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startling發(fā)音

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startling中文意思翻譯

adj.驚人的

動(dòng)詞startle的現(xiàn)在分詞

startling詞形變化

動(dòng)詞第三人稱單數(shù): startles | 名詞: startlingness | 動(dòng)詞現(xiàn)在分詞: startling | 副詞: startlingly | 動(dòng)詞過(guò)去分詞: startled | 動(dòng)詞過(guò)去式: startled |

startling常見(jiàn)例句

1 、For every startling breakthrough the AIs make, a new set of deeper and seemingly stranger questions will emerge.───人工智能每獲得的一個(gè)令人震驚的突破，都會(huì)有一些更深?yuàn)W、似乎更古怪的問(wèn)題將會(huì)出現(xiàn)。

2 、He could hear the faint echoes of voices far above him on the mountainside, startling him after great silence.───他能夠聽(tīng)到從遠(yuǎn)處高山上傳來(lái)的說(shuō)話聲的微弱回音,這使他感到驚訝。

3 、I am so sorry to startle you, but I love you.─── 很抱歉打擾你 但我超粉你

4 、He looked completely startled. It wasn't him.─── 他看上去完全嚇壞了 不是他

5 、On the face of it, evolution by natural selection is still a startling hypothesis.───從表面上判斷，由自然選擇推動(dòng)的進(jìn)化，仍舊是個(gè)令人心驚肉跳的假設(shè)過(guò)程。

6 、The effect of a uniform appearance may be produced by a combination of tints in startling contrast.───在驚人的對(duì)比中,色澤的綜合可能產(chǎn)生外形一致的效果。

7 、Known informally as the "water planet" or the "storm planet" during production, Kamino represented a startling new environment for the Star Wars saga.───在制作過(guò)程當(dāng)中卡米諾被描述為一個(gè)“水行星”或是“暴風(fēng)雨行星”，成為星際大戰(zhàn)系列故事當(dāng)中一個(gè)令人驚訝的新世界。

8 、In five minutes we were through the tide, and drifting with the most startling rapidity round the headland.───五分鐘后我們就穿過(guò)激浪，以令人目眩的速度向那個(gè)海岬漂過(guò)去。

9 、In fact, it appeared that she was about to burst into that startling and alarming human physiological aberration called tears.───事實(shí)上，她看起來(lái)差點(diǎn)就流眼淚了，一種令人驚奇不已的人類生理學(xué)現(xiàn)象。

10 、The greatest pleasure in life is doing something gratifying and startling and making several true friends .───和我一同笑過(guò)的人，我可能會(huì)忘記；和我一同哭過(guò)的人，我卻永遠(yuǎn)不忘。你，我患難與共的朋友，永遠(yuǎn)銘刻在我記憶深處。

11 、On one occasion Jesus was dining with a Pharisee named Simon when a woman of the streets interrupted the dinner in a startling way.───一次，耶穌正和一位名叫西門(mén)的法利賽人共進(jìn)晚餐，這時(shí)候一個(gè)女人出奇不意的闖進(jìn)來(lái)，打斷了他們用餐。

12 、But the most startling aspect of all this was his lumber position, which was the biggest loss in his account.───但是這還不要緊，最叫人吃驚的是他的木材倉(cāng)位，木材倉(cāng)位是他的投資組合中虧錢(qián)最多的。

13 、Among other curiosities, this leads to the startling idea (which has been proved experimentally) that a vacuum is not empty space.───和其他好奇相比，這產(chǎn)生了真空不是“真空”的驚人想法（已得到試驗(yàn)證實(shí)）。

14 、Venter defied his critics and deciphered the human genome with startling speed about eight years ago.───不過(guò)他在大約八年前曾頂住外界異議，以驚人的速度破譯了人類基因組。

15 、He says: "If outstanding achievement grows with startling high speed first quarter, can Yahoo redeem lost game?───他說(shuō)：“假如第一季度業(yè)績(jī)以令人吃驚的高速增長(zhǎng)，雅虎能夠挽回?cái)【謫幔?/p>

16 、He just heard some startling news. His boss got fired for stealing from the company.───他剛剛聽(tīng)到一個(gè)令人震驚的消息。他的老板虧空公款。

17 、In the 1990s scientists rocked the field of neurobiology with the startling news that the mature mammalian brain is capable of sprouting new neurons.───1990年代，科學(xué)家宣布了一個(gè)震撼神經(jīng)生物學(xué)界的大新聞：成年哺乳動(dòng)物的腦仍然能夠產(chǎn)生新的神經(jīng)元。

