读《计出无奈》前要掌握的40个英文单词
Desperate Remedies
托马斯·哈代在《计出无奈》中反复使用、又不在英语最常用4000词之内的40个单词。先学会它们，前几章会读得轻松很多。每个单词都附有音标、释义和原书例句。
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到...为止书中出现133次
Glimpses of the sea now interested them, which became more and more frequent till the train finally drew up beside the platform at Budmouth.
steward/ˈstuɝd/管理人, 招待员, 管家书中出现112次
‘Those are, more properly, a land or building steward’s duties—at least I have always imagined so.
maid/ˈmeɪd/少女, 未婚女子, 女仆书中出现60次
Sweet, sweet Love must not be slain thus, was the fair maid’s reasoning.
rector/ˈɹɛktɝ/教区长, 校长, 院长书中出现55次
There’s the rector, Mr. Raunham—he’s a relation by marriage—yet she’s quite distant towards him.
whilst/ˈwaɪɫst/当...的时候, 和...同时, 虽然书中出现49次
During her entry, and at various times whilst sitting in her seat and listening to the reader on the platform, her personal appearance formed an interesting subject of study for several neighbouring eyes.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/立即, 瞬间书中出现47次
An instant of doubling forward and sideways, and he reeled off into the air, immediately disappearing downwards.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/低声说书中出现42次
When she had done murmuring the words her father indecisively laid hold of one of the scaffold-poles, as if to test its strength, then let it go and stepped back.
porter/ˈpɔɹtɝ/大楼管理员, 门房, 搬运工人书中出现39次
She asked one of the porters if he could find a lad to go with her and carry her bag: he offered to do it himself.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/然后, 后来书中出现38次
It was the last hour of experience she ever enjoyed with a mind entirely free from a knowledge of that labyrinth into which she stepped immediately afterwards—to continue a perplexed course along its mazes for the greater portion of twenty-nine subsequent months.
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/简直不, 一定不, 仅仅书中出现37次
Thus Ambrose Graye’s good intentions with regard to the reintegration of his property had scarcely taken tangible form when his sudden death put them for ever out of his power.
madam/ˈmædəm/女士, 夫人书中出现36次
‘No, madam; in the next room.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/询问, 问明, 查究书中出现35次
he inquired.
advertisement/ˌædvɝˈtaɪzmənt/广告, 启事, 广告宣传书中出现35次
The same day Cytherea drew up and sent off the advertisement appended:—
postman/ˈpoʊsmən/邮递员书中出现32次
At breakfast time, just as Cytherea had again seen the postman pass without bringing her an answer to the advertisement, as she had fully expected he would do, Owen entered the room.
railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/铁路, 轨道书中出现28次
‘He’s gone across to the railway station, for certain,’ said another passenger.
fancy/ˈfænsi/想象力, 幻想, 喜好书中出现28次
… who had always sadly needed her, was already definitely pictured in her fancy, which …
parish/ˈpæɹɪʃ/教区, 堂区书中出现28次
‘Tis jest the house for a nice ghastly hair-on-end story, that would make the parish religious.
maiden/ˈmeɪdən/年轻未婚女子, 少女, 处女书中出现27次
Among these later ones came an exceptional young maiden who glowed amid the dulness like a single bright-red poppy in a field of brown stubble.
softly/ˈsɔfɫi/柔和地, 静静地, 温柔地书中出现27次
The young man softly followed her, stood opposite the house and watched her come into the upper room with the light.
indoors/ˈɪnˌdɔɹz/在户内书中出现24次
I must go indoors now.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/大叫, 呼喊, 大声叫书中出现24次
she exclaimed.
spite/ˈspaɪt/恶意, 怨恨, 使人烦恼的事物书中出现24次
In spite of evasions as an obstacle, and in consequence of them as a spur, he would put the matter off no longer.
heap/ˈhip/堆, 许多, 累积书中出现23次
… grindstones, heaps of building stone and brick, explained that the spot was the centre of operations for the building work done on the estate.
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/隐藏, 掩盖, 隐瞒书中出现23次
… Miss Aldclyffe might perhaps have taken her into the household; yet her history she particularly wished to conceal from a stranger.
faint/ˈfeɪnt/昏厥, 昏倒书中出现23次
“I have never heard that name mentioned since that time till to-night, and then there instantly rose to my eyes the vision of that young lady lying in a fainting fit.”
dread/ˈdɹɛd/恐惧, 害怕书中出现22次
… blinding herself to its meaning and only natural tendency, and appearing to dread his announcement of them.
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/马车, 客车, 举止书中出现22次
The carriage of her head—motion within motion—a glide upon a glide—was as delicate as that of a magnetic needle.
linger/ˈɫɪŋɝ/逗留, 消磨, 徘徊书中出现22次
Cytherea lingered till the very last, reluctant to follow, and looking alternately at the boat and the valley behind.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/灰色的, 阴沉的书中出现21次
She wore an elegant dark jacket, lavender dress, hat with grey strings and trimmings, and gloves of a colour to harmonize.
countenance/ˈkaʊntənəns/面容, 面部表情, 支持书中出现21次
There was a severity about the lower outlines of the face which gave a masculine cast to this portion of her countenance.
manor/ˈmænɝ/庄园书中出现21次
‘No; that’s the old manor-house—or rather all that’s left of it.
lodge/ˈɫɑdʒ/临时住宿, 倒伏, 寄宿书中出现21次
She was to take up her abode in her brother’s lodging at Budmouth, when she would immediately advertise for a situation as governess …
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/接来, 取来, 售得书中出现21次
I am going to fetch her,’ said the attendant.
continually/kənˈtɪnjuəɫi/不断地, 频繁地书中出现21次
thought Owen continually.
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/颜色, 面色, 颜料书中出现19次
Placid flocks of sheep reclining under trees a little way off appeared of a pale blue colour.
gloom/ˈɡɫum/忧郁, 暗处, 幽暗书中出现19次
I never forget that original disheartening blow, and how that from it sprang all the ills of his life—everything connected with his gloom, and the lassitude in business we used so often to see about him.’
utter/ˈətɝ/全然的, 绝对的, 完全的书中出现19次
… the beautiful things of the earth become more dear as they elude pursuit; but with some natures utter elusion is the one special event which will make a passing love permanent for ever.
interval/ˈɪntɝvəɫ/间隔, 距离, 间歇书中出现19次
… and thriving shopkeepers, in their intervals of leisure, stood at their shop-doors—their toes hanging over the edge of the step …
curiosity/ˌkjʊɹiˈɑsəti/好奇心, 新奇的事物, 珍品书中出现19次
… whenever occasion allowed, at Mrs. Morris with great interest and curiosity, to discover …
ruin/ˈɹuən/毁灭, 衰败, 破坏书中出现19次
‘And once mamma said that an excellent woman was papa’s ruin, because he did not know the way to give her up when he had lost her.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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