《跟踪者》精讲 123

Is Chad Hewitt gonna press charges?

查德·休伊特会起诉吗

No. He said he didn't want Mark to go to jail and it was good to see his old buddy¹.

不会。他说他不希望马克被送进监狱，他觉得见到老朋友很开心

It's like he's protecting him.

他好像在保护他一样

He wants Mark to come back to the brotherhood².

他希望马克回归兄弟会

Mark's attack validated³ his stalking. It's exactly what he wanted.

马克去找他，让他有正当理由继续纠缠，正中他的下怀

So you're talking to me. That's a good thing.

你还愿意跟我说话。这是好事

I'm doing my job. If you can keep it professional, I can keep it professional.

我只是在工作。如果你能保持专业态度，那我也可以

Tell that to Trent.

跟特伦特说吧

I'm not going there, Jack⁴.

别说这个，杰克

But you're not kicking me out of L.A. either. Thank you.

但是你也没有赶我离开洛杉矶。谢谢你

For what?

谢什么

Letting me stay.

让我留下

We know that Chad's isolated⁵ Mark and intimidated⁶ his family, but he's been very careful.

我们知道查德孤立了马克，还威胁了他的家人，但是他很小心

He's acted within the law, doesn't leave any evidence, and he's stalked by proxy⁷.

一直游离在法律底线内，不留下任何证据，而且实行间接跟踪

Booby-trapping Mark's house, that seems different to me.

但是给马克家装炸弹跟以往情况不太一样

It's an escalation⁸?

是行为激化了吗

It's sloppy⁹.

显得很粗心

Hey. The warrant for the neighbor's surveillance video finally went through. We've got Skinheads.

我们终于拿到搜查令，可以看邻居的监控录像了。有录到光头党的人

Can't really make out any faces.

根本看不出什么人

But there's this. We have a license¹⁰ plate.

但是有这个。看得到车牌

The car belongs to Chad Hewitt.

车是查德·休伊特的

S.I.D. just finished searching his truck. No weapons, no lasers, no evidence against Chad.

取证组搜了他的车。没有武器，没有电击枪，完全查不到有力证据

But we have his truck at the scene.

可是他的车出现在了现场

Two skinheads just turned themselves in.

两个光头帮的人自首了

They say they were driving Chad's truck and claim they alone are responsible for the attack on the Richards.

说是他们开了查德的车，整件事跟他没有任何关系，是他们袭击了理查德一家

You guys are blowing it. You have no case against this guy.

这案子查不下去了。你们根本没有有力证据

You realize the stakes of just bringing him in here?

把他带来这里风险很大，懂吗

I'll break him.

让他招了就行

1 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！

2 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

3 validated   

v.证实( validate的过去式和过去分词 )；确证；使生效；使有法律效力

参考例句：

• Time validated our suspicion. 时间证实了我们的怀疑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The decade of history since 1927 had richly validated their thesis. 1927年以来的十年的历史，充分证明了他们的论点。 来自辞典例句

4 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。

5 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

6 intimidated   

v.恐吓；威胁adj.害怕的；受到威胁的

参考例句：

• We try to make sure children don't feel intimidated on their first day at school. 我们努力确保孩子们在上学的第一天不胆怯。
• The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police. 这个贼恫吓那男孩使他不敢向警察报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 proxy   

n.代理权，代表权；（对代理人的）委托书；代理人

参考例句：

• You may appoint a proxy to vote for you.你可以委托他人代你投票。
• We enclose a form of proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting.我们附上委任年度大会代表的表格。

8 escalation   

n.扩大，增加

参考例句：

• The threat of nuclear escalation remains. 核升级的威胁仍旧存在。 来自辞典例句
• Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。 来自辞典例句

9 sloppy   

adj.邋遢的，不整洁的

参考例句：

• If you do such sloppy work again,I promise I'll fail you.要是下次作业你再马马虎虎，我话说在头里，可要给你打不及格了。
• Mother constantly picked at him for being sloppy.母亲不断地批评他懒散。

10 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。