读《劝导》前要掌握的40个英文单词
Persuasion
简·奥斯汀在《劝导》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。
acquaintance/əˈkweɪntəns/认识, 相识者书中出现61次
This friend, and Sir Walter, did not marry, whatever might have been anticipated on that head by their acquaintance.
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到...为止书中出现50次
… and every weather, till they are not fit to be seen.
agreeable/əˈɡɹiəbəɫ/令人愉快的, 同意的书中出现38次
He was at that time a very young man, just engaged in the study of the law; and Elizabeth found him extremely agreeable, and every plan in his favour was confirmed.
oblige/əˈbɫaɪdʒ/强制, 施恩惠于, 使感激书中出现38次
But these measures, however good in themselves, were insufficient for the real extent of the evil, the whole of which Sir Walter found himself obliged to confess to her soon afterwards.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/然后, 后来书中出现36次
Lady Elliot had been an excellent woman, sensible and amiable; whose judgement and conduct, if they might be pardoned the youthful infatuation which made her Lady Elliot, had never required indulgence afterwards.
acquaint/əˈkweɪnt/使认识, 介绍书中出现27次
A name that I am so very well acquainted with; knew the gentleman so well by sight …
sensible/ˈsɛnsəbəɫ/有感觉的, 敏感的, 明智的书中出现27次
… one very intimate friend, a sensible, deserving woman …
attachment/əˈtætʃmənt/连接, 附属物, 连接物书中出现27次
His good looks and his rank had one fair claim on his attachment; since to them he must have owed a wife of very superior character to anything deserved by his own.
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/马车, 客车, 举止书中出现26次
The last office of the four carriage-horses was to draw Sir Walter, Miss Elliot, and Mrs. Clay to Bath.
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/苦恼, 贫困, 痛苦书中出现26次
Anne haggard, Mary coarse, every face in the neighbourhood worsting, and the rapid increase of the crow’s foot about Lady Russell’s temples had long been a distress to him.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/感到高兴书中出现25次
Few women could think more of their personal appearance than he did, nor could the valet of any new made lord be more delighted with the place he held in society.
regret/ɹəˈɡɹɛt/遗憾, 后悔, 悔恨书中出现23次
She had the remembrance of all this, she had the consciousness of being nine-and-twenty to give her some regrets and some apprehensions; she was fully satisfied of being still quite as handsome as ever …
honour/ˈɑnɝ/荣誉, 头衔, 信用书中出现21次
… for Mary had merely connected herself with an old country family of respectability and large fortune, and had therefore given all the honour and received none: Elizabeth would …
dispose/dɪˈspoʊz/处置书中出现19次
There was only a small part of his estate that Sir Walter could dispose of; but had every acre been alienable, it would have made no difference.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/吸引力, 魔力, 符咒书中出现19次
… if there has been neither ill health nor anxiety, it is a time of life at which scarcely any charm is lost.
favour/ˈfeɪvɝ/好感, 偏爱, 喜爱书中出现18次
… on his own terms, and as a great favour, that he would let it at all.
agitation/ˌædʒəˈteɪʃən/激动, 焦虑, 煽动书中出现18次
… and many a sigh, were necessary to dispel the agitation of the idea.
dine/ˈdaɪn/用正餐, 进餐书中出现18次
… that Mrs. Musgrove was very apt not to give her the precedence that was her due, when they dined at the Great House with other families; and she did not see any reason why she was to be considered so much at home as to lose her place.
tenant/ˈtɛnənt/承租人, 房客, 居住者书中出现18次
Could not be a better time, Sir Walter, for having a choice of tenants, very responsible tenants.
humour/ˈhjumɝ/使满足, 迁就书中出现17次
She had humoured, or softened …
curiosity/ˌkjʊɹiˈɑsəti/好奇心, 新奇的事物, 珍品书中出现17次
… but, except from some natural sensation of curiosity, he had no desire of meeting her again.
invitation/ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/邀请, 请柬, 引诱书中出现17次
This invitation of Mary’s removed all Lady Russell’s difficulties, and it was consequently soon settled that Anne should not go to Bath till Lady Russell took her …
vain/ˈveɪn/无价值的, 徒然的, 空虚的书中出现16次
… but was hearing of it so often, that it became vain to attempt concealing it longer, even partially …
bless/ˈbɫɛs/祝福, 祈佑, 使神圣化书中出现16次
He considered the blessing of beauty as inferior only to the blessing of a baronetcy; and the Sir Walter Elliot …
sentiment/ˈsɛnəmənt/感情, 感伤, 情操书中出现16次
… “never forgets who she is; and as I am rather better acquainted with her sentiments than you can be, I can assure you …
recollect/ˌɹɛkəˈɫɛkt/回忆, 回想, 忆起书中出现15次
At this moment I cannot recollect his name, though I have heard it so lately.
countenance/ˈkaʊntənəns/面容, 面部表情, 支持书中出现15次
Captain Harville was a tall, dark man, with a sensible, benevolent countenance; a little lame; and from strong features and want of health, looking much older than Captain Wentworth.
kindness/ˈkaɪndnəs/仁慈, 亲切, 和蔼书中出现15次
… in the village of Kellynch; and on her kindness and advice, Lady Elliot mainly relied for the best help and maintenance of the good principles and instruction which she had been anxiously giving her daughters.
enjoyment/ˌɛnˈdʒɔɪmənt/享乐, 快乐, 享受书中出现15次
… as she travelled up to London with her father, for a few weeks’ annual enjoyment of the great world.
temper/ˈtɛmpɝ/使回火, 锻炼, 调和书中出现15次
He thought it a very degrading alliance; and Lady Russell, though with more tempered and pardonable pride, received it as a most unfortunate one.
neighbourhood/ˈneɪbɝˌhʊd/邻接, 周围, 附近一带书中出现14次
Thirteen winters’ revolving frosts had seen her opening every ball of credit which a scanty neighbourhood afforded, and thirteen springs shown their blossoms …
enquiry/ɪnˈkwaɪˌɹi/询问书中出现14次
I have made no enquiries, because I concluded you must have been obliged to give up the party.”
ashamed/əˈʃeɪmd/惭愧的, 羞耻的书中出现14次
She was ashamed of herself, quite ashamed of being so nervous …
interval/ˈɪntɝvəɫ/间隔, 距离, 间歇书中出现14次
This very awkward history of Mr. Elliot was still, after an interval of several years, felt with anger by Elizabeth …
sensation/sɛnˈseɪʃən/感觉, 轰动书中出现14次
She knew that when she played she was giving pleasure only to herself; but this was no new sensation.
instantly/ˈɪnstəntɫi/立即地, 即刻地书中出现14次
… and, instantly rising, said …
recollection/ˌɹɛkəˈɫɛkʃən/记忆, 回想, 回忆书中出现13次
With all these circumstances, recollections and feelings, she could not hear that Captain Wentworth’s sister was likely to live at Kellynch without a revival of former pain …
compliment/ˈkɑmpɫəmɛnt/称赞, 恭维, 敬意书中出现13次
—reciprocal compliments, which would have been esteemed about equal.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/英里书中出现12次
… still resident in Kellynch, and Mary fixed only three miles off, must be anticipated …
exertion/ɪɡˈzɝʃən/努力, 发挥, 运用书中出现12次
how eloquent, at least, were her wishes on the side of early warm attachment, and a cheerful confidence in futurity, against that overanxious caution which seems to insult exertion and distrust Providence!
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