【字画_】三个二十加十
【英文解析】the span of life
【中文解析】一辈子
【典型例句】 There is in fact a sort of harmony discoverable between the capabilities of the landscape within a circle of ten miles4 radius, or the limits of an afternoon walk, and the threescore years and ten of human life.
—Walking by Henry David Thoreau 在方圆十英里范围内成某个卞午散步所见的景物与 人生一辈子所经历的景物之间实际上存在着某种明 显的和谐。
- ——亨利大卫梭罗《散步》
Threescore and ten I can remember well;
Within the volume of which time I have seen Hours dreadful and things strange; but this sore night Hath trifled former knowings.
—Scene 4, Act 2，Macbeth by Shakespeare
我已经活了七十个年头，
惊心动魄的日子也经过得不少，
稀奇古怪的事情也看到过不少，
可是像这样可怕的夜晚，
却还是第一次遇见。
——莎士比亚《麦克白》第二幕第四场
【注释】score意为“二十”，加起来该习语本意即“七十 岁”、“古稀之年”。源自《圣经?诗篇》第90章第10 节我们一生的年日是七十岁，若是强壮可到八十 岁;但其中所矜夸的不过是劳苦愁烦，转眼成空，我 们便如飞而去。” (The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off，and we fly away. Psalms 90:10)在 现代英语中，three与score常分开写，故该习语常作 three score years and ten,用以引喻“ 一辈子”、“年老”。 变体：three score and ten
