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24. gild the lily 画蛇添足
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释义:add unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement
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例句:Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be $ ~7 o0 \ {4 a2 p. w$ r
gilding the lily.
Q5 i0 A- o1 k 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。6 z% P2 c6 f5 w' _+ ?8 V6 z
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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3 x5 x/ M" e. a! s9 s
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
1 q, u& @! ` D2 H8 {; q2 a% F 能扳回局面。索尔茨伯里爵士(Lord Salisbury)说道:' }& N3 f; j& f# b5 [5 Q
Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, /To guard a title that . _3 N0 H9 z1 x
was rich before, /to gild refined gold, to paint the lily, /To throw a
2 P3 }: M5 K u perfume on the violet, /To smooth the ice, or add another hue/Unto
) S- i5 \# T- V0 ?( m the rainbow, or with taper-light/ To seek the beauteous eye of
3 Z( M5 C- ^9 d+ y. b: v heaven to garnish, /Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. 9 S: k% j% B8 w. N3 L
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9 w0 F% _9 t* o6 F: {& }$ ^$ v; e
,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2 z" N9 i1 a6 S2 R e9 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
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