赫尔克里·波洛的丰功伟绩44

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III
It has been said, with or without justification1 for the statement, that everyone has an aunt in
Torquay.
It has also been said that everyone has at least a second cousin in Mertonshire. Mertonshire is
a reasonable distance from London, it has hunting, shooting and fishing, it has several very
picturesque2 but slightly self-conscious villages, it has a good system of railways and a new arterial
road facilitates motoring to and from the metropolis3. Servants object to it less than they do to
other, more rural, portions of the British Isles4. As a result, it is practically impossible to live in
Mertonshire unless you have an income that runs into four figures, and what with income tax and
one thing and another, five figures is better.
Hercule Poirot, being a foreigner, had no second cousins in the country, but he had acquired
by now a large circle of friends and he had no difficulty in getting himself invited for a visit in that
part of the world. He had, moreover, selected as hostess a dear lady whose chief delight was
exercising her tongue on the subject of her neighbours—the only drawback being that Poirot had
to submit to hearing a great deal about people in whom he had no interest whatever, before
coming to the subject of the people he was interested in.
“The Grants? Oh yes, there are four of them. Four girls. I don’t wonder the poor General
can’t control them. What can a man do with four girls?” Lady Carmichael’s hands flew up
eloquently5. Poirot said: “What indeed?” and the lady continued:
“Used to be a great disciplinarian in his regiment6, so he told me. But those girls defeat him.
Not like when I was young. Old Colonel Sandys was such a martinet7, I remember, that his poor
daughters—”
(Long excursion into the trials of the Sandys girls and other friends of Lady Carmichael’s
youth.)
“Mind you,” said Lady Carmichael, reverting8 to her first theme. “I don’t say there’s anything
really wrong about those girls. Just high spirits—and getting in with an undesirable9 set. It’s not
what it used to be down here. The oddest people come here. There’s no what you might call
‘county’ left. It’s all money, money, money nowadays. And you do hear the oddest stories! Who
did you say? Anthony Hawker? Oh yes, I know him. What I call a very unpleasant young man.
But apparently10 rolling in money. He comes down here to hunt—and he gives parties—very lavish11
parties—and rather peculiar12 parties, too, if one is to believe all one is told—not that I ever do,
because I do think people are so ill-natured. They always believe the worst. You know, it’s
become quite a fashion to say a person drinks or takes drugs. Somebody said to me the other day
that young girls were natural inebriates13, and I really don’t think that was a nice thing to say at all.
And if anyone’s at all peculiar or vague in their manner, everyone says ‘drugs’ and that’s unfair,
too. They say it about Mrs. Larkin and though I don’t care for the woman, I do really think it’s
nothing more than absentmindedness. She’s a great friend of your Anthony Hawker, and that’s
why, if you ask me, she’s so down on the Grant girls—says they’re man-eaters! I dare say they do
run after men a bit, but why not? It’s natural, after all. And they’re good-looking pieces, every one
of them.”
Poirot interjected a question.
“Mrs. Larkin? My dear man, it’s no good asking me who she is? Who’s anybody nowadays?
They say she rides well and she’s obviously well off. Husband was something in the city. He’s
dead, not divorced. She’s not been here very long, came here just after the Grants did. I’ve always
thought she—”
Old Lady Carmichael stopped. Her mouth opened, her eyes bulged14. Leaning forward she
struck Poirot a sharp blow across the knuckles15 with a paper cutter she was holding. Disregarding
his wince16 of pain she exclaimed excitedly:
“Why of course! So that’s why you’re down here! You nasty, deceitful creature, I insist on
your telling me all about it.”
“But what is it I am to tell you all about?”
Lady Carmichael aimed another playful blow which Poirot avoided deftly17.
“Don’t be an oyster18, Hercule Poirot! I can see your moustaches quivering. Of course, it’s
crime brings you down here—and you’re just pumping me shamelessly! Now let me see, can it be
murder? Who’s died lately? Only old Louisa Gilmore and she was eighty-five and had dropsy too.
Can’t be her. Poor Leo Staverton broke his neck in the hunting field and he’s all done up in plaster
—that can’t be it. Perhaps it isn’t murder. What a pity! I can’t remember any special jewel
robberies lately . . . Perhaps it’s just a criminal you’re tracking down . . . Is it Beryl Larkin? Did
she poison her husband? Perhaps it’s remorse19 that makes her so vague.”
