corrosiven. caustic course of treatment,painful rem-edy (usually in medicine);(fig.) something that eatsinto the mind痛苦的治疗过程,苦药;(比喻)使心里难受的事。 △2H.VI.3.2.403:“Away! Though parting be a fret-ful corrosive./It is applied to a deathful wound.” 走吧! 虽然离别是一服令人难咽的苦药,但它适于治疗致命伤。
corrosivea. fretting,wasting,aggravating令人苦恼的,令人憔悴的,使事情恶化的。 △1H.VI.3.3.3:“Care is nocure,but rather corrosive / For things that are not tobe remedied.”对于无可挽回之事,悲伤也于事无补,只是使人苦恼而已。 |