Brooklyn Nine-Nine · 第 1 季
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speed bumps

减速带 / 挫折

字面意思是马路上的“减速带”,但在口语中,尤其是在描述人生或事业时,常用来比喻前进道路上的“小挫折”、“小阻碍”。Jake 用它来自嘲最近破案不顺,只是遇到了一些「unlucky speed bumps」。

That's already way more than I know about it.
The point is, I'm a super-awesome race car who's hit a couple of unlucky speed bumps.
You got speed bumps on a race track? Is that not part of car racing? It should be.
speed bumps — Brooklyn Nine-Nine S01E03 · ReelWord