《复仇》第18集 第11期:美味的蟹饼

 Before you fire away, 在你提问之前

I just want to thank you for the best crab¹ cakes 我想对你表示感谢  你为这个小镇

this town has to offer. 提供了最美味的蟹饼

And I'm certainly gonna have 要是我哪天想家了

some flown to Albany if I ever get homesick. 我一定会让人空运一些到奥尔巴尼市

Well, thank you, Mr. Grayson. 谢谢你  格雷森先生

Amanda Porter was a friend of mine. 阿曼达·波特生前是我的朋友

- And I know we all miss her. - Yeah. -我知道大家都很怀念她  -是的

So my question is, 所以我的问题就是

when the truth about jury tampering² 陪审团篡改了他父亲的审判结果

in her father's trial came out, 当这一丑闻爆出时

You vowed³ to take action. 你曾保证会有所行动

What's your plan, or are you gonna allow the government 那你的计划是什么  或者说你打算纵容

to sweep David Clarke under the rug again? 政府再次使大卫·克拉克沉冤不得昭雪吗

Where the hell did that question come from? 这该死的问题谁想出来的

Now look, uh... 听我说

Let's say somebody was able 如果说有人能够

to remove this leverage⁴ you're talking about. 搞定你所说的手握大权的人

Is the deal back on? 交易能够重新进行吗

As it stands, Mr. Ryan, 照现在的情况来说  瑞安先生

That's a purely⁵ hypothetical question. 这只不过是个纯粹的假设罢了

Tom, look, 汤姆  听我说

I speak for my late wife when I say 我是指我已故的妻子

I personally asked Conrad not to-- 私下让康拉德不要去

No, I'll--I'll answer. I'll answer, Jack⁶. 没事  我可以回答  我可以  杰克

Tom, when I'm elected, 汤姆  如果我能当选

I fully⁷ intend to reopen that case. 我非常愿意重审这个案子

And if judicial⁸ impropriety is proven, 而且如果查实有司法不公正的地方

I will take every appropriate measure 我会尽一切努力来为大卫·克拉克

to secure a presidential pardon for David Clarke. 争取到总统特赦令

 

1 crab   

n.螃蟹，偏航，脾气乖戾的人，酸苹果；vi.捕蟹，偏航，发牢骚；vt.使偏航，发脾气

参考例句：

• I can't remember when I last had crab.我不记得上次吃蟹是什么时候了。
• The skin on my face felt as hard as a crab's back.我脸上的皮仿佛僵硬了，就象螃蟹的壳似的。

2 tampering   

v.窜改( tamper的现在分词 )；篡改；（用不正当手段）影响；瞎摆弄

参考例句：

• Two policemen were accused of tampering with the evidence. 有两名警察被控篡改证据。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• As Harry London had forecast, Brookside's D-day caught many meter-tampering offenders. 正如哈里·伦敦预见到的那样，布鲁克赛德的D日行动抓住了不少非法改装仪表的人。 来自辞典例句

3 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

4 leverage   

n.力量，影响；杠杆作用，杠杆的力量

参考例句：

• We'll have to use leverage to move this huge rock.我们不得不借助杠杆之力来移动这块巨石。
• He failed in the project because he could gain no leverage. 因为他没有影响力，他的计划失败了。

5 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

6 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

7 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

8 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。