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60 Daily Terms Created by Shakespeare


Romeo and Juliet 罗密欧与朱丽叶

Uncomfortable:不舒服

A wild goose chase:徒劳无功;白费力

King Lear 李尔王

Hot-blooded:热血

Full circle:一个轮回

Epileptic:癫痫

Hamlet 哈姆雷特

“咆哮”(Rant)——《哈姆雷特》

“骨肉至亲”(Own flesh and blood)——《哈姆雷特》

“我有一个不合常理的办法”(There's method in my madness)——《哈姆雷特》

Macbeth 麦克白

A sorry sight:一副悲惨的景象

What's done is done:木已成舟

Knock knock! Who's there: “当当!谁啊?”(“Knock, Knock”是一种游戏,译主)

Come what, come may:无论发生什么;顺其自然

Assassination:暗杀

Unreal:虚幻

One fell swoop:一举;一下子

The Merchant of Venice 威尼斯商人

Good riddance:谢天谢地

With bated breath:屏息以待

Laughable:可笑

Othello 奥赛罗

Foregone conclusion:预料中的必然结局

Neither here not there:不重要;完全没关系

Vanish into thin air:烟消云散

Addiction:嗜好

Henry IV 亨利四世

Send packing:炒鱿鱼

Grovel:卑躬屈膝

Give the devil his due:平心而论

Eaten out of house and home:把某人吃到倾家荡产

Henry V 亨利五世

Dishearten:使沮丧

Swagger:趾高气扬;昂首阔步

A heart of gold:金子般的心灵

Henry VI 亨利六世

Jaded:厌倦

Dead as a doornail:死绝

Faint-hearted:胆怯;怯懦

Mum's the word:保密;别声张

Henry VIII 亨利八世

For goodness sake:看在上帝的份上

Richard II 理查二世

Spotless reputation:清白的名声

As You Like It 皆大欢喜

Eventful:多事之秋

Puking:呕吐

Too much of a good thing:好事过头反成坏事

Love’s Labour’s Lost 爱的徒劳

New-fangled:新奇;新式

Obscene:淫秽;猥琐

Zany:滑稽

A Midsummer Night's Dream 仲夏夜之梦

Fancy-free: 无拘无束

Manager:经理

Much Ado About Nothing 无事生非

Lie low: 隐匿;潜伏

Negotiate:谈判;协商

The Taming of the Shrew 驯悍记

Break the ice:打破僵局;打破沉默

All of a sudden:突然之间

Bedazzled:眼花缭乱

Antony and Cleopatra 安东尼和克莉奥佩特拉

Scuffle:扭打;混战

Salad days:一个人的青春年少时光

Titus Andronicus 泰特思·安特洛尼克斯

Bloodstained:血污

Devil incarnate:混世魔王;魔鬼的化身

The Tempest 暴风雨

Such stuff as dreams are made on:人生如梦

Troilus and Cressida 特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达

Fashionable:流行;时尚

The Merry Wives of Windsor 温莎的风流娘们儿

The world's mine oyster:随心所欲,得心应手

Twelfth Night 第十二夜

In stitches:忍俊不禁

辛白林

Not slept one wink:彻夜未眠

Coriolanus 科利奥兰纳斯

Lonely: 孤单

Timon of Athens 雅典的泰门

Arch-villain:大反派

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