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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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例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be
- v/ r- _2 ?9 m; l gilding the lily. 3 @' G* f. ]/ F* @5 v
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。
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/ M" \2 a0 R" Q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
" s- s2 J- T1 Q/ ^) g( Z, |( {! \: L 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7 o6 C8 @1 {) ~
能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:
1 v5 ?! x/ k$ [ Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that
2 L" Q5 i' g Q w5 g was rich before, /to gild refined gold, to paint the lily, /To throw a
! \6 h& w. {& m perfume on the violet, /To smooth the ice, or add another hue/Unto ) X+ H. K2 T# ~. Z
the rainbow, or with taper-light/ To seek the beauteous eye of + @/ o& b! |) a3 J* m( ?$ z, z& r( l
heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. 9 i3 I2 f% ~/ C' c
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
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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6 z; i+ B; h9 v+ x+ u1 [; u9 |
过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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