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quickenvt. 1.put life into,enliven,refresh,cheer,stimulate给…鼓劲,使有生气,使恢复活力,使振奋,激发。 △H.V.4.1.20:“And when the mind is quickened.”人的心灵一旦振奋起来。 △1H.VI.4.6.12:“Then leaden age. /Quickenedwith youthful spleen and warlike rage,”于是我这感觉迟钝的老年人,也奋发出年轻人的冲劲儿和战斗的狂热。 △R.III.4.4.124: “My words are dull; O quicken them withthine.”我的言词迟钝;啊,请用你的语言给我一些激发。 △Mer.2.8.52: “And quicken his embraced heavi-ness”,宽解他的愁心。 △Shr.1.1.36:“Music and poesyuse to quicken you.”用音乐和诗歌来活跃你的心灵。 2. give new life to使复活。 △R.III.4.4.297 (296):“IfI have killed the issue of your womb,/ To quickenyour increase,I will beget / Mine issue of your bloodupon your daughter. ”如果我杀死了你的肚腹所生的后嗣,为了使你的后代复活,我要从你的女儿身上生下我的后嗣,同时含有你的血统。 ~ vi. 1. assume life,come to life again具有生命,复活。 △Lr.3.7.38:“These hairs which thou dost ravish from mychin Will quicken and accuse thee.”你从我脸上拔掉的这些胡须将要活起来控告你。 2. be conceived,be in the womb,be born,begin tolive被孕育,在娘胎里,降生,开始活着。 △Oth.3.3.276:“Even then this forked plague is fated to us / Whenwe do quicken.”我们在娘胎里的时候,这种戴绿头巾的灾难就由命运给我们注定了。 3.❶become living,come to life成活,活跃起来。 ❷re-ceive life接受生命。 △Oth.4.2.65 (66): “as summerflies are in the shambles,/ That quicken even withblowing,”就像屠宰场里夏天的苍蝇,一产卵就成活(又译:一边产卵,一边受孕)。 |