Why Native Speakers Confuse You: The 'Wash' Secret (Learn English with Rick and Morty) · Learn English with Movies | English By Movie
通过《Rick and Morty》分析，学习地道的美国俚语和职场用语，提升英语表达的自然度和社交能力，适合练习口语和职场沟通。
I'm going to bring it to those villagers.
我会把这件事告诉那些村民。
Morty, cut your losses.
莫蒂，及时止损吧。
This is obviously a wash.
显然，这场比赛的结果早已注定了（即双方胜负难分）。
Yeah, you were saying that back back when we first got arrested.
是的，你早在我们第一次被逮捕的时候就说过这话了。
But here we are.
但我们现在就在这里了。
You know, walking down the courthouse steps.
你知道的，就是沿着法院的台阶走下去的那个场景。
Oh
哦
boy.
男孩。
When a project fails, do you know exactly how to cut your losses?
当一个项目失败时，你是否清楚该如何及时止损（即减少损失）？
Master this advanced idiom and sound like a native right now.
掌握这种高级表达方式，现在就能像母语者一样流利地说话了。
Ordle gun.
Ordle gun”……这个名称听起来有些奇怪/不常见。可能是某个特定领域的术语（比如游戏、科技产品等），但由于缺乏更多背景信息，我无法给出更准确的解释。
This isn't open and shut case, Morty.
这可不是一个非黑即白的简单案件，莫蒂。
You know what, what do you think's going to happen?
你知道吗？你觉得会发生什么呢？
Some magical angel's going to show up and then...
某个神奇的天使会出现，然后……
Ice mother violation of civil liberties.
冰母”组织的行为侵犯了公民的自由权利。
Your Honor, I'm from a tiny person's advocacy group.
尊敬的法官，我来自一个致力于为弱势群体发声的组织。
And he...
而他……
Portal gun.
传送门枪。
This is an open and shut case, Morty.
这是个一目了然的案子，莫蒂。
You know what, open and shut case.
你知道吗？这简直是个一目了然的、毫无争议的案例。
An open and shut case is a C2 level idiom used to describe a legal case or problem that is extremely simple to solve or prove.
An open and shut case”是一个属于C2级别的英语习语，用来形容那些极其简单、容易解决或证明的法律案件或问题。
It implies there is no doubt about the outcome because the evidence is so clear.
这意味着对结果没有任何疑问，因为证据非常确凿。
Use this when you want to sound confident that a problem has an obvious solution.
当你确信某个问题有显而易见的解决方案，并且希望表达出自己的信心时，可以使用这种方法。
With the video evidence, the theft was an open and shut case.
有了视频证据，这起盗窃案就已经真相大白了。
It describes a situation where the proof was undeniable and the conclusion was immediate.
这种情况描述的是：证据确凿无疑，因此结论自然而然地得出了。
Up and then...
一会儿高一会儿低……
Five, four, thumb.
五、四……大拇指。
Ice mother violation of civil liberties.
冰母”组织的行为侵犯了公民的自由权利。
Your Honor.
尊敬的法官大人：
Violation of civil liberties.
侵犯公民自由。
Civil liberties refers to the fundamental rights granted to citizens, like freedom of speech.
公民自由是指赋予公民的基本权利，例如言论自由。
A violation means breaking those rights.
违法行为意味着侵犯了这些权利。
While this is formal legal terminology, using it in daily conversation, as the character does here, adds a dramatic exaggerated flair to your complaint.
虽然这是一种正式的法律术语，但在日常对话中使用它（就像这个角色在这里所做的那样），会让你的抱怨显得更加夸张、更具戏剧性。
Checking my phone without asking is a total violation of my civil liberties.
未经我允许就查看我的手机，完全侵犯了我的公民自由。
It humorously exaggerates a minor invasion of privacy by using formal legal language.
这种表达方式以幽默的方式夸大了那些其实并不严重的侵犯隐私行为，同时使用了正式的法律术语。
A violation of civil liberties.
这是对公民自由的侵犯。
Your Honor, I'm from a tiny person's advocacy group, and I appear in my hand a motion to dismiss these little men were...
尊敬的法官大人，我来自一个致力于为弱势群体发声的组织。我手中拿着一份申请，请求法庭驳回对这些人的起诉……
Motion to dismiss.
请求驳回诉讼的动议。
In a courtroom setting, a motion to dismiss is a formal request to a judge to drop the case completely.
在法庭环境中，“驳回诉讼的动议”是一种正式的请求，旨在要求法官彻底终止该案件的审理。
Outside of court, you can use this phrase metaphorically to jokingly suggest dropping a boring topic or ending an argument immediately.
在法庭之外，你可以用这个短语来比喻性地表示：希望对方立刻停止谈论某个无聊的话题，或者结束当前的争论。