英美人天天都在说的4000句 24:beyond the pale

　　[00:01]P：You two have been working on the same case the whole time.
[00:04]Why did it take so long to figure it out?
[00:06]Only one week, if we believe this.
[00:09]G：General Grat, the scientists that you seek are in my employ creating a weapons system beyond the pale of contemporary¹ imagination.
[00:16]History and justice are on my side.
[00:18]I suggest you put your affairs in order. You have one week before you will surrender² the U.S. Government.

1 contemporary   

n.同时代的人；adj.同时代的，同时，属于同一时期的

参考例句：

• Dickens was contemporary with Thackeray.狄更斯与萨克莱属于同一时代。
• She is very much alive to contemporary issues.她对当代的问题十分注意。

2 surrender   

v.投降，自首；屈服；交出，放弃

参考例句：

• He preferred to die rather than surrender to the enemy.他宁死也不愿向敌人投降。
• Liu Hulan would rather die than surrender before the enemy.刘胡兰在敌人面前宁死不屈。