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人名读音表(94 个,带 ☆ 的只在说话人栏出现)
  • Oppenheimer[ˈɑːpənhaɪmər]奥本海默
  • Thurmond[ˈθɜːrmənd]瑟蒙德
  • Strauss[strɔːz]斯特劳斯
  • Eisenhower[ˈaɪzənhaʊər]艾森豪威尔
  • Blackett[ˈblækɪt]布莱克特
  • Patrick[ˈpætrɪk]帕特里克
  • Bohr[bɔːr]玻尔
  • Niels[niːlz]尼尔斯
  • Einstein[ˈaɪnstaɪn]爱因斯坦
  • Robert[ˈrɑːbərt]罗伯特
  • Lewis[ˈluːɪs]刘易斯
  • Albert[ˈælbərt]阿尔伯特
  • Isidor[ˈɪzɪdɔːr]伊西多
  • Rabi[ˈrɑːbi]拉比
  • Heisenberg[ˈhaɪzənbɜːrɡ]海森堡
  • Lawrence[ˈlɔːrəns]劳伦斯
  • Lomanitz[ˈloʊmənɪts]洛马尼茨
  • Oppie[ˈɑːpi]奥比
  • Hoover[ˈhuːvər]胡佛
  • Chevalier[ˌʃevəlˈjeɪ]舍瓦利埃
  • Haakon[ˈhɔːkən]哈肯
  • Frank[fræŋk]弗兰克
  • Jackie[ˈdʒæki]杰基
  • Jean[dʒiːn]琼
  • Serber[ˈsɜːrbər]瑟伯
  • Alvarez[ˈælvərez]阿尔瓦雷茨
  • Eltenton[ˈeltəntən]埃尔滕顿
  • Bush[bʊʃ]布什
  • Richard[ˈrɪtʃərd]理查德
  • Ruth[ruːθ]露丝
  • Hitler[ˈhɪtlər]希特勒
  • Robb[rɑːb]罗布
  • Kitty[ˈkɪti]基蒂
  • Harrison[ˈhærɪsn]哈里森
  • Dallet[ˈdælɪt]达利特
  • Joe[dʒoʊ]乔
  • Nelson[ˈnelsn]纳尔逊
  • Steve[stiːv]史蒂夫
  • Roosevelt[ˈroʊzəvelt]罗斯福
  • Szilard[ˈsɪlɑːrd]西拉德
  • Borden[ˈbɔːrdn]博登
  • McCarthy[məˈkɑːrθi]麦卡锡
  • Tolman[ˈtoʊlmən]托尔曼
  • Groves[ɡroʊvz]格罗夫斯
  • Nichols[ˈnɪkəlz]尼科尔斯
  • Werner[ˈvɜːrnər]维尔纳
  • Bethe[ˈbeɪtə]贝特
  • Hans[hɑːnz]汉斯
  • Teller[ˈtelər]泰勒
  • Edward[ˈedwərd]爱德华
  • Godel[ˈɡɜːrdl]哥德尔
  • Kurt[kɜːrt]库尔特
  • Fermi[ˈfermi]费米
  • Fuchs[fʊks]富克斯
  • Klaus[klaʊs]克劳斯
  • Truman[ˈtruːmən]杜鲁门
  • Hornig[ˈhɔːrnɪɡ]霍尼格
  • Tatlock[ˈtætlɑːk]塔特洛克
  • Pash[pæʃ]帕什
  • Johnson[ˈdʒɑːnsn]约翰逊
  • Boris[ˈbɔːrɪs]鲍里斯
  • Donald[ˈdɑːnəld]唐纳德
  • Neddermeyer[ˈnedərmaɪər]内德迈耶
  • William[ˈwɪljəm]威廉
  • Stimson[ˈstɪmsn]史汀生
  • Stalin[ˈstɑːlɪn]斯大林
  • Kistiakowsky[ˌkɪstiəˈkaʊski]基斯塔科夫斯基
  • Feynman[ˈfaɪnmən]费曼
  • Charlotte[ˈʃɑːrlət]夏洛特
  • Byrnes[bɜːrnz]贝尔纳斯
  • Hill[hɪl]希尔
  • Henry[ˈhenri]亨利
  • Luce[luːs]卢斯
  • Roger[ˈrɑːdʒər]罗杰
  • Gray[ɡreɪ]格雷
  • Garrison[ˈɡærɪsn]加里森
  • Lloyd[lɔɪd]劳埃德
  • Edgar[ˈedɡər]埃德加
  • David[ˈdeɪvɪd]戴维
  • Evans[ˈevənz]埃文斯
  • Bainbridge[ˈbeɪnbrɪdʒ]班布里奇
  • Barbara[ˈbɑːrbərə]芭芭拉
  • Bartlett[ˈbɑːrtlət]巴特利特
  • Conant[ˈkoʊnənt]科南特
  • Condon[ˈkɑːndən]康登
  • Marshall[ˈmɑːrʃl]马歇尔
  • McGee[məˈɡiː]麦基
  • Morrison[ˈmɔːrɪsn]莫里森
  • Pastore[pæˈstɔːri]帕斯托雷
  • Scott[skɑːt]斯科特
  • Snyder[ˈsnaɪdər]斯奈德
  • Volpe[ˈvoʊlpi]沃尔佩
  • Washburn[ˈwɑːʃbɜːrn]沃什伯恩
  • Wilkins[ˈwɪlkɪnz]威尔金斯

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907FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. TRAIN, SANTA FE TO CHICAGO – DAY

Said his name was Pash.

说他叫帕什。

Pash [pæʃ]:帕什。

908FISSIONGROVESINT. TRAIN, SANTA FE TO CHICAGO – DAY

Pash? You met Colonel Pash?

帕什?你见过帕什上校了?

Colonel Pash:鲍里斯·帕什上校,曼哈顿计划反情报头子。

语境透析:格罗夫斯不是在确认发音,是在确认事故。对他来说,奥本海默跟帕什同处一室,本身就是安保事故。

909FISSIONROBBINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

Colonel Pash, can you read from your memo of June 29th, 1943?

帕什上校,请你宣读一九四三年六月二十九日的备忘录。

memo [ˈmemoʊ]:备忘录,内部书面记录。例句:The director asked her to read from the memo in the meeting.

read from:不是“读关于”,是照着文件宣读,把私人文档变成听证证据。

语境透析:时间切到 2022 室。罗布不让帕什回忆,让他宣读——口述可以含糊,白纸黑字把琼·塔特洛克和“共产党”钉死在 1943 年夏天。

910FISSIONPASHINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

Results of surveillance conducted on subject indicate further possible Communist Party connections. Subject met with and spent considerable time with one Jean Tatlock, Communist, the record of whom is attached.

对目标实施监视的结果显示,其可能与共产党有进一步关联。目标曾与共产党员琼·塔特洛克会面,并共处相当长时间,该人档案附后。

surveillance [sərˈveɪləns]:监视、盯梢。例句:The embassy was under constant surveillance.

subject [ˈsʌbdʒɪkt]:情报档案里的“目标”,把人写成案底。例句:The subject left the hotel at midnight.

considerable time [kənˈsɪdərəbl taɪm]:相当长时间,公文里的委婉说法。

the record of whom is attached:该人档案附后,官僚套语。

语境透析:旧金山旅馆那一夜,在这份备忘录里只剩 spent considerable time。情人被标成 Communist,约会被标成 connections。帕什的英语把亲密关系洗成安全罪证。

911FISSIONROBBINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

The subject being Dr.Oppenheimer?

所谓目标,就是奥本海默博士?

912FISSIONPASHINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

Yes.

是。

913FISSIONROBBINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

Whom you had not met?

那时你还没见过他?

914FISSIONPASHINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

Not then, but soon after…

当时没有,但很快就见了……

soon after:不久之后,故意不给日期。

语境透析:罗布在搭桥:先有监视,后有面谈。帕什还没见过奥本海默,档案已经写好了——审讯开始前,结论已在路上。

915FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. TRAIN, SANTA FE TO CHICAGO – DAY

He’s head of security for the Project, shouldn’t I know him?

他是计划的安保负责人,我不该认识他吗?

head of security:安保负责人。例句:The head of security pulled the scientist aside after the briefing.

shouldn’t I know him:反意疑问,带一点被排除在外的委屈。

语境透析:他把“认识帕什”理解成层级对等。格罗夫斯下一句立刻拆穿:在反情报的逻辑里,科学家不该看见管他的人。

916FISSIONGROVESINT. TRAIN, SANTA FE TO CHICAGO – DAY

No, he should know you. I’d never put you in a room with Pash.

不该。该认识你的是他。我绝不会让你跟帕什关在一间屋里。

I’d never = I would never:强调绝对不会。

put you in a room with:让你跟某人关在同一间屋里,等于把你交给他。例句:I’d never put a witness in a room with that prosecutor.

语境透析:格罗夫斯自居盾牌:帕什可以掌握奥本海默,奥本海默不可以接触帕什。可盾牌迟到了——人已经进过那间屋。

917FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. TRAIN, SANTA FE TO CHICAGO – DAY

Why not?

为什么?

918FISSIONGROVESINT. TRAIN, SANTA FE TO CHICAGO – DAY

When Pash first learned about Lomanitz- he told the F.B.I. he was going to kidnap him, take him out on a boat, interrogate him ‘in the Russian manner’…

帕什刚听说洛曼尼茨的事——他就跟联邦调查局说,要把人绑走,弄到船上,按“俄国那套”审讯……

kidnap [ˈkɪdnæp]:绑架。例句:They planned to kidnap the informant and question him at sea.

interrogate [ɪnˈterəɡeɪt]:审讯,比 question 更硬、更官方。例句:The officers interrogated the suspect for six hours.

in the Russian manner:按俄国那套,暗指契卡/内务人民委员部式的刑讯,甚至毁尸灭迹。

语境透析:洛曼尼茨是奥本海默的学生,工会活跃分子。帕什的第一反应不是约谈,是绑上船。引号里的 Russian manner 是他自己的话——格罗夫斯用这句话告诉你:你面对的不是文职安全官,是杀过人的人。

919FISSIONPASHINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

Dr.Oppenheimer, this is a pleasure. General Groves has placed a certain responsibility in me, and it’s like having a child, that you can’t see, by remote control, so to actually meet you… I don’t mean to take much of your time…

奥本海默博士,幸会。格罗夫斯将军把一份责任交到我手上,感觉像有个孩子,却见不着,只能遥控,所以真能见到你……我不想占用你太多时间……

this is a pleasure:幸会,社交客套。

a certain responsibility:某份责任,不说安保、不说监视。

by remote control:遥控。例句:He ran the field office by remote control from Washington.

I don’t mean to take much of your time:客套里的“不多占时间”,审讯常用开场。

语境透析:把洛斯阿拉莫斯比成“见不着的孩子”,亲切得发冷。帕什嘴上谦卑,隐喻里已经把奥本海默当成自己监护的对象。

920FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

Not at all. Whatever time you choose.

完全不会。你定时间就行。

Not at all:回应“不占用时间”,哪里的话。

Whatever time you choose:时间由你定,把主导权交出去。例句:Whatever time you choose, I’ll be there.

