“- Any luck? - Not a hope. She's halfway to London by now.”
—追上了嗎?—沒戲了。她這會兒都到倫敦半路了。
一問一答,兩句短的就把追捕判了死刑,認命的語氣比抱怨更傳神。
Not a hope. She's ... by now.
判斷某事已經來不及、勸人別抱希望時用,語氣冷。
No chance. She's long gone by now. / Not a chance. She'll be there already.
口語
Not a 連讀,重音落在 hope 和 London。
Not a hope. The last train left twenty minutes ago. 沒戲了,末班車二十分鐘前就開走了。
