The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 — Page 7
所以我没有放弃搜查，直到我完全确信那个小偷比我更加狡猾。我想我已经调查了房间里每一个可能藏有那份文件的角落。
So I did not abandon the search until I had become fully satisfied that the thief is a more astute man than myself. I fancy that I have investigated every nook and corner of the premises in which it is possible that the paper can be concealed.
"但是，"我提议道，"虽然那封信无疑是在部长的手中，难道他不可能把它藏在他自己的住所以外的地方吗？"
"But is it not possible," I suggested, "that although the letter may be in possession of the minister, as it unquestionably is, he may have concealed it elsewhere than upon his own premises?"
"这几乎不太可能，"杜宾说道。"目前宫廷中的特殊局势，尤其是D——已知卷入其中的那些阴谋，使得这份文件能够随时取用——能够在片刻之间拿出来——这一点的重要性几乎与拥有它本身不相上下。"
"This is barely possible," said Dupin. "The present peculiar condition of affairs at court, and especially of those intrigues in which D—— is known to be involved, would render the instant availability of the document—its susceptibility of being produced at a moment's notice—a point of nearly equal importance with its possession."
"能够随时拿出来？"我问道。
"Its susceptibility of being produced?" said I.
"也就是说，能够随时销毁，"杜宾说道。
"That is to say, of being destroyed," said Dupin.
"不错，"我说道，"那么那份文件显然就在这处房屋里。至于它是否藏在部长的身上，我们可以认为那是不可能的。"
"True," I observed; "the paper is clearly then upon the premises. As for its being upon the person of the minister, we may consider that as out of the question."
"完全不可能，"警察局长说道。"他曾两次遭到拦截，就像是被路上的劫匪所为，在我亲自监督下对他的全身进行了严格的搜查。"
"Entirely," said the Prefect. "He has been twice waylaid, as if by footpads, and his person rigorously searched under my own inspection."
"你本可以省去这番麻烦，"杜宾说道。"D——我想并非完全是个傻瓜，如果不是的话，他必然早就预料到这些拦截，那是理所当然的事。"
"You might have spared yourself this trouble," said Dupin. "D——, I presume, is not altogether a fool, and, if not, must have anticipated these waylayings, as a matter of course."
"并非完全是傻瓜，"G说道。
"Not altogether a fool," said G.
Vocabulary
- abandon
- 放弃，停止继续某事
- search
- 搜寻，仔细寻找某物
- fully
- 完全地，彻底地
- satisfied
- 感到满意或确信的
- thief
- 小偷，偷窃他人财物的人
- astute
- 精明的，善于判断和洞察的
- fancy
- 想象，认为某事可能是真的
- investigated
- 调查，仔细检查以了解真相
- nook
- 角落，隐蔽的小地方
- premises
- 房屋及其所在地，建筑场所
- concealed
- 被隐藏的，被藏匿的
- suggested
- 建议，提出某种可能性
- although
- 虽然，尽管，表示让步
- possession
- 持有，拥有某物的状态
- minister
- 大臣，政府高级官员
- unquestionably
- 毫无疑问地，确定无疑地
- elsewhere
- 在别处，在其他地方
- barely
- 几乎不，勉强，刚刚
- peculiar
- 奇特的，不寻常的，特别的
- condition
- 状况，情形，条件
- affairs
- 事务，事情，情况
- court
- 宫廷，王室权力中心
- especially
- 尤其，特别，格外
- intrigues
- 阴谋，秘密策划的政治勾当
- involved
- 卷入其中的，参与的
- render
- 使得，致使某事物变成某状态
- instant
- 即时的，立刻的
- availability
- 可用性，随时可以取用的状态
- document
- 文件，书面记录的重要资料
- susceptibility
- 易受影响性，容易被利用的特点
- notice
- 通知，要求出示的指令
- importance
- 重要性，重大意义
- destroyed
- 被毁掉，被彻底销毁的
- observed
- 说道，评论，指出某事
- consider
- 认为，考虑，思量
- Entirely
- 完全地，全然如此
- Prefect
- 警察局长，地方最高警务官员
- waylaid
- 被拦截，被埋伏袭击
- footpads
- 徒步强盗，拦路抢劫的歹徒
- rigorously
- 严格地，彻底地，严密地
- inspection
- 检查，监督，仔细审查
- spared
- 省去，避免了不必要的麻烦
- presume
- 推测，假定，认为可能
- altogether
- 完全地，总共，全然
- anticipated
- 预料到，事先想到某事
- waylayings
- 多次拦截行动，埋伏袭击的行为
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