疑犯追踪第4季 第25期:谜题

 A puzzle that doesn't want my help, 这个谜题不想要我帮忙

or anyone else's for that matter.  不想要任何人帮忙

I suggest that we heed¹ her advice  我们应该听从她的建议

and leave this one alone. 别管她了

What are you doing?  你要干什么

Detective Riley promised those guys he'd arrest you. 莱利警探保证过要逮捕你

Don't want to get flagged for suspicious behavior.  我可不想有可疑行为引发注意

Our covers come first, remember?  掩护身份要紧  记得吗

Oh, dear.  天啊

No, I assure you that our conversation 不会  我保证我们的谈话

will remain confidential².  不会外泄

Thank you for your time.  谢谢

Could we dispense³ with the formalities, do you think? 我们省略这一套  行么

I'm just protecting our covers.  我这是在掩护身份啊

You sure it was okay to make a call  你确定用那部手机

to Claire's professor on that cell?  给克莱尔的教授打电话没问题

Even if I weren't inside a car with the windows rolled up,  就算我不是在一辆车窗紧闭的车里

all Samaritan would have heard just now  撒马利亚人听到的也不过是

was two fellow professors discussing a student. 两个教授讨论一名学生

Suffice it to say,  可以说

Claire's history of instability is longer than 48 hours.  克莱尔的不稳定可不止这48小时

How much longer?  多久了

A year since she stopped playing chess 一年前她就不再下棋

and started skipping class, 开始逃课

and though her advisor⁴ couldn't legally say,  虽然她的教授不能明说

I gathered that her erratic⁵ behavior culminated⁶ in a suicide attempt. 不过我猜她甚至曾试图自杀

Whatever triggered it 直接导致的结果

resulted in Claire taking the semester off. 是克莱尔休学一学期

She's just returned to school this fall.  她这个秋天刚复学

I'll put in a request for her personal information, 我去申请拿到她的个人信息

try to find out what might have caused it,  查找一下诱因

but NYPD Research isn't known for their speed. 但纽约警局搜索组可向来速度不快

That's unfortunate,  真是太遗憾了

because I believe that  因为我相信

you may have received Claire's number  你收到克莱尔的号码

because she's a danger to herself.  是因为她对自己有威胁

She pulled a gun on you, Harold.  她用枪指着你的头  哈罗德

 

1 heed   

v.注意，留意；n.注意，留心

参考例句：

• You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。
• For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。

2 confidential   

adj.秘（机）密的，表示信任的，担任机密工作的

参考例句：

• He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
• We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。

3 dispense   

vt.分配，分发；配(药)，发(药)；实施

参考例句：

• Let us dispense the food.咱们来分发这食物。
• The charity has been given a large sum of money to dispense as it sees fit.这个慈善机构获得一大笔钱，可自行适当分配。

4 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

5 erratic   

adj.古怪的，反复无常的，不稳定的

参考例句：

• The old man had always been cranky and erratic.那老头儿性情古怪,反复无常。
• The erratic fluctuation of market prices is in consequence of unstable economy.经济波动致使市场物价忽起忽落。

6 culminated   

v.达到极点( culminate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• a gun battle which culminated in the death of two police officers 一场造成两名警察死亡的枪战
• The gala culminated in a firework display. 晚会以大放烟火告终。 来自《简明英汉词典》