斑点带子案 23不速之客(3)

"He seems a very amiable¹ person," said Holmes, laughing.

"他真像一个非常和蔼可亲的人，"福尔摩斯哈哈大笑说：

"I am not quite so bulky, but if he had remained

"我的块头没有他那么大，但是假如他在这儿多呆一会儿，

I might have shown him that my grip was not much more feeble than his own."

我会让他看看，我的手劲比他的小不了多少。"

As he spoke² he picked up the steel poker³ and, with a sudden effort, straightened it out again.

说着，他拾起那条钢火钳，猛一使劲，就把它重新弄直了。

"Fancy his having the insolence⁴ to confound me with the official detective force!

"真好笑，他竟那么蛮横地把我和官厅侦探人员混为一谈！

This incident gives zest⁵ to our investigation⁶, however,

然而，这么一段插曲却为我们的调查增添了风趣，

and I only trust that our little friend will not suffer from her imprudence in allowing this brute⁷ to trace her.

我唯一希望的是我们的小朋友不会由于粗心大意让这个畜生跟踪上了而遭受什么折磨。

And now, Watson, we shall order breakfast, and afterwards I shall walk down to Doctors' Commons,

好了，华生，我们叫他们开早饭吧，饭后我要步行到医师协会去，

where I hope to get some data which may help us in this matter."

我希望在那儿能搞到一些有助于我们处理这件案子的材料。"

1 amiable   

adj.和蔼可亲的，友善的，亲切的

参考例句：

• She was a very kind and amiable old woman.她是个善良和气的老太太。
• We have a very amiable companionship.我们之间存在一种友好的关系。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 poker   

n.扑克；vt.烙制

参考例句：

• He was cleared out in the poker game.他打扑克牌，把钱都输光了。
• I'm old enough to play poker and do something with it.我打扑克是老手了，可以玩些花样。

4 insolence   

n.傲慢；无礼；厚颜；傲慢的态度

参考例句：

• I've had enough of your insolence, and I'm having no more. 我受够了你的侮辱，不能再容忍了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• How can you suffer such insolence? 你怎么能容忍这种蛮横的态度？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 zest   

n.乐趣；滋味，风味；兴趣

参考例句：

• He dived into his new job with great zest.他充满热情地投入了新的工作。
• He wrote his novel about his trip to Asia with zest.他兴趣浓厚的写了一本关于他亚洲之行的小说。

6 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

7 brute   

n.野兽，兽性

参考例句：

• The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute.侵略军简直象一群野兽。
• That dog is a dangerous brute.It bites people.那条狗是危险的畜牲，它咬人。