用法学习: 1. to the untrained eye/ear used as a way of referring to someone with little knowledge or experience of a particular activity or subject. To the untrained eye it looks like a real diamond. when someone who does not have special knowledge of a subject looks at something or listens to it. To the untrained eye, the two flowers look remarkably similar. uninitiated not having knowledge or experience of a particular subject or activity: The author's goal was to introduce uninitiated readers to the area. You can refer to people who have no knowledge or experience of a particular subject or activity as the uninitiated. For the uninitiated, Western Swing is a fusion of jazz, rhythm & blues, rock & roll and country music. Its appeal may not be immediately obvious to the uninitiated. For those uninitiated in scientific ocean drilling, the previous record was a little over 4 km. This may not be visible to the uninitiated eye, but the experienced quarryman sees it. To the uninitiated outsider 外行, all this would be completely incomprehensible. exhilarating [ɪɡˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ,ɛɡˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ] adj making one feel very happy, animated, or elated; thrilling. making you feel very excited and happy. If you describe an experience or feeling as exhilarating, you mean that it makes you feel very happy and excited. It was exhilarating to be on the road again and his spirits rose. Falling in love is a heady, exhilarating experience. an exhilarating walk in the mountains. "an exhilarating two-hour rafting experience". 2. abomination [əˌbɑmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] something that you hate because you think it is extremely offensive, unpleasant, or wrong. If you say that something is an abomination, you think that it is completely unacceptable. What is happening is an abomination. abominable [əbɒmɪnəbəl] adj Something that is abominable is very unpleasant or bad. The President described the killings as an abominable crime. The weather was abominable, cold with wind and rain. Chloe has behaved abominably. Wallis was often abominably rude. the Abominable Snowman = yeti [ˈjeti] a wild animal that some people believe exists in the Himalayas. It is said to look like a human with a lot of hair. abominate [əˈbɒmɪˌneɪt] to dislike intensely; loathe; detest. to hate something because you think it is extremely offensive, unpleasant, or wrong. 3. rugged [rʌgɪd] I. A rugged area of land is uneven and covered with rocks, with few trees or plants. ...rugged mountainous terrain. ...a ruggedly beautiful wilderness. The island's ruggedness symbolises our history and the character of the people. II. If you describe a man as rugged, you mean that he has strong, masculine features. A look of pure disbelief crossed Shankly's rugged face. He was six feet tall and ruggedly handsome. III. If you describe someone's character as rugged, you mean that they are strong and determined, and have the ability to cope with difficult situations. Rugged individualism forged America's frontier society. IV. A rugged piece of equipment is strong and is designed to last a long time, even if it is treated roughly. The camera combines rugged reliability with unequalled optical performance and speed. The body is 90% titanium for ruggedness. ruggedized [ˈrʌɡɪdʌɪzd] adj NORTH AMERICAN designed or improved to be hard-wearing or shock-resistant. to make durable, as for military use. "ruggedized computers suitable for use on the battlefield". rigidize [ˈrɪdʒɪdˌaɪz] = rigidify [rɪˈdʒɪdɪˌfaɪ] to make or become rigid. rigid I. not easily changed. a rigid class system. II. done or applied in a strict and unreasonable way. rigid control over behavior. rigid discipline. III. stiff, hard, and difficult to bend or move. The door is made from galvanized steel with a rigid frame. IV. not willing to change your ideas, attitudes, opinions, etc. Both sides have remained rigid in their resolve. V. unable to move because of a strong emotion such as fear or anger. I only had one chance – this was live television – and I was totally rigid with fear. frigid [ˈfrɪdʒɪd] I. extremely formal and unfriendly. If you describe the atmosphere in a place or someone's behaviour as frigid, you mean that it is very formal and unfriendly. 公事公办的 (prim and proper). 冷淡的. 正式的. He presided at all councils of ministers, where the atmosphere could be frigid on occasions. her frigid tones. prim and proper (idiomatic) prudish, straight-laced. Having very traditional, morally conservative beliefs and behavior. I've
never dated someone who is so prim and proper before. I'm not sure how
he's going react when he meets my family! She's so prim and proper that I
bet she's never even jaywalked before. II. a frigid woman does not enjoy having sex. If a woman is frigid, she finds it difficult to become sexually aroused. Frigid is often used to show disapproval. My husband says I am frigid. ...an inability to experience orgasm (often called frigidity). III. formal extremely cold. Frigid means extremely cold. A snowstorm hit the West today, bringing with it frigid temperatures. The water was too frigid to allow him to remain submerged for long. bored I. feeling impatient or dissatisfied, because you are not interested in something or because you have nothing to do. If you want to say you are extremely bored, you can say you are bored stiff/rigid/silly 无聊透顶, 无聊爆了 or bored to tears/to death. Oh, I'm so bored! Beth ordered a coffee from a bored-looking waiter. bored with: Steve was getting bored with the game. bored of: I get really bored of my same-damn-thing-every-day diet. II. feeling annoyed about something that has continued for too long. I'm getting pretty bored with his endless complaining.
