《绝望的主妇》精讲515

Hi, it's Detective Barton. Look I feel awful about what happened the other day.

我是Barton警探,听我说,我为那天发生的事道歉。

I was a jerk, so to make it up to you, I did some sniffing¹ around about the dead man they found in front of your neighbor's house.

我是个混蛋，为了补偿你，我查了一下，在你邻居家门前发现那死者的底细。

I got some information. His name was Curtis Monroe.

我得到一些资料他叫Curt² Monroe。

A private detective who lost his license³ a couple years ago. He's apparently⁴ from Chicago.

一位几年前就被吊销执照的私家侦探。显然他来自芝加哥。

Now, I don't if any of this is helpful but...

我不知道这会不会有帮助但

...couple of years ago. He's apparently from Chicago.

几年前,显然他来自芝加哥。

Now, I don‘t know if any of this is helpful, but I just feel terrible about what happened.

我不知道这会不会有帮助，但....我的确为那天的事难过。

1 sniffing   

n.探查法v.以鼻吸气，嗅，闻( sniff的现在分词 )；抽鼻子（尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气）；抱怨，不以为然地说

参考例句：

• We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing. 我们都感冒了，一个劲地抽鼻子，打喷嚏。
• They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing. 他们都伤风了，呼呼喘气而且打喷嚏。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 curt   

adj.简短的，草率的

参考例句：

• He gave me an extremely curt answer.他对我作了极为草率的答复。
• He rapped out a series of curt commands.他大声发出了一连串简短的命令。

3 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。