福尔摩斯：基本演绎法 第一季第7集One Way to Get Off（12）

 

Second option:

或者

Crewes committed the original crimes all by himself,克鲁斯单独犯下了最初的谋杀案but got someone to do last night's killing¹

但他却让某个人在昨晚替他杀人

so he could maybe get his sentence commuted².

以便为他自己减刑

There is another possibility:

还有另一种可能

Wade³ Crewes is innocent, the wrong man is in prison韦德·克鲁斯是无辜的，他替人坐了牢and the original killer⁴ is back at it.

而当年的凶手又开始作案了

No way.

不可能

Crewes did it; he told us he did it.

是克鲁斯干的，他向我们认罪了

It wouldn't be the first false confession⁵ in the annals这应该不是罪案记录里的第一份虚假供词了of crime, would it? Enough.

对吧， 够了

This isn't philosophy class.

这不是上哲学课

We don't need to debate every possibility.

我们不用争辩每一种可能性

Whatever's going on,

不管到底怎么回事

I guarantee you Crewes is not innocent.

我保证克鲁斯不是无辜的

Now, I'm going to go talk to him,

现在，我准备去找他谈谈

see if I can shake his tree,

看看能不能让他动摇

figure out if he's working with somebody.

弄清他是不是还有共犯

Garrity, Ramberg,

加里蒂，兰伯格

I want you to grab a couple of guys

我要你们俩找几个人

and start digging into some old case files.

深入挖掘一下一些旧案的卷宗

1 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。

2 commuted   

通勤( commute的过去式和过去分词 )； 减（刑）； 代偿

参考例句：

• His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment. 他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
• The death sentence may be commuted to life imprisonment. 死刑可能減为无期徒刑。

3 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

4 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。

5 confession   

n.自白，供认，承认

参考例句：

• Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
• The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。