【跟着英剧练发音】Sherlock S2E3-06

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S： If you can break any bank, what do you care about the highest bidder¹?

M: I don't, I just like to watch them all competing². "Daddy loves me the best." Aren't ordinary³ people adorable? Well, you know, you've got John. I should get myself a live-in one.

S: Why are you doing all of this?

M: It must be so funny.

S: You don't want money or power, not really. What is it all for?

M: I want to solve the problem. Our problem. The final problem. It's going to start very soon, Sherlock... the fall.

1 bidder   

n.(拍卖时的)出价人，报价人，投标人

参考例句：

• TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder.电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。
• The bidder withdrew his bid after submission of his bid.投标者在投标之后撤销了投标书。

2 competing   

adj.对抗的，竞争的；相互矛盾的v.竞赛(compete的现在分词)

参考例句：

• Several companies are competing for the contract. 为得到那项合同，几家公司正在竞争。
• Any amateur would be skinned alive competing against the world champion. 一个业余爱好者向世界冠军挑战肯定要被彻底打败。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 ordinary   

adj.平常的，普通的；n.常事，常例，普通的人

参考例句：

• Her new house is certainly out of the ordinary.她的新居真是不同凡响。
• That is quite an ordinary event.那是极平常的一件事。