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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足
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释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement/ x2 D. e" m2 s4 s
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例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be
X$ w5 q: _8 g gilding the lily. 3 N7 d: V. N) _4 Y+ m" |
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 g+ N" O- p% f2 Y& 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/ h& s8 L' f. ]. A, s) s+ z0 D8 F' m
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 d: I. C: ~' @ 能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:
0 [5 y/ h' I6 ?0 C! H! K 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 ( F7 ~0 A1 X9 [) o! F p
the rainbow, or with taper-light/ To seek the beauteous eye of 4 L& U+ u# Z* _. J1 H
heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
% @, }% G1 p* v" w* V& F3 A 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
; P/ k, t4 S- w3 x, P ,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
$ T$ P, g% b. u% j$ l9 z* p 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 S3 E' ^) }$ N# ]9 R& y8 I 过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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