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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足* S. |: \$ \' W# b
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释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement, d( `6 s. M; D; o! {9 R
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例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be ; ?9 R% J. s2 n3 |; _7 B: h
gilding the lily.
, A; [( \; \, I r 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。4 j8 d4 n/ p" w+ l" K' @
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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
q" w, w8 u# {6 F 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9 D) S4 g& i1 j: @0 c. o
能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:
' I ?7 @3 G# ?' S Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that
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perfume on the violet, /To smooth the ice, or add another hue/Unto & q* E. b2 q6 M, e1 V- u
the rainbow, or with taper-light/ To seek the beauteous eye of 4 O; A4 _$ R( u9 c
heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
% _& W0 k8 s2 k7 B1 b, I1 n 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
8 v& m" ^/ M& O f" L- f ,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
9 [% c2 Y' j" j0 C* Z) S; S 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+ S' F4 f4 B0 Q* w* S
过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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