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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足
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释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement- {3 T7 O J3 J% i G5 b8 \! C2 e
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例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be
7 B0 \* _% _9 m) l/ z gilding the lily.
) U/ x% K) u6 M% D 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
4 p i& |: }/ o z7 z! w! m0 U* T 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 d x3 F: q) M; P& W 能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:
) D( m. E0 t4 Z6 T( p3 n7 O; g$ x- A Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that
$ \1 d" C6 g1 Z y' s2 T was rich before, /to gild refined gold, to paint the lily, /To throw a
, u% B8 A6 t! O2 k7 @- `( `/ t perfume on the violet, /To smooth the ice, or add another hue/Unto
% f; n/ u- Z3 J6 L G the rainbow, or with taper-light/ To seek the beauteous eye of
9 @0 {# Q+ v1 X( N" F+ {0 [" X heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
9 M: m& z, M) q0 H 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2 [/ a( M3 I& p
,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
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