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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足9 @$ u5 @" m: W8 R9 k- K# L
# Z! B4 B% T6 u. N5 u4 G0 [释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement" G. q0 M7 c2 E: L% u: D
/ I1 ]* m2 g' C e" [ S- W/ I例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be 7 Z5 G5 s! A" x2 D b1 f" K
gilding the lily.
( p9 \( Z$ p7 i9 g3 L 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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% S$ H9 t. n! ^0 v) l" J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
6 t' R, X) ~& i- ?$ Y4 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
6 e( c0 A1 i" H8 t4 C- W 能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:4 c' |- P* r; U" r& j* L$ ^8 `2 F
Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that
: _" A: ~7 e$ ]: S9 l was rich before, /to gild refined gold, to paint the lily, /To throw a1 y( s! t3 V- v H. _3 ]0 W$ [
perfume on the violet, /To smooth the ice, or add another hue/Unto 3 V: E, C- M# A, p9 u- R
the rainbow, or with taper-light/ To seek the beauteous eye of
' N. {8 K- W/ E! F6 j5 P, F1 f3 C/ \ heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
) v6 n# [/ r1 J4 K 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: s1 g+ z( Z8 g a$ 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( [, W9 y0 `- |& ]. z1 } 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5 l) I5 {: W% I" O0 J$ L
过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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