《Nikita》S02E03筆記：自由不是別人施與的，是自己爭取的

1、He is not a public servant. He is a public enemy.

他不是人民公僕，而是人民公敵。

public servant

人民公僕；政府官員

public enemy

公敵

e.g: His views made him public enemy number one in the eyes of the media.

他的觀點讓他成了媒體的眼中釘。

2、Freedom isn't given, it is taken.

自由不是別人施與的，是自己爭取的。

something isn't given, it is taken.

某事不是別人施與的，而是自己爭取的。我們可以把這句話套用在別的地方。

e.g: Happiness isn't given, it is taken.

幸福不是別人施與的，而是自己爭取的。

3、I knew where I stood with him, so to speak.

可以說，我知道我倆是統一戰線的。

so to speak

可以說；就是說；恕我直言

e.g: Your computer is, so to speak, in danger once being connected to the network to browse.

一旦連接上網測覽，你的電腦可以說就處於危險之中了。

4、On the mend, I hope.

希望你痊癒。

be on the mend=be recovering

正在好轉；正在痊癒

e.g: He's had flu, but he's on the mend.

他得了流感，不過正在好轉。

5、It's safer if you go native and tap into the grid on the ground.

你們裝做本地人慢慢接近他們會更安全些。

tap into

接近；開發，發掘

e.g: helping people tap into training opportunities

幫助人們接觸到更多的培訓機會

6、On the bright side, all of our facilities are handicap accessible.

往好處想，我們的設備都方便殘疾人使用。

look on the bright side

樂觀點；往好處想。臺詞中作狀語把look省略了。

e.g: Come on, try to look on the bright side.

拜託，還是往好處想吧。

7、You have to call off the hit.

你就只能取消這次暗殺。

call somebody/something off

取消；命令...中止；命令...離開

e.g: The trip to Italy might be called off.

去意大利的行程估計被取消了。

8、—What about the predator?
—No dice. I tried hacking that too.

—"掠奪者"無人機能攻破嗎？
—沒可能，我也試過了。

no dice

沒門；不可能；徒勞的

e.g: 'Can I borrow some cash?' 'Sorry, no dice.'

“我能借點錢麼？” “不好意思，沒門。”

9、I, for one, don't think she can make it. But you can.

這次我覺得她救不了你，但你能自救。

I, for one, ...

依我看來...；從我的立場看...

e.g: I, for one, am proud of the team's effort.

就我而言，我爲團隊的努力而驕傲。

10、Alex, pull back. It's too dangerous.

艾麗克絲，收手吧，太危險了。

pull back

撤回；使恢復

e.g: In the end, he pulled back from financing the film.

最後，他不再爲這部電影投資。