" Five attempts have been made. Twice burglars in my pay ransacked her house. Once we diverted her luggage when she travelled. Twice she has been waylaid. There has been no result."

“我已经试过五次。有两次我出钱雇小偷搜的房子。一次在旅行时我调换的行李。还有两次我对进行拦路抢劫。是都一无所获。”

She indeed inclined to the idea that, in some way, the French were connected with the small thefts, which were ascertained facts, and the burglaries and highway robberies, which were rumours.

确实倾向于有这样一种想法，即法国人在某种程度上与小偷小摸行为有关，这已被证实，也与入室盗窃和拦路抢劫有关，这倒是传闻。

The opposite, and this is not in our lesson, of course, but I thought of the phrase highway robbery.

相反，当这不在我的课程中，但我想到一个词组叫“拦路抢劫”。

If a place is charging you way too much money to do a certain activity, we might call that highway robbery.

如果某个地方为某项活动向你索取过高费用，我能会称之为“拦路抢劫” 。

A large number of prisoners were habitual offenders of theft and highway robbery.

2）大量犯人是盗窃、拦路抢劫的惯犯。

It's called a " stickup" or a " holdup" because the idea is that someone has a gun and tells everyone to " hold up" or " stick up" their hands in the air where the robbers can see them, so no one shoots the robbers.

这被称为“持枪抢劫”或“拦路抢劫”，因为意思是有人拿着枪，要求大家举起手来，让他看到，这样就不会误伤到劫匪。

But I, listen up, just to make you suffer, I rather want to become a highway-robber and murderer, and go to hell, than to become like you!

但我告诉你，为让你痛苦，我宁愿去做个拦路抢劫和杀人犯，下地狱，也不愿变得像你一样！

That combination which comprises a dark knight, a highwayman armed and hatted to the teeth, and myself may be a purely fortuitous one.

由一个黑骑士、一个武装到牙齿并戴着帽子的拦路抢劫犯，及我组成的这个组合，能纯粹是偶的。

There was a great fear of highwaymen in those days and the guard and driver of the Dover mail were anxious.

那时候非常害怕遇到拦路抢劫的强盗， 多佛邮车的护卫和车夫都显得很紧张。

There's two people that come up and they like waylay you and they act like they're like city guards.

有两个人过来，他像拦路抢劫一样拦住你，还装作他是城市守卫。

As for the faithful old Book-Keeper who wanted an increase to $9 and a week's Vacation in the Summer, the best he got was a little Talk about Contentment being a Jewel.

至于那位忠心耿耿的老会计， 他想要涨到9美元的薪水和夏天一周的假期， 得到的最好回应不过是关于“知足是宝” 的一番说教。对他来说，一天中最悲伤的时刻是傍晚6点全体下班的时候。 把10小时称为一整天似乎是一种耻辱。 至于周六的半天假运动， 那简直和拦路抢劫没什么两样。 那些前和他一起在船舱里辛苦劳作的人， 现在不得不称呼他为“先生” ，而他则像对待囚犯一样给他编号。

But will such a criticism bring any comfort to the highwayman?

但这样的批评会给拦路抢劫的人带来任何安慰吗？

As for the Saturday Half-Holiday Movement, that was little better than Highway Robbery.

至于周六的半天假， 那简直和拦路抢劫没什么两样。