福尔摩斯：基本演绎法 第一季第7集One Way to Get Off（3）

 

Something of a career-defining case.

那可是决定你事业发展的重要案件

Of course I'm familiar with it.

我当然知道了

There.

看这里

Always nice when a psychopath

一个变态把自己的形象

grooms¹ himself to look the part, don't you think?

弄得这么生动真不容易，不是吗

Question is, why copycat a home invader²?

问题是，为什么要模仿入室劫匪呢

You think this is the work of a copycat?

你觉得这是模仿

Well, it's either that, or...

不是模仿的话，那就是...

some kind of weird³ coincidence.

某种奇怪的巧合

There is another possibility.

还有另外一种可能性

But that depends on what we find in the shoe closet.

但要先看看他们的鞋柜才能确定

I noticed something odd

在当年的案件中

in the old case files.

我发现了一些奇怪的地方

Two of the safes that Crewes looted

克鲁斯洗劫的保险箱中

were located in bedroom closets.

有两个是装在卧室衣柜里的

The other was in an office,

还有一个是在书房里

but he rifled through the bedroom anyway.

但他还是翻看了卧室

Now, in each case, the woman of the house

在每个案件里，房子的女主人

had a collection of expensive shoes.

都有很多昂贵的鞋

And in every case, one of those shoes

而每起谋杀结束后

was missing after the murder.

都有一双鞋会少一只

See for yourself.

你看

Why would someone steal one shoe?

为什么会偷走一只鞋呢

Well, that's a fair question.

问得好

My guess is the perpetrator

我的猜测是罪犯

wanted a little something to memorialize the occasion.

想拿点东西来纪念这次犯罪

1 grooms   

n.新郎( groom的名词复数 )；马夫v.照料或梳洗（马等）( groom的第三人称单数 )；使做好准备；训练；（给动物）擦洗

参考例句：

• Plender end Wilcox became joint grooms of the chambers. 普伦德和威尔科克斯成为共同的贴身侍从。 来自辞典例句
• Egypt: Families, rather than grooms, propose to the bride. 埃及：在埃及，由新郎的家人，而不是新郎本人，向新娘求婚。 来自互联网

2 invader   

n.侵略者，侵犯者，入侵者

参考例句：

• They suffered a lot under the invader's heel.在侵略者的铁蹄下，他们受尽了奴役。
• A country must have the will to repel any invader.一个国家得有决心击退任何入侵者。

3 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。