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一起讀《小王子》 | The Little Prince Chapter 10
- Clad in royal purple and ermine, he was seated upon a throne which was at the same time both simple and majestic.
clad in 穿…衣服的
ermine 白鼬皮
majestic 壯麗的认罩;莊嚴的衫冻;雄偉的
- "Ah! Here is a subject," exclaimed the king, when he saw the little prince coming.
subject (通常指君主制國家的)國民,臣民眷蜈。這個單詞第四章出現(xiàn)過的沪哺。
exclaim (由于激動、震驚酌儒、憤怒等)突然呼喊凤粗,驚叫州泊,大聲喊
- "Approach, so that I may see you better," said the king, who felt consumingly proud of being at last a king over somebody.
approach 靠近疚察;接近鹊杖;走近
consumingly 令人沉迷地冲簿;極其強烈地美旧;令人忘乎一切地
- but the entire planet was crammed and obstructed by the king's magnificent ermine robe. So he remained standing upright,
cram 把…塞進腰埂;使塞滿
obstruct 阻塞耕肩,堵塞
upright 垂直的八孝;挺直的插掂;直挺挺的
- "It is contrary to etiquette to yawn in the presence of a king," the monarch said to him.
contrary 相反的灰瞻;相對的
etiquette(尤指特定階層的)禮儀腥例,禮節(jié);(尤指特定行業(yè)的)行為規(guī)范酝润,規(guī)矩
monarch 君主燎竖;帝王;女王要销;女皇
- Yawns, to me, are objects of curiosity.
curiosity 罕見而有趣之物构回;奇物;珍品
- murmured the little prince, now completely abashed.
murmured 低聲說疏咐;悄聲說
abashed 尷尬的纤掸;窘迫的;羞愧的
- He sputtered a little, and seemed vexed.
sputter (尤指因生氣浑塞、震驚或激動)結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地說話借跪,語無倫次地說話
vexed 令人煩惱的;傷腦筋的酌壕;棘手的
- For what the king fundamentally insisted upon was that his authority should be respected.
fundamentally 根本性地
authority 權(quán)力掏愁;威信
- He tolerated no disobedience.
tolerate 容忍;容許卵牍;寬容
disobedience 不服從果港;不順從;抗命
- the king answered him, and majestically gathered in a fold of his ermine mantle.
mantle (舊時的)披風辽慕,斗篷
- the king hastened to assure him.
hasten 急忙;趕快赦肃;趕緊 hasten to do 常見搭配
assure 向…保證溅蛉;使…確信;使…放心
- They obey instantly. I do not permit insubordination.
instantly 立即地他宛;即刻地
insubordination 不服從船侧;不順從;反抗
- Such power was a thing for the little prince to marvel at.
marvel at 驚訝不已厅各;不勝驚羨镜撩;大為贊嘆 = be filled with wonder or astonishment.
- And because he felt a bit sad as he remembered his little planet, which he had forsaken, he plucked up his courage to ask the king a favour:
forsake 離開;告別
pluck up the courage to 鼓起勇氣去(做)
- Accepted authority rests first of all on reason.
rest on 依賴队塘;取決于袁梗;以…為基礎(chǔ)
- If you ordered your people to go and throw themselves into the sea, they would rise up in revolution.
rise up 起義;反抗
- and before saying anything else he consulted a bulky almanac.
consult 查閱憔古,查詢(書遮怜、地圖等)
bulky 龐大的;笨重的
almanac 歷書鸿市;年歷
- He was regretting his lost sunset.
regret 對…感到后悔锯梁;因…遺憾
- From time to time you will condemn him to death.
condemn 宣判即碗;判處(某人刑罰)
- But you will pardon him on each occasion; for he must be treated thriftily.
thriftily 節(jié)儉的;節(jié)省的陌凳;節(jié)約的
- But the little prince, having now completed his preparations for departure, had no wish to grieve the old monarch.
grieve 使難過剥懒;使悲傷
- As the king made no answer, the little prince hesitated a moment.
hesitated 猶豫;遲疑合敦;躊躇
- "I made you my Ambassador," the king called out, hastily.
Ambassador 大使
hastily 匆忙地初橘;倉促地