1. Second, there was a part of him, and I didn't know how dominant that part might be, that thirsted for my blood.
【譯文】第二,他身體內有一部分,渴望我的血 而我不確定,這部分有多大的控制力;
【解析】thirst for v. 非常想望,迫切要求;
The story is so gripping;it makes you thirst for the next episode.
這故事是那么扣人心弦,使人急于要知道下文如何。
On these dry days, you soon thirst for a cool drink.
在那些干旱的日子里,你不久就會渴望喝點清涼的東西。
2. I'm breaking all the rules now anyway. Since I'm going to hell.
【譯文】況且我現在都壞了規矩,因為我要下地獄了。
【解析】break the rules 違反規定;
However others might study to break the rules, there were still formalities to be observed.
盡管有人在研究破除習俗,但是仍然還有需要遵循的禮儀。
3. That's when Carlisle found me dying of Spanish influenza.
【譯文】那時候卡萊爾發現我得了西班牙流感要死了。
【解析】這里的dying是現在分詞做狀語,修飾me, 意思是“瀕死的”;另外,be dying for意思是“渴望得到...”;
I am dying of hunger.
我的肚子餓極了。
He is dying of getting the knowledge of computers.
他急切地想得到有關計算機的知識。