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查档案找证据扑空：shift the stink

有人被指收了回扣，越想越气，一句 shifting the stink to me（把脏水泼到我身上）点破对手想甩锅；他派考德威尔去国家档案馆找 hard evidence（确凿证据），想直接甩到对方脸上。可日志一到手，上面只有「Olympia」被红笔圈着，事情反而更蹊跷。想学甩锅、找证据、埋悬念的说法，这段很带戏。

发生了什么

有人被指收了回扣，觉得这是对手搞的鬼：一句 It's Haney's mess, but now he's shifting the stink to me（这是汉尼的烂摊子，却把脏水泼给我）点破甩锅。于是他让人去国家档案馆，想找 hard evidence（确凿证据），好 shove right in Reynolds' face（直接甩到雷诺兹脸上）。谁知预约日志里只看到双方的名字，底下还有「Olympia」被红笔圈出来。想学甩锅、找证据、留悬念的说法，这段很实用。

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go for the goldshift the stinkfriggingaffidavit

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shift the stink

把脏水泼给别人to push one's scandal or blame onto someone else

说话的人抱怨汉尼惹出烂摊子，却把丑闻的责任推到自己头上。

The manager shifted the stink to the interns after the launch failed.上线失败后，经理把脏水泼到了实习生身上。

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  • go for the gold

    干脆上最狠的那一个

  • frigging

    委婉版脏话，相当于 fucking 的弱化说法

  • affidavit

    宣誓书；经宣誓后出具的书面证词

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31 句台词里标了 27 处

短语 · B2take a kickback

收受回扣

He's the friggin' contractor who says I took that kickback.
语法 · B2who says I took

定语从句限定身份：who says I took 这个从句紧跟 contractor，用来说明到底是哪个承包商，而不是另开一句。who 指人，从句里直接带上指控的内容，把身份和罪名一次说清。

He's the friggin' contractor who says I took that kickback.
俚语 · B2friggin'

该死的（对脏话的委婉替换）——把 fucking 换成的委婉说法，用来泄愤或加重语气。它仍算粗话，正式场合和陌生人面前不要说，对长辈尤其不合适。

He's the friggin' contractor who says I took that kickback.
短语 · B2go for the gold

干脆上最狠的那一个

一位前总统嫌对方骂人不够狠，劝他既然非说不可，就直接用最重的那个词。

If you have to use the "f" word, go for the gold.
短语 · B1such a thing

这种话、这种事

Now why would he say such a thing?
短语 · B2cover for someone

替某人遮掩

I think he's covering for Haney.
短语 · C1shift the stink to someone

把脏水泼到某人身上

It's Haney's mess, but now he's shifting the stink to me.
俚语 · B2the stink

臭名声、丑闻带来的脏东西——口语里把丑闻或麻烦比成臭味，常和表示推、挪的动词搭配。抱怨被人甩锅时可以用，正式文件里换成责任、过错这类中性词更合适。

It's Haney's mess, but now he's shifting the stink to me.
短语 · B2learn from the master

跟高手学来的

He learned from the master.
短语 · B1bring someone in

把某人带进来

Haney brought him in to the office for lunch, but nothing much happened.
短语 · B1nothing much happens

没发生什么大事

Haney brought him in to the office for lunch, but nothing much happened.
短语 · B1as I remember

据我回忆

As I remember,
发音As I remember

As I remember 的 s 滑向 I，常连成 /əˈzaɪ/，中间不留空。

As I remember,
短语 · B1sit around doing something

坐着闲聊、无所事事

we sat around talking about golf most of the time.
短语 · A2most of the time

大部分时间

we sat around talking about golf most of the time.
短语 · A2be getting ready to do something