18 、In 2008 the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a report dismissing the role of speculators in last year's startling run-up in prices.───2008年，商品期貨貿(mào)易委員會(huì)(CFTC)發(fā)布了一份報(bào)告，排除了投機(jī)商在去年油價(jià)飆升事件中的誘發(fā)因素。

19 、The foetus is startled at things, just like babies startle.─── 胎兒會(huì)被嚇到 就像嬰兒一樣

20 、Meanwhile, thanks to a series of startling medical breakthroughs, his father was in recovery.───同時(shí)，得益于醫(yī)學(xué)上一系列令人震驚的突破，他的父親康復(fù)了。

21 、Through a glass darkly: One of the most startling aspects of meeting perpetrators of genocide is how ordinary they often are.───以人為鏡：認(rèn)識(shí)這些大屠殺兇手的一個(gè)最為驚詫的方面就是他們常常顯得再一般不過(guò)了。

22 、Such startling effects as he displayed had hitherto remained hidden, for a low-functioning autistic does not normally cooperate with experimenters.───他所顯示出來(lái)的驚人現(xiàn)象，之前一直隱晦不明，因?yàn)榈湍艿淖蚤]癥患者一般并不與實(shí)驗(yàn)人員合作。

23 、What will be startling is that microprocessors will probably exist in everything from light switches to pieces of paper.───令人吃驚的是微處理器有可能存在于從日光燈到一張紙片的所有物體中。

24 、But in 1993 the startling answer is that a shutdown by banks might be far from cataclysmic.───但是時(shí)至1993年，令人吃驚的答案是：銀行倒閉可能無(wú)關(guān)痛癢。

25 、I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you.─── 抱歉 我不是故意想嚇你的

26 、He describes the scene with startling reality.───他對(duì)那景象的描述逼真得令人驚訝。

27 、She fainted when she heard the startling news.───聽(tīng)到這個(gè)令人震驚的消息她昏了過(guò)去。

28 、I don't know why I was startled, actually.─── 真不知道我為什么會(huì)嚇一跳

29 、"God's asylum" series, including the title of "Ninu Delta God," "Aoxilisi God" and "Jia Nisa God", each has a startling effect of the properties.───“神的庇護(hù)”系列稱號(hào)包括“尼努爾塔神”、“奧西里斯神”和“迦尼薩神”，各自有著驚人的屬性效果。

30 、Forgive me for startling you with the impetuosity of my sentiments.───原諒我.我的情感放任嚇著你了.

31 、You all right? I did not mean to startle you.─── 你還好嗎 我沒(méi)想嚇你的

32 、Their work makes a rather startling assertion: the trait we commonly call talent is highly overrated.───他們的工作得出了一個(gè)驚人的觀點(diǎn)：我們通常稱之為天才的特性被高估了。

33 、He asked us to be quiet and then made a startling announcement.───他叫我們安靜下來(lái),然后宣布了一條令人吃驚的消息。

34 、These statistics reveal a rather startling shift away from self-employment to working for others.───上述統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)字表明，從自體經(jīng)營(yíng)轉(zhuǎn)向?yàn)閯e人工作的情況是相當(dāng)驚人的。

35 、Only when the undertaker was laying out the body of the distinguished physician was a startling discovery made - Dr.James Barry was in fact a woman.───只有當(dāng)殯儀館是奠定了機(jī)構(gòu)，是一個(gè)杰出的醫(yī)生取得了驚人的發(fā)現(xiàn)-博士詹姆斯巴里實(shí)際上是一個(gè)女人。

36 、So without informing the Allies, Erhard went on the radio and made a startling announcement.───因此在沒(méi)有知會(huì)盟國(guó)的情況下，埃哈德在電臺(tái)訪談中搶先宣布了這一消息。

37 、To find out how deep this new punctiliousness runs, I have just carried out some research and come up with startling results.───為了了解這種新的拘禮程度有多嚴(yán)重，我進(jìn)行了一些研究，結(jié)果令人吃驚。

38 、For now, that seems to be having little effect as banks absorb the startling news from Washington and hunker down.───但是現(xiàn)在好像起不到什么作用了，銀行知曉了來(lái)自政府的驚人消息并開(kāi)始自保。

39 、Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening thunder rolled and boomed.───你們幾乎注意不到我，但是如果沒(méi)有我，你們?nèi)紩?huì)變得膚淺。

40 、The others seemed not to notice the startling effect of the remark upon him.───其他人似乎沒(méi)有注意到那句話給他的震驚性影響。

41 、Forgive me for startling you with the impetuosity of my sentiments...my dear Scarlett. I mean, my dear Mrs. Kennedy.───原諒我過(guò)分激動(dòng)的情感傷害了你....親愛(ài)的斯佳麗,我是認(rèn)真的,肯尼迪夫人.

