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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足
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5 X5 m$ O# B0 M( q释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement- _5 w# q$ Z3 b4 ? R
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例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be + E* W0 \! z* w+ \6 A: q! ]
gilding the lily. 4 }5 e' D! z4 {# P8 S
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: p( m) J" a7 R) j* Z" u% a* 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
3 K& `0 Y) m8 `0 `0 I% T. j8 ?* L+ P 能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:; t6 q( H4 H: ^4 \: x
Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that
- A$ w9 o) n& g7 f6 q @+ v6 | 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 ! F9 h& q; p) f, S2 H, z. m1 d- F8 ^
heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. 4 o; \- B7 S5 y: N5 Q- d& 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
0 C2 N3 ?7 D( S1 p" h( e0 h ,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 n% G4 V& T. b' ~0 ~. O! w
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: l, W' n0 O- Q1 `" T$ X q
过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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