A desperate honesty that throbs through his confession does not absolve him from sins of diabolical cunning. He is abnormal.

他的忏悔被绝望的虔诚悸动着,但这也不能为他那恶魔的狡诈赎罪，他是变态。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Do you see that word "throbs"? " A desperate honesty that throbs through his confession."

你们看到那个字了吗，悸动“,他的忏悔被绝望的虔诚悸动着“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Throbs" is a word that Nabokov brings out over and over again, in multiple contexts, always connected somehow with this novel.

悸动这个词，Nabokov经常使用，在很多的文章中似乎总与这本小说有关。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

So, I'm going to ask you to read the afterword, " On a Book Entitled Lolita." When you read that, you'll notice that the word "throbs" comes back.

所以，我希望你们去读一读序言“,在那本叫Lolita的书上，当你们读的时候，你们对再看到悸动这个词。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选