| 釋義 |
forespentp. a. 1 . utterly spent,worn out,exhausted 力氣用盡的,精疲力竭的,筋疲力盡的。 △2H.IV.1.1.36: “After him camespurring hard A gentleman,almost forspent withspeed,”在他之后一位紳士疾馳而來,因為趕路太急而精疲力竭。 △ 3H.VI.2.3.1:“Forspent with toil,as runners witha race,/ I lay me down a little while to breathe;”像賽跑的運動員一樣,勞累得筋疲力盡了,我躺下來歇一口氣吧。 2. foregone,past,previous 已往的,過去的,先前的。 △H.V.2.4. 36: “And you shall find his vanitiesforespent/ Were but the outside of the Roman Brutus,”你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)他過去做過的那些蠢事不過是羅馬人布魯塔斯那樣的表象。 |