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        圣經典故: The writing on the wall

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        來吧,先看一句話,猜猜它是什么意思——The official saw the writing on the wall and fled the country——“官員之所以逃到國外是因為‘看到了墻上的文字’”? 如果真是這樣,要么這位官員大白天搞占卜,要么這句話取自某本魔幻小說的離奇巫術。

        “The writing on the wall”常見于新聞報道或文學讀本,指的是a sign or warning of impending disaster(迫在眉睫的兇兆、不祥之兆)。其淵源確實和“占卜”掛鉤,可追溯到《舊約·但以理書》。 《舊約》中記載:

        古巴比倫國王Belshazar(伯沙撒)在宮殿里設宴縱飲時,忽然看到一個神秘的手指在王宮墻上寫看不懂的文字,后來,國王叫到虜囚猶太預言家Daniel(但以理)才搞明白,墻上的字表示“大難臨頭”。如預言所示,伯沙撒當夜被殺,新國王由瑪代人大利烏繼任。

        正由于這個“身死國王”的典故,the finger on the wall(墻上的手指)或the writing on the wall(墻上的文字)常和動詞see或read連用,用來形容“不祥之兆”。所以,剛才的例句——The official saw the writing on the wall and fled the country——就可翻譯為:“這個官員預感到自己將有大難,立即逃到了國外。”

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