《复仇》第21集第8期:心脏录音

 You may not have driven the final nail in my opponent's coffin¹, 虽然你算不上压死竞争对手的最后一根稻草

but by recording² your conversation 但凭借你和州长夫人

with the governor's wife about his tragic³ heart condition, 关于他病入膏肓的心脏的谈话录音

you deftly⁴ made the public aware of his imminent⁵ need of one. 你巧妙地让公众认识到了他岌岌可危的现状

I wouldn't expect any concession⁶ calls just yet. 至少现在我还不指望接到承认竞选失利的电话

Jack⁷ Porter knows what happened on the "Amanda". 杰克·波特知道了阿曼达号上发生的

And he's determined⁸ to find the computer that led to Amanda's death. 他决意找出害死阿曼达的那台电脑

That's why he joined your campaign. 所以他才会加入你的竞选团队

Well, luckily for all of us, the computer he seeks 万幸的是  他找的那台电脑

is currently deteriorating⁹ somewhere on the ocean floor. 正躺在海底某处呢

Jack said he was in possession of it up until the funeral. 杰克说直到葬礼前  电脑都在他手里

He's convinced that you stole it back. 他肯定是你又把它偷回去了

No, it wasn't me. Trask, perhaps? 那不是我  也许是查斯克吧

Well, whatever the answer, 无论怎样  他一定会去

he's going to sabotage¹⁰ your 4:00 press conference this afternoon 你今天下午四点的新闻发布会上捣乱

with a recording of you and Nate Ryan. 带着那段你和奈特·瑞安的录像

Well, apparently¹¹, you are very eager to preserve 显而易见  你对确保我竞选胜利

my chances of victory, my dear. 很上心啊  亲爱的

I think you'll make a fine governor. 我觉得你会成为一个好州长

You think I'll make a fine resident of Albany. 你是觉得我会成为奥尔巴尼的好居民吧

Well, for starters, I'll simply instruct Ashley 首先  我会让阿什莉

to make sure that he's barred from the gates this afternoon. 确保他今天下午连记者会的大门都进不了

She's in it with him, you fool. 她和他是一伙的  你个白痴

 

1 coffin   

n.棺材，灵柩

参考例句：

• When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。
• The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。

2 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

3 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

4 deftly   

adv.灵巧地，熟练地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He deftly folded the typed sheets and replaced them in the envelope. 他灵巧地将打有字的纸折好重新放回信封。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• At last he had a clew to her interest, and followed it deftly. 这一下终于让他发现了她的兴趣所在，于是他熟练地继续谈这个话题。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

5 imminent   

adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的

参考例句：

• The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
• The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。

6 concession   

n.让步，妥协；特许(权)

参考例句：

• We can not make heavy concession to the matter.我们在这个问题上不能过于让步。
• That is a great concession.这是很大的让步。

7 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。

8 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。

9 deteriorating   

恶化，变坏( deteriorate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
• I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。

10 sabotage   

n.怠工，破坏活动，破坏；v.从事破坏活动，妨害，破坏

参考例句：

• They tried to sabotage my birthday party.他们企图破坏我的生日晚会。
• The fire at the factory was caused by sabotage.那家工厂的火灾是有人蓄意破坏引起的。

11 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。