Afflict: (usu. Passive) suffer from
e.g. She is afflicted with (i.e suffers from) arthritis.
Afflict sb/sth (with sth): cause trouble, pain
or distress to sb/sth
Assure: to make certain; verify
Assure sb. of sth.
e.g. I can assure you of the reliability of the information.
Hasten: cause to hurry;
Hasten sb. to do sth.
e.g. I hastened home to tell my family the good news.
Forestall: to prevent from occurring; to anticipate
e.g., I have my objection all prepared, but Stephens forestalls me.
To accept its significance: to accept the meaning and the truth of the message
Abandonment: exposure; throwing away
She started crying right away, giving herself up
completely to her emotions.
Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul. 这种疲惫,折磨着她的身体,似乎也正浸入她的灵魂。
Roomy: having ample room; spacious
Aquiver: marked by quivering; excited
The children were aquiver with anticipation before the circus parade.
Twitter: to make a succession of soft short sounds
Elusive: adj.
1) tending to escape or disappear; difficult to capture; 2) difficult to remember or understand
Creep: to move slowly, quietly, or cautiously
Bosom: chest or breast of a person, esp. the female breasts
e.g. Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously.
Tumultuous: uproarious, riotous, or turbulent greatly agitated, confused, or disturbed
Abandon: v. to give up completely
abandon oneself to sth.
e.g., Do not abandon yourself to despair.
Vacant: adj. characterized by or resulting from lack of thought or intelligent awareness spent in idleness or inactivity
e.g., a vacant life
Monstrous: adj. 1) abnormal, hideous, or unnatural in size, character, etc. (of plants and animals) abnormal in structure; 2) huge
Exalted: intensely excited
dismiss the suggestion as trivial: to dismiss the question (i.e. whether or not her joy was monstrous) as not important
the face that had never looked save with love upon her: Her husband’s face had always expressed love for her.
Save: except, a formal term
e.g., The screen was all dark save for one bright spot.
illumination: spiritual or intellectual enlightenment; insight
or understanding
Count for: be worth
Count for little; count for much; count for nothing
Implore: v. to ask earnestly or piteously for; supplicate; beg
At length: 1) finally, at last
e.g.,
At length we arrived at our destination.
2) In details
e.g.,
They discussed the problem at length.
travel-stained: travel soiled 风尘仆仆的
Composedly: in a self-collected or self-possessed manner从容地,镇静地