躲在起落架上飞行: So how is it possible that someone could stow away? On the ground, the landing gear wheel well 起落架口 is exposed. The area is a complex mesh of components, wiring, and hydraulic lines. Climbing on the tires and scaling the landing gear structure into a concealed spot is not difficult, especially in darkness. Pilots use flashlights on their walk-around inspections, but they can't see every nook and cranny( every nook and cranny 每个角落, 每个边边角角 every part of a place: Every nook and cranny of the house was stuffed with souvenirs of their trips abroad.). And if a stowaway 藏身者 scampers into the gear well after a pilot completes his or her walk-around, his or her presence will not be detected. What about other ground personnel catching the stowaway? Often the folks loading the bags or servicing the aircraft are focused on 专注于(..is focused..., the helping verb "be" is used with "focused" to create a continuous tense. (Present tense and a sense that the focus action is continuing.) I am focused on learning English. (I am learning now and continuing to learn.) The second example, "I focused on..." is past tense. I focused on learning English. (I was learning English in the past.) focus verb I. If you focus on a particular topic or if your attention is focused on it, you concentrate on it and think about it, discuss it, or deal with it, rather than dealing with other topics. The research effort has focused on tracing the effects of growing levels of five compounds.He is currently focusing on assessment and development. Today he was able to focus his message exclusively on the economy. Many of the papers focus their attention on the controversy surrounding the Foreign Secretary. II. If you focus your eyes or if your eyes focus, your eyes adjust so that you can clearly see the thing that you want to look at. If you focus a camera, telescope, or other instrument, you adjust it so that you can see clearly through it. Kelly couldn't focus his eyes well enough to tell if the figure was male or female. His eyes slowly began to focus on what looked like a small dark ball. He found the binoculars and focused them on the boat. Had she kept the camera focused on the river bank she might have captured a vital scene. III. If you focus rays of light on a particular point, you pass them through a lens or reflect them from a mirror so that they meet at that point. Magnetic coils focus the electron beams into fine spots. focus noun. I. The focus of something is the main topic or main thing that it is concerned with. The U.N.'s role in promoting peace is increasingly the focus of international attention. The new system is the focus of controversy. Her children are the main focus of her life. II. Your focus 聚精会神, 专注 on something is the special attention that you pay it. He said his sudden focus on foreign policy was not motivated by presidential politics. The report's focus is on how technology affects human life rather than business. IBM has also shifted its focus from mainframes to personal computers. III. If you say that something has a focus 有重心, 有重点, you mean that you can see a purpose in it. Somehow, though, their latest album has a focus that the others have lacked. Suddenly all of the seemingly isolated examples took on a meaningful focus. IV. You use focus 注意力 to refer to the fact of adjusting your eyes or a camera, telescope, or other instrument, and to the degree to which you can see clearly. His focus switched to the little white ball. Together these factors determine the depth of focus. It has no manual focus facility. V. The focus of a number of rays or lines is the point at which they meet. ) their task and may not catch an unauthorised person on the ramp. If that individual had remained hidden from view, he may have waited until the plane was not being loaded or serviced. There have been occasions at less busy airports where stowaways have run out onto taxiways in an attempt to crawl into baggage compartments or landing gear wells. Scaling 翻越, 翻过 an airport perimeter fence at an inconspicuous point would allow a stowaway access to a plane. An airport with lower security standards might also allow breaches to the ramp through doors or jet bridges. In the end, in this day and age of high security, it is highly unusual for someone to hitch a ride aboard a commercial airliner, let alone survive the flight. Any individual who attempts such a feat is foolish, ignorant of the dangerous situation - and must be completely desperate. First, the landing gear well of a large jet has little space for anything but the massive support structure and the wheels. Without knowledge of where to position oneself, a person could be in the path of those components, whose retraction and extension 伸缩 carries a hydraulic pressure of 200 bar, that would likely crush a stowaway like a bug. Second, the lack of oxygen at high altitudes during an eight-hour-and-50-minute trip, as in the Kenya Airlines flight, doesn't bode well for human survival. Temperatures nearing minus 50 degrees aren't conducive to blood flow. And third, if one survives such an ordeal, landing gear extension on approach to the airport would disrupt the perch of a stowaway, potentially sending him falling to his demise.
