「フランケンシュタイン」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
メアリー・ウォルストンクラフト・シェリーが「フランケンシュタイン」で何度も使う、英語の頻出4,000語に入らない40語です。先に覚えておくと、最初の章がずっと読みやすくなります。各単語に発音記号、意味、本文の例文をつけました。
misery/ˈmɪzɝi/みじめさ, 非常な不運本文に63回
… yet I have found a man who, before his spirit had been broken by misery, I should have been happy to have possessed as the brother of my heart.
miserable/ˈmɪzɝəbəɫ/貧弱な, みすぼらしい, 程度の低い本文に63回
He said little, but when he spoke I read in his kindling eye and in his animated glance a restrained but firm resolve not to be chained to the miserable details of commerce.
endeavour/ɪnˈdɛvɝ/努力する本文に56回
… if I am assailed by disappointment, no one will endeavour to sustain me in dejection.
despair/dɪˈspɛɹ/望みを失う, 絶望する本文に51回
But he is generally melancholy and despairing, and sometimes he gnashes his teeth, as if impatient of the weight of woes that oppresses him.
cottage/ˈkɑtədʒ/小さな家本文に51回
… when the gates of Geneva were shut, and she was forced to remain several hours of the night in a barn belonging to a cottage, being unwilling to call up the inhabitants …
affection/əˈfɛkʃən/愛情, 好意, 恋情本文に48回
… and I greatly need a friend who would have sense enough not to despise me as romantic, and affection enough for me to endeavour to regulate my mind.
sensation/sɛnˈseɪʃən/感じ, 気持ち本文に44回
I cannot describe to you my sensations on the near prospect of my undertaking.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/大喜び, 歓喜本文に43回
… I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves and fills me with delight.
countenance/ˈkaʊntənəns/顔つき, 顔色, 表情本文に39回
… if anyone performs an act of kindness towards him or does him any the most trifling service, his whole countenance is lighted up, as it were …
fiend/ˈfind/悪魔, 悪鬼本文に33回
Because he knows a frightful fiend
labour/ˈɫeɪbɝ/労働本文に32回
I am practically industrious—painstaking, a workman to execute with perseverance and labour—but besides this there is a love for the marvellous, a belief in the marvellous …
bestow/bɪˈstoʊ/…を授ける, 贈る, 与える本文に30回
… on which he had designed to pass the remainder of his life; but he bestowed the whole on his rival, together with the remains of his prize-money to purchase stock …
agony/ˈæɡəni/苦悶, 苦痛本文に30回
With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me …
grief/ˈɡɹif/深い悲しみ, 悲嘆本文に29回
For my own part, I begin to love him as a brother, and his constant and deep grief fills me with sympathy and compassion.
kindness/ˈkaɪndnəs/親切, 思いやり, 情け深さ本文に27回
Heaven shower down blessings on you, and save me, that I may again and again testify my gratitude for all your love and kindness.
murderer/ˈmɝdɝɝ/殺人者, 人殺し, 謀殺犯本文に27回
This picture is gone, and was doubtless the temptation which urged the murderer to the deed.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/穏やかな, 静かな本文に27回
… and, sailing over a calm sea, we may be wafted to a land surpassing in wonders and in beauty every region hitherto discovered on the habitable globe.
wretch/ˈɹɛtʃ/みじめな人, 哀れな人本文に24回
How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form?
cottager小さな家に住む人本文に24回
The girl was young and of gentle demeanour, unlike what I have since found cottagers and farmhouse servants to be.
revenge/ɹiˈvɛndʒ/復讐, 仕返し本文に24回
When I reflected on his crimes and malice, my hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation.
beloved/bɪˈɫəvd/最愛の, 非常に愛されている本文に24回
Heaven bless my beloved sister!
wretched/ˈɹɛtʃɪd/みじめな, 悲惨な, ひどい本文に23回
I never saw a man in so wretched a condition.
anguish/ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/激しい苦しみ, 苦悶本文に23回
… and was exposed to all the damps and dews of night; Elizabeth also suffered extreme anguish.
hop/ˈhɑp/希望本文に23回
My courage and my resolution is firm; but my hopes fluctuate, and my spirits are often depressed.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/震える本文に23回
It is impossible to communicate to you a conception of the trembling sensation, half pleasurable and half fearful, with which I am preparing to depart.
depart/dɪˈpɑɹt/立ち去る, 出発する本文に23回
I shall depart for the latter town in a fortnight or three weeks; and my intention is to hire a ship there …
sympathy/ˈsɪmpəθi/共感, 思いやり本文に23回
… while it renders his conduct the more astonishing, detracts from the interest and sympathy which otherwise he would command.
conceive/kənˈsiv/を心に抱く, 思う, を思いつく本文に23回
Yet do not suppose, because I complain a little or because I can conceive a consolation for my toils which I may never know, that I am wavering in my resolutions.
vengeance/ˈvɛndʒəns/復しゅう, 仕返し本文に21回
“Come, Victor; not brooding thoughts of vengeance against the assassin, but with feelings of peace and gentleness, that will heal, instead of festering, the wounds of our minds.
utter/ˈətɝ/全くの, 完全な本文に21回
Destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction.
acquaint/əˈkweɪnt/に…を知らせる, 告げる《acquaint 人 with …本文に20回
You are well acquainted with my failure and how heavily I bore the disappointment.
commence/kəˈmɛns/…を始める, に着手する本文に20回
These are my enticements, and they are sufficient to conquer all fear of danger or death and to induce me to commence this laborious voyage with the joy a child feels when he embarks in a little boat, with his holiday mates …
sorrow/ˈsɑɹoʊ/悲しみの原因, 不幸の種, 心配ごと本文に20回
… in some degree, recompensing her for the sorrows she had endured, but which gave inexpressible grace to his behaviour to her.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/叫ぶ本文に20回
you will exclaim.
creator/kɹiˈeɪtɝ/創造者, 創作者, 創設者本文に19回
We felt that they were not the tyrants to rule our lot according to their caprice, but the agents and creators of all the many delights which we enjoyed.
melancholy/ˈmɛɫənˌkɑɫi/もの悲しい気持ちにさせる, 悲しげな本文に18回
… his full-toned voice swells in my ears; his lustrous eyes dwell on me with all their melancholy sweetness; I see his thin hand raised in animation …
procure/pɹoʊkˈjʊɹ/…を努力して手に入れる本文に18回
… but it was sufficient to provide him with sustenance for some months, and in the meantime he hoped to procure some respectable employment in a merchant’s house.
consolation/ˌkɑnsəˈɫeɪʃən/慰めとなるもの本文に18回
This expectation will now be the consolation of your father.
continually/kənˈtɪnjuəɫi/ひんぱんに, たびたび本文に18回
… my men are bold and apparently firm of purpose, nor do the floating sheets of ice that continually pass us, indicating the dangers of the region towards which we are advancing …
innocence/ˈɪnəsəns/無邪気, あどけなさ本文に18回
How much more a murdered that could destroy radiant innocence!
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