| 釋義 |
tormentedpa. p. put to extreme pain,tortured受折磨,受拷打。 △Rom. 1. 2. 57 (55):“Shut up in prison,keptwithout my food,/ Whipped and tormented,” (Ro-meo refers to the way in which mad people were trea-ted in those days. They were locked up,beaten and starved,for it was believed that a devil had enteredthem and could only be driven out by such treat-ment.)被關(guān)在牢里,不讓吃東西,受鞭打苦刑。(按:羅米歐在此說的是伊利莎白時(shí)代對待瘋子的辦法,當(dāng)時(shí)認(rèn)為魔鬼附在瘋子身上,只有那樣虐待才能把魔鬼趕走。) |