福尔摩斯：基本演绎法 第一季第10集 The Leviathan（14）

在第一个抢劫团伙被逮捕的时候

When the first heist team was arrested,

他们中有三个坦白从宽了

three of them took plea¹ bargains.

但是卡特·阿弗里尔 那个组织者

But Carter Averill, the organizer,

审判的时候侥幸逃脱

he tried his luck at trial.

最初那个案件的所有细节

All the details of the original crime,

在法庭上烟消云散了 而且没有人知道

they were aired in court, and no one knew exactly

他们四个是怎么到利维坦里面去的

how the foursome got into The Leviathan,

但是那值得我去检查笔录

but it's worth going over the transcripts².

那会儿应该有专家证人

There would have been expert witnesses,

实情的大概

summaries of fact,

某个能够把这些理论联系起来的人

someone could have pieced together the solution.

怎么了 你干嘛那么看着我

What Why are you looking at me like that

因为我觉得你执着于这个笔录理论的

Because I think the only reason you're clinging³

唯一原因

to this copycat theory

是因为你想不明白

is because you couldn't figure it out.

我在计算可能性

I'm playing the probabilities⁴.

我一直都是这么做的

That's what I always do.

一些无价的艺术品自动送上门来

So, some priceless artifacts just came into your possession,

而且关于这些艺术品我问得越少越好

and the fewer questions I have about said artifacts the better.

回答正确

Correct.

而这一切碰巧发生在

And this just happened to be on the day

你调查谢瓦利埃的那一天

that you were looking into Le Chevalier,

而且这碰巧就是他偷的东西

and this happens to be the stuff that he stole.

而且博物馆会很感激它们被归还的

And the culture will be grateful for their return.

1 plea   

n.恳求，申诉，请愿，抗辩，借口

参考例句：

• The naughty boy left the classroom on the plea of a headache.那淘气的男孩借口头疼，离开了教室。
• In making that plea he will breathe in vain.他做那种恳求是白费口舌的。

2 transcripts   

n.抄本（ transcript的名词复数 ）；转写本；文字本；副本

参考例句：

• Like mRNA, both tRNA and rRNA are transcripts of chromosomal DNA. tRNA及rRNA同mRNA一样，都是染色体DNA的转录产物。 来自辞典例句
• You can't take the transfer students'exam without your transcripts. 没有成绩证明书，你就不能参加转学考试。 来自辞典例句

3 clinging   

adj.执着的；有黏性的；紧靠着的；紧贴着的v.附着于( cling的现在分词 )；抓紧或抱住；坚持；依恋，依附于

参考例句：

• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
• I was very frightened and clinging on like mad. 我很害怕，拼命地向上爬。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 probabilities   

可能性，可能发生的事( probability的名词复数 )； 概率

参考例句：

• When we want something, we always have to reckon with probabilities. 当我们需要某件东西时，我们总得考虑或然性。 来自哲学部分
• Therefore, individual-preference curves should be substituted for statistical probabilities in decision trees. 因此，在决策树中个人的偏好曲线应当取代统计机率。