A Study in Scarlet — Page 6

English → Chinese CHAPTER I. Level 6/10

"You mustn't blame me if you don't get on with him," he said; "I know nothing more of him than I have learned from meeting him occasionally in the laboratory. You proposed this arrangement, so you must not hold me responsible."

「如果你和他处不来，你不能怪我，」他说；「我对他的了解，仅限于偶尔在实验室与他碰面所得知的。这个安排是你提议的，所以你不能让我负责。」

"If we don't get on it will be easy to part company," I answered. "It seems to me, Stamford," I added, looking hard at my companion, "that you have some reason for washing your hands of the matter. Is this fellow's temper so formidable, or what is it? Don't be mealy-mouthed about it."

「如果我们处不来，分开也很容易，」我回答道。「斯坦福，」我补充说，目不转睛地盯着我的同伴，「在我看来，你似乎有某种理由要撇清自己与此事的关系。这个家伙的脾气真的那么可怕，还是有别的原因？别吞吞吐吐的。」

"It is not easy to express the inexpressible," he answered with a laugh. "Holmes is a little too scientific for my tastes—it approaches to cold-bloodedness. I could imagine his giving a friend a little pinch of the latest vegetable alkaloid, not out of malevolence, you understand, but simply out of a spirit of inquiry in order to have an accurate idea of the effects. To do him justice, I think that he would take it himself with the same readiness. He appears to have a passion for definite and exact knowledge."

「难以言说之事本就不易表达，」他笑着回答。「福尔摩斯在我看来有点过于科学——近乎冷血。我可以想象他会给朋友服用少量最新发现的植物生物碱，你明白，并非出于恶意，而纯粹是出于探究精神，为了准确了解其效果。说句公道话，我想他自己也会同样毫不犹豫地亲自服用。他似乎对确定而精确的知识有一种热情。」

"Very right too."

「这也很对。」

"Yes, but it may be pushed to excess. When it comes to beating the subjects in the dissecting-rooms with a stick, it is certainly taking rather a bizarre shape."

「是的，但这种热情可能会走向极端。当他拿着棍子敲打解剖室里的尸体时，这种热情就肯定变得相当怪异了。」

"Beating the subjects!"

「敲打尸体！」

"Yes, to verify how far bruises may be produced after death. I saw him at it with my own eyes.

