| 釋義 |
discoveryn. 1. uncovering,revelation泄露,顯示。 △Ham.2.2.311(293):“so shall my anticipation prevent your discove-ry,”我先把話說出來,就免得你們再泄漏。 2. exposure,bringing things to view暴露,暴露真相 △Mer.2.6.43: “Why,’tis an office of discovery,love,/ And I should be obscured.”我愛,拿火把是使人拋頭露面的事,而我應(yīng)該把自己遮掩起來才是。 3. disclosure 揭露。 △Gent.3.1.45:“my discovery benot aimed at;”不要讓他猜出是我揭露的。 △H.V.2.2.161: “Never did faithful subject more rejoice / At thediscovery of most dangerous treason”,從來沒有哪位忠實的臣民在看到最危險的叛國陰謀被揭發(fā)出來時(比我)更感到高興了。 4. scouting. reconnoitring偵察,搜索。 △Lr.5.1.52:“Here is the guess of their true strength and forces /By diligent discovery,”這里記載著根據(jù)細心偵察所得的對敵方的兵力的估計。 5. scouting,i.e.scout,spy偵察,(轉(zhuǎn)義)偵察員,密探。 △Mac.5.4.7 (6): “and make discovery / Err in re-port of us.”叫敵人的偵察兵報告我們兵力時出差錯。 |