The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 — Page 1
无过于智慧者，莫过于锋芒太露。——塞内卡
Nil sapientiæ odiosius acumine nimio.—Seneca.
18世纪某年秋天，巴黎，天色刚暗，夜风正劲。
At Paris, just after dark one gusty evening in the autumn of 18-,
我与友人C·奥古斯特·杜邦共处，享受着冥思与烟斗这双重乐趣，
I was enjoying the twofold luxury of meditation and a meerschaum, in company with my friend C. Auguste Dupin,
地点是他那间狭小的后书房，或称藏书室，位于杜诺街33号三楼，圣日耳曼郊区。
in his little back library, or book-closet, au troisième, No. 33, Rue Dunôt, Faubourg St. Germain.
至少已有一个小时，我们两人默默无言；
For one hour at least we had maintained a profound silence;
在旁人看来，我们似乎都在全神贯注地凝视着那弥漫于室内的袅袅烟雾。
while each, to any casual observer, might have seemed intently and exclusively occupied with the curling eddies of smoke that oppressed the atmosphere of the chamber.
然而就我而言，我心中正在默默回想着我们傍晚时分曾谈及的几个话题；
For myself, however, I was mentally discussing certain topics which had formed matter for conversation between us at an earlier period of the evening;
我指的是莫格街凶杀案，以及玛丽·罗热遇害案中的种种谜团。
I mean the affair of the Rue Morgue, and the mystery attending the murder of Marie Rogêt.
因此，当我们的房门骤然洞开，一位老相识昂然而入时，我不禁觉得颇为巧合——
I looked upon it, therefore, as something of a coincidence, when the door of our apartment was thrown open and admitted our old acquaintance,
来者正是G先生，巴黎警察局局长。
Monsieur G——, the Prefect of the Parisian police.
我们热情地迎接了他；因为此人身上既有令人生厌之处，也不乏令人感到有趣之处，两者各占一半，
We gave him a hearty welcome; for there was nearly half as much of the entertaining as of the contemptible about the man,
而且我们已有好几年未曾见过他了。
and we had not seen him for several years.
我们一直坐在黑暗中，杜邦此时起身欲去点灯，
We had been sitting in the dark, and Dupin now arose for the purpose of lighting a lamp,
但随即又在G先生的话语中坐了回去，没有点灯。
but sat down again, without doing so, upon G.
Vocabulary
- Nil
- 无；没有任何东西
- At
- 在；位于某处或某时间
- Paris
- 法国首都，欧洲著名城市
- just
- 刚刚；恰好；公正的
- after
- 在...之后；跟随
- dark
- 黑暗的；没有光的
- one
- 数字一；单独的一个
- gusty
- 多风的；有阵风的天气
- evening
- 傍晚；夜幕降临的时候
- in
- 在...内；属于某个范围
- the
- 定冠词，表示特指
- autumn
- 秋季；一年四季中的季节
- of
- 的；属于；来自
- was
- 是；过去式动词be
- enjoying
- 享受；喜欢；感到快乐
- twofold
- 双重的；两倍的；双重性质
- luxury
- 奢侈；舒适；高级享受
- meditation
- 冥想；思想专注；深思熟虑
- company
- 陪伴；同伴；商业公司
- with
- 和；用；伴随
- my
- 我的；属于我
- friend
- 朋友；友人；亲密的伙伴
- his
- 他的；属于他
- little
- 小的；微小的；少量的
- back
- 后面的；回来；支持
- library
- 图书馆；书房；书籍收藏
- No
- 号；数字；否定词
- For
- 为；因为；持续
- hour
- 小时；一小时的时间
- at
- 在；于；朝向
- least
- 最少；至少；最小的
- we
- 我们；我和他人
- had
- maintained
- 维持；保持；保留状态
- profound
- 深刻的；深远的；深度的
- silence
- 沉默；安静；没有声音
- while
- 虽然；期间；过一段时间
- each
- 每个；各自；个别
- to
- 到；向；为了
- any
- 任何的；某些的
- casual
- 随意的；偶然的；非正式的
- observer
- 观察者；观看的人
- might
- 可能；也许；力量
- have
- 有；拥有；吃喝
- seemed
- 似乎；看起来；表现出
- intently
- 专注地；全神贯注地
- exclusively
- 专门地；独占地；完全地
- occupied
- 占据；居住；忙碌的
- curling
- 卷曲的；螺旋形的
- smoke
- 烟；烟雾；吸烟
- that
- 那个；那；指示代词
- oppressed
- 压抑的；沉闷的；被压迫的
- atmosphere
- 气氛；大气；空气环境
- chamber
- 房间；会议厅；舱室
- myself
- 我自己；我本人
- however
- 然而；但是；无论如何
- mentally
- 在思想上；心理上；精神上
- discussing
- 讨论；商量；谈论某事
- certain
- 确定的；某些的；一定的
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