“Madame, Madame,” cried Hercule Poirot. “You go too fast.”
“Nonsense. You’re up to something, Hercule Poirot.”
“Are you acquainted with the classics, Madame?”
“What have the classics got to do with it?”
“They have this to do with it. I emulate20 my great predecessor21 Hercules. One of the Labors22 of
Hercules was the taming of the wild horses of Diomedes.”
“Don’t tell me you came down here to train horses—at your age—and always wearing
patent-leather shoes! You don’t look to me as though you’d ever been on a horse in your life!”
“The horses, Madame, are symbolic23. They were the wild horses who ate human flesh.”
“How very unpleasant of them. I always do think these ancient Greeks and Romans are very
unpleasant. I can’t think why clergymen are so fond of quoting from the classics—for one thing
one never understands what they mean and it always seems to me that the whole subject matter of
the classics is very unsuitable for clergymen. So much incest, and all those statues with nothing on
—not that I mind that myself but you know what clergymen are—quite upset if girls come to
church with no stockings on—let me see, where was I?”
“I am not quite sure.”
“I suppose, you wretch24, you just won’t tell me if Mrs. Larkin murdered her husband? Or
perhaps Anthony Hawker is the Brighton trunk murderer?”
She looked at him hopefully, but Hercule Poirot’s face remained impassive.
“It might be forgery,” speculated Lady Carmichael. “I did see Mrs. Larkin in the bank the
other morning and she’d just cashed a fifty pound cheque to self—it seemed to me at the time a lot
of money to want in cash. Oh no, that’s the wrong way round—if she was a forger25 she would be
paying it in, wouldn’t she? Hercule Poirot, if you sit there looking like an owl26 and saying nothing,
I shall throw something at you.”
“You must have a little patience,” said Hercule Poirot.
IV
Ashley Lodge27, the residence of General Grant, was not a large house. It was situated28 on the side of
a hill, had good stables, and a straggling, rather neglected garden.
Inside, it was what a house agent would have described as “fully furnished.” Cross-legged
Buddhas29 leered down from convenient niches30, brass31 Benares trays and tables encumbered32 the floor
space. Processional elephants garnished33 the mantelpieces and more tortured brasswork adorned34 the
walls.
In the midst of this Anglo-Indian home from home, General Grant was ensconced in a large,
shabby armchair with his leg, swathed in bandages, reposing35 on another chair.
“Gout,” he explained. “Ever had the gout, Mr.—er—Poirot? Makes a feller damned bad
tempered! All my father’s fault. Drank port all his life—so did my grandfather. It’s played the
deuce with me. Have a drink? Ring that bell, will you, for that feller of
mine?”
A turbaned servant appeared. General Grant addressed him as Abdul and ordered him to
bring the whisky and soda36. When it came he poured out such a generous portion that Poirot was
moved to protest.
“Can’t join you, I’m afraid, Mr. Poirot.” The General eyed the tantalus sadly. “My doctor
wallah says it’s poison to me to touch the stuff. Don’t suppose he knows for a minute. Ignorant
chaps doctors. Spoilsports. Enjoy knocking a man off his food and drink and putting him on some
pap like steamed fish. Steamed fish—pah!”
In his indignation the General incautiously moved his bad foot and uttered a yelp37 of agony at
the twinge that ensued.
He apologized for his language.
“Like a bear with a sore head, that’s what I am. My girls give me a wide berth38 when I’ve got
an attack of gout. Don’t know that I blame them. You’ve met one of ’em, I hear.”
“I have had that pleasure, yes. You have several daughters, have you not?”
“Four,” said the General gloomily. “Not a boy amongst ’em. Four blinking girls. Bit of a
thought, these days.”
“They are all four very charming, I hear?”
“Not too bad—not too bad. Mind you, I never know what they’re up to. You can’t control
girls nowadays. Lax times—too much laxity everywhere. What can a man do? Can’t lock ’em up,
can I?”
“They are popular in the neighbourhood, I gather.”
