不像是那种长大后会当检察官的人
“Not the obvious type to grow up to be a prosecutor.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
总是离地狱不远 肯定不是警察局的陌生人
“Always one foot in the inferno. Certainly no stranger to this office.”
不像是那种 长大后 会 当 检察官 的人
“Not the obvious type to grow up to be a prosecutor.”
亲眼看到弟弟的脑袋被猛砸一通
“Well, you walk in on your brother getting his head stoved in,”
“Given where he came from, it's hard to believe he ended up in law enforcement.”
Stereotypes regarding upright establishment figures like prosecutors contrast sharply with troubled, street-level upbringing, sparking natural disbelief.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
doesn't seem like / unlikely to be
Used to express doubt about whether someone fits a specific mold or role.
when grown up / after growing up
Standard temporal phrase describing adulthood or long-term career outcome.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He might not have been a good policeman,”
“you're different from some of the elite lawyers.”
“Most people haven't been to court.”
“I don't think he's an ordinary person.”
“He's not that kind of person.”
“You don't look like a shrink.”