| 釋義 |
mortalityn. 1. mortal life,subjection to death,necessity of dying, corruptibility塵世生活,必死性,無常,易腐壞。 △Lr.4.6.137 (133): “Let me wipe it first,it smells of mortali-ty.”先讓我擦一下,那上面有凡人的臭味。 2. death,deadliness死亡,致命性。 △H.V.4.3.107:“Killing in relapse of mortality.”i.e.?Killing otherseven when they themselves are falling back in deathto the earth; ?killing others by a deadly rebound. 雖已命歸黃土仍能把人殺死;(又解)憑著致命的彈回把人殺死。 △1H.VI.4.5.32: “Here,on my knee,I begmortality / Rather than life preserved with infamy.”我在這里跪下、請(qǐng)求戰(zhàn)死,也不愿帶著臭名保全性命。 △1H.VI.4.7.21: “Two Talbots,winged through the lithersky. / In thy despite shall scape mortality.” i.e. es-cape the bonds of death. 兩位塔爾博特,飛過柔順的天空,不顧你的威脅,擺脫了死亡的羈絆。 3. mortal world,human life塵世,人生。 △Mac.2.3.99 (92): “for from this instant / There's nothing seri-ous in mortality: /All is but toys.”i.e. There is noth-ing worthwhile: all things are now but trifles. 因?yàn)?,從這 一刻起,人生已經(jīng)失去了它的重要意義; 一切都不過是兒戲。 |