《神探夏洛克》精讲 307谁是目标

Most people you can kill any old place.

目标? 多数人随地可杀

As a mental exercise,

我想练脑时

I've often planned the murder of friends and colleagues.

经常琢磨如何谋杀朋友和同事

Now, John, I'd poison.

约翰 我可以下毒

Sloppy¹ eater, dead easy. I've given him chemicals and compounds,

他不挑食 容易得手 我喂过他各种化合物

that way he's never even noticed.

他绝对不会发现

He missed a whole Wednesday once, didn't have a clue.

他有次昏睡了整个周三 毫无察觉

Lestrade's so easy to kill 

雷斯垂德更好杀

it's a miracle no-one's succumbed² to the temptation.

居然没人忍不住去试试

I've got keys to my brother's house, 

我有我哥家的钥匙

I could break in and asphyxiate³ him, if the whim⁴ arose.

随时可以进去闷死他

He's pissed, isn't he? Ow!

他喝高了吧?

So, once again,

所以问题还是

who could you only kill here?

谁只能在这里杀?

Clearly it's a rare opportunity,

这机会当然很难得

so it's someone who doesn't get out much.

所以这人不爱出门

Someone for whom a planned social encounter

对他来说 唯一例外

known about months in advance is an exception.

是筹划数月的这次社交

Has to be a unique opportunity.

机不可失 时不再来

And since killing⁵ someone in public is difficult,

排除万难在此当众杀人

killing them in private isn't an option.

可见私下杀他更不可能

Someone who lives in an inaccessible⁶ or unknown location, then.

他家想必难以进入 或者地点太隐秘

Someone private perhaps,

他孤僻独处

obsessed⁷ with personal security.

戒备森严

Possibly someone under threat.

多半受人威胁 目标?

1 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。

2 succumbed   

不再抵抗（诱惑、疾病、攻击等）( succumb的过去式和过去分词 )； 屈从； 被压垮； 死

参考例句：

• The town succumbed after a short siege. 该城被围困不久即告失守。
• After an artillery bombardment lasting several days the town finally succumbed. 在持续炮轰数日后，该城终于屈服了。

3 asphyxiate   

v.无法呼吸，窒息而死

参考例句：

• We must trace the source of these noxious gases before they asphyxiate us.在我们被这些有毒气体窒息之前，必须查出其来源。
• Three people were asphyxiated in the crush for last week's train.在上周的火车撞车事故中有3人窒息死亡。

4 whim   

n.一时的兴致，突然的念头；奇想，幻想

参考例句：

• I bought the encyclopedia on a whim.我凭一时的兴致买了这本百科全书。
• He had a sudden whim to go sailing today.今天他突然想要去航海。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 inaccessible   

adj.达不到的，难接近的

参考例句：

• This novel seems to me among the most inaccessible.这本书对我来说是最难懂的小说之一。
• The top of Mount Everest is the most inaccessible place in the world.珠穆朗玛峰是世界上最难到达的地方。

7 obsessed   

adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的

参考例句：

• He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
• The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。