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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足" o7 ?# Q4 @% A0 K# b
+ `/ }$ p, E( I/ S$ `- f释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement
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例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be & u: ]# C2 M5 g9 p5 r/ ~' v* {
gilding the lily.
# ^" Z: _ k3 k& {" U* u* z/ ~+ g 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。$ k4 o, J" O; h. c
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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5 b* `$ A+ F7 U& Y! x1 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
; _( v) R1 {$ U1 J 能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:
0 A7 a0 [$ P& G$ F- X; T Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that
$ m* Y8 I2 {+ q. v was rich before, /to gild refined gold, to paint the lily, /To throw a4 ^) Q' w' I4 a
perfume on the violet, /To smooth the ice, or add another hue/Unto 3 t% X. u x6 ^9 _& B4 J
the rainbow, or with taper-light/ To seek the beauteous eye of 8 p. R! i W- k! a: f7 i
heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
. J* B; h1 H6 [0 C. L6 R 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' g: j, T! `: m# c
,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9 m6 ~5 ~, U3 W" E. 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
4 x+ H4 O x' {+ Q 过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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