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breathevt. 1.throw out or exhale (the air),blow 呼出(气),吹。 △2H.Ⅵ.3.2.391:“Here could I breathe my soul in-to the air,”我可以在这里把我的灵魂通过呼吸散发出来。 △2H.Ⅵ.3.2.398:“Or I should breathe it so into thybody.”再不然我就把我的灵魂吹进你的身体里。 2. breathe out,spread呼出,散布。 △2H.Ⅵ.3.2.287:“He shall not breathe infection in this air/But threedays longer,on the pain of death.”他三天以内必须离开,不得在三天之外再散布毒素污染这里的空气,否则立即处死。 3.utter,voice发出,表达。 △Tw.2.2.40(39):“Whatthriftless sighs shall poor Olivia breathe!”可怜的奥丽维娅将要发出多少声无益的叹息! △Mer.3.4.27:“I have to-ward heaven breathed a secret vow”,我已经向上天发下秘密誓言。 △2H.Ⅵ.3.2.345: “Through whom (i.e.the lips) a thousand sighs are breathed for thee!”从这两片嘴唇里为你发出了 千百声叹息! △R.Ⅲ.1.3.239:“Thus have you breathed your curse against yourself.”这么一来,你只是咒骂了你自己。 4. give utterance to,speak吐露,说出。 △Ham.2.1.31:“But breathe his faults so quaintly”,可是你要把他的过失说得那么巧妙。 △Ham.3.4.197: “if words be made ofbreath,/ And breath of life,I have no life tobreathe / What thou hast said to me.”如果言语是气息做的,气息是从生命来的,那么我就不会有生命把你对我讲的话说出去。 △Rom.1.1.116(110):“as he breathed defianceto my ears,”他一面对我口出狂言挑衅。 △Rom.2.Ch.10:“To breathe such vows as lovers use to swear,”吐露情人们惯常发出的海誓山盟。 △1H.Ⅳ.1.1.3:“And breatheshort-winded accents of new broils”,用气促的语言宣告新的战争。 breathe out: give utterance to,utter,speak表达出,说出。 △Tw.5.1. 118(114):“My soul the faithfull’st of-ferings hath breathed out / That e’er devotion ten-dered!” (The object offerings precedes the verb“breathed out.”)我的灵魂已经吐露出忠诚的爱情所能奉献的最忠实的献礼! △3H.Ⅵ.1.4. 42:“So desperate thieves.all hopeless of their lives,/ Breathe out invectives’gainst the officers.”穷途末路的贼匪,完全没有活命的希望了,也会对官吏破口大骂。 △3H.Ⅵ. 4.1. 112: “Ha! Durstthe traitor breathe out so proud words?”哈! 这个叛贼竟说出如此骄横的话吗? 5. allow to breathe,rest让…歇一口气,使休息。 △2H.Ⅳ.1.1.38:“That stopped by me to breathe his bloodiedhorse.”他在我身边停了下来,让他那浑身流血的马休息一下。 ~ vi. 1. pause for breath,take breath停下来喘口气,歇口气。 △1H.Ⅳ.1.3.102:“Three times they breathed andthree times did they drink,/ Upon agreement,ofswift Severn’s flood,”他们三次停下来喘息,并经双方同意,都到塞汶河的急流旁喝了三次水。 △1H.IV.2.4.279 (249):“Well,breathe a while,and then to it again;”好,喘 一口气,然后再说吧。 △3H.VI.2.3.1:“Forspent with toil.as runners with a race,/I lay me down a little whileto breathe;”像赛跑的运动员一样,劳累得筋疲力尽了,我躺下来歇一口气吧。 2. rest,remain for a time休息,稍作停留。 △Shr.1.18:“Here let us breathe.” 让我们在此地休息一下。 △1H.IV.5.4.15:“We breathe too long ”我们休息得太久了。 △1H.IV.5.4.47:“Stay and breathe a while.”且慢,休息一会儿。 △3H.VI.1.4.108: “And,whilst webreathe,take time to do him dead ”我们一边休息,一边从从容容把他杀死。 breathe we: let us rest让我们休息一下。 △3H.VI.2.631:“Now breathe we,lords.”现在让我们休息一下吧。 3. rest,recuperate. enjoy a respite,i.e. collect one’sstrength休息,复元,缓解,(又指)集中力量。 △3H.VI. 5. 316: “If she have time to breathe. be well assured Her faction will be full as strong as ours.”如果她有了喘息的时间,她那一方肯定会像我们的力量一样强大。 leave to breathe: permission to rest,opportunity torecover strength休息的许可,恢复力量的机会。 △3H.VI.1.2.13:“By giving the house of Lancaster leave tobreathe,/ It will outrun you,father,in the end. ” 父亲,你给了兰开斯特家族喘息的机会,以后他们就会从你手里逃脱的。 4.draw in and throw out the air.i.e.live 呼吸空气,(即)活着。 △1H.IV.4.1.11: “No man so potentbreathes upon the ground / But I will beard him.”只要是生存在地面上的人,没有哪一个我不敢向他挑战。 △3H.VI3.1.82:“Why? Am I dead? Do I not breathe a man?”怎么? 我死了吗? 我不是照常呼吸的一个人吗? △R.III.3.7.115(116): “Else wherefore breathe I in a Christianland?” i.e. How otherwise could I claim to be a goodChristian,living in a Christian land?要不然,我又怎样在一个基督教国家生存呢? △R.III.4.4.385 (384): “Andboth the Princes had been breathing here,”两位王 子仍然还会在这里好好活着。 5. speak,utter 讲,说。 △Wiv.4.5.2:“Speak.breathe,discuss:”说,讲,道。 |