陨落星辰第二季 第9期:冷却引擎

 　　Captain, you wanted to see me?

　　上尉，你找我

　　Dai tells me that you're doing a fair job of taking over for Scott. He did?

　　戴告诉我你在找人接手斯科特的工作。是吗

　　I can only hope he's right.

　　我只能希望他是对的

　　We think that the aliens have recalibrated their beamers

　　外星人重新校准了它们的激光飞船

　　to pick up the heat coming off our vehicles.

　　以感应我们车辆的热源

　　Probably using some infrared¹ sensor².

　　可能用了红外探测器

　　As long as we stay put, engines off, they can't see us.

　　只要我们待在原地，关闭引擎，它们就看不见我们

　　陨落星辰第二季

　　Only that's not an option.

　　只不过这选择不好

　　Our patrols³ just saw three alien units all walking around out there, all within five miles.

　　我们巡逻队看见有三支外星分队在附近游走，全都在五英里内

　　It's only a matter of time before they nail us.

　　迟早会发现我们

　　If we can't move our vehicles, we lose our mobility⁴, and we lose most of our supplies.

　　如果不能开车，就失去了机动性，从而失去大部分物资

　　We need to find a way to mask the heat coming off those engines

　　我们得找办法把引擎散发的热量隐藏掉

　　long enough to put some distance between us and those patrols. Well, how far?

　　我们和巡逻队间要有足够距离。那要多远

　　At least 20 miles. 20 miles?

　　至少二十英里。二十英里吗

　　That would mean keeping the engines cooled out for at least an hour.

　　那能够保证引擎至少冷却一个小时

　　Okay. All right. I'll try.

　　好的。好吧，我试试看

　　You don't get points for effort.

　　你没明白这些努力的意义

　　We don't find a way to move those vehicles, people are going to die. No pressure.

　　我们不想办法转移车辆，就会有人死去。不要感到压力

1 infrared   

adj./n.红外线(的)

参考例句：

• Infrared is widely used in industry and medical science.红外线广泛应用于工业和医学科学。
• Infrared radiation has wavelengths longer than those of visible light.红外辐射的波长比可见光的波长长。

2 sensor   

n.传感器，探测设备，感觉器（官）

参考例句：

• The temperature sensor is enclosed in a protective well.温度传感器密封在保护套管中。
• He plugged the sensor into a outlet.他把传感器插进电源插座。

3 patrols   

n.巡逻( patrol的名词复数 )；巡查；巡逻队；童子军小队

参考例句：

• There was a brush between patrols that night. 那天夜里巡逻队之间发生了一场冲突。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The scouts are watching out for enemy patrols. 侦察员提防着敌人的巡逻队。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 mobility   

n.可动性，变动性，情感不定

参考例句：

• The difference in regional house prices acts as an obstacle to mobility of labour.不同地区房价的差异阻碍了劳动力的流动。
• Mobility is very important in guerrilla warfare.机动性在游击战中至关重要。