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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足
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1 A7 K8 v0 F8 ?释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement
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例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be
0 a' \" h+ B! I5 H2 F gilding the lily.
5 U: J1 Z4 h/ T+ m3 i 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。! _/ ^, W: r- w: \+ \' K/ L
! d$ r: J# W' ~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
- s7 }# |! i+ e) l# d0 v" t$ K: ^ 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
1 ^+ a* _ ]7 O+ i ?1 y, [ 能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:/ S2 C* r. u( @$ D# `* J9 ^
Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that
( E: d* b9 I" Z7 i5 ] was rich before, /to gild refined gold, to paint the lily, /To throw a
3 ^( ]5 Z' c( f u4 \ perfume on the violet, /To smooth the ice, or add another hue/Unto 4 I1 M9 o, E) t6 `0 H
the rainbow, or with taper-light/ To seek the beauteous eye of " r3 W8 O0 m; O9 r1 P8 {0 v% N
heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. n/ C1 _0 h9 \8 S! G
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
7 e7 ?% H- i) 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' Z: w) B. h, ]' m i1 w- A
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
8 i1 @8 I! d$ ^7 g' { 过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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