《复仇》第4集第22期:寻求怜悯

 Well, I can undo¹ that deal. 我可以取消交易

But we still have a problem. 但是还有问题

You sold a piece of art that I own. 你卖出了一副属于我的作品

Now you are seasoned enough to know that 而且你有足够的经验知道

buying and selling art without the proper ownership paperwork 在没有所有权文件的情况下出售

is larceny². 便是盗窃

You should know that your son patrick brought it to me. 你应该知道是你儿子帕特里克给我送来的

So if I go down, then so does he. 我们是一条线上的蚂蚱

And your family does not need another scandal. 你家也不能再有丑闻了

Oh, well, everyone knows about our financial situation. 每个人都知道我们的经济状况

So I have nothing more to lose, 我一无所有就不怕失去什么了

but you have everything to lose. 而你却与我恰恰相反

What do you want, Victoria? 你想要怎样  维多利亚

You always have an end game. 你总是做好了置人于死地的打算

But I didn't have an end game before this. 在这之前我没有这样的打算

And not even when I came to an old friend 甚至在我向一位老朋友寻求一点怜悯

to ask for a little grace, a little mercy. 一点宽容时  我都没有这样的打算

And I helped you. I hired you. 我帮你了  我雇了你

No. 不

You took pleasure in my family's hardships. 你以我家的困难为乐

And you tried to humiliate³ me with that little reception. 还想用个寒酸的接待会羞辱我

 

1 undo   

vt.解开，松开；取消，撤销

参考例句：

• His pride will undo him some day.他的傲慢总有一天会毁了他。
• I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel.我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。

2 larceny   

n.盗窃（罪）

参考例句：

• The man was put in jail for grand larceny.人因重大盗窃案而被监禁。
• It was an essential of the common law crime of larceny.它是构成普通法中的盗窃罪的必要条件。

3 humiliate   

v.使羞辱，使丢脸[同]disgrace

参考例句：

• What right had they to bully and humiliate people like this?凭什么把人欺侮到这个地步呢？
• They pay me empty compliments which only humiliate me.他们虚情假意地恭维我，这只能使我感到羞辱。