Illumination came from a roaring fire beneath a handsome marble mantelpiece surmounted by a gilded mirror.

大理石壁炉里熊熊的火焰是房间内的唯一光源，壁炉的上方有一面镀金的镜子。

But I think Camus' genius lies in this insight: " There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn."

但我认为加缪的天才就在于这句洞见：“没有什么命运不可以用藐视来克服。”

Upon the top of the bank was a low brick wall, surmounted by an iron railing.

岸边有一堵低矮的砖墙，上面有一道铁栏杆。

At the four corners of the hall were closets, or rather buffets, surmounted by dirty shelves.

大厅的四个角落是壁橱，或者更确切地说是自助餐台，上面是脏兮兮的架子。

I looked up now, frowning slightly, into a pretty, impudent face, surmounted by a rakish little red hat.

我现在抬起头， 微微皱着眉头， 看到一张漂亮、放肆的脸， 上面戴着一顶时髦的小红帽。

For mile after mile the trenches encircled the town, red gashes surmounted by red mounds, waiting for the men who would fill them.

它们绵延不断地环走着城市，每隔一段距离有个切口，上面耸立着红土墩，正在等待战士们进来驻守。

I followed them; they led me to the foot of a mound which was surmounted by a deserted, dilapidated hovel.

我跟着他们；他们把我带到一个土丘脚下，土丘上方是一间废弃的破旧小屋。

Repugnance would have been surmounted by the immense need to win, if chance would be kind enough to let him.

反感会被对胜利的巨大渴望所克服，如果机会足够好的话。

He wore pale blue silk pyjamas, on the pocket of which were embroidered his initials surmounted by his count's crown.

他穿着淡蓝色的丝绸睡衣， 睡衣口袋上绣着他名字的首字母， 上面是伯爵的皇冠。

The chair was set down at a small doorway, surmounted by a cross, in a long white wall, and Kitty stepped out.

椅子放在一个小门口，上面有一个十字架， 在一堵长长的白墙上，基蒂走了出来。

The handkerchiefs were of very fine lawn and the initials embroidered in a complicated cypher were surmounted by a crown of strawberry leaves.

手帕是用非常漂亮的草坪制成的， 用复杂的密码刺绣的首字母上面是草莓叶制成的皇冠。

As the resting man looked at the barrow he became aware that its summit, hitherto the highest object in the whole prospect round, was surmounted by something higher.

这个在路边休息的人望着那古冢，注意到那本来是视野中最高的顶点，有什么东西爬了上去。

They drove down Bellevue Avenue and turned in between the chamfered wooden gate-posts surmounted by cast-iron lamps which marked the approach to the Welland villa.

他们沿着贝尔维尤大街行驶，在倒角的木门柱之间拐弯，门柱上装饰着铸铁灯，标志着通往韦兰别墅的道路。

Archer's gaze, wandering away to the blank walls of the office, rested on a hanging calendar surmounted by the rugged features of the President of the United States.

阿切尔的目光移到办公室空白的墙壁上，停留在悬挂的日历上， 日历上挂着美国总统粗犷的面孔。

Her hair, which had tried to turn white and only succeeded in fading, was surmounted by a Spanish comb and black lace scarf, and silk mittens, visibly darned, covered her rheumatic hands.

她的头发试图变白， 但最终还是褪了色，上面罩着西班牙梳子和黑色蕾丝围巾， 还有明显织补过的丝绸连指手套， 遮住了她风湿的双手。

As these, again, were surmounted by tall trees, which appeared to totter on the brows of the precipice, it gave the stream the appearance of running through a deep and narrow dell.

由于这些，再次，被高大的树木所覆盖，它们似乎在悬崖的眉毛上摇摇欲坠，这使溪流看起来像是穿过一个又深又窄的山谷。

This bas-relief was surmounted by a projecting plinth, upon which a variety of chance growths had sprung up, —yellow pellitory, bindweed, convolvuli, nettles, plantain, and even a little cherry-tree, already grown to some height.

浅浮雕上方是一个突出的基座，上面长出了各种偶然的植物——黄色的草皮植物、旋花草、空心菜、荨麻、车前草，甚至还有一棵已经长到一定高度的小樱桃树。

His glance explored the melancholy penumbra of the long narrow room, resting on the blotched walls, the discoloured rows of books, and the stern rosewood desk surmounted by the portrait of the young Honorius.

他的目光扫过狭长房间的忧郁半影，靠在斑驳的墙壁上， 一排排褪色的书，以及严肃的红木书桌上面是年轻的 Honorius 的肖像。

The famous game-shot, sportsman, and man-about-town was a big, swarthy fellow, with a formidable dark moustache shading a cruel, thin-lipped mouth, and surmounted by a long, curved nose like the beak of an eagle.

这位著名的猎手、运动员和城里人是个身材魁梧、皮肤黝黑的家伙， 留着令人生畏的深色胡须， 遮住一张冷酷的、薄薄的嘴唇， 上面长着一个长长的、弯曲的鼻子， 就像鹰嘴一样。

The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all around, as was the portico; the openings all around faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.

卫房和门洞两旁柱间并廊子，都有严紧的窗棂，里边都有窗棂，柱上有雕刻的棕树。