时间:2019-01-21 作者:英语课 分类:跟着英剧练发音


英语课
So if Charles I was collecting, in a sense, to self-aggrandise and to make a statement about himself, whereas George III was collecting because he thought that's what a king should do, because he loved art?
Yes. He would never have commissioned an image of himself as flamboyant 1 and theatrical 2 as this. I think in selecting this painting to hang at Buckingham House, he would have been thinking much more in terms of the reputation of Van Dyck as a kind of the founding father of English painting and as the supreme 3 exponent 4 of elegance 5.
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George III saw it as part of his royal duty to promote the arts, and in 1768 he founded the Royal Academy, to encourage the work of British artists.

adj.火焰般的,华丽的,炫耀的
  • His clothes were rather flamboyant for such a serious occasion.他的衣着在这种严肃场合太浮夸了。
  • The King's flamboyant lifestyle is well known.国王的奢华生活方式是人尽皆知的。
adj.剧场的,演戏的;做戏似的,做作的
  • The final scene was dismayingly lacking in theatrical effect.最后一场缺乏戏剧效果,叫人失望。
  • She always makes some theatrical gesture.她老在做些夸张的手势。
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
n.倡导者,拥护者;代表人物;指数,幂
  • She is an exponent of vegetarianism.她是一个素食主义的倡导者。
  • He had been the principal exponent of the Gallipoli campaign.他曾为加里波利战役的主要代表人物。
n.优雅;优美,雅致;精致,巧妙
  • The furnishings in the room imparted an air of elegance.这个房间的家具带给这房间一种优雅的气氛。
  • John has been known for his sartorial elegance.约翰因为衣着讲究而出名。