《足迹》精讲27

　　Your man was right.Your spy, whoever he was.

　　你的线人说得没错我指你的间谍 不管他是谁

　　There were three shots.

　　我开了三枪

　　The first two were real.The third one was blank.

　　前两发是实弹第三发是空包弹

　　He was terrified.When I shot him, he fainted.

　　他吓得要命当我朝他开枪时 他居然昏了过去

　　When he came round I gave him a drink, pat on the bum¹...

　　当他醒过来 我给他喝了一杯 拍拍他的屁股...

　　...he left the house, his tail, if you want to call it that, between his legs.

　　他离开了这房子 两腿夹着他的尾巴 (实际上指JJ吓软了)如果你这么称呼的话

　　And I haven’t seen him since.

　　自此之后就再没见过他了

　　You gave him a pat on the bum?

　　你拍了他的屁股?

　　You gave him a metaphorical² pat on the bum?

　　你给了他的屁股隐晦的一拍?

　　Metaphorically³.

　　这是隐晦的说法

　　-Sure.-How did he take it?

　　-没错 -他做何反应呢?

　　-What?-The pat. -什么?

　　-拍屁股啊

　　He was fine.He told me that it was game, set and match to me.

　　他没事 他说那是个游戏 我赢了

　　So this guy had a sense of humor, is that what you’re saying?

　　原来这家伙有挺幽默感 你刚才就说这些吗?

　　Oh, yes.He left the house with a twinkle in his eye.

　　噢是的 他了眨一下眼睛就离开了

　　So tell me, what was the point of all this?

　　那么告诉我这一切的关键是什么?

1 bum   

n.臀部；流浪汉，乞丐；vt.乞求，乞讨

参考例句：

• A man pinched her bum on the train so she hit him.在火车上有人捏她屁股，她打了那人。
• The penniless man had to bum a ride home.那个身无分文的人只好乞求搭车回家。

2 metaphorical   

a.隐喻的，比喻的

参考例句：

• Here, then, we have a metaphorical substitution on a metonymic axis. 这样，我们在换喻（者翻译为转喻，一种以部分代替整体的修辞方法）上就有了一个隐喻的替代。
• So, in a metaphorical sense, entropy is arrow of time. 所以说，我们可以这样作个比喻：熵像是时间之矢。

3 metaphorically   

adv. 用比喻地

参考例句：

• It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically. 对一个词的理解是按字面意思还是隐喻的意思要视乎上下文和习惯。
• Metaphorically it implied a sort of admirable energy. 从比喻来讲，它含有一种令人赞许的能量的意思。