语境透析:礼貌到近乎投降。他以为自己在配合一位同事,其实是在给审讯官开门。

921FISSIONPASHINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

Mr.Johnson told me of your conversation yesterday, in which I’m very interested. It had me worried all day…

约翰逊先生跟我说了你们昨天的谈话,我很感兴趣。一整天都让我放心不下……

Johnson [ˈdʒɑːnsn]:约翰逊。

had me worried:让我担心了一整天。例句:That phone call had me worried all morning.

in which I’m very interested:非限定从句,把“感兴趣”说成公务。

语境透析:worried 不是关心,是钓饵。他先把奥本海默昨天那句“埃尔滕顿值得盯一盯”升级成一件让反情报头子整夜不安的事,好逼他把话说全。

922FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

I didn’t want to talk to Lomanitz without authorization-

没得到授权,我不想跟洛曼尼茨谈——

authorization [ˌɔːθərəˈzeɪʃn]:授权。例句:Don’t talk to the press without authorization.

语境透析:他抢着表演“好同志”:学生的事,先问安保。帕什下一句立刻把这条线拨开——洛曼尼茨只是入口,真正要的是后面那条苏联渠道。

923FISSIONPASHINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

That’s not the particular interest I have. It’s something a little more, in my opinion, more serious…

那不是我特别关心的。还有件事,在我看来,更严重……

particular interest:特别关切的那一点。例句:My particular interest is who made the approach.

more serious:更严重,审讯里用来抬级。

语境透析:先否定你准备好的答案,再抛“更严重”。奥本海默想谈洛曼尼茨,帕什要的是间谍渠道。主动权从这一句开始彻底易手。

924FISSIONGROVESINT. TRAIN, SANTA FE TO CHICAGO – DAY

When the F.B.I. pointed out that such information couldn’t be used in court Pash made it clear that he didn’t intend to have anyone left to prosecute. The F.B.I. talked him down, but that’s the man you’re dancing with.

联邦调查局指出,那样搞来的材料上不了法庭,帕什说得很清楚:他本来就不打算留活口去起诉。调查局把他劝下来了,可你现在就是在跟这种人跳舞。

couldn’t be used in court:刑讯得来的材料不能当庭证。

prosecute [ˈprɑːsɪkjuːt]:起诉。didn’t intend to have anyone left to prosecute = 不打算留下可以起诉的人,即杀人灭口。例句:They didn’t prosecute because the suspect was already dead.

talked him down:把人劝下来、压住。例句:The agents talked him down before he did anything stupid.

dancing with:跟某人共舞,比喻危险的周旋。例句:If you leak that story, you’re dancing with the wrong people.

语境透析:格罗夫斯把帕什的逻辑说穿:不是搜集证据,是处理掉人。dancing with 是警告——你以为在谈话,他以为在猎。

925FISSIONPASHINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

I gather you’ve heard there are other parties interested in the work of the Radiation Lab…

我猜你也听说了,还有别的方面对辐射实验室的工作感兴趣……

I gather:我猜想、我料想,装成已经知情。例句:I gather you’ve already spoken to the director.

other parties:其他方面,不说苏联。

Radiation Lab:伯克利辐射实验室,劳伦斯的加速器基地,曼哈顿计划的人才和同位素源头。

语境透析:other parties 是间谍世界的代词。帕什不点苏联,逼奥本海默自己把那两个字说出口——谁先点名,谁就坐实“知情不报”的前提。

926FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

Well, a man attached to the Soviet Consul indicated, through intermediate people, to people on this project that he was in a position to transmit information they might supply.

嗯,有个挂靠苏联领事馆的人,通过中间人,向这个项目上的人表示,他有渠道把他们提供的情报传出去。

attached to:挂靠、隶属于。例句:He was attached to the consulate as a science officer.

Soviet Consul [ˈsoʊviət ˈkɑːnsəl]:苏联领事。

intermediate people [ˌɪntərˈmiːdiət]:中间人,复数,故意把链条拉长。

in a position to:有条件、有渠道做某事。例句:She was in a position to pass on the documents.

transmit [trænsˈmɪt]:传递(情报)。

语境透析:这就是舍瓦利埃事件的原罪句。历史上是舍瓦利埃一个人传话;他出口就变成 intermediate people、people on this project——用复数把朋友藏进一条匿名链条。句子又长又绕,绕的是名字。

927FISSIONPASHINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

Why would anyone on the project want that?

项目上的人为什么要这么干?

want that:要那个,指把情报递给苏联。

语境透析:不问“是谁”,先问“为什么”。帕什在测动机:若奥本海默答“他们是盟友”,意识形态就露馅;若答“我也不明白”,又像在护人。这是审讯里的两难设问。

928FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

Frankly, I can see there might be arguments for the Commander in Chief informing the Russians- they’re our allies. But I don’t like the idea of it going out the back door- it might not hurt to be on the lookout for it.

说实话,我能理解总司令把情况通报给俄国人——他们是盟友。可我不喜欢这种走后门的做法——留意一下,也没什么坏处。

Frankly:说实话,先给自己开一扇坦白的门。

Commander in Chief:总司令,此处指罗斯福。

going out the back door:走后门、非正式外泄。例句:I don’t want this going out the back door.

on the lookout:留意、提防。例句:Security has been on the lookout for leaks.

it might not hurt to:做某事也没什么坏处,轻描淡写的建议。

语境透析:他想同时做两件事:承认盟国分享在理论上说得通,又把私下渠道说成不体面。对白俄背景、亲手杀过共产党的帕什来说,前半句已经足够刺耳——这人觉得俄国人“该知道”。

929FISSIONGROVESINT. TRAIN, SANTA FE TO CHICAGO – DAY

You said that to Pash?

你跟帕什这么说的?

930FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. TRAIN, SANTA FE TO CHICAGO – DAY

I was trying to put it in the context of… Russia’s not Germany.

我是想放到那个语境里……俄国不是德国。

put it in the context of:把某事放到某个语境里。例句:Put it in the context of wartime alliances, and it sounds different.

Russia’s not Germany:俄国不是德国,1943 年的盟友逻辑。

语境透析:他至今以为问题是“说得不够精确”。格罗夫斯下一句用帕什的履历告诉他:在对方面前,语境不存在,只有红与白。

931FISSIONGROVESINT. TRAIN, SANTA FE TO CHICAGO – DAY

Boris Pash is the son of a Russian Orthodox bishop. Born here, but in 1918 he went back to Russia to fight the Bolsheviks. This is a man who’s killed Communists with his own hands.

鲍里斯·帕什是俄罗斯东正教主教的儿子。人在这儿出生,可一九一八年他又回俄国打布尔什维克。这人亲手杀过共产党。

Boris [ˈbɔːrɪs]:鲍里斯。

Russian Orthodox bishop [ˈɔːrθədɑːks ˈbɪʃəp]:俄罗斯东正教主教。

Bolsheviks [ˈbɑːlʃəvɪks]:布尔什维克。例句:He joined the Whites to fight the Bolsheviks in 1918.

with his own hands:亲手,强调不是远程下令。

语境透析:履历即威胁。帕什不是反共官僚,是内战幸存者。奥本海默口中的“盟友”,是帕什家族的仇人。格罗夫斯把科学共同体的政治天真,按到一个杀过人的反情报军官面前。

932FISSIONPASHINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

I’m not the judge of who should or should not get information. My business is to stop it going through illegally. Could you be a little more specific?

谁该不该拿到情报,不是我来判。我的差事是拦住非法外流。你能不能说具体点?

I’m not the judge:我不是判官。例句:I’m not the judge of who deserves a clearance.

My business is:我的差事是,划地盘。

going through illegally:非法流出去。

specific [spəˈsɪfɪk]:具体。Could you be a little more specific 是审讯套话:把名字说出来。

语境透析:2022 室里有人说过 We’re not judges。帕什十年前已经用同一句式:我不管该不该给俄国,我只管堵住后门。道德辩论被他一句话清出台面,只剩“说具体点”。

933FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

There’s a man whose name was mentioned to me a couple of times- Eltenton. I think he’s a chemist employed by Shell. He talked to a friend of his who’s an acquaintance of someone on the project. To go beyond that would be to put names down of people who are not only innocent but were 100 percent cooperative.

有个人,名字跟我提过几次——埃尔滕顿。我记得他是壳牌的化学师。他跟一个朋友谈过,那朋友又认识项目上的某个人。再往下说,就得把一些人的名字写下来,而这些人不仅清白,而且百分之百配合。

mentioned to me:有人向我提起,被动语态把传话人藏起来。

acquaintance [əˈkweɪntəns]:相识,比 friend 更远一层。例句:He’s not a friend, just an acquaintance from campus.

put names down:把名字写下来,等于立案。

cooperative [koʊˈɑːpərətɪv]:配合的。例句:The witness has been 100 percent cooperative.

语境透析:埃尔滕顿是可以牺牲的外壳;friend、acquaintance、someone 是三层缓冲,把舍瓦利埃隔在最里面。innocent 和 cooperative 说得越满,帕什越确定:中间还有一个他不肯交的人。

934FISSIONGROVESINT. TRAIN, SANTA FE TO CHICAGO – DAY

You thought Pash would be satisfied with that?

你以为帕什会就此罢休?

be satisfied with:就此满足。例句:They won’t be satisfied with a partial name.

语境透析:格罗夫斯一眼看穿:半截链条喂不饱反情报。奥本海默把这当交易,帕什把这当口供不足。

935FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. TRAIN, SANTA FE TO CHICAGO – DAY

I was trying to give them Eltenton without opening a can of worms. I told him a cock-and-bull story.

我想把埃尔滕顿交出去,又不至于捅开马蜂窝。我给他编了个天方夜谭。

open a can of worms:捅开马蜂窝,引出一串麻烦。例句:Naming the friend would open a can of worms.

cock-and-bull story [ˈkɑːk ən ˈbʊl]:无稽之谈、瞎编的故事。例句:Don’t give me that cock-and-bull story.

语境透析:这是全片最危险的自白。他对格罗夫斯承认:1943 年那套“中间人链条”是编的。十一年后罗布要的,就是这一句——不是有没有苏联渠道,而是科学家对安全官员撒过谎。

936FISSIONROBBINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

Did you lie to General Groves, too?

你对格罗夫斯将军也撒了谎?

lie to:对某人撒谎。例句:Did you lie to the board, too?

too:也,把“对帕什撒谎”当成已定罪的前提。

语境透析:听证陷阱。too 先假定对帕什的谎已坐实,再把格罗夫斯拖进来:如果你连自己的将军都骗,谁还能担保你?

937FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

No, I told him I’d lied to Pash.

没有,我跟他说了,我对帕什撒了谎。

I’d lied = I had lied:过去完成,谎在先、坦白在后。

语境透析:他想用“我对将军是诚实的”自救。可 2022 室要的不是诚实层级,是:一个会编 cock-and-bull story 的人,不配持有 Q 级许可。

938FISSIONGARRISONINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

Do you recall your conversation with him about the Chevalier incident?

你还记得跟他谈舍瓦利埃事件的那次谈话吗?

Do you recall:法律口语,“你是否记得”,比 Do you remember 更正式。例句:Do you recall what he said about the letter?

the Chevalier incident:舍瓦利埃事件,已被命名的历史案件,不是一段闲谈。

语境透析:加里森是辩方。他把散落的谎收成一个专有名词,好让格罗夫斯用“结论”来定性,而不是让罗布用细节来绞。

939FISSIONGROVESINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

I’ve seen so many versions of it, I wasn’t confused before, but I’m certainly getting there now.

