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。