好きなもので学ぶ英語。
☆To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.
１、 seldom 「ほとんど～ない」
very rarely or almost never
２、mention 「述べる、話題にする」
to talk or write about something or someone, usually quickly and without saying very much or giving details
３、under one's name 「～の名前で」
☆In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.
４、eclipse 「～を覆い隠す」
to become more important, powerful, famous etc than someone or something else, so that they are no longer noticed
５、predominate 「～の優位に立つ」
if one type of person or thing predominates in a group or area, there are more of this type than any other
☆It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.
６、It was not that ～ 「～というわけではなかった」
７、akin to ～ 「～と同種の」
very similar to something
☆All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.
８、be abhorrent to 「～にとって許しがたい」
something that is abhorrent is completely unacceptable because it seems morally wrong
９、precise 「厳格な」
someone who is precise is very careful about small details or about the way they behave
１０、admirably 「見事に」
admirable / having many good qualities that you respect and admire