正准备做某事

Now Reynolds is getting ready to release an affidavit saying that at that meeting he was alone with me.
发音wait a minute

wait a minute 说得快时 wait 的 t 弹成轻轻的 d，a 又几乎被吞掉，听上去像 wai-da-minute。

Hey, wait a minute. Yeah, wait a minute.
短语 · B1take place

举行、发生

If the meeting took place in the Oval Office,
语法 · B1If the meeting took place

条件状语从句：if 从句先把一个前提摆出来，主句再说明满足这个前提后会得到什么结论。这里先说如果会面真的在椭圆形办公室发生，后面才推出日志里必然留下记录。

If the meeting took place in the Oval Office,
短语 · B1there has to be something

肯定存在、必定有

then there has to be a record of it in the appointment log naming everybody present.
语法 · B1there has to be

has to 表必然推断：there has to be 不是规定必须有，而是根据道理推断出必然存在。这里依据会面的时间和地点，断定日志里一定记着在场的每一个人，语气比 there is 更有把握。

then there has to be a record of it in the appointment log naming everybody present.
短语 · B1hard evidence

确凿的证据

and get some hard evidence that I can shove right in Reynolds' face.
短语 · B2shove something right in someone's face

直接甩到某人脸上

and get some hard evidence that I can shove right in Reynolds' face.
短语 · A2well done

干得漂亮

Well done, dear.
发音What do you mean

What do you mean 在口语里缩成 whaddaya mean，do you 两个词几乎合在一起，重音落在 mean 上。

What do you mean it's not there?
短语 · B1right in front of someone

就在某人面前

Sir, I have the appointment log right in front of me.
短语 · B1be circled in red

用红笔圈出来

I see your name, Charles Reynolds' name, and at the bottom, the word "Olympia" circled in red.

看懂「查档案找证据扑空」

这一章能学到

  • 会用 appointment log 开口
  • 见到 hard evidence 知道在施压
  • 能听懂这场里的讽刺或命令

发音重点

  • As I remember — As I remember 的 s 滑向 I，常连成 /əˈzaɪ/，中间不留空。
  • wait a minute — wait a minute 说得快时 wait 的 t 弹成轻轻的 d，a 又几乎被吞掉，听上去像 wai-da-minute。
  • What do you mean — What do you mean 在口语里缩成 whaddaya mean，do you 两个词几乎合在一起，重音落在 mean 上。
It's Haney's mess, but now he's shifting the stink to me.

这是汉尼惹下的烂摊子，现在他却想把脏水泼到我身上。 用「臭味」把丑闻和责任说得又具体又难闻，一句抱怨把甩锅的过程讲得清清楚楚，换场合也能直接套用。

Now, before we check out, do you want me to steal all the little shampoos and conditioners?

趁我们还没退房，你要不要我把那些小瓶洗发水和护发素都顺走？ 把「顺手牵羊」的酒店惯例说得一本正经，荒诞感全在提议本身。一句家常话，把严肃的政治戏拉回小市民。

and get some hard evidence that I can shove right in Reynolds' face.

再找些确凿证据，好让我直接甩到雷诺兹脸上。 把抽象的取证说成甩到脸上，把报复的快感讲得直白，一句就让人记住这场交锋要怎么收尾。

If you have to use the "f" word, go for the gold.

既然非要用那个脏字，那就用最狠的那个。 把骂人讲成了一门讲究，劝人要么别骂、要么一步到位，一本正经的荒诞感让人一下就记住。

关于这一章的问题

shift the stink 是什么意思？

字面是「把臭味挪走」，意思就是「把脏水泼给别人」。台词里说要 shifting the stink to me，就是想把烂摊子的责任推到我头上，很形象。

「确凿证据」英语怎么说？

可以说 hard evidence。台词里说要 get some hard evidence，就是「找出确凿证据」，指那种能直接把事情坐实的铁证。

go for the gold 是什么意思？

意思是「干脆上最狠的那一个」。台词里说 if you have to use the "f" word, go for the gold，就是既然要骂，就直接用最狠的那个词。

affidavit 是什么意思？

指「宣誓书、经宣誓后出具的书面证词」。台词里说雷诺兹要公布一份 affidavit，就是一份有法律效力的书面证明，用来咬定当时的会面。

「把脏水泼给别人」英语怎么说？

shift the stink。stink 是「臭味」，shift the stink to someone 就是把自己的臭事挪到别人身上，等于中文的「甩锅、泼脏水」。

总统拍档 · 共 13 章

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