读《米德尔马契》前要掌握的40个英文单词
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乔治·艾略特在《米德尔马契》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。
oblige/əˈbɫaɪdʒ/施恩惠, 帮忙书中出现81次
He’s very hot on new sorts; to oblige you.”
hinder/ˈhɪndɝ/阻碍, 打扰书中出现75次
Certainly such elements in the character of a marriageable girl tended to interfere with her lot, and hinder it from being decided according to custom, by good looks …
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到, 在...以前, 迄书中出现75次
You know, he said that he had forgotten them till then.
fond/ˈfɑnd/喜欢的, 宠爱的, 温柔的书中出现70次
“No, I have other things of mamma’s—her sandal-wood box which I am so fond of—plenty of things.
inward/ˈɪnwɝd/内心的, 向内的, 本来的书中出现68次
If Miss Brooke ever attained perfect meekness, it would not be for lack of inward fire.
pity/ˈpɪti/遗憾, 同情, 怜悯书中出现63次
Celia felt that this was a pity.
clergyman/ˈkɫɝdʒiˌmæn/牧师书中出现61次
… not excepting even Monsieur Liret, the Vaudois clergyman who had given conferences on the history of the Waldenses.
dislike/dɪˈsɫaɪk/讨厌, 不喜欢书中出现61次
So Miss Brooke presided in her uncle’s household, and did not at all dislike her new authority, with the homage that belonged to it.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/感到高兴书中出现60次
… and was taking her usual place in the pretty sitting-room which divided the bedrooms of the sisters, bent on finishing a plan for some buildings (a kind of work which she delighted in), when Celia …
dread/ˈdɹɛd/恐惧, 害怕书中出现59次
But he himself dreaded so much the sort of superior woman likely to be available for such a position, that he allowed himself to be dissuaded by Dorothea’s objections …
disagreeable/ˌdɪsəˈɡɹiəbəɫ/令人不快的, 厌恶的, 不合意的书中出现50次
But he was positively obtrusive at this moment, and his dimpled hands were quite disagreeable.
temper/ˈtɛmpɝ/硬度, 脾气, 心情书中出现50次
It was hardly a year since they had come to live at Tipton Grange with their uncle, a man nearly sixty, of acquiescent temper, miscellaneous opinions, and uncertain vote.
peculiar/pəkˈjuɫjɝ/奇特的, 罕见的, 特殊的书中出现50次
… her eyes following the same direction as her uncle’s, she was struck with the peculiar effect of the announcement on Dorothea.
spite/ˈspaɪt/恶意, 怨恨, 使人烦恼的事物书中出现50次
Riding was an indulgence which she allowed herself in spite of conscientious qualms; she felt that she enjoyed it in a pagan sensuous way, and always looked forward to renouncing it.
agreeable/əˈɡɹiəbəɫ/令人愉快的, 同意的书中出现48次
But there may be good reasons for choosing not to do what is very agreeable,” said Dorothea.
chiefly/ˈtʃifɫi/主要地书中出现47次
… and did not regard his future wife in the light of prey, valuable chiefly for the excitements of the chase.
beforehand/bɪˈfɔɹˌhænd/预先书中出现46次
You couldn’t put the thing better—couldn’t put it better, beforehand, you know.
thoroughly/ˈθɝoʊɫi/彻底地, 绝对地, 透彻地书中出现45次
She was thoroughly charming to him, but of course he theorized a little about his attachment.
clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/聪明的, 精明的书中出现44次
She was usually spoken of as being remarkably clever, but with the addition that her sister Celia had more common-sense.
ignorance/ˈɪɡnɝəns/无知, 愚味书中出现43次
This elevating thought lifted her above her annoyance at being twitted with her ignorance of political economy, that never-explained science which was thrust as an extinguisher over all her lights.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/吸引力, 魔力, 符咒书中出现43次
Yet those who approached Dorothea, though prejudiced against her by this alarming hearsay, found that she had a charm unaccountably reconcilable with it.
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/马车, 客车, 举止书中出现41次
When she got out of the carriage, her cheeks were pale and her eyelids red.
unpleasant/ənˈpɫɛzənt/使人不愉快的, 使人厌恶的, 煞风景的书中出现41次
He was not going to renounce his ride because of his friend’s unpleasant news—only to ride the faster in some other direction than that of Tipton Grange.
affection/əˈfɛkʃən/影响, 病, 喜爱书中出现41次
… vanity, and merely canine affection.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/次日书中出现40次
“You can go with me to-morrow, if you like.
banker/ˈbæŋkɝ/银行家, 庄家书中出现40次
… who happened to be a manufacturer; the philanthropic banker his brother-in-law, who predominated so much in the town that some called him a Methodist …
disposition/ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən/性情, 处置, 处理书中出现38次
Miss Brooke argued from words and dispositions not less unhesitatingly than other young ladies of her age.
conscience/ˈkɑnʃəns/良心书中出现37次
… hardly more than a budding woman, but yet with an active conscience and a great mental need, not to be satisfied by a girlish instruction comparable to the nibblings and judgments of a discursive mouse.
uneasy/əˈnizi/心神不安的, 不自在的, 不稳定的书中出现36次
Dorothea felt a little more uneasy than usual.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/然后, 后来书中出现36次
… on plans at once narrow and promiscuous, first in an English family and afterwards in a Swiss family at Lausanne, their bachelor uncle and guardian trying in this way to remedy the disadvantages of their orphaned condition.
contrary/ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/相反地书中出现36次
“On the contrary, I am often unable to decide.
bill/ˈbɪɫ/帐单, 清单, 钞票书中出现35次
For the creditor to whom he owed a hundred and sixty held a firmer security in the shape of a bill signed by Mary’s father.
aunt/ˈænt/阿姨, 姨妈, 舅妈书中出现35次
“My aunt made an unfortunate marriage.
disgust/dɪsˈɡəst/厌恶, 嫌恶书中出现34次
All her dear plans were embittered, and she thought with disgust of Sir James’s conceiving that she recognized him as her lover.
ignorant/ˈɪɡnɝənt/无知识的, 不知道的, 由无知产生的书中出现34次
“I am very ignorant—you will quite wonder at my ignorance,” said Dorothea.
utter/ˈətɝ/发出声音, 做声, 发表书中出现34次
… present in the king’s mind, but not uttered,” said Mr. Casaubon, smiling and bending his head towards Celia …
offend/əˈfɛnd/犯罪, 冒犯, 违反书中出现34次
… and was unhappy: she saw that she had offended her sister, and dared not say even anything pretty about the gift of the ornaments which she put back into the box and carried away.
fool/ˈfuɫ/愚人, 受骗者, 奶油拌水果书中出现34次
A man always makes a fool of himself, speechifying: there’s no excuse but being on the right side, so that you can ask a blessing on your humming and hawing.
lately/ˈɫeɪtɫi/近来, 最近书中出现34次
I have been using up my eyesight on old characters lately; the fact is …
backward/ˈbækwɝd/向后地, 相反地书中出现33次
… the color rose in her cheeks, and her straw bonnet (which our contemporaries might look at with conjectural curiosity as at an obsolete form of basket) fell a little backward.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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