《神探夏洛克》精讲 407阿格拉

阿格拉
Agra?
位于印度北方邦北部
A city on the banks of the river Yamuna
亚穆纳河边上的一个城市
in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
在省会勒克瑙往西378千米的地方
It is 378km west of the state capital, Lucknow.
你是维基百科吗
What are you, Wikipedia?
-对  -阿格拉是个缩写
- Yes. - AGRA is an acronym¹.
太好了  我喜欢缩写
Oh, good, I love an acronym.
最棒的秘密社团都有这玩意
All the best secret societies have them.
是一组最棒的特工  但是你都知道
Team of agents, the best. But you know all that.
我当然知道  继续
Of course I do. Go on.
他们中的一位阿杰在找玛丽  她也是组员
One of them, Ajay, is looking for Mary, also one of the team.
真的吗  这我不知道
Indeed? Well, that's news to me.
是吗  为了找记忆棒他已经杀了人
Is it? He's already killed looking for that memory stick.
阿格拉总是为出价最高的人效劳
AGRA always worked for the highest bidder²,
我想或许也包括你
I thought that might include you?
-我  -我是指英国政府
- Me? - Well, I mean the British government,
或者你现在支持的不知是哪个政府
or whatever government you're currently propping³ up.
阿格拉非常可靠  然后发生了第比利斯事件
AGRA were very reliable. Then came the Tbilisi incident.
他们被派去解救人质
They were sent in to free the hostages
但是出了大岔子
but it all went horribly wrong.
在那之后  我们就不再雇佣兵了
And that was that, we stopped using freelancers⁴.
-你的提议吗  -我的提议
- Your initiative? - My initiative.
佣兵太不可控  太麻烦了
Freelancers are too woolly, too messy.
我不喜欢不可控的  在我的监管之下不行
I don't like loose ends. Not on my watch.
还有别的  一个细节
There was something else. A detail.
一个代号
A codeword.
阿穆
Ammo?
我只知道这个
It's all I've got.
真是不多
Little enough.

1 acronym   

n.首字母简略词，简称

参考例句：

• That's a mouthful of an acronym for a very simple technology.对于一项非常简单的技术来说，这是一个很绕口的缩写词。
• TSDF is an acronym for Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities.TSDF是处理，储存和处置设施的一个缩写。

2 bidder   

n.(拍卖时的)出价人，报价人，投标人

参考例句：

• TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder.电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。
• The bidder withdrew his bid after submission of his bid.投标者在投标之后撤销了投标书。

3 propping   

支撑

参考例句：

• You can usually find Jack propping up the bar at his local. 你常常可以看见杰克频繁出没于他居住的那家酒店。
• The government was accused of propping up declining industries. 政府被指责支持日益衰败的产业。

4 freelancers   

n.自由作家，自由记者( freelancer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A lot of proof-reading is put out to freelancers. 校对工作有很多是请外人做的。 来自辞典例句
• Its benefits plan for freelancers is highly competitive in the industry. 在本行业内它的福利方案是很有竞争力的。 来自互联网