《神探夏洛克》精讲 143唯一让人在意的女人

Closed forever.

永远结案了

I am about to go and inform my brother—or, if you prefer, you are -that she somehow got herself into a witness protection scheme in America.

我正要去告诉我弟弟 如果你想的话 你去 不知怎的 她挤进了美国证人保护计划

New name, new identity.

新名字 新身份

She will survive and thrive...

她会活下来 有声有色

but he will never see her again.

但是他不会再见到她了

Why would he care?

他为什么会在意?

He despised her at the end.

他最后很藐视她

Won't even mention her by name, just 'The Woman'.

从没提过她的名字 只是说"那位女人"

Is that loathing¹ or a salute²?

这是厌恶 还是致敬?

One of a kind, the one woman who matters.

独一无二 唯一让人在意的女人

He's not like that.

他不是那种人

He doesn't feel things that way, I don't think.

他没有那种感觉 我觉得不会

My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective.

我的弟弟有着科学家或者哲学家的头脑 可他选择成为一个侦探

What might we deduce about his heart?

谁能演绎推理他的心灵?

I don't know.

我不知道

Neither do I.

我也不知道

But, initially³, he wanted to be a pirate.

可最开始 他想成为一个海盗

He'll be OK with this—witness protection, never seeing her again—he'll be fine.

他对这些应该满意 保护证人 不再相见 他没问题的

I agree.

我同意

That's why I decided⁴ to tell him that.

所以我才决定这样告诉他

Instead of what?

而不是告诉他什么?

She's dead.

她已经死了

She was captured by a terrorist cell in Karachi two months ago and beheaded.

两个月前被卡拉奇(巴基斯坦)的恐怖组织抓获 已经被斩首

1 loathing   

n.厌恶，憎恨v.憎恨，厌恶( loathe的现在分词)；极不喜欢

参考例句：

• She looked at her attacker with fear and loathing . 她盯着襲擊她的歹徒，既害怕又憎恨。
• They looked upon the creature with a loathing undisguised. 他们流露出明显的厌恶看那动物。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 salute   

vi.行礼，致意，问候，放礼炮；vt.向…致意，迎接，赞扬；n.招呼，敬礼，礼炮

参考例句：

• Merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag.商船互相点旗致敬。
• The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome.这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。

3 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。