《新福尔摩斯》精讲 173

Can he do that? Completely change his identity¹, make you the criminal?

他真能做到吗？彻底改变身份，把你抹黑成罪犯？

He’s got my whole life story.

他彻底掌握了我的情况，

That’s what you do when you sell a big lie,

要想兜售一个天大的谎言，

you wrap it up in the truth to make it more palatable².

将其包裹在真相之中，看上去无懈可击。

It’ll be your word against his.

这只是你的一家之言了。

He’s been sowing doubt into people’s minds for 24 hours.

他用一天时间在人们脑袋里埋下怀疑的种子。

There’s only one thing he needs to do to complete his game and that…

再做一件事，就能结束这场游戏，那就是……

Sherlock？

夏洛克？

There’s something I need to do.

我要去做一件事。

What? Can I help?

什么事？我能帮忙吗？

No, on my own.

不，我得一个人干。

1 identity   

n.身份，本体，特征；同一(性)，一致

参考例句：

• He never revealed his identity.他从未暴露过自己的身份。
• He showed his identity card and went in.他把工作证亮了一下就进去了。

2 palatable   

adj.可口的，美味的；惬意的

参考例句：

• The truth is not always very palatable.事实真相并非尽如人意。
• This wine is palatable and not very expensive.这种酒味道不错，价钱也不算贵。