Line of Duty S3: 1. You sure everything's all right? Yeah, it's fine, yeah. It's just the missus ain't sleeping too good, you know. Why do I get the feeling you're not 100% on board? I am. I'm going home, so Laila can grab an early night, yeah? You need me to make the hard choices for you. Because I see what's inside you. Jelly. The fact is, if we'd not stuck together, AC-12 would be charging the lot of us, not just me. Worth bearing in mind, when you've got that nice little family to provide for. 2. So, you worked with Jackie long? Couple of years, on and off. Danny? A bit less. I don't get the impression there's much. Sorry, Kate. Sorry, listen. I'm just not feeling very sociable ( [ˈsoʊʃəb(ə)l] I. 爱交际的. 喜欢交谈的. 想独处的. 不想讲话的. 不想交谈的. 不想交流的. a sociable person is friendly and enjoys being with other people. Sociable people are friendly and enjoy talking to other people. She was, and remained, extremely sociable, enjoying dancing, golf and bicycling. Some children have more sociable personalities than others. Enthusiasm, adaptability, sociability, and good health are essential. I'm not feeling very sociable today. II. used about things such as jobs, times, and situations that allow you to enjoy being with other people or to live the type of life that most people live. sociable hours: The pay is good, but the hours are not very sociable 和别人不一样的. social drinker a person who drinks alcohol chiefly on social occasions and only in moderate quantities. social I. relating to activities that involve being with other people, especially activities that you do for pleasure. Social means relating to leisure activities that involve meeting other people. We ought to organize more social events. Social activities might include walking tours of the Old Town. a social activity/engagement/get-together. social contact: The worst thing about working from home is the lack of social contact和社会接触, 社会脱节. a social call 私事登门拜访 (=a visit for the purpose of pleasure, not business): This is not a social call. I'm afraid I have some bad news. a. relating to rules about behavior with other people. social skills 社交技能 (=how good you are at meeting and dealing with people): We need someone with excellent social skills. social graces 社交礼仪 (=manners): The children still need to learn a few social graces. b. a social person 善交际的人 enjoys being with other people. II. relating to society and to people's lives in general. They try to address social problems such as unemployment and poor health. social justice: The interests of big companies are rarely compatible with social justice. social change: a period of enormous political and social change. social conditions: There has been a progressive deterioration of the social conditions of small farmers. III. relating to the position that someone has in society in relation to other people. Social means relating to the status or rank that someone has in society. Higher education is unequally distributed across social classes. The guests came from all social backgrounds. Morisot and Degas moved in the same social circles. ...a prosperous upper-middle-class couple with social aspirations. For socially ambitious couples this is a problem. ...socially disadvantaged children. I felt there was a lot of pressure on me to achieve, both academically and socially. a judgment about someone based on their social background社会背景, 社会地位. The evidence shows a relationship between crime and social class. III. biology social 群居 animals live in groups instead of living alone. ) right now. 3. Do you like chilli? The food. Not the country. I've got a pot on the simmer(simmer I. [intransitive, transitive] to boil gently, or to cook something slowly by boiling it gently Bring the soup to the boil and allow it to simmer gently for about half an hour. II. [intransitive] if you are simmering with anger 怒火中烧, or if anger is simmering in you, you feel very angry but do not show your feelings. He was left simmering with rage. III. [intransitive] if an argument is simmering, people feel angry with each other but only show it slightly. The row has been simmering for some time. Violent revolt was simmering in the country. ). You've probably eaten. No, I haven't, actually. Well? Yeah. Not too fiery 不会太辣吧? I'll cope. If you go to the trouble of 费力气, 费劲 making a pot, you might as well make it last a few days, you know? One night, you can have it with rice. One night, baked potato. It's rock and roll, me. Well, I'm not complaining. By the time I knock off, the only thing that's open is a dodgy kebab. That's undercover, isn't it? Stupid hours. Well, Mark works in IT. He did a lot from home, which was great for childcare. Just not so great for us. You still see the kid, though? Yeah. Sorry, I shouldn't poke my nose in 打听私事. No, it's fine. It was the right decision. You know, give him security and stability. Just not such a great decision for me, to be honest. See, me and my missus, we never got around to having kids 没时间生孩子. Was she a copper too? Forensics. I don't see much of her now. No? No, I