一个“深渊”,一个未知的极深的黑暗所在,看起来都是可怖的景象。
An abyss, an unknown dark place of great depth, would seem a frightening prospect.
但当他终于到达萨马拉时,商人看到等待着自己的,正是可怖的死神。
But when at last he came to Samarra, the merchant saw, waiting for him, the grim figure of Death.
铃柄、窗帘、镜子,由于用杂志、日报和周刊的纸包着,因此被迫对上面登载着的死亡与可怖的谋杀案情进行片断的报道。
Bell-handles, window-blinds, and looking-glasses, being papered up in journals, daily and weekly, obtruded fragmentary accounts of deaths and dreadful murders.
It's the violence of this horrible act of self-sacrifice, this tragic act of self-sacrifice -- an act of self-sacrifice - intended obviously to preserve the state of virginity -- that grabs our attention and presumably grabbed Milton's.
正是这种可怖的自我牺牲行为的暴力,这种悲剧的自我牺牲--这种明显是,要保护童贞的自我牺牲的行为-,吸引了我们的注意力,大概也吸引了弥尔顿的注意力。
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