| 釋義 |
silencen. forbearance of speech,muteness沉默，無言。
△H.VIII.1.4.43:“The red wine first must rise / Intheir fair cheeks,my lord,then we shall have 'em /Talk us to silence.”大人，先要讓紅酒升上她們漂亮的臉蛋兒，然后她們就會不停地說話，使我們開口不得。
silencevt.
1.restrain from speaking,restrain from liberty限制發(fā)言權(quán)，限制…的自由。
△H.VIII.1.1.96:“Is it therefore / The ambassador is silenced?” i.e. The French ambas-sador at the English court was “commanded to keephis house in silence”(Hall's “Chronicle”).法國大使是不是就因為這個而被限制了發(fā)言自由？
2. keep under restraint抑制，禁止。
△As.1.2.95(88):“for since the little wit that fools have was silenced, the little foolery that wise men have makes a greatshow.”因為自從傻子的一點點小小的聰明被壓制下去之后，聰明人的一點點小小的傻氣就大大地表現(xiàn)出來了。(按：學(xué)者考證，這句話像是指當(dāng)時的實事，一說指當(dāng)時官方對于演員的禁令，另一說指1599年6月4日倫敦書業(yè)公會焚燒一批有諷刺內(nèi)容的書。) |