这事儿我见过太多版本了,原先还不糊涂,这会儿倒真要糊涂了。

versions of it:多个版本。例句:I’ve heard three versions of that story.

getting there:快到那一步了,这里是快要糊涂了。例句:I wasn’t tired an hour ago, but I’m getting there.

语境透析:干笑里的庇护。格罗夫斯承认故事变过,却把“变”推给听证本身的反复盘问。他在用军人的不耐烦,挡律师的精确。

940FISSIONGARRISONINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

What was your conclusion?

你的结论是什么?

941FISSIONGROVESINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

That he was under the influence of the typical American schoolboy attitude that there’s something wicked about telling on a friend. He did what he thought was essential- disclosing Eltenton.

他受那种典型美国小学生心态影响:告发朋友是件缺德事。该做的他做了——把埃尔滕顿供了出来。

under the influence of:受……影响。

schoolboy attitude:小学生心态,男孩义气。

wicked [ˈwɪkɪd]:缺德的、可耻的。例句:He thought it was wicked to tell on a classmate.

telling on a friend:告发朋友、打小报告。例句:Kids are taught not to tell on a friend.

disclosing [dɪsˈkloʊzɪŋ]:披露、供出。例句:He was praised for disclosing the leak.

语境透析:格罗夫斯把叛国嫌疑降级成校园道德。口气带点俯视,却是在护人:不是通苏,是不肯出卖朋友。essential 把埃尔滕顿说成“该交的都交了”——把没交的那个名字,从罪证里轻轻挪开。

942FISSIONPASHINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

The memo I wrote at the time states ‘Dr.Oppenheimer sought to provide information to burnish his image as loyal, clearly having heard of our investigation at Berkeley. He is not to be trusted on matters of security’.

我当时写的备忘录里说:“奥本海默博士试图提供情报,好把自己的忠诚形象擦亮,显然已听说我们在伯克利的调查。安全事务上,此人不可信任。”

at the time:当时,强调不是事后回忆。

burnish [ˈbɜːrnɪʃ]:擦亮、粉饰(形象)。例句:He leaked the story to burnish his image as a patriot.

not to be trusted:不可信任,鉴定结论。

on matters of security:在安全事务上。

语境透析:1943 年的备忘录已经宣判。1954 年的听证会不是发现真相,是把这句 He is not to be trusted 公开执行。帕什不辩论动机,他宣读结论。

943FISSIONPASHINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

These other people you mentioned, were they contacted by Eltenton direct?

你提到的其他人,是埃尔滕顿直接接触的吗?

contacted by:被接触,被动语态把路径画出来。

direct:直接地,口语里当副词用。例句:Did he call you direct, or through someone else?

语境透析:帕什开始画关系图。direct 还是 through someone,是在逼他把“朋友”从链条里吐出来。

944FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

No.

不是。

945FISSIONPASHINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

Well now, could we know through whom that contact was made?

那好,我们能不能知道,接触是通过谁进行的?

Well now:好了、那么,把拒绝接成下一问。

through whom:通过谁,介词提前的正式问法。

contact was made:接触得以进行,公文被动。

语境透析:could we know 装成商量,through whom 已经把问题收成一个名字。奥本海默越否认 direct,中间人就越清晰。

946FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

It would involve people who ought not be involved in this.

那会把不该卷进来的人卷进来。

involve [ɪnˈvɑːlv]:牵涉、卷进来。例句:This would involve people who have nothing to do with it.

ought not be = ought not to be:不应当。

语境透析:他用复数 people 继续稀释。ought not 是道德判断,不是法律判断——在帕什耳朵里,这等于承认:有一个具体的人,他决定护着。

947FISSIONPASHINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

Is this person a member of the project?

这个人是项目成员吗?

a member of the project:项目成员,涉及泄密半径。

语境透析:从 people 收成 this person。帕什已经把复数听成单数。下一步只剩:在不在洛斯阿拉莫斯。

948FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

A member of the faculty, but not on the project.

是教员,但不在项目上。

faculty [ˈfækəlti]:大学教员。例句:She’s a member of the faculty, not the lab staff.

not on the project:不在曼哈顿计划编制内。

语境透析:他交出半个身份:伯克利教授,非项目人员。这已经把范围缩到舍瓦利埃附近,却仍不肯点名。对帕什来说,半个身份比沉默更有用。

949FISSIONPASHINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

Eltenton made the approach through a member of the faculty here at Berkeley?

埃尔滕顿是通过伯克利的一位教员来接触的?

made the approach:进行接触、提出试探。例句:He made the approach through a mutual friend.

语境透析:复述成确认问句,把奥本海默刚说的话钉成供词。here at Berkeley 把地理也锁死。链条只差一个专名。

950FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

As far as I know- there may have been more than one person involved. If I seem uncooperative I think you can understand that it’s because of my insistence in not getting innocent people into trouble.

就我所知——也可能不止一个人。如果我显得不配合,我想你能理解,因为我坚持不把无辜的人拖进麻烦。

as far as I know:就我所知,给自己留退路。

uncooperative [ˌʌnkəˈɑːpərətɪv]:不配合的。例句:The witness seemed uncooperative about the names.

insistence [ɪnˈsɪstəns]:坚持。

getting people into trouble:把人拖进麻烦。例句:I won’t get innocent people into trouble.

语境透析:眼看名字要被逼出来,他又把单数撒回 more than one。uncooperative 他先自己说,是抢定义:我不是瞒报,我是护人。帕什要的正是这层“护人”——护谁,谁就是缺口。

951FISSIONPASHINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

You see me as persistent-

你觉得我很缠人——

persistent [pərˈsɪstənt]:执着、缠人。例句:The investigator was persistent about the missing name.

语境透析:半句自我画像。帕什把“缠”说成对方的观感,好让下一句的威胁听起来像无奈。

952FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

You are persistent, and that is your job. But my job is protecting the people who work for me.

你是缠人,那是你的工作。可我的工作是保护为我干活的人。

that is your job / my job:用职责对冲职责。

protecting the people who work for me:保护手下。

语境透析:他把一场反情报审讯说成两个工种的冲突。问题是舍瓦利埃并不为他干活——用 my job 把朋友说成部下,既是领袖姿态,也是又一层谎。

953FISSIONPASHINT. LT.JOHNSON’S OFFICE – DAY

Instead of us going on certain steps which may come to your attention and be a little bit… disturbing to you… I’d rather discuss those with you first. I’m not formulating any plans, I’m just going to have to digest the whole thing.

与其我们采取某些步骤,可能传到你耳朵里,让你有点……不安……我宁可先跟你商量。我没在制定什么计划,只是得把整件事消化一下。

certain steps:某些步骤,不说监视、传讯、绑架。

come to your attention:传到你耳朵里。

disturbing [dɪˈstɜːrbɪŋ]:令人不安的。例句:Some of our methods may be disturbing to you.

formulating plans [ˈfɔːrmjəleɪtɪŋ]:在制定计划。

digest [dɪˈdʒest]:消化(信息)。例句:Give me a night to digest the whole thing.

语境透析:最客气的威胁。certain steps、disturbing 回指“俄国那套”。digest 说成还没决定,等于告诉你:名字你不给,步骤我会自己走。商量是假的,通知是真的。

954FISSIONGROVESINT. TRAIN, SANTA FE TO CHICAGO – DAY

You’re protecting a friend. But who’s protecting you?

你在护着朋友。可谁护着你?

protecting a friend:护着朋友。

who’s protecting you:谁护着你,把 reciprocal 的账摊开。

语境透析:格罗夫斯把道德选择题换成生存题。他愿意当那块盾,但盾不是无条件的——条件就是那个名字。

955FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. TRAIN, SANTA FE TO CHICAGO – DAY

You could.

你可以。

956FISSIONGROVESINT. TRAIN, SANTA FE TO CHICAGO – DAY

If you gave me the name.

你把名字给我的话。

957FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. TRAIN, SANTA FE TO CHICAGO – DAY

If you order me to, I’ll do it.

你下命令,我就说。

If you order me to:你若下令。例句:If you order me to, I’ll give them the file.

语境透析:他要命令,不要自愿。有命令,就不是 telling on a friend,是服从军令。他把道德负担推给格罗夫斯——将军偏不接。

958FISSIONGROVESINT. TRAIN, SANTA FE TO CHICAGO – DAY

You’re making a mistake, Robert. A mistake that may haunt you. You need to volunteer this name.

你在犯错,罗伯特。这个错可能会缠你一辈子。这个名字,你得主动交出来。

haunt [hɔːnt]:缠住、阴魂不散。例句:That lie will haunt you at the hearing.

volunteer [ˌvɑːlənˈtɪr]:主动交出,不是被逼供。例句:You need to volunteer the name before they subpoena it.

语境透析:全片的预言句。格罗夫斯要的是忠诚的姿态,不是那几个音节。拖几个月再交,1954 年就会被写成“被迫才说”。haunt 从这节火车车厢,一直缠到 2022 室。

959FISSIONROBB (V.O.)INT. TRAIN, SANTA FE TO CHICAGO – DAY

And did he give you the name?

那他把名字给你了吗?

And did he:用 and 接上一段未完的问话,听证画外硬切。

语境透析:罗布的声音压进 1943 年的火车。诺兰让控方从未来提问,答案还没出口,已经是呈堂证供。

960FISSIONGROVESINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

He did.

给了。

961FISSIONROBBINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

But not at that time.

但不是当时。

not at that time:不是当时。

语境透析:名字本身不够。罗布要的是时间差——拖了几个月,才能把“护友”写成“妨碍调查”。

962FISSIONGROVESINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

No.

不是。

963FISSIONROBBINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

In fact, it was some months later, wasn’t it?

事实上,是几个月以后,对吧?

In fact:事实上,把对方的 No 立刻补成对己有利的时间线。

wasn’t it:反意疑问,逼着点头。例句:It was months later, wasn’t it?

语境透析:听证不问新事实,只逼你把旧事实用控方的语法再说一遍。格罗夫斯越简短,罗布越用 tag question 收网。

964FISSIONROBBINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

And in the months between your interview with Dr.Oppenheimer and his eventual naming of Chevalier, did you expend resources trying to find the identity of the intermediary?

那么,从你约谈奥本海默博士,到他最终点出舍瓦利埃,这几个月里,你们有没有投入资源去查那个中间人的身份?

eventual naming:最终点名,暗示早该点。

expend resources [ɪkˈspend]:投入资源。例句:They expended resources tracing a name he already knew.

intermediary [ˌɪntərˈmiːdierɪ]:中间人。例句:The intermediary never existed.

语境透析:罗布把一场私人道德挣扎,改写成浪费军情资源。Chevalier 这个姓第一次在听证里被当众钉死——拖的那几个月,成了“不忠”的量化证据。

965FISSIONPASHINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

Considerable resources. Without the name our job was extremely difficult.

相当可观的资源。没有名字,我们的工作极其困难。

considerable resources:相当可观的资源,呼应前面 considerable time。

Without the name:没有那个名字。

语境透析:帕什配合罗布把账算清:不是查不出,是他不给。困难被说成奥本海默造成的,而不是反情报自己的无能。

966FISSIONROBBINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

When did you receive the name?

你什么时候拿到这个名字的?

967FISSIONPASHINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

I was gone by the time Oppenheimer offered it up.

奥本海默把名字交出来的时候,我已经走了。

I was gone:人已经不在了。

offered it up:交出来,带一点献祭、招供的意味。例句:He offered the name up only after months of pressure.

