A Study in Scarlet — Page 9
他拍着手叫道："哈！"，神情就像一个拿到新玩具的孩子一样高兴。"你觉得怎么样？"
"ha!" he cried, clapping his hands, and looking as delighted as a child with a new toy. "What do you think of that?"
"这似乎是一种非常精妙的测试，"我说道。
"It seems to be a very delicate test," I remarked.
"妙极了！妙极了！旧的愈创木脂测试既粗糙又不准确。显微镜检查血细胞也是如此。后者若血迹已有几个小时，便毫无用处。而现在这种方法，无论血液新旧，似乎都同样有效。若这种测试早已发明，如今在世上行走的许多人，早就为他们的罪行付出了代价。"
"Beautiful! beautiful! The old Guiacum test was very clumsy and uncertain. So is the microscopic examination for blood corpuscles. The latter is valueless if the stains are a few hours old. Now, this appears to act as well whether the blood is old or new. Had this test been invented, there are hundreds of men now walking the earth who would long ago have paid the penalty of their crimes."
"真的！"我喃喃道。
"Indeed!" I murmured.
"刑事案件常常就悬在这一点上。一个人或许在案发数月后才被怀疑犯罪。他的衬衣或衣物被检查，上面发现了褐色斑迹。这些究竟是血迹、泥迹、锈迹、果汁迹，还是别的什么？这个问题难倒了许多专家，为什么？因为没有可靠的测试方法。现在我们有了夏洛克·福尔摩斯测试法，再也不会有任何困难了。"
"Criminal cases are continually hinging upon that one point. A man is suspected of a crime months perhaps after it has been committed. His linen or clothes are examined, and brownish stains discovered upon them. Are they blood stains, or mud stains, or rust stains, or fruit stains, or what are they? That is a question which has puzzled many an expert, and why? Because there was no reliable test. Now we have the Sherlock Holmes' test, and there will no longer be any difficulty."
他说话时两眼闪闪发光，把手放在胸口，鞠了一躬，仿佛面对着他想象中一群为他喝彩的人群。
His eyes fairly glittered as he spoke, and he put his hand over his heart and bowed as if to some applauding crowd conjured up by his imagination.
"您值得祝贺，"我说道，对他的热情颇感惊讶。
"You are to be congratulated," I remarked, considerably surprised at his enthusiasm.
"去年法兰克福发生了冯·比肖夫案。
"There was the case of Von Bischoff at Frankfort last year.
Vocabulary
- he
- 男性第三人称单数代词
- cried
- 过去式，大声说或哭泣
- clapping
- 鼓掌，拍手表示赞同或欢呼
- his
- 他的，男性第三人称单数所有格
- hands
- 手，身体的上肢末端
- and
- 和，连接两个词或短语的连词
- looking
- 看，观看或显现某种样子
- as
- 当，像，作为，表示比较或时间
- delighted
- 高兴的，很满意或愉快的
- child
- 小孩，年幼的人
- with
- 用，和，表示伴随或工具
- new
- 新的，刚制造或最近出现的
- toy
- 玩具，儿童用来玩耍的东西
- What
- 什么，用于询问事物或信息
- do
- 做，执行动作或行为
- you
- 你，第二人称代词
- think
- 认为，思考或相信某事
- of
- 的，表示所有关系或关于
- that
- 那，那个，指代远处事物
- It
- 它，第三人称单数中性代词
- seems
- 似乎，显得或看起来
- to
- 到，表示方向或不定式标记
- be
- 是，存在或处于某种状态
- very
- 很，非常，表示高度强调
- delicate
- 精细的，需要谨慎处理或易损坏的
- test
- 测试，检验或试验某物
- remarked
- 评论，说出观察或意见
- Beautiful
- 美丽的，令人愉快或视觉上令人满意的
- old
- 老的，年纪大或使用已久的
- was
- 是，过去式be动词
- clumsy
- 笨拙的，不灵活或不协调的
- uncertain
- 不确定的，不清楚或有疑问的
- So
- 所以，因此或同样地
- microscopic
- 显微的，极小需要显微镜观看的
- examination
- 检查，仔细研究或医学检验
- for
- 为，表示目的或原因
- blood
- 血液，体内流动的红色液体
- latter
- 后者，两者中后面提到的
- valueless
- 无价值的，没有用处或没有值钱的
- if
- 如果，表示条件的从属连词
- stains
- 污渍，颜色沾污或痕迹
- are
- 是，复数或第二人称be动词
- few
- 少数，数量不多的
- hours
- 小时，时间的基本单位
- Now
- 现在，此刻或当前时间
- this
- 这，这个，指代近处事物
- appears
- 出现，显得或似乎
- act
- 行为，表演或采取行动
- well
- 好，令人满意地或健康状态
- whether
- 是否，引入选择或不确定性
- or
- 或，表示选择的连词
- Had
- 有，过去完成时have的过去式
- been
- 被，be动词的过去分词
- invented
- 发明，创造新的东西
- there
- 那里，存在或位置词
- hundreds
- 数百，一百的倍数
- men
- 男人，成年男性
- walking
- 行走，用脚移动身体
- earth
- 地球，我们居住的星球
- who
- 谁，询问或代指人的疑问词
- would
- 将会，过去将来时或条件助动词
- long
- 长，距离远或时间久
- ago
- 前，过去的某个时间
- have
- 有，拥有或完成某事
- paid
- 支付，给予金钱作为报酬
- penalty
- 惩罚，违反规则的处罚
- their
- 他们的，复数所有格代词
- crimes
- 犯罪，违反法律的行为
- Indeed
- 确实，表示同意或强调
- murmured
- 低声说，用低音量说话
- Criminal
- 犯罪的，与犯罪有关的
- cases
- 案件，法律诉讼或事例
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