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单词 argument
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argument

n.
1.matter in dispute,object of quarrel,cause of cont-ention,occasion争论问题,争吵目的,争斗原因,起因。
△Ham. 4.4.53: “Rightly to be great / Is not to stirwithout great argument.”i.e. It is not a mark of truegreatness to take offence without good reason. 真正的伟大并不是没有什么大事情就轻举妄动。
△Tw. 3. 3. 32:“Might well have given us bloody argument.”i. e. oc-casion for bloodshed.很可能在我们当中引起流血事件。
2. cause. reason. occasion原因,理由。
△Tw.3.3. 12:“The rather by these arguments of fear,”再加上这些使我担忧的理由。
△As. 1. 2. 296 (279): “Grounded uponno other argument”,不为任何别的理由。
△R.III.1.1.146 (147): “I’ll in,to urge his hatred more toClarence/With lies well steeled with weighty argu-ments;”我要进去,以重大的理由来加强谎言,激起他对克拉仑斯的仇恨。
3. opponents. adversaries对手,敌手。
△H.V.3.1.21:“And sheathed their swords for lack of argument.”直到没有了敌手,才收剑入鞘
4. discussion. discourse. topic议论,谈话,话题。
△Ado.2. 3. 56 (53):“Or if thou wilt hold longer argument.Do it in notes.”如果你还有更多的话要说,就放在歌里边唱出来吧。
△Ado.3.1.95: “Signior Benedick,/ Forshape,for bearing,argument,and valour,/ Goesforemost in report through Italy.”班尼狄克先生,无论在外表、风度、谈吐,勇气方面,在全意大利是被公认为首屈一指的。
△L.L.L.3.1.111 (105):“How did this argument be-gin?”这议论是怎么起的?
△As.1. 2. 50 (46):“hath notFortune sent in this fool to cut off the argument?”命运不是打发这个傻子来打断我们的谈话了吗?
5. theme,subject,matter,example主题,题目,事情,实例。
△Ado.1.1.266 (256):“a notable argument.”i.e.an outstanding example. 一个突出的例子,一个笑柄。
△Tw.2.5.166(151):“arguments of state;”i,e. im-
portant government matters.political topics. 国家大事。
6. subject of consideration,business in hand,mainconcern考虑的题目,进行的事情,关心的要事。
△H.V.4.1.151 (143):“when blood is their argument?” i.e. whenthey are engaged in shedding blood. 当他们正在杀人流血的时候。
7. theme,topic of conversation,subject matter of dis-course. subject主题,话题,谈话内容,题目。
△Mac. 2. 3126(119):“Why do we hold our tongues / That mostmay claim this argument for ours?” i.e. Why do we.the king’s sons,who have the best right to speak onthis subject,remain silent?我们为什么不说话,我们是最有权利就此问题发言啊?
△Lr.1.1.218 (215): “The argu-ment of your praise.”赞美的主题。
△L.L.L. 5. 1. 18(16):“He draweth out the thread of his verbosity fi-ner than the staple of his argument.”他总爱根据一个浅薄的话题说出一大堆冗长繁琐的废话。
△Rom.2.4.108(100):“and meant indeed to occupy the argument nolonger. ”不想老占住这个题目。
△1H.IV.2.2.104 (95):“it would be argument for a week,”这件事足够做一个星期的话题。
△2H.IV.5.2.23:“We do remember,butour argument / Is all too heavy to admit much talk.”我们并没有忘记,但是我们的谈话题目太沉重了,使我们不想多说。
△H.V.3.7.36(34):“Turn the sands into eloquenttongues.and my horse is argument for them all.”把海边的沙子一粒一粒都变成会说话的舌头,我的马也足够做它们大家夸耀的题目。
8. proof,evidence证明,证据。
△Ado.2.3.253(233):“by my troth,it is no addition to her wit,nor no greatargument of her folly.”老实讲,这一件事情固然不足以说明她格外聪明,但也不能算是她的愚蠢的一大证明。
△Tw.3. 212(11): “This was a great argument of love in her to-wardyou. ”这正是她爱你的一个绝大的证据。
△L.L.L.1.2. 178 (170):“a great argument of falsehood”,虚伪的一大证据。
△H.V.4.3.113:“Good argument,I hope.we will not fly-”我希望,这就是很好的证明,我们不会飞逃。
△1H.VI. 5.1.46: “In argument and proof of whichcontract,/ Bear her this jewel,pledge of my affec-tion.”作为这一婚约的凭据和证明,把这件珠宝首饰、我爱情的信物,带给她。
△2H.Ⅵ.1.2.32:“Tut,this was nothingbut an argument / That he that breaks a stick ofGloucester’s grove/ Shall lose his head for presump-tion.”咄,这不过证明谁要胆敢从葛罗斯特的园林里折断一根树枝,他就得为他的无礼而丢掉他的脑袋。trivial argument: insubstantial evidence脆弱无力的证据。
△2H.Ⅵ.3.1.241:“And yet we have but trivialargument,/More than mistrust,”而我们除了怀疑之外,只有脆弱无力的证据。
9. plot or summary of a play剧情。
△Ham.2.2.379(354):“There was for a while no money bid for argu-ment,unless the poet and the player went to cuffs inthe question.”有过一阵,剧情中倘没有编剧家和演员大闹一场的内容,那剧本就简直没人肯出钱收买。(按:当时童伶剧团和“普通戏班”各雇有剧作家为之编戏互相贬低,被称为the warfareof theatres“剧场之战”。)
△Ham.3.2.150 (139):“Be-like this show imports the argument of the play.”大概这场哑剧就表示正戏的情节。
△Ham.3.2.245(232):“Have you heard the argument? Is there no offencein’t?”你听过这个戏的情节吗? 里面没有什么违碍之处吧?
△ 1H.Ⅳ.2.4.314(281):“Content,and the argumentshall be thy running away.” 同意,剧情就是你怎样逃跑。
△2H.Ⅳ.4.5.196(197):“For all my reign hath beenbut as a scene/Acting that argument.”我坐朝为王,不过就是扮演这种情节的一场戏。
10. object 对象。
△As.3.1.2:“But were I not thebetter part made mercy./I should not seek an absentargument/Of my revenge(=an absent object onwhich to inflict my revenge),thou present.” i.e.Iwould take my revenge on you,我若不是生性慈善为本,既有你在我眼前,我就不必找一个不在此地的人做我报仇的对象。
△Ado.2.3.11(10):“become the argument of hisown scorn”,成为自己的讥嘲的对象。
△Mid.3.2.242:“You would not make me such an argument.”你就不会把我当做这样的笑柄。

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