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一起讀《小王子》 | The Little Prince Chapter 10

• Clad in royal purple and ermine, he was seated upon a throne which was at the same time both simple and majestic.

clad in 穿…衣服的
ermine 白鼬皮
majestic 壯麗的；莊嚴的；雄偉的

• "Ah! Here is a subject," exclaimed the king, when he saw the little prince coming.

subject (通常指君主制國家的)國民，臣民。這個單詞第四章出現過的。
exclaim （由于激動、震驚、憤怒等）突然呼喊，驚叫，大聲喊

• "Approach, so that I may see you better," said the king, who felt consumingly proud of being at last a king over somebody.

approach 靠近；接近；走近
consumingly 令人沉迷地；極其強烈地；令人忘乎一切地

• but the entire planet was crammed and obstructed by the king's magnificent ermine robe. So he remained standing upright,

cram 把…塞進；使塞滿
obstruct 阻塞，堵塞
upright 垂直的；挺直的；直挺挺的

• "It is contrary to etiquette to yawn in the presence of a king," the monarch said to him.

contrary 相反的；相對的
etiquette（尤指特定階層的）禮儀，禮節；（尤指特定行業的）行為規范，規矩
monarch 君主；帝王；女王；女皇

• Yawns, to me, are objects of curiosity.

curiosity 罕見而有趣之物；奇物；珍品

• murmured the little prince, now completely abashed.

murmured 低聲說；悄聲說
abashed 尷尬的；窘迫的；羞愧的

• He sputtered a little, and seemed vexed.

sputter (尤指因生氣、震驚或激動)結結巴巴地說話，語無倫次地說話
vexed 令人煩惱的；傷腦筋的；棘手的

• For what the king fundamentally insisted upon was that his authority should be respected.

fundamentally 根本性地
authority 權力；威信

• He tolerated no disobedience.

tolerate 容忍；容許；寬容
disobedience 不服從；不順從；抗命

• the king answered him, and majestically gathered in a fold of his ermine mantle.

mantle （舊時的）披風，斗篷

• the king hastened to assure him.

hasten 急忙；趕快；趕緊 hasten to do 常見搭配
assure 向…保證；使…確信；使…放心

• They obey instantly. I do not permit insubordination.

instantly 立即地；即刻地
insubordination 不服從；不順從；反抗

• Such power was a thing for the little prince to marvel at.

marvel at 驚訝不已；不勝驚羨；大為贊嘆 = be filled with wonder or astonishment.

• And because he felt a bit sad as he remembered his little planet, which he had forsaken, he plucked up his courage to ask the king a favour:

forsake 離開；告別
pluck up the courage to 鼓起勇氣去（做）

• Accepted authority rests first of all on reason.

rest on 依賴；取決于；以…為基礎

• If you ordered your people to go and throw themselves into the sea, they would rise up in revolution.

rise up 起義；反抗

• and before saying anything else he consulted a bulky almanac.

consult 查閱，查詢(書、地圖等)
bulky 龐大的；笨重的
almanac 歷書；年歷

• He was regretting his lost sunset.

regret 對…感到后悔；因…遺憾

• From time to time you will condemn him to death.

condemn 宣判；判處(某人刑罰)

• But you will pardon him on each occasion; for he must be treated thriftily.

thriftily 節儉的；節省的；節約的

• But the little prince, having now completed his preparations for departure, had no wish to grieve the old monarch.

grieve 使難過；使悲傷

• As the king made no answer, the little prince hesitated a moment.

hesitated 猶豫；遲疑；躊躇

• "I made you my Ambassador," the king called out, hastily.

Ambassador 大使
hastily 匆忙地；倉促地