| 釋義 |
knaveryn.
1. villainy,roguery邪惡行為，流氓行為。
△Oth.1.3.399(393): “To get his place and to plume up my will / Indouble knavery；” i.e. by doing harm to both Othelloand Cassio.奪取他的地位，在一舉兩得的陰謀中使我的心愿得到輝煌成功。
△H.V.4.7.2: “'Tis as arrant a piece ofknavery,mark you now,as can be offert (= of-fered)；”這是壞人所干下的徹頭徹尾的罪行。
2. knavish scheme,trickery奸計(jì)，詭計(jì)。
△Ham.3.4.205: “And marshal me to knavery.” 引我進(jìn)入圈套。
△Ado.2.3.133 (119): “Knavery cannot sure hidehimself in such reverence.”詭計(jì)是不會(huì)暗藏在這樣道貌岸然的外表之下的.
△H.VIII.5.2.32 (33):“By holy Mary.Butts,there's knavery.”圣母在上，柏茨，這一定有什么詭計(jì)。
3. roguish tricks,stupid joking 鬼把戲，惡作劇。
△ Tw.4.2.73 (67):“I would we were well rid of this knavery.”我希望我們把這場(chǎng)惡作劇好好地結(jié)束。
△ Wiv.4.4.82(80): “It is admirable pleasures and fery honest knav-eries.”這是很好玩的，而且也是很光明正大的惡作劇。
△Mid.3.1.118 (112): “This is a knavery of them to makeme afeard.”這準(zhǔn)是他們的詭計(jì)，要把我嚇一跳。
4. tricks of dress or ornament服飾的小花樣。
△Shr.4.3. 58:“all this knavery”，i.e. all such tricks. 諸如此類(lèi)的小玩意兒。 |