《绝望的主妇》精讲137

She would never do anything bad.

她绝不可能做什么坏事

Sure, I would.

我会的

What?

什么？

You don't know me at all

你根本不了解我

I'm a very bad person. I did a horrible thing.

我是个坏人,我干了很糟糕的事

I deserve to be punished.

我该受到惩罚

Let me cuff¹ her. I have cuffs². I brought them from home.

我来给她铐上,我从家里带来了手铐

No one's getting cuffed³.

没人要戴手铐

Just... pay for the soda⁴ next time you come in.

你下次来时 把汽水的钱付了就好了

No, no, no. No, you need to march me inside and make me pay now.

不,不,不,你该押我进去, 让我现在就付钱

Mrs. Delfino...

德尔非诺大大……

I'm serious.

我是认真的

Make an example of me to deter⁵ other criminals.

杀一儆百,用我的惨痛教训来警示其他罪犯吧

1 cuff   

n.袖口；手铐；护腕；vt.用手铐铐；上袖口

参考例句：

• She hoped they wouldn't cuff her hands behind her back.她希望他们不要把她反铐起来。
• Would you please draw together the snag in my cuff?请你把我袖口上的裂口缝上好吗？

2 cuffs   

n.袖口( cuff的名词复数 )v.掌打，拳打( cuff的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• a collar and cuffs of white lace 带白色蕾丝花边的衣领和袖口
• The cuffs of his shirt were fraying. 他衬衣的袖口磨破了。

3 cuffed   

v.掌打，拳打( cuff的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She cuffed the boy on the side of the head. 她向这男孩的头上轻轻打了一巴掌。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mother cuffed the dog when she found it asleep on a chair. 妈妈发现狗睡在椅子上就用手把狗打跑了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 soda   

n.苏打水；汽水

参考例句：

• She doesn't enjoy drinking chocolate soda.她不喜欢喝巧克力汽水。
• I will freshen your drink with more soda and ice cubes.我给你的饮料重加一些苏打水和冰块。

5 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。