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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足
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释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement2 Z9 _* V# x% g' z) z9 i p z( K' U
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例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be
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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。. z0 l5 A4 M1 e# r
0 F( W* @5 M D6 O( j U; m `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
, b5 Q6 Z/ ?1 ~3 v% R 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; N2 \4 ~, L9 l+ Q; M& }; M9 U& B
能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:
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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
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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5 |- {3 M4 I8 r
,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
- {+ f9 h; R. n 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( p( h/ J: J: ]& J
过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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