“Some of the old cats don’t like ’em,” said General Grant. “A good deal of mutton dressed as
lamb round here. A man’s got to be careful. One of these blue-eyed widows nearly caught me—
used to come round here purring like a kitten. ‘Poor General Grant—you must have had such an
interesting life.’ ” The General winked39 and placed one finger against his nose. “A little bit too
obvious, Mr. Poirot. Oh well, take it all round, I suppose it’s not a bad part of the world. A bit go
ahead and noisy for my taste. I liked the country when it was the country—not all this motoring
and jazz and that blasted, eternal radio. I won’t have one here and the girls know it. A man’s got a
right to a little peace in his own home.”
Gently Poirot led the conversation round to Anthony Hawker.
“Hawker? Hawker? Don’t know him. Yes, I do, though. Nasty looking fellow with his eyes
too close together. Never trust a man who can’t look you in the face.”
“He is a friend, is he not, of your daughter Sheila’s?”
“Sheila? Wasn’t aware of it. Girls never tell me anything.” The bushy eyebrows40 came down
over the nose—the piercing, blue eyes looked out of the red face straight into Hercule Poirot’s.
“Look here, Mr. Poirot, what’s all this about? Mind telling me what you’ve come to see me
about?”
Poirot said slowly:
“That would be difficult—perhaps I hardly know myself. I would say only this: your daughter
Sheila—perhaps all your daughters—have made some undesirable friends.”
“Got into a bad set, have they? I was a bit afraid of that. One hears a word dropped here and
there.” He looked pathetically at Poirot. “But what am I to do, Mr. Poirot? What am I to do?”
Poirot shook his head perplexedly.
General Grant went on:
“What’s wrong with the bunch they’re running with?”
Poirot replied by another question.
“Have you noticed, General Grant, that any of your daughters have been moody41, excited,
then depressed—nervy—uncertain in their tempers?”
“Damme, sir, you’re talking like a patent medicine. No, I haven’t noticed anything of the
kind.”
“That is fortunate,” said Poirot gravely.
“What the devil is the meaning of all this, sir?”
“Drugs!”
“WHAT!”
The word came in a roar.
Poirot said:
“An attempt is being made to induce your daughter Sheila to become a drug addict42. The
cocaine43 habit is very quickly formed. A week or two will suffice. Once the habit is formed, an
addict will pay anything, do anything, to get a further supply of the drug. You can realize what a
rich haul the person who peddles44 that drug can make.”
He listened in silence to the spluttering, wrathful blasphemies45 that poured from the old man’s
lips. Then, as the fires died down, with a final choice description of exactly what he, the General,
would do to the blinkety blinkety son of a blank when he got hold of him, Hercule Poirot said:
“We have first, as your so admirable Mrs. Beeton says, to catch the hare. Once we have
caught our drug pedlar, I will turn him over to you with the greatest pleasure, General.”
He got up, tripped over a heavily carved, small table, regained46 his balance with a clutch at the
General, murmured:
“A thousand pardons, and may I beg of you, General—you understand, beg of you—to say
nothing whatever about all this to your daughters.”
“What? I’ll have the truth out of them, that’s what I’ll have!”
“That is exactly what you will not have. All you will get is a lie.”
“But damme, sir—”
“I assure you, General Grant, you must hold your tongue. That is vital—you understand?
Vital!”
“Oh well, have it your own way,” growled47 the old soldier.
He was mastered but not convinced.
Hercule Poirot picked his way carefully through the Benares brass and went out.

