英文名著 | 哈利波特 句子赏析 44

哈利波特是一部七卷本儿童书，其原著用语地道、灵活多变，很多地方值得英语学习者反复阅读。

本系列主要摘抄一些原著句子，读到哪选到哪。必要时会对核心单词、短语及句子结构做一些讲解。

01

they were still apt to blame him for anything that went wrong about the house.

# 家里出了什么岔子，他们还是动不动就怪他。

• apt [æpt] adj. 易于……的，有……倾向的；恰当的，适宜的；善学的，聪明的

02

Harry had never been able to confide in them or tell them anything about his life in the wizarding world.

# 哈利从来不能向他们吐露，也不能告诉他们他在魔法世界的生活。

• confide [kənˈfaɪd] v. 托付，委托；吐露，倾诉
• # confide in 信任 ; 相信 ; 信赖 ; 对…讲真心话

confide /kənˈfaɪd/ CET6+ TEM8 ( confiding, confided, confides )
1. V-T/V-I If you confide in someone, you tell them a secret. 吐露 (秘密等)

I knew she had some fundamental problems in her marriage because she had confided in me a year earlier.
# 我知道她的婚姻存在一些根本问题，因为她一年前曾向我吐露过。

He confided to me that he felt like he was being punished.
# 他私下跟我吐露过他觉得自己像在受惩罚。

03

he had performed the curse that had disposed of many full-grown witches and wizards in his steady rise to power -- and, incredibly, it had not worked. Instead of killing the small boy, the curse had rebounded upon Voldemort. Harry had survived with nothing but a lightning-shaped cut on his forehead, and Voldemort had been reduced to something barely alive.

# 他施了那个魔咒，在他逐渐获得权力的过程中，这个魔咒杀死了许多成年男女巫师——令人难以置信的是，它并没有奏效。魔咒不但没有杀死那个小男孩，反而反弹到了伏地魔身上。哈利幸免于难，只在额头上留下一道闪电状的伤口，伏地魔变成了几乎没有生命的东西。

• dispose [dɪˈspəʊz] v. 处理，放置，安排；使易于，使倾向于；丢掉；
• curse [kɜːs] n. 骂人话，咒骂语；咒语，魔咒；祸根，祸因；月经，例假（the curse）
• rebound [rɪˈbaʊnd] v. （球或其他运动物体）弹回；回升，反弹；抢篮板球；产生事与愿违的结果，适得其反
• cut[kʌt] v. （尤指用刀）切，割，砍，剪，削，n. （从动物躯体上）割下的一块肉；（尤指通过不诚实手段获得的）份，份额；（在山中开出的）通道；伤口，划口；【（锋利物留下的）开口，破口】
• barely [ˈbeəli] adv. 勉强才能；几乎不，几乎没有；刚刚；仅仅，只有；贫乏地，光秃秃；<古>公开地，不加掩饰地
• reduce [rɪˈdjuːs] v. 减少，降低；（烹调中）使变浓稠，收汁；<美>节食减肥；使沦为，使陷入（不好的境地）；迫使，使不得不（做）；（通过破裂、燃烧等）使变成，使化为；归纳，简化；将分数约到（最小项）；（使）进行还原反应；减薄（底片或图片）；（语音）弱化；使（脱臼，断骨）复位

reduce V-T If something is changed to a different or less complicated form, you can say that it is reduced to that form. 使变成; 使简化为 [usu passive]

All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble.
# 镇上所有的建筑都变成了瓦砾。
rubble [ˈrʌbl] n. （倒塌的墙或建筑留下的）瓦砾，碎石；（建房铺路用的）碎石

04

Harry stared out of the window at the inky blue-black sky.

# 哈利盯着窗外漆黑一片的天空。

• stare [steə(r)] v. 凝视，盯着看；瞪眼看，茫然地看；（事物）惹眼，显眼
• inky [ˈɪŋki] adj. 漆黑的；墨水的；给墨水弄污的

05

he was losing his nerve.

# 他失去了勇气

• nerve [nɜːv] n. 神经；勇气，胆量；神经紧张，情绪不安；鲁莽，冒失；（叶）脉 v. 使鼓起勇气，使振作精神

nerve N-UNCOUNT Nerve is the courage that you need in order to do something difficult or dangerous. 勇气

The brandy made him choke, but it restored his nerve.
# 白兰地呛到他了，但恢复了他的勇气。

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