《罗密欧与朱丽叶》词汇表 Glossary 

[1]Romeo ['rəumiəu]：罗密欧。

[2]Montague['mɔntəɡju:]：蒙太古。

[3]both sides：指 Capulets和 Montagues。

[4]frequent were the brawls = the brawls were frequent. brawls = noisy quarrels.

[5]all comers = anyone who came.

[6]beloved of = loved by.

[7]Benvolio [ben'vɔliəu]：班伏里奥。

[8]swan = woman who suggests a swan（often in contrast to crow or goose）because of her excellent beauty.

[9]small = little; not much.

[10]one = a lover.

[11]society = companions; friends.

[12]requited = returned.

[13]diversity of = various.

[14]Mercutio[mə:'kju:ʃjəu]：茂丘西奥。

[15]bid them welcome = saluted them with welcome.

[16]who had … corns = whose toes were not plagued with corns.

[17]fell to dancing = began to dance.

[18]to teach the torches … = to show the torches how …

[19]blackamoor['blækəmuə]= negro，蔑称。

[20]ladies her companions：her companions 是 ladies 的同位语。

[21]Tybalt ['tibəlt]：提伯尔特。

[22]fl eer = sneer.

[23]solemnities = festivities.

[24]borne himself = behaved.

[25]bragged of = talk with just pride of.

[26]well-governed = of good behavior.

[27]pay for = be punished for; bear the cost of.

[28]being done = being finished.

[29]masking habit：戴面具（= dress with mask）。

[30]presumed = ventured.

[31]blushing: blushing for shame, because he profaned.

[32]mannerly = decent.

[33]conceits = conceptions; ideas.

[34]engaged = attracted; bound.

[35]As little rest had Juliet = Juliet had as little rest (as Romeo). Juliet 是 had的主语，as little rest 是宾语。

[36]smit：smite 的过去分词。古语。

[37]passion for = love for（注意：此处介词用for）。

[38]a prodigious birth of love it seemed to her, that … enemy, and … to hate：（a）prodigious = marvellous；（b）it 是形式上的主语，that… enemy 和 and that

her … to hate 这两个名词从句是实际上的主语；（c）a prodigious birth of love 是 seemed的主语补语。

[39]orchard：古时指种药草和果树的园子（garden），现在专指果园。

[40]break = begin to shine.

[41]this new sun：指Juliet。

[42]such you appear = you appear to be such (angel).

[43]adventure = event.

[44]refuse = decline to bear.

[45]but = only.

[46]discourse with herself：自言自语（= soliloquy）。

[47]stumbled upon = came on by chance; chanced upon.

[48]nice = sensitive.

[49]Alack：唉；啊呀（表示遗憾、沮丧、失望）。古语。

[50]twenty：这里的twenty 不一定指二十，是数目很多的意思。二十或四十常常用来表示 indefinite large number。本篇注132的 twenty times 亦同。

[51]Do you but look kind upon me：句子前面加上 do you 用以加强语气。现代英语中只加do。but = only.

[52]proof against = fi rm in resisting against.

[53]wert thou … shore = even if you were … shore. as far 与后面的 as 相关联。

[54]for such merchandise = in order to get such merchandise，指Juliet。

[55]discovery which …made, yet … to make it：discovery = disclosure; confession. it 指discovery。

[56]form = manners; etiquette.

[57]as the custom … perverse = to frown and be perverse, as the custom of discreet ladies is. as the custom of discreet ladies is 系插入语，作为状语短语修饰 to frown and be perverse。

[58]stand off = keep at a distance.

[59]protracted = prolonged.

[60]easy yielding = complying easily.

[61]levity = frivolity; light behaviour.

[62]dissembling = pretence; hypocrisy.

[63]farther from … than：farther 是 far 的比较级。far from：绝不。

[64]a shadow of：一点点；少许（= a trace of）。

[65]joyed in him = took delight in possessing him.

[66]had no joy of = did not like at all. have joy of = be highly delighted with.

[67]unadvised = inconsiderate.

[68]she already … confession = meaning that she already had given him hers … when he overheard her confession. hers = her vow of love.

[69]bounty = generosity; munifi cence.

[70]as deep = as deep as the sea.

[71]his purpose marriage = his purpose was marriage.

[72]jealous of = concerned about.

[73]too full … to sleep = so full … his mistress … that did not allow him to sleep. mistress = lover; sweetheart.

