But, when Holmes claimed that he and his generation had been touched with fire, he meant that their character had been forged through the searing challenges and tragic deaths of wartime military service.
但霍姆斯却称他和他那

被烈火所感化,而他的意思是,他们的性情是通过战时兵役的炽热挑战和悲惨死亡而铸就的。