海底兩萬(wàn)里 第53期 第5章 冒險(xiǎn)活動(dòng)(8)

For three months, during which each day seemed like a century, the Abraham Lincolnplowed all the northerly seas of the Pacific,

三個(gè)月來(lái)，林肯號(hào)跑遍了太平洋北部所有的海面，

racing after whales sighted, abruptly veering off course, swerving sharply from one tack to another, stopping suddenly,

有時(shí)向著看到的鯨魚沖去，有時(shí)忽然離開(kāi)航線，有時(shí)突然掉轉(zhuǎn)船頭，有時(shí)一下子停住…

putting on steam and reversing engines in quick succession, at the risk of stripping its gears,

它不惜弄壞機(jī)器，不惜浪費(fèi)動(dòng)力，

and it didn't leave a single point unexplored from the beaches of Japan to the coasts of America.

從日本海岸到美洲海岸，沒(méi)有一處不曾搜索過(guò)。

And we found nothing! Nothing except an immenseness of deserted waves!

但是，什么也沒(méi)有看見(jiàn)!看見(jiàn)的只是那浩瀚無(wú)邊的大海!

Nothing remotely resembling a gigantic narwhale, or an underwater islet, or a derelictshipwreck, or a runaway reef, or anything the least bit unearthly!

至于什么巨大的獨(dú)角鯨、潛在水中的海島，沉沒(méi)的破船、飛走的暗礁，以及什么神秘的東西，卻都沒(méi)有看見(jiàn)!

So the reaction set in.

因此，反響發(fā)生了。

At first, discouragement took hold of people's minds, opening the door to disbelief.

首先是人心失望，給懷疑的心理打開(kāi)一個(gè)缺口。

A new feeling appeared on board, made up of three-tenths shame and seven-tenths fury.

船上產(chǎn)生了另一種情緒，造成這情緒的因素是三分羞愧，七分惱怒。

The crew called themselves out-and-out fools for being hoodwinked by a fairy tale, then grewsteadily more furious!

死盯住一個(gè)空想，自然是愚蠢,但更多的是惱怒!