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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足+ ]5 [) c# J9 r6 H
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释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement/ @# ]" c8 _) d9 P9 g4 m
9 N1 ?6 \0 N8 c6 r3 D例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be # I# j- X2 p/ Z& s+ |/ d
gilding the lily. / u4 }+ c) ?. `5 ~2 p8 ~' V
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
1 v [& X( x* Z6 S/ ^) ]2 \ 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
0 S$ r, Q& Q: G0 @ 能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:; m0 Q. e, Q' s0 {* t& k! b2 o7 f5 K. `
Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that % {/ M; w0 s) ?2 k0 L" A; T% G3 m& @
was rich before, /to gild refined gold, to paint the lily, /To throw a
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; e# g4 i+ N" b the rainbow, or with taper-light/ To seek the beauteous eye of 8 X: a4 U$ e1 |9 ^4 v4 d
heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
% O( n5 P( n2 y; P 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
3 a' o3 l; R/ A7 H; |: Z ,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
! i3 ?2 |6 K, a( a* ` 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
2 F$ t+ n( z5 u& ~7 l* ~2 a 过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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