福尔摩斯：基本演绎法 第一季第6集Flight Risk（5）

 

Would you come with me?

过来一下好吗

Let's talk logistics.

咱们来谈谈逻辑学

Did you find something?

发现什么了

Sand.

沙子

Well, yeah...

好吧

th-these granules aren't frosted.

这些颗粒表面很不平整

Natural sand is, um, it's smoother, weathered.

自然的沙子经历了风化，会更光滑

The city must have trucked in new sand

这个城市肯定运输了一批新沙

to offset¹ the erosion on the beach.

用来抵消海滩的侵蚀

Are you okay? You seem a little off,

你还好吗，你看起来有点失常

even for you.

即使你本来就不正常

What? Four people are dead, Watson.

什么，死了四个人，华生

I'm just trying to do my part.

我只是想查清楚

I get it, but whoever killed that attorney

我理解，但是不论是谁杀害了那个律师

must have died in that crash, too, right?

肯定也死于空难了，是吧

Obviously.

很显然

Well, then if there's no killer² on the loose,

如果凶手没有逍遥法外

I just, I don't understand why you're sticking around.

我不知道你还在这儿瞎转什么

Because the killer hasn't been identified yet.

因为凶手还没有被确定

We have three suspects.

我们有三个嫌疑人

Dead, alive, doesn't matter.

死的还是活的，无所谓

Two of them are innocent of the crime.

其中有两个是无辜的

Don't you think we owe it to their loved ones to prove that?

你不觉得我们该向他们的亲朋解释清楚吗

Absolutely, but all the police have to do is find the murder weapon.

当然，但是警察需要做的只是找出凶器

Then they can compare fingerprints³.

然后他们就能对比指纹

What if they don't find it? What then? Hmm?

要是他们找不到呢，那该怎么办

Also, the killer committed a murder

还有，凶手在一架小飞机上

on a very small plane with a very large wrench⁴.

用很大的扳手实施了一宗谋杀

Now, if the crime was spur-of-the-moment,

如果凶案只是一时冲动

what was the wrench doing there, hmm?

扳手是哪来的

If it was premeditated, what was the killer thinking?

如果是有预谋的，那这个凶手在想什么

He-- or she-- waited

他，或者她，等待着

until they were in an extremely confined space

直到和他们的受害者还有两名目击者

with their would-be victim

进入了一个极度封闭的空间里

and two witnesses. Hmm?

才作案

That seems like a strange time and place

对于一起暴力凶杀案来说

to commit a violent homicide,

这真是诡异的时间和地点

wouldn't you agree?

你同意吗

 

1 offset   

n.分支，补偿；v.抵消，补偿

参考例句：

• Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。
• He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。

2 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

3 fingerprints   

n.指纹( fingerprint的名词复数 )v.指纹( fingerprint的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Everyone's fingerprints are unique. 每个人的指纹都是独一无二的。
• They wore gloves so as not to leave any fingerprints behind (them). 他们戴着手套，以免留下指纹。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 wrench   

v.猛拧；挣脱；使扭伤；n.扳手；痛苦，难受

参考例句：

• He gave a wrench to his ankle when he jumped down.他跳下去的时候扭伤了足踝。
• It was a wrench to leave the old home.离开这个老家非常痛苦。