语境透析:名字终于落地,收件人已经调走。帕什用 gone 把这笔账留给格罗夫斯——不是我查不下来,是有人把我调开。

968FISSIONROBBINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

Gone?

走了?

969FISSIONPASHINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

They felt my time would be better spent in Europe determining the status of the Nazi bomb project.

他们觉得我的时间用在欧洲、摸清纳粹原子弹项目的进展上更合适。

better spent:花得更值。

determining the status:摸清进展、判定现状。例句:He was sent to determine the status of the German program.

Nazi bomb project:纳粹原子弹项目,历史上帕什调去阿尔索斯使命。

语境透析:欧陆任务是真的,调令的时机更真。帕什不说“被赶走”,说 time would be better spent——把一次保护奥本海默的人事安排,说成公事公办。

970FISSIONROBBINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

Who did?

谁觉得?

971FISSIONPASHINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

General Groves. He transferred me to London.

格罗夫斯将军。他把我调去了伦敦。

transferred me:把我调走。例句:The general transferred him to London before the name came in.

语境透析:罗布要的就是这个主语。将军把反情报头子调去伦敦,在控方叙事里等于妨碍调查;在格罗夫斯自己的叙事里,是把杀手从他的科学家身边拉开。同一道调令,两场权力故事。

972FISSIONSERBEREXT. LOS ALAMOS – NIGHT

Little early for a Christmas party.

圣诞派对,有点早了吧。

little early for:对……来说有点早。例句:It’s a little early for champagne, isn’t it?

语境透析:时间切到洛斯阿拉莫斯。审讯的毒还在火车上悬着,山上已经用派对当掩护。早,是因为礼物不是圣诞,是一个人。

973FISSIONOPPENHEIMEREXT. LOS ALAMOS – NIGHT

Something’s up. Tolman’s been away.

有事。托尔曼一直不在。

Something’s up = something is up:有情况。例句:Something’s up—the director just called a meeting.

been away:一直不在。

语境透析:托尔曼是理论组的重要人物,忽然消失,只能是最高级别的接人任务。奥本海默在自己的基地里,仍被隔离知情挡在门外。

974FISSIONSERBEREXT. LOS ALAMOS – NIGHT

Where?

去哪了?

975FISSIONOPPENHEIMEREXT. LOS ALAMOS – NIGHT

Ruth won’t tell.

露丝不说。

976FISSIONRUTHINT. FULLER LODGE, LOS ALAMOS – LATER

Compartmentalization, Oppie. What makes you think I know, anyway?

隔离知情,奥比。你凭什么觉得我知道?

compartmentalization [kəmˌpɑːrtˌmentəlaɪˈzeɪʃn]:隔离知情、分割原则,曼哈顿计划的安保教义:每人只知道自己那一块。例句:Compartmentalization kept the chemists from knowing the target.

Oppie:奥本海默的昵称,熟人圈才这么叫。

What makes you think:你凭什么觉得。

语境透析:格罗夫斯的制度被露丝拿来当挡箭牌,语气却像调情。她用项目最高戒律,挡丈夫去向——知情隔离在这里既是安保,也是夫妻之间的门闩。

977FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. FULLER LODGE, LOS ALAMOS – LATER

You do a good job of knowing where Mr.Tolman is… when it counts.

托尔曼先生在哪儿,你一向很清楚……关键时刻尤其清楚。

do a good job of:很擅长做某事。例句:You do a good job of keeping his secrets.

when it counts:关键时刻。例句:She always knows where he is when it counts.

语境透析:话里有刺。露丝·托尔曼与奥本海默的亲密,片中点到为止。when it counts 把“妻子知情”说成“你和他的默契”,公开场合里最轻也最准的一句。

978FISSIONRUTHINT. FULLER LODGE, LOS ALAMOS – LATER

Like now.

比如现在。

979FISSIONGROVESINT. FULLER LODGE, LOS ALAMOS – LATER

Atten-shun! We have an early Christmas present for you…

立——正!给你们一份提前的圣诞礼物……

Atten-shun = Attention:立正,军人口令的记音写法。

early Christmas present:提前的圣诞礼物。

语境透析:格罗夫斯把玻尔当成可分发的物资。科学家们要的是精神领袖,将军给的是一份 present——人被说成物件,正是军方对天才的一贯态度。

980FISSIONBOHR (V.O.)INT. FULLER LODGE, LOS ALAMOS – LATER

The British pilots put me in the bomb bay…

英国飞行员把我塞进了炸弹舱……

bomb bay [bɑːm beɪ]:炸弹舱。例句:They smuggled him out in the bomb bay of a Mosquito.

语境透析:玻尔从瑞典亡命英国,被塞进蚊式轰炸机的炸弹舱。欧洲最重要的物理学家,以一枚“炸弹”的方式抵达——诺兰不会放过这个隐喻。

981FISSIONBOHRINT. SAME – LATER

…showed me the oxygen- of course I messed it up. When they opened me up in Scotland I was unconscious. I pretended I’d been napping.

……教我用氧气——我当然搞砸了。到苏格兰打开舱门,我已经昏过去了。我就装成在打盹。

messed it up:搞砸了。例句:He messed it up and passed out on the flight.

opened me up:把舱打开,把我放出来。

unconscious [ʌnˈkɑːnʃəs]:不省人事。

I’d been napping = I had been napping:我一直在打盹。

语境透析:历史上玻尔头大,氧气面罩戴不好,飞到苏格兰已昏迷。他选择 napping 而不是 dying——用学者的玩笑,把一次差点致命的偷渡说成午睡。天才靠自嘲,把恐惧按下去。

982FISSIONBOHR (CONT’D)INT. SAME – LATER

Is it big enough?

够大吗?

big enough:够大吗,主语是装置、是那颗尚未出生的弹。

语境透析:派对的笑声刚落,玻尔切到唯一的技术问题。他不问能不能造,问够不够大——大到什么程度,下一句才揭。

983FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. SAME – LATER

To end the war?

大到能结束战争?

984FISSIONBOHRINT. SAME – LATER

To end all war.

结束所有战争。

to end all war:结束一切战争,比 end the war 多一个 all。

语境透析:奥本海默想的是这场对德、对日之战;玻尔想的是威慑本身。三个词把原子弹从武器抬成新世界的门槛——也把后半部所有政治争吵的种子埋下。够大,不是为了打赢,是为了让战争本身变得不可能。或者,让下一次战争变得不可想象。

985FISSIONBOHRINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION – LATER

Heisenberg sought me out in Copenhagen. It was chilling- my old student, working for the Nazis. He told me things to draw me out… sustained fission reactions in Uranium…

海森堡在哥本哈根找过我。让人不寒而栗——我以前的学生,在给纳粹干活。他透露一些事,想套我的话……铀里的持续裂变反应……

sought me out:特意来找我。例句:He sought me out after the lecture.

chilling [ˈtʃɪlɪŋ]:令人不寒而栗。例句:It was chilling to see my student in that uniform.

draw me out:套我的话、引我开口。例句:He asked about our work to draw me out.

sustained fission [səˈsteɪnd ˈfɪʃn]:持续裂变,链式反应能自己维持。

Uranium [jʊˈreɪniəm]:铀。

语境透析:1941 年哥本哈根会面是物理史上的谜。海森堡是玻尔的学生,也是德国铀计划的核心。draw me out 说明玻尔至今不能确定:那是示警,还是刺探。持续裂变说的是反应堆路径——德国人在摸堆,不一定在做弹。

986FISSIONTOLMANINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION – LATER

That sounds more like a reactor than a bomb.

听着更像反应堆,不像炸弹。

reactor [riˈæktər]:反应堆。例句:A sustained fission reaction in uranium sounds like a reactor.

语境透析:托尔曼立刻做情报分析。反应堆要的是可控链式反应,炸弹要的是瞬间超临界。海森堡若只谈 sustained,德国计划可能走错了门。

987FISSIONTELLERINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION – LATER

Did he mention gaseous diffusion?

他提过气体扩散吗?

gaseous diffusion [ˈɡæsiəs dɪˈfjuːʒn]:气体扩散,铀-235 浓缩的关键工业方法。例句:Oak Ridge used gaseous diffusion to enrich uranium.

语境透析:泰勒问的是炸弹门槛。没有浓缩铀或钚,堆可以有,弹很难有。气体扩散是美国路径的工业心脏,海森堡若没提,说明德国还在实验室尺度。

988FISSIONBOHRINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION – LATER

He seemed more focused on heavy water.

他好像更盯着重水。

heavy water [ˈhevi ˌwɔːtər]:重水,氧化氘,可作核反应慢化剂。例句:The Germans relied on heavy water from Norway.

focused on:更盯着。

语境透析:挪威维莫克的重水厂是德国计划的命门。玻尔这一句等于说:他们在用重水做慢化,而不是走美国的石墨堆路线。

989FISSIONTELLERINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION – LATER

As a moderator?

当慢化剂?

moderator [ˈmɑːdəreɪtər]:慢化剂,用来把快中子减速,使链式反应可持续。例句:Heavy water can serve as a moderator in a reactor.

语境透析:泰勒把玻尔的观察收成一个专业确认。慢化剂是堆的语言,不是弹的语言。德国人若把精力放在慢化上,洛斯阿拉莫斯就还在赛跑的前头。

990FISSIONBOHRINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION – LATER

Yes. Instead of graphite.

对。不用石墨。

graphite [ˈɡræfaɪt]:石墨,费米芝加哥堆用的慢化剂。例句:Fermi’s pile used graphite instead of heavy water.

instead of:而不是。

语境透析:德国人测石墨中子吸收时被杂质误导,转去抢挪威重水;美国用更纯的石墨把堆做成了。玻尔随口一句 Instead of graphite,等于宣判:海森堡走了慢路。随后奥本海默会把这收成:他走错了方向。我们领先。

991FISSIONBOHR (CONT’D)INT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION – LATER

What?

什么?

992FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION – LATER

He took a wrong turn. We’re ahead. And with you here to help us…

他走错路了。我们领先。再加上有你来帮我们……

take a wrong turn [teɪk ə rɔːŋ tɜːrn]:走错路;文中指海森堡的德国核计划走偏了。例句:The investigation took a wrong turn and missed the real culprit.

ahead [əˈhed]:领先。例句:We’re three months ahead of schedule.

语境透析:上一场玻尔刚说德国人迷着重水、没用石墨。奥本海默立刻把技术判断翻成战略结论:竞赛我们已经赢了。后半句把玻尔当救星请进来——玻尔下一句就要拆掉这层期待。

993FISSIONBOHRINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION – LATER

Gentlemen, could you give us a moment?

各位,能让我们单独待一会儿吗?

give us a moment [ɡɪv əs ə ˈmoʊmənt]:请回避的客气说法,完整是 give us a moment alone。例句:Could you give us a moment? We need to talk privately.

语境透析:玻尔当着全组不说正事。把人请出去,是要把“战后”从技术简报里剥离——这不是给泰勒、贝特听的话。

994FISSIONBOHR (CONT’D)INT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION – LATER

I’m not here to help, Robert. I knew you could do this without me.

我不是来帮忙的,罗伯特。我知道没有我你也能做成。

I’m not here to…:我来不是为了……。例句:I’m not here to argue; I’m here to listen.

without me:没有我(也能做成)。

语境透析:玻尔拒绝当技术外援。他来不是补物理,是来改奥本海默的自我定位:你已经能造出来了,真正的问题在造出来之后。

995FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION – LATER

Then why did you come?

