读《弗兰肯斯坦》前要掌握的40个英文单词
Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
玛丽·沃斯通克拉夫特·雪莱在《弗兰肯斯坦》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。
misery/ˈmɪzɝi/痛苦, 悲惨, 不幸书中出现63次
… 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/悲惨的；痛苦的；卑鄙的书中出现63次
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, 力图, 尽力书中出现56次
… if I am assailed by disappointment, no one will endeavour to sustain me in dejection.
despair/dɪˈspɛɹ/绝望, 失望书中出现51次
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/小屋, 茅舍书中出现51次
… 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/影响, 病, 喜爱书中出现48次
… 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/感觉, 轰动书中出现44次
I cannot describe to you my sensations on the near prospect of my undertaking.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/高兴, 愉快书中出现43次
… I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves and fills me with delight.
countenance/ˈkaʊntənəns/面容, 面部表情, 支持书中出现39次
… 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/魔鬼, 邪神, 能手书中出现33次
Because he knows a frightful fiend
labour/ˈɫeɪbɝ/劳动, 努力, 工作书中出现32次
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/授予, 使用, 贮藏书中出现30次
… 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/极大的痛苦, 挣扎书中出现30次
With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me …
grief/ˈɡɹif/伤心, 忧愁, 悲痛书中出现29次
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/仁慈, 亲切, 和蔼书中出现27次
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/凶手, 杀人者, 谋害者书中出现27次
This picture is gone, and was doubtless the temptation which urged the murderer to the deed.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/平稳, 风平浪静书中出现27次
… 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/可怜的人, 卑鄙的人, 家伙书中出现24次
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村民, 住在避暑地别墅中的人书中出现24次
The girl was young and of gentle demeanour, unlike what I have since found cottagers and farmhouse servants to be.
revenge/ɹiˈvɛndʒ/报仇, 复仇, 报复书中出现24次
When I reflected on his crimes and malice, my hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation.
beloved/bɪˈɫəvd/心爱的书中出现24次
Heaven bless my beloved sister!
wretched/ˈɹɛtʃɪd/可怜的, 不幸的, 卑鄙的书中出现23次
I never saw a man in so wretched a condition.
anguish/ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/剧痛, 痛苦书中出现23次
… and was exposed to all the damps and dews of night; Elizabeth also suffered extreme anguish.
hop/ˈhɑp/希望书中出现23次
My courage and my resolution is firm; but my hopes fluctuate, and my spirits are often depressed.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/战栗, 颤抖书中出现23次
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/离开, 出发, 背离书中出现23次
I shall depart for the latter town in a fortnight or three weeks; and my intention is to hire a ship there …
sympathy/ˈsɪmpəθi/同情, 赞同, 怜悯书中出现23次
… while it renders his conduct the more astonishing, detracts from the interest and sympathy which otherwise he would command.
conceive/kənˈsiv/构思, 认为书中出现23次
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/复仇, 报仇书中出现21次
“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/全然的, 绝对的, 完全的书中出现21次
Destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction.
acquaint/əˈkweɪnt/使认识, 介绍书中出现20次
You are well acquainted with my failure and how heavily I bore the disappointment.
commence/kəˈmɛns/开始, 得学位书中出现20次
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/悲伤, 哀惜, 不幸书中出现20次
… in some degree, recompensing her for the sorrows she had endured, but which gave inexpressible grace to his behaviour to her.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/大叫, 呼喊, 大声叫书中出现20次
you will exclaim.
creator/kɹiˈeɪtɝ/创造者书中出现19次
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/忧郁的, 使人悲伤的, 愁思的书中出现18次
… 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/获得, 取得, 导致书中出现18次
… 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/安慰, 令人安慰的事物书中出现18次
This expectation will now be the consolation of your father.
continually/kənˈtɪnjuəɫi/不断地, 频繁地书中出现18次
… 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/无罪, 无知, 天真无邪书中出现18次
How much more a murdered that could destroy radiant innocence!
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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