《复仇》第10集 第3期:棋子

 Since when do you take orders from the Ryan brothers? 你什么时候开始听瑞安兄弟的话了

Just trying to keep the peace, babe. 我只是在维持和平  宝贝

They're our partners now. 他们是我们的合伙人

At least for the time being. 至少目前是

Something's not right about 'em, Jack¹. 他们不对劲  杰克

I can feel it. 我能感觉出来

Are you going to answer that? 你到底接不接电话

Need I remind you that Daniel is having his coffee 要我提醒你吗  丹尼尔现在

in your former office right now. 在你以前的办公室里喝咖啡

Yes, an office he's vastly unprepared for. 他现在还没有做好充分准备

Why do you think the phone keeps ringing? 不然你觉得为什么电话一直在响

The investors² are probably in a panic. 投资人说不定正慌作一团

They're not the only ones. 不止是他们

The longer Daniel remains³ in power, 丹尼尔掌权时间越长

the more likely the Initiative is to use him 反美联盟的人就越可能利用他

the way they used us all those years ago. 就像他们一直利用我们一样

Daniel's shortcomings will soon readily become apparent, 丹尼尔的缺点很快就会显露

and they will just move on. 他们会另觅他人

How can you be so glib⁴? 你怎么这么振振有词

Because Daniel refuses to listen to either one of us. 因为丹尼尔拒绝听我们的话

And short of telling him the truth and sealing his doom⁵, 除开告诉他事实  宣告他失败了之外

we've done everything we could to try and get through to him. 我们已经试过一切方法了

Not everything. 还没有

 

1 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。

2 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 glib   

adj.圆滑的，油嘴滑舌的

参考例句：

• His glib talk sounds as sweet as a song.他说的比唱的还好听。
• The fellow has a very glib tongue.这家伙嘴油得很。

5 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。