印度人对男子的尊称， 等于Sir.， Mr.）

例句：Sex has ever been a babootopic and the sexual word has been considered dangerous.

性历来是人们禁忌的话题，与性有关的词语也被视作具有危险性。

32.Begum n.**贵妇；贵妇

Major Pendennis became the Begum's confidant and house friend.

潘登尼斯少校成了贝衮的心腹和家中的亲密朋友.

Pinjra Begum was poisoned by the beautiful water she had faithfully pumped.

贝根是被她终生信任而汲取的清泉所毒害.

33.tidings n. 消息；音信

例句：After graduation, I lost tidings about Diana.

毕业以后，我就失去了有关戴安娜的音信。

34.maiden name

(女子的）婚前姓；娘家姓

例句：The marriage broke up in 1997 and she took back her maiden name of Boreman.

1997年婚姻破裂后她重新使用娘家姓博尔曼。

35.cottage n. 小屋；村舍；（农舍式的）小别墅

例句：This cottage is in the corner of this village.

这间小屋在这个村庄的角落。

词组：

cottage cheese（由脱脂凝乳制成的）白软干酪，松软干酪

cottage industry 家庭手工业

thatched cottage 茅草屋

36.hamlet n. 小村庄

例句：Hamlet is talking to the ghost of his father.

哈姆雷特和他父亲的鬼魂对话

37.a long way off

在远处

例句：September was a long way off.

那时离九月份还有很长一段时间。

38.secluded adj. 隐蔽的；隐退的，隐居的

v. 隔绝（seclude的过去式）

例句：The site of practice is in a secluded **all Zen yard, a few minutes away from the Buddha.

实修的地点在一个僻静小禅院中，距离大佛有几分钟路程

39.inflexible adj. 顽固的；不可弯曲的；不屈挠的；不能转变的

例句：China has taken an inflexible stance on territorial issues.

中国在领土问题上表现出了**的立场。

40.retirement n. 退休，退役

例句：He has planned his retirement.

他已经规划好了自己的退休生活。

词组：

retirement age退休年龄

early retirement提前退休；内退

retirement plan退休计划；养老金计划

retirement system退休制度

retirement community退休社