斑点带子案 19离奇死亡(5)

"Excellent. You are not averse¹ to this trip, Watson?" "By no means."

"好极了，华生，你不反对走一趟吧？""决不反对。"

"Then we shall both come. What are you going to do yourself?"

"那么，我们两个人都要去的。你自己有什么要办的事吗？"

"I have one or two things which I would wish to do now that I am in town.

"既然到了城里，有一两件事我想去办一下。

But I shall return by the twelve o'clock train, so as to be there in time for your coming."

但是，我将乘坐十二点钟的火车赶回去，好及时在那儿等候你们。"

"And you may expect us early in the afternoon.

"你可以在午后不久等候我们。

I have myself some small business matters to attend to. Will you not wait and breakfast?"

我自己有些业务上的小事要料理一下。你不呆一会儿吃一点早点吗？"

"No, I must go. My heart is lightened already since I have confided² my trouble to you.

"不，我得走啦。我把我的烦恼事向你们吐露以后，我的心情轻松多了。

I shall look forward to seeing you again this afternoon."

我盼望下午能再见到你们。"

She dropped her thick black veil over her face and glided³ from the room.

她把那厚厚的黑色面纱拉下来蒙在脸上，悄悄地走出了房间。

"And what do you think of it all, Watson?" asked Sherlock Holmes, leaning back in his chair.

"华生，你对这一切有何感想？"歇洛克·福尔摩斯向后一仰，靠在椅背上问道。

"It seems to me to be a most dark and sinister⁴ business."

"在我看来，是一个十分阴险毒辣的阴谋。"

"Dark enough and sinister enough."

"是够阴险毒辣的。"

1 averse   

adj.厌恶的；反对的，不乐意的

参考例句：

• I don't smoke cigarettes,but I'm not averse to the occasional cigar.我不吸烟，但我不反对偶尔抽一支雪茄。
• We are averse to such noisy surroundings.我们不喜欢这么吵闹的环境。

2 confided   

v.吐露（秘密，心事等）( confide的过去式和过去分词 )；（向某人）吐露（隐私、秘密等）

参考例句：

• She confided all her secrets to her best friend. 她向她最要好的朋友倾吐了自己所有的秘密。
• He confided to me that he had spent five years in prison. 他私下向我透露，他蹲过五年监狱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 glided   

v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 )；掠过；（鸟或飞机 ） 滑翔

参考例句：

• The President's motorcade glided by. 总统的车队一溜烟开了过去。
• They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 sinister   

adj.不吉利的，凶恶的，左边的

参考例句：

• There is something sinister at the back of that series of crimes.在这一系列罪行背后有险恶的阴谋。
• Their proposals are all worthless and designed out of sinister motives.他们的建议不仅一钱不值，而且包藏祸心。