《神探夏洛克》精讲 411削减未知变量

不像这样

Not like this one.

你没机会了  没机会了

You haven't got a chance, not a chance.

我把你困死了  投降吧  投降吧

I've got you where I want you. Give in, give in!

我会灭了你的  你完全任我摆布了

I will destroy you. You're completely at my mercy.

贝克先生  本局结束

Mr Baker¹. Well, that completes the set.

源自儿童图书

《面包大师与贝克小子(快乐家庭)》

-不  没有  -还有谁

- No, it does not. - Well, who else am I missing?

面包大师  没他结束不了啊

Master Bun, it's not a set without him.

还要我说多少遍  福尔摩斯先生

How many more times, Mr Sherlock?

可能因为我不太熟悉这个概念

Hmm, maybe it's because I'm not familiar with the concept.

你好啊  玛丽

Oh, hi, Mary.

什么概念

What concept?

快乐家庭  旅途还顺利吗

Happy families. Nice trip?

你他妈怎么...

How the f...?

拜托  玛丽  还有孩子在呢

Please, Mary, there is a child present.

-你怎么进来的  -卡里姆让我进来的

- How did you get in here? - Karim let me in.

你好

Hello.

卡里姆  能帮我们倒点茶吗

Karim, would you be so kind as to fetch us some tea?

-没问题  -谢谢

- Sure. - Thank you.

很高兴见到你  夫人

Nice to meet you, missus.

不  我是说你怎么找到我的

No, I mean how did you find me?

我可是夏洛克·福尔摩斯

I'm Sherlock Holmes.

不  说真的  你怎么做到的

No, really, though, how?

我的每一步都是完全随机的

Every movement I made was entirely² random³,

每个新身份都全凭掷骰子决定

every new personality just on the roll of a dice⁴!

玛丽  人的行动不会是完全随机的

Mary, no human action is ever truly random.

只要对数学概率有着高超的掌握

An advanced grasp of the mathematics of probability,

加上对心理的洞察

mapped onto a thorough apprehension⁵ of human psychology⁶

以及对特定人的了解

and the known dispositions⁷ of any given individual,

就能极大削减未知变量的数量

can reduce the number of variables considerably⁸.

我就至少知道58种方法

I myself know of at least 58 techniques to refine

可以把看似无穷的随机生成的可能性

a seemingly infinite array of randomly⁹ generated possibilities

精简到最少  使变量具备可行性

down to the smallest number of feasible variables.

1 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

2 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

3 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

4 dice   

n.骰子；vt.把（食物）切成小方块，冒险

参考例句：

• They were playing dice.他们在玩掷骰子游戏。
• A dice is a cube.骰子是立方体。

5 apprehension   

n.理解，领悟；逮捕，拘捕；忧虑

参考例句：

• There were still areas of doubt and her apprehension grew.有些地方仍然存疑，于是她越来越担心。
• She is a girl of weak apprehension.她是一个理解力很差的女孩。

6 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

7 dispositions   

安排( disposition的名词复数 )； 倾向； （财产、金钱的）处置； 气质

参考例句：

• We got out some information about the enemy's dispositions from the captured enemy officer. 我们从捕获的敌军官那里问出一些有关敌军部署的情况。
• Elasticity, solubility, inflammability are paradigm cases of dispositions in natural objects. 伸缩性、可缩性、易燃性是天然物体倾向性的范例。

8 considerably   

adv.极大地；相当大地；在很大程度上

参考例句：

• The economic situation has changed considerably.经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
• The gap has narrowed considerably.分歧大大缩小了。

9 randomly   

adv.随便地，未加计划地

参考例句：

• Within the hot gas chamber, molecules are moving randomly in all directions. 在灼热的气体燃烧室内，分子在各个方向上作无规运动。 来自辞典例句
• Transformed cells are loosely attached, rounded and randomly oriented. 转化细胞则不大贴壁、圆缩并呈杂乱分布。 来自辞典例句