荆棘

This thesis will deal with the influence of asceticism on loveinThe Scarlet Letter and The Thorn Birds. The influencereflectsmainly in the leading characters Dimmesdale and Ralph.

本篇论文将从《红字》和《荆棘鸟》两部作品中的主要人物丁梅斯代尔和拉尔夫来看宗教禁欲主义对他们内心的摧残和折磨，从而导致的悲剧。

When all the people finally went home and the street was deserted, the thornbush bowed in sorrow.

当所有的人都回到了家中，街道又回到原来的荒凉。荆棘树难过的低下了头。

As the man reached the thornbush, he stumbled and fell to his knees.

当这个人走到荆棘树前的时候，他被绊跌而倒、双膝跪下。

For two days the thornbush refused to bloom.

在这两天之中，荆棘树拒绝开花。

And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a thornbush.

耶和华的使者从荆棘中火焰里向摩西显现。

No one had ever shown such kindness to the thornbush.

从来没有人曾经向荆棘树表现出如此的慈爱。

Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

箴言在愚昧人的口中，好像荆棘刺入醉汉的手。

The thornbush selected its most delicate bloom and held it high in the morning sun.

荆棘树挑选出它最细致的花朵，在晨光中高高的举起来。

With the choicest things of the earth, and the fullness thereof, And the favor of Him who dwelt in the thornbush.

33：16 得地和其中所充满的宝物，并住在荆棘中者的喜悦。

And Moses said, I must turn aside now and see this great sight, why the thornbush does not burn up.

3：3 摩西说，我要过去看这大异象，这荆棘为何没有烧掉呢？

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。