《神奇动物在哪里》精讲 41

Your grandfather kept pigeons? Mine bred owls¹.

你祖父养鸽子啊 我祖父养猫头鹰

I used to love feeding them.

我以前很喜欢给他们喂食来着

Graves always insisted the disturbances² were caused by a beast.

格雷夫斯一直说最近的混乱是动物引起的

We need to catch all your creatures so he can't keep using them as a scapegoat³.

我们得尽早把你的动物找回来 这样他就不能拿它们当挡箭牌了

There's only one still missing.

还剩一只没找到

Dougal, my Demiguise.

杜戈尔 我的隐形兽

Dougal?

你还给它起了名字

Slight problem is that... He's invisible.

稍微有点棘手的是 它是隐形的

Invisible? Yes, most of the time... He does...

隐形的 对 大部分时间里

How do you catch something that...? With immense difficulty.

会隐形的东西还怎么抓 难上加难

Gnarlak! Excuse me?

纳尔拉克 你说什么

Gnarlak, he was an informant of mine when I was an Auror!

纳尔拉克 我还是傲罗时他是我的线人

He used to trade in magical creatures on the side.

他曾暗地里进行魔法生物的买卖

He wouldn't happen to have an interest in paw prints, would he?

他不会恰好对追踪脚印感兴趣吧

He's interested in anything he can sell.

一切能卖的东西他都感兴趣

1 owls   

n.猫头鹰( owl的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 'Clumsy fellows,'said I; 'they must still be drunk as owls.' “这些笨蛋，”我说，“他们大概还醉得像死猪一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
• The great majority of barn owls are reared in captivity. 大多数仓鸮都是笼养的。 来自辞典例句

2 disturbances   

n.骚乱( disturbance的名词复数 )；打扰；困扰；障碍

参考例句：

• The government has set up a commission of inquiry into the disturbances at the prison. 政府成立了一个委员会来调查监狱骚乱事件。
• Extra police were called in to quell the disturbances. 已调集了增援警力来平定骚乱。

3 scapegoat   

n.替罪的羔羊，替人顶罪者；v.使…成为替罪羊

参考例句：

• He has been made a scapegoat for the company's failures.他成了公司倒闭的替罪羊。
• They ask me to join the party so that I'll be their scapegoat when trouble comes.他们想叫我入伙，出了乱子，好让我替他们垫背。