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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足
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释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement3 W7 i# {+ B7 x |
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例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be ; g) F0 y# T$ M8 N
gilding the lily.
& M0 Q: `- t& C! t0 w. B' b$ x: p/ 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。
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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 A2 w6 {: A0 M 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
$ q5 X9 f( W- x5 ?3 r 能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:9 |; [: Z& l5 m& o: d; o+ {
Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that 6 y! L! N6 ?5 ?) W0 s
was rich before, /to gild refined gold, to paint the lily, /To throw a5 q3 \' E; A+ V! B/ a5 q
perfume on the violet, /To smooth the ice, or add another hue/Unto ( A7 V2 P: H! c! \3 @6 @
the rainbow, or with taper-light/ To seek the beauteous eye of
3 h# v- `2 A( N( U heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
" t/ [! C! v3 ~& J* w3 A 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) H7 M# `" Z9 j' \! o% ^
,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/ f) z2 m" |! t7 K0 T; _9 O3 \
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
; s8 [1 o: k! @$ L9 F 过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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