请你们一定要抓住凶手
“You must catch him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
等一下
“Wait.”
请你们 一定要抓住凶手
“You must catch him.”
负责强奸和猥亵 这两个案子的同事
“Officers handling the rape and sexual assault cases”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Placing '请' (please) together with '一定要' (must) reflects a vulnerable citizen's profound emotional reliance on the state police to restore moral order and seek retribution for a victim.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
must / definitely have to
Placed before a verb to convey strong earnestness, desperation, or resolution.
catch the murderer / apprehend the culprit
A standard collocation in crime, police, and legal contexts.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The criminal confessed.”
“You must not let that murderer get away with it.”
“(Please catch)”
“Tell the truth and help us catch the killer fast,”
“and drag the killer out. Sir, you're misremembering.”