那你来干什么?

996FISSIONBOHRINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION – LATER

To talk about after. The power you’re revealing will forever outlive the Nazis. And the world is not prepared.

来谈“之后”。你正在揭开的这股力量,会比纳粹活得久得多。而这个世界还没准备好。

after [ˈæftər]:之后;文中作名词,指战争结束以后。例句:We’ll deal with the cleanup after.

outlive [aʊtˈlɪv]:比……活得更久;文中指核力量在纳粹灭亡后仍将存在。例句:The scandal outlived the politician who caused it.

be prepared [prɪˈperd]:准备好(承担后果)。例句:The team was not prepared for the backlash.

语境透析:after 是全片的道德轴。玻尔把时间从“赶在德国前面”拧到“德国没了,炸弹还在”。revealing 把核裂变说成揭开盖子——下一句奥本海默就用石头和蛇接住这个隐喻。

997FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION – LATER

You can lift the rock without being ready for the snake that’s revealed.

你可以掀开石头,却没准备好底下露出的那条蛇。

lift the rock [lɪft ðə rɑːk]:掀开石头。例句:Lift the rock and you’ll find the insects underneath.

revealed [rɪˈviːld]:被揭开、露出来的。例句:The inspection revealed a crack in the hull.

语境透析:掀石见蛇。他承认玻尔的警告,主语却是 you can——抽象的“你”,不是 I。危险被承认了,责任还没揽到自己身上。玻尔下一句就把这个“你”钉死成普罗米修斯。

998FISSIONBOHRINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION – LATER

We have to make the politicians understand- this isn’t a new weapon- it’s a new world. I’ll be out there, doing what I can- but you… You’re an American Prometheus- Father of the Atomic Bomb. The man who gave them the power to destroy themselves. They’ll respect that. And your work really begins.

我们得让政客明白——这不是一件新武器,这是一个新世界。我会在外面尽我所能——可你……你是美国的普罗米修斯——原子弹之父。把自我毁灭的力量交到他们手里的人。他们会因此尊重你。而你真正的工作,现在才开始。

Prometheus [prəˈmiːθiəs]:普罗米修斯,盗火给人类、自己被罚的希腊神。例句:They called him a Prometheus for bringing that technology to the public.

Father of the Atomic Bomb:原子弹之父,后来成为他的公共头衔,也成为听证会的枷锁。

destroy themselves [dɪˈstrɔɪ ðəmˈselvz]:毁灭他们自己。例句:They were given the tools to destroy themselves.

语境透析:诺兰把传记书名直接塞进玻尔嘴里。盗火者会被鹰啄肝——“尊重”是诱饵,真正的工作是战后去约束政客。FUSION 幕用这句预言,给后半场 2022 室的受审提前签名。

999FISSIONCHARLOTTEINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION – LATER

I’m sorry, Oppie, but there’s a call. From San Francisco.

抱歉,奥比,有电话。旧金山打来的。

Oppie [ˈɑːpi]:同事对奥本海默的昵称。

there’s a call:有电话找你。例句:There’s a call for you from the front desk.

语境透析:旧金山就是琼·塔特洛克。玻尔刚把“真正的工作”交到他手里,私人世界立刻塌方。诺兰用一通场外电话切断神话,拽回肉体。

1000FISSIONKITTYEXT. SNOWY WOODS, LOS ALAMOS – DAWN

Robert?

罗伯特?

1001FISSIONOPPENHEIMEREXT. SNOWY WOODS, LOS ALAMOS – DAWN

Her father called… they found her yesterday… in the bath…

她父亲来电话了……他们昨天发现了她……在浴缸里……

in the bath [ɪn ðə bæθ]:在浴缸里,暗示溺亡现场。例句:They found him in the bath, unresponsive.

they found her:发现了她(的尸体),讣告式省略。

语境透析:他不敢说名字。破碎的省略句是创伤口语:先漏出父亲、发现、浴缸,名字要等基蒂逼问。史实:琼·塔特洛克 1944 年 1 月被发现死于旧金山公寓浴室。

1002FISSIONKITTYEXT. SNOWY WOODS, LOS ALAMOS – DAWN

Who?

谁?

1003FISSIONOPPENHEIMEREXT. SNOWY WOODS, LOS ALAMOS – DAWN

She’d taken pills, left a note… not signed… she took barbiturates…

她吃了药,留了纸条……没签名……她吃的是巴比妥……

She’d taken = She had taken:她已经服下。

leave a note [liːv ə noʊt]:留字条/遗书。例句:He left a note on the table and drove off.

barbiturate [bɑːrˈbɪtʃərət]:巴比妥类药,镇静催眠剂。例句:The autopsy found barbiturates in his system.

not signed:没有署名,给“是否真是自杀”留了缝。

语境透析:他用法医细节把自己从“我杀了她”里往后推:有遗书,可没签名。他需要这是自杀,又怀疑这不是干净的自杀。

1004FISSIONOPPENHEIMER (CONT’D)EXT. SNOWY WOODS, LOS ALAMOS – DAWN

But there was Chloral Hydrate in her blood…

可她血液里有水合氯醛……

Chloral Hydrate [ˈklɔːrəl ˈhaɪdreɪt]:水合氯醛,强效镇静剂,可与巴比妥产生协同抑制。例句:Chloral hydrate was once a common sleep medicine.

in her blood:血液检测里查出。例句:They found alcohol in her blood.

语境透析:巴比妥是她自己可能服用的;水合氯醛是第二套药,常被用来质疑“单纯自杀”。他抓住这个化学矛盾,像抓住一根能把内疚转成阴谋的绳子。FBI 曾监视琼;这条细节让私人悲剧沾上情报气味。

1005FISSIONOPPENHEIMER (CONT’D)EXT. SNOWY WOODS, LOS ALAMOS – DAWN

There was a note.

有一张纸条。

1006FISSIONKITTYEXT. SNOWY WOODS, LOS ALAMOS – DAWN

Jean Tatlock?

琼·塔特洛克?

1007FISSIONOPPENHEIMEREXT. SNOWY WOODS, LOS ALAMOS – DAWN

We were together- she said she needed me… but I told her I wouldn’t see her again. It was me.

我们在一起过——她说她需要我……可我告诉她,我不会再见她了。是我。

I wouldn’t see her again = I would not see her again:我不会再跟她见面。

It was me:是我(造成的),把死因揽到自己身上。例句:The marriage failed. It was me.

语境透析:他承认最后一次见面后切断联系。对基蒂说“是我”,既是忏悔也是索取宽恕——他要妻子承认他的痛苦合法。基蒂下一句拒绝把这场悲剧变成他的舞台。

1008FISSIONKITTYEXT. SNOWY WOODS, LOS ALAMOS – DAWN

You don’t get to commit the sin, then have us all feel sorry for you that it had consequences. Pull yourself together. People here depend on you.

你没资格先把罪犯了,再让我们因为这罪有了后果而心疼你。振作起来。这里的人都指望你。

You don’t get to [ju doʊnt ɡet tu]:你没有资格既要又要。例句:You don’t get to break the rules and then complain about the punishment.

commit the sin [kəˈmɪt ðə sɪn]:犯罪;文中指婚外情。例句:He committed the sin and expected a free pass.

Pull yourself together [pʊl jɔːrˈself təˈɡeðər]:振作、把情绪收住。例句:Pull yourself together—we have a meeting in five minutes.

consequences [ˈkɑːnsəkwənsɪz]:后果。例句:He never thought about the consequences.

语境透析:基蒂拒绝当情感护士。罪(通奸)和后果(琼的死)被她焊死成因果关系,不容他再演受害者。最后一句把私人崩溃收编进曼哈顿计划:洛斯阿拉莫斯的进度高于他的内疚。

1009FISSIONHORNIGINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

Serber, I’m not quitting my job because Plutonium’s radioactive!

瑟伯,我不会因为钚有放射性就辞职!

quit [kwɪt]:辞职、撂挑子。例句:She’s not quitting her job over a rumor.

Plutonium [pluːˈtoʊniəm]:钚。例句:The implosion bomb used a plutonium core.

radioactive [ˌreɪdioʊˈæktɪv]:放射性的。例句:Radioactive waste has to be stored for thousands of years.

语境透析:莉丽·霍尼格是组里少数女性科学家。瑟伯想用“生殖系统”把她请出钚工作——家长式保护包装成安全规章。她用一句硬顶把性别隔离拆掉。FUSION 从琼的死切到实验室:女人的身体再次成为被管理的对象。

1010FISSIONSERBERINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

We can’t know what it might do to your reproductive system- Donald, help me out, here-

我们没法知道它会对你的生殖系统做什么——唐纳德,帮我说一句——

Donald [ˈdɑːnəld]:唐纳德。

reproductive system [ˌriːprəˈdʌktɪv ˈsɪstəm]:生殖系统。例句:Radiation can damage the reproductive system.

help me out [help mi aʊt]:帮我解围。例句:Help me out—I can’t explain this alone.

语境透析:瑟伯把科学不确定性当成赶人的借口,还把她丈夫唐纳德拉进来当男同盟。破折号是他已经说不下去了——这套性别逻辑在女科学家面前站不住。

1011FISSIONDONALDINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

You’re on your own, pal.

你自己撑着吧,伙计。

on your own [ɑːn jɔːr oʊn]:得靠自己、没人帮。例句:If you take that stance, you’re on your own.

pal [pæl]:伙计,口语里带点抽身的亲热。例句:You’re on your own, pal—I warned you.

语境透析:唐纳德不接招。丈夫拒绝替制度说话,瑟伯的“保护女性”立刻变成一个人的尴尬。

1012FISSIONHORNIGINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

Your reproductive system’s more exposed than mine. Presumably.

你的生殖系统比我的更暴露。大概吧。

exposed [ɪkˈspoʊzd]:暴露的;文中一语双关:受辐射,也指男性外生殖器。例句:The wiring is exposed and dangerous.

Presumably [prɪˈzuːməbli]:想来、大概。例句:Presumably he’ll arrive late, as usual.

语境透析:霍尼格把解剖学玩笑砸回去:若真担心生殖器,该担心的是站着的男人。Presumably 的冷幽默让全场无法再装家长。

1013FISSIONKISTIAKOWSKYINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

The implosion device is nowhere.

内爆装置毫无进展。

implosion [ɪmˈploʊʒn]:内爆,钚弹用高爆炸药向内压缩核心。例句:The implosion design was harder than the gun-type uranium bomb.

nowhere [ˈnoʊwer]:毫无进展、还在原地。例句:The peace talks are nowhere.

device [dɪˈvaɪs]:装置,即 the Gadget 的内爆方案。

语境透析:基斯塔科夫斯基在点名内爆组失败。铀枪式简单,钚必须内爆——这是洛斯阿拉莫斯真正的卡点,也是后面把内德迈耶换掉的伏笔。

1014FISSIONNEDDERMEYERINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

You can’t rush everything, Oppie.

什么都不能催,奥比。

1015FISSIONKISTIAKOWSKYINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

There’s rushing and there’s getting on with it- pick one, will ya?

一种叫蛮干,一种叫往前推进——你选一个,行不行?

get on with it [ɡet ɑːn wɪð ɪt]:着手干、别再拖。例句:Stop talking and get on with it.

will ya = will you:口语催促。

pick one:二选一,把对方逼到墙角。例句:You can stay or go—pick one.