was on the piss ( be (or go) on the piss drinking alcohol, esp in large quantities. be engaged in (or go on) a heavy drinking session.) most nights. Couldn't pass a bookie's. Final straw was - we'd put down half on a fortnight in Majorca. Oh, don't tell me. Yeah, five-to-one. Dead cert (a dead cert I. something that is definitely going to happen. I think that a tax increase is a dead cert 板上钉钉的事, 确定无疑的事. II. someone or something that is definitely going to be successful or to win something. Put your money on Thorpe to win, he's a dead cert. a dead cert for: Stewart is a dead cert for the men's 100 metres.). I couldn't go home to face the music, so I took out a loan, put a grand down on the last race of the day, try and win it all back. Barrel of laughs ( be a barrel of laughs/fun informal to be funny or enjoyable: "He's a bit serious, isn't he?" "Yeah, not exactly a barrel of laughs." a source of fun or amusement. "life is not exactly a barrel of laughs at the moment"), me, yeah. Can I have your bowl? Cheers. Hey, there's seconds here if you fancy? Any more and I won't get off this sofa. 4. end of slang something you say to tell someone that you have made a final decision and you do not want to talk about it any more: You're not going out tonight - end of! Nearest station's Polk Avenue. I'll take you in there and they can charge you for impersonating a police officer. That's you back inside 回监狱, end of. Why don't you come into AC-12 with your solicitor, you tell us you heard the Caddy rumour about Cole off some old lag, dead or lost his marbles, and you leave me to do the rest? And? There's always an and. And you turn over all the stuff you've got on me. End of. End of? The incriminating item I've got on you, that's my only insurance. You need me to shut this down. I'm small fry. You're the big fish. So what'll happen when they find out about all that evidence you've been sitting on? Hm? The contacts in that phone. The call history. 5. What forensics do you have linking me to the crime scene? Your car, your gun -- I'd say that's plenty. Were my fingerprints on the gun? There were no fingerprints found on the firearm at all. It appeared to have been wiped. Right. So no prints. Lindsay Denton was shot at close range. The vehicle interior shows a substantial blood spatter pattern. Did you find blood particles on me? At the time of Steve Arnott's arrest, his clothing was seized for forensic examination. There were no traces of blood or gunshot residue detected. Yeah, but anyone with half a brain, covered in blood and gunshot residue, would know to dispose of his clothing. So where's this clothing? You tell us. Why would I shoot Lindsay in my own car? I know the forensics would be totally incriminating. Correct. They are. So I wouldn't have done it! You were at the end of your tether 受够了 with Lindsay Denton. She betrayed you, manipulated you, deceived you and, finally, she discredited 毁你名声 you. You weren't thinking straight! So I used my service-issue firearm that I left at the scene? And I used my registered service vehicle? I mean, that's just stupid! You panicked. You left your bullet and the casing and you didn't do a good enough job disposing of the gun. Then you cobble together 拼凑 some story about your motor being nicked. In fact, the only thing you didn't make a hash of was the bloodstained clothing. That's not what happened. 6. as you were I. a military command to withdraw an order, return to the previous position, etc. Ignore anything you just saw. Forget everything I just said. The reset button of life, especially of military life. As you were, soldier. Nothing just happened. II. a statement to withdraw something just said. "As you were" is a military drill command. If an NCO gives an order and then wishes to change it, or if he is not satisfied with the way the men react, he may give the command As you were. This tells the men to return to the earlier state and await the next command. "The way we were" takes a look back to earlier times. It is often a sentimental view of happier times. there I was/we were used when you are telling a story and you want to give a summary of the situation that you were in at a particular stage So there I was, up to my waist in icy water. 7. Bains and I met loads of times. He would have known my voice and been able to identify, the call was clearly made by another person unknown. Yes, and you're familiar with the putative 一般认为的, 公认的 ( [ˈpjutətɪv] believed to be something. If you describe someone or something as putative, you mean that they are generally thought to be the thing mentioned. generally thought to be or to exist, even if this may not really be true: The putative leader of the terrorist cell was arrested yesterday. ...a putative father. his putative father. ) corrupt police officer codename The Caddy? What the hell was going on with Hastings showing up at Fairbank's house? You heard Fairbank. He called him, put the gaffer ( [British, informal] People use gaffer to refer to the person in charge of the workers at a place of work such as a factory. The gaffer said he'd been fined for not doing the contract on time. ) on the spot. Yeah, well, I saw the handshake at the door. It was masonic (Masonic 一伙的 [məsɒnɪk] is used to describe things relating to the organization of Freemasons. ...a Masonic lodge on Broughton Street.). In that file on Ronan Murphy, Murphy's connection to Hunter must have been concealed by police officers, and who gave us that file? Hastings. The Caddy is the codename for a serving police officer with lifelong links to organised crime, working as a fixer within the police service for certain criminal interests. No officer has ever been irrefutably ( Irrefutable [ɪˈrefjətəb(ə)l, ˌɪrɪˈfjutəb(ə)l] 无可辩驳的. 