42 、Their startling rise i n the late 1990s entranced many investors and, if anything, it made tech stocks seem like a safe bet .───20世紀(jì)90年代末科技股的飆升曾令許多投資者感到飄飄然，一時(shí)之間，科技股似乎是穩(wěn)賺不賠。

43 、Perhaps I should not have startled you.─── 也許我不該那樣嚇你們一跳

44 、There has been an instant of complete startling gratification.───內(nèi)心分明是一陣得意，樂(lè)得心花怒放。

45 、On the background of startling ecological crisis,it has a realistic significance for us to gaze at the connotation of Theory of the relati...───在生態(tài)危機(jī)觸目驚心的背景下,重新審視物感說(shuō)的思想內(nèi)涵,調(diào)適人與自然、文學(xué)與自然的關(guān)系有著重要的現(xiàn)實(shí)意義。

46 、In Silicon Valley, several law firms recently raised the startling pay for associates up into the $125,000 to $150,000 neighborhood.───在硅谷，若干家法律事務(wù)所最近提高了雇員的底薪，達(dá)到了相鄰公司的12.5萬(wàn)至15萬(wàn)美元的水平。

47 、Charlie Gilks, an expert on AIDS at the WHO and one of the lead authors of the research stated, “It’s quite a startling result.───世衛(wèi)組織的一名艾滋病專家查理.吉爾克斯以及其中一名撰寫(xiě)該研究報(bào)告的作者指出：“這只是個(gè)開(kāi)始。

48 、The Acropolis of Callicrates and Ictinus is a 20)startling celebration of their new intellectual power.───衛(wèi)城使卡利克拉提斯和艾士提努有機(jī)會(huì)一展杰出的智慧與身手。

49 、After collecting the data, we first attempted to tease out any patterns that might encode memories of these startling events.───在收集了資料之后，我們首先試著找出任何可能代表這些驚嚇事件的活性樣式。

50 、Shouts from the open window startling evening in the quadrangle.───從敞開(kāi)著的窗戶傳出的喧嚷聲，驚動(dòng)了方院的暮色。

51 、But he also knows Jackson could change the startling lineup during the season.───但他同時(shí)知道,菲爾教練在賽季開(kāi)始后會(huì)變動(dòng)先發(fā)陣容.

52 、Both use contrast, the eternal dance between light and shadow, striving to illuminate something new and beautiful and startling and true.───他們都會(huì)使用對(duì)比--光與影的永恒之舞去盡力描述那些暫新，美麗，讓人驚艷而又真實(shí)的東西。

53 、The always have startling inside stories to reveal.───他們總是又驚人的內(nèi)幕披露。

54 、The transition from the terminal's warm snugness to the harshness of the night outside was startling.───從溫暖舒適的機(jī)場(chǎng)大樓進(jìn)入室外的風(fēng)雪之夜，真是觸目驚心的轉(zhuǎn)變。

55 、Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.─── 不好意思 不是故意嚇你的

56 、What a startling "therefore"!He abstained from going, not because He did not love them, but because He did love them.───他不立即前去，并不是因?yàn)椴粣?ài)他們，乃是因?yàn)閻?ài)他們。

57 、They always have startling inside stories to reveal.───他們總是有驚人的內(nèi)幕披露。

58 、But as Nanny McPhee takes control, they begin to notice that their bad behavior now leads, magically, to some 6)startling 7)consequences.───但當(dāng)保姆麥克菲開(kāi)始管教他們后，他們開(kāi)始注意到現(xiàn)在自己的搗蛋行為會(huì)奇怪地引發(fā)出一些令人害怕的結(jié)果。

59 、Your choice of material can be unusual and startling, but then you go at the acting obeying all the best principles of acting.───你對(duì)素材的選擇可以是不尋常和讓人驚奇的,但是你去表演時(shí)必須服從所有的表演原則。

60 、Because they always have startling inside stories to reveal.───因?yàn)檫@上面總是有驚人的內(nèi)幕披露。

61 、Anything startling in the news today?───今天有什么驚人的消息?

