释义 |
beggarlya. 1. still begging,very poor,needy还在求乞的,很穷的,贫困的。 △H.Ⅷ. 2.3.82: “I have been begging sixteenyears in court,/ Am yet a courtier beggarly,”我在宫里求乞已经十六年了,现在还是个宫里的叫花子。 2. extremely poor and mean贫乏可怜的。 △Rom.5.1.45:“A beggarly account of empty boxes,”数量贫乏可怜的几只空盒子。 3. like a beggar’s (thanks),i.e. effusively grateful,fulsome像乞丐的(感谢)那样,千恩万谢的,过分的。 △As.2.5.27: “and when a man thanks me heartily,methinksI have given him a penny,and he renders me the beg-garly thanks.” i.e. He returns me the thanks whichare profuse out of all proportion to the value of thegift. 有人向我表示衷心感谢时,我就觉得好像我给了他一个铜子儿,而他像一个叫花子一样对我千恩万谢。 |