| 釋義 |
quittancen. 1. discharge from debt債務(wù)清償(收據(jù))。 △Wiv.1.1.10:“in any bill,warrant,quittance,”不管什么文件、令狀、清債單據(jù)。 2. requital,reward,recompense 報(bào)答,報(bào)償,酬報(bào) △H.V.2.2. 33: “And shall forget the office of ourhand / Sooner than quittance of desert and merit,”i. e. forget how to use my hand than forget how to re-ward merits.我即使忘記了我的手會(huì)有什么用處,也決不會(huì)忘記論功行賞的。 3. return of blow for blow,return of sword thrusts還擊,回刺。 faint quittance: weak resistance無(wú)力的抵抗。 △2H.IV.1.1.107: “But these mine eyes saw him in bloodystate,/Rendering faint quittance,”i.e. giving weakresistance. 但是我的眼睛看見(jiàn)他渾身是血,還在進(jìn)行著無(wú)力的抵抗。
quittancevt. requite,repay 回報(bào),報(bào)復(fù)。 △1H.VI.2.1.13: “Embrace we then this opportunity / As fittingbest to quittance their deceit / Contrived by art andbaleful sorcery.”那么我們就抓住這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì),正好對(duì)于他們靠著邪術(shù)妖法所策劃出的騙局進(jìn)行報(bào)復(fù)。 |