62 、Husband: Because they always have startling insights to reveal.───丈夫：因?yàn)樗偸桥兑恍﹥?nèi)幕。

63 、Startling, that is, because Ford has been widely rumored to have been looking for a buyer for Volvo for nearly 18 months.───之所以令人吃驚是因?yàn)樵缇陀袀餮苑Q福特汽車在近18個(gè)月前就一直在尋找沃爾沃的買(mǎi)家。

64 、Sorry. I didn't mean to startle you.─── 抱歉 我不是故意嚇你的

65 、His physiognomy had never been more peculiar and startling.───他的神情從來(lái)沒(méi)有比當(dāng)時(shí)那樣更奇特的了。

66 、The Gould's 16-year-old son, Bryan, had casually entered the neighbor's house through an unlocked door, startling the home's occupants.───他說(shuō)他們的十六歲的兒子布來(lái)恩，無(wú)意圖的打開(kāi)沒(méi)上鎖的大門(mén)闖進(jìn)他家里，令他家人有點(diǎn)驚恐。

67 、STARTLING economic growth in China has not been matched by similar improvements in health care.───在中國(guó)，醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生并沒(méi)有隨著驚人的經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展而有所提高。

68 、A startling use of line and color is this artist's special trademark.───令人驚異的線條和色彩的應(yīng)用是這個(gè)藝術(shù)家明顯的特征。

69 、His arguments led up to a startling conclusion.───他的論據(jù)證實(shí)了一個(gè)令人吃驚的推論。

70 、But in 1923 a startling new kind of reading was discovered.───但在1923年，有了一個(gè)驚人的新發(fā)現(xiàn)。

71 、A startling idea had occurred to him.───一個(gè)令人吃驚的想法出現(xiàn)在他的腦海里。

72 、In 2004, China's appetite for oil rose nearly 16%, startling global markets and helping to fuel a huge rise in international oil prices.───2004年時(shí)，中國(guó)對(duì)原油的需求增長(zhǎng)了近16%，不僅震驚了全球市場(chǎng)，還推動(dòng)國(guó)際油價(jià)大幅走高。

73 、I'm sorry. I did not mean to startle you at all.─── 不好意思 我沒(méi)有想 嚇到你

74 、But what was startling was the emaciation of his face.It was like a skull.───但是教人吃驚的是他面孔的消瘦，完全像個(gè)骷髏。

75 、A startling revelation from one of America's space pioneers, during an interview with a British radio program.───在和一家英國(guó)廣播電臺(tái)的訪談節(jié)目中，由美國(guó)的空間先驅(qū)所紕漏的另人震驚的事實(shí).

76 、The included booklet supplies you with a startling collection of ESP routines and ideas, which can often be very difficult to track down.───包括的小冊(cè)子您把特別是慣例和想法供給的一件使震驚的收藏品, 可能經(jīng)常非常難搜尋。

77 、Some of the findings are startling.───一些調(diào)查結(jié)果是驚人的。

78 、As she hurries out of the stranger's house, she makes a startling discovery...───一些死人牙齒和毛發(fā)，多年前幾宗謀殺案的剪報(bào)與及妙齡女死者尸體的照片。

79 、Outside the window, Le Bourget Airfield dropped away with startling speed.───從飛機(jī)的窗口看去，布爾歇機(jī)場(chǎng)飛速地向后退去。

80 、The next week will show a startling development.───下一周將出現(xiàn)一種驚人的發(fā)展。

81 、While it is colorless when pumped up from the well, the water turns a startling shade of dark purple when teabags are added.───剛打上來(lái)的地下井水本來(lái)是透明無(wú)色，加入茶包一泡，一轉(zhuǎn)眼水居然變成了深紫色。

82 、Its nutrition is legendary among these people, who have used it to maintain active, healthy lifestyles and startling longevity.───其營(yíng)養(yǎng)是傳說(shuō)中這些人，誰(shuí)也用它來(lái)保持積極，健康的生活方式和驚人的長(zhǎng)壽。

83 、AOL Time Warner became the number one loser company for 2002 in the world, with a net loss of a startling 98.7 billion dollars.───1月底,據(jù)《華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》報(bào)道,AOL時(shí)代華納2002年凈虧損987億美元,創(chuàng)造了世界年度公司虧損的全球之最。

