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imperiousa. 1. imperial,majestic帝王一般的,威嚴(yán)的。 △Oth.2.3.277 (274): “as one would beat his offenceless dog toaffright an imperious lion.”i.e. beat a mean man inthe presence of,and for an example to the mighty. 好像一個(gè)人打他的無(wú)罪的狗,為的是恐嚇一只威嚴(yán)的獅子;(又譯)殺雞給猴子看。 △Ham.5.1.235 (213):“Imperious Cae-sar,dead and turned to clay,/ Might stop a hole tokeep the wind away.”威嚴(yán)的愷撒死了化為泥,為了防風(fēng)拿去補(bǔ)破壁。 2.imperial,acting like a king,exercising rule,ruling,domineering帝王一般的,行動(dòng)像國(guó)王似的,行使統(tǒng)治的,統(tǒng)治的,作威作福的。 △1H.VI.3.1.43:“Ay,lordly sir;forwhat are you,I pray,/ But one imperious inanother’s throne?”不錯(cuò),高貴的大人;但請(qǐng)問(wèn),你又是什么人,還不是一個(gè)靠著別人的王位作威作福的人嗎? 3. dictatorial,tyrannical專橫霸道的,暴虐的。 △2H.IV.1.1.62:“So looks the strond whereon the imperiousflood / Hath left a witnessed usurpation.”當(dāng)專橫霸道的潮水退去之后,海灘上也會(huì)留下這樣遭受過(guò)侵凌的痕跡。 △ 2H.IV.3.1.19:“and rock his brains / In cradle ofthe rude imperious surge,”搖動(dòng)著使他的頭腦安靜下來(lái),在狂濤怒浪的搖籃中入睡。 △H.VIII.2.2.47(46):“Or thisimperious man will work us all / From princes intopages.”要不然這個(gè)專橫霸道的人就要使得我們從王公貴族一下子變成家童小廝。 imperious[im?pi?ri?s]adj.專橫的,傲慢的,不透水的 ‖ imperiously adv. imperiousness n. |