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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足
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$ ?, D3 ?% a) C9 w% ^" Q- k3 H释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement
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例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be " w) G, G+ j0 }( V
gilding the lily.
+ b) r& t8 e7 W2 |* V; w1 ~6 j 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
) c! z+ T$ E+ n4 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: R, ]' W$ L2 G7 \ u ~
能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:) U4 x! m( ~0 s) N' ]3 d/ _. D
Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that 5 \& u( T9 m, M, X0 s/ `; o
was rich before, /to gild refined gold, to paint the lily, /To throw a
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the rainbow, or with taper-light/ To seek the beauteous eye of ; O5 _8 Y) @) D6 F" c
heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. 3 Z! q# @3 B2 j6 N
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
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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
9 ]/ V3 M. f% [( K 过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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