84 、But observers are already envisioning future improvements to Sixth Sense that could result in some startling possibilities.───但是觀察家已經(jīng)預(yù)想到第六感未來(lái)的改良，未來(lái)可能會(huì)有令人吃驚的結(jié)果。

85 、Considered the first Surrealist film, it uses startling imagery to discuss sex, lust, morality, spiritualism, man's inhumanity, and hypocrisy, among other things.───作為第一部超現(xiàn)實(shí)主義**，影片的畫(huà)面讓人驚奇，它探討了性，貪欲，倫理，招魂術(shù)，人類的殘忍和虛偽等等。

86 、It is specifically this startling phenomenon that has allowed us to codify the scant information currently available about singularities.───人們趨向于更喜歡甜食，而不是那些含有較多碳水化合物的食品。

87 、But the startling discovery enunciated by a correspondent in the following article is certainly relevant to what should have been in it.───但是本刊一位記者在下面文章中描述的這個(gè)驚人發(fā)現(xiàn)顯然會(huì)和該報(bào)告的內(nèi)容相關(guān)。

88 、From time to time he would whistle or sing to announce their presence, to avoid startling any beast into attack.───他時(shí)而唱歌，時(shí)而吹口哨，好讓野獸知道有人，以防它們受驚而發(fā)動(dòng)襲擊。

89 、Some of the results of RV experiments were startling.───一些遠(yuǎn)程監(jiān)控試驗(yàn)的結(jié)果是令人吃驚。

90 、Every summer, she climbed the Alps, startling the guides by singing loudly as she went.───“她復(fù)興了舊畫(huà)室，”他寫(xiě)到：“使舊燈復(fù)燃了，讓啞音的舊鋼琴重新響了起來(lái)?！?/p>

求短文翻譯，英譯中

明確無(wú)誤的噪音正通過(guò)我的臥室的墻上?，F(xiàn)在，扭打，現(xiàn)在是戲弄，一長(zhǎng)，曠日持久的刮。 “約翰，你朝著有家具嗎？再次？“我的呼吁。隔離墻模糊不清，他的“是”，但沒(méi)有過(guò)濾他的聲音興奮的色彩了。

我不是毀于這些沖動(dòng)的重排，就在它們的頻率好笑。我記得我我13歲時(shí)，因?yàn)樗亲约旱母杏X(jué)-是驚人的，快速發(fā)展的身心和情緒，需要通過(guò)發(fā)明和重塑服裝，發(fā)型和安排和你的房間裝飾自己。

在一片窒息thuds我記得多少約翰渴望在自己的領(lǐng)地的隱私，他如何把我拉到一邊，兩年前，他與分享他的弟弟，羅伯特空間。 “媽媽，”他說(shuō)，“我能請(qǐng)讓我自己的房間？我可以用杰夫。他不會(huì)介意?！?/p>

的確，從杰夫大學(xué)，過(guò)去的6月和從巢飛行畢業(yè)。但他是否介意的地方，他花了無(wú)數(shù)個(gè)小時(shí)的成長(zhǎng)下，不再向他出去？他是否感到來(lái)自家庭趕下臺(tái)后，從不斷回家再不可以呢？

但是，超出了他的感情，我會(huì)想到什么？這個(gè)房間是，與其說(shuō)是對(duì)多年來(lái)我們生活的一部分，杰夫一直是我們唯一的孩子。在這我教他讀，我們建筑的樓宇建筑奇觀，并成立精心辦公桌。這是在杰夫完善他的藝術(shù)作品，具有大專應(yīng)用苦苦掙扎。

這是地方，我告訴他一千故事和在那里我們有一千會(huì)談。

親如我們，但是，在時(shí)機(jī)成熟時(shí)，杰夫需要我們之間¬男女門(mén)，是他自己的空間成長(zhǎng)英寸據(jù)認(rèn)為，將臥室的門(mén)關(guān)背后的傍晚大部分，一個(gè)低沉的聲音電臺(tái)或其二手手動(dòng)打字機(jī)清脆，他彈了出來(lái)，他馬拉松式的信件之一。

我知道這些朋友一定有想法和意見(jiàn)，與杰夫沒(méi)有與我分享充滿信。他的一生是為傳播領(lǐng)域無(wú)關(guān)，與家人和成長(zhǎng)過(guò)程¬光年。我不再可能-或應(yīng)該-了解他的一切。

