《复仇》 第366期:为什么前夫还没进监狱

 Agent Mcgowen, 探员麦高恩

why isn't my ex-husband in prison? 为什么我的前夫还没进监狱

Because we haven't found any physical evidence of 因为我们还没找到任何物证

a conspiracy¹ to frame David Clarke. 证明他陷害了大卫·克拉克

Well, then you haven't looked hard enough. 那是因为你们调查得还不够深入

Before Conrad's head of security was murdered, 在康拉德的安全主管被杀害之前

he told me that he had personally amassed² enough evidence 他告诉我  他私藏的证据

to put everyone involved in jail for good. 足以让所有涉及的人进监狱

Now have you searched his Manhattan apartment? 你们搜查过他在曼哈顿的公寓吗

Our warrant is restricted to the corporate³ offices. 我们搜查令仅局限于他的公司

And the prosecutor⁴ can't build a federal case on your word alone. 检察官不能凭你的片面之词立案

Well, he won't have to. 他不需要这么做

You and your team are obviously incapable⁵ of 很明显你和你的手下没本事

finding the proof that you need, 找到自己所需的证据

but I assure you that I'm more than capable. 但我跟你说  这难不倒我

I'm determined⁶. 我主意已决

Do you think I don't see right through this? 你以为我会看不出你们的用意吗

See through what, Porter? 什么用意  波特

It's a check, not a shoe bomb. 这是一张支票  又不是鞋子炸弹

It's blood money. 这是沾满鲜血的钱

It's to keep me quiet about your parents 用来封住我的嘴  不把你父母

framing their personal thug for Tyler's murder. 将泰勒的死嫁祸给他们的打手这事说出去

You're wrong. 你错了

The guy was a drifter. 那家伙是个流浪汉

He had no ties to my parents 除了勒索过我父母外

other than the fact that he was blackmailing⁷ them. 他和我父母一点关系都没有

They were victims of his, too. 他们也是受害者

Really? 真的吗

 

1 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

2 amassed   

v.积累，积聚( amass的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He amassed a fortune from silver mining. 他靠开采银矿积累了一笔财富。
• They have amassed a fortune in just a few years. 他们在几年的时间里就聚集了一笔财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

4 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

5 incapable   

adj.无能力的，不能做某事的

参考例句：

• He would be incapable of committing such a cruel deed.他不会做出这么残忍的事。
• Computers are incapable of creative thought.计算机不会创造性地思维。

6 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

7 blackmailing   

胁迫，尤指以透露他人不体面行为相威胁以勒索钱财( blackmail的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The policemen kept blackmailing him, because they had sth. on him. 那些警察之所以经常去敲他的竹杠是因为抓住把柄了。
• Democratic paper "nailed" an aggravated case of blackmailing to me. 民主党最主要的报纸把一桩极为严重的讹诈案件“栽”在我的头上。