BBC英国史

When the executioner, by now probably wanting to die himself,held up the head to the spectators,

这个刽子手 那时应该是魂飞魄散了 向围观群众举起头颅

he made the mistake of grasping it by the mass of auburn curls,but that was a wig.

但是他犯了一个错误 抓起了褐色的头发 那只是一顶假发

To general horror, Mary's skull,the hair cropped into short grey stubble,

看到玛丽的头颅 人们大惊失色 那是一头剪得很短的灰白头发

fell from his grip and rolled along the floor.

她的头颅从刽子手中滚落到地上

At that moment a terrible howling came from the crimson, blood-soaked petticoat.

这时 从血染的衣服中 传来一声悲恸的嚎叫

Mary's lap dog had to be taken away from the wreckage of her mistress.

玛丽的小狗 必须要与它的女主人分离

They tried and tried to scrub it clean of the clotted blood.

他们试着清洗干净小狗身上那凝固的血迹

They did so, but it wouldn't eat, it languished, it died.

尽管如此 它还是拒绝进食 最终活活饿死

It was just another martyr to Mary's pathetic, tragic life.

对于玛丽悲情的一生 它又是一名殉道者

Perhaps that little dog was the first mourner,it certainly was not going to be the last.

也许那只小狗是玛丽第一个默哀者 但是它肯定不是最后一个

Among the mourners, astoundingly,was Queen Elizabeth, in deep denial of what she had done.

令人惊讶的是 在默哀的人们中 还有伊丽莎白女王 非常后悔她的决定

When she heard, her countenance changed, her words faltered

当得知消息后 她表情僵硬 言语哽咽

and with excessive sorrow she was in a manner astonished,

她沉浸在巨大的震惊和悲伤中

in so much as she gave herself over to grief,

在悲痛中 她不能自已

putting herself into mourning weeds and shedding abundance of tears.

她穿起了黑纱丧服 泪流不止

词汇解析

1、hold up

举起;抬起;提起

She held up her hand stiffly.

她直挺挺地举着手。

Hold it up so that we can see it.

把它举起来让我们看看。

支撑;支承

Mills have iron pillars all over the place holding up the roof.

工厂里四处都立有铁柱支撑着房顶。

Her legs wouldn't hold her up.

她双腿都站不住了。

耽搁;阻延

Why were you holding everyone up?

你为什么耽搁了大家？

Continuing violence could hold up progress towards reform.

持续的暴力活动可能会阻延改革的进程。

2、languish

（被迫）受苦，受折磨

Pollard continues to languish in prison.

波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。

No one knows for certain how many refugees wander the world today, or languish in camps without a permanent place of settlement.

无人清楚如今有多少难民在到处流浪，或有多少人流离失所，在难民营里受苦。

中落；衰败；衰落

Without the founder's drive and direction, the company gradually languished.

没有了创始人的斗志与指引，公司逐渐走向没落。

New products languish on the drawing board.

新产品在计划阶段即告失败。