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mannersn. (pl.)
1. behaviour行为。
△H.VIII.4.2. 45: “Men's evilmanners live in brass,their virtues / We write in wa-ter.”人们有了恶行，往往就像铭刻在金石之上，永世长存；他们的美德却像写在流水之上，转瞬即逝。
2. refinement of behaviour,good behaviour文雅举止。良好举止。
△Lr.5.3.235 (234): “The time will not al-low the compliment Which very manners urges.”(“Manners” is thought of as singular.)这样的时刻不容许我们讲究文雅举止所不可缺少的礼节。
3. ways,habits. cast of mind方式，习惯，脾气 。
△2H.IV4.4.123:“The seasons change their manners. as (as if) the year / Had found some months asleep andleapt them over.”季节也改变了常态，仿佛一年当中有几个月睡着了，于是就跳过去。
△H.V.1.2.48:“Who holding indisdain the German women / For some dishonest manners of their life.”这些法国人看不起日尔曼女人的一些不规矩的生活习惯。
4. temperament,character气质，性格。
△Tw.2.1.42(40): “and I am yet so near the manners of my moth-er,that upon the least occasion more mine eyes willtell tales of me.” i. e. I am still so near to my mother's temperament that on the smallest further cause myeyes will shed tears. 我还不曾脱去我母亲的脾气(按：指爱哭)，只要稍稍再刺激一下，我的眼睛就要把我自己的弱点暴露出来了。
5. deportment,morals品行，道德。
△Mer.2.3.18:“Though I am a daughter to his blood. / I am not tohis manners.”我虽然在血统上是他的女儿，在品行上我却不是。
△As.1.2.288(271):“Neither his daughter. if wejudge by manners.” 要是我们按品格来说，两个都不是他的女儿。
6. morals,moral character道德，德性。
△R.III.4.4.207:“And I'll corrupt her manners. stain her beauty，”我要败坏她的德性，污损她的美貌。
△Wiv.3.4.84 (80):“Perforce. against all checks. rebukes. and manners.”只好不顾一切阻碍，谴责和礼法。
7. good manners. politeness,courtesy,etiquette礼貌，礼节。
△Tw.2.1.15:“in manners”。为了礼貌。
△Lr.4.6.265 (259): “Leave,gentle wax; and,manners,blame us not.”请允许我把你打开，好封蜡；礼貌，请别怪罪我。
△1H.VI.2.2.54:“No,truly. 'tis more than mannerswill；”不，确实不行，这是礼貌所不允许的。
△R.III.3.7.189(190): “By her,in his unlawful bed,he got / ThisEdward,whom our manners call the Prince. ”他同她在非法的床榻上生下了这个小爱德华，我们出于礼貌，称之为太子。
8. manual of etiquette,book for good manners,knowledge of correct social behaviour礼仪手册，礼貌指南，待人接物知识。
△Oth.1.1.130 (129): “But if youknow not this,my manners tell me / We have yourwrong rebuke.”但是假如你不知道这事，我的礼貌常识告诉我；你是错怪了我们。
9.❶polite behaviour礼貌。
❷morals道德。
△As.3.2.42 (40):“Why,if thou never wast at court,thou nev-er sawest good manners(= polite behaviour); if thounever sawest good manners. then thy manners (=morals) must be wicked,and wickedness is sin,and sin is damnation.”怎么，假如你从来没有到过宫廷，你就没有见过好礼貌；假如你从来没有见过好礼貌，你的道德就一定很坏，很坏就是有罪，有罪就该下地狱。(按：Touchstone在此处利用manners的两种意思进行双关嘲弄。) |