| 釋義 |
redemptionn.
1. deliverence,salvation (through the birth of Christ)解救，（因基督降生而使人類得到的）拯救。
△H.V.1.2.60:“Who died within the year of our redemption / Fourhundred twenty-six”； i.e. Four hundred twenty-sixyears after the birth of Christ:A.D.426.他是在基督紀(jì)元426年死的。
△3H.VI.2.1.101:“O Warwick,War-wick,that Plantagenet / Which held thee dearly as hissoul's redemption / Is by the stern Lord Clifford doneto death.”啊，沃里克，沃里克，那位普蘭塔琪奈特，他把你看得同他的靈魂一樣珍貴的，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)被那個(gè)兇狠的克利福勛爵殺死了。
2. redeeming,salvation; (blunder for) damnation贖罪，得救；（錯(cuò)用為）下地獄。
△Ado.4.2.60 (56): “O vil-lain! thou wilt be condemned into everlasting redemp-tion for this.”啊，壞蛋，為了這個(gè)你要被罰永遠(yuǎn)得救(意指：下地獄)。
Redime te captum quam queas minimo (L.): Re-deem yourself from captivity at the lowest possible
price. 以最小的代價(jià)把自己從囚禁中贖救出來。（引自羅馬喜劇作家泰侖斯）
△Shr.1.1.166 (162). |