| 釋義 |
assayn. 1. attempt 嘗試。 △Ham.3.3.69: “Help. angels!Make assay.”救救我呀,天使! 試試吧。 assay of bias: indirect attempt. devious test(bias:the curving line on which a bowl runs to its object inthe game of bowls.)間接的嘗試,曲折的考查。(bias: 木球戲中木球所走的曲線。) △Ham.2.1.64 (61): “And thusdo we of wisdom and of reach,/With windlasses andwith assays of bias,/By indirections find directionsout;”我們這種有智慧、有見識的人,就是采用這些迂回的方式和曲折的嘗試,善于用間接的方法找出事情的趨向。 2. effort,endeavour努力,盡力。 △Mac.4.3.142:“Their malady convinces/The great assay of art;”他們那種病使得醫(yī)術(shù)用盡最大努力也束手無策。 3. trial,attempt; trial of strength,attack,assault 試驗,嘗試;較量,進(jìn)攻,攻擊。 △Ham. 2. 2. 71:“To give theassay of arms against your Majesty. ” i.e. make trialof battle,make armed attack.試圖興兵侵犯陛下。 4. attack,assault進(jìn)攻,攻擊。 △H.V.1.2.151:“Gallingthe gleaned land with hot assays,”用猛烈的進(jìn)攻來騷擾這無人保護(hù)的國土。 5. test檢驗。 △Oth.1.3.17: “This cannot be/By noassay of reason;” i.e. by the test of commonsense. 照常識判斷起來,這是不可能的。(按:此處用double negative。)
assayvb. essay,attempt,try嘗試,試圖,試行。 △As.1.3.132(129):“what if we assayed to steal/Theclownish fool out of your father’s court?”我們設(shè)法去把你父親宮廷里的那個傻子小丑偷走,你看好不好? △Ham.4.7.152:“’Twere better not assayed.”那么這一手還不如不試。 △Oth.2.1.120: “Come on. assay.” 來,試試看 △Oth.2.3.208(206):“And passion,having my bestjudgement collied,/Assays to lead the way.”激怒,遮暗了我清明的理智,試圖主導(dǎo)一切了。 △2H.VI. 4. 5. 9 (8):“The rebels have assayed to win the Tower.”叛民們已經(jīng)試圖攻占倫敦塔。 △3H.Ⅵ.1.4.118: “I would assay,proud queen,to make thee blush.”我就要,驕傲的王后,嘗試一下叫你臉紅。 ~vt. 1.test,make advances to試探,向…求愛。 △Wiv.2.125:“he dares in this manner assay me?”他竟敢這樣來試探我? 2. test the inclination of,try the attitude toward;at-tempt to win測試…的意圖,試查對…的態(tài)度;(又解)嘗試說服。 △Ham.3.1.14:“Did you assay him/ To any pas-time?”你們沒有試著引他找些什么消遣嗎? 3. test,make trial of. challenge. attack考驗,檢驗,向…挑戰(zhàn),攻擊。 △1H.Ⅳ.5.4.34: “I will assay thee,anddefend thyself.”我就來對你考驗一番,你好好招架吧。 assay[??sei]v.& n.分析,化驗,鑒定 ◇ assay to do sth…試圖做…/make an assay of…分析… ◇ assay certificate鑒定證明書 assayer n.化驗員,分析員,實驗員assaying n.分析試驗 |