[74]Lawrence ['lɔrəns]：劳伦斯。

[75]devotions = prayers; praying.

[76]abroad = outdoors.

[77]he conjectured rightly = he guessed correctly.

[78]abed that night = in bed last night.

[79]distemper = disorder of mind; distraction.

[80]the object = the object of his love.

[81]the holy man = the friar; the priest.

[82]affections = love.

[83]privy to = privately informed about.

[84]doting on = being foolishly in love with; being infatuatedly fond of.

[85]love him again = return his love. again = back.

[86]breach = breaking of relations; quarrel.

[87]interposed his mediation：从中调解。

[88]without effect = in vain.

[89]join their hands in marriage = marry them; join them as husband and wife.

[90]that act：指 holy marriage。

[91]The ceremony = The wedding ceremony。

[92]hastened home，where：where 的先行词是 home。此处的 home 作为 hastened 的副词，相当于homeward。

[93]at which time = when.

[94]This = This man; This Tybalt.

[95]bluntly = rudely.

[96]all Benvolio could say = all that Benvolio could say.

[97]this young Montague：指 Romeo。

[98]reason with = use argument by way of persuasion with.

[99]though a Montague = though he was a Montague.

[100]would hear no reason：would 表达强烈的意志。

[101]his weapon：此处指“剑”（= his sword）。

[102]looked upon … as: = regarded … as. his = Romeo’s.

[103]death’s wound = mortal or fatal wound.

[104]kept his temper = controlled his temper.

[105]falling out = happening.

[106]being related to = being a relative of.

[107]came determined = became determined.

[108]fray = fi ght; skirmish.

[109]which：指 relating the origin of the fray。

[110]representation = statement.

[111]was to be … pleading = Lady Montague was to be seen pleading.

[112]forfeited to the law = lost right to be protected by the law.

[113]Heavy news = (This was a) sad news.                

[114]gave way to = gave herself up to.

[115]tyrant = cruel or pitiless one.

[116]angelical = angelic.

[117]the struggles … resentment：in her mind 修饰 struggles。between 与 the struggles in her mind 这一名词短语（尤其是struggles）相关联。

[118]got the mastery = got the victory.

[119]they were altogether of … = the tears were altogether (tears) of …

[120]many Tybalts：这里，Tybalts 是作为普通名词（common noun）来用的。

[121]there where = at the place where.

[122]all beyond = everywhere beyond that place.

[123]would have applied：这是条件语态（conditional mood）。

[124]consolation of philosophy：安慰他说，什么都是命中注定的，劝他想开一些。philosophy = resignation.

[125]hear of = listen to.

[126]wanted the courage = lacked the courage.

[127]beyond all hope：此处指 unexpectedly；一般作“毫无希望”解。

[128]made them out: made out = explained. them = all these blessings.

[129]put from him = took no consideration of; denied.

[130]sojourn = stay.

[131]did not doubt but = did not doubt that.

[132]twenty times：参看本篇注50。

[133]allayed = diminished.

[134]fatal adventures = adventures which had caused death.

[135]too soon：这里以及下文 too truly, too certainly 中的 too，均含有“遗憾”“可悲”的意思。

[136]day = daylight; sunlight.

[137]Romeo’s mind misgave him = Romeo felt troubled with foreboding.

[138]star-crossed：命运不佳的（= unfortunate; ill starred; thwarted by a malign star）。star 是掌管命运的星。lucky star 是幸运的星。

[139]Paris ['pæris]：帕里斯。

[140]no unworthy = very worthy.

[141]show = appear.

[142]funeral solemnities：葬礼（= funeral ceremonies）。

[143]but the true one = except the true reason.

[144]was deaf to = paid no attention to.

[145]affected coyness = feigned shyness or reserve.

[146]construed = interpreted.

[147]oppose = to set against by way of hindrance. 例：Let us oppose reason to violence. 让我们用理智来对抗暴力。

[148]directed = ordered.

[149]two-and-forty：四十二（= fortytwo）。

[150]to appearance = so far as can be seen; apparently.

[151]drift = plot; scheme.

[152]dissembling = pretending; disguising.

[153]now she promised = now that she promised.

[154]against = in preparation for.

[155]many misgivings, lest the friar：紧接在 misgiving 后面的lest，以及下文 lest she should 中的lest，whether the terror 中的whether，均与misgivings相关联。

[156]festering = rotting.

