《新福尔摩斯》精讲 15

Sergeant¹ Donovan's been explaining everything to me, it's...

刚刚多诺万警佐都跟我说了

And the two pills, dreadful² business, dreadful.

那个真假毒药 这游戏真可怕 心惊肉跳呀

Where is it?

在哪儿

Where's what?

什么在哪儿

Don't. Just don't.

少来

What did you do with the gun?

你把枪扔哪儿了

Oh, er, bottom of the Thames.

扔到泰晤士河里去了

We'll need to get rid of the powder burns on your fingers.

赶紧把手指的火药灼痕去掉

I don't suppose you'd serve time for this, but let's avoid the court case.

虽然我觉得没什么 但上庭还是能免则免吧

I ran after the cab³, called the police, of course,

当然了 我追着的士跑回来 又报了警

and then I thought, better keep an eye on you.

之后我觉得 最好还是盯着你

Are you all right?

你没事吧

Of course I'm all right.

当然没事

You have just killed a man.

你刚杀了个人

I've seen men die before, and good men, friends of mine.

我见过不少死亡 有好人 不少我的朋友

I thought I'd never sleep again.

我本以为自己再也无法安睡

I'll sleep fine tonight.

看来今晚我能睡个好觉

Quite right.

这我同意

You were going to take the damn⁴ pill, weren't you?

你不会真要吞那该死的药片吧

Of course not, playing for time.

当然不会 拖延时间而已

No, you weren't. That's how you get your kicks, isn't it?

不 你是乐在其中吧

Risking your life to prove you're clever.

甘冒奇险就是为了证明自己聪明

Why would I do that?

我为什么这么做

Because you're an idiot⁵.

因为你是个笨蛋

1 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

2 dreadful   

adj.糟透了的，极端的，可怕的，令人畏惧的

参考例句：

• I cannot imagine what to do in this dreadful situation.我不能想像在这么糟的情况下该怎么办。
• I must apologize for the dreadful mistake I made.我为我所犯的严重错误深表歉意。

3 cab   

n.计程车，出租车，出租单马车；vi.乘出租马车

参考例句：

• The cab drove over his legs.马车从他腿上碾过。
• Shall we walk or take a cab?我们步行还是坐出租车？

4 damn   

int.该死，他妈的；vt.指责，贬斥，诅咒

参考例句：

• Damn this useless typewriter!这台破打字机真该死！
• I knew damn well what he was going to say.我非常清楚他要说什么。

5 idiot   

n.白痴，傻子，笨蛋

参考例句：

• Only an idiot would make such a thoughtless remark.只有草包才会说出这样没有头脑的话来。
• You are behaving like a perfect idiot.你表现得像个十足的白痴。