福尔摩斯：基本演绎法 第一季第6集Flight Risk（4）

 

Note the distinctive¹ shape of the wound, the depth,

注意伤口的特殊形状，深度

the severity of damage to the bone, gray matter.

骨头受损的严重程度，脑灰质

The murder weapon wasn't just heavy,

凶器不止很重

it had two prongs at the tip.

顶端有两根刺

A wrench²?

扳手

Large one.

大号的

Blow would've killed him instantly.

打击能使他即刻丧命

Has the, uh, has the voice recorder been recovered from the cockpit?

找到机舱里的录音了吗

Not yet.

还没

Any eyewitness³ accounts of the crash?

有飞机坠毁的目击者吗

One, a jogger.

有一个慢跑者

She said that the plane was gaining altitude

她说飞机正在上升

when the nose suddenly went straight up.

机首突然直线向上

It climbed like that for a while, then shuddered⁴,

那样爬升了一会儿，随后开始震动

tipped to the right and went into a tailspin.

向右倾斜，然后就一头跌落下来

I was thinking wake turbulence⁵ or elevator control failure.

我在考虑机尾乱流或是升降舵操作失败

Might want to add "Wrench-wielding madman" to that list.

你也许该把"挥舞扳手的疯子"加上去

The passengers were all attorneys with the same white shoe firm.

乘客都是来自同一家上流公司的律师

Two men, one woman.

两名男性，一名女性

The odds⁶ of one of them attacking the other

他们中的一个在这架小飞机的后面

in the back of this small plane with a wrench...

用扳手袭击了另一个人的可能性

You can see how that might be distracting to a pilot, no?

那肯定会令飞行员分心，对吧

Unless the pilot was the killer⁷.

除非飞行员就是凶手

You're saying that the pilot got up from his controls

你是说飞行员离开控制室

to attack a passenger?

去袭击乘客

Drivers get road rage.

驾驶员都有路怒症

Can a pilot get air rage?

飞行员会有空怒症吗

1 distinctive   

adj.特别的，有特色的，与众不同的

参考例句：

• She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
• This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。

2 wrench   

v.猛拧；挣脱；使扭伤；n.扳手；痛苦，难受

参考例句：

• He gave a wrench to his ankle when he jumped down.他跳下去的时候扭伤了足踝。
• It was a wrench to leave the old home.离开这个老家非常痛苦。

3 eyewitness   

n.目击者，见证人

参考例句：

• The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
• He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。

4 shuddered   

v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 )；发抖；（机器、车辆等）突然震动；颤动

参考例句：

• He slammed on the brakes and the car shuddered to a halt. 他猛踩刹车，车颤抖着停住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I shuddered at the sight of the dead body. 我一看见那尸体就战栗。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 turbulence   

n.喧嚣，狂暴，骚乱，湍流

参考例句：

• The turbulence caused the plane to turn over.空气的激流导致飞机翻转。
• The world advances amidst turbulence.世界在动荡中前进。

6 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

7 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。