1. Second, there was a part of him, and I didn't know how dominant that part might be, that thirsted for my blood.
【译文】第二,他身体内有一部分,渴望我的血 而我不确定,这部分有多大的控制力;
【解析】thirst for v. 非常想望,迫切要求;
The story is so gripping;it makes you thirst for the next episode.
这故事是那么扣人心弦,使人急于要知道下文如何。
On these dry days, you soon thirst for a cool drink.
在那些干旱的日子里,你不久就会渴望喝点清凉的东西。
2. I'm breaking all the rules now anyway. Since I'm going to hell.
【译文】况且我现在都坏了规矩,因为我要下地狱了。
【解析】break the rules 违反规定;
However others might study to break the rules, there were still formalities to be observed.
尽管有人在研究破除习俗,但是仍然还有需要遵循的礼仪。
3. That's when Carlisle found me dying of Spanish influenza.
【译文】那时候卡莱尔发现我得了西班牙流感要死了。
【解析】这里的dying是现在分词做状语,修饰me, 意思是“濒死的”;另外,be dying for意思是“渴望得到...”;
I am dying of hunger.
我的肚子饿极了。
He is dying of getting the knowledge of computers.
他急切地想得到有关计算机的知识。