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I had seen little of Holmes lately. My marriage had drifted us away from each other.

最近很少和福尔摩斯晤面。我婚后就和他疏于往来。

My own complete happiness, and the home-centred interests which rise up around the man who first finds himself master of his own establishment,

我的完满的幸福和第一次感到自己成为家庭的主人而产生的家庭乐趣，

were sufficient to absorb all my attention,

吸引了我的全部注意力。

while Holmes, who loathed¹ every form of society with his whole Bohemian soul,

可是福尔摩斯，他却豪放不羁，厌恶社会上一切繁缛的礼仪，

remained in our lodgings² in Baker³ Street, buried among his old books,

所以依然住在我们那所贝克街的房子里，埋头于旧书堆中。

and alternating from week to week between cocaine⁴ and ambition, the drowsiness⁵ of the drug, and the fierce energy of his own keen nature.

他一个星期服用可卡因，另一个星期又充满了干劲，就这样交替地处于用药物引起的瞌睡状态和他自己那种热烈性格的旺盛精力状态中。

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He was still, as ever, deeply attracted by the study of crime,

正如往常一样，他仍醉心于研究犯罪行为，

and occupied his immense faculties⁶ and extraordinary powers of observation in following out those clues,

并用他那卓越的才能和非凡的观察力去找那些线索和打破那些难解之谜，

and clearing up those mysteries which had been abandoned as hopeless by the official police.

而这些谜是官厅警察认为毫无希望解答而被放弃了的。

From time to time I heard some vague account of his doings: of his summons to Odessa in the case of the Trepoff murder,

我不时模模糊糊地听到一些关于他活动的情况：如关于他被召到敖德萨去办理特雷波夫暗杀案；

of his clearing up of the singular tragedy of the Atkinson brothers at Trincomalee,

关于侦破亭可马里非常怪的阿特金森兄弟惨案；

and finally of the mission which he had accomplished⁷ so delicately and successfully for the reigning⁸ family of Holland.

以及最后关于他为荷兰皇家完成得那么微妙和出色的使命等等。

Beyond these signs of his activity, however, which I merely shared with all the readers of the daily press,

这些情况，我和其他读者一样，仅仅是从报纸上读到的。

I knew little of my former friend and companion.

除此之外，关于我的老友和伙伴的其它情况我就知道得很少了。

1 loathed   

v.憎恨，厌恶( loathe的过去式和过去分词 )；极不喜欢

参考例句：

• Baker loathed going to this red-haired young pup for supplies. 面包师傅不喜欢去这个红头发的自负的傻小子那里拿原料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Therefore, above all things else, he loathed his miserable self! 因此，他厌恶不幸的自我尤胜其它！ 来自英汉文学 - 红字

2 lodgings   

n. 出租的房舍, 寄宿舍

参考例句：

• When he reached his lodgings the sun had set. 他到达公寓房间时，太阳已下山了。
• I'm on the hunt for lodgings. 我正在寻找住所。

3 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

4 cocaine   

n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）

参考例句：

• That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
• Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

5 drowsiness   

n.睡意；嗜睡

参考例句：

• A feeling of drowsiness crept over him. 一种昏昏欲睡的感觉逐渐袭扰着他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This decision reached, he finally felt a placid drowsiness steal over him. 想到这，来了一点平安的睡意。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

6 faculties   

n.能力( faculty的名词复数 )；全体教职员；技巧；院

参考例句：

• Although he's ninety, his mental faculties remain unimpaired. 他虽年届九旬，但头脑仍然清晰。
• All your faculties have come into play in your work. 在你的工作中，你的全部才能已起到了作用。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

8 reigning   

adj.统治的，起支配作用的

参考例句：

• The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above, night was reigning, and everything was sunk in silken silence. 天很黑，星很繁，夜阑人静。
• Led by Huang Chao, they brought down the reigning house after 300 years' rule. 在黄巢的带领下，他们推翻了统治了三百年的王朝。