时间:2019-01-07 作者:英语课 分类:英文语法词汇


英语课


  Primrose 1是一种淡黄色的可爱花朵,名叫樱草花。它的花呈管状,聚集在一起形成伞形花序,花冠呈漏斗形或托盘状。Primrose起源于中古拉丁文prima rosa,意思是“早玫瑰”或“第一朵玫瑰”,这是因为它总是在早春绽放,所以primrose还有一个名字叫“报春花”。


  我们可以想象,在草长莺飞的早春,漫步在一条两边开满樱草花的小径上,是多么惬意和美好的一件事,难怪a primrose path(布满樱草花的道路)用来指“无忧无虑的、舒适安逸的生活”。


  和现在流行的许多词组一样,primrose path最早可能出自莎翁之手。早在1602年的戏剧《哈姆雷特》里,就有关于primrose path的记载:美丽纯洁的大臣之女奥菲莉娅(Ophelia)的哥哥莱阿提斯(Laertes)力主妹妹拒绝哈姆雷特的求爱,但奥菲莉娅一口回绝了他,并谴责他像个伪君子,她说:“Do not, as some ungracious pastors 2 do, show me the steep and thorny 3 way to heaven, whilst like a puffed 4 and reckless libertine 5, himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, and recks [heeds] not his own rede [advice].”


  也许是出于对这个精彩比喻的喜爱,莎士比亚在他的另一部悲剧《麦克白》(Macbeth)里再次使用它,不过这次表示的是“a course of action that seems easy, but ends in disaster”,即看上去轻松容易,但会招致灾难性后果的做法。这种说法今天仍很常见,比如一个人如果被不道德的上司、朋友或股票经纪人蒙蔽,最终一败涂地,一无所有,我们可以说“he was led down the primrose path by an unscrupulous leader, friend, or, lately, stockbroker 6”。



n.樱草,最佳部分,
  • She is in the primrose of her life.她正处在她一生的最盛期。
  • The primrose is set off by its nest of green.一窝绿叶衬托着一朵樱草花。
n.(基督教的)牧师( pastor的名词复数 )
  • Do we show respect to our pastors, missionaries, Sunday school teachers? 我们有没有尊敬牧师、宣教士,以及主日学的老师? 来自互联网
  • Should pastors or elders be paid, or serve as a volunteer? 牧师或长老需要付给酬劳,还是志愿的事奉呢? 来自互联网
adj.多刺的,棘手的
  • The young captain is pondering over a thorny problem.年轻的上尉正在思考一个棘手的问题。
  • The boys argued over the thorny points in the lesson.孩子们辩论功课中的难点。
adj.疏松的v.使喷出( puff的过去式和过去分词 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧
  • He lit a cigarette and puffed at it furiously. 他点燃了一支香烟,狂吸了几口。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He felt grown-up, puffed up with self-importance. 他觉得长大了,便自以为了不起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.淫荡者;adj.放荡的,自由思想的
  • The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.一个酒徒色鬼竟然摇身一变就成了道学先生。
  • I believe John is not a libertine any more.我相信约翰不再是个浪子了。
n.股票(或证券),经纪人(或机构)
  • The main business of stockbroker is to help clients buy and sell shares.股票经纪人的主要业务是帮客户买卖股票。
  • My stockbroker manages my portfolio for me.我的证券经纪人替我管理投资组合。
学英语单词
acid electric practice
anoxydiontic
artificially marked point
artwork tape
ashcoloured
barium pyroborate
baryecoia
bellibones
beyond beyond all expectations
bmps
boot-licking
calculant
caunch
chelate ligand
chevron packing
chrysogenin
coleron
conjunto
cooonopathy
copolymer of acrylate and butadiene
coral funguss
corniferous
cowpens
cyberworkers
D. C. C.
dead run
doublereaction
eisengymnite
El Moral
epistemologically
Erinaceus europaeus
extractive reaction
fruit tree biology
gaff it
Gentiana rubicunda
genus selenicereuss
glyptosternoid
green bice
hydraulic lift header
hydrocupreine
hyhe
integral dependence
isostath
knife guide
law of equi-marginal utility
lingual arch
linked paired comparison design
liver fire invading lung
living creatures
loaver
lucubration
lustick
marrying into
mesorectums
micromoduletechnique
Miho Dockyard
mole conductivity
NEANDC (NEA nuclear Data Committee)
newsprints
night time-only station
Nitrospirales
non business days
nondestructive inspection equipment
nonspecific orchitis
on (one's) holiday(s)
operator utilization
order Coleoptera
orthophony
phenylpropyl cinnamate
phylogeography
police magistrate
portable cup anemometer
pressure adjustment
pubble
qiss
random sample queries
reconds
relief siphon
reserpinization
residual adsorption
responsivity
Rhinobatidae
rightwings
river control
secondary resonance
sedimenting
semidoubles
shaft, axle
silicone electrical insulant
single-end tenoning machine
Skysweeper
sleeve with clevis and ring
swim costume
tap-field motor
tensi
top lock nut
uniform layout
Veberöd
wax-block photometer
western white pines
zygocactus truncatuss