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forespentp. a. 1 . utterly spent,worn out,exhausted 力气用尽的,精疲力竭的,筋疲力尽的。 △2H.IV.1.1.36: “After him camespurring hard A gentleman,almost forspent withspeed,”在他之后一位绅士疾驰而来,因为赶路太急而精疲力竭。 △ 3H.VI.2.3.1:“Forspent with toil,as runners witha race,/ I lay me down a little while to 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. foregone,past,previous 已往的,过去的,先前的。 △H.V.2.4. 36: “And you shall find his vanitiesforespent/ Were but the outside of the Roman Brutus,”你就会发现他过去做过的那些蠢事不过是罗马人布鲁塔斯那样的表象。 |