《复仇》第14集 第14期:名存实亡的夫妻

 Victoria, may I say, you are positively¹ radiant 维多利亚  恕我直言  你的光辉

in your natural element? 真是与生俱来

You mean in the midst of a crisis or with blood on my hands? 因为我处在风口浪尖还是手染鲜血

No, I mean, in that dress 都不是  是因为你衣着光鲜

at one of your wickedly extravagant² soirees. 游走于你这场极尽奢华的晚会中

Conrad, your gall³ never ceases to repulse⁴ me. 康拉德  你的厚颜无耻还是那么讨人厌

Overt⁵ flattery aside, 撇开刻意讨好

This extravagant soiree marks not only 这场奢华的宴会不仅标志着

the beginning of your farcical political career... 你可笑的政治生涯的开端

but the end of summer, 还有夏天的结束

and therefore, our personal entanglement⁶. 我们的私人纠葛也能随之终结

You and I had a deal. 我们已经达成共识了

Oh, no, no, no, my pet. 不  不  不  我的小乖乖

You made a proclamation that I never agreed to. 我可没答应你的条件

And less you've forgotten, 你最好别忘了

we can't possibly disentangle from one another now. 事到如今  我们已经不可能划清界限了

Because of last night? 是因为昨晚的事吗

Well, there is that. 那只是一小部分的原因

And because voters worship family values, 更多的是因为选民们重视家庭观念

and without you at my side, my ambitions will fail. 没你在我身边  我的壮志雄心必败无疑

You know full well I could give a whit⁷  你非常清楚  我能给你的个人事业

about your personal ambitions. 所做的贡献有限

Oh, you do. But you do give a whit about our son. 是啊  但你的确为我们的儿子做了"有限"的贡献

So let's press the flesh, shall we? 我们该去握手致意了吧

 

1 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

2 extravagant   

adj.奢侈的；过分的；(言行等)放肆的

参考例句：

• They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
• He is extravagant in behaviour.他行为放肆。

3 gall   

v.使烦恼，使焦躁，难堪；n.磨难

参考例句：

• It galled him to have to ask for a loan.必须向人借钱使他感到难堪。
• No gall,no glory.没有磨难，何来荣耀。

4 repulse   

n.击退，拒绝；vt.逐退，击退，拒绝

参考例句：

• The armed forces were prepared to repulse any attacks.武装部队已作好击退任何进攻的准备。
• After the second repulse,the enemy surrendered.在第二次击退之后，敌人投降了。

5 overt   

adj.公开的，明显的，公然的

参考例句：

• His opponent's intention is quite overt.他的对手的意图很明显。
• We should learn to fight with enemy in an overt and covert way.我们应学会同敌人做公开和隐蔽的斗争。

6 entanglement   

n.纠缠，牵累

参考例句：

• This entanglement made Carrie anxious for a change of some sort.这种纠葛弄得嘉莉急于改变一下。
• There is some uncertainty about this entanglement with the city treasurer which you say exists.对于你所说的与市财政局长之间的纠葛,大家有些疑惑。

7 whit   

n.一点，丝毫

参考例句：

• There's not a whit of truth in the statement.这声明里没有丝毫的真实性。
• He did not seem a whit concerned.他看来毫不在乎。