| 釋義 |
tendernessn. 1. tender feeling 柔情。 △Oth. 2. 1. 236 (232): “herdelicate tenderness will find itself abused.”她發(fā)現(xiàn)自已嬌柔的感情用錯(cuò)了。 △1H. IV. 5. 4. 97: “And even in thybehalf I’ll thank myself / For doing these fair rites oftenderness.”同時(shí)我還要代表你來(lái)感謝我所表示的這一番柔情的禮儀。 2. sensitivity,susceptibility 敏感,易受感動(dòng)性。 △H.VIII.2. 4. 168 (171): “My conscience first received atenderness,/ Scruple,and prick,”我的良心最初覺(jué)得有些敏感、不安和刺痛。 3. being soft and weak,(abstract for concrete) i.e.tears脆弱,(指)眼淚。 △1H.IV. 3. 2. 90: “Which (i.e.my eyes) now doth that ( = that which) I would nothave it do,/ Make blind itself with foolish tender-ness.”我的眼睛,盡管我不愿讓它們做這件事情,現(xiàn)在仍然因?yàn)闈M含著癡情的淚水而昏花了。 4. delicacy. immaturity. youthfulness嬌嫩,不成熟,年輕。 △L. L. L. 3. 1. 4:“tenderness of years,”稚嫩的青春:稚齡的孩子 |