《足迹》精讲28

　　Humiliation¹.

　　羞辱

　　It’s nice to see your wife’s lover...

　　看见自己老婆的情人...

　　...a shivering, frightened, fucking wreck² in front of you.

　　在自己面前发抖、害怕、脚软 感觉实在很好

　　As a matter of fact, I liked him.

　　说实话 我喜欢他

　　I thought he was attractive.

　　我觉得他很有吸引力

　　I thought we could have become good friends.

　　我觉得我们可以成为好朋友

　　The shortest way to a man’s heart, as I’m sure you know, is humiliation.

　　通往男人心的最短途径 我相信你知道 就是羞辱

　　It binds³ you together.

　　羞辱令你们走到一起

　　You found him attractive?

　　你觉得他很有吸引力?

　　I put myself in my wife’s shoes, in a manner of speaking.

　　我从我妻子的立场去想 以她说话的习惯

　　I was trying to find out what attracted her to him.

　　我想弄明白他有哪点吸引她

　　-And did you?-Oh, yes.

　　-你有发现到吗? -有的

　　He was really terribly sweet.

　　他真的相当可爱

　　-I could see why she fancied him.-I could see why he fancies her.

　　-我能明白她为何喜欢上她 -我能明白他为何喜欢上她

　　-Really?-Found her very tasty myself.

　　-真的? -我个人觉得她非常秀色可餐

　　-Is that so?-Oh, yes.

　　-是那样吗? -噢 是的

　　Sumptuous⁴.Ready for action.

　　奢华 蓄势待发

　　I mean, I’m an experienced detective.

　　我的意思是 我是个经验老

1 humiliation   

n.羞辱

参考例句：

• He suffered the humiliation of being forced to ask for his cards.他蒙受了被迫要求辞职的羞辱。
• He will wish to revenge his humiliation in last Season's Final.他会为在上个季度的决赛中所受的耻辱而报复的。

2 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

3 binds   

v.约束( bind的第三人称单数 )；装订；捆绑；（用长布条）缠绕

参考例句：

• Frost binds the soil. 霜使土壤凝结。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Stones and cement binds strongly. 石头和水泥凝固得很牢。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 sumptuous   

adj.豪华的，奢侈的，华丽的

参考例句：

• The guests turned up dressed in sumptuous evening gowns.客人们身着华丽的夜礼服出现了。
• We were ushered into a sumptuous dining hall.我们被领进一个豪华的餐厅。