铁证如山的, evidence, statements, or arguments cannot be shown to be incorrect or unsatisfactory. impossible to prove wrong irrefutable facts/evidence/proof. They managed to come up with a number of irrefutable arguments. The pictures provide irrefutable evidence of the incident. Her logic was irrefutable. ) identified as the Caddy, hence his existence is putative. The term was first heard in a video statement made by John Thomas Hunter. DC Jeremy Cole, deceased. Now, Cole was originally presumed on the balance of probabilities to be the Caddy, but that conclusion is no longer supportable 站不住脚的, 不成立. 8. surmise [sərˈmaɪz] verb. 揣测, 猜测. 猜度. 瞎想. to guess that something is true, when you do not have enough information to prove that it is true. If you surmise that something is true, you guess it from the available evidence, although you do not know for certain. There's so little to go on, we can only surmise what happened. He surmised that her flight was delayed. He surmised that he had discovered one of the illegal streets. He surmised that her flight was delayed. During this time, November '98, what was your position? I ran Vice. Yep. And why was the head of Vice being copied into a report on a missing social worker? I have absolutely no idea. It sounds like an admin error to me. An administrative error? Well, I'm surmising. adj. If you say that a particular conclusion is surmise, you mean that it is a guess based on the available evidence and you do not know for certain that it is true. It is mere surmise that Bosch had Brant's poem in mind when doing this painting. His surmise proved correct. 9. sequester [sɪkwestər] I. Sequester means the same as sequestrate. sequestrate[ˈsikwəˌstreɪt] 扣下, 查封, 没收, 查扣, 克扣 to take someone's property away from them until they pay money that they owe. to take temporary possession of someone's property until they have paid money that is owed or until they have obeyed a court order. Everything he owned was sequestered. Just when exactly did you get the idea of sequestering evidence from me? Hm? In 35 years, this has been my worst day in the service, and now this little incident just about caps the whole lot 超过所有! Was it your idea to go behind my back or was it yours? To be fair to DI Cottan, he sought me out for guidance. It was my decision to sequester the evidence from Danny Waldron's flat because of its sensitive nature in regard to a fellow officer. It seemed a bizarre and possibly meaningless find, sir, but I just had a feeling that it might alert Steve. And if it had of done then we wouldn't have had all this other evidence. Oh, yeah, you're on very thin ice with me, DI Cottan. Are there any other surprises in store? I hope not, sir. I hope not, too. II. 隔离. 分开. If someone is sequestered somewhere, they are isolated from other people. This jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months. to keep a group of people, especially a jury in a court trial, apart from other people. to keep people, especially a jury, together in a place so that they cannot be influenced by other people, by newspaper reports, etc. III. to separate and store a harmful substance such as carbon dioxide in a way that keeps it safe: He said all coal plants should be closed until they find a way to sequester the carbon dioxide they emit. A growing forest sequesters carbon and gives off oxygen. be (walking/treading/skating) on thin ice to be in a situation in which you are likely to upset someone or cause trouble. If you say that someone is on thin ice or is skating on thin ice, you mean that they are doing something risky which may have serious or unpleasant consequences. I had skated on thin ice and, so far, got away with it. I was on thin ice, and I knew it. 10. Did you ever witness Detective Sergeant Arnott having access to tens of thousands of pounds in cash? He'd hardly do it openly. Corrupt officers have access to criminal contacts. Please answer the question you've been asked. Did you ever witness Detective Sergeant Arnott with such an enormous sum of cash? I don't know how Steve Arnott got hold of the money and then got it into my house. Ms Denton, you've answered. And I'm still answering. If I'm inaccurate, I'll be corrected. Steve Arnott had my complete trust and the trust of the officers on guard duty. He could