The absinthe came, and with due solemnity we dropped water over the melting sugar.

苦上来了，们一本正经地把水浇在溶化的糖上。

Still, he did insist on continuing to drink absinthe and champagne.

不过，他还是坚持继续喝苦和香槟。

It's a Margarita with a shot of absinthe.

玛格丽特加苦。

In the asylum, he was drinking a lot less, no absinthe, no complicated romances, and a regular routine with three meals a day.

在精神病院，他喝得少多了，没有苦，也没有复杂的恋情，每天三餐都是固定的。

" Yes, " said the girl. " Everything tastes of licorice. Especially all the things you've waited so long for, like absinthe."

“没错，”姑娘说，“所有东西的味道都像甘草。特别是那些你盼了很久的东西，比如苦。”

I was just going out to have a drink before dinner. You'd better come too. Do you like absinthe?

“正预备在吃晚饭以前到外边去喝点什么。你最好同一起去。你喜欢喝苦？”

I was interested to learn that it was the same as that at which Strickland and I had drunk absinthe when I had gone over to Paris to see him.

觉得非常有趣，因为这正是上次来巴黎看思特里克兰德时们一起在那里饮苦的地方。

Or you're in Spain, sipping absinthe, and she is in Paris, writing.

或者你在西班牙喝着苦， 而她在巴黎写作。

And then you slowly, slowly add drips of ice-cold water to eventually reach a ratio of one parts absinthe to four to six parts water.

然后你慢慢地、慢慢地加入几滴冰水，最终达到苦和水的比例为1: 4到1: 6。

I have a bottle of absinthe in my office.

办公室里有一瓶苦。

Kinsey, you're a liar. I couldn't find any absinthe.

金西 你是个骗子。可没找到什么苦。

And what about absinthe at Apotheke?

那莱比锡店的苦呢？

When Vincent lived in Paris from 1886 to '88, he enjoyed his fair share of absinthe.

当梵高从1886年到1888年住在巴黎时，他也喝了不少苦。

And if you haven't seen this painting by Edgar Degas of a woman completely spaced out sitting in front of her absinthe glass, it is great.

如果你还没看过爱德华·马奈画的那位完全走神坐在苦杯前的女人的画，那幅画真的很棒。