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1 justification x32xQ     
n.正当的理由；辩解的理由
参考例句：
  • There's no justification for dividing the company into smaller units. 没有理由把公司划分成小单位。
  • In the young there is a justification for this feeling. 在年轻人中有这种感觉是有理由的。
2 picturesque qlSzeJ     
adj.美丽如画的，（语言）生动的，绘声绘色的
参考例句：
  • You can see the picturesque shores beside the river.在河边你可以看到景色如画的两岸。
  • That was a picturesque phrase.那是一个形象化的说法。
3 metropolis BCOxY     
n.首府；大城市
参考例句：
  • Shanghai is a metropolis in China.上海是中国的大都市。
  • He was dazzled by the gaiety and splendour of the metropolis.大都市的花花世界使他感到眼花缭乱。
4 isles 4c841d3b2d643e7e26f4a3932a4a886a     
岛( isle的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • the geology of the British Isles 不列颠群岛的地质
  • The boat left for the isles. 小船驶向那些小岛。
5 eloquently eloquently     
adv. 雄辩地(有口才地, 富于表情地)
参考例句：
  • I was toasted by him most eloquently at the dinner. 进餐时他口若悬河地向我祝酒。
  • The poet eloquently expresses the sense of lost innocence. 诗人动人地表达了失去天真的感觉。
6 regiment JATzZ     
n.团，多数，管理；v.组织，编成团，统制
参考例句：
  • As he hated army life,he decide to desert his regiment.因为他嫌恶军队生活，所以他决心背弃自己所在的那个团。
  • They reformed a division into a regiment.他们将一个师整编成为一个团。
7 martinet hBjx6     
n.要求严格服从纪律的人
参考例句：
  • They discover that the new teacher is a martinet.他们发现新来的老师非常严格。
  • He's a retired Lieutenant Colonel and a bit of a martinet.他是个退役中校，有点军人作风。
8 reverting f5366d3e7a0be69d0213079d037ba63e     
恢复( revert的现在分词 )； 重提； 回到…上； 归还
参考例句：
  • The boss came back from holiday all relaxed and smiling, but now he's reverting to type. 老板刚度假回来时十分随和，满面笑容，现在又恢复原样了。
  • The conversation kept reverting to the subject of money. 谈话的内容总是离不开钱的事。
9 undesirable zp0yb     
adj.不受欢迎的，不良的，不合意的，讨厌的；n.不受欢迎的人，不良分子
参考例句：
  • They are the undesirable elements among the employees.他们是雇员中的不良分子。
  • Certain chemicals can induce undesirable changes in the nervous system.有些化学物质能在神经系统中引起不良变化。
10 apparently tMmyQ     
adv.显然地；表面上，似乎
参考例句：
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
11 lavish h1Uxz     
adj.无节制的；浪费的；vt.慷慨地给予，挥霍
参考例句：
  • He despised people who were lavish with their praises.他看不起那些阿谀奉承的人。
  • The sets and costumes are lavish.布景和服装极尽奢华。
12 peculiar cinyo     
adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的
参考例句：
  • He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
  • He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。
13 inebriates 3bba0db1d3a4647fd8e5d59d0b78d298     
vt.使酒醉，灌醉（inebriate的第三人称单数形式）
参考例句：
  • Come and have a cup that cheers but not inebriates tomorrow, will you? 朋友来喝茶，好吗？ 来自互联网
14 bulged e37e49e09d3bc9d896341f6270381181     
凸出( bulge的过去式和过去分词 )； 充满； 塞满（某物）
参考例句：
  • His pockets bulged with apples and candy. 他的口袋鼓鼓地装满了苹果和糖。
  • The oranges bulged his pocket. 桔子使得他的衣袋胀得鼓鼓的。
15 knuckles c726698620762d88f738be4a294fae79     
n.（指人）指关节( knuckle的名词复数 )；（指动物）膝关节，踝v.（指人）指关节( knuckle的第三人称单数 )；（指动物）膝关节，踝
参考例句：
  • He gripped the wheel until his knuckles whitened. 他紧紧握住方向盘，握得指关节都变白了。
  • Her thin hands were twisted by swollen knuckles. 她那双纤手因肿大的指关节而变了形。 来自《简明英汉词典》
16 wince tgCwX     
n.畏缩，退避，（因痛苦，苦恼等)面部肌肉抽动；v.畏缩，退缩，退避
参考例句：
  • The barb of his wit made us wince.他那锋芒毕露的机智使我们退避三舍。
  • His smile soon modified to a wince.他的微笑很快就成了脸部肌肉的抽搐。
17 deftly deftly     
adv.灵巧地，熟练地，敏捷地
参考例句：
  • He deftly folded the typed sheets and replaced them in the envelope. 他灵巧地将打有字的纸折好重新放回信封。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • At last he had a clew to her interest, and followed it deftly. 这一下终于让他发现了她的兴趣所在，于是他熟练地继续谈这个话题。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
