| 釋義 |
emulationn.
1 . envy of rivals,jealousy （對手的）妒忌，嫉妒。
△As. 4.1.11 (10): “I have neither the scholar’s melancholy,which is emulation；”我沒有學(xué)者的憂愁，那就是爭勝。
2. jealous rivalry,envious quarrel,contention be-tween rivals,factious strife競爭，互相妒忌的爭吵，傾軋，派系斗爭。
△R.III. 2. 3. 25: “For emulation who shallnow be nearest / Will touch us all too near，”因為派系間關(guān)于誰血緣關(guān)系最近的爭執(zhí)對我們大家的影響可就太密切了。factious emulations: partisan contentions派別之爭
△1H.VI.4.1.112:“When for so slight and frivolousa cause / Such factious emulations shall arise!”為了點無聊的瑣事竟引起了這樣的派別爭斗！
worthless emulation: unworthy rivalry,contemptiblecontention 無價值的競爭，可鄙的傾軋。
△1H.VI.4.4.20:“You,his false hopes,the trust of England’shonour,/ Keep off aloof with worthless emulation.”你身為英格蘭榮譽的監(jiān)護人，卻使他希望落空，為了卑劣的勾心斗角而見死不救。 |