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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足
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' I+ O( x f/ `释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement: l1 m F3 Q& i8 j* T" ?
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例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be ' p' \$ s/ i! p: A) J1 ?9 s: @8 F
gilding the lily.
! c. X* v% \! c" ]- y9 U2 L2 G9 Q* c 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
% X `4 T8 N4 {3 x0 c: y8 C 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 R$ V d7 _$ W- T* z/ S% x
能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:5 z! b6 C. e& C0 @
Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that ' @! ~ O' I" R6 e! Y
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 6 k3 \, l2 O3 t) h3 @7 R
heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
1 a% V, f, v, v; O 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
# Y5 r: f2 _9 b* }# M$ [ ,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: o0 Y4 @7 Z7 c6 o1 g! x1 ~. q& d9 [
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
, ~; v& C9 L/ | 过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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