18 oyster w44z6     
n.牡蛎；沉默寡言的人
参考例句：
  • I enjoy eating oyster; it's really delicious.我喜欢吃牡蛎，它味道真美。
  • I find I fairly like eating when he finally persuades me to taste the oyster.当他最后说服我尝尝牡蛎时，我发现我相当喜欢吃。
19 remorse lBrzo     
n.痛恨，悔恨，自责
参考例句：
  • She had no remorse about what she had said.她对所说的话不后悔。
  • He has shown no remorse for his actions.他对自己的行为没有任何悔恨之意。
20 emulate tpqx9     
v.努力赶上或超越，与…竞争；效仿
参考例句：
  • You must work hard to emulate your sister.你必须努力工作，赶上你姐姐。
  • You must look at the film and try to emulate his behavior.你们必须观看这部电影，并尽力模仿他的动作。
21 predecessor qP9x0     
n.前辈，前任
参考例句：
  • It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
  • The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。
22 labors 8e0b4ddc7de5679605be19f4398395e1     
v.努力争取(for)( labor的第三人称单数 )；苦干；详细分析；（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转
参考例句：
  • He was tiresome in contending for the value of his own labors. 他老为他自己劳动的价值而争强斗胜，令人生厌。 来自辞典例句
  • Farm labors used to hire themselves out for the summer. 农业劳动者夏季常去当雇工。 来自辞典例句
23 symbolic ErgwS     
adj.象征性的，符号的，象征主义的
参考例句：
  • It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
  • The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。
24 wretch EIPyl     
n.可怜的人，不幸的人；卑鄙的人
参考例句：
  • You are really an ungrateful wretch to complain instead of thanking him.你不但不谢他，还埋怨他，真不知好歹。
  • The dead husband is not the dishonoured wretch they fancied him.死去的丈夫不是他们所想象的不光彩的坏蛋。
25 forger ji1xg     
v.伪造；n.（钱、文件等的）伪造者
参考例句：
  • He admitted seven charges including forging passports.他承认了7项罪名，其中包括伪造护照。
  • She alleged that Taylor had forged her signature on the form.她声称泰勒在表格上伪造了她的签名。
26 owl 7KFxk     
n.猫头鹰，枭
参考例句：
  • Her new glasses make her look like an owl.她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
  • I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight.我睡得很晚，经常半夜后才睡觉。
27 lodge q8nzj     
v.临时住宿，寄宿，寄存，容纳；n.传达室，小旅馆
参考例句：
  • Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗？
  • I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。
28 situated JiYzBH     
adj.坐落在...的，处于某种境地的
参考例句：
  • The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
  • She is awkwardly situated.她的处境困难。
29 Buddhas 355b2d5b267add69347643fe9fd61545     
n.佛，佛陀，佛像( Buddha的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • She called on spirits and Buddhas and made innumerable vows, all to no avail. 她把一切的神佛都喊到了，并且许下多少誓愿，都没有用。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
  • Tibetans identification with the political role of Living Buddhas is declining. 藏新政权的政治舞台中活佛的政治角色处于边缘。 来自互联网
30 niches 8500e82896dd104177b4cfd5842b1a09     
壁龛( niche的名词复数 )； 合适的位置[工作等]； （产品的）商机； 生态位（一个生物所占据的生境的最小单位）
参考例句：
  • Some larvae extend the galleries to form niches. 许多幼虫将坑道延伸扩大成壁龛。
  • In his view differences in adaptation are insufficient to create niches commensurate in number and kind. 按照他的观点，适应的差异不足以在数量上和种类上形成同量的小生境。
31 brass DWbzI     
n.黄铜；黄铜器，铜管乐器
参考例句：
  • Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
  • Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。
32 encumbered 2cc6acbd84773f26406796e78a232e40     
v.妨碍，阻碍，拖累( encumber的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The police operation was encumbered by crowds of reporters. 警方的行动被成群的记者所妨碍。
  • The narrow quay was encumbered by hundreds of carts. 狭窄的码头被数百辆手推车堵得水泄不通。 来自辞典例句
33 garnished 978c1af39d17f6c3c31319295529b2c3     
