读《白夜》前要掌握的40个英文单词
White nights, and other stories
费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基在《白夜》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。
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/次日书中出现76次
I am being redecorated to-morrow;" or, "I was almost burnt down and had such a fright," and so on.
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到, 在...以前, 迄书中出现48次
… I like it too, and I won't drive you away till I get home."
lodger寄宿者, 房客书中出现46次
… well, there moved into our upper storey a new lodger."
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/然后, 后来书中出现44次
… only two words, even though we never meet again afterwards!...
ashamed/əˈʃeɪmd/惭愧的, 羞耻的书中出现43次
It seemed as though Petersburg threatened to become a wilderness, so that at last I felt ashamed, mortified and sad that I had nowhere to go for the holidays and no reason to go away.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/使惊吓书中出现42次
… always silent and splenetic, who frightened them, while timid as children they hid their love from each other?
insult/ˈɪnˌsəɫt/侮辱, 无礼, 损害书中出现37次
You are not capable of insulting, even in thought, her who so loved and so loves you.'"
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/感到高兴书中出现35次
I know them intimately, I have almost made a study of their faces, and am delighted when they are gay, and downcast when they are under a cloud.
spite/ˈspaɪt/恶意, 怨恨, 使人烦恼的事物书中出现35次
As soon as it struck nine o'clock I could not stay indoors, but put on my things, and went out in spite of the weather.
haste/ˈheɪst/匆忙, 急忙书中出现31次
The girl flew straight as an arrow, with the timid haste one sees in all girls who do not want any one to volunteer to accompany them home at night, and no doubt the staggering gentleman would not have pursued her …
timid/ˈtɪmɪd/胆小的, 羞怯的书中出现31次
… the same pale face, the same meek and timid movements, and even signs of remorse …
positively/ˈpɑzətɪvɫi/明确地, 肯定地, 无疑地书中出现30次
Nevertheless it is clear that such persons as the writer of these notes not only may, but positively must, exist in our society …
utterly/ˈətɝɫi/完全地, 全然, 绝对书中出现29次
I have lived, as they say, keeping myself to myself, that is, utterly alone—alone, entirely alone.
fond/ˈfɑnd/喜欢的, 宠爱的, 温柔的书中出现28次
Why do you suppose he is so fond of his four walls, which are invariably painted green, grimy, dismal and reeking unpardonably of tobacco smoke?
despair/dɪˈspɛɹ/绝望, 失望书中出现27次
I cried jumping up from the seat in utter despair.
fancy/ˈfænsi/想象, 幻想书中出现27次
perhaps it was my fancy....
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/脸发红, 奔涌, 旺盛书中出现26次
… neither where he is going nor where he is standing now, and flushing with vexation he will certainly tell some lie to save appearances.
continually/kənˈtɪnjuəɫi/不断地, 频繁地书中出现26次
… the whole point, the real sting of it lay in the fact that continually, even in the moment of the acutest spleen …
nonsense/ˈnɑnsɛns/无意义的事, 荒谬言行, 荒唐书中出现25次
Not to talk nonsense, as I did yesterday.
goodness/ˈɡʊdnəs/仁慈, 善良书中出现25次
Oh, my goodness!
fool/ˈfuɫ/愚人, 受骗者, 奶油拌水果书中出现25次
… taunting myself with the spiteful and useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot become anything seriously, and it is only the fool who becomes anything.
landlady/ˈɫændˌɫeɪdi/女房东, 女地主书中出现24次
They were all landladies, that....
absurd/əbˈsɝd/荒谬的, 不合理的, 可笑的书中出现24次
A type is an original, it's an absurd person!"
instant/ˈɪnstənt/立即, 瞬间书中出现24次
But forgive me that a doubt has stolen—if only for one instant—into my heart.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/荣誉, 头衔, 信用书中出现23次
Anyway, gentlemen, I shall welcome both views as an honour and a special favour.
quiver/ˈkwɪvɝ/颤抖, 振动书中出现23次
She tried to smile, to calm herself, but her chin was quivering and her bosom was still heaving.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/战栗, 颤抖书中出现23次
She took my arm without a word, still trembling with excitement and terror.
dignity/ˈdɪɡnəti/尊严, 高贵书中出现23次
I should live at ease, I should die with dignity, why, it is charming, perfectly charming!
enjoyment/ˌɛnˈdʒɔɪmənt/享乐, 快乐, 享受书中出现22次
… I used to grind my teeth at them, and felt intense enjoyment when I succeeded in making anybody unhappy.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/用符咒, 有魅力书中出现22次
It was such a charming little brick house, it looked so hospitably at me, and so proudly at its ungainly neighbours, that my heart rejoiced whenever I happened to pass it.
ache/ˈeɪk/痛, 哀怜, 渴望书中出现21次
it made my heart ache....
contrary/ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/相反, 对立面书中出现21次
"No, nothing, nothing, quite the contrary.
nasty/ˈnæsti/污秽的, 下流的, 险恶的书中出现21次
My servant is an old country-woman, ill-natured from stupidity, and, moreover, there is always a nasty smell about her.
crush/ˈkɹəʃ/压破, 征服, 塞书中出现21次
… why I was not able to entertain my visitor, and why I was crushed under the weight of my own hospitality?"
bless/ˈbɫɛs/祝福, 祈佑, 使神圣化书中出现21次
I have almost struck up a friendship with one old man whom I meet every blessed day, at the same hour in Fontanka.
sob/ˈsɑb/啜泣, 呜咽书中出现20次
Surely when the hour of parting came she must have lain sobbing and grieving on his bosom, heedless of the tempest raging under the sullen sky …
faint/ˈfeɪnt/模糊的, 微弱的, 无力的书中出现20次
So much the better for you; it will give it a faint flavour of romance.
spiteful/ˈspaɪtfəɫ/怀恨的, 怀有恶意的, 恶意的书中出现19次
… making her count the strokes, and I cursed myself for my spiteful impulse; I felt sorry for her …
moan/ˈmoʊn/呻吟, 抱怨, 悲叹书中出现19次
In that case, of course, people are not spiteful in silence, but moan; but they are not candid moans, they are malignant moans, and the malignancy is the whole point.
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/简直不, 一定不, 仅仅书中出现19次
… as though tired or preoccupied with some other more interesting subject, so that he could scarcely spare a glance for anything about him.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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