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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足: L7 j0 `2 j& v. d8 a' K7 j
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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
6 k# Y( ]5 V4 G& f$ u0 X c* h8 y gilding the lily.
5 e! z! y! V0 ?$ e2 j2 v: `# O( J0 L! ` 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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; N3 X1 a( x' c) }( S. d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1 K2 {: y7 a3 g1 B9 w5 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 S8 b" U* [/ f; i8 U1 K3 k
能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:+ K" z1 y8 a( I1 r; j
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 7 y/ ?# Z7 S8 @0 e; l' b
the rainbow, or with taper-light/ To seek the beauteous eye of
' g t3 [% z5 | heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. 6 ]1 m# n* Q7 Q. m0 M5 I
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: _/ u! `0 ~% o, Z* k! F) R7 j
,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* }0 Z8 W4 W# u2 ~1 J' w9 j 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 B! U5 K6 l7 X1 ^ F, Z
过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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