《新福尔摩斯》精讲 149

What did I say? I said don't get clever.

我说什么来着，让你别耍小聪明。

I can't just turn it on and off like a tap.

说关就关，我又不是水龙头。

Well. - Well what?

怎样？ - 什么？

You were there for the whole thing, up in the gallery, start to finish.

你不是一直都在么，从头到尾都在旁听。

Like you said it would be, sat on his backside, never even stirred¹.

跟你说的一样，他靠着椅背，一直很淡定。

Moriarty is not mounting² any defence.

莫里亚蒂根本不打算为自己辩护。

Bank of England, Tower of London , Pentonville.

英格兰银行、伦敦塔、本顿维尔监狱，

Three of the most secure³ places in the country and six weeks ago, Moriarty breaks in,no-one knows how or why.

全国最安全的三个地方——六周前莫里亚蒂成功闯入，没人知道手法或者原因。

All we know is - He ended up in custody⁴.

我们只知道…… - 他被拘留了。

Don't do that. - Do what?

别这样。 - 哪样？

The look. - Look?

那表情。 - 啥？

You're doing the look again.

你又露出那表情了。

Well, I can't see it, can I?

我自己又看不见。

It's my face.

那是我的脸

Yes and it's doing a thing, you are doing “we both know what's really going on here” face.

对，你露出了一种“我们都知道到底怎么回事”的表情。

We do. - No, I don't, which is why I find the face so annoying.

确实嘛。 - 我就不知道，所以我才讨厌你那表情。

If Moriarty wanted the jewels, he'd have them.

如果莫里亚蒂想要王冠，他可以直接拿走；

If he wanted the prisoners freed, they'd be out on the streets.

如果他想放走犯人，他们早就出狱了。

The only reason he's still in a prison cell right now, is because he chose to be there.

他之所以现在还在监狱里是因为他想要被关起来。

Somehow this is part of his scheme.

这是他计划的一部分。

1 stirred   

v.（使）移动( stir的过去式和过去分词 )；搅拌；（使）行动；（使）微动

参考例句：

• She stirred her tea. 她搅了搅茶。
• He stirred the coffee until it was a light reddish-brown. 直到咖啡成红褐色，他才停止搅拌。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 mounting   

n.装备；衬托纸；登上；乘骑adj.上升的，增长的v.登上，骑上( mount的现在分词 )；增加，上升；上演；准备

参考例句：

• There is mounting tension along the border. 边境局势日趋紧张。
• Though he felt his anger mounting, he kept perfect control of himself. 虽然他觉得越来越生气，但还是很好地控制住了自己。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 secure   

adj.无虑的，安心的，安全的；adj.牢靠的，稳妥的；vt.固定，获得，使...安全；vi.(海上工作人员)停止工；vi.(船)抛锚，停泊

参考例句：

• He found a secure foothold and pulled himself up.他找到了一个稳固的踏脚处并爬了上去。
• Extra men are needed to secure the camp against attack.需要增加兵力以保护军营免受攻击。

4 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。