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● Please hop on top of my sterilized examination table, if you may. （hop 跳）
如果可以的話，請跳到我消過毒的檢查臺上來。——《馬達加斯加1》
sterilize v. 給……滅菌，給……消毒
He boiled his knife to sterilize it.
他把刀子放到水中煮進行消毒。
● There's none of this in the wild. this is highly refined food thing that you do not find in the wild.
你在野外肯定不可能找到這個東西。這可是精制的食物，你在野外可是找不到的。——《馬達加斯加1》
refine v. 精煉，提純；改善，改進
refined adj. 精煉的，提純的，精制的
They refine sugar using this way.
他們用這種方法精制糖。
Native salt needs to be refined for eating.
天然鹽需精練以供食用。
● Maybe you should talk to him, Alex.You know, go over and give him a little pep talk.
也許你應該和他談談，Alex。過去給他打打氣。——《馬達加斯加1》
pep v. 激勵，使活躍；使興致勃勃；增加……的趣味
n. 精力，活力，熱情
A walk in the fresh air will pep you up.
在清新空氣中散步會使你精神振奮。
He's full of pep in the morning.
他早上精力充沛。
● Shut up! Shut up! I am sleeping here! We're not all nocturnal you know!
閉嘴！閉嘴！我正在睡覺呢！我們可不是夜貓子！——《馬達加斯加1》
nocturnal: （指生物）夜間活動的
A nocturnal animal hunts its food at night.
夜行動物在晚上獵食。
Nocturnal animals such as bats and owls only come out at night.
夜行動物，如蝙蝠和貓頭鷹只在夜里才出來。
● The police dragged that river for three days, and nary a gun was found. （drag: 搜尋）
警察在河里找了三天，卻沒有找到你的槍。——《肖申克的救贖》
nary adj. 一個也沒有的，連……也沒有
The CEO seemed to be immune to criticism and made nary a sound. （immune: 免疫的，不受影響的 criticism: 批評）
總裁似乎不受批評的影響，一聲也不吭。
● They had sinned. But was their crime so great... as to merit a death sentence? （sin: 犯過錯，犯罪 crime: 罪 as to: 至于 death sentence: 死刑）
他們是犯了錯，但他們所犯的錯嚴重到……需要用死來贖罪嗎？——《肖申克的救贖》
merit v. 應得
He doesn't merit his punishment.
他不應該受到這樣的懲罰。
All women think they merit to be loved.
每個女人都認為自己值得被愛。
● I submit that this was not a hot-blooded crime of passion. That at least could be understood, if not condoned.
（hot-blooded: 易怒的 passion: 憤怒 ）
我肯定這不只是一時沖動而犯下的罪行，那至少是可以理解的，即使不能寬恕。——《肖申克的救贖》
submit v. ① 提交，呈遞
Please fill in and submit the form below.
請填寫并遞交以下表格。
② 使屈服，使服從
The minority should submit to the majority.
少數應服從多數。
We have to submit ourselves to discipline.
我們必須遵守紀律。
③ （法律用語）認為，主張，建議
I submit that more proof is needed to support the case.
我認為這個案子需要更多的證據證實。
condone v. 寬恕
I cannot condone the use of violence.
我不能寬恕使用暴力的行為。
I'll forgive you and condone everything!
我可以把以前的事一筆勾銷，完全不計較！
● This was revenge... of a much more brutal, cold-blooded nature.
這是復仇，源自冷血的殘酷本性。——《肖申克的救贖》
revenge v./n. 復仇，報復
She said she would take her revenge on Tom.
她說她要向湯姆報仇。
I'll revenge on you one day.
總有一天我會找你報仇的。
brutal adj. 野蠻的，殘暴的
It was brutal of him to do that.
他做那種事是很殘忍的。
The enemy made a brutal attack upon the villagers.
敵人對村民們進行了野蠻的攻擊。
