A Rake's Progress
/ə ˌreɪks ˈprəʊɡres/
/ə ˌreɪks ˈprɑːɡres/, /ə ˌreɪks ˈprɑːɡrəs/
- a series of eight paintings (1733-5) by William Hogarth telling the story of a rake (= a fashionable young man who leads a wild and immoral life) who finally dies in Bedlam (= a hospital in London for the mentally ill). Hogarth later made the paintings into a popular series of engravings (= cheap printed copies). The phrase 'rake's progress' is still used about somebody ruining their life by wild and immoral behaviour.
耙子的进步：威廉·霍加斯（William Hogarth）创作的八幅画作（1733-5）系列，讲述了一个耙子的故事，他最终死于Bedlam头脑有问题）。霍加斯（Hogarth）后来将这些画作成一系列受欢迎的版画。“耙子的进步”一词仍被用于表示有人因野蛮和不道德的行为而毁了他们的生活。