| 釋義 |
braveryn. 1. show of courage; noisy,showy display表現(xiàn)勇敢;叫鬧。 △Oth.1.1.100: “Upon malicious bravery dostthou come/To start my quiet.”你不懷好意,前來撒潑,驚擾我的安寧。(按: bravery一詞,又作knavery——耍無賴。) 2.ostentatious display,bragging.bravado夸耀的表現(xiàn),自夸,虛張聲勢。 △Ham.5.2.79:“But sure the braveryof his grief did put me/Into a towering passion.”可是也得怪他那樣夸大他的悲哀,才惹我大發(fā)了一陣火性子。 3.finery,splendid dress,expensive clothes華麗服飾,漂亮服裝,貴重衣服。 △As.2.7.80:“That says his braveryis not on my cost,” i.e. Who says that his splendiddress is not paid for by me (and that I therefore haveno right to criticise him for it).若是說他的漂亮服裝并不是用我的錢做的(因此我就沒有權(quán)利批評他)。 △Shr.4.3.57:“double change of bravery”,兩套漂亮服裝。 |