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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足
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* W* }$ |0 Z* Y8 E3 i7 L3 u释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement9 n3 T4 {# s) a9 N
0 _9 e4 H; {) B4 K例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be / p7 T: N& ], Q D& s
gilding the lily.
: K0 E% [4 U) P+ c4 P4 b; 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。. E- n b! a: d2 o6 a/ l: v
! ~( S6 i! s' s$ M1 B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
+ v2 u* X# y3 k5 ?; x; W 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
. k# X- x2 s: G5 f+ k: i9 R 能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:
3 D' G- _ f* k' m Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that
* s. a) X L' p" N1 w was rich before, /to gild refined gold, to paint the lily, /To throw a7 X! o, Y" H1 k
perfume on the violet, /To smooth the ice, or add another hue/Unto
0 W9 c7 A9 Q- b/ c the rainbow, or with taper-light/ To seek the beauteous eye of 7 b, A! a ], ^7 R
heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
" Y7 L) D, H0 D* _5 y 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
8 B7 R1 V6 {+ P' b X ,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8 u/ Y. s, B8 m$ @0 k
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
* Y4 s0 _- w. f0 P9 ]4 M 过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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