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goodnessn. 1. kindness 仁慈,好意。 △Lr.5.1.7: “You know the goodness I intend upon you.”你知道我对你怀着的好意。 △2H.VI. 2.1.84 (82): “Poor soul,God's goodnesshath been great to thee,”可怜的人,上帝对你真是大慈大悲呀。 △H.VIII.2.1.93:“And when old Time shall lead him to his end,/ Goodness and he fill up one monu-ment!”等到时光老人把他引到生命的终点,但愿仁爱与他一同永驻墓穴! △H.VIII.3.2.264(263): “Whilst your greatgoodness,out of holy pity / Absolved him with anaxe.”而你出于神圣的恻隐之心,倒是大慈大悲,用一把斧头把他彻底赦免了。 for goodness' sake: i.e. for God's sake 看在仁爱的分上;(相当于)看在上帝的分上。 △H.VIII.3.1.158(159): “Forgoodness' sake,consider what you do,”看在上帝的分上,请考虑一下你的行动。 △H.VIII.5.5.1(5.4.1):“ Heav-en,from thy endless goodness,send prosperous life,long and ever happy,to the high and mighty Princessof England,Elizabeth!”愿上天,从你那无穷的仁慈出发,把昌盛的、长寿的而且永远幸福的一生赐给英格兰的高贵而伟大的公主伊利莎白! 2. good quality,moral righteousness,virtue善良,正直,美德。 △H.VIII.2.2.90(89): “The Spaniard,tied byblood and favour to her,/ Must now confess,if theyhave any goodness,/ The trial just and noble.”西班牙人,跟她有血统上的联系,又对她怀着好意,只要他们还有一点正直的美德,也不能不承认这次审判既公正又不失贵族身份。 △H.VIII.3.2.283(282): “All goodness / Is poison tothy stomach.”一切美德,对你的胃口来说都成了毒药。 3. anything good. good fortune,success好事,好运,成功。 △H.VIII.5.5.22(5.4.21): “But few now livingcan behold that goodness”,但是现在活着的人们当中很少有人能亲眼看到那种好年盛景。 △Mac.4.3.136:“thechance of goodness”.成功的机会. |