《神探夏洛克》精讲 386法逃过死神的商人

If you could attenuate¹ to every strand² of quivering data,

那未来就是完全可测的

the future would be entirely³ calculable.

就像数学运算一样明确

As inevitable⁴ as mathematics.

-《萨马拉的约会》  -什么

- Appointment In Samarra. - I'm sorry?

那个无法逃过死神的商人

The merchant who can't outrun Death.

你小时候就不喜欢那个故事

You always hated that story as a child.

对预定论也不怎么热衷

Less keen on predestination back then.

我觉得我现在也不喜欢

I'm not sure I like it now.

我记得你写了自己的版本

You wrote your own version, as I remember.

《苏门答腊的约会》

Appointment In Sumatra.

商人去了另一座城市  安然无恙

The merchant goes to a different city and is perfectly⁵ fine.

晚安  麦考夫

Goodnight, Mycroft.

后来还当了海盗  不知为啥

Then he becomes a pirate, for some reason.

-有情况通知我  -什么情况

- Keep me informed. - Of what?

不知道

Absolutely no idea.

1 attenuate   

v.使变小，使减弱

参考例句：

• Then we got involved with trying to find polymers that attenuate radiation.接著我们致力于找出能够减弱辐射的聚合物。
• In a forest,wet wood and needles attenuate the signals.在森林中，潮湿的树木与针叶会使讯号变弱。

2 strand   

vt.使（船）搁浅，使（某人）困于（某地）

参考例句：

• She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears.她把一缕散发夹到了耳后。
• The climbers had been stranded by a storm.登山者被暴风雨困住了。

3 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

4 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

5 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。