The Most Dangerous Game(6)

现代大学英语 12A The Most Dangerous Game

snapped v. 啪啪作响；突然中断；猛咬；给…拍快照（snap的过去分词） plunge [pl n(d) ] n. 投入；跳进

vt. 使陷入；使投入；使插入 vi. 突然地下降；投入；陷入；跳进

spur [sp ]

n. 鼓舞，刺激；马刺；山坡 vt. 激励，鞭策；给…装踢马刺 vi. 骑马疾驰；给予刺激

sharp (变化等)急剧的；强烈的

get a grip on oneself 使自己镇定下来；控制住自己的情绪 take stock of

1. 对…估价；仔细打量，察看 2. 对…作出判断

flight [flait] n. 逃走，脱逃；逃离；逃避；溃逃 futile ['fju:tail]

adj.

1. 无用的，无益的，无效的；徒劳的；徒然的

2. (人)没出息的；没有志气的，缺乏斗志的，不称职的，效率低的 3. 不重要的；微不足道的；无聊的；轻浮的 4. (人)愚蠢的

18 “I’ll give him a trail to follow,” muttered Rainsford, and he struck off the rude path he had been following into the trackless wilderness.

He executed a series of intricate loops; he doubled on his trail again and again, recalling all the lore of the fox hunt or the dodgeinsane to blunder on through the dark, even if he had the strength. “I have played the fox,” he thought, “now I must play the cat.”so zealous a hunter as General Zaroff could not trace him there, he told himself; only the devil himself could follow that complicated trail through the jungle after dark, but perhaps the General was a devil——

”我要给他留下一个跟踪的痕迹，“雷恩斯福德嘟嚷着。于是他离开了先前走的那些崎岖不平的小道，走进了无路的荒野。他设下一系列复杂的圈套；他在留下足迹的地方反复绕圈子，