《复仇》第12集 第24期:感同身受

 Victoria. 维多利亚

How was your flight back? 回程怎么样

You know, you and I could stand here all day 我们两个要是想互相冷嘲热讽

trading barbs¹ and nettling² each other's last nerves, 站在这里说一天都没完

or we can cut the crap. 所以不如开门见山吧

Why did you accompany my son to California? 你为什么要跟我儿子去加州

Because he asked me to. 是他要我去的

And I thought I could sway him. 我原以为可以说动他

Yes, but in which direction? 那你把他引到哪边儿了

I was forced to walk a fine line 我既要忠于你

between my allegiance to you 又要和丹尼尔恋爱

and my relationship with Daniel. 已经进退两难

Surely you could understand, 这点你应该能感同身受

seeing as you've just done the same with Prosser. 你和普罗赛不也是这样吗

Well, the difference is 但区别是

that my son floats through life on crests³ of women, 我儿子交往的女人无数

unable to make his own decisions. 可还是自己拿不了主意

You could've dissuaded⁴ him at any point. Why didn't you? 你随时可以阻止他  为什么没有

I guess I wanted to see him win. 大概是因为我想让他赢

You selfish little girl. 你这个自私的姑娘

In doing so, you may have caused him his greatest loss. 这样会让他输得最惨

 

1 barbs   

n.（箭头、鱼钩等的）倒钩( barb的名词复数 )；带刺的话；毕露的锋芒；钩状毛

参考例句：

• She slung barbs at me. 她说了些讥刺我的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I would no longer uncomplainingly accept their barbs or allow their unaccountable power to go unchallenged. 我不会再毫无怨言地洗耳恭听他们带刺的话，或让他们的不负责任的权力不受到挑战。 来自辞典例句

2 nettling   

扎结绳结

参考例句：

3 crests   

v.到达山顶（或浪峰）( crest的第三人称单数 )；到达洪峰，达到顶点

参考例句：

• The surfers were riding in towards the beach on the crests of the waves. 冲浪者们顺着浪头冲向岸边。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The correspondent aroused, heard the crash of the toppled crests. 记者醒了，他听见了浪头倒塌下来的轰隆轰隆声。 来自辞典例句

4 dissuaded   

劝（某人）勿做某事，劝阻( dissuade的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was easily dissuaded from going. 他很容易就接受劝告不走了。
• Ulysses was not to be dissuaded from his attempt. 尤利西斯想前去解救的决心不为所动。