疑犯追踪第4季 第57期:动机

 What may I do for you, Ms. Groves¹? 有什么需要帮忙的  格罗夫斯女士

It's very... 这里非常

I think the word you're looking for is Spartan². 我想你要说的是"清苦"

Yes, and well-hidden. 是的  并且很隐蔽

She gave you and the kids a nice, new home. 她给你和孩子们找了个不错的新家

I'll ask again. 我再问一遍

The machine needs a favor. 机器需要你的帮助

No. 不

She knew you'd doubt her motives³. 她知道你怀疑她的动机

Let her make it up to you. 让她做出补偿吧

She promises it will be worth something to all three of you. 她保证这对你们三个都有好处

What is it that the machine wants? 机器想要什么

I don't know yet. 我还不知道

She gave me very little to go on. 她说得不多

She can't talk to me the way she used to with Samaritan watching, 有撒马利亚人监控  她不能像以前一样跟我交流

But I do know where to start. 但我知道如何着手

Excellent. A wild goose chase. 真好啊  四处徒劳奔波

I'd like to think of it more as a scavenger⁴ hunt. 我更愿意看成是寻宝

Where's your partner? 你搭档呢

Re-interviewing suspects on a case. 重审一个案子的嫌疑人

How is that working out for you? 那个有效果吗

How's it look? 你觉得呢

One patch is not enough. 一张戒烟贴根本不够

Yeah, I could have told you that from your chewed-up fingernails. 从你咬坏了的指甲上也能看出来

That's a pretty good parlor⁵ trick, Detective. 社交技巧不错啊  警探

You putting those skills to work out in the field yet? 不把这些招数用在出外勤的时候吗

I got a lead on Wendy Montgomery's murder, 我有温迪?蒙哥马利谋杀案的线索了

That realtor who was shot walking home from work. 那个下班走路回家时被杀的房产经纪人

Looked like a mugging. 看起来像抢劫杀人

Yeah, her husband was the prime suspect, 对  她丈夫是首要嫌疑人

but we didn't have any real leads. 但我们没找到有用线索

Well, we do now. 现在找到了

 

1 groves   

树丛，小树林( grove的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The early sun shone serenely on embrowned groves and still green fields. 朝阳宁静地照耀着已经发黄的树丛和还是一片绿色的田地。
• The trees grew more and more in groves and dotted with old yews. 那里的树木越来越多地长成了一簇簇的小丛林，还点缀着几棵老紫杉树。

2 spartan   

adj.简朴的，刻苦的；n.斯巴达；斯巴达式的人

参考例句：

• Their spartan lifestyle prohibits a fridge or a phone.他们不使用冰箱和电话，过着简朴的生活。
• The rooms were spartan and undecorated.房间没有装饰，极为简陋。

3 motives   

n.动机，目的( motive的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
• His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。

4 scavenger   

n.以腐尸为食的动物，清扫工

参考例句：

• He's just fit for a job as scavenger.他只配当个清道夫。
• He is not a scavenger nor just a moving appetite as some sharks are.它不是食腐动物，也不像有些鲨鱼那样，只知道游来游去满足食欲。

5 parlor   

n.店铺，营业室；会客室，客厅

参考例句：

• She was lying on a small settee in the parlor.她躺在客厅的一张小长椅上。
• Is there a pizza parlor in the neighborhood?附近有没有比萨店？