The Boneless King

时间：2007-12-12 06:00:50

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  SOME Apes who had deposed1 their king fell at once into dissension
and anarchy2.  In this strait they sent a Deputation to a
neighbouring tribe to consult the Oldest and Wisest Ape in All the
World.

  "My children," said the Oldest and Wisest Ape in All the World,
when he had heard the Deputation, "you did right in ridding
yourselves of tyranny, but your tribe is not sufficiently3 advanced
to dispense4 with the forms of monarchy5.  Entice6 the tyrant7 back
with fair promises, kill him and enthrone.  The skeleton of even
the most lawless despot makes a good constitutional sovereign."

  At this the Deputation was greatly abashed8.  "It is impossible,"
they said, moving away; "our king has no skeleton; he was stuffed."
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1 deposed 4c31bf6e65f0ee73c1198c7dbedfd519     
v.罢免( depose的过去式和过去分词 )；（在法庭上）宣誓作证
参考例句：
  • The president was deposed in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被废黜。
  • The head of state was deposed by the army. 国家元首被军队罢免了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 anarchy 9wYzj     
n.无政府状态；社会秩序混乱，无秩序
参考例句：
  • There would be anarchy if we had no police.要是没有警察，社会就会无法无天。
  • The country was thrown into a state of anarchy.这国家那时一下子陷入无政府状态。
3 sufficiently 0htzMB     
adv.足够地，充分地
参考例句：
  • It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
  • The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。
4 dispense lZgzh     
vt.分配，分发；配(药)，发(药)；实施
参考例句：
  • Let us dispense the food.咱们来分发这食物。
  • The charity has been given a large sum of money to dispense as it sees fit.这个慈善机构获得一大笔钱，可自行适当分配。
5 monarchy e6Azi     
n.君主，最高统治者；君主政体，君主国
参考例句：
  • The monarchy in England plays an important role in British culture.英格兰的君主政体在英国文化中起重要作用。
  • The power of the monarchy in Britain today is more symbolical than real.今日英国君主的权力多为象徵性的，无甚实际意义。
6 entice FjazS     
v.诱骗，引诱，怂恿
参考例句：
  • Nothing will entice the children from television.没有任何东西能把孩子们从电视机前诱开。
  • I don't see why the English should want to entice us away from our native land.我不明白，为什英国人要引诱我们离开自己的国土。
7 tyrant vK9z9     
n.暴君，专制的君主，残暴的人
参考例句：
  • The country was ruled by a despotic tyrant.该国处在一个专制暴君的统治之下。
  • The tyrant was deaf to the entreaties of the slaves.暴君听不到奴隶们的哀鸣。
8 abashed szJzyQ     
adj.窘迫的，尴尬的v.使羞愧，使局促，使窘迫( abash的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • He glanced at Juliet accusingly and she looked suitably abashed. 他怪罪的一瞥，朱丽叶自然显得很窘。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The girl was abashed by the laughter of her classmates. 那小姑娘因同学的哄笑而局促不安。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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