A Study in Scarlet — Page 10
如果这种检测方法当时已经存在，他肯定早就被绞死了。
He would certainly have been hung had this test been in existence.
还有布拉德福德的梅森，臭名昭著的穆勒，蒙彼利埃的勒费弗尔，以及新奥尔良的桑普森。
Then there was Mason of Bradford, and the notorious Muller, and Lefevre of Montpellier, and Samson of New Orleans.
我能列举出二十个案例，这种方法都能起到决定性的作用。
I could name a score of cases in which it would have been decisive.
斯坦福笑着说道："你简直就是一部行走的犯罪年鉴。"
"You seem to be a walking calendar of crime," said Stamford with a laugh.
"你可以按这个思路办一份报纸，就叫《往日警察新闻》。"
"You might start a paper on those lines. Call it the 'Police News of the Past.'"
夏洛克·福尔摩斯一边把一小块膏药贴在手指的针眼上，一边说道："这样的读物也可以写得很有趣。"
"Very interesting reading it might be made, too," remarked Sherlock Holmes, sticking a small piece of plaster over the prick on his finger.
他转向我微笑着继续说道："我必须小心，因为我经常摆弄各种毒药。"
"I have to be careful," he continued, turning to me with a smile, "for I dabble with poisons a good deal."
他说话时伸出了手，我注意到他的手上到处贴着类似的膏药，还被强酸染得变了色。
He held out his hand as he spoke, and I noticed that it was all mottled over with similar pieces of plaster, and discoloured with strong acids.
斯坦福坐上一张高脚三腿凳，用脚把另一张推向我，说道："我们来这里是有事相谈的。"
"We came here on business," said Stamford, sitting down on a high three-legged stool, and pushing another one in my direction with his foot.
"我这位朋友想租一处住所，而你又一直抱怨找不到人与你分担房租，所以我想不如把你们两个撮合在一起。"
"My friend here wants to take diggings, and as you were complaining that you could get no one to go halves with you, I thought that I had better bring you together."
夏洛克·福尔摩斯对与我合租的想法似乎非常高兴。
Sherlock Holmes seemed delighted at the idea of sharing his rooms with me.
他说："我看中了贝克街的一套房间，非常适合我们两个人住。"
"I have my eye on a suite in Baker Street," he said, "which would suit us down to the ground.
"您不介意浓烈的烟草味吧，希望如此？"
You don't mind the smell of strong tobacco, I hope?
Vocabulary
- would
- 情态动词，表示过去的习惯或假设条件
- certainly
- 副词，表示肯定、确实、无疑地
- hung
- hang的过去式和过去分词，表示悬挂或处绞刑
- test
- 名词，指测试、检验或试验
- existence
- 名词，表示存在、实际存在的事物
- notorious
- 形容词，表示臭名昭著、声名狼藉的
- could
- 情态动词can的过去式，表示能够或可能
- name
- 动词或名词，表示命名或名字
- score
- 名词，表示二十或大量的数量
- cases
- 名词复数，表示案例或事件
- decisive
- 形容词，表示决定性的、关键的
- seem
- 动词，表示似乎、看起来
- walking
- 动词现在分词，表示行走
- calendar
- 名词，表示日历或日程表
- crime
- 名词，表示犯罪、罪行
- laugh
- 动词或名词，表示笑
- might
- 情态动词，表示可能性或许可
- start
- 动词或名词，表示开始
- paper
- 名词，表示纸张或报纸
- lines
- 名词复数，表示线条或台词
- Call
- 动词，表示呼叫、打电话
- Police
- 名词，表示警察或警察部门
- News
- 名词，表示新闻
- Past
- 名词或形容词，表示过去的时间
- Very
- 副词，表示很、非常
- interesting
- 形容词，表示有趣的、令人感兴趣的
- reading
- 名词或动词，表示阅读或读物
- made
- make的过去式，表示制作或使...
- too
- 副词，表示也、太
- remarked
- remark的过去式，表示评论、说
- sticking
- stick的现在分词，表示粘贴、刺戳
- small
- 形容词，表示小的
- piece
- 名词，表示块、片、件
- plaster
- 名词，表示膏药、石膏
- over
- 介词或副词，表示在...上方或超过
- prick
- 名词或动词，表示刺、戳、刺痛
- finger
- 名词，表示手指
- careful
- 形容词，表示小心的、谨慎的
- continued
- continue的过去式，表示继续
- turning
- turn的现在分词，表示转身、转向
- smile
- 动词或名词，表示微笑
- dabble
- 动词，表示浅尝、涉猎
- poisons
- 名词或动词，表示毒药、毒害
- good
- 形容词或名词，表示好的、善
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