《复仇》第17集 第23期:家长的痛苦

 He was worried about you being in some kind of... 他担心你落入了...

Dickensian foster home, 狄更斯笔下那种歹毒的领养家庭

'cause he had witnessed firsthand  因为他曾亲眼目睹

the anguish¹ of another parent who... 另外一个家长的痛苦

surrendered her firstborn son to just such a facility many years ago. 她多年前把自己的长子送到那样的机构中

Who was he talking about? 他在说谁

A very lonely, very frightened 16-year-old girl 一个十分孤单和惊恐的16岁女孩

who would mature into someone with whom he was very close 日后却长大成和他十分亲近的女人

after your mother... 那是在你母亲

left you. 抛下你之后的事了

Victoria. 维多利亚

She has another son. 她还有一个儿子

I imagine you'll exploit this fresh little morsel² 我猜你一定会用你那超群的能力

with your usual flair³. 极力把这一点信息挖掘下去

You can't even begin to imagine. 你根本无法想象

 

1 anguish   

n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦，烦恼

参考例句：

• She cried out for anguish at parting.分手时，她由于痛苦而失声大哭。
• The unspeakable anguish wrung his heart.难言的痛苦折磨着他的心。

2 morsel   

n.一口，一点点

参考例句：

• He refused to touch a morsel of the food they had brought.他们拿来的东西他一口也不吃。
• The patient has not had a morsel of food since the morning.从早上起病人一直没有进食。

3 flair   

n.天赋，本领，才华；洞察力

参考例句：

• His business skill complements her flair for design.他的经营技巧和她的设计才能相辅相成。
• He had a natural flair for business.他有做生意的天分。