《神探夏洛克》精讲 311我要被我的制服杀死了

I was to be killed by my uniform.

我要被我的制服杀死了

How appropriate¹.

多么合适

He solved the case, Major,

他破案了 少校

you're supposed to open the door now. A deal is a deal.

你该开门了 说话要算数

I'm not even supposed to have this any more,

我本来都无权保留的

they gave me special dispensation to keep it.

他们特许我留作纪念

I couldn't imagine life out of this uniform.

我无法想象脱下制服的人生

I suppose, given the circumstances², I don't have to.

不过现在看来 我也不必脱了

When so many want you dead,

这么多人希望我死

it hardly seems good manners³ to argue.

再反驳未免太不识趣

Whatever you're doing in there, James, stop it, right now!

不管你在里面做什么 詹姆斯 快住手

I will kick this door down!

我要踹门了

Mr Holmes, you and I are similar, I think.

福尔摩斯先生 你和我很像

Yes, I think we are. 

对 我同意

There's a proper time to die, isn't there?

恰当的死期 机不可失 你说呢?

Of course there is.

确实机不可失

And one should embrace⁴ it when it comes.

时机一到 就应该视死如归

Like a soldier.

像个军人一样

Of course one should, but not at John's wedding!

当然 可是别在约翰婚礼上

We wouldn't do that, would we,

我们不会这样做吧

you and me?

你我都不会?

We would never do that to John Watson.

我们绝不会这样对待约翰·华生

1 appropriate   

adj.适当的，合适的；v.拨出，挪用，盗用

参考例句：

• It is appropriate that he should get the post.由他担任这一职务是恰当的。
• We should take appropriate measures to improve our teaching.我们应当采取适当的措施提高教学质量。

2 circumstances   

n.境况；境遇；（尤指）经济状况；命运；环境( circumstance的名词复数 )；事件；境遇；机遇

参考例句：

• The company reserves the right to cancel this agreement in certain circumstances. 本公司保留在一定条件下取消这项协议的权利。
• There were extenuating circumstances and the defendant did not receive a prison sentence. 因有可减轻罪行的情节被告未被判刑。

3 manners   

n.礼貌；规矩

参考例句：

• You should mend your manners.你的态度应当纠正。
• His manners are rough,but he is a kind man at heart.他虽然举止粗鲁，但心地善良。

4 embrace   

vt.拥抱；包括；包围，环绕；n.拥抱，怀抱

参考例句：

• He held her to him in a warm embrace.他热列地拥抱她。
• The hills embrace the village.山丘环绕着村庄。