| 单词 | to go gentle into that good night |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go gentle into that good night P4. to go gentle into that good night: to accept death passively; to die quietly, unnoticed, or without a fight. Also in extended use: to accept defeat, failure, etc., passively.Usually in negative constructions, following its origin in the first line of Dylan Thomas’s poem Do not go Gentle into that Good Night (see quot. 1951). ΚΠ 1951 D. Thomas in Botteghe Oscure 8 208 Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.] 1965 Washington Post 24 Oct. e6/6 Che—who at 37 is an author, traveler, doctor and communist; and former interior minister, major, Argentine, industries minister, Cuban and banker—surely will not go gentle into that good night. 1977 Newsweek (Nexis) 28 Feb. (Movies section) 72 Old Langham is not going gentle into that good night. Racked by the humiliating pains of what seems to be rectal cancer, the tough old guy sweats out his ordeal. 2015 G. Jerkins & J. Thomas Done in One ix. 91 But why? Why go gentle into that good night? Why be forgotten? Why fade away? < as lemmas |
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