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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足
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9 k3 ?2 `' b5 R, ^' ]释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement9 E: y' d6 i+ H9 w) P4 [
* `. O' S1 c- [例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be
/ B% k) j3 x# K7 D gilding the lily. , N; w# ?# _1 m8 @; E: a5 b
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。) B ?! x' k1 l9 r
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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8 \+ J- ~7 L- \8 Z. g
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 G w- @$ p/ k: C& I 能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:& e* _+ ^* `. P5 m$ d
Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that 7 a8 ^; g6 L; _: w8 V
was rich before, /to gild refined gold, to paint the lily, /To throw a
8 K4 x- n; w! \0 X2 m9 f perfume on the violet, /To smooth the ice, or add another hue/Unto 2 P5 k* c; X+ e, d8 g1 t. q
the rainbow, or with taper-light/ To seek the beauteous eye of
; `7 G" r4 L- N4 Z- D7 w heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
2 |* w: \7 v# ?+ J6 X( V 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
& L: w3 s0 c: a+ K" X1 U& d U ,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
. V1 l$ z7 b, n' b) k0 Y 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
$ p% h' M' S+ g/ D- { 过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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