(单词翻译:单击)
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Not blank bullets now. OK.
这次不再是空枪了 懂吗
If we wanted to kill you, Mr Holmes,
如果我们真要杀你 福尔摩斯先生
we would have done it by now.
你早就死了
We just wanted to make you inquisitive.
我们不过想撩起你的好奇心
Do you have it?
你找到了吗
Do I have what?
我找到什么了
The treasure.
珍宝
I don't know what you're talking about.
我不明白你在说什么
I would prefer to make certain.
我喜欢确保万无一失
Everything in the West has its price.
在西方万物皆有其价
And the price for her life - information.
而她性命的要价 就是我要的信息
Where's the hairpin?
发簪在哪儿
What?
什么
The Empress pin valued at 9 million sterling?
皇太后价值九百万的发簪在哪儿
We already had a buyer in the West,
我们已经找到了买家
and then one of our people was greedy,
却有人贪得无厌
he took it, brought it back to London,
私吞了它并带回了伦敦
and you, Mr Holmes, have been searching.
而福尔摩斯先生 你一直煞费苦心在找
Please, please. Listen to me. I'm not...
拜托 请听我说 我不是
I'm not Sherlock Holmes. You have to believe me.
我不是夏洛克·福尔摩斯 请相信我
I haven't found whatever it is you're looking for.
不管你在找什么 我都没见过
I need a volunteer from the audience.
我需要一位观众当志愿者
No, please, please!
不要 请不要
Ah, thank you, lady.
谢谢这位女士
Yes, you'll do very nicely.
我保证您能表现出色
重点讲解
一.certain:adj.确定的, 肯定的, 某事, 某人, 某种, (与人名连用,表示不认识此人)一位叫..., 特定的, 轻微的, 微小的pron.某些, 某几个
【语法用法】
certain表示“某个,某些”时,作形容词或代词,如a certain friend of his或certain of his;
certain作形容词表示“一些”时,常修饰抽象名词,如a certain hesitation,a certain coldness;
区别certain和sure:
两者后面都可跟of,不定式或that从句。
certain比sure语气来的更重。
It is certain that...比It is sure that...更为普遍。
I am certain/sure of his honesty.
I am certain/sure to see him tomorrow.
certian of和certain to do表示不同的意思。
He is certain to come tomorrow.
他明天一定来。
He is certain of coming tomorrow.
他相信他明天一定来。
certain作形容词指“确定的”时,后面接的介词about可省略。
I am not certain (about) where he lives.
我不太确定他住在哪里。
for certain表示“肯定的,无疑的”,属于固定词组。
【错句举例与错句分析】
错句: I can say with certain when she will leave for Hongkong.
订正: I can say for certain when she will leave for Hongkong.
翻译: 我能确定地说她哪时候出发去香港。
分析: for certain是固定词组,指“肯定地”。
【词义辨析】
sure, certain, definite, positive
这些形容词均含“无疑的,确信的”之意。
sure侧重主观上对某事确信无疑。
certain与sure同义,但语气比sure强,着重指有确切理由或不容置疑的证据所支持的确信。
definite指已毫无怀疑的余地。
positive语气强烈,指对自己的看法或作的结论的正确性有不可动摇的信念。
【例句用法】
For certain reasons I will be unable to attend the meeting.
因为某种原因,我不能出席这次会议。
I can't say for certain when he will arrive.
我说不准他什么时候会来。
It's certain that every effect must have a cause.
无疑,每个结果必定有其原因。
二.need:v.需要, 必需 n.需要, 必要, 缺乏
【词义辨析】
lack, need, want, require
这些动词均有“缺少、短少”之意。
lack指完全短缺或数量不足。
need语气较重,指需要必不可少的东西,强调急需。
want侧重缺少某种必需之物,或个人渴望得到的东西。
require使用广泛,语气较轻。强调急需时可与need换用,但有时暗示所需的人或物是完成某一任务必不可少的。
need(普通动词), need(情态动词)
need的意义是“需要”、“必须”,既可用作普通动词,又可用作情态动词。
need(普通动词)有各种时态形式的变化;第三人称单数现在时要加-s;与带to的不定式连用。
The pen needs mending.
这支钢笔需要修理。
Does she need to go to the club?
她必须去俱乐部吗?
She does not need to go there at present.
现在她不必去那里。
need(情态动词)没有过去形式;第三人称单数现在时不加-s;不用在肯定句里,只用于疑问句和否定句;与不带to的不定式连用。
Need she go now?
她必须现在去吗?
She need not come to school at present.
她现在不必来学校。
Mary need not have done it.
玛丽本来不必去做那件事。(言外之意是:她已经做了)
【例句用法】
I feel a need to talk to you about it.
我觉得有必要跟你谈谈那件事。
We are collecting money for children in need.
我们在为贫困儿童募捐。
You needn't talk so loud.
你说话的声音用不着那么大。
The doctor told me I was in need of a good rest.
医生对我说,我需要好好休息。