easily have picked his moment to plant the money and I firmly believe that that is the best explanation for how it came to be there. Because I had never seen that money before. Were you aware that you were under investigation by Anti-Corruption Unit 12? Yes, I was. And were you cooperating with that investigation? Yes, I was. You were being completely honest, to the best of your knowledge, in assisting them with their enquiries? Yes, I was. And had you always been completely honest with Anti-Corruption Unit 12? Please answer, Ms Denton. It was a complex case and there were many details that were elusive and, at times, required further thought and examination before I could give a definitive answer. Did you lie in relation to matters surrounding the conspiracy to murder Tommy Hunter? Ms Denton. As I said, it was a complex case, and many details were difficult to define or recollect. Did you lie about having prior knowledge of Hunter? No. You lied about having prior knowledge of Hunter, didn't you? No. You told the investigators lie after lie to confound ( confound [kən'faʊnd] I. If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong. He momentarily confounded his critics by his cool handling of the hostage crisis. The choice of Governor may confound us all. 出其不意. 出人意表的. 出人意料的. to make someone feel surprised or confused, especially by not behaving in the way they expect. She confounded her critics by winning the race. II. if you are confounded by something, you cannot understand it We were totally confounded by her reaction. III. formal to prove that something is wrong. This new evidence confounds your theory. confound it/him/her/them used for showing that you are annoyed. And if Callie confuses them, Mona confounds them. Placed there to confront and confound him. She summons Deronda and pours out her desire to be what he wants, her inarticulate misery confounding him. Use their expectations and then confound them. Hell and the devil confound it, this was his home!) them, and to pervert the course of justice, didn't you? It wasn't like that. It was like that. You wove a web of deceit to confound the investigators and to protect yourself, and you have the effrontery 大胆无耻, 卑鄙无耻 ( [ɪfrʌntəri] [formal, disapproval] Effrontery is behaviour that is bold, rude, or disrespectful. One could only gasp at the sheer effrontery of the man. ) to attempt to deceive 欺骗 this jury. No! Did you fabricate the improper relations between you and Detective Sergeant Arnott? No. Did you fabricate the planting of evidence against you? No. Lindsay Denton, aren't you an artful, devious person([diːviəs] I. If you describe someone as devious you do not like them because you think they are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way. [disapproval] Newman was devious, prepared to say one thing in print and another in private. By devious means she tracked down the other woman. ...the deviousness of drug traffickers. II. A devious route or path to a place involves many changes in direction, rather than being as straight and direct as possible. He followed a devious route.), who has betrayed the trust placed in her as a police officer No. and haven't you repeatedly and shamelessly connived 设计, 图谋 to obstruct those who would bring you to justice? 11. During the interview with Steven Arnott I indentified a number of issues that merit further examination. Of course you want to believe that Steve's innocent. Of course you do. But you're jumping to rash and extremely damaging conclusions. DC Fleming, please. Miss Bigelow, you do not have to say anything but it may harm your defence if you do not mention, when questioned, something you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be used in evidence. It's been a long day and night, let's get a grip, Ted. Did you furnish ( I. If you furnish a room or building, you put furniture and furnishings into it. Many proprietors try to furnish their hotels with antiques. II. If you furnish someone with something, you provide or supply it 提供. They'll be able to furnish you with the rest of the details.) Superintendant Hastings with an intelligence file relating to Ronan Murphy, the suspect shot dead by Sergeant Danny Waldron on the 13th of May? I did. And from who did you obtain that file? Did an AC-12 officer furnish you with this file on condition of anonymity? Yes. DS Rogerson's copy of the file did not contain the omissions made to the one you received. I was given that file in good faith and I completely deny tampering with it. No-one's suggesting you did. What we're exploring here is that the alterations were made by said AC-12 officer. You're barking up the wrong tree 找错人. Matthew Cottan has done a first-rate job of rooting out a bad apple. Gill As for the file, he knew we were being obstructed, so he obtained it through unofficial channels. Why didn't he just give it to me? Because he was afraid you'd give him a dressing-down for acting improperly. Gill even after the time we spent together, you really don't know me at all.