【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语1081期

Queen: Mirror,mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?

Mirror: My queen, on this day, one has come of age①, fairer even than you.She is the reason your powers wane¹②.

Queen:Who is it?

Mirror:Snow White.

Queen: Snow White?She is my undoing²③? I should have killed her when she was a child.

Mirror: Be warned.Her innocence³ and purity is all that can destroy you. But she is also your salvation⁴④, Queen. Take her heart in your mind and you shall never again need to consume youth. You shall never again weaken or age.

Queen: Immortality⁵⑤. Immortality forever. Finn! Brother, bring me the King's daughter.

 

WORDS & EXPRESSIONS

1.come of age“从今天起，有一个人已经成年，她的美貌超越了你。”魔镜在女王问他谁是最美的女人时这么回答，这加深了女王要杀害白雪公主的想法。本意为“到了成年”，“长大成人”，“年及弱冠”。

2.wane  [wein] 文中的意思是说权利再也不会衰退。

vi.衰落；变小；亏缺；退潮；消逝

n. 衰退；月亏；衰退期；缺损

3.undoing  [,ʌn'du:iŋ] 文中意思是“克星”。皇后说：“她（白雪公主）竟然是我的克星！”

n. 毁灭；取消；毁灭的原因vt. 解开；取消（undo的ing形式）

4. salvation  [sæl'veiʃən] 文中的意思是说“救星”。魔镜告诉皇后白雪公主也是她的救星，因为有了白雪公主的心她就可以获得永恒的美貌。n. 拯救；救助

5. immortality [,ɪmɔr'tæləti]n. 不朽；不朽的声名；不灭

例句：I want to achieve immortality through not dying.

我要通过摆脱死亡来获得不朽。

1 wane   

n.衰微，亏缺，变弱；v.变小，亏缺，呈下弦

参考例句：

• The moon is on the wane.月亮渐亏。
• Her enthusiasm for him was beginning to wane.她对他的热情在开始减退。

2 undoing   

n.毁灭的原因，祸根；破坏，毁灭

参考例句：

• That one mistake was his undoing. 他一失足即成千古恨。
• This hard attitude may have led to his undoing. 可能就是这种强硬的态度导致了他的垮台。

3 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。

4 salvation   

n.（尤指基督）救世，超度，拯救，解困

参考例句：

• Salvation lay in political reform.解救办法在于政治改革。
• Christians hope and pray for salvation.基督教徒希望并祈祷灵魂得救。

5 immortality   

n.不死，不朽

参考例句：

• belief in the immortality of the soul 灵魂不灭的信念
• It was like having immortality while you were still alive. 仿佛是当你仍然活着的时候就得到了永生。