福尔摩斯：基本演绎法 第一季第12集 M.（25）

莫里亚蒂说你痴迷于谜题

Moriarty said you was obsessed¹ with puzzles.

他是你至今为止遇到的最难的谜题

But he's greatest puzzle you'll ever come across.

你现在杀了我

You kill me now,

你就失去了最好的线索

and you'll be killing² the best clue you ever had.

我知道你会做出正确的选择

I knew you'd make the right decision.

福尔摩斯 你与众不同

You're a rare thing in this world, Holmes.

你是个可敬的人

You're an honorable man.

一个著名的统计员说过

A famous statistician once stated

虽然每个人都是难解的谜

that while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle,

可是把人类聚合起来 就有了定律

in the aggregate³ he becomes a mathematical certainty.

例如 你不能

You can, for example,

预测每一个人的做法

never foretell⁴ what any one man will do.

但是你能准确地

But you can, with precision,

推算一个普通人的做法

say what an average man will do.

每个个体都不同

Individuals vary,

但比例保持不变

percentages remain constant.

统计员也这么认为

So says the statistician.

我不是普通人

I am not an average man.

呆在这里

Stay here.

1 obsessed   

adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的

参考例句：

• He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
• The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。

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 aggregate   

adj.总计的，集合的；n.总数；v.合计；集合

参考例句：

• The football team had a low goal aggregate last season.这支足球队上个赛季的进球总数很少。
• The money collected will aggregate a thousand dollars.进帐总额将达一千美元。

4 foretell   

v.预言，预告，预示

参考例句：

• Willow trees breaking out into buds foretell the coming of spring.柳枝绽青报春来。
• The outcome of the war is hard to foretell.战争胜负难以预卜。