释义 |
legionsn. (pl.) 1. hosts of the devils in hell,countless armies of devils地狱里的群鬼,不计其数的魔鬼。 △Mac.4.3.55: “Not inthe legions/Of horrid hell can come a devil moredamned /In evils to top Macbeth.”就是从可怕的地狱里的群鬼当中也出不来一个在罪恶方面能超过麦克白的更可憎的魔鬼。 △H.V.2.2.123:“He might return to vasty Tar-tar back,/ And tell the legions,‘I can never win / A soul so easy as that Englishman’s.’”他可以回到那广漠无垠的地狱里去,对他的魔鬼徒众们说:“我赚取一个人的灵魂,从来没有像赚取那个英国人的灵魂那样容易。” 2. forces,military forces兵力,部队。 △1H.VI.4.4.14:“Who,ringed about with bold adversity,/Cries outfor noble York and SomerseT/To beat assailingDeath from his (i.e.Talbot’s) weak legions;” 他,身陷在重重危难之中,向高贵的约克和萨默塞特大声疾呼,请你们打退向他那薄弱兵力猛攻的死神。(按: legions又作regions=parts of the body,“身体各部位”。) |