一起读《小王子》 | 第十章生词与解析

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一起读《小王子》 | The Little Prince Chapter 10

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• 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 壮丽的；庄严的；雄伟的

• "Ah! Here is a subject," exclaimed the king, when he saw the little prince coming.

subject (通常指君主制国家的)国民，臣民。这个单词第四章出现过的。
exclaim （由于激动、震惊、愤怒等）突然呼喊，惊叫，大声喊

• "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；接近；走近
consumingly 令人沉迷地；极其强烈地；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…塞进；使塞满
obstruct 阻塞，堵塞
upright 垂直的；挺直的；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；相对的
etiquette（尤指特定阶层的）礼仪，礼节；（尤指特定行业的）行为规范，规矩
monarch 君主；帝王；女王；女皇

• Yawns, to me, are objects of curiosity.

curiosity 罕见而有趣之物；奇物；珍品

• murmured the little prince, now completely abashed.

murmured 低声说；悄声说
abashed 尴尬的；窘迫的；羞愧的

• He sputtered a little, and seemed vexed.

sputter (尤指因生气、震惊或激动)结结巴巴地说话，语无伦次地说话
vexed 令人烦恼的；伤脑筋的；棘手的

• For what the king fundamentally insisted upon was that his authority should be respected.

fundamentally 根本性地
authority 权力；威信

• He tolerated no disobedience.

tolerate 容忍；容许；宽容
disobedience 不服从；不顺从；抗命

• the king answered him, and majestically gathered in a fold of his ermine mantle.

mantle （旧时的）披风，斗篷

• the king hastened to assure him.

hasten 急忙；赶快；赶紧 hasten to do 常见搭配
assure 向…保证；使…确信；使…放心

• They obey instantly. I do not permit insubordination.

instantly 立即地；即刻地
insubordination 不服从；不顺从；反抗

• Such power was a thing for the little prince to marvel at.

marvel at 惊讶不已；不胜惊羡；大为赞叹 = 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 离开；告别
pluck up the courage to 鼓起勇气去（做）

• Accepted authority rests first of all on reason.

rest on 依赖；取决于；以…为基础

• If you ordered your people to go and throw themselves into the sea, they would rise up in revolution.

rise up 起义；反抗

• and before saying anything else he consulted a bulky almanac.

consult 查阅，查询(书、地图等)
bulky 庞大的；笨重的
almanac 历书；年历

• He was regretting his lost sunset.

regret 对…感到后悔；因…遗憾

• From time to time you will condemn him to death.

condemn 宣判；判处(某人刑罚)

• But you will pardon him on each occasion; for he must be treated thriftily.

thriftily 节俭的；节省的；节约的

• But the little prince, having now completed his preparations for departure, had no wish to grieve the old monarch.

grieve 使难过；使悲伤

• As the king made no answer, the little prince hesitated a moment.

hesitated 犹豫；迟疑；踌躇

• "I made you my Ambassador," the king called out, hastily.

Ambassador 大使
hastily 匆忙地；仓促地