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一起读《小王子》 | The Little Prince Chapter 8
- One morning they would appear in the grass, and by night they would have faded peacefully away.
fade 或 fade away （慢慢）消逝
- The little prince, who was present at the first appearance of a huge bud, felt at once that some sort of miraculous apparition must emerge from it.
bud 芽；苞；花蕾
miraculous 神奇的；奇迹般的；不可思议的
apparition 出现，显形；特异景象
- But the flower was not satisfied to complete the preparations for her beauty in the shelter of her green chamber.
chamber (人体、动植物体内的)腔，室
- She did not wish to go out into the world all rumpled, like the field poppies.
rumpled 弄皱的；凌乱的
field poppy 虞美人；田野罌粟花
- It was only in the full radiance of her beauty that she wished to appear.
radiance 光辉；发光；闪烁
- She was a coquettish creature! And her mysterious adornment lasted for days and days.
coquettish 娇媚的；卖弄风情的
adornment 装饰，装饰品
- And, after working with all this painstaking precision, she yawned and said:
painstaking （研究、检查、调查）十分小心的，极其仔细的，缜密的
precision 精确；精密。 常用句式 do something with precesion
yawn 打呵欠
- And the little prince, completely abashed, went to look for a sprinkling-can of fresh water. So, he tended the flower.
abashed 尴尬的；窘迫的；羞愧的
tend 打理；护理；照料；照看
- So, too, she began very quickly to torment him with her vanity
torment 戏弄；作弄；折磨
vanity 虚荣(心)；自负
- "There are no tigers on my planet," the little prince objected.
object 反驳；不赞成；不喜欢
- but I have a horror of drafts.I suppose you wouldn't have a screen for me?
draft是draught的美式英语用法：穿堂风；通风气流
screen 屏风
- Embarrassed over having let herself be caught on the verge of such a naïve untruth, she coughed two or three times,
embarrassed 窘迫的；惭愧的；尴尬的
on the verge of 即将；接近于；濒于
- Then she forced her cough a little more so that he should suffer from remorse just the same.
remorse 懊悔；自责；悔恨
- So the little prince, in spite of all the good will that was inseparable from his love, had soon come to doubt her.
inseparable 不可分割的；分不开的 be inseparable from
- he confided to me one day.
- And he continued his confidences:
confide 吐露（或倾诉）秘密
confidences 秘密；知心话
- One should simply look at them and breathe their fragrance. Mine perfumed all my planet.
fragrance 香味；香气；芳香
- But I did not know how to take pleasure in all her grace.
in someone's good grace 为…所赞同；得到…的欢心
- This tale of claws, which disturbed me so much, should only have filled my heart with tenderness and pity.
tale 传说，故事；描述，讲叙
tenderness 关心；体贴
- I ought to have guessed all the affection that lay behind her poor little stratagems. Flowers are so inconsistent!
affection 爱慕；钟爱之情
stratagem (通常指蒙蔽别人的)花招，计谋，诡计
inconsistent （人）反复无常的，易变的
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