| 釋義 |
removedp. a.
1. distant,remote,retired,secluded,separated遙遠(yuǎn)的，偏遠(yuǎn)的，隱退的，與世隔絕的，分離的。
△As. 3.2.364(342):“so removed a dwelling.”這么一個(gè)偏遠(yuǎn)的住處。
△Tw.5.1.93 (89): “And grew a twenty years re-moved thing / while one would wink:”i.e.became ina moment as strange as someone who had not seen mefor twenty years.一霎工夫他就與我疏遠(yuǎn)了二十年。
△Ham.1.4.60: “Look with what courteous action /It waves
you to a more removed ground，”i.e.a remoter spot,a more retired place.看，他多么客氣地招呼你到一個(gè)較遠(yuǎn)的地方去。
2. distant in relationship by a certain degree,remotelyconcerned （親戚）隔房的，遠(yuǎn)隔的，關(guān)系疏遠(yuǎn)的。
△As.5.4.71 (68):“Upon a lie seven times removed，”i.e.upona lie which passed through six stages till it reached theseventh viz. the “l(fā)ie direct” (=“you are a liar”),which was the quickest way to provoke a duel. 根據(jù)一句隔著七層的謊言。(按：當(dāng)時(shí)上流社會(huì)習(xí)慣，如以lie direct即“公然撒謊”指責(zé)人，即可引起決斗。此處“隔著七層的謊言”指吵架距離引起決斗的程度還很遙遠(yuǎn)，看下文說(shuō)明可知。)
△Rom.3.3.95 (96): “blood removed but little from her own”，i.e. closely related to her in blood.很親近的骨血。
3. remotely concerned,not directly concerned,lessintimately involved關(guān)系疏遠(yuǎn)的，非直接有關(guān)的，未密切卷入的。
any soul removed: i.e.stranger陌生人。
△1H.IV.4.1.33:“nor did he think it meet / To lay so dangerousand dear a trust / On any soul removed,but on hisown ”i.e.nor did he think it fitting to entrust a busi-
ness so dangerous and important to any person thanhimself. 而且他還認(rèn)為，除了他自己以外，把這樣危險(xiǎn)而重大的
事情托付給任何生人也不合適。 |