n. kick,insult踢,侮辱。
△Ham.3.1.73 (72):“and the spurns / That patient merit of the unworthytakes,” i.e. the insults which good people endure pa-tiently from those who are unworthy. 以及老实巴交的好人受到小人的欺辱。
spurn
vt.
1.kick踢。
△Mer.1.3.119(118):“And foot me asyou spurn a stranger cur”. 你拿脚踢我,就像踢一条野狗似的。
△1H.VI.1.4.50: “So great fear of my name'mongst them were spread / That they supposed Icould rend bars of steel / And spurn in pieces posts ofadamant.”我的名字在他们当中传播,引起了那么大的恐惧,他们甚至认为我能扯断钢条、把金刚石柱踢得粉碎。
△3H.VI.1.4.56:“What valour were it,when a cur doth grin,/For one to thrust his hand between his teeth,/ Whenhe might spurn him with his foot away?”一条狗龇龇牙,你本可以一脚把它踢开,却把你的手伸进它的上下牙之间,这又算什么勇敢呢?
2. treat contemptuously 轻蔑地对待。
△Mac.3.5.30:“He shall spurn fate,scorn death,”他将要蔑视命运,不顾生死。
~ vi.
1. kick 踢。
△Ham.4.5.6: “Spurns enviously at straws,”愤怒地踢开一些小东西。
spurn at: ❶ show contempt for 对… 表示蔑视。
△2H.IV.5.2.89:“Nay,more,to spurn at your mostroyal image.”不仅如此,还对于你的君王形象表示蔑视。
❷treat with contempt,oppose contemptuously 以轻蔑对待,轻蔑地反对。
△R.III.1.4. 206 (197): “Will youthen / Spurn at his edict,and fulfil a man’s?”那么你们还要抗拒神的谕旨而去奉行一个人的命令吗?
2. trample 踩。
spurn upon: trample upon,tread under foot 践踏,把…踩在脚下。
△R.III.1.2. 40:“Advance thy halberd high-er than my breast,/ Or,by Saint Paul,I’ll strike theeto my foot,/ And spurn upon thee,beggar,for thyboldness.”把你的戟举高,别对着我的胸膛,否则,凭着圣保罗起誓,我要把你打倒在我脚下,并且,为了你这下贱东西的大胆而践踏你。