如何成为福尔摩斯 第17期

 　　In the most recent television version of Sherlock Holmes, Benedict Cumberbatch's performance is steeped in this sense of melancholy¹ and frustration².

　　在最新版福尔摩斯电视剧中，本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇的演绎同样充满了忧郁而失意的气质。

　　Look at that, Mrs Hudson. Quiet, calm, peaceful. Isn't it hateful?

　　看啊，赫德森太太。安静无比、一片祥和、太平无事，是不是讨厌死了？

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　　I'm sure something will turn up, Sherlock. A nice murder! That'd cheer you up. -Can't come too soon.

　　肯定会有乐子的，夏洛克。一起错综复杂的谋杀案会让你兴奋起来。-快点来吧。

　　For all the bleakness³ in Wilmer's performance, on the rare occasion that he allowed Holmes some humour...

　　威尔默阴郁的演出偶尔也会展现福尔摩斯幽默的一面。

　　He was rebuked⁴ by a critical television fan base.

　　他曾为此受到挑剔的剧迷指责。

　　Last night, as I watched The Six Napoleons, I gazed with incredulous horror as you, sir, laughed!

　　昨晚，我在看《六座拿破仑半身像》，我惊恐地注意到，先生，您居然笑了。

　　But I beg you, sir, if not for your own sake, Then for the sake of the man himself, do not show your emotions!

　　但我请求您，先生，就算不为自己考虑，也请为这个角色考虑一下，不要流露出您的情绪。

　　Wilmer's version of Holmes as a brooding, cold-mannered, gothic antihero was perhaps too faithful and buttoned-up for the '60s pop generation.

　　威尔默饰演的福尔摩斯是一个阴郁、冷漠的哥特式非正统主角，对于六十年代的流行一代来说也许太过真实和内敛。

　　Sherlock Holmes now came to life in strip cartoons, in league with Superman, and in true comic book style, his arch-villain ceased to be Professor Moriarty and became Jack⁵ the Ripper.

　　夏洛克·福尔摩斯开始出现在连环漫画中，还与超人结为盟友，为了配合漫画的风格，他的宿敌不再是莫里亚蒂教授，而变成了开膛手杰克。

　　The John Neville film, "A Study in Terror", there is an American poster where he is called The Original Caped⁶ Crusader and it has "Pow, Biff, Bang," in a sort of Batman style, and even though the film isn't camp at all, you can sense that they're slightly struggling there with where to place a character who might otherwise feel slightly outdated⁷.

　　约翰·内维尔主演的影片《恐怖的研究》有张美国海报，都说是蝙蝠侠的灵感来源上面还有蝙蝠侠风格的"砰、哔、梆"字样，尽管这部电影丝毫不过时，但还是能感觉到他们纠结于如何定位一个有些过时的角色。

　　A Study in Terror took Holmes on a far more sexually explicit⁸ adventure.

　　《恐怖的研究》使福尔摩斯经历了一次香艳的冒险。

1 melancholy   

n.忧郁，愁思；adj.令人感伤（沮丧）的，忧郁的

参考例句：

• All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
• He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.这次考试没通过，他感到很郁闷。

2 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

3 bleakness   

adj. 萧瑟的, 严寒的, 阴郁的

参考例句：

• It forgoes the bleakness of protest and dissent for the energizing confidence of constructive solutions. 它放弃了bleakness抗议和持不同政见者的信心，激发建设性的解决办法。
• Bertha was looking out of the window at the bleakness of the day. 伯莎望着窗外晦暗的天色。

4 rebuked   

责难或指责( rebuke的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The company was publicly rebuked for having neglected safety procedures. 公司因忽略了安全规程而受到公开批评。
• The teacher rebuked the boy for throwing paper on the floor. 老师指责这个男孩将纸丢在地板上。

5 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

6 caped   

披斗篷的

参考例句：

7 outdated   

adj.旧式的，落伍的，过时的；v.使过时

参考例句：

• That list of addresses is outdated,many have changed.那个通讯录已经没用了，许多地址已经改了。
• Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。

8 explicit   

adj.详述的，明确的；坦率的；显然的

参考例句：

• She was quite explicit about why she left.她对自己离去的原因直言不讳。
• He avoids the explicit answer to us.他避免给我们明确的回答。