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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足
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释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement
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3 d. M8 V/ d9 V9 L, B3 P例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be , P+ X7 N* R/ p. n B3 m) x
gilding the lily. ! l4 a8 x) x# @
用过如此丰盛的一餐后,再上三种不同的甜点就是画蛇添足了。6 |& V; q/ U/ i; y
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典故:莎士比亚在《约翰王》(King John)一剧中,写了一段话,那段话可以浓
5 q& V# w. _4 q2 {+ F/ B7 n7 h 缩成此短语。在此剧中,约翰王占领了英国,并举行二度加冕典礼,希望
8 q( O* a$ E: W; |& V) d8 j1 x 能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:
! Q- L: R# `9 _& \ Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that
6 ` d3 M" G+ `- x; J2 Q( H was rich before, /to gild refined gold, to paint the lily, /To throw a
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the rainbow, or with taper-light/ To seek the beauteous eye of
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2 v! y5 f0 n. T: D) Q8 W 所以,摆出双倍的排场/装饰一个本来尊号累累的名衔,/纯金之上再镀金+ X9 y7 M8 f1 ^: {+ s ?9 v) Z
,白百合上再敷粉,/紫罗兰上再洒香水,/磨光冰块,彩虹之上/再加一种0 B! J% L* Z4 E, r
颜色,用烛光/去加强天上的天上的灿烂的太阳,/都是浪费而且是可笑的
- q! c' Q. t- _, u2 G/ r9 ^& l 过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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