语境透析:他把内德迈耶的“不能催”改写成怠工。要奥本海默当场站队——管理问题被逼成人事问题。

1016FISSIONBETHEINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

Teller’s not helping- I’ve been asking for calculations on the implosion lenses for weeks-

泰勒不上手——内爆透镜的计算我要了好几周了——

implosion lenses [ɪmˈploʊʒn ˈlenzɪz]:内爆透镜,把爆轰波从凸面改成汇聚球面的炸药透镜。例句:The explosive lenses had to be cast to millimetre precision.

calculations [ˌkælkjəˈleɪʃnz]:计算。例句:We need the calculations before we pour the charges.

I’ve been asking:现在完成进行时,强调一直在催、至今没拿到。

语境透析:贝特点的是泰勒失职。氢弹梦想占用了内爆所需的数学劳动力。科学分歧被写成办公室怠工,为泰勒离组、富克斯接棒做铺垫——而富克斯正是后来的苏联间谍。

1017FISSIONTELLERINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

The British can do it- Fuchs-

英国人能做——富克斯——

the British [ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ]:英国代表团。例句:The British handled the lens calculations.

Fuchs:克劳斯·富克斯,德裔英籍物理学家,后证实为苏联间谍。

语境透析:泰勒随手把锅甩给英国组。这一甩在当时像分工,在历史上是把最敏感的内爆计算交给了泄密者。观众比房间里的人多知道一层。

1018FISSIONFUCHSINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

Absolutely.

当然。

1019FISSIONBETHEINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

It’s your job, Teller!

这是你的活儿,泰勒!

1020FISSIONTELLERINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

I’m engaged in research-

我在做研究——

be engaged in [ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd]:正从事。例句:She’s engaged in cancer research.

research [rɪˈsɜːrtʃ]:基础研究;对泰勒来说是氢弹,不是内爆工程。

语境透析:他用“研究”对抗“工程”。在战时实验室里,这句话等于拒绝服从指挥链。

1021FISSIONBETHEINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

On a Hydrogen bomb we’re not even building!

研究一颗我们根本没在造的氢弹!

Hydrogen bomb [ˈhaɪdrədʒən bɑːm]:氢弹,the Super,聚变武器。例句:The hydrogen bomb dwarfs the atomic bomb in yield.

not even building:任务单上根本没有这东西。例句:You’re training for a race we’re not even running.

语境透析:贝特把泰勒的研究定性为开小差。裂变是眼前的炸弹,聚变是泰勒的未来——FUSION 幕名在此反讽:他们正在为裂变赶工,泰勒却已经活在聚变里。

1022FISSIONTELLERINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

I won’t work for that man.

我不给那个人干活。

that man:那个人,指汉斯·贝特,理论部主任。不点名是为了把拒绝说成人身的。

I won’t = I will not:斩钉截铁的拒绝。

语境透析:科学分歧升级成人身拒绝。他要的不是改计算,是改领导关系——奥本海默必须在贝特和泰勒之间做人事仲裁。

1023FISSIONBETHEINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

Let him go. He’s a prima donna-

让他走。他就是个耍大牌的——

prima donna [ˌpriːmə ˈdɑːnə]:歌剧女主角;转义为耍大牌、难伺候的人。例句:The lead engineer is a prima donna who ignores deadlines.

Let him go:放走/解雇。例句:If he won’t follow the plan, let him go.

语境透析:贝特用舞台脾气贬泰勒。放走他等于放走氢弹路线的火种,也等于承认奥本海默管不住天才。

1024FISSIONSERBERINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

I agree. He should leave Los Alamos.

我同意。他该离开洛斯阿拉莫斯。

1025FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

Kisty, you replace Neddermeyer. Seth, I’m putting you on plutonium. Lilli, go work for Kisty. Because he needs you. Fuchs, take Teller’s role- you’re exclusively on the implosion device.

基斯蒂,你顶内德迈耶。塞思,我派你去搞钚。莉莉,去给基斯蒂干活。因为他需要你。富克斯,接泰勒的活——你专职做内爆装置。

Neddermeyer [ˈnedərmaɪər]:内德迈耶。

replace [rɪˈpleɪs]:接替。例句:They replaced the captain after the loss.

put sb on [pʊt ɑːn]:派某人去负责。例句:I’m putting you on the night shift.

exclusively [ɪkˈskluːsɪvli]:专门、只做这件事。例句:She’s exclusively on this account.

Kisty:Kistiakowsky 的昵称,基斯塔科夫斯基。

语境透析:一场人事洗牌同时解决三个危机:内爆进度、霍尼格的去留、泰勒撂挑子。把内爆交给富克斯,是全片最冷的历史反讽——他为了留住泰勒、稳住进度,把核心计算交给了会把它们带去莫斯科的人。

1026FISSIONOPPENHEIMER (CONT’D)INT. LECTURE HALL, T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

And nobody is leaving Los Alamos.

而且谁也不许离开洛斯阿拉莫斯。

nobody is leaving:现在进行时表将来,带禁令口气。例句:Nobody is leaving until we finish.

语境透析:对全组下的封口令,也是对泰勒说的。洛斯阿拉莫斯不是校园,是封闭的军事城。奥本海默第一次把“我需要你们”说成“你们走不了”。

1027FISSIONTELLEREXT. T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

They won’t let me leave.

他们不让我走。

1028FISSIONOPPENHEIMEREXT. T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

I won’t let you leave. Forget Hans, forget fission. Stay here and research what you want. Fusion. The Hydrogen bomb- whatever. We’ll meet to discuss-

不是他们不让,是我不让你走。别管汉斯,别管裂变。留在这儿,研究你想研究的。聚变。氢弹——随你。我们会见面讨论——

fission [ˈfɪʃn]:裂变。例句:Atomic bombs release energy by fission.

Fusion [ˈfjuːʒn]:聚变。例句:Stars produce energy through fusion.

whatever [wʌtˈevər]:随你、爱搞什么搞什么。例句:Do the report, the slides, whatever.

Forget Hans:忘掉汉斯·贝特这条指挥链。

语境透析:用特权收买泰勒:你不用给贝特打工,氢弹当成私人实验室养着。FISSION/FUSION 的幕名在这句对白里变成人事交易。他留下的不是同事,是一个将来在听证会上反咬他的人。

1029FISSIONTELLEREXT. T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

You don’t have time to meet. You’re a politician now, Robert. You left physics behind long ago.

你没时间见面。你现在是政客了,罗伯特。物理你早就丢下了。

politician [ˌpɑːləˈtɪʃn]:政客,此处是贬义。例句:Don’t turn this into a politician’s speech.

leave behind [liːv bɪˈhaɪnd]:抛在身后。例句:She left that job behind years ago.

语境透析:刀口不在氢弹,在身份。奥本海默从物理学家变成管理人——这句话会在 2022 室被罗布捡起来:你到底是科学家还是政客?

1030FISSIONOPPENHEIMEREXT. T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

Once a week. One hour, you and me.

一周一次。一小时,就你和我。

1031FISSIONTELLEREXT. T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

Now, raise that fucking barrier.

现在,把那该死的路障抬起来。

barrier [ˈbæriər]:路障、关卡。例句:Raise the barrier—let them through.

fucking [ˈfʌkɪŋ]:加强语气的脏话。

raise [reɪz]:抬起、升起。例句:They raised the gate at dawn.

语境透析:他接受了留下的条件,立刻要回面子:你开门,我不是被关着的囚犯。路障是洛斯阿拉莫斯的物理边界,也是奥本海默刚立下的人事边界。

1032FISSIONROBB (O.S.)EXT. T-SECTION, LOS ALAMOS – DAY

So the Super was under development on your watch at Los Alamos…

所以超级炸弹在洛斯阿拉莫斯是在你眼皮底下研制的……

the Super [ðə ˈsuːpər]:超级,氢弹内部代号。

on your watch [ɑːn jɔːr wɑːtʃ]:在你任内、你值班期间。例句:The error happened on your watch, so you own it.

under development:在研制中。例句:The missile was already under development.

语境透析:画面还停在路障边,声音已经切到 2022 室。罗布把奥本海默给泰勒开小灶的那一小时,改写成“你主持过氢弹研制”——再用来打他战后的反对立场。

1033FISSIONROBBINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

…yet, after the war, you tried to deny it was viable.

……可战争结束后,你却试图否认它可行。

yet [jet]:转折,听证套语里用来钉自相矛盾。

viable [ˈvaɪəbl]:可行的、能成的。例句:Is this design viable at current costs?

deny [dɪˈnaɪ]:否认。例句:He denied the project was viable.

语境透析:罗布的句式是经典陷阱:战时你支持,战后你反对,等于你不是科学判断,你是政治阻挠。viable 把技术评估偷换成“你想杀掉它”。

1034FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

No. I pointed out technical difficulties with it.

没有。我指出了它的技术困难。

point out [pɔɪnt aʊt]:指出。例句:She pointed out three flaws in the plan.

technical difficulties [ˈteknɪkl ˈdɪfɪkəltiz]:技术难点,科学家用来抵抗“阻挠”指控的措辞。

语境透析:他把“反对氢弹”缩回“技术意见”。这是他在 2022 室的标准防御:我谈的是物理,不是政治。罗布下一刀就用原子能委员会会议记录打穿这层纸。

1035FISSIONROBBINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

Didn’t you try to kill it at the AEC meeting after the Russian bomb test?

俄国试爆之后的原子能委员会会议上,你不是想把它掐死吗?

kill it [kɪl ɪt]:扼杀一个项目。例句:The board killed the proposal in ten minutes.

AEC:原子能委员会,Atomic Energy Commission。

Russian bomb test:1949 年苏联原子弹试爆,代号 Joe-1。

Didn’t you:否定疑问,逼你承认。例句:Didn’t you sign off on this?

语境透析:kill 是检察官动词,不是科学家动词。罗布把技术保留意见翻译成谋杀项目。苏联试爆是时间戳:国家恐慌时刻你反对升级,等于不忠。

1036FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

No.

没有。

1037FISSIONROBBINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

But that was the recommendation the AEC offered, was it not?

可原子能委员会给出的建议就是那个,不是吗?

recommendation [ˌrekəmenˈdeɪʃn]:建议、推荐意见。例句:The committee’s recommendation was unanimous.

offer [ˈɔːfər]:提出、给出。例句:The panel offered three options.

was it not:反意疑问,把个人立场扩成机构立场。

语境透析:第二步:就算不是你一个人杀的,委员会的书面建议也是“不造氢弹”——而你是顾问委员会主席。集体意见被安到他头上。

1038FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. ROOM 2022, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION – DAY

After hours of discussion…

经过数小时讨论之后……

hours of discussion:数小时讨论,强调这是审议结果,不是预谋。例句:After hours of discussion they still had no vote.

语境透析:他想把“建议”还原成过程。这句未完成的话把场景从 2022 室滑进当年的会议室——诺兰用画外音把辩护词接成闪回。

1039FISSIONOPPENHEIMER (V.O.)INT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

…about the best response.

……讨论的是最佳应对。

response [rɪˈspɑːns]:应对,指对苏联拥核怎么回手。例句:They disagreed about the best response to the crisis.

the best response:政策选项,不是道德立场。

语境透析:COLOUR 标记:这是奥本海默主观里的会议。他坚持他们讨论的是“怎么回应”,不是“要不要爱国”。斯特劳斯随后会把讨论扭成地图上的圈。

1040FISSIONBUSHINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Truman has to do something…

杜鲁门总得做点什么……

1041FISSIONRABIINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

An H-bomb would be 1,000 times the power of an A-bomb.

