Penny: Give me back my key.

Leonard: I’m very, very sorry.

Penny: Do you understand how creepy this is.

Leonard: Oh, yes, we discussed it at length last night.

Penny: In my apartment, while I was sleeping.

Sheldon: And snoring. And that’s probably just a sinus infection, but it could be sleep apnea, you might want to see an otolaryngologist. It’s a throat doctor.

Penny: And what kind of doctor removes shoes from asses?

Sheldon: Depending on the depth, that’s either a proctologist or a general surgeon. (Leonard holds up a sign reading “Sarcasm”) Oh!

Penny: God!

Leonard: Okay, look, no Penny, I think what you’re feeling is perfectly valid, and maybe a little bit later today when you’re feeling a little bit less, for lack of a better word, violated, maybe we could talk about this some more.

Penny: Stay away from me.

Leonard: Sure, that’s another way to go.

Sheldon: Penny, Penny, just to clarify because there will be a discussion when you leave, is your objection solely to our presence in the apartment while you were sleeping, or do you also object to the imposition of a new organisational paradigm. (Penny stares in disbelief, then leaves.) Well that was a little non-responsive.

at length
【释】充分地, 详尽地(朗文,下同)
【例】Rather than discuss all of these at length, we focus on a few of the more problematic controls.
与其详尽讨论所有这些控件,在这里我们不如重点讨论几个问题较多的控件。

valid
【释】{理由、论点等}正当的,有根据的(朗文,下同)
【例】That’s a valid excuse for arriving late at work.

imposition
【释】an unfair or unreasonable thing that somebody expects or asks you to do (牛津高阶,下同)
【例】 I'd like to stay if it's not too much of an imposition.

paradigm
【释】示例,范例(朗文)
【例】There's no paradigm to follow in this new industry.(海词)
【讲】另有“used intentionally by stupid people to sound smart or by smart people to sound unintentionally stupid.”的含义,谢耳朵毒舌地讽刺Penny的低智商吧,有木有

non-responsive
【释】not reacting or responding to an action, question, suggestion(collins,下同)
【例】During Merlin's captivity at Dumbarton, he remained quite dumb and unresponsive.
莫林被关押在邓巴顿期间他一直木讷迟钝。

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