「是的，为了验证死后可以产生瘀伤的程度。我亲眼看到他这样做。

Vocabulary

如果: rúguǒ — If; used to introduce a conditional clause.
你: nǐ — You; second-person singular pronoun.
和: hé — And; connects nouns or phrases together.
他: tā — He; third-person singular male pronoun.
处: chǔ — To get along; to interact with others.
不来: bù lái — Cannot get along; incompatible with someone.
不能: bù néng — Cannot; expressing inability or prohibition.
怪: guài — To blame; to hold someone responsible.
我: wǒ — I; me; first-person singular pronoun.
说: shuō — To say; to speak; to tell.
对: duì — Regarding; towards; with respect to.
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.
了解: liǎojiě — To understand; to have knowledge of something.
仅限于: jǐn xiàn yú — Limited only to; restricted exclusively to something.
偶尔: ǒu'ěr — Occasionally; once in a while; not often.
在: zài — At; in; located at a place.
实验室: shíyànshì — Laboratory; a room for scientific experiments.
与: yǔ — With; and; together with someone.
碰面: pèngmiàn — To meet; to encounter someone by arrangement or chance.
所: suǒ — Particle indicating that which is obtained or known.
得知: dézhī — To learn; to come to know information.
这个: zhège — This; this one; referring to something nearby.
安排: ānpái — Arrangement; plan; to organize or schedule something.
是: shì — Is; to be; linking verb.
提议: tíyì — Proposal; suggestion; to suggest an idea.
所以: suǒyǐ — Therefore; so; indicating a result or conclusion.
让: ràng — To let; to allow; to cause someone to do.
负责: fùzé — To be responsible for; to take charge of.
我们: wǒmen — We; us; first-person plural pronoun.
分开: fēnkāi — To separate; to part; to keep things apart.
也: yě — Also; too; as well; likewise.
很: hěn — Very; quite; a common degree adverb.
容易: róngyì — Easy; simple; not difficult to do.
回答道: huídá dào — Replied saying; answered with the following words.
补充: bǔchōng — To add; to supplement; to make an additional remark.
目不转睛: mù bù zhuǎn jīng — Staring fixedly; eyes glued without blinking.
地: de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb.
盯着: dīng zhe — Staring at; gazing fixedly at something or someone.
同伴: tóngbàn — Companion; partner; someone who accompanies you.
看来: kànlái — It seems; it appears; judging from what is seen.
似乎: sìhū — Seemingly; apparently; as if something is the case.
有: yǒu — To have; there is; to exist.
某种: mǒu zhǒng — Some kind of; a certain type of something.
理由: lǐyóu — Reason; justification; grounds for an action.
要: yào — To want; to need; indicates intention or necessity.
撇清: piēqīng — To distance oneself; to dissociate from involvement.
自己: zìjǐ — Oneself; yourself; one's own self.
此事: cǐ shì — This matter; this affair; the thing in question.
关系: guānxi — Relationship; connection; involvement with something.
家伙: jiāhuo — Fellow; guy; informal term for a person.
脾气: píqi — Temper; disposition; one's emotional character.
真的: zhēn de — Really; truly; used to emphasize genuineness.
那么: nàme — So; then; to such a degree; in that case.
可怕: kěpà — Terrible; frightening; causing fear or dread.
还是: háishi — Or; still; used in questions offering alternatives.
别的: biéde — Other; another; some different reason or thing.
原因: yuányīn — Reason; cause; the factor behind something.
别: bié — Don't; used to advise against doing something.
吞吞吐吐: tūntūn tǔtǔ — Hesitant in speech; speaking evasively and unclearly.
难以言说: nán yǐ yán shuō — Difficult to put into words; hard to express verbally.
之事: zhī shì — Such a matter; things of this nature (classical usage).
本就: běn jiù — Already by nature; inherently; always has been so.
不易: bù yì — Not easy; difficult; requiring considerable effort.
表达: biǎodá — To express; to convey thoughts or feelings.
笑着: xiào zhe — While smiling; smilingly; with a laugh.
回答: huídá — To answer; to reply to a question.
有点: yǒudiǎn — A little; somewhat; slightly.
过于: guòyú — Excessively; too much; overly so.
科学: kēxué — Scientific; science; relating to systematic inquiry.
近乎: jìnhū — Almost; bordering on; verging on a quality.
冷血: lěng xuè — Cold-blooded; lacking normal human emotion or warmth.
可以: kěyǐ — Can; may; it is possible to do something.
想象: xiǎngxiàng — To imagine; to picture something in one's mind.
会: huì — Will; would; able to; expressing likelihood or ability.
给: gěi — To give; for; used to indicate recipient of action.
朋友: péngyou — Friend; a person one has a close relationship with.
服用: fúyòng — To take (medicine); to ingest a substance.
少量: shǎoliàng — A small amount; a little quantity of something.
最新: zuìxīn — Latest; newest; most recently discovered or made.
发现: fāxiàn — To discover; to find; a new finding.
植物: zhíwù — Plant; vegetation; organisms of the plant kingdom.
生物碱: shēngwùjiǎn — Alkaloid; naturally occurring nitrogen-containing plant compound.
明白: míngbai — To understand; to be clear about something.
并非: bìng fēi — Not at all; definitely not; used for emphatic negation.
出于: chūyú — Out of; arising from; motivated by a feeling.
恶意: èyì — Malice; ill intent; desire to harm others.
而: ér — But rather; and; a conjunction linking contrasting ideas.
纯粹: chúncuì — Pure; purely; entirely without other motives.
探究: tànjiū — To investigate; to explore; to probe into something.
精神: jīngshén — Spirit; mindset; mental attitude or disposition.
为了: wèile — In order to; for the purpose of doing something.
准确: zhǔnquè — Accurate; precise; exactly correct.
其: qí — Its; their; a formal pronoun indicating possession.
效果: xiàoguǒ — Effect; result; the outcome of an action.
说句: shuō jù — To say a word; to make a remark in fairness.
公道话: gōngdào huà — Fair words; an objective and unbiased statement.
想: xiǎng — To think; to want; to consider doing something.
同样: tóngyàng — Equally; in the same way; likewise.
毫不犹豫: háo bù yóuyù — Without any hesitation; acting immediately and decisively.
亲自: qīnzì — Personally; in person; doing something oneself directly.
确定: quèdìng — To determine; to confirm; to make certain.
精确: jīngquè — Precise; exact; highly accurate in measurement or detail.
知识: zhīshi — Knowledge; information; what one has learned.
一种: yī zhǒng — A kind of; a type of; one sort of thing.
热情: rèqíng — Enthusiasm; passion; warm eagerness for something.
这: zhè — This; referring to something close or just mentioned.
是的: shì de — Yes; that is correct; an affirmative reply.
但: dàn — But; however; introduces a contrasting statement.
这种: zhè zhǒng — This kind of; this type of; such a sort.
可能: kěnéng — Possibly; may; potential for something to happen.
走向: zǒuxiàng — To go towards; to trend toward an extreme direction.
极端: jíduān — Extreme; an excessive or radical degree.
当: dāng — When; at the time that something occurs.
拿着: ná zhe — Holding; carrying something in hand continuously.
棍子: gùnzi — Stick; rod; a long rigid cylindrical object.
敲打: qiāodǎ — To beat; to strike repeatedly with an object.
解剖室: jiěpōu shì — Dissection room; anatomy room for examining bodies.
里: lǐ — Inside; within; in the interior of a place.
尸体: shītǐ — Corpse; dead body; a lifeless human body.
时: shí — When; at the time of; during an action.
就: jiù — Then; exactly; used to indicate a result or emphasis.
肯定: kěndìng — Certainly; definitely; to affirm something is true.
变得: biàn de — To become; to turn into a different state.
相当: xiāngdāng — Quite; considerably; fairly; to a significant degree.
怪异: guàiyì — Strange; bizarre; unusual and hard to understand.
了: le — Particle indicating completion or change of state.
验证: yànzhèng — To verify; to validate; to confirm through testing.
死后: sǐ hòu — After death; postmortem; following someone's dying.
产生: chǎnshēng — To produce; to generate; to give rise to something.
瘀伤: yūshāng — Bruise; contusion; discoloration from internal bleeding.
程度: chéngdù — Degree; extent; level of intensity of something.
亲眼: qīnyǎn — With one's own eyes; to witness personally firsthand.
看到: kàn dào — To see; to catch sight of; to witness something.
这样: zhèyàng — Like this; in this way; in such a manner.
做: zuò — To do; to make; to carry out an action.

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