高英句子注释 #1

这些故事给了我很大的震动，我决心像他们那样做。于是上床后，我就紧咬牙关，在黑暗中尽可能显得意志坚定，命令睡眠立刻到来。

Taking these fables to heart, I would resolve to do likewise, and, going to bed, would clench my teeth, look as determined as possible in the darkness, and command the immediate presence of sleep.  

1. presence：n.存在；出现 [U] (of a thing or a substance 事物或物质) the fact of being in a particular place or thing

2. presence 另一个解释为 风度 a man of presence

Similarly, in any autocratic regime, the holders of power become increasingly, tyrannical with experience of the delights that power can afford. Since power over human beings is shown in making them do what they would rather not do, the man who is actuated by love of power is more apt to inflict pain than to permit pleasure

1. autocratic 独裁的；专制的；独断专行的；专横的

2. regime政权

3. apt 有助于

4. inflict 施加

It’s just that Elvis managed to embody the frustrated teenage spirit of the 1950s.”  

1. embody【体现】, ==represent== :[/ɪm'bɒdɪ/ embody the great force

2. frustrate ：懊丧；懊恼；沮丧