As one sees a stork , or even a heron , standing motionless in the marshes of some secluded pond , dignified , elegant and white and pure , the scholar wishes that he were a stork himself 当一个学者看见一头鹤或甚至一头苍鹭，既庄严又纯洁的静立在隐僻的池塘时，他真希望他自己也会化成一头鹤呢。
Butterfly is standing motionless and silent . her face buried in her hands . but her despair quickly gives way to childlike happiness under pinkerton ' s gentle words of love 蝴蝶不声不响地呆呆站着，头低低地埋在两手之中，不过在平克顿温柔而怜爱的安慰下，她悲伤绝望的神色很快就变成天真无邪的笑容。
Act iii : night is gradually receding before the new day , but butterfly still stands motionless , her gaze fixed on the harbor . following suzuki ' s advice , butterfly retires for a brief rest 第三幕：黑夜渐渐过去，新的一天开始了。可是蝴蝶依然纹丝不动地站着，目光盯住港口。在铃木的劝说下，她退到内室稍事休息。
He then closed his eyes as children do in order that they may see in the resplendent night of their own imagination more stars than are visible in the firmament ; then he re - opened them , and stood motionless with amazement 起初他闭上眼睛，象小孩子一样，在星光皎洁的夜晚合目瞑想，想在他们自己的想象中看到比天上更多的星星，然后他又睁开眼睛，惊奇地站着。
Just then , madame de villefort , in the act of slipping on her dressing - gown , threw aside the drapery and for a moment stood motionless , as though interrogating the occupants of the room , while she endeavored to call up some rebellious tears 这时，维尔福夫人披着睡衣掀开门帘，在门槛上站了一会儿，象是在问房间里的人究竟发生了什么事，并竭力想流出几滴眼泪。
He went a little nearer , gun in hand , and stood motionless on the drive , watching the house . perhaps even now he could find her , come at her in some way . the house was not impregnable : he was as clever as burglars are 他再前进了几步，手里拿着枪，在那大路上呆站着，注视着那大屋，也许他现在还可以用个什么方法找到她，面到她那儿去罢，这屋并不是难进的他又有夜盗一样的聪明，为什么不到那儿去呢？
And now that s done , said the blind man ; and at the words he suddenly left hold of me , and , with incredible accuracy and nimbleness , skipped out of the parlour and into the road , where , as i still stood motionless , i could hear his stick go tap - tap - tapping into the distance “现在，完事了。 ”瞎子说，说完他就突然放开我，以令人难以置信的精确和敏捷窜出了客厅，到了路上。我呆呆地站在那里，能听得到他的棍子笃笃地探路的声音，那声音越来越远了。
Villefort rose , or rather sprang , from his chair , hastily opened one of the drawers of his desk , emptied all the gold it contained into his pocket , stood motionless an instant , his hand pressed to his head , muttered a few inarticulate sounds , and then , perceiving that his servant had placed his cloak on his shoulders , he sprang into the carriage , ordering the postilions to drive to m . de saint - m ran s . the hapless dant 维尔福站起来，或者更确切地说，象是一个战胜了一次内心斗争的人那样，从椅子上一跃而起，急忙打开他写字台的一个抽屉，把里面所有的金子都倒进他的口袋里，用手摸着头，一动也不动地站了一会，最后，他的仆人已把他的大氅披在了他的肩上，他这才出了门口，上了马车。
