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未能免俗wèi néng miǎn súbe not yet able to be completely free of worldly matters; be unable to rise above the conventions; cannot but follow conven tional practice; have to do what others are doing;stoop to the level of the vulgar ❍ 人或怪之,答曰: “~,聊复尔耳。”(刘义庆《世说新语·任诞》) When someone remarked about this,he replied,“I’m not yet able to be completely free of worldly matters,so I just do this,that’s all! ”/也就是俗人,而且带累了雅人,使他雅不下去,“~”了。(鲁迅《且介亭杂文·论俗人应避雅人》172)None but the vulgar would do such a thing,and by so doing drag down the gentleman,making it impossible for him to go on behaving in a gentlemanly way—forcing him to“stoop to the level of the vulgar. ” 未能免俗wèi nénɡ miǎn sú没能摆脱普通人的旧习俗。形容言行受习惯的影响而不得不随俗。cannot but follow conventional practice, be unable to rise above convention, have to follow the customs |