【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语1043期

When I was a little girl,

当我还小的时候

my understanding of revenge was

我对复仇的理解

as simple as the Sunday Schoolproverb that hid behind.

简单停留在对主日学校学的谚语的理解

Neat little morality slogans,

简单的道德标语

like "Do untoothers"

比如"己所不欲勿施于人"

and "Two wrongs don'tmake a right."

"冤冤相报何时了"

But two wrongs can never makea right

但冤冤相报永无终止

because two wrongs can never equal each other.

因为两种伤害永远不能抵消

For the truly wronged...

对于真正受伤害的一方而言

real satisfaction can only befound

真正的满足

in one of two places...

只能通过两种途径实现

Absolute forgiveness...

彻底宽恕

or mortal vindication¹.

或者用死亡洗脱罪孽

This is not a story about forgiveness.

这不是一个讲述宽恕的故事

1 vindication   

n.洗冤，证实

参考例句：

• There is much to be said in vindication of his claim.有很多理由可以提出来为他的要求作辩护。
• The result was a vindication of all our efforts.这一结果表明我们的一切努力是必要的。