《神探夏洛克》精讲 285精锐禁卫军

"Dear Mr Holmes, my name is Bainbridge."

“亲爱的福尔摩斯先生，我叫班布里奇”

"I'm a Private in Her Majesty's Household Guard."

“是女王陛下禁卫军的列兵”

"I'm writing to you about a personal matter ... "

“我想请教一件私事……”

"One I don't care to bring before my superiors,"

“我不想惊动上级，”

"it would sound so trivial."

“听起来微不足道。”

"But I think someone's stalking me."

“但我觉得，有人在跟踪我。”

"I'm used to tourists, it's part of the job,"

“游客我习以为常，那也是工作，”

"but this is different."

“但这不一样。”

"Someone's watching me."

“有人在窥视我。”

"He's taking pictures of me every day."

“每天都在偷拍我。”

"I don't want to mention it to the Major, but it's really preying¹ on my mind."

“我不愿跟少校提，”“但也始终放不下。”

Uniform fetishist? All the nice girls like a soldier. It's "sailor".

制服控？“好女孩都爱当兵的”（英国老歌）。是“当海军的”。

And Bainbridge thinks his stalker is a bloke.

而且班布里奇觉得，偷窥他的是男性。

Let's go and investigate. Please.

咱们去查吧，拜托了。

Elite² guard. 40 enlisted³ men and officers.

精锐禁卫军。官兵共计40人。

Why this particular Grenadier? Curious.

为什么偏偏针对这个兵？有意思。

Now you're talking. OK.

这才对嘛。好吧。再见！

Bye! Er, we're just going to ... I need, um, Sherlock to help me choose some er ... Ties. Socks.

我们去……我得要……夏洛克帮忙选……领带、袜子。

Why don't we go with socks? Yeah.

就袜子？好。

I mean, you've got to get the right ones.

一定得挑合适的。

Exactly, to go with my ... Tie. Outfit⁴.

没错，才能配我的……领带、礼服。

That'll take a while, right? Is my coat in there? Yes.

得要点时间？我外套在里面吗？在？

I'm just going to take him out for a bit. Run him.

我就带他出去转转，放放风。

I know. You said you'd find him a case. Hmm.

我明白，你答应过给他个案子嘛。嗯。

Coming, Sherlock? Coming! Taxi!

来吗，夏洛克？来了！出租！

1 preying   

v.掠食( prey的现在分词 )；掠食；折磨；（人）靠欺诈为生

参考例句：

• This problem has been preying on my mind all day. 这个问题让我伤了整整一天脑筋。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• For a while he let his eyes idly follow the preying bird. 他自己的眼睛随着寻食的鸟毫无目的地看了一会儿。 来自辞典例句

2 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

3 enlisted   

adj.应募入伍的v.（使）入伍， （使）参军( enlist的过去式和过去分词 )；获得（帮助或支持）

参考例句：

• enlisted men and women 男兵和女兵
• He enlisted with the air force to fight against the enemy. 他应募加入空军对敌作战。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 outfit   

n.（为特殊用途的）全套装备，全套服装

参考例句：

• Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
• His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。