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兩個年度『最給力的回馬槍』答辯
TWO OF THE YEAR'S BEST COMEBACK RESPONSESSu






背景: 在美國律師是高收入的職業，但並不十分受人尊重。因而有很多律師的笑話。

假如你有機會在法庭上作證，但願你也有跟這位警官先生一樣的機智。這位警官在一件重罪案件中出庭接受被告律師的詢問。這位律師想貶低這位警官的誠信度。
If you ever testify in court, you might wish you could have been
as sharp as this policeman. He was being cross-examined by a
defense attorney during a felony trial. The lawyer was trying to
undermine the police officer's credibility .....

問：警官. . . 你親眼看見被告逃離現場？


Q: 'Officer --- did you see my client fleeing the scene?'

答：沒有。 但是案發後我看到一個疑似被告的人跑了好幾條街。


A: 'No sir. But I subsequently observed a person matching the
description of the offender, running several blocks away.'

問：警官. . .是誰告訴你被告的長像？


Q: 'Officer -- who provided this description?'

答：是那個接到報案到達現場的警官。


A: 'The officer who responded to the scene.'

問：是和你一夥的警官向你描述了這位嫌疑犯的長像。你相信你的同僚嗎？


Q: 'A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called
offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?'

答：我相信，我以人格保證。


A: 'Yes, sir. With my life.'

問：以人格保證？那我問你一個問題。上班的時候你們有更衣室可以讓你們更換制服嗎？


Q: 'With your life? Let me ask you this then officer. Do you have a
room where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily
duties?'

答：我們有的！


A: 'Yes sir, we do!'

問：那你們有帶鎖的櫃子在更衣室嗎？


Q: 'And do you have a locker in the room?'

答：我們有的！


A: 'Yes, sir, ... I do.'

問：那你們的櫃子上鎖嗎？


Q: 'And do you have a lock on your locker?'

答：是的，上鎖！


A: 'Yes, sir.'

問：好, 這是為什麼, 警官，假如你能以人格保證你的同僚都是可以信賴的，為何在大家共用的更衣室裡櫃子還有必要上鎖？


Q: 'Now, ... why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers with your life, you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with these same officers?'

答：你要知道，我們的辦公室是跟法院共用的，經常會有律師穿過那個更衣室的。


A: 'You see, sir -- we share the building with the court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room.'

這時法庭上發出一陣笑聲，庭審立即暫停。這位出庭的警官被提名為年度的“最給力的反唇相譏”獎。我們認為他會得獎。


The courtroom EXPLODED with laughter, and a prompt recess was called. The officer on the stand has been nominated for this year's 'Best Comeback' line -- and we think he'll win.




mount
v., mount·ed, mount·ing, mounts. v.tr.

1. To climb or ascend: mount stairs.
2. To place oneself upon; get up on: mount a horse; mount a platform.
3. To climb onto (a female) for copulation. Used of male animals.
4. 1. To furnish with a horse for riding.
   2. To set on a horse: mount the saddle.
5. To set in a raised position: mount a bed on blocks.
6. 1. To fix securely to a support: mount an engine in a car.
   2. To place or fix on or in the appropriate support or setting for display or study: mount stamps in an album; mount cells on a slide.
7. To provide with scenery, costumes, and other equipment necessary for production: mount a play.
8. To organize and equip: mount an army.
9. To prepare and set in motion: mount an attack.
10. 1. To set in position for use: mount guns.
    2. To carry as equipment: The warship mounted ten guns.
11. To post (a guard).

comeback
n.

1. 1. A return to formerly enjoyed status or prosperity: The film star made an unexpected comeback.
   2. A return to popularity: Wide ties are making a comeback this year.
2. The act of making up a deficit, as in a contest or game.
3. A reply, especially a quick witty one; a retort.

retort[re・tort¹]

• 発音記号[ritɔ'ːrt]
• 
  

[動](他)

1 ［III[名]((引用節))/that節］〈…であると〉言い返す, 逆襲する

“It is not true, ” he retorted. ［＝He retorted that it was not true. ］
「それは違う」と語気鋭く言い返した.

2 〈侮辱・非難・攻撃などに〉（…で）やり返す((for ...))；…に（…で）応じる((by ...))；…で（相手に）返報する, しっぺ返しをする((on, upon, against ...)). ⇒ANSWER[類語]

retort insult for insult
侮辱に侮辱で応じる.

━━(自)（人に）鋭く言い返す；しっぺ返しを食わせる((on, upon, against ...))

The politician retorted upon the columnist's charges sharply.
その政治家はコラムニストの告発に鋭く反撃した.

━━[名][U][C]痛烈な反ばく, 当意即妙の答え；しっぺ返し, さかねじ, 報復

make a sharp retort
鋭く言い返す；きびしく報復［仕返し］をする.

［ラテン語retortus （re-後ろへ＋torquēre巻く＋-tus＝巻き返す）. △TORTURE, TORTOISE, DISTORT］

(rĭ-tôrt') 

v., -tort·ed, -tort·ing, -torts. v.tr.

1. 1. To reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner. See synonyms at answer.
   2. To present a counterargument to.
2. To return in kind; pay back.

v.intr.

1. To make a reply, especially a quick, caustic, or witty one.
2. To present a counterargument.
3. To return like for like; retaliate.

n.

1. A quick incisive reply, especially one that turns the first speaker's words to his or her own disadvantage.
2. The act or an instance of retorting.

[Latin retorquēre, retort-, to bend back, retort : re-, re- + torquēre, to bend, twist.]

retorter re·tort'er n.

re·tort² (rĭ-tôrt', rē'tôrt')
n.
A closed laboratory vessel with an outlet tube, used for distillation, sublimation, or decomposition by heat.

[French retorte, from Medieval Latin retorta, from feminine of Latin retortus, past participle of retorquēre, to bend back. See retort¹.]

response

• 発音記号[rispɑ'ns | -spɔ'ns]

[名]

1 [U][C]応答, （…への）返答；（…に対する）感応, 反応, 反響((to ...))；《生物》（刺激に対する）反応((to ...))

in response to a question ［public opinion］
質問［世論］に答えて

make a response
答える

give a response to ...
…に応答［反応］する

His appeal met with no response.
彼の訴えはなんの反響も呼ばなかった.

2 ((通例〜s))《教会》唱和；応唱聖歌.