| 釋義 |
brookvt.
1. tolerate容忍。
△1H.VI.1.3.23: “Arrogant Win-chester,that haughty prelate./Whom Henry,ourlate sovereign,ne’er could brook?”狂妄的溫徹斯特，那個(gè)傲慢的主教，對(duì)他，我們已故的老王亨利在世時(shí)不是就無(wú)法容忍的嗎？
△1H.VI.4.1.74: “Let him perceive how ill webrook his treason，”讓他明白一下我們對(duì)于他的叛變多么不能容忍。
△2H.VI.5.1.92:“Knowing how hardly I canbrook abuse?”明明知道我對(duì)欺騙多么難于容忍？
△3H.VI.1.1.4 :“Whereat the great Lord of Nort-humberland/Whose warlike ears could never brookretreat/Cheered up the drooping army；”在這當(dāng)兒，偉大的諾桑伯蘭勛爵，他那尚武的耳朵聽(tīng)不進(jìn)退兵的號(hào)聲，鼓舞起士氣低落的隊(duì)伍。
2. bear,put up with,endure忍受，耐得，經(jīng)受。
△Gent.5.3.4:“how to brook this patiently.”如何忍受這一遭。
△Com.4.1.59:“My business cannot brook this dal-liance.”我有正經(jīng)事，可受不了這樣的胡纏。
△L.L.L.4.2.34 (33): “Many can brook the weather that love notthe wind.”i.e. One must put up with many things onedoes not like. 許多不喜歡風(fēng)的人還是能忍耐壞天氣。
△As1.1.142 (133): “or brook such disgrace well as heshall run into，”或者請(qǐng)您對(duì)他將要遭受的恥辱不要生氣。
△1H.IV.5.4.65:“Two stars keep not their motionin one sphere,/Nor can one England brook a doublereign/Of Harry Percy and the Prince of Wales.”兩顆星球不能同在一條軌道中運(yùn)行，一個(gè)英國(guó)也不能容忍哈利·波西和威爾士親王的雙重統(tǒng)治。
△1H.IV.5.4.78:“I betterbrook the loss of brittle life/Than those proud titlesthou hast won of me.”失去這脆弱的生命并不足惜，我不能忍受的是你贏去了我那些崇高的名稱(chēng)。
△2H.VI.4.9.44:“Inany case,be not too rough in terms:/For he is fierceand cannot brook hard language.”無(wú)論如何，措詞不要太激烈；因?yàn)樗@個(gè)人很兇，忍受不了生硬的語(yǔ)言。
△3H.Ⅵ.3.2. 18:“Right gracious lord,I cannot brook delay.”最仁慈的主上，我忍受不了遲延。
△3H.Ⅵ. 5.6.27: “Mybreast can better brook thy dagger’s point/Than can my ears that tragic history.”我的胸膛可以忍受你的刀尖，但我的耳朵不忍去聽(tīng)那悲慘的敘述。
△R.Ⅲ.1.1.125:“How hath your lordship brooked imprisonment?”閣下是怎樣忍受牢獄之苦的？
△R.Ⅲ.1.3.3: “In that you brook it ill,it makes him worse.” i.e.The fact thatyou take it ill makes him worse.你沉不住氣會(huì)使他病情更壞。
△R.Ⅲ.3.7.161 (162):“Being a bark to brook nomighty sea，”一艘小船禁不起大海的風(fēng)浪。
3. tolerate,permit容忍，允許。
△Shr.1.1.115(114):“the nature of our quarrel ...never brook’d parle.”i.e. The subject of our rivalry never tolerated discus-sion. 我們之間的情敵關(guān)系不容商量。
△1H.Ⅳ.4.1. 61:“The quality and hair of our attempt/Brooks no divi-sion.”我們這次嘗試行動(dòng)的性質(zhì)和種類(lèi)是不容許分裂的。
△H.Ⅴ. 5. Cho.44:“Then brook abridgment”，種種刪減，請(qǐng)多多原諒。
△2H.Ⅵ.1. 1. 171 (170):“This weightybusiness will not brook delay；”這樣重大的事情不允許拖延。 brook[bruk]n. 小河，小溪 v. 容忍
◇ brook no delay 刻不容緩
‖ brooklet n. 小溪 |