作為有良心的父母，我們努力營(yíng)造indepen ¬登切。但是，當(dāng)它發(fā)生，當(dāng)您暫停外界的門(mén)，看看它總是有點(diǎn)不安空白面板。

原來(lái)，讓杰夫的批準(zhǔn)改變房間很容易。 “當(dāng)然，”他說(shuō)。 “這將是自私的，我守住了。”然后他的聲音軟化。 “媽媽，我不會(huì)再住在家里-你知道這一點(diǎn)?！彼难坨R后面，他的眼睛與所有我們之間已經(jīng)通過(guò)多年來(lái)的愛(ài)點(diǎn)燃。

沒(méi)有關(guān)起門(mén)來(lái)在這里-他們都打開(kāi)了。

問(wèn)題補(bǔ)充：

然后，我和約翰跳入清理壁櫥和抽屜的任務(wù)，調(diào)度所有的東西杰夫留下的。節(jié)目單和照片，一枯胸花，舊的報(bào)告，刺痛自豪一疊自制感謝我卡你卡從二年級(jí)西班牙語(yǔ)課杰夫義務(wù)教。

突然間，在所有的動(dòng)蕩，我的喉嚨里。在那里，在草圖的各類樁，是一個(gè)T鉛筆畫(huà)鳥(niǎo)-杰夫的小獵犬，死多年來(lái)-蜷睡著了。杰夫的渲染是如此動(dòng)人，我?guī)缀跄軌蚋杏X(jué)到親愛(ài)的老狗的光滑溫暖的耳朵。在這間杰夫的東西，堆在我身邊，

我?guī)缀跤|及的小男孩，我知道是一去不復(fù)返了。

求短文翻譯，英譯中

Unmistakable noises are coming through my bedroom wall. Now a scuffling, now a bumping, a long, drawn-out scraping. “John, are you moving furniture in there? Again?” I call. The wall muffles his "yes" but does not filter out of his voice the tinge of excitement.

I am not upset by these impulsive rearrangements, just amused at their frequency. I remember my own feelings when I was 13 as he is——the startling, rapid evolution of body and mind and emotions, the need to invent and reinvent yourself through clothes, hairstyles and the arrangement and decor of your room.

Amid the smothered thuds I remember how much John longed for the privacy of his own domain, how he took me aside two years ago when he was sharing a room with his younger brother, Robert. “Mom,” he said, “can I please have a room of my own? I could use Jeff's. He won't mind.”

It was true that Jeff had graduated from college that past June and had flown from the nest. But would he mind if the place where he had spent countless hours growing up was yanked out from under him? Would he feel ousted from the family, barred from ever coming home again?

But beyond his feelings, would I mind? That room was so much a part of our lives over the many years that Jeff had been our only child. In it I taught him to read; we constructed architectural wonders out of blocks and set up elaborate desks. It was where Jeff perfected his artwork and struggled with college applications. It was the place where I told him a thousand stories and where we had a thousand talks.

As close as we were, though, the time came when Jeff need¬ed a door between us, a space of his own to grow in. The door to that bedroom would be shut most of the evening, behind it the muffled sound of a radio or the clack of his secondhand manual typewriter as he banged out one of his marathon letters.

I knew those letters to friends must have been filled with thoughts and opinions Jeff did not share with me. His life was spreading into areas that had nothing to do with home and fami¬ly. I no longer could — or should — know everything about him.

As conscientious parents, we strive to foster indepen¬dence. But when it happens, when you pause outside that door and look at the blank panels it is always a little unsettling.

It turned out that getting Jeff's permission to change the room was easy. "Of course," he said. "It would be selfish of me to hold on to it. " Then his voice softened. "Mom, I won't be living at home again — you know that. " Behind his glasses, his eyes were lit with all the love that has passed between us over the years. There were no doors closed here — they had all opened up again.

問(wèn)題補(bǔ)充：Then John and I jumped into the task of cleaning out closets and drawers, dispatching all the things Jeff had left behind. Playbills, and snapshots, a withered boutonniere, old report cards that stung me with pride a stack of homemade thank-you cards from the second-grade Spanish class Jeff volunteered to teach.

Suddenly, amid all the upheaval my throat caught. There, in a pile of assorted sketches, was a pencil drawing of T-Bird — Jeff's beagle, dead these many years — curled up asleep. Jeff's rendering was so evocative I could almost feel the dear old dog's satiny warm ears. And in that room, with Jeff's things heaped around me, I could almost touch the little boy I knew was gone forever.