氢弹的当量会是原子弹的一千倍。

H-bomb [ˈeɪtʃ bɑːm]:氢弹。A-bomb:原子弹。

1,000 times the power:一千倍威力。例句:This engine has ten times the power of the old one.

would be:虚拟语气,还没造出来的推演。

语境透析:拉比用数量级把讨论从“要不要一件新武器”拉到“这还是同一类东西吗”。一千倍不是改进,是物种变化——为他后面说“种族灭绝武器”铺台阶。

1042FISSIONRABI (CONT’D)INT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

The only intended target would be the largest cities.

唯一预定的目标,只会是最大的那些城市。

intended target [ɪnˈtendɪd ˈtɑːrɡɪt]:预定打击目标。例句:The intended target was a military base, not a hospital.

the largest cities:最大的城市,都市而非战场。

语境透析:氢弹大到打不动战场,只能抹掉都市。拉比把“武器”从军事工具里开除,推进到屠城逻辑。

1043FISSIONRABI (CONT’D)INT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

It’s a weapon of mass genocide.

这是大规模种族灭绝武器。

genocide [ˈdʒenəsaɪd]:种族灭绝。例句:The court defined the killings as genocide.

weapon of mass genocide:把 WMD(大规模杀伤性武器)里的 destruction 换成 genocide,道德升级。

语境透析:拉比不说 mass destruction 而说 mass genocide——摧毁变成灭种。科学家在用法律词汇,斯特劳斯下一句立刻用地图把灭种变成“他们也能灭我们”。

1044FISSIONSTRAUSSINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Why don’t you draw some of those circles on this side of the map?

你怎么不在地图这边也画几个圈?

circles [ˈsɜːrklz]:爆炸半径圈,核规划图上的毁伤环。

this side of the map:地图的这边,即美国。

Why don’t you:表面建议,实则指责。例句:Why don’t you try it yourself before you lecture us?

语境透析:斯特劳斯把拉比的道德语言翻成地理:你只在苏联城市上画圈,是因为你不肯想象纽约被烧。他要会议室里的人从“我们会成为屠夫”改成“我们会成为尸体”。

1045FISSIONSTRAUSS (CONT’D)INT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Start here… New York.

从这儿开始……纽约。

1046FISSIONFERMIINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

It’s a weapon of attack, with no defensive value.

这是进攻性武器,没有防御价值。

weapon of attack:进攻武器。

defensive value [dɪˈfensɪv ˈvælju]:防御价值。例句:The treaty bans weapons with no defensive value.

语境透析:费米用军事分类卡氢弹:不能拦导弹、不能守国境,只能先打。科学家试图把讨论拉回军种逻辑,斯特劳斯一个词就能接住——威慑。

1047FISSIONSTRAUSSINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Deterrence.

威慑。

deterrence [dɪˈtɜːrəns]:威慑,用报复能力阻止对方动手。例句:Nuclear deterrence kept the Cold War from turning hot.

语境透析:一个词否决费米的分类。进攻能力本身就是防御——冷战核战略的核心教义在此进场。斯特劳斯不辩论当量,他改词典。

1048FISSIONBUSHINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Do we need more deterrence than our current arsenal of atomic bombs?

我们现有的原子弹武库,威慑还不够吗?

arsenal [ˈɑːrsənl]:武库、军火库。例句:The country has a vast nuclear arsenal.

current [ˈkɜːrənt]:现有的。例句:Our current stocks are enough for now.

语境透析:布什把“要不要氢弹”改成“边际威慑还要不要加”。已经能毁灭对方,再造一千倍是战略,还是心理?

1049FISSIONRABIINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Drown in ten feet of water or ten thousand, what’s the difference? We can already drown Russia, and they know it.

淹死在十英尺水里还是一万英尺,有区别吗?我们已经能淹死俄国,他们也知道。

drown [draʊn]:淹死;文中比喻核毁灭。例句:Don’t drown the plant—too much water.

what’s the difference:有什么分别,口语里用来抹掉假对比。例句:Pay now or pay later, what’s the difference?

ten feet / ten thousand:数量级比喻,对应原子弹对氢弹。

语境透析:拉比把军控论证收成一句乡下比喻:死透了就是死透了。过度杀伤(overkill)概念的口语版。斯特劳斯的反击只需把主语对调。

1050FISSIONSTRAUSSINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Now they can drown us.

现在他们也能淹死我们。

Now they can:时间副词 now 钉死 1949 年苏联拥核这个转折。

语境透析:单方面“淹死他们”作废了。斯特劳斯不接比喻的道德,只接对称性:威慑的前提变了,所以必须再升级。恐慌被他当成政策发动机。

1051FISSIONSTRAUSS (CONT’D)INT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Gentlemen, I have to ask whether your discussion should be more of a technical one. Robert?

各位,我得问一句:你们的讨论是不是该更技术一点。罗伯特?

more of a technical one:更偏技术的那种讨论。例句:This should be more of a technical review than a political debate.

I have to ask:假装被迫提问。例句:I have to ask whether this is wise.

Robert?:点将。

语境透析:斯特劳斯点名奥本海默,把道德辩论踢回“技术可行性”——他知道对方会说泰勒的设计不实际。技术否定一旦出口,就会在 2022 室变成“你阻挠氢弹”的口供。

1052FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Teller’s designs are as impractical as they were during the war.

泰勒的设计跟战争期间一样不切实际。

impractical [ɪmˈpræktɪkl]:不切实际的。例句:The plan is bold but impractical.

as … as they were:跟当年一样。例句:The risks are as real as they were last year.

语境透析:他踩进套里。用战时记忆否定氢弹,斯特劳斯要的就是这句“科学家说不行”。几年后泰勒会证明它能行——那时这句技术判断就变成政治污点。

1053FISSIONLAWRENCEINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

The hydrogen bomb can be made to work, Oppie. You know that.

氢弹能做成,奥比。这你知道。

be made to work:能被做成可用的。例句:The prototype can be made to work with enough funding.

You know that:你心里清楚,指控的是诚实,不是能力。

语境透析:劳伦斯拆自己人。伯克利的老同事当众不站奥本海默。You know that 说的是:你不是不懂,你是不愿意。

1054FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

We can’t commit all our resources to that chance.

我们不能把全部资源押在那个可能性上。

commit resources to [kəˈmɪt rɪˈsɔːrsɪz tu]:把资源投入。例句:We can’t commit all our resources to one product.

chance [tʃæns]:尚不确定的可能性。例句:Don’t bet the company on that chance.

语境透析:他从“做不成”退到“不值得全押”。这是理性的风险管理,在斯特劳斯耳朵里是拖延。chance 一词会被听成:你拿美国的安全来赌。

1055FISSIONSTRAUSSINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Then how would you have Truman reassure the American people?

那你要杜鲁门怎么安抚美国人民?

reassure [ˌriːəˈʃʊr]:安抚、让……放心。例句:The president tried to reassure the public after the crash.

how would you have X do Y:你要让 X 怎么做 Y,虚拟语气,逼出替代方案。例句:How would you have the mayor explain this?

语境透析:科学会议被他变成公关题。答案如果不是“造氢弹”,就会被标成软弱。人民、总统、生存——三重道德绑架。

1056FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

By limiting the spread of atomic weapons through international control of nuclear energy.

通过国际共管核能,限制原子武器扩散。

spread [spred]:扩散。例句:They failed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.

international control:国际管制、共管。例句:He argued for international control of fissile material.

nuclear energy:核能,民用与军用的总称。

语境透析:这是他的战后纲领,接近巴鲁克计划:把核材料放到国际机构下。对斯特劳斯来说,这就是把美国优势交出去——下一句他直接污名为“世界政府”。

1057FISSIONSTRAUSSINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

World government?

世界政府?

world government [wɜːrld ˈɡʌvərnmənt]:世界政府,冷战右翼用来抹红国际主义的标签。例句:Critics called the treaty a step toward world government.

语境透析:两个词完成政治翻译:国际共管等于出卖主权。他不辩论军控细节,只给奥本海默贴一张在 1950 年听起来等于叛国的标签。

1058FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

The United Nations. As Roosevelt intended.

是联合国。按罗斯福的设想。

the United Nations:联合国。

intended [ɪnˈtendɪd]:本意、原计划。例句:The law worked as the drafters intended.

As Roosevelt intended:按罗斯福的设想,抬出已故总统挡枪。

语境透析:他用亡灵挡标签:这不是我的世界政府,这是罗斯福的联合国。但 1949 年的房间里罗斯福已经是过去式,杜鲁门和即将到来的麦卡锡时代才是现在。

1059FISSIONSTRAUSSINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

I asked what Truman should do. The world’s changed. Communism threatens our survival.

我问的是杜鲁门该做什么。世界变了。共产主义威胁着我们的生存。

Communism [ˈkɑːmjənɪzəm]:共产主义。例句:He was accused of sympathy with Communism.

survival [sərˈvaɪvl]:生存。例句:Drought threatens the survival of the crop.

The world’s changed:世界变了,用来宣布旧共识作废。

语境透析:问题从“核秩序”被拧到“谁在威胁美国”。罗斯福被杜鲁门覆盖,国际主义被生存威胁覆盖。这是听证会前的世界观宣战。

1060FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Lewis, if we build a Hydrogen bomb, the Soviets would have no choice but to build their own.

刘易斯,我们要是造氢弹,苏联人就没有选择,只能自己也造。

have no choice but to [hæv noʊ tʃɔɪs bʌt tu]:别无选择,只能。例句:We had no choice but to cancel the launch.

the Soviets:苏联人。

their own:他们自己的(氢弹)。

语境透析:军备竞赛的经典论证:我们先做,他们被迫做。他把氢弹说成制造敌人能力的机器。斯特劳斯下一刀不谈博弈论,谈叛徒。

1061FISSIONSTRAUSSINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Could they be working on it already? Based on information from a spy at Los Alamos?

他们会不会已经在造了?根据洛斯阿拉莫斯一个间谍送出去的情报?

spy [spaɪ]:间谍。例句:They arrested a spy inside the lab.

based on:基于。例句:The charge was based on information from an informant.

Could they be…:情态疑问,装成推测,实则指控。

语境透析:假问题,真指控。富克斯当时尚未完全曝光于公众,斯特劳斯已经把“洛斯阿拉莫斯有内鬼”甩上桌。否认,日后成谎言;承认,等于他管的实验室养了苏联眼线。

1062FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

There was no spy at Los Alamos!

洛斯阿拉莫斯没有间谍!

There was no…:过去时的全称否定,把可能性一刀切掉。

语境透析:全片最痛的反讽之一。观众已经看见他把内爆计算交给富克斯。这句斩钉截铁的否认,会成为 2022 室的呈堂证供:主任要么无知,要么包庇。

1063FISSIONBUSHINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Gentlemen, let’s not get sidetracked.

各位,别跑题。

get sidetracked [ɡet ˈsaɪdtrækt]:被带偏、跑题。例句:We got sidetracked by a side issue and missed the vote.

Gentlemen:各位,用来给升温的房间降温。

语境透析:布什听见温度变了。间谍是不可控话题——它会把科学顾问会议烧成忠诚调查。他试图把火按回去,但话已经说出来了。

1064FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

I say we use this moment to gain concessions from the Russians by committing that we will not build the Hydrogen bomb.

