It came to Catherine with the force—or rather with the vague impressiveness—of a logical axiom which it was not in her province to controvert; and yet, though it was a scientific truth, she felt wholly unable to accept it.
它以一种逻辑公理的力量——或者更确切地说,以一种模糊的印象——来到凯瑟琳的脑海中,而在她的领域内,她无权反驳这个公理;然而,尽管这是一个科学真理,她还是觉得完全无法接受。