| 釋義 |
mannersn. (pl.)
1. behaviour行為。
△H.VIII.4.2. 45: “Men's evilmanners live in brass,their virtues / We write in wa-ter.”人們有了惡行，往往就像銘刻在金石之上，永世長(zhǎng)存；他們的美德卻像寫在流水之上，轉(zhuǎn)瞬即逝。
2. refinement of behaviour,good behaviour文雅舉止。良好舉止。
△Lr.5.3.235 (234): “The time will not al-low the compliment Which very manners urges.”(“Manners” is thought of as singular.)這樣的時(shí)刻不容許我們講究文雅舉止所不可缺少的禮節(jié)。
3. ways,habits. cast of mind方式，習(xí)慣，脾氣 。
△2H.IV4.4.123:“The seasons change their manners. as (as if) the year / Had found some months asleep andleapt them over.”季節(jié)也改變了常態(tài)，仿佛一年當(dāng)中有幾個(gè)月睡著了，于是就跳過(guò)去。
△H.V.1.2.48:“Who holding indisdain the German women / For some dishonest manners of their life.”這些法國(guó)人看不起日爾曼女人的一些不規(guī)矩的生活習(xí)慣。
4. temperament,character氣質(zhì)，性格。
△Tw.2.1.42(40): “and I am yet so near the manners of my moth-er,that upon the least occasion more mine eyes willtell tales of me.” i. e. I am still so near to my mother's temperament that on the smallest further cause myeyes will shed tears. 我還不曾脫去我母親的脾氣(按：指愛(ài)哭)，只要稍稍再刺激一下，我的眼睛就要把我自己的弱點(diǎn)暴露出來(lái)了。
5. deportment,morals品行，道德。
△Mer.2.3.18:“Though I am a daughter to his blood. / I am not tohis manners.”我雖然在血統(tǒng)上是他的女兒，在品行上我卻不是。
△As.1.2.288(271):“Neither his daughter. if wejudge by manners.” 要是我們按品格來(lái)說(shuō)，兩個(gè)都不是他的女兒。
6. morals,moral character道德，德性。
△R.III.4.4.207:“And I'll corrupt her manners. stain her beauty，”我要敗壞她的德性，污損她的美貌。
△Wiv.3.4.84 (80):“Perforce. against all checks. rebukes. and manners.”只好不顧一切阻礙，譴責(zé)和禮法。
7. good manners. politeness,courtesy,etiquette禮貌，禮節(jié)。
△Tw.2.1.15:“in manners”。為了禮貌。
△Lr.4.6.265 (259): “Leave,gentle wax; and,manners,blame us not.”請(qǐng)?jiān)试S我把你打開，好封蠟；禮貌，請(qǐng)別怪罪我。
△1H.VI.2.2.54:“No,truly. 'tis more than mannerswill；”不，確實(shí)不行，這是禮貌所不允許的。
△R.III.3.7.189(190): “By her,in his unlawful bed,he got / ThisEdward,whom our manners call the Prince. ”他同她在非法的床榻上生下了這個(gè)小愛(ài)德華，我們出于禮貌，稱之為太子。
8. manual of etiquette,book for good manners,knowledge of correct social behaviour禮儀手冊(cè)，禮貌指南，待人接物知識(shí)。
△Oth.1.1.130 (129): “But if youknow not this,my manners tell me / We have yourwrong rebuke.”但是假如你不知道這事，我的禮貌常識(shí)告訴我；你是錯(cuò)怪了我們。
9.?polite behaviour禮貌。
?morals道德。
△As.3.2.42 (40):“Why,if thou never wast at court,thou nev-er sawest good manners(= polite behaviour); if thounever sawest good manners. then thy manners (=morals) must be wicked,and wickedness is sin,and sin is damnation.”怎么，假如你從來(lái)沒(méi)有到過(guò)宮廷，你就沒(méi)有見過(guò)好禮貌；假如你從來(lái)沒(méi)有見過(guò)好禮貌，你的道德就一定很壞，很壞就是有罪，有罪就該下地獄。(按：Touchstone在此處利用manners的兩種意思進(jìn)行雙關(guān)嘲弄。) |