第七节 拟人化的句子

这类非人称主语句使用了“拟人”修辞，让无生命的事物具有人的感情。

But the complexion even of external things seemed to suffer transmutation as her

announcement progressed. The fire in the grate looked impish - demoniacally funny,

as if it did not care in the least about her strait. The fender grinned idly, as if it too

did not care. The light from the water-bottle was merely engaged in a chromatic

problem. All material objects around announced their irresponsibility with terrible

iteration. And yet nothing had changed since the moments when he had been

kissing her; or rather, nothing in the substance of things. But the essence of

things had changed.

但是随着她的讲述，甚至连外界事物的面貌也似乎发生了变化。炉桥里的火苗

露出恶作剧的样子，变得凶恶可怖，仿佛一点儿也不关心苔丝的不幸。壁炉的

栅栏懒洋洋的，也似乎对一切视而不见。从水瓶里发出来的亮光，只是一心在

研究颜色的问题。周围一切物质的东西，都在可怕地反复申明，它们不负责任。

但是自从他吻她的时候以来，什么也没有发生变化；或者不如说，一切事物在

本质上都没有发生变化。但是一切事物在本质上又发生了变化。