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一起讀《小王子》 | The Little Prince Chapter 5
- As each day passed I would learn, in our talk, something about the little prince's planet, his departure from it, his journey.
departure 離開逊抡；啟程寨典；動(dòng)身拘哨；出發(fā) departure from是一個(gè)常見的用法蚌吸，從哪里出發(fā)圾亏。
- The information would come very slowly, as it might chance to fall from his thoughts.
chance還可做動(dòng)詞类少，chance to 碰巧叙身，一般是比較正式的用法，多用于書面語硫狞。
- It was in this way that I heard, on the third day, about the catastrophe of the baobabs.
catastrophe 重大災(zāi)難信轿；災(zāi)禍；橫禍
baobab 猴面包樹
- This time, once more, I had the sheep to thank for it.
這一句有點(diǎn)繞残吩，就是 I had to thank for the sheep财忽，調(diào)換了一下語序∈榔剩看下文可知定罢，他是要表達(dá)，獲知這個(gè)面包樹災(zāi)難的秘密可是“要多虧了這只羊”旁瘫。
- For the little prince asked me abruptly-- as if seized by a grave doubt
abruptly 突然地祖凫，唐突地；這個(gè)單詞第三章就出現(xiàn)過酬凳，還記得么惠况？
seized 這是seize的被動(dòng)語態(tài)： (of an emotion 情緒) 被影響，被突然控制宁仔。也是多用于書面語稠屠。
grave 嚴(yán)肅的，嚴(yán)重的。
- I pointed out to the little prince that baobabs were not little bushes, but, on the contrary, trees as big as castles; and that even if he took a whole herd of elephants away with him, the herd would not eat up one single baobab.
on the contrary 相反地
castle 城堡
on the contrary 相反地
castle 城堡
herd of 一群 herd 獸群权埠；畜群
eat up 吃光榨了。注意up這類小詞。
- Before they grow so big, the baobabs start out by being little.
**start out by ** 從…開始
- as if he were speaking of something that was self-evident.
self-evident 不證自明的攘蔽；不言而喻的龙屉；明擺著的
- And I was obliged to make a great mental effort to solve this problem, without any assistance.
oblige 迫使。be obliged to do sth （迫于形勢(shì)满俗、法律转捕、規(guī)定等）不得不做某事
mental 心理上的；腦力上的
assistance 幫助唆垃；協(xié)助
- In consequence, there were good seeds from good plants, and bad seeds from bad plants. But seeds are invisible.
in consequence 結(jié)果五芝，因此
invisible 隱形的，看不見的
- Then this little seed will stretch itself and begin-- timidly at first-- to push a charming little sprig inoffensively upward toward the sun.
stretch 伸展辕万；舒展
timidly 羞怯地
sprig 帶葉小枝
inoffensively 溫文地枢步；無害地
- If it is only a sprout of radish or the sprig of a rose-bush, one would let it grow wherever it might wish.
sprout新芽；子苗蓄坏；嫩枝
radish 小蘿卜
rose-bush 玫瑰花叢价捧，薔薇花叢
- The soil of that planet was infested with them.
be infested with 被大批侵?jǐn)_
- A baobab is something you will never, never be able to get rid of if you attend to it too late.
get rid of 除掉，去掉
attend to 處理涡戳，料理（事情）
- It bores clear through it with its roots.
bore 鉆结蟋，鑿，挖（孔） bore through常見搭配
- It is a question of discipline.
discipline 紀(jì)律
- When you've finished your own toilet in the morning, then it is time to attend to the toilet of your planet
toilet 梳洗打扮渔彰。這是在美式英語里很正式的用法嵌屎，本翻譯版本是《小王子》的首個(gè)英文譯本，由美國人翻譯恍涂，用語習(xí)慣稍有不同宝惰。英式英語里toilet是指衛(wèi)生間，但是在美國“上廁所”一般是說go to the bathroom再沧。
- at the very first moment when they can be distinguished from the rosebushes which they resemble so closely in their earliest youth.
distinguished 即distinguish “區(qū)分尼夺；辨別；分清”的過去式炒瘸。
rosebushes rose-bush “玫瑰花叢淤堵，薔薇花叢”的復(fù)數(shù)形式。
resemble 類似顷扩；與…相似拐邪；與…相像
- It is very tedious work
tedious 枯燥的；乏味的隘截；令人生厭的
- there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.
put off 推遲扎阶；拖延
- He neglected three little bushes
neglected 即neglect “疏忽汹胃；疏漏”的過去式。
- I do not much like to take the tone of a moralist.
tone (演講东臀、文章的)語氣着饥，調(diào)子，基調(diào)
moralist 說教者啡邑；德育家贱勃；道學(xué)家
- such considerable risks would be run by anyone who might get lost on an asteroid, that for once I am breaking through my reserve.
considerable 相當(dāng)多的；相當(dāng)大的
reserve 寡言谤逼；矜持
- "Children," I say plainly,
plainly 直率地；直截了當(dāng)?shù)?/p>
- My friends, like myself, have been skirting this danger for a long time,
skirting 是 skirt “避開仇穗，回避(困難流部、問題等)”的現(xiàn)在分詞形式。
- Why are there no other drawing in this book as magnificent and impressive as this drawing of the baobabs?
magnificent 宏偉的纹坐；壯麗的枝冀；令人印象深刻的
impressive 給人深刻印象的；不俗的耘子；了不起的
- When I made the drawing of the baobabs I was carried beyond myself by the inspiring force of urgent necessity.
inspiring 鼓舞人心的果漾；有激勵(lì)作用的
urgent 緊迫的；緊急的谷誓；緊要的
necessity 必然绒障；必要
