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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足
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释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement4 a4 g$ h6 d# K% j5 E3 Y D
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例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be , Z! q- C0 W; T# k ?& M& |
gilding the lily.
) O8 H+ W/ Y& ~- o, 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。9 Q$ M" R2 N# B
( f% I9 M0 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
1 ~+ f- A/ F& a; f# r4 r2 _/ f 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/ j3 C% u% a4 [" p' X( g
能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:
+ ^; ^$ n2 @& g- z, ? Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that
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0 j( T1 @: c# X! I; l0 ]- t/ [1 T perfume on the violet, /To smooth the ice, or add another hue/Unto : s% V" o; i1 C/ N. a
the rainbow, or with taper-light/ To seek the beauteous eye of ) X6 l* a* J: H; [6 F
heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
8 t+ ^) M3 }5 L. X! s% Q1 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
* o' E C7 D2 p- u% ?$ e d ,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 x& Z0 |: N0 r$ T8 G" R) D+ D 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
( P3 z$ @; k5 P3 A 过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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