《复仇》第13集 第10期:慷慨馈赠

 As we speak, the bank is reassessing 银行此时正在重新评估

your financial viability¹ as a mortgage holder², 你的还贷能力

and I think we both know that you fail to meet 我们都心知肚明

even the most lenient³ threshold for continued approval. 即使条件再宽松  你也达不到标准

Now this assessment⁴ is going to trigger an assumption clause, 紧跟这项评估会产生一项承担条款

allowing me to absorb your debt and own the bar outright⁵. 让我负担你的债务  并获得酒吧所有权

Let me educate you about a few things. 我来给你分析

You either accept my very generous offer... 你要是不接受我的慷慨馈赠

or I will fight you every step of the way. 就别指望能顺顺当当

I will drag you through court. 我会告你

I will get every quaint⁶ blue-collar buddy⁷ of mine 还会集结滨水区所有工人

to block every bulldozer you throw at that waterfront. 堵住每一台推土机的去路

And I swear to God... 我对天发誓

I will make you wish you never heard the word "Montauk". 一定让你后悔知道蒙托克的存在

As I suspected, you are a man of principle. 如我所料  你很有原则

And I look forward to demonstrating 我期待着让你看看

what a man of means is truly capable of. 什么叫有钱能使鬼推磨

Good-bye, Jack⁸. 再见  杰克

 

1 viability   

n.存活(能力)

参考例句：

• What is required to achieve or maintain such viability? 要达到或维持这种生存能力需要什么？
• Scientists are experimenting to find ways to ensure the viability of seeds for even longer periods of time. 正如我们所说，科学家正在试验努力寻找让种子的生命力更加延长的方法。

2 holder   

n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物

参考例句：

• The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
• That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

3 lenient   

adj.宽大的，仁慈的

参考例句：

• The judge was lenient with him.法官对他很宽大。
• It's a question of finding the means between too lenient treatment and too severe punishment.问题是要找出处理过宽和处罚过严的折中办法。

4 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

5 outright   

adv.坦率地；彻底地；立即；adj.无疑的；彻底的

参考例句：

• If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.如果你有不满意的事，你应该直率地对我说。
• You should persuade her to marry you outright.你应该彻底劝服她嫁给你。

6 quaint   

adj.古雅的，离奇有趣的，奇怪的

参考例句：

• There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里，有很多小巷。
• They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。

7 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！

8 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。