海底兩萬里 第62期 第6章 開足馬力(4)

Then it reappeared on the other side of the ship, either by circling around us or bygliding under our hull.

不久它又在戰(zhàn)艦的另一邊出現(xiàn)了，可能是繞過來的，也可能是從船底下潛水過來的。

At any instant a collision could have occurred that would have been fatal to us.

時(shí)時(shí)刻刻，都有可能給我們致命的打擊。

Meanwhile I was astonished at the frigate's maneuvers. It was fleeing, not fighting.

可是我們的戰(zhàn)艦的行動(dòng)使我莫名其妙。它在逃，并不去攻擊。

Built to pursue, it was being pursued, and I commented on this to Commander Farragut.

它本應(yīng)該追逐怪物的，現(xiàn)在反而被追逐了，我于是向法拉古艦長提出意見。

His face, ordinarily so emotionless, was stamped with indescribable astonishment.

法拉古艦長的面孔，通常是很冷靜的，現(xiàn)在卻顯得萬分慌張。

Professor Aronnax, he answered me, I don't know what kind of fearsome creature I'm up against, and I don't want my frigate running foolish risks in all this darkness.

阿龍納斯先生，他回答我，我沒摸清楚我所要對(duì)付的這怪物到底厲害到什么程度，我不愿意在這么一片黑暗中，隨便讓戰(zhàn)艦去冒險(xiǎn)。

Besides, how should we attack this unknown creature, how should we defend ourselves against it?

再說，怎樣來攻擊這個(gè)神秘東西呢，又怎樣來防御這東西呢?

Let's wait for daylight, and then we'll play a different role.

我們等到天亮，情況便不同了。

You've no further doubts, commander, as to the nature of this animal?

艦長，您現(xiàn)在對(duì)于這個(gè)動(dòng)物的性質(zhì)沒有什么疑惑了嗎?

No, sir, it's apparently a gigantic narwhale, and an electric one to boot.

沒有疑惑了，先生，明明白白，這是一條巨大的獨(dú)角鯨，同時(shí)又是一條帶電的獨(dú)角鯨。