《唐顿庄园》精讲134 不要趁人之危抢夺财产

I'll pay you the compliment that I do not believe you wish to inherit just because nobody's investigated properly.

事情尚未理清前 以你的人品应该不会趁人之危吧

No, but...

是的 但是

Nor can Mary accuse you of making trouble when you will suffer most from a discovery.

若发现有回旋余地 你就是受害者 如此一来 Mary也不会怪你添乱

You're right that I don't wish to benefit at Mary's expense from an ignorance of the law.

你说的对 我不想趁火打劫让Mary蒙受损失

Putting it bluntly, do you think Robert has thrown in the towel prematurely¹?

坦率地说 Robert就这样认输是不是太草率了

Good heavens! What am I sitting on?

天哪 我坐的是什么东西

A swivel chair. Another modern brainwave?

转椅 又一个新潮发明

Not very modern. They were invented by Thomas Jefferson.

也不算 托马斯·杰斐逊发明的

Why does every day involve a fight with an American?

怎么每天都要跟美国人一较高下

I'll fetch a different one.

我去给您换一张

No, no, no. I'm a good sailor.

不 不用 我平衡感很好

It will depend on the exact terms of the entail² and of the deed of gift when cousin Cora's money was transferred to the estate.

这得看限定继承的具体内容和Cora堂婶的财产让渡协议

That is all I ask, to understand the exact terms.

我就是这么想的 每一条都须研究

1 prematurely   

adv.过早地，贸然地

参考例句：

• She was born prematurely with poorly developed lungs. 她早产，肺部未发育健全。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His hair was prematurely white, but his busy eyebrows were still jet-black. 他的头发已经白了，不过两道浓眉还是乌黑乌黑的。 来自辞典例句

2 entail   

vt.使承担，使成为必要，需要

参考例句：

• Such a decision would entail a huge political risk.这样的决定势必带来巨大的政治风险。
• This job would entail your learning how to use a computer.这工作将需要你学会怎样用计算机。