《吸血鬼日记》第二季精讲 第2集第18期:清楚自己的立场

What the hell are you doin' here?You don't lock your front door.

你来这儿干什么 你前门没锁

Yeah.I wouldn't. I...I laced it with vervain.

是的 我不愿 我 我在里面加了马鞭草

Now, why would you do that?So I could stake you with this.

你为什么要这么做 为了用这个钉死你

You came here to kill me?It's only fair. You killed me first.

你是来杀我的 这样才公平 你先要杀我的

What made you wisen up?

你怎么又想开了

My father hated vampires¹.My uncle, too.

我爸痛恨吸血鬼 我叔叔也是

They were absolute.They knew exactly what they stood for.

他们都很坚决 非常清楚自己的立场

I figure maybe I should, too.I mean stand for something.

我觉得我也该那样 坚定自己的立场

But killing² you,What's that gonna do?

但 要杀了你 那又怎么样呢

Look, I don't do the big-brother thing very well.

听着 我不是一个好哥哥

Sorry I don't have any milk and cookies to offer you.

没有牛奶和饼干招待你 抱歉

Dick.Wait.My father hated vampires, too.

混蛋 等等 我父亲也对吸血鬼深恶痛绝

He did?Same reason your dad did.

是吗 跟你父亲一样的原因

Only, it was 1864.People knew how to whittle³.

只不过 那是在1864年 当时的人们可是知道怎么削尖木桩的

Did you do this?Yeah, I tried. It's It's a little harder than it looks.

这是你削的吗 是 我试了 这 比想象中的困难些

1 vampires   

n.吸血鬼( vampire的名词复数 )；吸血蝠；高利贷者；（舞台上的）活板门

参考例句：

• The most effective weapon against the vampires is avampire itself. 对付吸血鬼最有效的武器就是吸血鬼自己。 来自电影对白
• If vampires existed, don`t you think we would`ve found them by now? 如果真有吸血鬼，那我们怎么还没有找到他们呢？ 来自电影对白

2 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。

3 whittle   

v.削（木头），削减；n.屠刀

参考例句：

• They are trying to whittle down our salaries.他们正着手削减我们的薪水。
• He began to whittle away all powers of the government that he did not control.他开始削弱他所未能控制的一切政府权力。