《复仇》 第275期:维多利亚的手段

 Mrs. Grayson. 格雷森夫人

What can I do for you? 我能为您做什么

I need to get a message to an inmate¹ at Rikers. 我需要向被拘留在赖克斯岛看守所的人传句话

Is that something you know how to do? 这你该知道怎么做吧

Yeah. Try the U.S. Postal² Service. 知道  用美国邮政就行

It's not that kind of message. 不是传普通的信

So basically, her plan is to frame Jack³ 她的计划是陷害杰克

to get Conrad's son acquitted⁴? 好让康拉德的儿子脱罪吗

Don't you find that the least bit ironic⁵, 你难道一点都不觉得讽刺吗 

and how could you let her put Jack at risk like that? 你怎么能让她置杰克于如此险境

The prosecutors⁶ already have their suspect. 公诉人已经有嫌疑对象了

They're not gonna go after Jack, and if they do, 他们不会盯上杰克  就算抓了他

well, I always have my one trump⁷ card to play. 我还有王牌

'Cause... 王牌是...

You'd come clean for Jack? 你会替杰克作证

All right. 好吧

What do you want me to do? 我能帮什么忙

Find Mason Treadwell. 找到梅森·特德韦尔

Oh, God. 天哪

He is the perfect person to run with this story. 他是圆这个谎的最佳人选

He has it out for Amanda. We can use that. 他和阿曼达有过节  我们可以利用这点

 

1 inmate   

n.被收容者；(房屋等的)居住人；住院人

参考例句：

• I am an inmate of that hospital.我住在那家医院。
• The prisoner is his inmate.那个囚犯和他同住一起。

2 postal   

adj.邮政的，邮局的

参考例句：

• A postal network now covers the whole country.邮路遍及全国。
• Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。

3 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。

4 acquitted   

宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（自己）作出某种表现

参考例句：

• The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
• Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。

5 ironic   

adj.讽刺的，有讽刺意味的，出乎意料的

参考例句：

• That is a summary and ironic end.那是一个具有概括性和讽刺意味的结局。
• People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school,but they were being ironic.人们中学时常把我称作“万人迷先生”，但他们是在挖苦我。

6 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

7 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。