儒琴英语文学词汇咀嚼《德伯家的苔丝》(Tess of the Durbervilles)一书的用词。 《苔丝》以哈代的威塞克斯为背景，是一部关于虚伪和双重标准的感人小说。托马斯·哈代（Thomas Hardy，1840—1928）, 英国诗人、小说家。他是横跨两个世纪的作家，早期和中期的创作以小说为主，继承和发扬了维多利亚时代的文学传统；晚年以其出色的诗歌开拓了英国20世纪的文学。
英语文学词汇 Literature Terms
transcendent /trænˈsen.dənt/
adj: Surpassing others; preeminent or supreme; greater, better, more important, or going past or above all others
超常的；杰出的，卓越的；极其伟大的
In the afternoon, several young girls of Marlot, former schoolfellows and acquaintances of Tess, called to see her, arriving in their best starched and ironed, as became visitors to a person who had made a transcendent conquest ( as they supposed), and sat round the room looking at her with great curiosity.
下午，有几个马洛特村的年轻姑娘，她们是苔丝以前的同学和熟人，都来看她，她们穿上了熨过、浆过最好的衣服，就像拜访一个取得了非凡胜利的人(她们是这样想的)一样，坐在房间里，好奇地看着她。（第十三章）
evanescent /ˌev.əˈnes.ənt/
adj: tending to vanish like vapor; suggests a quick vanishing and an airy or fragile quality
像蒸汽一样消失的; 暗示着迅速消失和空气般或脆弱的品质；转瞬即逝
Upon the whole she felt gratified, even though such a limited and evanescent triumph should involve her daughter’s reputation; it might end in marriage yet, and in the warmth of her responsiveness to their admiration she invited her visitors to stay to tea.
总的来说，她感到很满意，尽管这种有限的、短暂的胜利会影响到她女儿的名誉。或许女儿终究还有嫁给他的一天呢。这几位姑娘对苔丝的爱慕使她感到很兴奋，高兴之余她便请客人们留下来喝茶。（第十三章）
innuendo /ˌɪn.juˈen.doʊ/
noun：an oblique allusion； hint, insinuation
影射（的话）；暗讽（的话）
Their chatter, their laughter, their good humoured innuendos, above all, their flashes and flicking of envy, revived Tess’s spirit also;
她们的谈话，她们的笑声，她们的善意的影射，尤其是她们的闪烁的嫉妒，也使苔丝的精神恢复了活力;（第十三章）
despondency /dɪˈspɒn dən s/
noun: the state of being despondent or extremely low in spirits; depression of spirits from loss of hope, confidence, or courage; dejection
沮丧或情绪极度低落的状态
And the despondency of the next morning’s down, when it was no longer Sunday, but Monday; and no best clothes; and the laughing visitors were gone, and she woke alone in her bed, the innocent younger children breathing softly around her.
第二天早晨，不再是星期天，而是星期一，没有最好的衣服, 欢笑的客人们都走了，她独自在床上醒来，天真的孩子们在她周围轻声呼吸着, 她的沮丧情绪就开始了。（第十三章）
attenuated /əˈten.ju.eɪ.t̬ɪd/
adj: Reduced or weakened, as in strength, value, or virulence; long and thin or thinner
减弱的; 减少
It is then that the plight of being alive become attenuated to its least possible dimensions.
也就是在那时，活着的困境才会减弱到它可能的最小程度。（第十三章）
flexuous /ˈflɛk ʃu əs/
adj: full of bends or curves; sinuous; winding
弯弯曲曲的; 充满弯弯曲曲的;蜿蜒的;绕组
Her flexuous and stealthy figure became an integral part of the scene.
她那婀娜多姿、飘忽不定的身姿成了这一场景中不可分割的一部分。（第十三章）
