《复仇》第10集 第22期:属于政坛的男人

 "Dear Mr. Clarke"... did she write this? "亲爱的克拉克先生"  这是她写的吗

I'm beginning to wonder. 我也这么怀疑

It says here, she had a criminal record. 这上面显示  她曾有犯罪记录

Join the club. 同道中人嘛

Her judgment¹ was expunged², just like mine. 她的判决书像我的一样  被删除了

There must be something here. 这其中肯定有问题

Apartheid protest, 1988. 1988年  抗议种族隔离

Patricia was a badass. 帕翠莎还挺厉害的嘛

Maybe back then. 也许当时是个厉害角色吧

Wait. I don't believe this. 等等  我真不敢相信

That's James Palmer next to her. 她旁边是詹姆斯·帕尔默

Who? 谁

Barnes' court clerk. 巴恩斯的书记员

He and Patricia were friends. 他和帕翠莎是朋友

Which means, if she did write the letter, 也就意味着  如果真是她写的这封信

whoever killed Palmer believed he wrote it, not her. 杀帕尔默的人以为是他写的  而不是她

That would scare anyone into silence. 这够把人给吓傻了

Especially if the threat lives under the same roof. 特别是当跟这个威胁住在同一屋檐时

Well, since you've already mastered the links, Grayson, 格雷森  现在你沙地高尔夫打得这么好了

how do you plan to spend the rest of your retirement³? 余下的退休生活你打算怎么过

Retirement is a long way off, Robert. 退休还早着呢  罗伯特

This is but a respite⁴ from my stewardship⁵ of the company. 这段时间只是我对公司管理的缓行期

Well, it's just one man's opinion, 这只是你一个人的看法

But I think a man of your acumen,wealth,and guile⁶ 但我认为像你这样睿智  富有  狡猾的人

belongs in politics. 是属于政坛的

 

1 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。

2 expunged   

v.擦掉( expunge的过去式和过去分词 )；除去；删去；消除

参考例句：

• Details of his criminal activities were expunged from the file. 他犯罪活动的详细情况已从档案中删去。
• His name is expunged from the list. 他的名字从名单中被除掉了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

4 respite   

n.休息，中止，暂缓

参考例句：

• She was interrogated without respite for twenty-four hours.她被不间断地审问了二十四小时。
• Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite.贬值只能让经济得到暂时的缓解。

5 stewardship   

n. n. 管理工作；管事人的职位及职责

参考例句：

• The organization certainly prospered under his stewardship. 不可否认，这个组织在他的管理下兴旺了起来。
• Last, but certainly not least, are the issues of stewardship and ethics. 最后，但当然不是微不足道的，是工作和道德规范的问题。

6 guile   

n.诈术

参考例句：

• He is full of guile.他非常狡诈。
• A swindler uses guile;a robber uses force.骗子用诈术；强盗用武力。