Clips from inception
Cobb: What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient…highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it’s almost impossible to eradicate. An idea that is fully formed -fully understood-that sticks; right in there somewhere.
stick adjective
always used before an adverb or preposition, [+ object] informal : to attach (something) to a surface with glue, tape, pins, etc.
She stuck two stamps on the letter.
她在信封上贴了两张邮票。
He stuck a note (up) on the door.
他在门上贴了一张便条。
She stuck the pieces of wood together with glue.
她用胶水把木块粘起来。
b [no object] : to become attached to the surface of something（某物）粘，贴
The suction cup wouldn’t stick.
这个吸盘没有吸力了。
Several pages had stuck together.
有几页粘在一起了。
Spray the pan with oil to keep the biscuits from sticking.
往平底锅里铺些油以防饼干粘锅。
— often + to
The peanut butter stuck to the knife.
花生酱粘在刀上了。
Magnets stick to steel.
磁铁吸在钢上了。
The glue had stuck to her fingers.
胶水粘在了她的手指上。
Cobb: What do you want from us?
Saito: Inception. Is it possible?
Arthur: Of course not.
Saito: If you can steal an idea from someone’s mind, why can’t you plant one there instead?
Arthur: Okay, here’s me planting an idea in your head. I say: don’t think about elephants. What are you thinking about?
Saito: Elephants?
Arthur: Right, but it’s not your idea, because you know I gave it to you. The subject’s mind can always trace the genesis of the idea. True inspiration’s impossible to fake.
Cobb: That’s not true.
Saito: Have you come to kill me? I’ve been waiting
for someone…
Cobb: Someone from a half remembered dream.
Saito: Cobb? Impossible. We were young men together. I’m an old man.
Cobb: Filled with regret…
Saito: Waiting to die alone…
Cobb: I’ve come back for you…to remind you of
something. Something you once knew…
[the top spins without end]
Cobb: That this world is not real.
Saito: To convince me to honor our arrangement.
honor
~ sth (formal) to do what you have agreed or promised to do 信守，执行（承诺）
I have every intention of honouring our contract.
我完全愿意执行我们的合约。
to honour a cheque (= to keep an agreement to pay it)
承兑支票
Cobb: To take a leap of faith, yes. Come back…so
we can be young men together again. Come back
with me… /Saito reaches for the gun/
Cobb: Come back…
a leap of faith
idiom
an act of believing something that is not easily believed:
It took a big leap of faith to decide to quit my job and try something new.