| 释义 |
thenad. 1.on that account因此。
△Oth. 3. 3. 148: “that yourwisdom then,/ From one that soimperfectly conjects,/ Would take no notice.” 因此，以你的明智，对于我这个胡想瞎猜的人不要放在心上。
2. if it is so,in that case假使如此，那样的话。
△Tw. 31.140 (126): “Why,then methinks ’tis time to smileagain.” i. e. since it is useless to sigh for love whichcannot be given. 啊，那样的话，我想现在又该笑笑了。(意即：不必再为得不到的爱情而叹息。)
△Tw. 3. 2. 65 (58):“Nev-er trust me then:”i. e. if I do not deliver it. 要是我不送去，你就永远别相信我。
then that: just at the time when正在那时。
△2H.IV.4. 1. 117 (115): “And then that Henry Bolingbrokeand he. / Being mounted and both roused in theirseats，”那时候亨利·波林布鲁克和他，二人都上了马并且在鞍上挺直了身子。
“Then came each actor on his ass”： probably a linefrom an old ballad“每个戏子骑着一头傻毛驴来了。”(可能为一首古歌谣的一行。)
△Ham. 2. 2. 423 (395): “‘Thencame each actor on his ass’- ” (A rejoinder toPolonius’s “upon my honour”.Hamlet pretends thatPolonius meant: “The actors have come here… uponmy honour”，and says “your honour”is an ass.) “戏了来了，一人骑着一头傻毛驴。”(按：哈姆雷特引用这句古歌谣来调侃波乐纽斯，说他是驴。) |