董贝父子中董贝的形象 双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第10章 Part 11

双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第10章 Part 11  

Captain Cuttle felt he had no alternative but to ply. But he was so much struck by the magnanimity of Mr Dombey
in refusing treasures lying heaped up to his hand
that when he had deposited the teaspoons and sugar-tongs in one pocket
and the ready money in another
and had lowered the great watch down slowly into its proper vault
he could not refrain from seizing that gentleman's right hand in his own solitary left
and while he held it open with his powerful fingers
bringing the hook down upon its palm in a transport of admiration. At this touch of warm feeling and cold iron
Mr Dombey shivered all over.
Captain Cuttle then kissed his hook to the ladies several times
with great elegance and gallantry; and having taken a particular leave of Paul and Florence
acpanied Walter out of the room. Florence was running after them in the earnestness of her heart
to send some message to old Sol
when Mr Dombey called her back
and bade her stay where she was.
'Will you never be a Dombey
my dear child!' said Mrs Chick
with pathetic reproachfulness.
“难道你永远也不想成为真正的董贝家里的人了吗？我亲爱的孩子！”奇克夫人用感伤与责备的语气说道。
'Dear aunt
' said Florence. 'Don't be angry with me. I am so thankful to Papa!'
She would have run and thrown her arms about his neck if she had dared; but as she did not dare
she glanced with thankful eyes towards him
as he sat musing; sometimes bestowing an uneasy glance on her
but
for the most part
watching Paul
who walked about the room with the new-blown dignity of having let young Gay have the money.
And young Gay - Walter- what of him?
He was overjoyed to purge the old man's hearth from bailiffs and brokers
and to hurry back to his Uncle with the good tidings. He was overjoyed to have it all arranged and settled next day before noon; and to sit down at evening in the little back parlour with old Sol and Captain Cuttle; and to see the Instrument-maker already reviving
and hopeful for the future
and feeling that the wooden Midshipman was his own again. But without the least impeachment of his gratitude to Mr Dombey
it must be confessed that Walter was humbled and cast down. It is when our budding hopes are nipped beyond recovery by some rough wind
that we are the most disposed to picture to ourselves what flowers they might have borne
if they had flourished; and now
when Walter found himself cut off from that great Dombey height
by the depth of a new and terrible tumble
and felt that all his old wild fancies had been scattered to the winds in the fall
he began to suspect that they might have led him on to harmless visions of aspiring to Florence in the remote distance of time.
reproach n. 责备；耻辱
vt. 责备；申斥
[ 第三人称单数reproaches 过去式reproached 过去分词reproached 现在分词reproaching ]
词组：
beyond reproach 无可指责；无瑕疵的
above reproach 无可指责；完美
例句：
(1) God has taken away my reproach.
上帝拭去了我的耻辱。
(2) Mr. Smith was above reproach.
史密斯先生是无可指责的。
(3) His voice was full of reproach.
他的话完全是一种责备的语气。
(4) Her behavior was beyond reproach.
她的行为无可指责。
(5) This is beyond reproach.
这是无可指责的。
(6) Above reproach
Obama was elected to be the president.
无可厚非，奥巴马被选为总统。
(7) He brought reproach on himself by cheating in the exam.
他考试作弊，自己给自己带来耻辱。
(8) Financial dealers' greed is beyond doubt and beyond reproach since it is their nature.
金融商人的贪婪毋庸置疑、也无可厚非，这是他们的本性。