《神探夏洛克》精讲 408特工没有退休

能挖一下吗  当帮我忙了
Could you do some digging as a favour?
你没剩多少次忙可求我了
You don't have many favours left.
那我就一次全用
Then I'm calling them all in.
如果你找到了追杀她的人
And if you can find who's after her
并且解决了那人  之后呢
and neutralise them, what then?
你觉得你可以一直救她吗
You think you can go on saving her forever?
当然
Of course.
这是感情用事吗
Is that sentiment talking?
不  就是我
No, it's me.
如今越来越难分辨了
Difficult to tell the difference these days.
我告诉过你  我承诺过  发过誓
Told you, I made a promise. A vow¹.
好吧  我试试看
All right. I'll see what I can do.
但记住这一点  弟弟
But remember this, brother mine,
玛丽这样的特工是熬不到退休的
agents like Mary tend not to reach retirement² age.
他们但凡退休
They get retired³
就是永久的了
in a pretty permanent sort of way.
有我就不会
Not on my watch.

1 vow   

n.誓(言)，誓约；v.起誓，立誓

参考例句：

• My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿，每星期日都去做礼拜。
• I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。

2 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

3 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。