| 釋義 |
thenad. 1.on that account因此。
△Oth. 3. 3. 148: “that yourwisdom then,/ From one that soimperfectly conjects,/ Would take no notice.” 因此，以你的明智，對(duì)于我這個(gè)胡想瞎猜的人不要放在心上。
2. if it is so,in that case假使如此，那樣的話。
△Tw. 31.140 (126): “Why,then methinks ’tis time to smileagain.” i. e. since it is useless to sigh for love whichcannot be given. 啊，那樣的話，我想現(xiàn)在又該笑笑了。(意即：不必再為得不到的愛情而嘆息。)
△Tw. 3. 2. 65 (58):“Nev-er trust me then:”i. e. if I do not deliver it. 要是我不送去，你就永遠(yuǎn)別相信我。
then that: just at the time when正在那時(shí)。
△2H.IV.4. 1. 117 (115): “And then that Henry Bolingbrokeand he. / Being mounted and both roused in theirseats，”那時(shí)候亨利·波林布魯克和他，二人都上了馬并且在鞍上挺直了身子。
“Then came each actor on his ass”： probably a linefrom an old ballad“每個(gè)戲子騎著一頭傻毛驢來了。”(可能為一首古歌謠的一行。)
△Ham. 2. 2. 423 (395): “‘Thencame each actor on his ass’- ” (A rejoinder toPolonius’s “upon my honour”.Hamlet pretends thatPolonius meant: “The actors have come here… uponmy honour”，and says “your honour”is an ass.) “戲了來了，一人騎著一頭傻毛驢?！?按：哈姆雷特引用這句古歌謠來調(diào)侃波樂紐斯，說他是驢。) |