我说,我们该利用这个时刻,以承诺不造氢弹,换取俄国人的让步。

concession [kənˈsɛʃn]:让步、妥协条件。例句:They gained territorial concessions in the treaty.

commit that [kəˈmɪt]:承诺……。例句:The agency is committing that it will not share the data.

this moment:苏联刚拥有原子弹的窗口。

语境透析:他要在升级之前把氢弹当谈判筹码。逻辑是军控;在斯特劳斯听来是:先告诉敌人我们有一张还没造的王牌。

1065FISSIONSTRAUSSINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Thereby revealing its existence.

这样一来,反而暴露了它的存在。

thereby [ðɛrˈbaɪ]:由此、从而。例句:He resigned, thereby avoiding a public inquiry.

reveal its existence:把它的存在公开。例句:The leak revealed the program’s existence.

语境透析:法律脑:不造的承诺等于承认我们能造、在考虑造。军控语言被他读成泄密。奥本海默的筹码在开口的瞬间就变成罪证。

1066FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Which you seem convinced they already know.

而这点你似乎确信他们已经知道了。

1067FISSIONBUSHINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

At this point I’d like the advisory committee members to meet in privacy to finalize our recommendations.

到这一步,我希望顾问委员会成员私下开会,敲定我们的建议。

advisory committee [ədˈvaɪzəri kəˈmɪti]:顾问委员会,即 AEC 总顾问委员会 GAC。

in privacy [ɪn ˈpraɪvəsi]:闭门、不公开。例句:The board met in privacy after the hearing.

finalize [ˈfaɪnlˌaɪz]:敲定、定稿。例句:We need to finalize the recommendations by Friday.

I’d like = I would like:客气的清场令。

语境透析:布什清场。斯特劳斯是原子能委员会委员,不是顾问委员会成员——这句等于请他出去。程序礼貌,权力上是把氢弹反对意见关进小房间里写进官方建议。

1068FISSIONSTRAUSSINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

I’m not sure you want to go down this road, Robert.

罗伯特,我不确定你想走这条路。

go down this road [ɡoʊ daʊn ðɪs roʊd]:走这条路,开启某种对抗。例句:If you go down this road, there’s no turning back.

I’m not sure you want to:表面关心,实则威胁。例句:I’m not sure you want to say that on the record.

语境透析:清场前的私下警告。政策分歧被说成个人选择的绝路。FUSION 结构里这是两人关系的断裂点:此后不是同事辩论,是清算。

1069FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Lewis, we’re the Advisory Committee. We’ll give them our advice.

刘易斯,我们是顾问委员会。我们会给出我们的建议。

Advisory Committee / advice:他咬文嚼字,把职务说明书当盾牌。advice 与 advisory 同源。

We’ll give them our advice:我们会给出我们的建议,强调这是职责不是抗命。

语境透析:用章程挡威胁:我们的工作就是提建议,不是看你脸色。自信到近乎天真——拉比马上会告诉他,政客听先知,也惩罚说错一次的先知。

1070FISSIONBORDENINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Dr.Oppenheimer? William Borden- Joint Committee on atomic energy.

奥本海默博士?威廉·博登——原子能联合委员会。

William [ˈwɪljəm]:威廉。

Joint Committee on atomic energy:国会原子能联合委员会,JCAE。

Dr.Oppenheimer:剧本拼法,Dr. 后无空格。

语境透析:清场的缝隙里钻进来的人。博登不是科学家,是将来写指控信把奥本海默送进 2022 室的那个人。自我介绍在此像寒暄,在结构上是命运入场。

1071FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Oh, yes.

哦,是的。

1072FISSIONBORDENINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

During the war, I was a pilot. One night, flying back from a raid, I saw an amazing sight- like a meteor-

战争期间我是飞行员。有一晚,从空袭返航,我看见惊人的一幕——像一颗流星——

raid [reɪd]:空袭。例句:They flew a night raid over the city.

meteor [ˈmiːtiər]:流星。例句:It looked like a meteor burning up.

flying back from:从……返航。例句:Flying back from the mission, they hit a storm.

语境透析:个人战争故事当开场白。流星的美是诱饵,下一句揭开是 V2——博登把恐惧美学化,再把它接到核弹头上。

1073FISSIONBORDEN (V.O.)INT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

A V2 rocket heading for England-

一枚飞向英国的 V2 火箭——

V2:纳粹德国的弹道导弹,Vergeltungswaffe 2。

heading for [ˈhedɪŋ fɔːr]:朝……飞去。例句:The storm is heading for the coast.

语境透析:V2 是第一代弹道导弹,把“炸弹要靠飞机送”作废。博登的创伤记忆将成为氢弹加导弹的想象源头——也是他日后写那封毁灭性指控信的心理发动机。

1074FISSIONBORDEN (CONT’D)INT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

I can’t help but imagine what it will be for such an enemy rocket to carry an atomic warhead…

我忍不住想象,若这样的敌方火箭带上一枚核弹头会怎样……

can’t help but = cannot help but:忍不住。例句:I can’t help but think we made a mistake.

warhead [ˈwɔːrhed]:弹头。例句:The missile carries a nuclear warhead.

语境透析:从目击到政策。他要奥本海默承认“导弹加核弹”是未来战场。顺着怕,就会被推进氢弹;拒绝,就是对即将到来的威胁装瞎。

1075FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Then let’s make sure we’re not the ones to make that possible.

那就确保,让那种事成为可能的人不是我们。

make sure [meɪk ʃʊr]:确保。例句:Make sure the gate is locked.

the ones to:做那件事的人。例句:Let’s not be the ones to start this.

make that possible:让那件事变得可能。

语境透析:他听成了军备竞赛的邀请,回成了自我克制。对博登来说这是叛变:面对 V2 噩梦,你的答案是我们先别做。这句话会被记成阻挠国防。

1076FISSIONRABIINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Oppie, you don’t want to go up against Strauss.

奥比,你不要跟斯特劳斯对着干。

go up against [ɡoʊ ʌp əˈɡenst]:对抗、较量。例句:You don’t want to go up against the chairman in public.

you don’t want to:你不会想……,警告句式。

语境透析:拉比把会议室里的科学辩论翻译成权斗。他认识华盛顿:斯特劳斯不是可以靠正确物理说服的人。警告的句式和斯特劳斯的 go down this road 对仗。

1077FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

If we both speak, they listen to me.

要是我们两个都发言,他们听的是我。

they listen to me:他们听我的。they 指决策者、华盛顿那些人。

If we both speak:如果我们两个都开口,比较的是影响力不是对错。

语境透析:名声被他当成护身符:原子弹之父开口,海军退役的斯特劳斯会被盖过去。玻尔刚封他普罗米修斯,他现在自己信了。

1078FISSIONRABIINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

When you speak, they hear a prophet. When Strauss speaks, they hear themselves.

你开口,他们听见的是先知。斯特劳斯开口,他们听见的是他们自己。

prophet [ˈprɑːfɪt]:先知。例句:They treated him like a prophet until his first mistake.

hear themselves:听见自己的声音,即共鸣、认同。例句:When he talks about taxes, they hear themselves.

语境透析:拉比看穿传播学:先知带来不安的真理,斯特劳斯提供听众已经相信的恐惧——共产主义、生存、氢弹。华盛顿选择回音,不选择神谕。这是全场最冷的政治课。

1079FISSIONOPPENHEIMERINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

They’ll listen to a prophet.

他们会听先知的。

1080FISSIONRABIINT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

A prophet can’t be wrong. Not once.

先知不能错。一次也不行。

can’t be wrong:不能错,契约而非能力。例句:A surgeon in that role can’t be wrong.

Not once:一次都不行。例句:You don’t get a second chance. Not once.

语境透析:收束整批。普罗米修斯和先知的光环是不可逆的契约:一次技术误判、一次间谍漏看、一次对氢弹说不,光环就变成火刑。2022 室要做的,就是证明他错过一次。

1081FISSIONSENATOR MCGEE (V.O.)INT. HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT (COLOUR)

Didn’t you accuse Oppenheimer of sabotaging the development of the Super?

你不是指控过奥本海默破坏“超级”的研发吗?

sabotage [ˈsæbətɑːʒ]:蓄意破坏(计划、设备、进程)。例句:They were accused of sabotaging the peace talks.

the Super:氢弹内部代号,见专名“超级”。

Didn’t you…:否定疑问,逼对方承认既成事实,不是真在打听。

语境透析:麦吉把听证从“人事分歧”拧成“你是否指控他破坏氢弹”。FUSION 线(斯特劳斯确认听证,黑白)用一句画外音压在彩色会议室上,等于把当年的科学争论事后定性为政治罪名。

1082FUSIONSTRAUSSINT. SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING ROOM – DAY (B&W)

I was never one of those who bandied around terms like ‘sabotage’.

我从来不是那种把“破坏”这种词随口乱甩的人。

bandy around [ˈbændi əˈraʊnd]:把(刺激性字眼)随口甩来甩去。例句:Don’t bandy around words like ‘traitor’ unless you can prove them.

I was never one of those who…:切割句式,“那种人里没有我”。

语境透析:他不否认指控的实质,只否认用过这个词。听证里这叫划清用词、不划清责任——把“破坏”这个炸药包轻轻推给博登。

1083FUSIONSENATOR MCGEEINT. SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING ROOM – DAY (B&W)

But Mr.Borden was?

可博登先生是?

语境透析:短问把锅精准挪到博登身上。麦吉要的不是斯特劳斯认错,是逼他承认:那份致人死地的材料,是别人写的、却像有内线喂料。

1084FUSIONSTRAUSSINT. SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING ROOM – DAY (B&W)

As I understand it.

据我所知是这样。

1085FUSIONSENATOR MCGEEINT. SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING ROOM – DAY (B&W)

How was Mr.Borden able to put together such a detailed indictment? He was no longer a government employee, and yet he appears to have had unlimited access to Dr.Oppenheimer’s file. Might Mr.Nichols have given him access to the file? Or someone else at the AEC?

博登先生怎么能拼出这么一份详尽的起诉书?他已经不是政府雇员了,却好像能无限查阅奥本海默博士的档案。会不会是尼科尔斯先生把档案给他看的?还是原子能委员会里另有其人?

indictment [ɪnˈdaɪtmənt]:起诉书;文中指博登那封把奥本海默定性为安全威胁的长信。例句:The grand jury issued an indictment for perjury.

unlimited access:无限查阅权,情报/档案用语。

file:此处不是文件夹,是安全档案、忠诚调查卷宗。

Might Mr.Nichols have…:情态完成式,用“会不会已经”把猜测说成几乎坐实。

语境透析:麦吉在问听证里最危险的事:博登已离职,凭什么读到奥本海默的档案?暗示原子能委员会内部有人开闸——尼科尔斯,或斯特劳斯本人。确认听证从此变成反诉。

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Feelings ran high on these issues, but that’s a very serious accusation, Senator.

这些问题当时群情激昂,可这是很严重的指控,参议员。

feelings ran high:固定说法,“情绪/对立很激烈”。例句:Feelings ran high after the layoffs.

accusation [ˌækjuˈzeɪʃn]:指控。例句:He denied the accusation of leaking documents.

语境透析:先承认“当时很激动”,再把“给档案”升级成“很严重的指控”,用道德高地挡追问。他没有回答 yes 或 no——这就是政客的逃生舱。