“If Maria Gambrelli is not a murderer, and I say she is not, you are sending an innocent girl to the guillotine.”
如果瑪麗亞·甘佈雷利不是兇手——我說了她不是——那你就是在把一個無辜的姑娘送上斷頭臺。
先立條件再下判詞,把官腔頂回去,一句裡既有堅持也有威脅。
If X is not A, you are doing B
替人辯解、把話說到最重時能用;正式場合別拿它頂撞上司。
You are punishing an innocent man. / Cross that line and the blame is yours.
中性
前半壓住說條件,guillotine 放慢加重,威脅感才出來。
If he is not guilty, and I say he is not, you are punishing the wrong man. 如果他沒罪——我說了他沒罪——那你就是在罰一個不該罰的人。
