The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Page 11
目前可以毫不夸张地说，此事分量极重，可能对欧洲历史产生影响。"
"At present it is not too much to say that it is of such weight it may have an influence upon European history."
"我保证，"福尔摩斯说道。
"I promise," said Holmes.
"我也保证。"
"And I."
"请见谅我戴着这面具，"我们这位神秘的访客继续说道。
"You will excuse this mask," continued our strange visitor.
"雇用我的那位显赫人士希望他的代理人不为你们所知，我可以坦白承认，我刚才自报的那个头衔并非我真正的名字。"
"The august person who employs me wishes his agent to be unknown to you, and I may confess at once that the title by which I have just called myself is not exactly my own."
"这一点我早已知晓，"福尔摩斯淡淡地说。
"I was aware of it," said Holmes dryly.
"此事情况极为微妙，必须采取一切预防措施，以扑灭一场可能演变成巨大丑闻、严重危及欧洲某个王室的风波。
"The circumstances are of great delicacy, and every precaution has to be taken to quench what might grow to be an immense scandal and seriously compromise one of the reigning families of Europe.
直言相告，此事牵涉到奥姆斯坦因大王室——波西米亚的世袭王族。"
To speak plainly, the matter implicates the great House of Ormstein, hereditary kings of Bohemia."
"这一点我也早已知晓，"福尔摩斯喃喃说道，同时在他的扶手椅中坐定，闭上了双眼。
"I was also aware of that," murmured Holmes, settling himself down in his armchair and closing his eyes.
我们的访客带着几分明显的惊讶，打量着这个慵懒散漫地斜倚着的男人——而此人无疑曾被描述给他听，说是欧洲最敏锐的推理者、最精干的代理人。
Our visitor glanced with some apparent surprise at the languid, lounging figure of the man who had been no doubt depicted to him as the most incisive reasoner and most energetic agent in Europe.
福尔摩斯慢慢地重新睁开双眼，不耐烦地看着他那位身材魁梧的委托人。
Holmes slowly reopened his eyes and looked impatiently at his gigantic client.
"如果陛下肯屈尊将您的案情告知于我，"他说道，"我便能更好地为您提供建议。"
"If your Majesty would condescend to state your case," he remarked, "I should be better able to advise you."
那人从椅子上猛地站起，在房间里来回踱步，难以抑制地激动万分。
The man sprang from his chair and paced up and down the room in uncontrollable agitation.
Vocabulary
- at
- 在...地方或时间
- present
- 现在；赠送；展示
- it
- 它；代词，指事物
- is
- 是；动词be的第三人称单数
- not
- 不；否定词
- too
- 太；也；过度
- much
- 很多；大量的；过度的
- to
- 到；向；表示不定式
- say
- 说；表达；陈述
- that
- 那；那个；连接词
- of
- 的；属于；从...中
- such
- 这样的；如此的；这种
- weight
- 重量；分量；影响力
- may
- 可能；也许；可以
- have
- 有；拥有；经历
- an
- 一个；不定冠词a的变体
- influence
- 影响；影响力；作用
- upon
- 在...上；对...；关于
- European
- 欧洲的；欧洲人的
- history
- 历史；过去发生的事件
- promise
- 承诺；许诺；有希望的迹象
- said
- 说；讲述；表示
- And
- 和；而且；与
- You
- 你；您；你们
- will
- 将要；意愿；遗嘱
- excuse
- 原谅；借口；理由
- this
- 这；这个；此
- mask
- 面具；掩盖；隐瞒
- continued
- 继续的；持续的；延续
- our
- 我们的；属于我们
- strange
- 奇怪的；陌生的；不寻常的
- visitor
- 访客；来访者；访问者
- The
- 定冠词；特指某个事物
- person
- 人；人物；个人
- who
- 谁；哪个人；关系代词
- employs
- 雇用；采用；使用
- me
- 我；宾格代词
- wishes
- 希望；愿望；祝愿
- his
- 他的；属于他
- agent
- 代理人；特工；代理商
- be
- 是；存在；成为
- unknown
- 未知的；不为人知的
- you
- 你；您；你们
- and
- 和；而且；与
- confess
- 承认；坦白；认罪
- once
- 一次；一旦；从前
- the
- 定冠词；特指某个事物
- title
- 标题；职位；称号
- by
- 由；被；在...旁边
- which
- 哪个；哪些；关系代词
- just
- 刚好；正好；只是
- called
- 称呼；叫；打电话
- myself
- 我自己；我本身
- exactly
- 恰好；精确地；完全
- my
- 我的；属于我
- own
- 自己的；拥有；承认
- was
- 是；动词be的过去式
- aware
- 意识到的；知道的；察觉
- circumstances
- 环境；情况；事态
- are
- 是；动词be的复数形式
- great
- 伟大的；重大的；优秀的
- every
- 每个；每一个；全部的
- has
- 有；拥有；已经
- taken
- 拿取；采取；进行
- what
- 什么；哪些；所...的
- might
- 可能；也许；力量
- grow
- 生长；增长；变得
- immense
- 巨大的；广阔的；无限的
- scandal
- 丑闻；不名誉的事件
- seriously
- 严肃地；认真地；严重
- compromise
- 妥协；妨害；威胁
- one
- 一；一个；某个人
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