| 释义 |
rearwardn.
1. rearguard后卫。
△1H.VI.3.3.33:“Now in therearward comes the Duke and his.”(his: his troops.)殿后的是公爵和他的队伍。
2. rear,heels后尾，脚后跟。
△2H.IV.3.2.343 (315):“'A came ever in the rearward of the fashion，”他老是跟着时髦的脚后跟。
△Ado.4.1.128 (126): “Myselfwould. on the rearward of(i.e. following close after)reproaches. / Strike at thy life.”那么，我自己在把你痛责一番之后，立刻亲手把你杀死。
3. rearguard,guard of men at the rear: somethingsupplementary,superaddition(with a pun on “rear-word”) 后卫，后卫部队；补充物，添加物。(同音双关：“后话”。)
△Rom.3.2.121: “But with a rearward followingTybalt's death. / ‘Romeo is banished，’ to speak thatword,/ Is father. mother,Tybalt,Romeo,Juliet,All slain,all dead.” (“Rearward” suggests a surpriseattack from behind.)但是在悌暴之死紧接着还有一句后话，
一个更大的打击：“罗米欧被逐了！”这样一句话就等于说：父亲，母亲，悌暴，罗米欧，朱丽叶，都被杀了，都死了。 |