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outwork n.1.〔常用 pl.〕【軍事】簡易外圍工事。2.戶外工...

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And so it was : he turned abruptly , hastened into the house again , shut the door behind him ; and when i went in a while after to inform them that earnshaw had come home rabid drunk , ready to pull the whole place about our ears his ordinary frame of mind in that condition , i saw the quarrel had merely effected a closer intimacy had broken the outworks of youthful timidity , and enabled them to forsake the disguise of friendship , and confess themselves lovers 真是這樣,他猛然轉身,急急忙忙又回到屋里,把他背后的門關上。過了一會當我進去告訴他們,恩蕭已經大醉而歸,準備把我們這所老宅都毀掉這是在那樣情況下他通常有的心情,這時我看見這場爭吵反而促成一種更密切的親昵已經打破了年輕人的羞怯的堡壘,并且使他們拋棄了友誼的偽裝而承認他們自己是情人了。

I could never rest in communication with strong , discreet , and refined minds , whether male or female , till i had passed the outworks of conventional reserve , and crossed the threshold of confidence , and won a place by their heart s very hearthstone 我與很有頭腦言語謹慎富有教養的人交際的時候,不管是男人還是女人,我非要繞過緘默的傳統防衛工事,踏進奧秘的門檻,在心坎的火爐邊上找到一個位置才肯罷休。

He was a good workman himself , quick and deft , and it had always been a point of pride with him that no man should do any of his work for him or outwork him 馬丁目已是個好工人,又靈巧又麻利,自負的是從不讓別人做他那份工作,也從不讓別人超過他。