[157]bestowed = placed.

[158]with music：music 指“乐队”（= a band of musicians）。

[159]corse = corpse.

[160]Poor Paris lamenting his bride = Poor Paris lamented his bride. 按语法，此处 lamenting 应作lamented，为了行文生动，才改用现在分词。

[161]whom … had beguiled him of：（a）whom 的先行词是 his bride；（b）whom 是介词 of 和动词 divorced 的宾语；（c）beguiled = deprived; robbed。

[162]had divorced … joined：their hands were joined = their marriage. divorced 的宾语是whom（= his bride）。

[163]who having … in = though they had only this one … in whom to rejoice and solace. this one 和后面的 one poor loving child 是同位语，用来加强语气。

[164]advanced = raised.

[165]ordained = designed.

[166]their properties：property 指“原来的用途”（= proper use）。

[167]cheer = food; fare; provisions.

[168]augment = increase.

[169]but = merely.

[170]but = only.

[171]dreary mansion：指“墓穴”（= tomb; family vault）。

[172]gave a dead man leave to think = allowed a dead man to think. give … leave = allow.

[173]breath such … that … emperor：such与that相关联。that he revived, and was an emperor 是结果从句。

[174]now that = since.

[175]fl attering = pleasing; favourable.

[176]and that … whom：and that 是强调语气，that 与 whom 相关联。

[177]desperate = reckless; frantic.

[178]called to mind = remembered.

[179]famished = very hungry.

[180]show = display.

[181]haply = by hap; by chance or accident = perhaps. 古语。

[182]These words of his：因为不能写作 his these words，故用 of。

[183]scruples = hesitation.

[184]Romeo offering …sold … poison：（a）sold 是前文 who（指 the apothecary）的主要动词；（b）Romeo … gold（独立短语）= when Romeo offered him gold；（c）which … resist 是 gold 的定语从句。

[185]a poison，which，if he swallowed：swallowed 的宾语是which （=poison）。

[186]would quickly despatch him：主语是前面的 which。dispatch = kill.

[187]meaning = intending.

[188]monument = family vault.

[189]that unseasonable time：that 修饰 unseasonable time。

[190]interest = concern.

[191]a sworn foe：不共戴天的敌人。

[192]apprehended = arrested.

[193]in scorn = scornfully.

[194]laid hands on = seized.

[195]felon = criminal.

[196]to see … that it was Paris：that … Paris 是 see 的宾语。

[197]in his way = on his way.

[198]as one whom … upon：one 指 lady，是 whom 的先行词。 upon 与 whom 相关联。

[199]the lean abhorred monster = the thin detested goblin（妖怪），指“死神”。

[200]his enemy：他（提伯尔特）的仇人，指“罗密欧自己”。

[201]cross stars = unlucky fate，参看本篇注138。

[202]that dissembling potion which：which的先行词是 that dissembling potion。这个 which 与下面 the effect of which 的 which 是同位语。

[203]she about to awake = she was about to awake.

[204]to complain … soon：to complain 这个不定式表示 awake 的结果。that … time 和 that … soon 这两个名词从句是 complain 的宾语。

[205]confi nement = imprisonment.

[206]a greater power …contradict：一种他们抗拒不了的力量（指“命运的力量”）。contradict = oppose.

[207]thwarted = crossed.

[208]frighted = frightened.

[209]if any poison … them: hang upon = cling to. them = his lips.

[210]true = faithful.

[211]watch = a watchman; a body of watchman. 这里是指数人，有时也指一个人。

[212]fatal love = love which ended in their death.

[213]union = marriage.

[214]a second marriage = another marriage.

[215]all thought her dead …Romeo：注意分号。后文 how … Romeo 在语法上与 all … dead无关。

[216]and by what unfortunate miscarriage = and that by a very unfortunate miscarriage. miscarriage = failure to arrive.

[217]could not follow the story = could not tell the story.

[218]transactions = proceedings.

[219]made good：证实（= proved to be true）。

[220]any hand … to have in: have a hand in = be concerned in.

[221]well meant = well intentioned.

[222]scourge = punishment.

[223]the young Capulet and Montague = Romeo and

Juliet.

[224]jointure：丈夫留给妻子的遗产。

[225]figure = statue.

[226]So did … strive：did 与 strive 相关联，加上 did 用以加强语气。

[227]so deadly … that：so 与 that 相关联。

[228]overthrow = ruin.