spoiler 剧透

Spoiler alert!

剧透警告！

Spoilers help enhance my enjoyment of a story.

剧透能让我更加享受一个故事。

mystery 悬疑片

I enjoy murder mysteries.

我喜欢看谋杀悬疑片。

His fourth movie is a murder mystery set in London.

他的第4部影片是一个以伦敦为背景的凶杀疑案。

clear one's name 洗刷某人的污名，还某人清白

Throughout his years in prison, he fought to clear his name.

在整个服刑期间，他奋力证明自己名誉的清白。

They labored for years to clear their son's name.

他们为洗刷儿子的罪名奋力斗争了许多年。

cover-up (对罪行、错误的) 掩盖

Government sources denied there had been a deliberate cover-up.

政府方面否认了有故意掩饰的行为。

Several officers were complicit in the cover-up.

几名军官串通一气隐瞒真相。

befuddled 迷糊的；糊涂的

He was befuddled by drink.

他喝得迷迷糊糊的。

I'm all befuddled now.

我完全糊涂了。

by-play 复线剧情

Beside this storyline, there is a by-play.

除了这条故事线外，还有一条复线。

What's this by-play about?

这条复线剧情是关于什么呢？

theatricality 戏剧性

The director added theatricality to the play.

导演为这个戏增加了戏剧性。

His life is full of theatricality.

他的生活充满了戏剧性。

premarital pregnancy未婚先孕

She has to get married because of her premarital pregnancy.

她是未婚先孕，不得已而结婚的。

The main conflict in his family life is his daughter's premarital pregnancy.

他家庭的主要矛盾就是她女儿的未婚先孕。

look out for 关顾某人，只考虑......的利益

You should look out for yourself from now on.

从现在起你应该多为自己着想。

Mothers can do crazy things to look out for their children.

母亲为了孩子的利益可能做出疯狂的事来。

pin down 确切说明

It's hard to pin it down.

很难说清楚这件事。

It has taken until now to pin down its exact location.

一直到现在才确定了它的准确位置。

schism 分裂

It's a film about the blurry schism between art and life.

这个电影表现了艺术和生活之间的模糊分界。

The church seems to be on the brink of schism.

该教会看来处于分裂的边缘。