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undovt. 1. untie. release解放,释放。 △L.L.L.5.2.426 (425):“seek not to undo us.”请不必解救我们。 2. bring ruin upon,ruin,destroy给…带来毁灭,毁灭,摧毁。 △Tw.1.3.15(14): “That quaffing and drinkingwill undo you.”你这样酗酒会把你毁了的。 △ Oth.2.3.367 (358): “And by how much she strives to do himgood,/ She shall undo her credit with the Moor.”这样,她愈出力为他帮忙说好话,她也就愈加破坏掉那摩尔人对她的相信。 △2H.IV. Epi.4 (3):“If you look for a goodspeech now,you undo me.”如果你们想听一段绝妙好词,你们可就把我毁了。 △ 2H.IV. 4.3.24 (22): “My womb.my womb,my womb undoes me ”我的肚子,我的肚子,我的肚了把我毁了。 △ 2H.VI. 4.2.90 (80): “That parch-ment,being scribbled o’er,should undo a man?”而在羊皮纸上胡乱涂写一下子,竟能毁掉一个人? △ 3H.vi. 1.1.231:“Ah,timorous wretch,/ Thou hast undone thy-self,thy son,and me.”啊,胆怯的可怜虫,你把你自己、你儿子和我都毁了。 3. bankrupt (by not paying the bills),ruin (以欠账不还)使…破产,毁灭。 △As.5.4.47 (46):“I have undonethree tailors,”我曾经使得三个裁缝破产。 4. solve,make right again,find an explanation to解决,弥补,解释。 △ Oth. 4. 3. 72 (71):“By my troth,Ithink I should,and undo’t when I had done’t.”说真的,我想我一定干,干完之后再想法补救。 5. prevent,be a bar to防止,阻止。 △Lr . 4 . 1 . 71 (70):“So distribution should undo excess,/ And each man have enough.”这样,平均分配便可消除享用过度,人人都有足够的一份。 6. bring to confusion给…带来窘迫。(undid: wouldbring . . . to confusion会给…带来窘迫。) △H.V . 5 . 2.136 (132):”Marry,if you would put me to verses,orto dance for your sake,Kate,why,you undid me;”说真的,如果你叫我为你而做诗或者跳舞,凯蒂,嘿,你可就把我难住了。 7. ❶ruin毁掉。 ❷unbind解放。 △Ado . 5 . 4 . 20: “Tobind me,or undo me”,使我订婚,或是毁掉我。(又可译为)让我受到(婚姻的)约束,或者把我(从独身生活中)解放出来。 ~ vi. reverse what has been done,annul推翻已经做过的事,取消。 △3H . VI . 2 . 6 . 104: “Warwick,as ourself,/Shall do and undo as him pleaseth best.”沃里克,与朕本人一样,凡事做与不做,可以便宜行事。 undo[ˈʌnˈdu:]v.还原,解开,取消,撤销 |