v.给（上餐桌的食物）加装饰( garnish的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Her robes were garnished with gems. 她的礼服上装饰着宝石。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Serve the dish garnished with wedges of lime. 给这道菜配上几角酸橙。 来自《简明英汉词典》
34 adorned 1e50de930eb057fcf0ac85ca485114c8     
[计]被修饰的
参考例句：
  • The walls were adorned with paintings. 墙上装饰了绘画。
  • And his coat was adorned with a flamboyant bunch of flowers. 他的外套上面装饰着一束艳丽刺目的鲜花。
35 reposing e5aa6734f0fe688069b823ca11532d13     
v.将（手臂等）靠在某人（某物）上( repose的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • His parents were now reposing in the local churchyard. 他的双亲现在长眠于本地教堂墓地。 来自辞典例句
  • The picture shows a nude reposing on a couch. 这幅画表现的是一个人赤身体躺在长沙发上。 来自辞典例句
36 soda cr3ye     
n.苏打水；汽水
参考例句：
  • She doesn't enjoy drinking chocolate soda.她不喜欢喝巧克力汽水。
  • I will freshen your drink with more soda and ice cubes.我给你的饮料重加一些苏打水和冰块。
37 yelp zosym     
vi.狗吠
参考例句：
  • The dog gave a yelp of pain.狗疼得叫了一声。
  • The puppy a yelp when John stepped on her tail.当约翰踩到小狗的尾巴，小狗发出尖叫。
38 berth yt0zq     
n.卧铺，停泊地，锚位；v.使停泊
参考例句：
  • She booked a berth on the train from London to Aberdeen.她订了一张由伦敦开往阿伯丁的火车卧铺票。
  • They took up a berth near the harbor.他们在港口附近找了个位置下锚。
39 winked af6ada503978fa80fce7e5d109333278     
v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 )；递眼色（表示友好或高兴等）；（指光）闪烁；闪亮
参考例句：
  • He winked at her and she knew he was thinking the same thing that she was. 他冲她眨了眨眼，她便知道他的想法和她一样。
  • He winked his eyes at her and left the classroom. 他向她眨巴一下眼睛走出了教室。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
40 eyebrows a0e6fb1330e9cfecfd1c7a4d00030ed5     
眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
  • His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。
41 moody XEXxG     
adj.心情不稳的，易怒的，喜怒无常的
参考例句：
  • He relapsed into a moody silence.他又重新陷于忧郁的沉默中。
  • I'd never marry that girl.She's so moody.我决不会和那女孩结婚的。她太易怒了。
42 addict my4zS     
v.使沉溺；使上瘾；n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人
参考例句：
  • He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博，最终输掉了全部家产。
  • He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。
43 cocaine VbYy4     
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。
44 peddles 2741e27d9c46610b43b34f760395580c     
（沿街）叫卖( peddle的第三人称单数 )； 兜售； 宣传； 散播
参考例句：
  • Citigroup peddles mortgages to risky borrowers through CitiFinancial, its consumer-finance arm. 花旗集团通过旗下的消费者金融部门CitiFinancial向信用不佳的客户兜售抵押贷款。
  • That is a handicap when it peddles itself to donors. 但当它向捐助国兜售自己时这个却是一项不利条件。
45 blasphemies 03153f820424ca21b037633d3d1b7481     
n.对上帝的亵渎，亵渎的言词[行为]( blasphemy的名词复数 )；侮慢的言词（或行为）
参考例句：
  • That foul mouth stands there bringing more ill fortune with his blasphemies. 那一张臭嘴站在那儿满嘴喷粪，只能带来更多恶运。 来自辞典例句
  • All great truths begin as blasphemies. 一切伟大的真理起初都被视为大逆不道的邪说。 来自辞典例句
46 regained 51ada49e953b830c8bd8fddd6bcd03aa     
复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 )； 赢回； 重回； 复至某地
参考例句：
  • The majority of the people in the world have regained their liberty. 世界上大多数人已重获自由。
  • She hesitated briefly but quickly regained her poise. 她犹豫片刻，但很快恢复了镇静。
47 growled 65a0c9cac661e85023a63631d6dab8a3     
v.（动物）发狺狺声， （雷）作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 )；低声咆哮着说
参考例句：
  • \"They ought to be birched, \" growled the old man. 老人咆哮道：“他们应受到鞭打。” 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He growled out an answer. 他低声威胁着回答。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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