福尔摩斯：基本演绎法 第一季第8集The Long Fuse（37）

 

You have an old videotape and some stupid theories.

一卷旧影带和一堆愚蠢的猜测

This is not evidence.

这不叫证据

Yes, well, I found something

是啊，不过我在包炸弹的

on one of the scraps¹ of paper that was used to pack the bomb.

纸张碎片上发现了一些东西

An imprint² of the word "Novocain"

上面有着奴佛卡因字样的痕迹

Useful handwriting sample,

这是很有用的笔迹样本

but the message itself, rather opaque³,

不过讯息本身很难懂

until one considers your love of crosswords⁵.

直到我想到你对字谜的热爱

Novocain.

奴佛卡因

The answer to 144 across

那是《纽约时报》上纵横字谜

from the New York Times crossword⁴,

第144个词的答案

October 13, 2008.

日期是2008年10月13日

The clue was "Pain's enemy"" In case you forgot.

提醒你一下，提示是"疼痛的敌人"

Now, Detective Bell and the Questioned Documents Unit现在贝尔探员及可疑档案部have just matched it to a handwriting sample you gave us已将你刚填好的表格上的字迹when you signed your consent form.

与样本进行了比对

Mmm. Detective Bell, the honor is all yours.

贝尔探员，由你来吧

Ms. Vanowen, would you face that way, please?

佛农女士，请你转过身去好吗

You are under arrest for the bombing

你因涉嫌用炸弹炸死

that took the lives of David Preston and Royce Maltz.

戴夫·普雷斯顿以及罗伊斯·马尔兹而被捕

1 scraps   

油渣

参考例句：

• Don't litter up the floor with scraps of paper. 不要在地板上乱扔纸屑。
• A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material. 做杂拼花布棉被是利用零碎布料的好办法。

2 imprint   

n.印痕，痕迹；深刻的印象；vt.压印，牢记

参考例句：

• That dictionary is published under the Longman imprint.那本词典以朗曼公司的名义出版。
• Her speech left its imprint on me.她的演讲给我留下了深刻印象。

3 opaque   

adj.不透光的；不反光的，不传导的；晦涩的

参考例句：

• The windows are of opaque glass.这些窗户装着不透明玻璃。
• Their intentions remained opaque.他们的意图仍然令人费解。

4 crossword   

n.纵横字谜，纵横填字游戏

参考例句：

• He shows a great interest in crossword puzzles.他对填字游戏表现出很大兴趣。
• Don't chuck yesterday's paper out.I still haven't done the crossword.别扔了昨天的报纸，我还没做字谜游戏呢。

5 crosswords   

纵横填字谜( crossword的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Doing crosswords gives the mind some exercise. 做纵横字谜游戏能锻炼脑筋。
• He spends all his time on crosswords and other trifles. 他把所有的时间都用在做纵横填字游戏和其他无聊的活动上。