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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足3 d: T. e2 O& S) u, c
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释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement
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例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be
) Y1 O* g% q6 t* O gilding the lily. ; X6 J: w* z2 T
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。# N, c1 l% d( ^; M1 T
7 S& e* E: M) |/ H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
! C0 Q) G; D7 P, O: }# @* M3 v; n 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
4 x3 [% w: |: K! M 能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:
8 x1 X5 R0 U5 E3 | Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that * |: R* b+ E8 |" }% g* G
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 % l; z) Q& c/ c! B5 V
heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
1 u5 A6 p' y' w6 z 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; s6 k; w" u/ O" d% v
,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
% g, C8 l$ j5 U6 Y1 } 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
' c( m% H2 Q8 U7 H. _ 过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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