touch

vt.
1. touch upon in speakin g,mention in passing,hit（说话中）涉及，顺便提到，说中。
△R. III.2. 4. 24: “I couldhave given my uncle’s Grace a flout / To touch his growth nearer than he touched mine.”我一定能把我的叔父殿下也嘲弄一番，把他怎么长大说得比他说我还要更厉害呢
△R.III. 3.5.92 (93): “Yet touch this sparingly,as’twere far off，” 但是对这一点不宜多谈，只可隐约其词。
△R.III.3. 7. 4: “Touched you the bastardy of Edward’s children?”你提到爱德华的孩子们是私生子了吗？
2. concern,relate to,affect closely涉及，与…有关，密切影响。
△Oth. 4. 1. 208 (198):“for if it touch not you, it comes near nobody.”因为如果这件事与你无关的话，它更碍不着别人什么事。
△Lr. 5.1.24: “For this business,/ It touches us as France invades our land，” 至于这件事，对于我们关系重大，因为法兰西侵犯了我们的国土。
△Shr.1.1.116 (115): “it toucheth us both，”这关系着我们两个人的利益。
△1H.VI.3.1.58:“Yes.when his holy state is touched so near.”i.e. so closely concerned. 对了，那是因为与他的神圣地位密切相关呀。
△1H.VI.4. 1. 118: “The quarrel toucheth none but us alone,/Betwixt ourselves let us decide it then.”这场争执只与我们两人有关系，那么就让我们两人自己解决吧。
△R.III.1.3.262 (261):“Ittouches you,my lord.as much as me.”大人，这不但涉及我，也涉及你。
△R.III.2.3.25: “For emulation whoshall now be nearest / Will touch us all too near,ifGod prevent not.”因为，如果上帝不加以阻止的话，派系间关于谁血缘关系最近的争执对我们大家的影响可就太密切了。
△R.III.3.2. 23: “Where nothing can proceed thattoucheth us / Whereof I shall not have intelligence.”在那个会上凡是谈到有关我们的事，我都会得到消息。
3. move,rouse,excite感动，使振奋，使激动。
△Lr.2.4. 279 (276):“touch me with noble anger，”用高贵的愤怒点燃我。
4. attain,reach 到达，达到。
△Mid.2.2.119: “Andtouching now the point of human skill.”现在（我的理性）发展到智慧的顶点了。
5. test (as with a touchstone),make trial of（像用试金石似的）测验，试验。
△Oth.3.3.80:“Nay,when I have a suit/ Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed，”哼，我要是真有心测验你的爱情而对你有什么请求的话。
6. hurt,injure,wound损伤，损害，伤害。
△Mac.3.2.24:“nor steel,nor poison,/ Malice domestic,foreign levy,nothing/ Can touch him further.”钢刀，毒药，内忧，外患，都不能再伤害他。
△Mac.4.3.14:“He hath nottouched you yet.”他倒是还没有加害于你。
7. lay hands on.punish对…下手，惩罚。
△Lr.4.6. 84(83): “No,they cannot touch me for coining. I am the King himself.”不，他们不能动我，说我伪造货币，我自己就是国王。
8. taint. infect. sully使沾染，侵染，玷污。
△As.3.2. 370(347): “and I thank God I am not a woman,to betouched with so many giddy offences as he hath gen-erally taxed their whole sex withal.”我感谢上帝我不是一个女人，不曾侵染他所普遍攻击全体女性所具有的那许多轻浮的恶习。
9. come near接近。
touch near: affect closely,touch to the quick of密切触动，触及痛处。
△Oth.2. 3. 222 (220):“Touch me notso near；” i.e. Do not appeal in something so dear(i.e. his reputation as a soldier) to me. 不要这样逼我（拿军人的名誉逼我说话）。
10.❶distress,afflict使痛苦，使苦恼。
❷concern对…有关系。
△R.III.1.1. 111:“Meantime,this deep disgracein brotherhood/ Touches me deeper than you canimagine.”i.e.❶distresses me more deeply than youcan imagine;
❷concerns me more deeply (in my per-sonal ambition) than you can imagine. 同时，这种兄弟关系中的奇耻大辱使我感到的苦恼(双关：与我关系之密切)也非你所能想像。