| 釋義 |
bootlessa. 1. profitless,without advantage,i.e.having gainedno advantage,unsuccessful無利可圖的,沒有好處的,(即)沒有撈到好處的,不成功的。 △1H.Ⅳ.3.1.66 (64): “thricefrom the banks of Wye/And sandy-bottomed Severnhave I sent him,Bootless home and weather-beaten back.”三次我在威伊河岸和沙底的塞汶河邊叫他毫無所得,只好頂著惡劣天氣狼狽而回。 2. unprofitable,unavailing. useless 無益的,無用的。 △L.L.L.5.2. 64: “bootless rhymes”,無用的詩篇。 △Mer. 3.3.20:“I’ll follow him no more with boot-less prayers.”我再也不跟著他做無益的請求了。 △Lr.5.3.296 (295):“Very bootless.”完全無用。 △Oth.1.3.209:“He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.”發(fā)泄無益的悲傷等于掠奪自身。 △3H.Ⅵ.2.3.12: “Bootless isflight,they follow us with wings,”逃跑是無用的.他們 像長了翅膀似的緊追著我們。 △R.Ⅲ.3.4.101(102):“Come,come,dispatch: ’tis bootless to exclaim.” 來,來,趕快吧;再叫喊也沒有用了。 △HV.Ⅷ.2.4.59(61):“Itshall be therefore bootless/That longer you desirethe court,”i.e.That you desire to protract the busi-ness of the court. 因此你要求延期開庭是沒有什么好處的。 3.fruitless,pointless,to no purpose無結(jié)果的,無意義的,徒勞無益的。 △1H.Ⅳ.1.1.28: “But this our purposenow is twelve month old,/ And bootless ’tis to tell you we will go;”但是這是一年前就定下的打算,我不必再告訴你們我決心要去。 △3H.Ⅵ.1.4.19:“We budged again,as I have seen a swan/With bootless labour swim against the tide/And spend her strength with over-matching waves.”我們還是又退了,就像我見過的一只天鵝逆著潮水拼命泅水、毫無結(jié)果,不過頂著無比強(qiáng)大的浪濤把自己的力氣耗盡。 △3H.VI.2.6.23:“Bootless are plaints,”悲悼是無用的。 △3H.VI.2.6.70:“Clifford,repent in boot-less penitence.”克利福,你不管怎么悔悟,也是白白懺悔一場。
bootlessad. uselessly,unavailingly,vainly,to no pur-pose無用地,無效地,徒然,白白地。 △Mid.2.1.37: “And bootless make the breathless huswife churn,”害得那主婦累得氣喘吁吁也攪不出奶油。 △H.V.3.3.24: “We mayas bootless spend our vain command/Upon the en-raged soldiers in their spoil,”要讓我去命令那些發(fā)了瘋的士兵們停止搶劫,不過是白費氣力。 |