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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足# o1 ]5 \2 W$ H* C" `! A# q
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释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement4 }- _! q! N. U: r) U
. L8 Q! \* x; B- a例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be 1 `3 j' c5 u; w4 f. E4 G5 E' k Q
gilding the lily. ! I* ?+ x# L4 u) A
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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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$ ^$ ?) A; s0 b* o
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* B+ m2 S; ?' W, d" Y' T4 ^
能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:
* D" N5 q" M; b/ q4 n# T4 F Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that
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$ h( d; _- `! k2 w6 P# ^ perfume on the violet, /To smooth the ice, or add another hue/Unto ' U" X5 Y$ z1 y
the rainbow, or with taper-light/ To seek the beauteous eye of
. o5 @1 u, k8 Y' k7 b, e" @% x heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. # Q, |9 `* G7 r: o& D; f' ]8 D
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' ]/ i9 F1 ~" ^0 E
,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
7 f( C, s2 X6 F. X 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
7 F7 E, Q$ ]/ z" m 过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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