雙語小說連載:《董貝父子》第13章 Part 4
Mr Dombey did not look less pompous or at all displeased, as he stood leaning against the chimney-piece, surveying his (of courseunconscious) clerk, from head to foot. The stiffness and nicety of Mr Carker's dress, and a certain arrogance of manner, either natural to him or imitated from a pattern not far off, gave great additional effect to his humility. He seemed a man who would contend against the power that vanquished him, if he could, but who was utterly borne down by the greatness and superiority of Mr Dombey. 'Is Morfin here?' asked Mr Dombey after a short pause, during which Mr Carker had been fluttering his papers, and muttering little abstracts of their contents to himself.
'Morfin's here,' he answered, looking up with his widest and almost sudden smile; 'humming musical recollections - of his last night's quartette party, I suppose - through the walls between us, and driving me half mad. I wish he'd make a bonfire of his violoncello, and burn his music-books in it.'
“莫芬在這裏，”他擡起眼睛，露出那極爲寬闊、極爲急速的微笑，回答道：“正通過我們之間的隔牆哼唱着，我想大概是回想他昨天四重奏樂團的音樂吧，它把我弄得都快要瘋了。我真希望他把他的大提琴燒了，把他的樂譜也一道扔到火裏去。”'You respect nobody, Carker, I think,' said Mr Dombey.
“我覺得，您什麼人也不尊敬，卡克，”董貝先生說道。
'No?' inquired Carker, with another wide and most feline show of his teeth. 'Well! Not many people, I believe. I wouldn't answer perhaps,' he murmured, as if he were only thinking it, 'for more than one.'
“是嗎？”卡克問道，一邊又露出了一個寬闊的、極爲狡詐的微笑，露出了他的牙齒；“唔！不是對好多人都尊敬，我想。也許是，”他低聲嘀咕着，彷彿他只是在想這件事，“我不想對一個以上的人負責。”A dangerous quality, if real; and a not less dangerous one, if feigned. But Mr Dombey hardly seemed to think so, as he still stood with his back to the fire, drawn up to his full height, and looking at his head-clerk with a dignified composure, in which there seemed to lurk a stronger latent sense of power than usual.
如果這是真的話，那麼這是危險的品質；如果這是假裝的話，那麼它也同樣危險。可是董貝先生似乎並不這樣想；這時他挺直了身子，仍舊背對着壁爐站着，同時威嚴而鎮靜地望着他下屬中這位第一把手，在神態中似乎對他自己的權力隱藏着比平時更爲強烈的潛在的意識。'Talking of Morfin,' resumed Mr Carker, taking out one paper from the rest, 'he reports a junior dead in the agency at Barbados, and proposes to reserve a passage in the Son and Heir - she'll sail in a month or so - for the successor. You don't care who goes, I suppose? We have nobody of that sort here.'
“說到莫芬。”卡克先生從公文中抽出一頁紙來，繼續說道，“他報告說，巴巴多斯①代銷處的一位低級職員死了，因此建議爲接替他的人訂購一張船票，乘‘兒子與繼承人’這條船去，它大約在一個月左右開航。我想，您認爲誰去都一樣吧？我們這裏沒有合適的人。”Mr Dombey shook his head with supreme indifference.
董貝先生非常漠不關心地點點頭。--------
①巴巴多斯（Barbados）：位於西印度羣島最東端，爲一珊瑚島；在狄更斯寫作此書時，它是英國的殖民地。註釋：effect n. 影響；效果；作用
vt. 產生；達到目的
詞組：
Main effect[分化] 主效應；[分化] 知效應；[分化] 主效果；主要影響
butterfly effect[力] 蝴蝶效應；[力] 胡蝶效應；連鎖蝶變；慢金屬
Side Effect副作用；邊際效應；副酌；側面終結摔
Pygmalion Effect皮格馬利翁效應
詞根：effect
adj.
effective 有效的，起作用的；實際的，實在的；給人深刻印象
adv.
effectively 有效地，生效地；有力地；實際上
n.
effectiveness 效力
effectivity 有效；功效
例句：
(1) Overacting will only spoil the effect.
表演過火， 效果反而不好。
(2) The effect of their use depends on how you use the power within you.
使用這些力量帶來的作用取決於你如何使用你內在的力量。
(3) What effect would that have?
這將會有什麼影響呢？
(4) If the state can borrow, to offset this effect, it should do so.
如果政府能夠通過借貸抵消這種效應，那麼政府就應該這麼做。
(5) But why would intestinal worms have this effect?
但爲什麼腸部蠕蟲會有這種效果？
(6) We have protested,but it has no effect.
我們提出了抗議，但沒有效果。
(7) I have not measured its effect.
我沒有評測過其效果。
(8) The second question is the effect of all this on mortality.
第二個問題是所有這些對於死亡率的影響。
(9) Almost all conduct has some effect on other people.
幾乎所有行爲都對他人有一定影響。
(10) Its effect, if any, on the crunch will be to deepen it further.
如果說它有任何作用，那便是進一步深化信貸繁榮。
reserve n. 儲備，儲存；自然保護區；預備隊；[金融] 儲備金
vt. 儲備；保留；預約
vi. 預訂
[ 過去式reserved 過去分詞reserved 現在分詞reserving ]
詞組：
federal reserve （美國）聯邦儲備系統
nature reserve n. 自然保護區
in reserve 備用的；留下的
without reserve 無保留地
natural reserve 自然保護區
reserve currency 儲備貨幣
foreign exchange reserve n. 外匯儲備
reserve bank （美國）聯邦儲備銀行（等於Federal 儲備銀行（指保管其他銀行儲備金的中央銀行）；Reserve Bank）
reserve fund 準備基金
reserve ratio [經]法定準備金比率
reserve for 爲…而保留
oil reserve 儲油量
federal reserve board （美國）聯邦儲備金監察小組
federal reserve bank （美）聯邦儲備銀行
reserve capacity 備用容量；備用能力；儲備功率
reserve a room 預訂房間
deposit reserve ratio 存款準備金率
reserve requirement 準備金要求；準備金的規定
federal reserve system （美）聯邦準備制度
reserve base 儲量基礎，備用基地
詞根：reserve
adj. reserved 保留的，預訂的；緘默的，冷淡的；包租的
n. reservation 預約，預訂；保留
v. reserved 保留（reserve的過去分詞）
例句：
(1) I reserve the right to respond later.
我保留稍後作出迴應的權利。
(2) I reserve the right to make my own decisions.
我保留自行做出決定的權利。
(3) He spoke without reserve of his time in prison.
他毫無保留地述說了他在監獄中的事。
(4) There is food reserve, but today it's almost at zero level.
迪昂說：“我們有糧食儲備，但是現在已幾乎處於零的水平。
(5) At the moment, though, the renminbi is far from ready to achieve reserve currency status.
儘管如此，但此時此刻人民幣遠沒有爲儲備貨幣地位做好準備。
(6) Why might China want to turn the renminbi into a reserve currency?
爲什麼中國希望把人民幣打造爲一種儲備貨幣呢？
(7) I want to reserve a single room with shower.
我想預訂一間有淋浴的單人房間。
(8) Fine. Please reserve me a seat for this Saturday.
好，請爲我預訂一個本週六的座位。
