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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足! }% f: ^8 \: T1 [
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释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement8 A) J8 \# Z3 ]7 Y' L" |
0 A0 @. G/ z$ `3 T$ {. E例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be
* u8 O$ ]2 H, r# p0 J- a) u0 B gilding the lily. $ d% a! t1 |+ {
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) ]# G2 C3 B$ h; E& p2 C8 J
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
; A( V9 y7 C6 ]4 `; U 能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:
; f1 r* M5 K% ~ Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that 6 t" N0 |. n, m" Z+ N8 J. ~0 B
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 4 G/ V- Z! {1 R8 ^' ?! V
heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. 1 h7 O, A4 d" ]2 ?1 h7 `3 @; 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5 p$ m6 s6 n$ n) A" \) A
,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
* V3 S/ X3 S/ r% g& J 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
) S; j$ m6 P, z- U) M. H- I" D7 ?9 Z 过分行为。(梁实秋译) |
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