bardolater n. [bar-DAH-luh-ter]

Definition

: a person who idolizes Shakespeare
：把莎士比亚当作偶像的人

注：idolize：把...当作偶像崇拜；极度爱慕 e.g. idolize sb

Did You Know?

George Bernard Shaw once described a William Shakespeare play as "stagy trash." Another time, Shaw said he'd like to dig Shakespeare from the grave and throw stones at him. Shaw could be equally scathing toward Shakespeare's adoring fans. He called them "foolish Bardolaters," wrote of "Bardolatrous" ignoramuses, and called blind Shakespeare worship "Bardolatry." Oddly enough, Shaw didn't despise Shakespear or his work (on the contrary, he was, by his own admission, an admirer), but he disdained those who placed the man beyond reproach. The word bardolater, which Shaw coined by blending Shakespeare's epithet - "the Bard" - with an affix that calls to mind idolater, has struck with us to this day, though it has lost some of its original critical sting.

词源/词根演化：Bard（莎士比亚的虐称）+ idolater（偶像崇拜者）--> Bardolater (崇拜莎士比亚的人) / bardolatrous adj. / bardolatry ['bɑːdɒlətrɪ] n.

George Bernard shaw (缩写做GBS，中译名：萧伯纳)曾经把莎士比亚一个戏剧描述为“做作的垃圾品”。还有一次，Shaw说他想把莎从坟墓中挖出来然后朝他丢石头。Shaw对莎迷们也是同样的尖酸刻薄，把他们称为“愚蠢的莎迷”，“莎迷式的无知者”，把这种盲目的崇拜称作“莎式崇拜”。不过非常奇诡的是，Shaw并不蔑视莎士比亚本人以及他的作品，正相反，他亲自承认他是莎的仰慕者，但是他鄙视那些把莎供为神灵的人。bardolater这个词就是他杜撰出来的，他将莎的诨名bard与偶像崇拜者idolater这两个词组合在一起，形成了这个自今还在使用的词，只是在现代这个词的讽刺意味弱化了。

注：stagy：也作stagey，做作的，演戏一般的；scathe：['skeɪðɪŋ]严厉的，尖刻的；adoring fan：...迷，粉丝；ignoramuse [ˌɪɡnə'reɪməs]：无知者，笨蛋；beyond reproach：无可指责的，无瑕疵的；

Examples

The song retells the story of "Othello," but in such subtle language that only bardolaters are likey to recognize it.
这首歌重新演绎了奥赛罗（莎士比亚四大悲剧之一），不过由于使用了如此微妙的言语，也只有莎迷们才能辨认出来。
"[W]hether you're a bona fide Bardolater or someone who uses Shakespeare as an excuse to eat brie on a blanket under the summer stars, here's a brief round-up of where to satisfy your appetite for Shakespeare this summer."
--- Jenny Terpsichore Abeles, The Recorder (Greenfield, Massachusetts), 15 June 2017

无论你是个真正的莎迷，还是只是打算在夏夜星空下以莎为籍口坐在毯子上享用布里干酪，这里有一个小集会可以满足这个夏天你对莎士比亚的胃口。

注：bona fide：真诚的，名副其实的；brie：布里干酪（一种白色柔软的干酪）；round-up：聚集，综合消息

Reference

George Bernard Shaw：(25 Jul. 1856 - 2 Nov. 1950), an Irish playwright, critic, polemiscist (辩论家) and political activist.

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